WOW! What a News Day!

Carly Fiorina Explains McCain’s Governing Philosophy, and Just Why Was Turd Blossom a No-Show Before Congress?

Hume's is the best!

More of our rights flushed down the toilet. Heckuva Job, Congress.

• Speaker Nancy Pelosi was quoted today saying that the House Judiciary Committee should address the issues that Kucinich raises in the House Judiciary Committee.
This is a quote from a letter I just got from Congressman Wexler.

mudshark @ 8:

• Speaker Nancy Pelosi was quoted today saying that the House Judiciary Committee should address the issues that Kucinich raises in the House Judiciary Committee.
This is a quote from a letter I just got from Congressman Wexler.

More of the letter.

Speaker Pelosi's Shift on Hearings and Rep. Kucinich's New Article of Impeachment

After stating unequivocally that impeachment "is off the table," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stated to CBS News today that the House Judiciary Committee should address the issues that Rep. Kucinich's has raised in his impeachment resolution.

Pelosi's words provide genuine hope for our cause of accountability for this Administration. We must use Speaker Pelosi's openness to new hearings in the Judiciary Committee to pursue aggressively the serious allegations against Bush and Cheney relating to lies about the Iraq War, the illegal use of torture, the improper disclosure of the identity of a covert agent, the political firing of US attorneys, and on and on.

I again congratulate Congressman Kucinich on his continued leadership and work on behalf of this vital cause.

This issue now reaches far beyond the substance of the Judiciary Committee's original inquiry regarding the firing of US Attorneys for political purposes. The crisis at hand relates to our most fundamental laws and of our Constitution. It is, in many ways, more serious than the Constitutional crisis surrounding Watergate – yet the national media ignores the facts and ramifications of this renegade Executive.

Congress has a duty to protect the balance of powers. Mr. Rove, Mr. Bolten, and Ms. Miers have taken actions that severely undermine these powers, and we should not rely on a federal court alone.

The political tide begins to be turning and that is why I feel so strongly that we should aggressively push for inherent contempt for Karl Rove and impeachment hearings for President Bush and Vice President Cheney.

Thanks you for your work and your commitment to our constitution.

- Congressman Robert Wexler

mudshark @ 10:

mudshark @ 8:

• Speaker Nancy Pelosi was quoted today saying that the House Judiciary Committee should address the issues that Kucinich raises in the House Judiciary Committee.
This is a quote from a letter I just got from Congressman Wexler.

More of the letter.

Speaker Pelosi's Shift on Hearings and Rep. Kucinich's New Article of Impeachment

After stating unequivocally that impeachment "is off the table," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stated to CBS News today that the House Judiciary Committee should address the issues that Rep. Kucinich's has raised in his impeachment resolution.

Pelosi's words provide genuine hope for our cause of accountability for this Administration. We must use Speaker Pelosi's openness to new hearings in the Judiciary Committee to pursue aggressively the serious allegations against Bush and Cheney relating to lies about the Iraq War, the illegal use of torture, the improper disclosure of the identity of a covert agent, the political firing of US attorneys, and on and on.

I again congratulate Congressman Kucinich on his continued leadership and work on behalf of this vital cause.

This issue now reaches far beyond the substance of the Judiciary Committee's original inquiry regarding the firing of US Attorneys for political purposes. The crisis at hand relates to our most fundamental laws and of our Constitution. It is, in many ways, more serious than the Constitutional crisis surrounding Watergate – yet the national media ignores the facts and ramifications of this renegade Executive.

Congress has a duty to protect the balance of powers. Mr. Rove, Mr. Bolten, and Ms. Miers have taken actions that severely undermine these powers, and we should not rely on a federal court alone.

The political tide begins to be turning and that is why I feel so strongly that we should aggressively push for inherent contempt for Karl Rove and impeachment hearings for President Bush and Vice President Cheney.

Thanks you for your work and your commitment to our constitution.

