NinjaFish, and littledragon, you're right. This isn't funny.

I guess I'm getting a little jaded -- after Alberto Gonzales' testimony, it was clear that the rule of law was not going to be enforced on these criminals during the 110th Congress. President Obama and the 111th better bring criminal charges on the former Bush administration, or future administrations will use it as precedent for flouting the law for their own purposes.

On the bright side, it looks like Democrats will prevail on the EPA issue.

As a bonus, this incident made John Boehner have a temper tantrum.

I somewhat agree pmkierst... Ashcroft was one of the very few who stood up to Bush and Gonzales (while deathly Ill and essentially incapacitated in hospital) against renewal of the warrantless spy program. Of course his efforts ultimately failed when he and his deputy were pushes aside and Gonzales was knighted to be torturer in chief.

Judging from his reaction I'd say this is a real gaffe...

Ashcroft did one honorable thing, and that was to very dramatically let the domestic eavesdropping expire in 2004, a move that almost brought down the house of cards when the rest of the story began to come out. http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/24/gonzales.hearing.ap/index.html

^yup. /sigh

and what's almost worse, they're transparently shitty at covering anything up.

gonzales "simply can't recall" a goddamn thing.
cheney is just not a member of the executive, when it suits his purpose.

bush is confronted with his approval of waterboarding,
by no less a journalistic giant than... Matt Lauer??

if you're going to be evil, at least be evil geniuses please??
this is pathetic.

Dude, that was mild compared to what I usually get.


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ahoy! so, I replied (very bitterly) to your comment. apologies in advance!

In reply to this comment by deedub81:
Oh, please. The Bush Administration can fire whoever they want to fire.

You people obviously don't know anything about Gonzales' record.

"btw, I can't stand this show. "

Yeah, I'm not a big fan of either.. Olbermann covers a lot of garbage like whatsherneame... uhh.. oh yah - Paris Hilton and other nonsense which immediately lowered my view of him. I do however enjoy his special commentaries because they are good long winded diatribes and are usually spot on, but for the most part I dont' care for this type of show... and mass media is full of it (left and right).. it's rediculous and the mass media owners do this sort of thing on purpose.

I post some of his stories because they often point out things we should be infuriated about.. such as Gonzales (one of the major obstructioners of justice and partial dismantler of the US Constitution) obtaining an award for Lawyer of the year. I was absolutely shocked to see that one of the key investigators into voting fraud issues was fired and I think they "cleaned house" of the ones that didn't completely roll over and "play ball" with the Neocon agenda. It's pretty obvious.

His testimonies alone displays how much of a disgrace to his position of which is supposed to make judgements of unbiased political nature. The problem with the system of checks and balances regarding the Justice department is that this position is appointed by the Executive branch. It should be appointed by the legislative branch or by popular vote of the people of the United States of America - however there are serious issues of voting fraud. This is exactly why I'm infuriated with the firing of these attorneys and I'm surprized to hear responses such as deedub's regarding political moronic stooges like Gonzales... even moreso with Bush and Cheney. The amount of people that support such despots clearly displays how many people will eagerly sell out our rights, our liberties, our freedom and our Constitution (ironically all in the name of "freedom").

"When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross."
- Sinclair Lewis

Gonzales was never working for the people of America.

He was working for Bush from day one.

Gonzales has no integrity. He would sit at those hearings and just repeat "I can't recall" over and over again.

ahoy! so, I replied (very bitterly) to your comment. apologies in advance!

In reply to this comment by deedub81:
Oh, please. The Bush Administration can fire whoever they want to fire.

You people obviously don't know anything about Gonzales' record.

Oh, please. The Bush Administration can fire whoever they want to fire.

