Actually, I just took it to be mean’t as ‘A Clue’!!!!

Did you notice any connection among the cases that Dowd cited in his letter to Conyers and Sanchez? Do you know of any other cases that may contradict those cited? Or any others that may in some small way rebuke the cited cases? CHS, any help here?

Perhaps I shouldn’t use the royal “we” when expressing my anger. What I mean to say is I should have done more to counter the run-up to the war when I KNEW it was coming. More letters to the editor, more calls to my Reps and Senators, more loudly voiced my opposition.

But, as a country we bear responsibility for how “we” behave in the international arena. In my view, that doesn’t let Bush and the neo cons off the hook, though. I think we can take responsibilty for our country’s leaders’ actions while still opposing them.

A returned Peace Corps Volunteer once told me that he justified teaching English (the imperialist’s tongue) to his host country counterparts, “so they can say ‘no’ to the U.S. government.”

I sure can’t argue with a word you say.

kdh22 @ 188

EW @ 172

I thought she was going for immunity, but, as you have pointed out, maybe not. One cannot underestimate the power of the fundementalist propaganda that has been absorbed by the followers. *sigh*

I don’t (and didn’t, when I first suggested this) think it’s a matter of blind faith. I think they’ve calculated that the best way to squelch this is to have the key person, Monica, refuse to testify. While there is plenty of circumstantial evidence that the firings were political, they won’t tie it back to Rove and Miers without Monica, I bet, at least not directly. Now, as I’ve said, it sounds like some people have testified that Monica was issues loyalty oaths, which may bring her down. BUt I suspect someone may have calculated that ehs would make a good firewall and has made it worthwhile

I need to read her attys ltr of today. back later. I might have questions. I love your insight!

Which makes it actually even more interesting that somebody ratted out Lurita & Bushco Inc. to Congress, no?

Not all the Bushbots are thorough Bushbots, eh? How many loyalty oaths will they have to administer? LOL.

(Grin) Goes back to an earlier statement I made, “don’t tick off the hired help.”

If the attitude of General Schedule Federal employees at a course I took two weeks after Katrina is any indicator, I’m guessing a goodly number. Even the instructor was aware of the smoldering anger in that room.

EW @ 172

I thought she was going for immunity, but, as you have pointed out, maybe not. One cannot underestimate the power of the fundementalist propaganda that has been absorbed by the followers. *sigh*

I don’t (and didn’t, when I first suggested this) think it’s a matter of blind faith. I think they’ve calculated that the best way to squelch this is to have the key person, Monica, refuse to testify. While there is plenty of circumstantial evidence that the firings were political, they won’t tie it back to Rove and Miers without Monica, I bet, at least not directly. Now, as I’ve said, it sounds like some people have testified that Monica was issues loyalty oaths, which may bring her down. BUt I suspect someone may have calculated that ehs would make a good firewall and has made it worthwhile

OLBERMANN: This particular market, Ashorja (ph), has been previously the scene of terrible bloodshed. They had more than 60 deaths in two car bombings in February, and a roadside attack as well. One of the merchants told reporters that visits like this, trying to show that things are safe, actually wind up making things worse. Is that, is that jibe with your experience?

JOHNSON: Yes, that‘s absolutely correct, because what happens here is that the merchants who were seen selling the rugs, they‘re assumed to be collaborators, that somehow they‘re cooperating with the Americans. And it puts them in a very difficult situation. It would have been one thing if there were actually Iraqi troops there interacting with those Iraqi merchants. Then they might not be under that suspicion of being American agents.