“Speaker Pelosi, does it disturb you that your personal and campaign telephone discussions are most likely being tapped by the Bush Administration exploiting the FISA legislation you helped pass?”

The question I would like to ask is a two parter. Why do you think the Congress’ approval is so low, and do you think it would be if you had stopped the war and stood up for the Constitution?

Please ask her if she is obstructing impeachment proceedings because of her complicity in the most overreaches of power and isurpation of the constitution by the Bush adminstration. Why else capitulate to a 28% President?

Hi BT Nancy gots a big crowd here Code Pink Dresses like Lefty Strippers in drag…but in a good way. But why is Nancy here we want impeachment she has to know that? Does she want to be convinced? should we riot to convince her?
Just Kidding are they playing Heavy Metal before Nancy gets on the Stage?

Uh, yeah the music choice is interesting. WTF?

I’d prefer to see Code Pink go over to the Wingnut countergathering in Austin and chat with Novak, Malkin, et al.

Madam Speaker, what would it have taken to get impeachment on the table and actually investigated?

Hey BT. I’m sitting right on the center aisle, about five tables back from the stage. When Nancy takes the stage, I’m going to hold my pocket Constitution high for her to see. I’ll try to hold it there for entire appearance. The idea is that if I hold up the Constitution to her, maybe she will uphold it for us.

I know, not likely, but a guy can dream.

There is a rumor that the “surprise guest” is Al Gore.

People still crowding in here. Really good turnout for an early morning session after what must have been millions of gallons of margarita mix last night.

I’m 4 tables behind the large left bigscreen.

Session is going to start in 1 minute.

Here we go…

I’m 738.41 miles north, and a little bit east, in front of the little screen.

Y’all can be thankful I’m not there, sometimes I can be a real asshole and Nancy is very high on my list.
She is complicit in the lawbreaking.

Ok just who is choosing the music?
Damm their asking for no oraganised protest. Ok they gave us 10 seconds I yelled impeach now so loud heads turned well I was in the back but I wasn’t the only one yelling.

Settling into my chair in front of the screen. THIS is going to be good.

I’m still recovering from dinner with all the firepups! In bed and reading along.

Spped Metal organ with Bag pipes or are my ears still ringing from the flight.

bingo

Just announced that my Congressman, Lloyd Doggett, is also here.

I like Doggett, but he ain’t all that special.

Well we could call for Nancy to be investigated:)

Sorry Speed metal Organ with Bag pipes

Lloyd Doggett is opening the session with some nice remarks about the netroots.

Dangit, TCU, I’m writing a post for my blog calling for the first three to be charged by the ICC to be Bush, Cheney and Pelosi. She needs to be charged because she is the one person who could have started the process to bring the atrocities to an end.

Buy that man a drink.

Everybody is typing at their computers while Doggett is talking but then again he is praising Nancy “she listens, engages then leads”? WTF is he on?

Pelosi comes in — to nice but not raucus applause.

How did I find all those nice things to say about Pelosi? And why are so many clapping?

Barack Obama has landed in Afghanistan. So far no gun fire from the McTeleprompter campaign…

http://www.latimes.com/news/po…..9732.story

Come on we are all thinking that :) But it cannot be said often enough. I hope to see your post sometime will you put it on a diary at the lake?

How DARE she mention “protecting the constitution”?????

Introductory remarks — mentions that Donna Edwards is here and the crowd goes nuts.

Same here.

Yeah why are so many people clapping are they pumping Happy Gas in here?

Good Morning Blue Tex and Firedogs ,

someone help a sista out and tell me how to get the live feed again ?

Morning, firepups. I’m watching the NN stream too.

Too bad someone doesn’t have a printout of Hugh’s list to stretch out and hand to her.
That would be priceless.

Go here: http://www.netrootsnation.org/node/982

Hi, Busted!

From Philly: I hope someone will ak her if she allowed FISA to the floor to cover up her own knowledge of wiretapping and other crimes

As we witness not just Republicans, but also Democrats in Congress, acting repeatedly to immunize executive branch lawbreaking and to obstruct investigations, it’s vital to keep that fact in mind. With regard to illegal Bush programs of torture and eavesdropping, key Congressional Democrats were contemporaneously briefed on what the administration was doing (albeit, in fairness, often in unspecific ways). The fact that they did nothing to stop that illegality, and often explicitly approved of it, obviously incentivizes them to block any investigations or judicial proceedings into those illegal programs.

