Comments on: House passes bill to prosecute contractors. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:23:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Chocolate Jesus http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/comment-page-1/#comment-4107306 Chocolate Jesus Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:25:31 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/#comment-4107306 >Can’t force the AG’s office to prosecute Blackwater, though. In a year it wont matter. Even though hes not running this next election will be another referendum on bush and everything he's associated with. Thats why Chimpy is persona non grata on the republican campaign trail. The only politicians taking pictures when chimpy comes to town are the republicans opponents. Hilary has high negatives, but not as high as bush's, and every flip flopping republican out there will be in his shadow. Did you see on the Colbert report tonight how THompson had to ASK the crowd to give him appaluse? ahahahahhaah. this is the righttards supposed saviour.. someone give the man a viagra, colbert is more popular..with republicans.. colbert got more of a response from the staff in bill-ows studiio than thompson did with his own handpicked crowd! saaaad >Can’t force the AG’s office to prosecute Blackwater, though.

In a year it wont matter. Even though hes not running this next election will be another referendum on bush and everything he’s associated with. Thats why Chimpy is persona non grata on the republican campaign trail. The only politicians taking pictures when chimpy comes to town are the republicans opponents. Hilary has high negatives, but not as high as bush’s, and every flip flopping republican out there will be in his shadow.

Did you see on the Colbert report tonight how THompson had to ASK the crowd to give him appaluse? ahahahahhaah. this is the righttards supposed saviour.. someone give the man a viagra, colbert is more popular..with republicans.. colbert got more of a response from the staff in bill-ows studiio than thompson did with his own handpicked crowd! saaaad

]]> By: missmolly http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/comment-page-1/#comment-4106313 missmolly Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:50:27 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/#comment-4106313 Is there a list of the 30 Representatives who voted against this bill? It’s always helpful to identify our most irredeemably corrupt members of Congress, and then work for their defeat. Comment by Jim — October 4, 2007 @ 12:53 pm ----------------------------------------- Your wish is my command. Here are the reps who voted "nay": Alexander (R-LA) Baker (R-LA) Barton (R-TX) Boustany (R-LA) Broun (R-GA) Burgess (R-TX) Buyer (R-IN) Cannon (R-UT) Deal (R-GA) Doolittle (R-CA) Franks (R-AZ) Hastert (R-IL) Hoekstra (R-MI) Hunter (R-CA) Johnson, Sam (R-TX) Lamborn (R-CO) Linder (R-GA) McCrery (R-LA) Miller, Jeff (R-FL) Miller, Gary (R-CA) Pitts (R-PA) Price (R-GA) Renzi (R-AZ) Rogers (R-AL) Rohrabacher (R-CA) Sessions (R-TX) Shadegg (R-AZ) Tancredo (R-CO) Westmoreland (R-GA) Young (R-AK) Is there a list of the 30 Representatives who voted against this bill? It’s always helpful to identify our most irredeemably corrupt members of Congress, and then work for their defeat.

Comment by Jim — October 4, 2007 @ 12:53 pm

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Your wish is my command. Here are the reps who voted “nay”:

Alexander (R-LA)
Baker (R-LA)
Barton (R-TX)
Boustany (R-LA)
Broun (R-GA)
Burgess (R-TX)
Buyer (R-IN)
Cannon (R-UT)
Deal (R-GA)
Doolittle (R-CA)
Franks (R-AZ)
Hastert (R-IL)
Hoekstra (R-MI)
Hunter (R-CA)
Johnson, Sam (R-TX)
Lamborn (R-CO)
Linder (R-GA)
McCrery (R-LA)
Miller, Jeff (R-FL)
Miller, Gary (R-CA)
Pitts (R-PA)
Price (R-GA)
Renzi (R-AZ)
Rogers (R-AL)
Rohrabacher (R-CA)
Sessions (R-TX)
Shadegg (R-AZ)
Tancredo (R-CO)
Westmoreland (R-GA)
Young (R-AK)

]]> By: squidbilly http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/comment-page-1/#comment-4106280 squidbilly Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:27:47 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/#comment-4106280 Horay!!! Finallly congress shows some backbone!!! Hope this means an end to the Blackwater contracts....and fines to Halliburton Horay!!! Finallly congress shows some backbone!!!

