Mike's Blog Round Up
Too late to impeach? The Sideshow revisits a Clinton-era commentary by a legal scholar who argued that a president could be impeached even after his term expired - "and disqualified from holding further federal office."
Gin and Tacos: A history of the pardon, or the long, slow slide from "scrupulousness and caution" to "weakness [and] connivance." (Plus: a history lesson for Tony Snow.)
Scott Ritter: The politically-motivated shutdown of UNMOVIC, the agency tasked with finding Iraqi WMD's, could mean a "farewell to arms control."
Washington Babylon interviews Joost Hiltermann on the unintended consequences of U.S. support for Saddam during the Iran-Iraq war.
No More Mister Nice Blog on George Will: Does "colorblindness" equal "amnesia"?
Pam's House Blend: Although Marriott board member Mitt Romney has been criticized for his hands-off stance re: hotel-room porn, many evangelicals are reluctant to cast the first stone.
Guest blogger Simbaud is still recuperating from his brief flirtation with Independence. Send your links, both pithy and pissy, to Simbaud AT gmail DOT com.
What was I heard that boosh likes fart jokes?
It's always about gas.
We supported Saddam during the Iran-Iraq War?!?!!
Do the 23 percenters know this??
Liberal AND Proud @ 2:
Hell, we armed them. And even their famous gassing of the Kurds happened during pappa boosh's term in 1988.
Does Iraq have another group called the Whey?
No Whey.
If Iranians are arming Iraqi insurrgents does that mean they're returning the weapons we gave them during Iran-Contra?
ON MSNBC
Court dismisses challenge to domestic spying
3-judge panel splits along party lines over Bush’s surveillance program
Decision split along party lines. 2 Rethugs, 1 Dem.
Gee, there's a shock.
Ok...and the Supreme Court decision...will be...wait for it...waaait for it...5-4 in favor of the Administration.
ysbaddaden @ 4:
LOL! Exactly.
ysbaddaden @ 3:
Who do ya think sold 'em the gas! When you really step back and look at it...you have to feel that...you just can't MAKE up shit like this.
Liberal AND Proud @ 5:
If it's an ILLEGAL program, how can a judge dismiss this challenge. If it's ILLEGAL, why isn't it shut down?
I guess judges are "activist" only when they rule against the cabal.
OT
Right now, BREAKING NEWS MSNBC, California Highway patrol are in hot pursuit of a DUI suspect. Live coverage. The news media keeping you informed.
ysbaddaden @ 3:
You are forgetting the fact they used WMD's against Iranian forces as well, during the war. Poison gas supplied by the US/Russia, and utilized in a battle in a swamp on the border.
No wonder Iranians have cause to love the US, their fledling democracy was toppled and a dictator (the Shah) put in, and after they kicked him, they got attacked by a US lapdog, with WMD's. Not to mention, Iran hasn't attacked another nation in centuries.
And they are the bad guys?
it's the weekend... let's try and get some positive out of this...
how about... remember when people were thinking maybe George Jr. would be the start of a Bush dynasty with Jeb waiting in the wings to take over in due course? heh heh... guess how sour that is tasting to those bold Bushies nowadays....
And another thing, someone should plaster the photo with Rummy shaking Saddam's hand during the 80's all over the place.
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Norse @ 10:
You're refering to Mohammed Mosaddeq. Hard to say how democratic it could've been. Afterall, they were talking about nationalizing British owned oil fields. During the Cold War that was synonymous with Communism. However, why shouldn't they own their own oil fields?
Bloomberg Says He Will Support State G.O.P.
By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ and DANNY HAKIM
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has become an independent, but he is also telling New York's Republican Party that he will support his former team.
That "legal scholar" who thinks Clinton can be impeached again to keep him out of office is wrong on two counts. That would in effect be in violation of an impeachment being to REMOVE an officer (Clinton has already left office), as well as a violation of ex post facto laws and double indemnity. That's three constitutional strikes against it.
Kind of like that one cracker who wanted to use Scottish law's Guilty, but not proven.
Sorry that s/b three counts in the first sentence.
Liberal AND Proud @ 7:
I believe Rumsfeld personaly sold Saddam the gas.
Oh well, time for some well placed ironic humor.
Firefly: "I'm sick of messages from the front. Don't we ever get a message from the side?"
Secretary: "Sir, the general is reporting a gas attack."
Firefly: "Tell him to take a teaspoon full of bicarbonate soda and a half a glass of water."
Firefly: "Awfully decent of you to drop in today. Do you realize our army is facing disastrous defeat? What do you intend to do about it?"
Chicolini: "I've done it already."