In December of last year, The Washington Post revealed:

Four members of Congress met in secret for a first look at a unique CIA program designed to wring vital information from reticent terrorism suspects in U.S. custody. For more than an hour, the bipartisan group, which included current House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), was given a virtual tour of the CIA’s overseas detention sites and the harsh techniques interrogators had devised to try to make their prisoners talk.

Among the techniques described, said two officials present, was waterboarding, a practice that years later would be condemned as torture by Democrats and some Republicans on Capitol Hill. But on that day, no objections were raised. Instead, at least two lawmakers in the room asked the CIA to push harder, two U.S. officials said.

So far as I can tell, she’s implicated and someone should ask her if that’s true.

“They are tired of war ” are there leaders using war to avoid the issues (sorry didn’t catch that word for word) still is she so deluded that she doesn’t know that she is talking about herself.

Good morning TOW!
We’re up early, aren’t we?

thanks !

Jim do you see all the other people holding up the Consitution

Question time. Woo!

Pelosi concedes Democrats were sent to end war. Says the President has more control over wars than Congress.

First question is about impeachment.

4 cops moving to the back of the room

God bless you, lady. I wish I said hi to you @ the caucus meeting — still here?

Yes, goofy political junkies that we are. :D

… code pink in the back holding up peace signs. One in a Bush mask.

Oh good grief. Is her nose growing yet?

Standing 50 -75 ft behind Code Pink who are all standing up

I’ll be back later today. Currently getting angry and outraged from bed.

“If Karl Rove continues to be in contempt, will you arrest him?”

HUGE applause.

Pelosi: “As Mr. Conyers said, ‘Leave it up to me.’” Punts.

Nancy said cred I think she is taking one of my words.

hahahahahahahaha
take good care of yourself…mokay?

Pelosi asked about immunity.

“I went to the Intel Committee to protect civil liberties. I’ll never understand how 17 Democratic sentators gave the Republicans the votes they needed. Our options were limited once 17 Democrats enabled the Republicans.”

YHeah, it’s cool. A photographer from the Austin Satatesman just took a lot of pix and tookmy name!

Pelosi-”As Mr. Conyers said, “Leave it up to me.”"

Way to avoid answering the question. Then again, maybe she didn’t want to announce ahead of time they do plan to arrest his ass.

*grumble, grumble* I need more coffee.

Where is Marcy I want her opinion on this FISA excuse.

She’s defending the Inspector General provisions. “Our bill was the good bill.”

Hard to type with one arm in the air.

yes, blame the senate nancy. that’ll work.

she’s so full of shit.

Remember what the Clash told us: Let fury have the hour/ anger can be power/ d’you know that you can use it?

and what about your democrats in the House Nancy, including Steny Hoyer, who brought this back from the dead?

“A day of taint for how you cooperated with the administration.” *suppresses giggle*

Jerky hand gestures very rapid eye movement but she has that blank look on her face Reagen used to get when he believed his own lies.

oh my,how the mighty have fallen…disgusting

No kidding.
She is the freaking Speaker and she is trying to tell me she is basically powerless.
Bullshit.

you MUST be mistaken,he is a patriot,he wears a flag lapel pin

OT-Spencer, I love the titles of your posts and music references. The posts too, of course, but the titles are great.

same SHIITE different day methinks

“These are the reasons I’m voting for the bill, but I’m not asking anyone else in Congress… to follow my lead.” What a deliberate wink-and-nod attempt to get us to ignore how parliamentary democracy actually works.

Pelosi: “I have serious sadness over two things. One, that they sent us the FISA bill. And two, we couldn’t overcome the 60 votes to end the war in Iraq.”

why isn’t there more OUT LOUD protest and screams of LIAR LIAR?

3 cops by the door one 50 ft behind code pink

“I went to the Intel Committee to protect civil liberties. I’ll never understand how 17 Democratic sentators gave the Republicans the votes they needed. Our options were limited once 17 Democrats enabled the Republicans.”

