And what does Congress intend to do to (retroactively?) correct it?

Why did the Bush administration do this? Answer: Because they can. And that`s “can” in the most basic, most evil, most 1984-like interpretation of the word. No need for reason or logic.

How I wish this was nothing but a nightmare. But sadly it`s not.

It seems more and more clear with each passing day that this administration is like a child who knows no boundaries. They will only stop when real grown-ups make them.

(And I apologize to every child on this planet for comparing them to the Bush administration.)

I weep for humanity.

Unfortunately it seems to me that there have been too many instances of specious laws/rulings and ignoring of the Constitution for me to dismiss them as crazies. I think the only way to stop these guys is impeachment…and soon.

Fitz was addressing the damage done to national security and the “alleged” potential of loss of life due to the Plame outing Jeffords(sp?)who sat next to Libby sat straight up and clenched his jaw blood vessels were pulsing in his neck and they looked as if they would burst as he objected to Fitz’s comments. Judge Walton turned on the noise button and both teams were called up to discuss Fitz’s statements. The noise button was turned off and Fitz was allowed to continue where he left off about damage done by the Plame outing to national security.

Wow! Thank you so much.

I haven’t followed the trial as much as you “groupies.” :-) I never thought that this sort of truthtelling would be allowed in a house of liar – er, lawyers.

I doubt many outside of a small segment of liberals have the slightest notion of the contempt for the security of the country that has been shown. I would guess the vast majority of the population considers the trial a witchhunt over piddling political gamesmanship.

Best, Terry

justintime @ 115

John Dean thinks the impeachment process should start with Gonzales.
Impeachment of cabinet level on down requires only a simple majority in Congress.
Gonzales is pretty vulnerable all right.
And he’s just asking for it.

But that requires 51 in the Senate. JoeLie will never vote for impeachment, and Johnson is unable to vote for the near future. PLus, could a McConnell filibuster prevent the impeachment vote?

But John Dean is right. If Elliot Abrams had been impeached, he would not be running IranContra II out of the OVP right now.

Abrams plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of lying to Congress about the Reagan Administration’s contra program, but was granted a Christmas Eve pardon a year later by President George Bush. So, being a convict is no barrier to being a high-ranking member of Bush II’s administration. (Was his crime a felony, or only a misdemeanor?)

In other words, if Libby is convicted, that won’t prevent him from being appointed to some high White House position in some future Republican administration.

Bob in HI

Riesz Fischer @
165

HotFlash @ 158

Also: Reisz — really, it sometimes is important to know the actual number (as in hone), abhorrent as this concept is to mathemeticians!

Hey, watch it! We can use actual numbers! :-)

So long as those actual numbers are integers if we’re talking about phone numbers – right? (Otherwise, those actual numbers could be rational, irrational, transcendental, imaginary, complex, countably infinite, or transfinite. What numbers, if any, did I inadvertently omit?)

Measurable cardinals, for example.

MelodyMaker.

you aren’t having one of your own, it’s probably just my FDL shorthand

and who the hell sticks this kind of crap in them.

five will get you ten that these folks are often involved – they are usually busy putting together legistlation for the Mayberry Macchiavelians out there, but their grubby paws have been found all over certain, notorious ‘riders’ to bills

just one more example of the entrenched conservative infrastructure

American Legislative Exchange Council

ALEC

ahh. that’s very helpful. Now I don’t get the speed bump! Call me Abe Simpson attempting the Chewbacca defense. thanks cbl.