This happened because of no accountability.

HOW COME NO ONE TALKS ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY?

Without it, more will happen.
Oversight is a form of accountability that PREVENTS lawlessness. Once established, lawlessness needs to be punished for what it does to the rule of law. That is a basic tenant to such rules of law.

You can’t be against rape and support the actions of a rapist.

You can’t be against a lawless Administration and turn a blind eye to what they’ve managed to do and get away with. Doing so supports their rape of our Constitutional law.

You’re either FOR the rule of law or you are AGAINST the rule of law.

WHICH IS IT?
Accountability or accessory.

When the time comes, will we be able to count on the Democratic Leadership?

The times have come, and the answer has been, consistently, ‘no.’

Think how easily McConnell, in the minority, pulled off blocking any discussion even of the war. Now contrast with Reid, with just days to go before Congress was shutting down for the elections, and the MCA. Shameful beyond belief – not even a minimum amount of effort. With the story of Arar’s vindication by the Canadian investigation playin out CONTEMPORANEOUSLY and giving every cover to at least backing off to exam things first, Reid was a total and abject failure. Clinton was a total and abject failure. Obama was a total and abject failure. Not one piece of real leadership from any of them. Some half hearted sound bite speeches and that was it.

Go back to the wiretap revelations, to the Patriot Act renewals, to Murtha’s plans. The only thing that can count as a leadership effort was Pelosi’s bid to try to put Murtha in Hoyer’s slot and to try to keep the war high profile.

Not only has there been no leadership, they have even browbeaten Democrats into adopting a bowed head, eyes on the ground to find the lowest of standards, mentality. How dare anyone criticize a “progressive” like a Sherrod Brown for amorally and opportunistically campaigning for torture and kidnap – how dare we expect better! The Democratic leadership has paraphrased from the country fans: Shut up and donate.

I’m sick to death of them.

the govt doesn’t have to prove beyond mathematic or scientific certainty.

No, of course they don’t have to prove beyond it. But I think there is a juror that thinks they have to prove up to it. That is not reasonable doubt, either. If he is unclear what they are asking then there needs to be some way to make it clear and give them the guidance they are asking for.

Dru @ 46

another incident to add to the Afghan casualties

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6418459.stm

And note this from that story:

Journalists say US troops confiscated their photos and video footage of the aftermath of the violence.

Paging Josef Stalin to the media room, please.

-GSD

“I got my values from my mother.”

– Andrew Giuliani, quoted by the New York Daily News, in an article about his troubled relationship with his father, Rudy Giuliani.

-GSD

Cheney, Bush and Gonzales need to be impeached. we should not simply wait for these evil men to finish their terms and hop a plane to Uraguay. as soon as Irving Libby’s verdict has been read, no matter what his fate, we need to start ratcheting up the investigations and charges and prosecutions.

the war in Iraq does not need any oversight other than telling the generals to get the troops out as expeditiously and safely as possible. getting Cheney and Bush out of the mix cannot make anything worse there.

if the strongest possible call to action is not made, soon, history will judge America severely. there will be hell to pay.

Thank you, Scarecrow. This is a post I will come back to again and again.

me too. amazing.