tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post3888977751192809777..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-62027203656285085192007-07-27T23:55:00.000-04:002007-07-27T23:55:00.000-04:00As Mystic quotes WS above, "wtf can we do?"Call/wr...As Mystic quotes WS above, <I>"wtf can we do?"</I><BR/><BR/>Call/write/email your congress-critters (all three of them)and state out why you think impeachment is required <B>now</B>, not later.<BR/><BR/>Follow up on NTodd's <A HREF="http://www.paxamericana.net/2007/07/198-sundays-mr-.html" REL="nofollow">"snail mail sit-in" campaign</A> to send a postcard a day to Speaker Pelosi urging her to putJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11108488529897012405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-59993016841589265852007-07-27T14:26:00.000-04:002007-07-27T14:26:00.000-04:00Good point, Colin--slow progress isn't no progress...Good point, Colin--slow progress isn't no progress.<BR/><BR/>I actually agree that it's good to keep pushing them, making them...at each point they have to either admit wrong-doing or take up crazier and more precarious positions. Eventually, with a little luck, justice can be done.<BR/><BR/>And as for impeachment of the Big Boys--I don't actually think it's something that's really going to Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-45531125342304006852007-07-27T11:43:00.000-04:002007-07-27T11:43:00.000-04:00I don't really know if impeachment is a priority f...I don't really know if impeachment is a priority for Congress, at least not right now. Congress would have to get a lot more open threats to its power to really push for impeachment, but as all the Gonzales noise gets pursued it's probable that some of the stops the admin pulls out will make a lot of Congressmen REALLY mad. I think soon people will start getting charged with things that can't be Colinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14626650660026827004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-13112779661499718702007-07-27T11:30:00.000-04:002007-07-27T11:30:00.000-04:00But as Winston has said, this will inevitably dela...But as Winston has said, this will inevitably delay the impeachment of Bush and Cheney, basically providing them with a buffer to permit them to stay in office for the remainder of their term.The Mystichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813641115915460692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-45544052930721482192007-07-27T11:23:00.000-04:002007-07-27T11:23:00.000-04:00Checks and balances, playing itself out in what's ...Checks and balances, playing itself out in what's been some really entertaining CSPAN.<BR/><BR/>I think people are mistaking slow results for no results. Since they began this US attorney investigation, they've gotten Bush to assert executive priviledge in a way that's open to being overturned, Gonzales to commit perjury and reveal all sorts of bad shit, and lots of new avenues for further Colinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14626650660026827004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-43168868011243612922007-07-27T11:19:00.000-04:002007-07-27T11:19:00.000-04:00Yeah, I gotta admit that's at least as likely as m...Yeah, I gotta admit that's at least as likely as my claim that impeaching Gonzo will act as an impediment to impeaching Cheney and Bush.<BR/><BR/>Well, I dunno...how long is an impeachment of Gonzo likely to take?Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-27195549774770462492007-07-27T10:35:00.000-04:002007-07-27T10:35:00.000-04:00As I watch Gonzales (until my own retching distrac...As I watch Gonzales (until my own retching distracts me), I see a man supremely confident of his safety and position. He <B>knows</B> Duhbya has his back personally. <BR/><BR/>Rummy may have been arrogant, but he didn't have this same confidence, even though he was a Cheney man. Maybe being a Cheneyite made Rummy know that he was disposable at some level. Scooter Libby surely knows that.<BR/>lovable liberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616294696912710046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-7093668321385260142007-07-27T09:21:00.000-04:002007-07-27T09:21:00.000-04:00You're most likely right about the impeachment thi...You're most likely right about the impeachment thing.<BR/><BR/>However, as you posed the question in the Yoo thread, wtf can we do?The Mystichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813641115915460692noreply@blogger.com