Thanks for the ‘irrespective’ correction. I’ve never been that strong a speller (and worse with grammar/vocabulary). Before they changed the TP format (a month ago) I used to be able to quickly google search and get definitions and more accurate spellings, but now when I do that, I come back to my post and it’s gone. Until I figure toshiba satellite a80 battery,toshiba satellite a85 battery out a way to spellcheck and check definitions without losing my posts, I’ll have to rely on you. ;)

Is he North American os north Korean? Did he ever read the Constitution?????

In the next 3 months, could the WH make a list of things that Congress **CAN** do ?

As things stand now, as of January 20, 2009, there will be another President and Vice President.

At that point, Bush will have lost his power to pardon his buddies who covered for him and Cheney and the other criminals in power now.

Their “magic shield” will be gone.

Enter Congress, with new and hopefully more energetic and motivated members, and a nice stack of subpoenas and contempt charges..ready to hand over to the new Attorney General and (hopefully) a brand new Department of Justice.

Could this be the reason they’re holding off – because they know that to enforce later will be easier than to fight in the courts now?

Am I being overly optimistic?

I really hope you are right.
But what if the Dems are being blackmailed from all those Patriotic warrantless wiretaps?

Could this be the reason they’re holding off – because they know that to enforce later will be easier than to fight in the courts now?

Am I being overly optimistic?

Yes. You are, IMO.

You are trying to rationalize what we cannot any longer allow to be rationalized.

Occam’s Razor slices deep.

We try to intellectualize what is glaringly obvious and directly under our noses.

We insist on considering less-obvious and more nuanced versions of reality that are more congruent with our memory of what this country was and our ideals of what it should be.

It’s not.

Anymore…

Even more basic translation: “F*** Congress and the US people.”

Many thing’s I would of liked to do in my retirement are not possible because of rising cost’s during this administration. It’s become double or nothing with the reich winger’s in charge and the enabeler’s on the left dealing out my hand…I loose..So do million’s of other’s in my country and around the world…

The old word’s of an attorney I admire ring true.”There is no justice Sharon, only point’s of law”…..And dare I add once again look who’s making the law’s, law breaker’s……What have we become.?….A country of people unable to make their representative’s do the job’s they swore to do.? A country of sleep walker’s being drug down a big black hole by their own representative’s that ignore the constitution.?….So far, yes.

I really don’t care much about not being able to travel but I am becoming concerned about not being able to eat food because of the increase in price’s..I am saddened that so many people are dieing and all the public is spoon fed is lapel pen’s, and silly political crap…..

Are we all to be slave’s of a dictatorship that copy Orwell’s 1984….What will it take to get our country back.?….Before more die for this murderious crusade will people wake up or are we all going to thirst and starve at the alter of polatician’s who only care about themselve’s and constant campaign’s…Blessings

In the mean time, Bush and Dick can act with impunity.

So let me get this straight: according to Cheney’s counsel, the American People have NO authority over their own government. Hmmm. I wonder if Ms. Wheelberger has ever read our constitution?

The Congress is the direct representatives of the American People. If they have no authority to investigate Cheney’s imaginary 4th branch of government, then America in now in the hands of a de facto dictatorship.

Of course, in Cheney’s demented mind, NOBODY has authority over him. Highly redolent of Smirky the Chimp’s original statement:

“If this were a dictatorship, it’d be a heck of a lot easier, just as long as I’m the dictator.”

Whatdya mean, if?

Is there any chance a Republican could win a district including San Francisco? If so, I think s/he’d be the Lincoln Chafee of the House.

Nancy, how dare you. How DARE you.

Am I being overly optimistic?

I think this is a possibility, particularly since our majority in the Senate is so thin as to be nearly worthless to leverage power with. On the other hand, I’ve wondered about their reluctance to enforce subpoenas or go for impeachment proceedings and that they are worried that the reaction from the Bush administration would be to go full-blown reactionary. That is, a cornered rat is much more dangerous than a free-roaming one.

Why do they hate America so much?