Hope this means an end to the Blackwater contracts….and fines to Halliburton

]]> By: bilbobaggins http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/comment-page-1/#comment-4106153 bilbobaggins Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:51:55 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/#comment-4106153 <em>And when GW666 vetos this, the repukes will not vote to override it, it’s just how the repukes operate. Vote on it to pass, then vote against the override, it is the, “Look I have morals too.” to get re-elected, then it’s the, “Can’t go against the Pres” cause the voters aren’t paying attention.</em> They will do this at their own peril. They are already in a lot of trouble with their constituents. If they turn around and not vote to override a veto, that is a tv ad waiting to happen and their worst nightmare. <em> Look at representative X. He voted to XXXXX and then when it came time to override a veto he reversed his vote and voted once again with the Bush Crime Family. </em> <em> Add some creepy music and ugly pictures of representative X and you have a very effective TV ad.</em> And when GW666 vetos this, the repukes will not vote to override it, it’s just how the repukes operate. Vote on it to pass, then vote against the override, it is the, “Look I have morals too.” to get re-elected, then it’s the, “Can’t go against the Pres” cause the voters aren’t paying attention.

They will do this at their own peril. They are already in a lot of trouble with their constituents. If they turn around and not vote to override a veto, that is a tv ad waiting to happen and their worst nightmare.

Look at representative X. He voted to XXXXX and then when it came time to override a veto he reversed his vote and voted once again with the Bush Crime Family.

Add some creepy music and ugly pictures of representative X and you have a very effective TV ad.

]]> By: bilbobaggins http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/comment-page-1/#comment-4106144 bilbobaggins Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:47:06 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/#comment-4106144 Wow, another veto proof majority. Good for Congress. It looks like the Republics may have finally learned an important lesson" <em>you can only thumb your nose at your constituents for so long before they start thumbing their noses back at you.</em> Wow, another veto proof majority. Good for Congress. It looks like the Republics may have finally learned an important lesson”

you can only thumb your nose at your constituents for so long before they start thumbing their noses back at you.

]]> By: APEC not OPEC http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/comment-page-1/#comment-4106138 APEC not OPEC Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:44:27 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/#comment-4106138 Is there a list of the 30 Representatives who voted against this bill? It’s always helpful to identify our most irredeemably corrupt members of Congress, and then work for their defeat. Comment by Jim — October 4, 2007 @ 12:53 pm I'd be shocked if they're not all Elephants Is there a list of the 30 Representatives who voted against this bill? It’s always helpful to identify our most irredeemably corrupt members of Congress, and then work for their defeat.

Comment by Jim — October 4, 2007 @ 12:53 pm

I’d be shocked if they’re not all Elephants

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/comment-page-1/#comment-4106104 RUCerious Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:31:32 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/#comment-4106104 Bout time, but how are witnesses and testimony going to be handled, as most of them are in Iraq??? Bout time, but how are witnesses and testimony going to be handled, as most of them are in Iraq???

]]> By: Saint Augustine http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/comment-page-1/#comment-4106031 Saint Augustine Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:58:35 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/#comment-4106031 23 @12:53: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll940.xml 23 @12:53:

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll940.xml

]]> By: texaslady http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/comment-page-1/#comment-4106022 texaslady Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:54:26 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/#comment-4106022 #36 We could only hope and could he please take Cheney ? #36 We could only hope and could he please take Cheney ?

]]> By: Theresa http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/comment-page-1/#comment-4106019 Theresa Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:52:57 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/#comment-4106019 #35, Veritas: Ask and you shall receive. Here's an index to Bush's signing statements: http://www.coherentbabble.com/signingstatements/TOCindex.htm #35, Veritas: Ask and you shall receive. Here’s an index to Bush’s signing statements:

http://www.coherentbabble.com/signingstatements/TOCindex.htm

]]> By: Veritas http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/comment-page-1/#comment-4105984 Veritas Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:33:59 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/#comment-4105984 By the end of his term, GW666 (thanks Buckie Boy!) Bush will be pleading "temporary insanity" in order to get out of jail free and not pass go but exile himself straight to the Bush compound in Paraguay. By the end of his term, GW666 (thanks Buckie Boy!) Bush will be pleading “temporary insanity” in order to get out of jail free and not pass go but exile himself straight to the Bush compound in Paraguay.

]]> By: Veritas http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/comment-page-1/#comment-4105981 Veritas Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:32:20 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/#comment-4105981 What the people need to figure out is how to get to see Bush's infamous "signing statements" (aka his exempting himself from the reaches of the law just signed). I believe this is tantamount to criminal behavior at this point. The people need to see his whimpy chicken$hit signing statements in order for them to truly realize what a profoundly psychiatrically compromised commander in chief we really have here. What the people need to figure out is how to get to see Bush’s infamous “signing statements” (aka his exempting himself from the reaches of the law just signed). I believe this is tantamount to criminal behavior at this point. The people need to see his whimpy chicken$hit signing statements in order for them to truly realize what a profoundly psychiatrically compromised commander in chief we really have here.