- Congressman Robert Wexler

Now, I've been wanting to comment on this all day.
I think the reason that they may have been keeping things off the table is because they have been waiting for this moment. If George Bush is under impeachment, he can't pardun anyone. The Dems may have just sprung the trap.

mudshark @ 10:

mudshark @ 8:

• Speaker Nancy Pelosi was quoted today saying that the House Judiciary Committee should address the issues that Kucinich raises in the House Judiciary Committee.
This is a quote from a letter I just got from Congressman Wexler.

More of the letter.

Speaker Pelosi's Shift on Hearings and Rep. Kucinich's New Article of Impeachment

Pelosi has a potential challenger in Cindy Sheehan, and Sheehan's getting enough signatures on her petition to actually be added on the ballot in November. San Franciscans don't like being pissed on by their representatives, and Ms. Nancy appears to have forgotten that.

She doesn't want to be replaced by Sheehan or worse, Gavin Newsome in 2010.

After stating unequivocally that impeachment "is off the table," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stated to CBS News today that the House Judiciary Committee should address the issues that Rep. Kucinich's has raised in his impeachment resolution.

Pelosi's words provide genuine hope for our cause of accountability for this Administration. We must use Speaker Pelosi's openness to new hearings in the Judiciary Committee to pursue aggressively the serious allegations against Bush and Cheney relating to lies about the Iraq War, the illegal use of torture, the improper disclosure of the identity of a covert agent, the political firing of US attorneys, and on and on.

I again congratulate Congressman Kucinich on his continued leadership and work on behalf of this vital cause.

This issue now reaches far beyond the substance of the Judiciary Committee's original inquiry regarding the firing of US Attorneys for political purposes. The crisis at hand relates to our most fundamental laws and of our Constitution. It is, in many ways, more serious than the Constitutional crisis surrounding Watergate – yet the national media ignores the facts and ramifications of this renegade Executive.

Congress has a duty to protect the balance of powers. Mr. Rove, Mr. Bolten, and Ms. Miers have taken actions that severely undermine these powers, and we should not rely on a federal court alone.

The political tide begins to be turning and that is why I feel so strongly that we should aggressively push for inherent contempt for Karl Rove and impeachment hearings for President Bush and Vice President Cheney.

Thanks you for your work and your commitment to our constitution.

- Congressman Robert Wexler

Pelosi may get a challenge from Cindy Sheehan if Sheehan gets enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot. That's what's making her sing a new tune, because Conyers has long had enough evidence to start impeachment proceedings until she kneecapped him in 2007 by "taking impeachment off the table".

I'm not surprised or fooled.

who gives a fuck.

if half of the media's outrage at this was focused on the FISA vote we might have some rights left.

assholes.

Neil Cavuto actually looks BETTER - maybe because they shrunk down his ginormous, Great Gazoo sized noggin to normal Homo sapiens size

Sorry for going off topic you guys. Ok. ORaly looks , well , as he should.

mudshark @ 22:

Sorry for going off topic you guys. Ok. ORaly looks , well , as he should.

There is no one topic on an open thread.

StirFry @ 17:

Anti-gay, Anti-buttplug advocate Alabama AG, Troy King, gets caught being gay and pro-buttplug

The closeted gays are no longer good at staying in the closet, but they are excellent at being homophobic, self-hating guys running on anti-gay platforms that are guaranteed to keep them in the closet.

When the wife gives her statement, that's when the fun will begin. She could take tips from A-Rod's wife...

mudshark @ 27:

xoites defends Constitution @ 24:

mudshark @ 22:

Sorry for going off topic you guys. Ok. ORaly looks , well , as he should.

There is no one topic on an open thread.

cerebral flatulence.
sorry.

Good. I thought it was a brain fart. This is much more polite! :)

that's a very large space for one neuron.

xoites defends Constitution @ 31:

If Dick Cheney can set up a Shadow Government is there any real reason the citizenry couldn't set up a real Government? Elect our own congress and President and appoint our own judges; pay our taxes to it and let this "demockery" die on the vine?

The shadow government has ben around long before Dick Cheney. He just became one of them.

Chris Dodd is, to a large extent, a man of honor and principle. Who knows what he would have done if he had won the nomination and been in Obama's place, but I am pretty confident he would have stood by principle, rather than failing at trying to pander to the 30% crowd. All to gain at most a few percentage points in votes.

