This Week's Senate Committee Schedule
Hmmm....very interesting.....
Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and the Senate Judiciary Committee will get another crack at Attorney General Alberto Gonzales as he appears to testify on Tuesday. Leahy last week sent Gonzales a sneak peak at some of the questions he intends to ask to get "clarification" on some of Gonzales's hazy recollections of what went down in the political firings of eight federal prosecutors.
The word I get is that Leahy will at first stick with questions easy for Gonzales to be truthful about, such as "what day of the week follows Tuesday?"
John Kerry (D-MA) will chair a meeting of the Foreign Relations Committee called "Pakistan's Future: Building Democracy, Or Fueling Extremism?" Not that Team Bush cares, but it's possible the subject of Osama bin Laden's whereabouts might come up.
Barack Obama's S. 453, a bill "to prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections" will be examined in the Judiciary Committee while the Rules and Administration Committee will have a hearing to get testimony relevant to S. 1487, the Ballot Integrity Act.
Strike up the band!
How about a bill to incarcerate deceptive politicians?
Now that I think about it, that would give Charlie, the guy who sweeps the Washington Monument the presidency.
Breaking: Miers, Bush Chief of Staff to face contempt charges
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Breaking_Miers_Bush_Chief_of_Staff_0723.html
--> Former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and Joshua Bolten, the current Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush, will likely be charged with contempt by the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday this week.
Do it now.
Off topic!
Sorry to be off-topic, but i could help it...
Bush Outlaws War Protest - Citizens Face Full Asset Seizure. And when a caller mentioned it on C-Span, he got cut off!!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ug3sjs6OwgI
at the 4:23 second mark...the rest is moot.
Can someone check this out to see if its true??
The word I get is that Leahy will at first stick with questions easy for Gonzales to be truthful about, such as “what day of the week follows Tuesday?”
Gonsales: Well, I am not sure, because if we were traveling in a boat and we crossed the date line well, then it wouldn't be the day I can't recall...
If you're trying to catch a liar in a lie, doesn't it make more sense to NOT send them a list of the questions you're going to ask?
I'm sure it's proper etiquette to do so, but if it's not mandatory, I'd say throw him a few curveballs... It's time to stop kidding around with these guys.
oh boy stay tuned for more
"I don't remember, I don't recall
I got no memory of anything at all
I don't remember, I don't recall
I got no memory of anything
Anything at all"
Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and the Senate Judiciary Committee need to follow up with this..
--> Gonzales' lied to Congress
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Gonzales_told_of_FBI_abuses_claimed_0710.html
Angry Black Man,
I heard that too.. Its true.
And I also saw it with my own eyes..
on CSPAN
"he appears to testify"
Sounds about right. Not actually testify, but appear to testify.
IMPEACH!
marbotty @ 7:
Good point. I guess Leahy wants Gonzo to come up with some answers -- any answers -- so it looks like he tried to hold him accountable.
"Leahy will at first stick with questions easy for Gonzales to be truthful about, such as “what day of the week follows Tuesday?”
ummmm, nice thought, but maybe you don't know the same Abu Gonzo that i do.
there is NO easy question that Abu Gonzu can answer truthfully. seriously, his answers to 'what day of the week follows tuesday', what is your wife's name, favorite type of torture, color of condi's eyes, etc. need to be checked, rechecked, double-rechecked, cross-referenced, etc.
Angry Black Man @ 5:
This seems to be in reference to "Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq".
Some blogs seem to be interpreting this to include protesters. Reading their arguments i couldn't find where this applies to protesters. It seems to apply to people who assist with "terrorists". however, we know how loose this term is applied and how easy it is to be labeled a "terrorist" in this country. Bottom line is that it just doesn't seem to be true that there is an executive order that addresses protesters.
Leahy Question: “what day of the week follows Tuesday?”
Gonzales Answer: "That could be the second Tuesday of next week."