The House bill which she connived with Steny Hoyer over was passed first in the House. Reid and the Senate simply agreed to that bill. Shorter version: She’s lying.

Gina announced at the beginning that anyone who disrupted the discussion woul dbe removed from the room and their credentials taken away.

“The bigger our victories, the more bipartisan.” My friends at the ThinkProgress table LOL’d.

I am utterly taken aback at what a liar she is, and worse, how STUPID she thinks her audience is.

Like Spencer says at 76, “What a deliberate wink-and-nod attempt to get us to ignore how parliamentary democracy actually works.” I mean, does she really think her audience is THAT ignorant?

I’m glad I’m not there, I’d be dragged out.

Oy.

Pelosi asked what the vision of the Democratic Party should be. “First responsibility to protect the American People.”

Feh.

It’s because her face doesn’t much move; so much more obvious on the live link.

“Remember four words: science, science, science and science.” I don’t know if it’s my hangover, but this is kind of hilarious.

O man, Think LBJ or Sam Rayburn. I hope that doesn’t sound sexist.

Nancy is trying to bore us by long winded off answers that make you forgot what the original question was. Heck I am experiencing Eternity now one second at a time.

The ultimate Bush/Cheney/neocon agenda. How Orwellian!

Pelosi is giving a very long answer to the question about what Democrats believe, but it’s a lot of pretty pragmatic policy proposals. Health care, science, infrastructure…

I would really like someone to ask the following as responsibly as possible;

“if president bush has not committed impeachable offenses, do impeachable offenses exist?”

or better;

“what exactly would be an offense that would put impeachment back on the table?”

that second one should have been asked a long time ago becuase if it had, the speaker would have no choice but to impeach since he certainly committed anything the speaker might have come up with

Pelosi: “I have serious sadness over two things. One, that they sent us the FISA bill. And two, we couldn’t overcome the 60 votes to end the war in Iraq.”

Again she is Speaker of the House, not Majority Leader of the Senate. Why does she keep talking about the Senate? Misdirection. They could have simply kept submitting the same bill giving money to the military but only for the removal of American troops from Iraq, changing a comma here or a semicolon there. It would have been the Republicans who were refusing to fund the troops. Needless to say, the Democrats and Pelosi did not do this. They caved instead.

Enforced courtesy to Madame Speaker. Nice. They won’t listen to us. They won’t speak with us. But we have to sit there and listen politely to HER? I am very glad I am NOT there.

someone should tell her he American people are best protected by defending the constitution.

She really sucks. I don’t think she realizes that her bipartisan remark was a flop.

And why is she giving a campaign speech?

It’s not your hangover.

this is embarassing, I’ve registered, logged on, and still no feed

oh well, will follow along with y’all

I really want nancy to go, I hold her responsible for everything this president has done to this country from the day she became speaker of the house, she has been an accomplice and a party in crime

Pelosi asked what the vision of the Democratic Party should be. “First responsibility to protect the American People.”

Can’t protect the people if you don’t protect the Constitution first.

BoTox are you sure I think she is just lying anybody know for sure I grant you she looks like a plastic surgery user so maybe she does use botox.

Faiz at TP confirms the morning’s hot rumor: Al Gore is going to speak here this morning.

This much talking for one question? Which she is not really answering girls running out the clock!

Pelosi filibustering Q&A.

“fiscally sound”. Funny how being “fiscally sound” only matters for stuff like health care.
bailing out Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, and Bear Stearns with taxpayer money? blank checks for iraq? that’s OK. But when it comes to healthcare, oh we need to make sure it’s fiscally sound.

she’s full of it.

Did you click on the little TV screen? That gets it started. Or, the capacity may be filled.

Oh, lordy, I thought this was a progressive gathering, not a Bush by-invitation-only event. My bad!

She’s in Exhibit Hall 4. Are you on the page with all the feeds available? There are 5 or 6, although the others aren’t active yet.

yup, that’s EXACTLY what she’s doing. Filibustering.

me too…she is PERPETUALLY #2 like Avis,cept spinning rather than TRYING harder

Is it just me? I’m having a hard time listening to Madame Speaker….how can anyone spin the Constitution?

