The Washington Post is reporting that the house has voted to call for contempt charges against Harriet Miers and Josh Bolten. And the Republicans are already whining:
“I believe this is an unnecessary provocation of a constitutional crisis,” said Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis.). “Absent showing that a crime was committed in this [...]
Archive for July, 2007
House files contempt charges
Posted in Bolten, Bush Administration, Contempt, DoJ, Miers, US Congress on July 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Well he wanted a legacy…
Posted in Bush, politics on July 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
President Bush is a competitive guy. But this is one contest he would rather lose. With 18 months left in office, he is in the running for most unpopular president in the history of modern polling.
Gonzo staying to repair image at DoJ
Posted in Bush Administration, DoJ, Oversight, Senate Judiciary, politics on July 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The AP is running a story that Gonzo is staying in his position at Justice in order to repair the image of DoJ and that he’s TROUBLED politics MAY have been involved. The man who politicized every aspect of this department is now TROUBLED that politics MAY have been involved. [...]
Katrina FEMA trailers sickening people with formaldehyde
Posted in Bush Administration, FEMA, Katrina, Oversight on July 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In an article in today’s LA Times , reports have surfaced that FEMA supressed both testing and information that there was illness causing levels of formaldehyde in the allegedly temporary FEMA trailers given to survivors of hurricane Katrina. We say allegedly temporary because it is very clear to us that almost two years [...]
Inherent Contempt- the time is now
Posted in Bush, Bush Administration, DoJ, US Congress, house judiciary, inherent contempt, politics on July 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The Emperor of the United States George W. Bush has further exerted his executive privilege to say that the Department of Justice will never be allowed to pursue contempt charges once he has asserted executive privilege.
Ok, democratic leaders, or hell, anyone in congress who still gives a damn about this country, the time [...]
“Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men…”
Posted in Bush Administration, Cheney, climate change, climate manipulation, environment on July 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In an article at the Washington Post more details have no come forward on the controversial energy meeting held by Dick Cheney in early 2001, with, surprise surprise: all oil men. Oh well, we take that back, there was one meeting with the environmentalists, but only after the bulk of the policy [...]
Senate up all night….sorta
Posted in Iraq, Reid, US Congress, politics on July 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Washington Post is offering a three page run down of the whiny histrionics that took place on both sides of the isle last night in the senate. The plan, delivered by Majority Leader Harry Reid was the Senate would stay up all night if necessary to force a vote on the [...]
US Military has jurisdiction in Canada?
Posted in Bush, canada, council of canadians, military on July 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
According to press accounts circulating in Canada, apparently a group of private citizens has been blocked from meeting during a visit by President Bush, by the US Military.
The inmates really could be running the asylum…
Posted in Pentagon, military, war on July 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Hill is reporting that the some in the Senate, in a quiet addition to a defense bill, relaxed the rules against allowing convicts, drug addicts, and the mentally ill in the military. The provision hasn’t been passed into law yet, but since the Army missed its June recruitment [...]
Gonzo knew about FBI violations
Posted in Bush Administration, DoJ, FBI, politics on July 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As we covered last month, the FBI investigated itself recently, and found it broke its own rules, and the law with regard to gathering information surrounding investigation. This morning, the Washington Post is reporting, that Gonzo knew about these violations and then went to congress and said no violations had been committed.
As [...]
Turkey amassing troops?
Posted in Iraq, Kurds, PKK, Turkey, military on July 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The AP is running a story that Turkey has amassed 140,000 troops at the border with Iraq. The number comes from foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, a Kurd from northern Iraq. The Tehran Times is running a story that the Turkish government and military have agreed on Iraqi operations but stopped [...]
Cheneyland: The prequel
Posted in Addington, Bush Administration, Cheney, Regan, foreign policy, politics on July 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In a must read editorial in today’s New York Times, Sean Wilentz, a history professor at Princeton relays part of how we got to where we are today with Dick Cheney. Some key points of note:
Mr. Cheney the congressman believed that Congress had usurped executive prerogatives. He saw the Iran-contra investigation not [...]
Musharraf’s plane shot at..
Posted in Musharraf, Pakistan on July 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Pakistan’s President appears to have been the subject of an assassination attempt – his plane was fired on as he left his military base. It would appear, things are in a state of unravel…
Further:
Pakistani Leader Escapes Attempt on Life
Pakistan Army Denies Rockets Fired at Musharraf Plane
Fresh fighting at Pakistan mosque
Turkey and Iraq- increasing rhetoric
Posted in Iran, Iraq, Kurds, PKK, Turkey on July 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Weapons build up on the border, including some potential for Iranian intervention. The previous chapters to this narrative available under the Turkey tag in the tag cloud.
Robert Novak misses the point, yet again
Posted in Bush Administration, Libby, Novak, Valerie Plame, politics on July 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Novak’s column repeats the same echo that we’ve heard all over the media Libby committed no underlying crime. Armitage leaked the name. But the fact is, there was and focusing on Armitage is designed to manipulate public opinion on the Libby case by leaving out the facts.
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