tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15861891.post114878026768057473..comments2024-03-28T03:24:03.551-04:00Comments on MYRANT: SRBissettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14426874992235196378noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15861891.post-1148916853106207122006-05-29T11:34:00.000-04:002006-05-29T11:34:00.000-04:00I think it's worth noting that Hastert's defense o...I think it's worth noting that Hastert's defense of "separation of powers" is legitimate and vital. Especially with a president who's displayed the imperial tendencies that this one has, it's important not to allow the executive to bully, threaten or harass legislators with searches of their congressional offices.<BR/><BR/>Further, no matter how broad Gonzales' case against Rep. Jefferson may be, he must be hurting for evidence to raid a congressman's office. After all - and this is important - <B><I>THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE EXECUTIVE HAS RAIDED A LEGISLATIVE OFFICE IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES</I></B>.<BR/><BR/>This seems like a pretty desperate move on Gonzales' part. I have little doubt that Jefferson, and most of his colleagues on both sides of the isle, are dirty and corrupt and probably guilty of engaging in all sorts of illegal behavior and selling the powers of their offices. <I>However,</I> the independence of the legislative branch is more important than any corruption case - it's too easy for someone like our would-be emperor to use claims of corruption to harass and intimidate legislators.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15861891.post-1148842006493303582006-05-28T14:46:00.000-04:002006-05-28T14:46:00.000-04:00I heard the "don't succeed/run the risk of failure...I heard the "don't succeed/run the risk of failure" quote years before Bush took office.<BR/><BR/>It was actually a Dan Quayle quote.<BR/><BR/>http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/quotes/quayle.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15861891.post-1148823912384642562006-05-28T09:45:00.000-04:002006-05-28T09:45:00.000-04:00At last we agree! (actually we agree on a lot, but...At last we agree! (actually we agree on a lot, but it's way complicated...)<BR/><BR/>The Jefferson/Hastert etc thing - seems like EVERYBODY can agree that stinks to high heaven. I'll save my typing fingers and just cut-n-paste what Al said over at Cold Fury - a blog that is so "neo-con" you'll break out in a rash if you look at it - but at least we can all agree on this:<BR/><BR/>***<BR/>If this story in the Wash Post this morning is true, the FBI and DOJ may have a humdinger of a public corruption case operating against Congress right now.<BR/><BR/>You might need to register to read that. In short, anonymous federal law enforcement sources stated to the Post that Alberto Gonzales, Robert Mueller and Paul McNulty (the DAG, or Deputy Attorney General) all threatened to resign if President Bush orders the Jefferson papers returned to Congress. That’s a Saturday Night Massacre level-threat, over the WH reluctance to push a case relating to a #Democratic# member of Congress. If you found that puzzling, you weren’t the only one.<BR/><BR/>It seems to me that were this an ordinary corruption case, they wouldn’t threaten such draconian action. I am with Insty, who thinks that the Feebs may have stumbled into public corruption on a scale that… that is grand enough that even Republicans are running scared and willing to jump to the defense of William Jefferson. My liberal friends insist that it’s a Republican culture of corruption, my Republican friends insist it’s a Democratic Culture of Corruption, and my conservative and libertarian friends tend to agree with me that it’s a centralized government culture of corruption. I guess we’ll know more within a couple months, and if the corruption is widespread and bi-partisan, you can expect to see a voter revolt this fall.<BR/>***<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure about that last sentence. What kind of "voter revolt" option do we have? Toss out one pile of scoundrels and replace them with the next pile of scoundrels?<BR/><BR/>Oh well, it's small potatoes next to what Perry said. I think blaming that all on Bush is pointless though. If it wasn't Bush, it would be Burger King ice cream lids. The Jihadists aren't going to be happy until we all bend over and take Allah up the butt.Mark Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04799399359022340724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15861891.post-1148817367518010592006-05-28T07:56:00.000-04:002006-05-28T07:56:00.000-04:00As if all that wasn't bad enough, there might not ...As if all that wasn't bad enough, there might not even be houses to foreclose on soon: Hammad Mir is one of the most objective and respected journalists in the world, even if he is Pakistan, and just about a week ago he has broken a story that has been utterly ignored by the US media. If you think the domestic situation is in ruins because of the Bush Mafia, wait till the nuke and dirty bombs go off -- check out World Threats. com for lots more, but, in a nutshell, Mir has said Al Quaida and Osama have secured some of the 54 "lost" Russian suitcase nukes -- as many as ten -- and have smuggled them into USA through canada. They await our impending attack on Iran, the day of which this happens from 7 to 10 America cities (Boston, New York, Miami,DC --a goog thing? -- Houston, Chicago, LA, St. Louis and a small Virgina town where the hardened white house hideout is (I forgot the name of the town) will all be targeted with devices in the 2 megaton range and/or radioactive dirty bombs. If this isn't chilling enough, or if one doubts this guy Mir, remember he is Bin Laden;'s OFFICIAL biographer and the ONLY JOURNALIST OSAMA HAS ALLOWED himself to be interviewed by. A Muslim cleric was stupid enough to issue a statement saying that ten million americans must die to achieve "parody" with the wrongs GW has commited. This fun puts the housing crisis and the ongoing horror of the Bush administration and all its endless criminal and moronic behavior, and its crew of truely evil men directly in the crosshairs of these nuke toting sleepers stationed here since before 911. Maybe not a bad thing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com