14 mister mix Says:
"Bottom line is that it just doesn’t seem to be true that there is an executive order that addresses protesters...."
possible alternate endings to this sentence:
1)...that we know about
2)...yet
3)...but there is a presidential signing statement covering this
[...] Clark Link to Article barack obama This Week’s Senate Committee Schedule » Posted at Crooks and [...]
From the signing statement: "The President will require wide latitude in identifying said persons as well as in the detainment and prosecution of their cases."
Or so I imagine.
has anyone completed an analysis of the work of lieberman's homeland security committee? Has it actually convened? How many days/hours? How many reports, papers, findings or studies has it produced? Has it held any hearings?
Is this committee actually working?
Sitemonitor: I thought that today, at 10:00AM EST, Cornys was to
have received a reply(re: Harriett Meirs testimony) from Bolton as
to whether or not she would honor the subpeona? Did I misread previous
C&L thread???
How does one become AG with such a shit memory? Gonzales is a fuckin asshole, but he's not stupid. I know he's just stonewalling but you'd think Leahy et all would straight up ask/tell him why he can answer benign questions in detail yet braincramp sets in when questions may cause him or the people he's protecting some real grief.
Less hearings. More gallows preparations. We have enough on these criminals already.
I can't help wonder with the pace of these events whether or not there is yet ANOTHER dog and pony show going on to placate the masses. They really believe another rotten do nothing election will change history. I believe this next election will be thwarted by martial law.
WTF...I just rechecked C&L's threat of July 20th, at 11:02AM PDT and
it clearly indicates that Chairman Conyers of the Judicial Committee gave
Bolton until 10:00AM TODAY to respond to subepona issued to Harriett
Miers...and failure to do so would result in "appropriate action". Well,
it is considerable past 10:00AM and as yet I have not seen a single
word as to what "action" Conyers has taken. Was this just another in
a long line of threats by Dems and this "Do Nothing" Congress.
Three weeks ago, news of an aborted 2005 U.S. raid against Al Qaeda targets in Pakistan confirmed the failure of a key tenet of the Bush Doctrine, "no safe havens for terrorists." Now, it would appear, President Bush himself agrees with that assessment.
For the details, see:
"Bush Admits Failure of 'No Safe Havens' Policy."
I agree. Rip their assholes apart.
Democrats: Read more pages of An Inconvenient Truth
Republicans: Do more pages.
ysbaddaden @ 26:
Didn't you get the memo?
All pages are female now, so they're safe.
I have never had the privilege of taking an open book exam. Perhaps that’s because I attended public school. Open book exams are for home schoolers and remedial education classes. Therefore, the purpose of giving Gonzo the questions before the exam is to prove that he’s an idiot. You can bet that this will be a most entertaining hearing. Congress will continue to make a fool out of him in this manner until either he slips up, 01/09 or he resigns, whichever comes first.
the schedule sounds good
If Gonzales is asked,"Who's buried in Grant's tomb" he'll still say he has no recollection. Gonzales is not only dishonest, he's stupid.
If I were a Senator on the Panelquestioning Gonzo, my first question would be:
"Mr. Secretary, have you recently sufferesed severe head trauma or been diagnosed with Ahlezhiemers Disease"
All,
I would recommend to any of you who wish to be abreast of scheduled hearings that you visit the websites http://senate.gov or http://house.gov. On these sites you can find COMPLETE schedules, committee memberships, voting records, contact information, etc. Geiger's postings are selected listings and are determined by his own ratings of their respective importance. Valuable as this may be, other equally significant hearings may go unmentioned in his bulletins. Hearings such as those scheduled for the Joint Economic Committee on July 25 on the mortgage foreclosure crisis and the fallout from problems in the subprime mortgage market, while not as sexy as opportunities to pillory AG Gonzales, may ultimately be more determinative of political outcomes and public policies; they are rubber-meets-the-road issues to many, many voters.
Keep the heat on Leahy, no matter what else, we need to get to the facts and expose these sleazy bastards for everything they are.
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