scarlet p. @ 112

Thanks TexBetsy… Y’know, painting giant signs against torture and sticking them by freeways is not only a lot of fun, but also gives an indication that at least somebody cares about it, even if all they can do is put up signs.

what this country needs is more overhead projecters and people who aren’t afraid to use them.

Thank you so much for doing it. Texteen, age 13, wants to make and hang some here as well.

I may be late for the train here, but Democrats.com just sent me this:

No Waterboarding. No Dictatorship. No Mukasey.

In an impassioned floor speech opposing the nomination of Michael Mukasey for Attorney General, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) asked: “Will we join that gloomy historical line leading from the Inquisition, through the prisons of tyrant regimes, through gulags and dark cells, and through Saddam Hussein’s torture chambers? Will that be the path we choose?”

Mukasey refuses to say that waterboarding is torture because Dick Cheney won’t let him – otherwise he would have to prosecute Cheney and Bush as war criminals . Mukasey also believes the President can ignore FISA and the Constitution and wiretap American citizens without a warrant, which makes the President a Dictator.

The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on Mukasey next Tuesday. All 9 Republicans will support him, so all 10 Democrats must oppose him . Joe Biden, Dick Durbin, and Sheldon Whitehouse already do, but the others are undecided (Ben Cardin, Russ Feingold, Ted Kennedy, Herb Kohl, and Pat Leahy) or leaning towards Mukasey (Dianne Feinstein and Chuck Schumer).

Tell your Senators to oppose Mukasey:
http://www.democrats.com/peoplesemailnetwork/122

Call the undecided Senators and report their responses:
http://www.democrats.com/mukasey-judiciary-whip

Chuck Schumer is the key vote and he chairs the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee – so if you give them money call 202-224-2447 to say you will not contribute if Mukasey is confirmed.

I am pleased to see Sen. Whitehouse leading the charge on this. But if Mukasey is blocked, will Bush nominate anyone better? I thought that Sen. Schumer had assured us that Mukasey was the “independent” type. Apparently, however, Cheney and Addington have brow-beaten him into submission, and Mukasey is powerless against him. Cheese louise, we get rid of Libby, and get Addington in his place. Are we worse off than before?

Only impeachment can stop this juggernaut, unless we can make it to January 2009 without a coup taking place.

Bob in HI

Adie,
I think you prol’ly mean Jan 2009

you’re right. i don’t expect wide stance there.

sigh.

I assume the tactic OH’s Sen. Voinovich is now going to use re: e-mail could very well be adopted by others. So just be aware. Mass-mail-missives are now headed straight to the trash in his office, if I read him correctly. Better to write yer own. I always do write my own, so I’m not sure why I received this from him (reprinted below). I’m assuming that e-mail petitions might fall in the same “presumed spam” category. Another, stronger lining to their self-imposed bubble protecting them from the great unwashed public rifraff like yours truly, sigh.

Below is e-mail I rec’d today from Voin. (you’ll note, this missive claims to be sent in response to something I sent to his office, but didn’t even bother to address the subject matter I asked him about.)

Thank you for contacting my office. I genuinely appreciate your e-mail and thank you for sharing your thoughts with me. As with all communications with my office, your views have been recorded. [sound ominous? is it supposed to? egad! i’m quaking in my sandals! - A]

Every day, I hear from the people of Ohio through their phone calls, letters and faxes to my office. As you can imagine, I also receive a significant number of e-mails daily. Mass-generated e-mails sent by a third-party group, which are usually form text, have hindered my ability to respond to the e-mails, phone calls, letters and faxes that I receive.

[strange bidness this. Why, I hardly ever heard back from him before either. Go figure! - A]

Due to the increasing number of mass-generated e-mails received by my office, effective March 16, 2007 [!?! - speedy little operation they’ve got there!?!], my office will be implementing changes to the constituent correspondence process.

Consequently, I have established a new system on my website to better serve Ohio constituents. If you would like a written response to your e-mail, please go to http://voinovich.senate.gov and click on the CONTACT tab to fill out the web CONTACT FORM. By filling out this form, you will receive a written response from my office.

[Yeah. And if you use that super-dooper special CONTACT tab to fill out the secret decoder CONTACT FORM, you’ll receive your very own non-subject-specific, mass-mailed, non-response. Cool! - A]

Thank you for your patience. Should you experience any problems with my web CONTACT FORM, please call my office at 202-224-3353 and my staff will be happy to guide you through the electronic correspondence process.

Hopefully the esteemed nonsensical senitorrible bubbleboy will be looking for other employment come Jan. ‘08. In the meantime, feel free to use his instructions above to contact him. I’m sure he’d love hearing from you. *g*

All […] and bold emphasis are mine – A
*hangs head in shame – NOT!*

dakine01 @ 109

Sandy Berger did it Sandy Berger did it Sandy Berger did it

Sandy Burger plead guilty to a misdemeanor, and acknowledged intentionally removing and destroying copies of a classified document about the Clinton administration’s record on terrorism.

A document…not exactly what Rover took with him.

My bold. You are correct. I imagine KKKarl took original source documents with him to Texas, classified or no, and I also imagine either congress or the next president can send folks to retrieve them in order to protect the documents from destruction. IANAL, but imagine the US Archives can make a strong case that those are not personal property.

Badwater @ 103

Things like this are only suspicious when a non Republic does them.

Sandy Berger did it Sandy Berger did it Sandy Berger did it

Sandy Burger plead guilty to a misdemeanor, and acknowledged intentionally removing and destroying copies of a classified document about the Clinton administration’s record on terrorism.

A document…not exactly what Rover took with him.

from here

http://www.guardian.co.uk/prin…..78,00.html

really frightening, have a read

News for MN Firepups:

Coleman announces his support for Giuliani.

This turncoat weasel of a Senator has to go in ‘08!

The good thing is that Giuliani is apparently being investigated for the Motorola contracts for the firefighter’s radios prior to 9/11…

Thanks TexBetsy… Y’know, painting giant signs against torture and sticking them by freeways is not only a lot of fun, but also gives an indication that at least somebody cares about it, even if all they can do is put up signs.

what this country needs is more overhead projecters and people who aren’t afraid to use them.

Thank you so much for doing it. Texteen, age 13, wants to make and hang some here as well.

Coleman announces his support for Giuliani.

This turncoat weasel of a Senator has to go in ‘08!