ElBruce Says:
I would be impressed if anybody ever actually enforced a subpeona. Apparently if the Senate sends you a subpeona you can just wipe your ass with it and they’ll go away.

No, bush used executive privilage……it has a very limited scope even when used badly. The people Waxman will be overseeing will not have that out.

I can almost hear the paper shredders churning at EPA from here.

Should be: MI.

Which is what it says

freeman Says:
A good article by Jeremy Scahill for the people who weren’t to afraid to read the LA Times article posted by TP on the think fast thread .
http://www.alternet.org/ audits/ 107666/ this_is_change_20_hawks,_clintonites_and_neocons_to_watch_for_in_obama’s_white_house/?page=entire
Look out don’t trip over your Pom Poms .

See, freeman wants the dems to fail.

Who do you think he should hire freeman….bushies or experienced democrats? The choice is yours.

You do remember the Clinton era……prosperity, trade center bombings handled as police matters and the criminals have been in prison for years. Budget surplus, debt clock running backwards, job creation the envy of the world, etc.

Stop your whining.

Should be: MI.

Now that democrats do have actual power you will see our nation reverse course on many of the things that we all agree have been going wrong for us.

It may not be 180 degree turn but it will be clearly evident.

It will also make the difference in whether you who lump the republicans in with the democrats will be able to voice your opinions and organize and create a 3rd party if you choose to do so.

I contend that if mccain had been elected that the web would have been silenced in short order……

If you think that is still a possibility then we have no common ground at all.

It was just a matter of time……freeman has already made up his mind and he will find fault in everything the dems do, premtivly……..

While we’re on the topic of ( blank), ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS.
Stay tuned…..

Until I see effective action instead of ineffective letters, I won’t hold my breath.

nothing says I’m a failure like predicting it for the rest of us before we even begin.

OOOhhhh, I bet all those polluters are just shaking in their shoes at the prospect of all them letters they will be getting from Waxman. After all, how many hundreds of letters did he send to BushCo?

Well,all I can say is that there’s a new sheriff in town come January 20, 2009.

Uncle Ho,
Despite the fact that Waxman is among only a handful of Dem’s to have even spoken up about the improprieties of the Bush admin. , I have to say that you took the words right out of my mouth .

What, no post slamming Obama and the democrats about this nebulous thing we term “change?”

It seems you need to walk back some previous statements.

You’re point is well taken but, keep in mind; its not just about hearings and subpoens, regulations matter at least as much. If Waxman stays true to form – and there really is no reason to suspect he won’t – he will be much more aggressive in promoting proper regulation.

OMG, the big 3 can’t get a bailout & now they lose their ‘inside man’ in congress? The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

Ummm, maybe investing some of that money in product development instead of CEO bonuses would have been a good idea…

That it was illegal to vet them politically, for their ideological purity and regime loyalty in the first place, should not matter, of course…