Heres more of the letter. I dunno but a Fiengold/Wexler team is sounding better everyday

Conyers Opens Door to Inherent Contempt for Rove

Karl Rove has simply refused to appear, as he is legally required to do. His actions, endorsed by the Bush/Cheney Administration, are a challenge to our system of checks and balances and Congress must respond to this type of outrageous behavior with appropriate severity.

Today, Judiciary Chairman John Conyers courageously stated today that inherent contempt will remain an option for the House of Representatives so long as Rove and this Administration refuses to abide by the law.

We must now bring Mr. Rove (and other renegade Bush officials) in compliance with the law.

This is a defining moment for Congress: Will we continue to allow legislative power to be eroded by an out of control executive branch that ignores the rule of law - or will we finally put an end to this congressional capitulation and properly force Administration officials to testify in full view of the American people?

It is time for Congress to hold Karl Rove in inherent contempt. I congratulate Chairman Conyers' positive move in this direction, and we must work to move other Members of Congress in support of the use of inherent contempt. Inherent contempt properly enables the House Sergeant of Arms to physically take custody of Mr. Rove and bring him to the House of Representatives to testify.

How do you think a state or federal judge would react to a witness refusing to comply with a legal subpoena? The wayward witness would be arrested.

Should the Congress of the United States be shown any less respect than any courtroom in the nation?
Should the Congress react any differently than how any American judge would react? Absolutely not.

We are long past the time for threats and negotiation. We must bring Mr. Rove in front of the full Judiciary Committee, under oath. No administration official - not even the President - is above the law. They cannot be allowed to redefine it at will. We must all appear when called or suffer the consequences.

This country NEEDS CHANGE ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhaCAVnLtIw

iReport CNN ... For an example of the change we need watch from the 4:00 mark ...

"It's just a handful of people that run everything, and that's provable.... I have this feeling that whoever's elected president, like Clinton was, no matter what promises you make on the campaign trail - blah, blah, blah - when you win, you go into this smoky room with the twelve industrialist, capitalist ***** that got you in there, and this little screen comes down... and it's a shot of the Kennedy assassination from an angle you've never seen before, which looks suspiciously off the grassy knoll.... And then the screen comes up, the lights come on, and they say to the new president, 'Any questions?'

"...Just what my agenda is."

-B. Hicks

I laughed at that joke back in 93, but he may be right about a shadow goverment with a shadow agenda. I know one thing, the agenda is not entirely in the interest of the American people...that's painfully obvious.

Otay @ 34:

Chris Dodd is, to a large extent, a man of honor and principle. Who knows what he would have done if he had won the nomination and been in Obama's place, but I am pretty confident he would have stood by principle, rather than failing at trying to pander to the 30% crowd. All to gain at most a few percentage points in votes.

Dodd was my first choice. I think we've would have been better off with him as the nominee. But who knows, we've been disappointed so many times now.

btw, while the vanity fair piece is funny, it works to take the sting out of what fox did, which is on par with nazi germany and its caricatures of jews

and it kills me that the fcc will fine howard stern for saying penis...but fox can get away with something so blatantly anti semitic without even a peep

Uncle Joe Mccarthy @ 44:

btw, while the vanity fair piece is funny, it works to take the sting out of what fox did, which is on par with nazi germany and its caricatures of jews

and it kills me that the fcc will fine howard stern for saying penis...but fox can get away with something so blatantly anti semitic without even a peep

But if Howard was more circumspect and not so circumcised he'd have fewer peeps for skinny stripper spanking fun times...I'd take the fines for the fiiiiines too. He's still coming out a head...

;-}

That's a generous amount of hair for BillO, shoulda done more of a comb-over to match reality.

Ron @ 47:

Proud2bHumble @ 46:

Uncle Joe Mccarthy @ 44:

btw, while the vanity fair piece is funny, it works to take the sting out of what fox did, which is on par with nazi germany and its caricatures of jews

and it kills me that the fcc will fine howard stern for saying penis...but fox can get away with something so blatantly anti semitic without even a peep

But if Howard was more circumspect and not so circumcised he'd have fewer peeps for skinny stripper spanking fun times...I'd take the fines for the fiiiiines too. He's still coming out a head...