WORD

Sweetie, just click the link here, No need for anything else.
http://www.netrootsnation.org/node/982

No Im not sure; but her face looks like a mask. Funny, I do not even usually notice, but she is starting to look like the NY cat woman.

she is a true PATRITION…..only those of her ilk matter,sad that

Okay, naive question-asker here. Been missing a lot of threads lately. Why is NN being called “TraitorFest.” (Hides to avoid seeing eye rolls.)

according to my feed .. only 379 viewers at present

I don’t think she realizes that her bipartisan remark was a flop.

This traditional politicians live in a world of their own making. So she invokes bipartisanship, and completely fails to realize that “bipartisanship” as practiced by the Democrats is synonymous with “caving” and “selling out”.

Why aren’t questioners more focused or follow up on each other?

I alternate between deciding to go back to sleep or getting dressed to go down there with protest signs hidden all over.

Crowd Pink and Nixon mask guy in prison black and white stripes are walking around can’t find the other 3 cops I hope they embarrass Nancy.

“universal ACCESS to quality reliable healthcare”.

I LOVE the language games to make things sound like they’re not what they are.

Not universal health care for all, but “universal access” to healthcare.

nah, it was me in my undercaffeinated state.

thanks RevBev (ps – we need to include you in our central texan e mail list)

and more then half of them from this thread alone?

Pelosi favors responsible sex. Code Pink unpersuaded.

Next question about abstinence-only. Why are they funding it?

(applause)

“Abstinence is a bad policy and its dangerous to the health of our young people. We must have appropriate sex education. Absitence only is an idea that’s dangerous.”

If that’s the case, why are you funding it?

“Well, we need more pro-choice members of Congress.”

Has anyone pointed out to her that we executed General Yamashita for failing to prevent war crimes, when it was his responsibility to do so? Nancy unilaterally suspended the portion of the Constitution designed to prevent such presidential misbehavior.

yah,and this is OUR TEAM?

I agree her face does look like a mask

Someone FINALLY jumps in to ask a follow up, about abstinance-only earmarks. Pelosi: “We need more pro-choice members of congress.”

I am on the Austin Codepink mailing list and didn’t see any coordinated effort for today. But maybe something was done more privately.

imo .. pelosi is clueless .. the “big picture” can’t ever be acheived when the nuts and bolts parts go lacking ..

Come on, let’s not make fun of her appearance.

oh my didnt know that,thank you….this is a sham

Reminding everyone that Nancy knew what was going on the whole time. pardon the repeat, but it got lost upthread.

When nancy makes FISA excuses, remember, the bill covered her ass too by preventing cases from goign forward.

Can’t protect the people if you don’t protect the Constitution first.

bing

“A message could only carry as far as a horse could travel or a ship could sail.” I think I heard this from the Louis & Clark animatronic exhibit at DisneyWorld when I was eight.

Bye.

Someone please, please go down there!

It is time for someone to point out to Madame Speaker that one can compromise on policy issues. The Constitution is not an issue; it is the law of the land.

Going back to the constitution to talk about universal wireless??/

All the tables are full here and people are standing or sitting on the floor to type. Is everyone in Washington ADD or are they all trying to avoid answering questions.

great point, someone needs to point that out to her

I’ve lost the stream.

Never mind, it just returned.

i’d advise for an old makr twain quote here .. “one must always be aware when taffy is being distributed .. “

707

yep .. feed is intermittent …

having trouble keeping the stream. anyone else?

Yadda Yadda Yadda.
She needs to be hammered about accountability until she finally gets it that we the people are seriously pissed off.

Why are our soldiers forced to beg for care packages that include basic sundries as toothpaste protein bars and tampons? These are all things that our government is not providing.

“They shouldn’t have to be. But again, we haven’t as a matter of policy — been fair.”

Don’t visit them and praise them. Send them the supplies they need!

“we haven’t been fair to our troops ..etc ..”

well .. you’ve had two years to fix it …

Code Pink heckling…THEY NEED TO COME HOME NOW.

Yes, dropped out twice so far.

Pelosi called Bush a total failure. From where I’m sitting so is she. How long are the Democrats going to blame the Republicans for their own inaction and complicity in Bush’s programs?

