Comments on: Questions http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/15/questions/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:27:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Clamberite http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/15/questions/#comment-458227 Clamberite Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:12:11 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/15/questions/#comment-458227 <p>Is it possible that in a Machiavellian way that the true target of the leak was Plame herself? That her husband’s trip provided the vehicle to get her out of the picture because she wasn’t coming up with the answers they desired? That, as in all other things these clowns have tried, it backfired? Think about it. Wilson was just an annoyance, easily dismissed by saying our allies have learned , like Bush said in his speech, but Plame was another matter entirely. The head of the joint task force wasn’t cooperating? How could the neo-clowns go to congress when the head of the CIA agency charged with finding WMDs couldn’t find any?</p> Is it possible that in a Machiavellian way that the true target of the leak was Plame herself? That her husband’s trip provided the vehicle to get her out of the picture because she wasn’t coming up with the answers they desired? That, as in all other things these clowns have tried, it backfired? Think about it. Wilson was just an annoyance, easily dismissed by saying our allies have learned , like Bush said in his speech, but Plame was another matter entirely. The head of the joint task force wasn’t cooperating? How could the neo-clowns go to congress when the head of the CIA agency charged with finding WMDs couldn’t find any?

]]> By: MarkH http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/15/questions/#comment-458013 MarkH Tue, 16 Jan 2007 05:17:54 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/15/questions/#comment-458013 <p>I know Fitzgerald will keep the focus narrow, so as to get the conviction (and we wouldn’t want it any othe way). But, the question I’d like to have answered is to Libby himself: “Sir, we know you leaked the Plame identity. What we need to know is if President Bush himself authorized it. Did he?”</p> <p>That would blow the lid off a cooker.</p> I know Fitzgerald will keep the focus narrow, so as to get the conviction (and we wouldn’t want it any othe way). But, the question I’d like to have answered is to Libby himself: “Sir, we know you leaked the Plame identity. What we need to know is if President Bush himself authorized it. Did he?”

That would blow the lid off a cooker.

]]> By: steve ex-expat http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/15/questions/#comment-457941 steve ex-expat Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:24:23 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/15/questions/#comment-457941 <p>It doesn’t stop until Bush is impeached.</p> It doesn’t stop until Bush is impeached.

]]> By: rumi http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/15/questions/#comment-457741 rumi Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:24:20 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/15/questions/#comment-457741 <blockquote><p><a href="#comment-457525"><em>Sparkles the Iguana @<br /> 176 </em></a><br /> I would think those two things are fairly unrelated.</p></blockquote> <p> For some reason, I find it difficult to argue with the logic of an iguana named Sparkles.</p>

Sparkles the Iguana @
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I would think those two things are fairly unrelated.

For some reason, I find it difficult to argue with the logic of an iguana named Sparkles.

]]> By: Cheviteau http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/15/questions/#comment-457701 Cheviteau Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:50:02 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/15/questions/#comment-457701 <p>Yeah, they do. But informally.<br /> “Mind if I take a look at that rope you’re about to put around that guy’s neck?”</p> <p> ” Sure, Look ok to you?”</p> <p> “Yep, Let’er rip.”</p> Yeah, they do. But informally.
“Mind if I take a look at that rope you’re about to put around that guy’s neck?”

” Sure, Look ok to you?”

“Yep, Let’er rip.”

]]> By: Cheviteau http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/15/questions/#comment-457693 Cheviteau Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:42:31 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/15/questions/#comment-457693 <p><a href="#comment-457279"><em>Sparkles the Iguana @ 20 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p><a href="#comment-457263"><em>rwcole @ 8 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p>Hang em High?</p> <p>Seems that the most recent Iraqi hangings went awry again- no news that the condemned were harrassed or anything- but one of em had his head pop off during the punishment…YEAH- IT JUST POPPED RIGHT OFF!</p> <p>A few thousand more hangings and they’ll get this thing down!</p></blockquote> <p>Awesome….I’m amazed the third guy’s genitals weren’t accidentally lopped off during his hanging.</p> <p>And one of the articles had an Iraqi official claiming that international human rights organizations had approved that particular gallows, or something. Really?? Do human rights organizations go around certifying the humaneness of gallows, electric chairs, syringes, firing squad ranges, etc.??</p></blockquote> Sparkles the Iguana @ 20

rwcole @ 8

Hang em High?