;-}

How do you know he's circumcised?

He's Jewish, which is kinda punny :)

Beauty is in the mind of the beholder, ugliness in the minds of the beholden, in their cases...

Proud2bHumble @ 53:

Ron @ 51:

Proud2bHumble @ 50:

Ron @ 47:
He's Jewish, which is kinda punny :)

Are you sure? I think you might be looking down the tube.

I prefer to come up shorts...lol, hi buddy :)

LOL! Did I catch you with your pants down?

Proud2bHumble @ 55:

Ron @ 54:

Proud2bHumble @ 53:

Ron @ 51:
I prefer to come up shorts...lol, hi buddy :)

LOL! Did I catch you with your pants down?

What pants?
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pant pant pant - oops! Doh!!

;-}

Thank God someone has a sense of humor during these times.

Chris Wallace looks like an uptight republican John Waters

G @ 58:

Chris Wallace looks like an uptight republican John Waters

It's all the hairspray he uses to keep the Devo doooo tightly covering his swamp think...he's quite Devine, doncha tink?

Ron @ 61:

Proud2bHumble @ 59:

Ron @ 56:

Proud2bHumble @ 55:
Thank God someone has a sense of humor during these times.

You've certainly put out your fair share of funnies, thank FSM and Bob :)

We need to have a little fun here once in a while to prove to the lurking undecideds that we're not just a bunch of stiffys...

...take it away, Ronny, haha :)

Well, I figured that you could come up with at least one stiffy.

Speaking of stiffy's, didja see McViagrasoknotbirthcontro squirmin on countdown tonite?

Ron @ 63:

Proud2bHumble @ 62:

Ron @ 61:

Proud2bHumble @ 59:
Well, I figured that you could come up with at least one stiffy.

Speaking of stiffy's, didja see McViagrasoknotbirthcontro squirmin on countdown tonite?

How can a repugnant with the goal of being POTUS, be so speechless? LOL!

I can't imagine how He's gonna hide his bushian moronicity at the debates...

Hey P2B.

Afraid to say more... I've become rather "bitter" in the past few days. Hope is rapidly fading for me, and I'm needing a direction to focus. Unfortunately, our "directions" have become very limited. $%^& Ralph! How can we make you legitimate? (Not everyone turns to god or guns; some turn to Nader).

Anyway, I'm reading too many of my comments, and thinking I'm becoming an #$$%^&*.

I quit the Obama campaign today. I haven't volunteered for any national candidate since Clinton in '92. I voted against him in '96 and didn't think I could have felt more betrayed by a politician until now. The funny thing was: the guy I spoke with didn't even really try to talk me out of it; he said he felt the same.

Obama doesn't need or want us. He's got AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and everyone he's sold a $30,000 handshake to in the past month. We've been sold out.

fiver @ 66:

Progressive idealism is a beautiful thing, fraught with the dangers of bitter disappointments at every turn...the more beautifully idealistic, the more fraughtage as we rub up against the reality of the diverse perverse variability of consciousness among our fellow humans. For most of us here, we can see what we can be, and we're already there in our hopeful, desirous imaginations and real change lags far behind, but the long term trends have always been up, if you look back to where we've come from. Our short lifetimes alone are not necessarily conducive to the long view, unless we see ourselves as part of the river of existence....

....asshole.

lol

;-}

:)

Dr. Hussein Matt @ 73:

fiver is typical liberal and liberal by definition. There's a difference between a leftist and liberal.....a big difference. Low-life scum like fiver is liberal...a whiner, gutless, useless, a pile of pig sh*t, and only cares about herself.

Yikes! This is like watching mom and dad fight... I love ya both like family, and my reply ta fiver wasn't meant as a slam at all, and neither is this:

Big Fuckin' Deal

...just another angle on the dangle...

...ease up on the internecine shit you guys, or I'm outta here. We got some real fucked up assholes to be fighting with, why waste it on each other?

...just sayin...