I wasn’t trying to I thought her gestures and eye movements indicated lying the face as a mask thing seemed to indicate that she believed her lies. But plastic surgery and botox could also explain the mask face.
Honest I hope I identified a TELL when she is lying

Here’s an idea: levy an extra 10 percent tax on the top 1 percent and redistribute the money to Iraq & Afghanistan veterans.

Sorry for misunderstanding.

BLAHHHH!!!!! can’t listen to her spin anymore. Time to shower. Back later.

she deserves to be heckled, she’s been a disgrace as speaker. I’m honestly surprised she hasn’t been run away, like Schumer did at dailykos a few months ago when he got hit with mukasey questions.

oh war is soo bad ..but WE didn’t stop it ..still aren’t

sheesh … pure bullshit .. imo

vets AND current servicemen/women

No hassle

Someone should also point out that her Democratic congress is more popular with Republicans than it is with Democrats, and for good reason.

anyone got any brain bleach ??

… and here comes the intro to Gore?

Gore comes in.

Place goes nuts.

can’t leave. al gore just showed up.

holy s…it’s al!

Did she bring him in just so she doesn’t have to take any more audience questions?

I have a pretty good idea for government revenue;

first, the fed must be federalized, THEN, THE GOVERNMENT earns the “prime”, not a private industry, I think that’s one heck of an idea

I also think the government should produce their own credit cards, then the percentage stores already pay for the use of credit cards will go toward government revenue

hmmm

AL MF’ING GORE

whoa ..gore steps in and saves nancy from further self destruction ..

That was a slightly odd, cutsie way of getting Al Gore on stage.

They intro’d Gore with a little clip of him asking a question to Pelosi — then he walked out on the stage.

2 minute standing ovation.

She is so happy to get off the hot seat with that stunt she is giggling like a schoolgirl.

great leader ???

still looking for brain bleach ..

A friend Twitters: AL GORE INVENTED ALL INTERNET TRADITIONS

oh if we held them accountable we’d run out of tar and feathers ..eh ??

They can tear apart 2 of my pillows, lots of feathers.

Gore talking about climate change.

imo .. al just saved nancy’s bacon …

Funny Gore should mention dog and pony show, That is exactly the impression I was getting with Nancy Pelosi constantly bobbing and weaving.

where’d live bloggin’ go ??

yeah, Nancy just caught a break. I kept waiting for her to shatter like a cheap window from all the questions that were hitting her.

omg! he’s cribbing Scarecrow !

Gore ties climate crisis to national security. The Republicans dared insult us when we pointed that out last year.

Still here, Gore talking about the interconnectedness between warming and the economy.

“The idea we can drill our way out of this is so absurd.”

applause

“When you’re in a hole stop digging.”

:) Chances are Scarecrow is reading Gore.

current US rig count is almost 2000 .. 1600 drilling for natural gas .. 397 for oil ..

1.6 million bbls of US refined products being exported every day …btw

“The defenders of the status quo are the same ones who have dug us into this hole.”

Now I am convinced that he is here in order to keep the heat OFF Nancy.

Standing ovation “100% of our energy from renewable sources”

what .. we can’t “study” the issue for another 30 years … ???

Did someone ask her what her oath of office said?

Ummmmm — botox anyone?

the timing of things i’ve encountered with my new cabletv and highspeed and phone-free has been wonderfully a long list of inexplicable things. delight at it’s highest level.

and now to add to the list, i can now stream along with the rest of you…first streaming link is al gore from netroots…fitting….my, this is too cool for school.

last night, my best friend since high school married to my other best friend since high school called from maui to tell me to connect to the the restaraunt where they were, they had a web cam on the roof……got a photo of him talking to me on his cellphone, telling me how to get to the site…..wow.

now, ’live’ al from netroots. next best thing to being there.
thanks fdl…

(next thing is wireless from my computer to my stereo speakers to free me up to move around and i’m in business.)

Drilling for more oil that will get sold to China as an effort to lower our gas prices is as stupid as getting attacked from Afghanistan then responding by attacking a country that had nothing to do with it.

Al is much better to listen to than Nancy.

Mornin’ Tex -

a very, very smart foul mouthed fem blogger refers to this as

Incumbency Protection Racket :D

Let’s come up with an honorific for Gore in an Obama administration? President Ex Officio of Blue America?