You people obviously don't know anything about Gonzales' record.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'alberto, gonzales, foia, bureaucracy' to 'alberto, gonzales, foia, bureaucracy, hypocrisy' - edited by Constitutional_Patriot

D. Cheney? Gonzales? George B.?

This made me curious to see how many voices he does, so via wiki:

1. Porky Pig (1936-1989, assumed from Joe Dougherty)
2. The Maxwell (Jack Benny's car)
3. Daffy Duck (1937)
4. Happy Rabbit (a.k.a. Bugs Bunny's prototype) (1938)
5. Bugs Bunny (1940-1989)
6. Woody Woodpecker (1940)
7. Cecil Turtle (1941)
8. Tweety Bird (1942-1989)
9. Private Snafu, numerous World War II related cartoons (1943)
10. Yosemite Sam (1945-1989) ("Hare Trigger")
11. Pepé Le Pew (1945-1989)
12. Sylvester (1946-1989) aka Thomas (1947) in some films
13. Foghorn Leghorn (1946-1989)
14. The Barnyard Dawg (1946-1989)
15. Henery Hawk (1946-1989)
16. Charlie Dog (1947)
17. Mac (of Mac & Tosh) (1947)
18. K-9 (1948) (sidekick to Marvin the Martian)
19. Marvin the Martian (1948)
20. Road Runner (1949)
21. Beaky Buzzard (1950)
22. Elmer Fudd (1950, 1958, 1970s and 1980s)
23. Bruno the Bear (1951)
24. Wile E. Coyote (silent until 1952, first spoke in the short "Operation: Rabbit")
25. Speedy Gonzales (1953)
26. The Tasmanian Devil (1954)
27. Barney Rubble (1960-1989)
28. Dino (1960-1989) (Fred Flintstone's pet.)
29. Cosmo G. Spacely (1962)
30. Hardy Har Har (1962-1964)
31. Secret Squirrel (1965-1966)
32. Bubba McCoy from "Where's Huddles?"
33. Chug-a-Boom/The Ant Hill Mob/The Bully Brothers from "The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (1969)"
34. Speed Buggy (1973)
35. Tucker the Mouse from "A Cricket in Times Square (1973)"
36. Captain Caveman (1977)
37. Twiki from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
38. Heathcliff (1980, appeared in syndication from 1984-1987)

Senators Who Forced Debate On MoveOn Ad Earlier Complained Of ‘Wasting Time On Empty Resolutions’

Today, the Senate voted 72-25 to approve Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-TX) bill criticizing MoveOn.org’s Gen. David Petraeus ad in the New York Times. The “sense of the Senate” resolution “strongly” condemns the “personal attacks on the honor and integrity of General Petraeus.”

Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA) has now called for an investigation into “possible elections violations by the New York Times for selling an advertisement to the liberal group MoveOn.org at a reduced rate.”

Neither Cornyn’s resolution nor Davis’s investigation have any bearing on the course in Iraq. The senators who today voted for Cornyn’s bill have previously chastised the Senate for engaging in “a colossal waste of time” on “empty” and “meaningless resolutions.” Some examples:

On Iraq debates/resolutions:

“Mr. President, we have nearly finished this little exhibition, which was staged, I assume, for the benefit of a briefly amused press corps and in deference to political activists opposed to the war.” [Sen. John McCain, 7/18/07]

“We have just seen a procedure in the last 24 hours that was a colossal waste of time.” [Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), 7/18/07]

“I want an open and honest debate, and not political posturing. I was sent here to take action, not waste time on non-binding and empty resolutions.” [Sen. Craig Thomas (R-WY), 2/23/07]

On the Gonzales vote of no confidence:

“[W]e ended up…spending our time on a meaningless resolution giving the president advice about who the attorney general ought to be.” [Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), 6/12/07]

“This is a very disappointing spectacle here today.” [Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS), 6/12/07]

On general partisanship:

“They’ve wasted the first seven months by being excessively partisan and creating unnecessary, in my view, disputes with a pretty robust minority of 49.” [Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), 7/25/07]

“The way that they have proceeded, I am not sure that you can count on anything getting done, even those things that look like a fairly certain bet.” [Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ), 7/25/07]

Evidently, it’s not a partisan waste of time to condemn an advocacy group for a New York Times ad.

gg!

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quickfix!

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*dead