;-}

BTW, regarding the Pelosi thing, I doubt she had some sort of change of heart. It's more likely she's hoping it'll help defeat whatever "edge" McCain has left over Obama. Or maybe she's pissed about Hoyer undermining her on the FISA thing.

xoites defends Constitution @ 31:

If Dick Cheney can set up a Shadow Government is there any real reason the citizenry couldn't set up a real Government? Elect our own congress and President and appoint our own judges; pay our taxes to it and let this "demockery" die on the vine?

This is the best comment YET. LOL You hit the nail right on the head.

btw, I e-mailed Chris Dodd. Told him he fought a good fight and he's and honorable man and that I and all the people I know will stand by him any time he needs us. He couldn't have tried any harder than he did, along with Kucinich, Wexler and Biden and a few others.

As far as the pictures, my favorite is Kristol. I always thought he looked like a ghoul.

Laura Nason @ 78:

xoites defends Constitution @ 31:

If Dick Cheney can set up a Shadow Government is there any real reason the citizenry couldn't set up a real Government? Elect our own congress and President and appoint our own judges; pay our taxes to it and let this "demockery" die on the vine?

This is the best comment YET. LOL You hit the nail right on the head.

btw, I e-mailed Chris Dodd. Told him he fought a good fight and he's and honorable man and that I and all the people I know will stand by him any time he needs us. He couldn't have tried any harder than he did, along with Kucinich, Wexler and Biden and a few others.

As far as the pictures, my favorite is Kristol. I always thought he looked like a ghoul.

Thanks for the compliment.

I think we need to lead a national boycott on the telecoms that capitulated to Bush as a start.

Waste of Time? FOX News - Thu Jul 10, 8:02 PM ET

Rep. Dennis Kucinich defends his sinking Bush impeachment resolution

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=8761645&ch=4...

Well at least Faux mentioned it... From the rest of the MSM. I can only hear the wind through the leaves. You got to loath their headlines and crawlers though.

Who the hell is Dr. Matt?

Why are we supporting any party in DC again? I mean really, the Democrats are as bad as th republicans in their actions. They let the fricken GOP get away with murder.

Hey you freaking night owl!
Day Day, Xoites.

night night to the rest of ya peeping toms, dicks and hairys.

funny ass slide show. I'm glad I posted it last night.

g'nite, SM, luv doze inishells.

IMPEACH!

PEACE!

Well, I have to figure out who to vote for now. Sure as hell won't be Obama (and certainly not McCain). I'd prefer to vote for someone actually on the ballot than do a write-in, since write-ins essentially don't even get recorded. I just don't know if anyone else will be on the ballot in NY.

A vote attacking the constitution is an automatic disqualification. I will not accept a choice between a man who gleefully guts the constitution or a man who does so with crocodile tears.

Thirty percent of Americans lack fluoridated water.

John McCain and his campaign have made at least 15 SERIOUS errors this week, before Friday, and the MSM doesn’t care to report them because they make more money by pretending this race will be close in November:

1. McCain unambiguously called Social Security a Disgrace.

2. McCain's top economic policy adviser calls Americans a bunch of "whiners" for being worried about the slumping economy. He feels that the American people are bitter and clinging to their jobs!

3. Iraqi leaders call for a timetable for U.S. withdrawal, McCain gets caught in a bizarre denial and flip flop when he gave a interview a few years ago saying he’d support such a request by the Iraqis, then he said the statement wasn’t accurate, and now he says that position is still negotiable.

4. McCain's economic plan to cut the deficit has no details and is simply not believable as he promised to balance the budget by 2013 and was laughed at by everyone with common sense.

5. McCain's deficit plan includes bringing the troops home represents a major Iraq flip-flop.

6. McCain campaign misled about the “300 economists” who support his economic policy when A LOT of them haven’t even read it, those who have don’t like many parts of it, and one person doesn’t even support McCain for President.

7. McCain makes a joke about killing Iranians.

8. McCain denies, flatly, that he ever said that he is not an expert in economics when actual video says otherwise.

9. McCain distorts his record on veterans benefits in response to a question from Vietnam Veteran, who then proceeds to call McCain out his lie.