Firefly: "You've done what?"
Chicolini: I've changed to the other side.
Firefly: "So, you're on the other side, eh? Well, what are you doing over here?"
Chicolini: "Well, the food is better over here."
The Hiltermanm interview is great. And nice to see Gin and Tacos get some love.
Can still be impeached after leaving office?.. I guess this is suppose to be some kind of salve for whats happened... Who the fuck cares then!!..The damage is already done dammit!!! Nevermind the legal type counterargument above by YS which sounds pretty spot on to me as to the legal points made... The real point is... After he's out of office with the nation shattered what the hell dif will it make... Especially if he is in Paraguay or someplace south of the Mexican border thumbing his nose at U.S. Jurisprudence... Such as it may be now... What will be done? Send in federal marshalls? Dog the bounty hunter?...Not bloody likely... Wave a tsk tsk finger at him? Maybe that's what we can expect. And again, given the makeup of this supreme court... maybe not.......... I mean we all know this kind of shit would end up in the supreme court anyway....
As to the notion that if impeached even after leaving office, this ensures the purp will never hold public office again.. Yea, like that even matters in this situation.. I'm pretty sure George Bush's two terms as president has pretty much locked up the fact that he won't ever win another election in this country... Except.... Wait, YS? has the good state of Texas figured it out yet? Texas won't suck up and be punked by this cretin again will they? I mean, after all that's happened, aren't there more people down there these days with your mindset, than the kool-aid sippin derangement by now? Really, I'm just askin... I can't believe anyone anymore would want this idiot for even dog catcher now... Am I wrong Ysbadden? You're the Texas boy and I respect much of what you have to say about it dude...
As to the actual question of impeachment? I've already made my personal opinion known multiple times.. and just for the record, hell yes, him, Dick, Al, and probably 3 or 4 others needs to be impeached and brought up on criminal charges now, today, not next week not next year, now five years from now when they are comfortably living elswhere and working the rightwing thinktank lecture circuit.. No that shit needs to happen right now!
for all the obvious reasons.............JD
21 Jack Damage
Actually, that's why I want boosh impeached. To prevent him ever holding office again.
Of course someone like Pepperdine University or American Enterprise Institute might just hire boosh.
But then institutionalizing boosh sounds like a good idea.
Funny thing though is President Taft was the only one to go on to become Chief Justice of the Supremes.
Of course it was a little tough getting the 300 something pound bulk in a slinky, sequined gown.
Yeeesh!! George Bush as supreme court appointee?? My god!!!!
That is just too sick and twisted to even imagine!!!! I'd rather see the motherfucker escape to South America instead, given that kind of choice!!! Talk about there goes whats left of American justice down the sewer pipe.... Bush, any Bush actually on the Supreme court would just about be the last nail in our coffin YS... Good god man, I actually like your sense of humor but THAT is out there.....waay out there dude..... Even sicker because you probably wasn't joking... But all humor aside the bottom line is we are of like mind on George Bush.. Impeachment should not only be on the table... It should be the only thing on the table for dinner now................JD
If the Chimp can be Pretzelnit...why couldn't he be a Supreme Court Justice?
Hell, you have two racists and an Uncle Tom black on the Court already.
The Court should represent a cross section of America. We NEED a simpleton on the Court.
dunno L&P... Seems like we got that simpleton thing covered...thruout all three branches these days......JD
The Court should represent a cross section of America.
That's the problem, they already do. The bulk of them are Catholics.
24 Jack Damage
Impeachment, it what's for dinner.
Preferably with a little clotted cream.
Invariably followed by a clotted heart.
I seem to recall a couple of presidents later becoming congressmen.
Oh comeon YS, now yer just scarin me.... Oh yea, that clotted heart thing.. Hopefully only Darth would be effected...BTW, my personal culinary wish for our illustrius VP.. Large repeated helpings of deep fried lard chunks topped with heaping tablespoons of melted butter and mayo morning noon and night... Why I can almost hear Homer Simpson right now going.. Agggghh deep fried lard arggghh....No! Homer, its for the VP, now go back to your duffs beer.... heheh JD
"Scott Ritter: The politically-motivated shutdown of UNMOVIC, the agency tasked with finding Iraqi WMD’s, could mean a “farewell to arms control.”
Yes, Ritter understands the REAL implication of this bit of news.
• While the major blogs SUCKERED into the "UN stops wasting money; US gives up on WMD search" gloss.
They are learning how to use the blogs to service their propaganda and misdirection -- and part of the reason is that there are fairly fixed echoes among several of the major blogs -- seeding one produces a widespread story.
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