Gore sends everyone to http://www.wecansolveit.org.

How about Vice President?

Al .. preaching to the saved …no time for reiteration of this whole debate .. bye bye ..

Gore plugs Current TV, which ran a clip of my kitchen when it was dirty. Only Al Gore could make me OK with that.

Gore closes “You are at the cutting edge of a new era in history. You will look back and tell your grandkids about coming to Austin, and how this was the beginning of an effort to reclaim American democracy. Thank you very much.”

Ovation

Gore is now taking questions with Pelosi.

Reminds me of the St Crispin’s day speech.

what .. we can’t “study” the issue for another 30 years … ???

Clearly what are needed are “aspirational” goals.

Olivier!

So is Pelosi going to say that Gore is just advocating while she has to lead?

Gore says he doesn’t think he’ll take a position the Obama administration.

Says it would better if he didn’t serve in an Obama administration, but there’s a lot of wiggle room.

Dammit I envy you people!

Spencer reports that the Goracle will the special guest today.

Now I AM jealous.

Thank you for covering this for us BT.

This is the first time I’ve seen Gore in person, and he’s very impressive. I could throw him a baseball from where I’m sitting.

Now answering a question about mountaintop mining.

Oh hee hee PW! Great minds…. *g*

Gore says he doesn’t think he’ll take a position the Obama administration.

He probably would prefer serving under a Democrat.

back later… chores… dang!

Most surreal moment of the day: Al Gore’s qualified defense of meat-eating.

Gore says using coal to fuel our cars is “insane.”

Gore has seen the belly-of-the-beast; he’s probably correct. Pushing the issue from the outside given his visibility, gives him more leverage.

Gore plays the King well but I don’t remember Nancy’s wicked witch character.

Over 1000 viewers on UStream

Dear Hugh. Mind yer manners son. heh.

no… wait… that was, Speak yer Mind!

carry on pups

YEAAAAAH inventor of the internet! “I think I’ll refrain from saying that.”

Code Pink heckling Pelosi.

Code Pink on the Move!

Hard to hear what Pelosi’s saying…they’re marching through now. And they’re leaving.

Pelosi talking about oil leases.

That was quick I hoped they had eggs.

I agree with Al. In an Obama, or any Democratic Administration, he may have to compromise his position of “not backing down” and being unable to keep his promises because of political pressures, as Pelosi, an accomplished “double Speaker”, is doing now.

funny to hear pelosi talkign about how bad it is to “validate” the president.

isn’t that what the house has been doing for the past 2 years? gimme a break!

I thought the question was on FISA and now Nancy is talking oil? This rude off topic rambling and avoiding questions is Hackworthy.

“aspirational goals”

Whut th’ H does that mean egad?!

Whut repubble thinktank (tanked think?) produced it?

… does it have something to do with Watuhbord Inc.?

sorry. no strength left. must wait and read quietly later…

funny to hear pelosi talkign about how bad it is to “validate” the president.

isn’t that what the house has been doing for the past 2 7 1/2 years? gimme a break!

Corrected for accuracy.

good,hold her prada shoes to the fire

Anyone know if CSpan is there and can we expect they might run a tape of Pelosi’s appearance at some point in time – though I’m more interested in what Al Gore had to say.

Nancy Pelosi:
Worst. Speaker. Ever.

Cspan has had a bus out front for days

I would like to know if the FDL crew ever attempted to demand that Lamb’s C-span cover this.

I’m fucking outraged that every time I tune in, some right wing event is always on. Left wing events are usually aired on C-3 or at 3:00am, if at all – and that includes Dem v. Rep campaign speeches.

If they can air a Conservative Political Action Conference – as they are today – why none from our side??

i will say BIGGEST dissapointment ever,and boy i had high hopes………………….dashed

welcome to America

We need to replace her anyone have anyone in mind?
Harry Reid must go too!

Steny too

We’ll be building and promoting a fully-searchable video archive in the weeks following the convention. Check the online agenda for listings.

NetrootsNation.org will have videos at some point.

Gore: “I’m sitting next to one of the greatest leaders we’ve ever had in the House.”

See this is the same fucking excuse always – Pelosi says “wah wah, only 59 votes in the Senate.”