10. McCain demonstrates he knows nothing about Afghanistan and Pakistan by saying “I think there is a glimmer of an improving relationship between Karzai and Pakistan”.

11. During a campaign stop in Pittsburg, McCain stated: "When I was first interrogated and really had to give some information because of the pressures, physical pressures on me, I named the starting lineup, defensive line of the Pittsburgh Steelers as my squadron mates." Only it wasn't the Steelers, it was the Greenbay Packers -- according to every previous time McCain has told this story.

12. McCain claims that he voted to condemn the Iranian Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization when an amendment was on the floor of the United States Senate, whereas "Senator Obama refused to vote." Problem is, McCain also didn't vote on that amendment. Both him and Obama were out campaigning. Besides which, Obama sponsored similar legislation in March 2007, so his "refusal" should be taken with a grain of salt.

13. McCain forgets his position on funding Birth Control over Viagra and simply dismisses the question after a LONG pause.

14. Carly Fiorina, who is being considered for the VP spot, is going across the country telling everyone that McCain is pro-choice and wouldn’t touch Roe v. Wade when he is really pro-life and wants to overturn Roe v. Wade.

15. McCain didn’t bother to vote on the FISA bill just like he didn’t bother to vote on the G.I. Bill, or any other bill in a long time for that matter, even though he takes every weekend off because he’s supposedly in great shape for a old man.

We all know that McCain’s campaign surrogates (Kelly O’Donnell, Andrea Mitchell, and David Gregory) will never discuss these facts publicly because McCain could have literally killed his campaign this week if the media focused on him like they do on Obama.

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Dear Senator Chris Dodd,

You say, "It is my hope that the courts will undo the damage done to the Constitution."

Senator, who did the damage; The signing of a unconstitutional bill or the bill's crafters?

Had Congress stood up to defend and support the Constitution, there would have been no bill to sign!

You give me crackers when I thirst and tell me to be satisfied!

You can not ensure that this ever, EVER be undone. EVER!

Know this has happened ON YOUR WATCH!

.

Cal @ 89:

craig @ 88:

Well, I have to figure out who to vote for now. Sure as hell won't be Obama (and certainly not McCain). I'd prefer to vote for someone actually on the ballot than do a write-in, since write-ins essentially don't even get recorded. I just don't know if anyone else will be on the ballot in NY.

A vote attacking the constitution is an automatic disqualification. I will not accept a choice between a man who gleefully guts the constitution or a man who does so with crocodile tears.

Yeah well you better not live in a swing state or a McCain victory could be your doing.

First off, fuck you and all people who criticize others for voting their conscience rather than some candy-ass, cowardly "lesser evil" vote.
If the 98% of Dems who are always preaching to others to vote for "the lesser evil" would for once in their pathetic lives have the balls to stand for something and vote for a real progressive instead of GOP-lite, then we we'd actually HAVE a progressive candidate and president rather than seeing the Democratic party go from being a moderate-conservative party to a conservative-right party in opposition to the fascist party of the GOP.

Secondly, if you had read my comment, you would see I'm in NY, and can comfortably have my vote register as an actual progressive, rather than a robot-like and cowardly Obama vote.

Nice choice you cowards set us up with - we could either go for the conservative warmonger Clinton or the crypto-fascist Obama.
All because rather than a representative of the people with clear policies and goals, you opted for a "leader" (we're not supposed to have leaders in this country) who "inspired" you with some amorphous, vague touchy-feely warmth bullshit. Fucking children think they're voting for football coach or pop star.

I supported Obama mildly over the detestable Clinton until this, supported Edwards over them both until he bowed out... but I swear to god, despite my then-nominal support for Obama, those vacuous, no-substance "O-ba-ma! O-ba-ma!" singing and worship ads creeped me right the fuck out. Scary cult of personality starry-eyed cult crap.

Cal @ 80:

What kind of a news channel deforms the pictures of people they disagree with?

How childish can one get?

FOX Noize is more desperate than ever. They are like a cave filled with rabid vermin and poisonous vipers.

Nothing new for them -- they're just more riled up these days.