]]> By: Veritas http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/comment-page-1/#comment-4105976 Veritas Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:30:34 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/#comment-4105976 #29: GW666 is very apt. Like it. #29: GW666 is very apt. Like it.

]]> By: Veritas http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/comment-page-1/#comment-4105972 Veritas Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:29:55 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/#comment-4105972 toasterhead: Didn't the Iraqi parliament vote unanimously to evict us out of their country just prior to their August vacation?? No doubt they've also evicted Blackwater as well. Who the hell do we think we are overriding their wishes? No doubt Blackwater Prince has kickback ties to Bush's Horror House. toasterhead: Didn’t the Iraqi parliament vote unanimously to evict us out of their country just prior to their August vacation?? No doubt they’ve also evicted Blackwater as well. Who the hell do we think we are overriding their wishes? No doubt Blackwater Prince has kickback ties to Bush’s Horror House.

]]> By: Veritas http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/comment-page-1/#comment-4105967 Veritas Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:28:38 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/#comment-4105967 TS Chimpya! Looks like you're losing control over everything now. Your little House of cards is coming tumbling down right before your very eyes. Paraguay should be looking mighty enticing to you these days. TS Chimpya! Looks like you’re losing control over everything now. Your little House of cards is coming tumbling down right before your very eyes. Paraguay should be looking mighty enticing to you these days.

]]> By: texaslady http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/comment-page-1/#comment-4105958 texaslady Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:24:14 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/#comment-4105958 The problem is will the Bill be enforced? The GAO is trying to audit over charges by Halliburton and its subsidiaries and the head person is squashing the clerks doing the work. The problem is will the Bill be enforced? The GAO is trying to audit over charges by Halliburton and its subsidiaries and the head person is squashing the clerks doing the work.

]]> By: toasterhead http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/comment-page-1/#comment-4105949 toasterhead Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:22:16 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/#comment-4105949 <i>BTW, Whatever happened to the resolution the Iraqis passed about getting Blackwater the hell out of their country? or did they officially give in and say Blackwater could stay in the end? Comment by Menehune — October 4, 2007 @ 1:09 pm</i> We got them back by arresting an Iraqi MP. BTW, Whatever happened to the resolution the Iraqis passed about getting Blackwater the hell out of their country? or did they officially give in and say Blackwater could stay in the end?

Comment by Menehune — October 4, 2007 @ 1:09 pm

We got them back by arresting an Iraqi MP.

]]> By: Buckie Boy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/comment-page-1/#comment-4105948 Buckie Boy Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:22:12 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/#comment-4105948 And when GW666 vetos this, the repukes will not vote to override it, it's just how the repukes operate. Vote on it to pass, then vote against the override, it is the, "Look I have morals too." to get re-elected, then it's the, "Can't go against the Pres" cause the voters aren't paying attention. Where's Jake (Rory) today, is he changing names again because everyone figured out the name change? Buck Fush And when GW666 vetos this, the repukes will not vote to override it, it’s just how the repukes operate. Vote on it to pass, then vote against the override, it is the, “Look I have morals too.” to get re-elected, then it’s the, “Can’t go against the Pres” cause the voters aren’t paying attention.

Where’s Jake (Rory) today, is he changing names again because everyone figured out the name change?

Buck Fush

]]> By: Menehune http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/comment-page-1/#comment-4105926 Menehune Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:15:09 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/#comment-4105926 #27...which will be upheld by the Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision. #27…which will be upheld by the Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision.

]]> By: Bobwurst http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/comment-page-1/#comment-4105913 Bobwurst Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:09:41 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/house-passes-bill-to-prosecute-contractors/#comment-4105913 "Can’t force the AG’s office to prosecute Blackwater, though. Can’t even keep Bush from nullifying the bill thru a signing statement." wilco this is exactly what will happen. Bush will make a floursh of saying no one is above the law, then attach a signing statement that offers exceptions to the law in times of war, and executives of said companies will be held faultless in any case. “Can’t force the AG’s office to prosecute Blackwater, though. Can’t even keep Bush from nullifying the bill thru a signing statement.”

wilco

this is exactly what will happen. Bush will make a floursh of saying no one is above the law, then attach a signing statement that offers exceptions to the law in times of war, and executives of said companies will be held faultless in any case.

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