Reid and Schumer to this day, say they don’t regret bringing Lieberman back in.

And she fails to acknowledge Emanuel and Hoyer have done the same thing in the House.

They got the votes they wanted.

and Rahm we need a list of must get rid of’s and a wish list of all blue dogs Center Dems, Holy Joe

If Nancy goes it will be Steny or Rahm……not an improvement IMO.

he said that?oh dayuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum

Oh BARF!!!! Gore just called Nancy the “greatest leader” – what is he smoking?

Enough with polite Political lies!

not acceptable

He’s throwing her a line. She’s having a tough go of it.

Damn, there was so much BS coming through the toobz my laptop locked up and I had to reboot, right in the middle of Al’s infomercial too.

Bah. I have better things to do than to listen to Gore praise Pelosi. Spit. *poof*

fer keeeeeeeeeeeeerist sakes……does he not get ,that makes him seem,uninformed?

hahahahahahahaha

Many thanks!

Yeah. We need to purge the congressional leadership and start from scratch.

Just checked C-Span, & they have Pelosi’s speech listed as upcoming in their video library, but say it hasn’t aired yet.

Netroots Nation is listed as occurring, at least, sigh.

C-Span 2 ran video of a no-doubt very helpful speech entitled, “Conservative Comebacks to Liberal Lies” earlier this morn.

I knew inquiring minds would want to know… *blergh*

just found my micro Stradiarius

Gore says nuclear power will play a role, and sees a small increase, but is skeptical that it will be a big part of the answer (to energy).

pretty good technique.

u have to admit, you are now fully awake and paying attention. heh

I agree that Pelosi kept pointing to the Senate. While it may take 60 votes there to get something done, the opposite is also true. It only takes 40 votes to stop anything. The Democrats have had the power to stop Bush for the last 7 1/2 years. They just have never used it.

“Nuclear is the most expensive option of all although it will play some factor”

True but we need to phase out Nuclear sooner or later.

sad truth

you’re not alone in your deep anger.

what WERE they thinking?

WERE they thinking?

Ding, ding, da ding!!

It takes how long to bring a nuke plant online on the grid? Natural gas I think is the quickest. Nukes are the most expensive and the least able to get on line quick if the wind stops blowing.

264 resonse to you

Screw bipartisan Nancy….we need to kick the Pukes and the Blue Dogs out!!!

There’s that word again, Bipartisan.
Get a clue, would ya?

Is she wearing a “vest” under her clothes?

And it’s all over.

Later all.

Lawrence Lessing up next. He’s really good.

I have to go outside for a minute and air out, I have had too much smoke blown up my ass for it to be healthy.

Lessig.

2 words………… power elite

I would appreciate a reply from anyone who can tell me where FDLers are located at Netroots so that I can tell one of my friends who called me from the convention center where to look for them.

Thank you very much for your help.

Wexler as Speaker and Sanchez from Judiciary as new ML.

scroobeedoobeedoobeedoo on a strad? that’s overkill.

I am wearing a navy blue shirt and rolling around in a red wheelchair, but still in my kitchen. Will be at the conv ctr in an hour or less.

but, but… Rahm wanted that! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Wexler. I like it. I like it a LOT!

geothermal is even faster and doesn’t burn fossil stuff .. it’s the way we need to head .. imo

Pelosi is my rep and I was disappointed, but never surprised. Her rise to prominence was in fundraising, not leadership. Fundraisers don’t ruffle feathers. Ever.

George Miller would be a much more ‘powerful’ Speaker – would get things done a la Rayburn

but then again, my personal choice is Maxine Waters

Does anyone here know what effects geothermal diggings & fussings around might affect the natural water table, or not. I’ve never seen or heard it discussed, but it would seem like a potential down-side to me, depending on what they do and how. Beware, I’m very ignorant on this issue. But… well… if they’re tapping ground heat, basically… hmmmmm….

All the male House members would have to don Depends, tee hee.

the Repugs have been blaming the Clenis for the last 8 years, and have started blaming Carter for stuff as well, so 2 years is nothing with 40 BushDogs and 50+JoeyShortBus Senate

Does the Speaker sit or chair any committees? I don’t think so. Waxman needs to stay as a chairman. Others can handle the procedural stuff in the house.