Craig #96:

It's an impossible choice even for someone like Michael Moore, who would probably still implore any American to vote Democratic, no matter what.

I feel your pain all the way in Canada, no lie.

I wonder if Congress understands why their approval ratings hit single digits this past week. Congratulations Democrats(?), you've managed to sour an election year that could have been a landslide year for our party. Thank you Senator Obama. You've made my decision to vote for the only progressive in the election (Ralph Nader) an easier decision. We progressives defended you through many months of the primary campaign and how did you return our support? By screwing our basic rights at the first opportunity.

Just saw Kramer from Mad Money on Morning Jerk(aka Joe). I like his shifting position on oil speculators. A week ago or so he said speculators maybe added 1 or 2 dollars a barrel to the price of oil. Now he claims they don't affect the price. He must think everyone is stupid and doesn't pay attention to what he says.

Mass murder in the Middle East is not in our best interest.

I wonder if Dodd has any suggestions on who to vote for in November... I'm not so sure who to vote for anymore.

St. Paul Scout @ 105:

...I did that with Bill Clinton and got NAFTA and massive outsourcing of jobs, tech jobs, MY type of work. I am still working, but the company I work for has already made it clear us mainframe guys are history...
NAFTA was not in my BEST INTEREST, niether is Obama OR McCain. So to all of you 'lesser of two evils' retards I say FUCK YOU. I will NEVER vote like that again.

While I totally agree with you, I'm kind of confused: haven't all the tech jobs been outsourced to India/China? The "North American Free Trade Agreement" doesn't apply to India/China.

st paul you said it! obummers just what i said he was all along hes the corporate loveing sellout, why would the repigs even need to fix this election when they got obama to do thier work for them!

Billo, Why the long face?

Ron @ 12:

mudshark @ 10:

mudshark @ 8:

• Speaker Nancy Pelosi was quoted today saying that the House Judiciary Committee should address the issues that Kucinich raises in the House Judiciary Committee.
This is a quote from a letter I just got from Congressman Wexler.

More of the letter.

Speaker Pelosi's Shift on Hearings and Rep. Kucinich's New Article of Impeachment

After stating unequivocally that impeachment "is off the table," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stated to CBS News today that the House Judiciary Committee should address the issues that Rep. Kucinich's has raised in his impeachment resolution.

Pelosi's words provide genuine hope for our cause of accountability for this Administration. We must use Speaker Pelosi's openness to new hearings in the Judiciary Committee to pursue aggressively the serious allegations against Bush and Cheney relating to lies about the Iraq War, the illegal use of torture, the improper disclosure of the identity of a covert agent, the political firing of US attorneys, and on and on.

I again congratulate Congressman Kucinich on his continued leadership and work on behalf of this vital cause.

This issue now reaches far beyond the substance of the Judiciary Committee's original inquiry regarding the firing of US Attorneys for political purposes. The crisis at hand relates to our most fundamental laws and of our Constitution. It is, in many ways, more serious than the Constitutional crisis surrounding Watergate – yet the national media ignores the facts and ramifications of this renegade Executive.

Congress has a duty to protect the balance of powers. Mr. Rove, Mr. Bolten, and Ms. Miers have taken actions that severely undermine these powers, and we should not rely on a federal court alone.

The political tide begins to be turning and that is why I feel so strongly that we should aggressively push for inherent contempt for Karl Rove and impeachment hearings for President Bush and Vice President Cheney.

Thanks you for your work and your commitment to our constitution.

- Congressman Robert Wexler

Now, I've been wanting to comment on this all day.
I think the reason that they may have been keeping things off the table is because they have been waiting for this moment. If George Bush is under impeachment, he can't pardun anyone. The Dems may have just sprung the trap.

Aw HEEELLLLL Yeah!!!!
Sweet!

"I just hope I’m lucky enough to have you by my side in the next fight, whatever that may be."

Obama Seeks Info on Dodd in Vice President Search

Not too happy with CD of late. As Chairman, and past member of Senate Banking Committee, he had the power to question what was going on in the lending shenanigans BEFORE it spun out of control. As a former realtor and CT resident in '03, myself along with several other realtors wrote him on numerous occasions asking him to do something -- ANYTHING -- to stop these OUT OF CONTROL lending practices. We saw it coming them - and he didn't??????

