I didn’t expect much from the Bu$h this morning, he delivered even less – he sure does use the words “hard work” a lot for someone who has never, ever, had to actually do any! But then he really supports war, any war, as long as he don’t have to personally…..you know….participate!

[RBG Note; Let’s be very careful about the terms we use to describe other commenters. Valley Girl is one of the original moderators and a valued contributor at the Lake.]

Where is impeachment? The guy stood there and lied about the current Al Qaida report; his comments conflict with the written coverage. He is preparing to send more troops, we can bet. And he is still talking about success: Has he ever said what that may be?

Success to the Neocons means pacifying the country and keeping U.S. bases there forever. It’s the same idea as Caesar’s conquests, or the subjugation of Eastern Europe by the Soviet Union.

Throughout most of human history, “pacifying” a city, state or tribe has meant cutting off heads indiscriminately until the remaining residents are too stunned, frightened or discouraged to resist.

That is essentially what the Bush regime was initially trying to do. That was the meaning of “shock and awe.” Unfortunately for them, that cannot be accomplished without overwhelming numbers and extreme barbarity. It requires complete disregard for the value of life and property. In other words, they have to be willing to kill and burn everything in sight.

They actually did that in Fallujah, but with today’s weapons, it makes a horrible mess. When done with swords, it was not necessary to destroy buildings, unless that happened to be desirable to the conquerors. With white phosphorus and huge bombs, everything is wiped out. Thus the logic behind the neutron bomb. It was supposed to kill everything alive, but leave the buildings intact. That is their dream, because the Hiroshima method would potentially make the really important plunder much more difficult to extract from the ground.

casual observer @ 247

Has anyone seen video? Is there video of todays hearing?

Yes, & it was a worthy view. Dems did themselves proud. Pugs were kinda whiney & red-faced, heh.

It was live on C-Span 3. Keep an eye on CSpan schedule. They probably will re-play video on Csp-1 or Csp-2 at a later time.

oh, and another thing, C-Span even shows you Harriet’s empty chair several times. very moving footage. *g*

Has anyone seen video? Is there video of todays hearing?

Yes, & it was a worthy view. Dems did themselves proud. Pugs were kinda whiney & red-faced, heh.

It was live on C-Span 3. Keep an eye on CSpan schedule. They probably will re-play video on Csp-1 or Csp-2 at a later time.

Call the Seargent at Arms and throw the stupid cow in the slammer for contempt. We gotta start with someone…

Your language sucks.

They voted to enforce the subpoena — they’ve given Miers and/or the WH 5 days to respond and, depending on the response, they will either haul someone’s ass into court or issue a contempt citation. They are following the procedure as required to issue a contempt citation if and when it is necessary — there are parliamentary rules in the House that have to be followed for something like this, as I understand it. But they got the vote they needed to move forward toward a contempt citation – and Miers has five days to sow cause why it shouldn’t be issued.

sweet. thanks Redd.