I’ve never seen Scarecrow and Gore in the same room at the same time. You don’t suppose . . .

That’s a really important point, IMO. Fundraisers raise funds mainly from Corporations and the wealthy, so of course they will look out for those interests. I wouldn’t mind a fundraiser who raises funds from the regular folks, though.

Probably deep in the weeds somewhere.

Thanks for the headsup about Gore. It was great to see him. I think he is so content doing what he is doing.

Raaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhmm, lost us all the previous 6 elections. With our help and Governor Dean’s we gave em a little taste of victory.

Think Congress will turn around and vote him back to an even more powerful position??

Of course. That’s why Raaaaahhhhm selectively brought them into Congress in the first place..like Reid and Schumer brought back Lieberman.

They have the Congress they want.

Just sent this to her via the Speaker’s mailbox (unedited, pardon the screaming):

WRT your non-answering of questions at Netroots Nation 08:

It may take 60 votes in the _Senate_ to pass some bills – most of them only require 51 to pass – but that means that the 49 (alleged) DEMOCRATS in the Senate can block bills.

Now, what’s your excuse for the _House’s_ inaction and bad performance for the last year and a half?

And what the hell constitutes an ****impeachable offense**** any more? If lying to Congress and the _people of the United States_ (for whom y’all work), starting a war of aggression (WAR CRIME!) based on those lies, occupying a foreign country (WAR CRIME!) based on those lies, torturing people (WAR CRIME!) based on those lies, and doing ILLEGAL WARRANTLESS SURVEILLANCE (UNCONSTITUTIONAL!!!) based on those lies isn’t enough, then what is????

Shorter Nancy on Impeachment: “I come to praise Junya Caesar, not to bury him.”

As an ex R&D designer of directional drilling equipment, I can state unequivocally that the two are separate entities.

If, in your backyard you had a pool of milk and a separate pool of oh, say some ice cold Corona beer. As your lush of a directional drilling neighbor, I could actually drill under, around, over and up to your yard and tap into your Coronal stash and slowly suck it dry.

Feel better now??

Blue Tex’s pic up top looks like the Moderator and Vice President Gore are removing a heckler :D

I’ll man the pumps for ya.

This just up at Gorilla’a Guides:

WARNING!!! Extremely graphic.

Tal Afar 17 Jul 2008

I don’t know if I believe this story about Moon…take a look at the wreckage…:

http://ap.google.com/article/A…..wD92108TG0

Hey gang, my post is up. Click on my name. The Austin paper also posted the photo of my hand holding the Constitution. Click here and then on photos and go to photo number 5.

Actually, yeah. Thanks for answering!

But I still want to look it up and understand the whole process better.

Would you know any good links for a layman more familiar with the dragonflies buzzing over that puddle of Corona than with drilling?

Gotta luv the toobz for providing that capability. *g*

omg. it’s never going to stop.

face-shooter’s greed knows no bounds. his enablers have totally lost their way, if indeed they ever did have a chosen path through this lifetime.

Right on. Liked the Face of Justice piece, too.

Pachacutec is upstairs.
http://firedoglake.com/2008/07…../#comments

This is a key general info page – also look under directional drilling in wiki.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directional_boring

One of the few truthful and public articles on the topic here in the US.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/f…..A966958260

The UK has the other view in more technical detail;(also a link to pdf format)
http://209.85.141.104/search?q…..#038;gl=us

the toobz rule!

It’s never going to stop.

Us getting out is the first step. This carnage will continue long after that, however, because we created, intentionally or not, a political atmosphere that ensured internal strife should we be forced to leave. The imperialists believed they could establish a puppet government that was capable of controlling the masses with US military support, along the lines of the British occupation of India.

Thanks MUCH!! ;->

I agree. You say it much better.

Horribly painful it is, this must be seen for what it is, and how bad it is, how insanely irresponsible and arrogant and cruel, criminal. I refer to the policy and decisions of our very own executive branch of gummint.

Impeachment wouldn’t be sufficient. Incarceration. for. life. comes to mind.
Until justice is served, old fashioned practice of shunning has some appeal.

Thank you for your dedication, Dragon.

Thanks for this. Something to make us proud.