Many go to rawstory.com for news with a "liberal" perspective. I find most of it's articles to have a strong neocon bias, it's so obvious if you do a quick skimming over their headlines. It's about time people knew about their pseudo-liberalism hiding a pro Israel agenda and take their "reporting" with a big grain of salt.

JerseyCynic @ 118:

"I just hope I’m lucky enough to have you by my side in the next fight, whatever that may be."

Obama Seeks Info on Dodd in Vice President Search

Not too happy with CD of late. As Chairman, and past member of Senate Banking Committee, he had the power to question what was going on in the lending shenanigans BEFORE it spun out of control. As a former realtor and CT resident in '03, myself along with several other realtors wrote him on numerous occasions asking him to do something -- ANYTHING -- to stop these OUT OF CONTROL lending practices. We saw it coming them - and he didn't??????

Banking Issue #2,

When will these legalized loan-sharks (credit card companies) see their immoral 2005 Bankruptcy (screw the shit out of the American consumer) Bill repealed. This was one of the most dispicable peices of legislation the repuke congress gave us, and that is really really saying alot! And many dems voted for it too, Sen's. Obama, Dodd.

Many people I know who were barely making it a few years ago, are now in serious trouble simply because their interest rates have been raised fron 6% up to 29%; for no other reason than the loan sharks "can"!

They all owe us an apology, and a quick termination of this hideous legislation.

kai @ 11:

Billo looks like Nixon.

How come they didn't shop Hannity's picture?

I was asking myself the same question.

Anyway, that shit was funny. Laughed my ass off.

Ok, where was our promised filibuster? Hmmm? Where?

The whole game is rigged.

NoGWB .......

We certainly need a clean sweep

EXCELLENT NEWS above

mudshark:

Here's the link

Really liked the mock-up of "Summer's Eve Steve" (because he's douche-y). It was a fair reflection of his craven assholeish-ness. Way to go, Douche!

craig @ 98:

Cal @ 89:

craig @ 88:

Well, I have to figure out who to vote for now. Sure as hell won't be Obama (and certainly not McCain). I'd prefer to vote for someone actually on the ballot than do a write-in, since write-ins essentially don't even get recorded. I just don't know if anyone else will be on the ballot in NY.

A vote attacking the constitution is an automatic disqualification. I will not accept a choice between a man who gleefully guts the constitution or a man who does so with crocodile tears.

Yeah well you better not live in a swing state or a McCain victory could be your doing.

First off, fuck you and all people who criticize others for voting their conscience rather than some candy-ass, cowardly "lesser evil" vote.
If the 98% of Dems who are always preaching to others to vote for "the lesser evil" would for once in their pathetic lives have the balls to stand for something and vote for a real progressive instead of GOP-lite, then we we'd actually HAVE a progressive candidate and president rather than seeing the Democratic party go from being a moderate-conservative party to a conservative-right party in opposition to the fascist party of the GOP.

Secondly, if you had read my comment, you would see I'm in NY, and can comfortably have my vote register as an actual progressive, rather than a robot-like and cowardly Obama vote.

Nice choice you cowards set us up with - we could either go for the conservative warmonger Clinton or the crypto-fascist Obama.
All because rather than a representative of the people with clear policies and goals, you opted for a "leader" (we're not supposed to have leaders in this country) who "inspired" you with some amorphous, vague touchy-feely warmth bullshit. Fucking children think they're voting for football coach or pop star.

I supported Obama mildly over the detestable Clinton until this, supported Edwards over them both until he bowed out... but I swear to god, despite my then-nominal support for Obama, those vacuous, no-substance "O-ba-ma! O-ba-ma!" singing and worship ads creeped me right the fuck out. Scary cult of personality starry-eyed cult crap.

Blah Blah Blah you're cutting off OUR nose to spite YOUR face.

I hate to say this, but those were quite tame and lame.
It also seems beneath VF to stoop to FOX's level by doing this.
Meh.
Such is life in the 21st Century, I guess.