Seems that the most recent Iraqi hangings went awry again- no news that the condemned were harrassed or anything- but one of em had his head pop off during the punishment…YEAH- IT JUST POPPED RIGHT OFF!

A few thousand more hangings and they’ll get this thing down!

Awesome….I’m amazed the third guy’s genitals weren’t accidentally lopped off during his hanging.

And one of the articles had an Iraqi official claiming that international human rights organizations had approved that particular gallows, or something. Really?? Do human rights organizations go around certifying the humaneness of gallows, electric chairs, syringes, firing squad ranges, etc.??

]]> By: Sadly, No! » Does He Seem Defensive At All? http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/15/questions/#comment-457648 Sadly, No! » Does He Seem Defensive At All? Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:05:17 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/15/questions/#comment-457648 <p>[…] Actually, we can kind of let Valerie Plame answer that. She was, after all, the head of the CIA’s Iraq Operations Group, until that unfortunate incident happened, about which many remain curious. […]</p> […] Actually, we can kind of let Valerie Plame answer that. She was, after all, the head of the CIA’s Iraq Operations Group, until that unfortunate incident happened, about which many remain curious. […]

]]> By: pdaly http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/15/questions/#comment-457595 pdaly Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:34:17 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/15/questions/#comment-457595 <p>Someone was asking earlier for a simple way to refer to the current WH scandal, lying America into the current Iraq war and burning a CIA officer’s identity with the help of the mainstream media:</p> <p>What about Bush Administration Revenge Scandal, or “BARS” for short–rhymes with “SARS” and is just as deadly. The acronym suggests an appropriate punishment.</p> Someone was asking earlier for a simple way to refer to the current WH scandal, lying America into the current Iraq war and burning a CIA officer’s identity with the help of the mainstream media:

What about Bush Administration Revenge Scandal, or “BARS” for short–rhymes with “SARS” and is just as deadly. The acronym suggests an appropriate punishment.

]]> By: Mary http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/15/questions/#comment-457558 Mary Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:03:43 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/15/questions/#comment-457558 <p>Thanks montag - I know shield legislaton is on the table in Judiciary too. It’s a complex issue and these are the kinds of times that show some validity in many different povs.</p> Thanks montag – I know shield legislaton is on the table in Judiciary too. It’s a complex issue and these are the kinds of times that show some validity in many different povs.

]]> By: steelthing http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/15/questions/#comment-457549 steelthing Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:52:36 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/15/questions/#comment-457549 <p><a href="#comment-457534"><em>Gentleman Jim @ 178 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p>Check out Glenn Greenwald’s take on what a cornered and mortally wounded Bushite presidency would pose.</p> <p>Cheney is the Lynch Pin in this whole criminal enterprise.</p> <p><a href="http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/2007/01/collapse-of-bush-presidency-poses.html">http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.....poses.html</a></p></blockquote> <p>I would completely agree. Cheney is indeed behind these crimes. I have long thought that this particular case would prove the undoing of Cheney which I view as essential in also ridding ourselves of Bush.</p> Gentleman Jim @ 178

Check out Glenn Greenwald’s take on what a cornered and mortally wounded Bushite presidency would pose.

Cheney is the Lynch Pin in this whole criminal enterprise.

http://glenngreenwald.blogspot…..poses.html

I would completely agree. Cheney is indeed behind these crimes. I have long thought that this particular case would prove the undoing of Cheney which I view as essential in also ridding ourselves of Bush.

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