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		<title>By: Fool Zero</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/20/desperation/#comment-574064</link>
		<dc:creator>Fool Zero</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sending presidential aides up to Capitol Hill to testify will “harm the President’s ability to get good information,” Bush says.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I’d like to think it’ll harm even more his ability to get the evil misinformation he’s become addicted to.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Sending presidential aides up to Capitol Hill to testify will “harm the President’s ability to get good information,” Bush says.</i></p>
<p>I’d like to think it’ll harm even more his ability to get the evil misinformation he’s become addicted to.</p>
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		<title>By: ralphbon</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/20/desperation/#comment-574020</link>
		<dc:creator>ralphbon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 06:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-573112&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;eCAHNomics @ 206 &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:ralphbon@198–&quot;&gt;ralphbon@198–&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Anyone who is already talking about scandal fatigue didn’t rush home from work night after night to find out what happened in Watergate that day. Took a long time, and every minute was pure delight.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hi. If you’re still here in EPU land, I was around for Watergate and never tired of it. But I was also around for Iran-Contra, which was by rights a bigger scandal, and never tired of it even though most of the country yawned through it. And at least a half dozen current Bush scandals make Iran-Contra look like an expired parking meter, and I never tire of any of them, but the media and public have devolved into Short Attention Span Theater after 30 years, and they’re doing their best to commence yawning already, and so yes, I’m concerned about scandal fatigue.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-573112"><em>eCAHNomics @ 206 </em></a></p>
<blockquote><p><a href="mailto:ralphbon@198–">ralphbon@198–</a></p>
<p>Anyone who is already talking about scandal fatigue didn’t rush home from work night after night to find out what happened in Watergate that day. Took a long time, and every minute was pure delight.</p>
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<p>Hi. If you’re still here in EPU land, I was around for Watergate and never tired of it. But I was also around for Iran-Contra, which was by rights a bigger scandal, and never tired of it even though most of the country yawned through it. And at least a half dozen current Bush scandals make Iran-Contra look like an expired parking meter, and I never tire of any of them, but the media and public have devolved into Short Attention Span Theater after 30 years, and they’re doing their best to commence yawning already, and so yes, I’m concerned about scandal fatigue.</p>
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		<title>By: MikeR</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/20/desperation/#comment-573878</link>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 04:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Seems to me that everyone agrees that the USAs serve at the pleasure of the president. The issue is not whether he can replace any or all, but the justification for replacing them. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The WH/AG don’t want the reasons for replacing these USAs to be documented. No transcripts behind closed doors means they can stonewall and still say “we testified”, and it seems as if they were deferential to Congressional authority. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The WH knows that won’t be acceptable to Congress. I don’t believe that the WH is willing to take this to the Supreme Court, unless they know they have a lock on the ruling of the court. Is the SC so beholden to the WH that that might be true?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seems to me that everyone agrees that the USAs serve at the pleasure of the president. The issue is not whether he can replace any or all, but the justification for replacing them. </p>
<p>The WH/AG don’t want the reasons for replacing these USAs to be documented. No transcripts behind closed doors means they can stonewall and still say “we testified”, and it seems as if they were deferential to Congressional authority. </p>
<p>The WH knows that won’t be acceptable to Congress. I don’t believe that the WH is willing to take this to the Supreme Court, unless they know they have a lock on the ruling of the court. Is the SC so beholden to the WH that that might be true?</p>
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		<title>By: barrelhse</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/20/desperation/#comment-573698</link>
		<dc:creator>barrelhse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;If I were Queen George, I wouldn’t be too worried about harming the ability to get “good information”, in light of what he’s getting now.&lt;br /&gt;
 It’s good to be Queen!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If I were Queen George, I wouldn’t be too worried about harming the ability to get “good information”, in light of what he’s getting now.<br />
 It’s good to be Queen!</p>
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		<title>By: waiting in the wings</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/20/desperation/#comment-573688</link>
		<dc:creator>waiting in the wings</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;YEA he feels bad and I am a Rockerfeller…the Bush Co and Rove will be after those poor attnys for the rest of their careers and lives.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;People need to see how much of this monkey business has been going on in all the depts/agencies with “non appointees”&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>YEA he feels bad and I am a Rockerfeller…the Bush Co and Rove will be after those poor attnys for the rest of their careers and lives.</p>
<p>People need to see how much of this monkey business has been going on in all the depts/agencies with “non appointees”</p>
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		<title>By: The Oracle</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/20/desperation/#comment-573613</link>
		<dc:creator>The Oracle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Love the photo of Bush.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Can we stuff a sock in it? Or a Halliburton**?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;**Isn’t a Halliburton a fish? What? It isn’t? Well it sure smells fishy?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Love the photo of Bush.</p>
<p>Can we stuff a sock in it? Or a Halliburton**?</p>
<p>**Isn’t a Halliburton a fish? What? It isn’t? Well it sure smells fishy?</p>
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		<title>By: TiredFed</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/20/desperation/#comment-573610</link>
		<dc:creator>TiredFed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-572806&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Marc Sterling @&lt;br /&gt;
                43              &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;It’s time to find out how rigged our court sytem is. There is a reason Bush has loaded the apeals courts with his justices (as well as the supreme court).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With subpoenas, the courts will be called to act and America will enter a new phase - the Media have been corupted, the Republican party has been corupted - has the Judiciary been corupted?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Our one hope is that lifetime appointment of judges, over time, tends to change even partisan judges into rule of law judges, now that they can fear no retribution - we shall see - better sooner that later.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Impeachment will take care of that. Impeachment can’t be appealed. ANYWHERE.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-572806"><em>Marc Sterling @<br />
                43              </em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>It’s time to find out how rigged our court sytem is. There is a reason Bush has loaded the apeals courts with his justices (as well as the supreme court).</p>
<p>With subpoenas, the courts will be called to act and America will enter a new phase &#8211; the Media have been corupted, the Republican party has been corupted &#8211; has the Judiciary been corupted?</p>
<p>Our one hope is that lifetime appointment of judges, over time, tends to change even partisan judges into rule of law judges, now that they can fear no retribution &#8211; we shall see &#8211; better sooner that later.</p>
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<p>Impeachment will take care of that. Impeachment can’t be appealed. ANYWHERE.</p>
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		<title>By: TiredFed</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/20/desperation/#comment-573598</link>
		<dc:creator>TiredFed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-572775&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;TeddySanFran @&lt;br /&gt;
                19              &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;b&gt;“show trials ???”&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That’s the most insulting thing I’ve heard a President say about another branch of government, EVER.  It’s especially ridiculous when you consider how Chimpy got to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;wish I could have been brave enough to watch. I just cant stomach him. I wasn’t tired when he was “appointed” but I’m sure tired of him and his crew now. I cant wait until 2009. Please, IMPEACH (but remember, Cheney first - or a twofer).&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-572775"><em>TeddySanFran @<br />
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<blockquote><p><em></em><em><b>“show trials ???”</b></em></p>
<p>That’s the most insulting thing I’ve heard a President say about another branch of government, EVER.  It’s especially ridiculous when you consider how Chimpy got to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in the first place.</p>
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<p>wish I could have been brave enough to watch. I just cant stomach him. I wasn’t tired when he was “appointed” but I’m sure tired of him and his crew now. I cant wait until 2009. Please, IMPEACH (but remember, Cheney first &#8211; or a twofer).</p>
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		<title>By: Ellen Z</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/20/desperation/#comment-573414</link>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Z</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-572966&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;TeddySanFran @ 153&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;I wish the wrongly used NSL letters at the FBI had gotten more attention before this crisis swamped that story.  Will Leahy et al. come back to that sometime?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I’m so late to this thread. Don’t know if you’ll see this TSF.&lt;br /&gt;
Conyer’s House Comm. had a hearing on this today.&lt;br /&gt;
Here is a link to Conyers’ statement:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://judiciary.house.gov/newscenter.aspx?A=788&quot;&gt;Conyers’ statement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Also, I think you can watch a video of the hearing on the judiciary site. Should be linked to —-&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://judiciary.house.gov/oversight.aspx?ID=285&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-572966"><em>TeddySanFran @ 153</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>I wish the wrongly used NSL letters at the FBI had gotten more attention before this crisis swamped that story.  Will Leahy et al. come back to that sometime?</p>
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<p>I’m so late to this thread. Don’t know if you’ll see this TSF.<br />
Conyer’s House Comm. had a hearing on this today.<br />
Here is a link to Conyers’ statement:<br />
<a href="http://judiciary.house.gov/newscenter.aspx?A=788">Conyers’ statement</a></p>
<p>Also, I think you can watch a video of the hearing on the judiciary site. Should be linked to —-<br />
<a href="http://judiciary.house.gov/oversight.aspx?ID=285">this page</a></p>
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		<title>By: Knut Wicksell</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/20/desperation/#comment-573391</link>
		<dc:creator>Knut Wicksell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-572784&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;itwasntme @ 26 &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wonder what KKKarl has on the shrub…This is gonna be a good fight to watch. Let’s make ‘em yell a lot in public about how terrible we are for wanting accountability. That’ll be worth watching.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-572784&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;itwasntme @ 26 &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wonder what KKKarl has on the shrub…This is gonna be a good fight to watch. Let’s make ‘em yell a lot in public about how terrible we are for wanting accountability. That’ll be worth watching.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He’s got the TANG documents squirreled away in a safe place, plus other stuff about him and women (and God knows maybe boys, too), we don’t know about.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-572784"><em>itwasntme @ 26 </em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>Wonder what KKKarl has on the shrub…This is gonna be a good fight to watch. Let’s make ‘em yell a lot in public about how terrible we are for wanting accountability. That’ll be worth watching.</p>
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<p><a href="#comment-572784"><em>itwasntme @ 26 </em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>Wonder what KKKarl has on the shrub…This is gonna be a good fight to watch. Let’s make ‘em yell a lot in public about how terrible we are for wanting accountability. That’ll be worth watching.</p>
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<p>He’s got the TANG documents squirreled away in a safe place, plus other stuff about him and women (and God knows maybe boys, too), we don’t know about.</p>
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