Neo-Con Shuffle
(Ed. Note: It's been slow in the local paper, mostly due to minutae regarding local elections. This story was found on CNN)
..."I demand, on behalf of the American people, that we understand why these investigations aren't being conducted," Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, said from the floor as he invoked Senate Rule 21...
...The move caught the chamber's GOP leadership by surprise, and Frist said Democrats had "hijacked" the Senate with a "pure stunt."
What is stunning is that the Republicans have been knocked for a loop, and it's obvious, because they are pretty much admiting a cover-up. There is no doubt that the war in Iraq is the top issue in America today, unless you're a radical evangelical Christian too worried about who's sticking what in which holes to be concerned with Americans getting new holes put in them every day in Iraq. Polls show pretty conclusively that Americans are less and less willing to buy the administration's bullshit. You've got pretty damaging evidence in the form of blabbing ex-staffers and documents like the Downing Street Memo. All this considered, Bill Frist doesn't feel that these investigations warrant the attention of the United States Senate. Well, that makes sense, if the Republican cadre is willing to cover up for the administration.
Let's not play the victim, Doctor Webcam. It's not like the Democrats really blindsided you. Calls for a probe on prewar intelligence and war profiteering have been coming up over and over again, with absolutely no action from the Republican leadership, who seem mostly concerned with appeasing the big monkey in the White House. Here's one example from June of last year, when a call for an investigation into Halliburton contracts was made: Story at CNN. Did anything come of it? Nope, because Senate Republicans blocked every attempt to start an investigation.
War profiteering is treason, you greedy fucks, and if this war was started on false information in order to line the pockets of oil companies and defense contractors, that demands action. The only way to find out if that is the case is to investigate it. If you're right, and there was no wrongdoing, think of how much fun you'd have rubbing it in Harry Reid's face. But we all know that's not how it would turn out, don't we?
In a certain sense, you almost can't blame the Republican senators... well, I mean, you CAN... I certainly do. But the truth is, if they allowed this investigation to go forward, they'd be crossing an administration that almost seems to revel in punishing anyone who gets in their way. Remember, this recent round started because the administration didn't like a report made by the husband of a CIA agent, and so put that CIA agent's life at risk forever. The problem is, there are just way too many Americans so caught up in defending the Republicans like they're the hometown heroes that they forget to demand the fucking truth. As long as they exist in such high numbers, the administration can get whatever they want from the senate Republicans by threatening to run someone else against them in the next primary.
Kudos to the Democrats for finally growing a set and demanding the truth. You need to stop being candy-asses and tell the American public that you are demanding the truth, and will not settle for anything less than a nonpartisan investigation into the events leading up to the war in Iraq. The neo-cons are already stunned from having most of their leaders indicted or investigated. These assholes have about as much credibility as a professional wrestling match. Now show some fucking spine and rally the people to start gathering torches and pitchforks.
Those of you citizens who aren't blinded by neo-con glamour need to start speaking up too. The era of politics being a taboo topic of discussion are over. The corrupt kleptocrats in charge count on the fact that Americans don't think critically on their own, and will fall for any nonsense Fox News spits at them. So get out there and speak up. Berate the guy on you block with the Rush Limbaugh bumper sticker. Call out that guy in your circle of friends who still talks about muslims who hate our freedom. We can embarrass these people into thinking critically. This is a democracy. We're all in charge. Stop falling into the trap of staying silent. All it takes for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing. And Karl Rove is about as evil as they come.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Democrats triggered a closed session of the full Senate on Tuesday in an effort to pressure the chamber's Republican majority into completing an investigation of the intelligence underpinning the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Democrats complained that Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, a Kansas Republican, has failed to move forward on a promised investigation into the handling of prewar intelligence about Iraq's suspected weapons programs......"I demand, on behalf of the American people, that we understand why these investigations aren't being conducted," Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, said from the floor as he invoked Senate Rule 21...
...The move caught the chamber's GOP leadership by surprise, and Frist said Democrats had "hijacked" the Senate with a "pure stunt."
"In recent history, this just hasn't been done. And this lack of respect, the lack of civility is a real affront," Frist said. He said Rule 21 had been invoked only rarely and with "mutual conversation" between the leaders of both parties.
"This is an affront to me personally," he said. "This is an affront to our leadership. It is an affront to the United States of America, and it is wrong."
What is stunning is that the Republicans have been knocked for a loop, and it's obvious, because they are pretty much admiting a cover-up. There is no doubt that the war in Iraq is the top issue in America today, unless you're a radical evangelical Christian too worried about who's sticking what in which holes to be concerned with Americans getting new holes put in them every day in Iraq. Polls show pretty conclusively that Americans are less and less willing to buy the administration's bullshit. You've got pretty damaging evidence in the form of blabbing ex-staffers and documents like the Downing Street Memo. All this considered, Bill Frist doesn't feel that these investigations warrant the attention of the United States Senate. Well, that makes sense, if the Republican cadre is willing to cover up for the administration.
Let's not play the victim, Doctor Webcam. It's not like the Democrats really blindsided you. Calls for a probe on prewar intelligence and war profiteering have been coming up over and over again, with absolutely no action from the Republican leadership, who seem mostly concerned with appeasing the big monkey in the White House. Here's one example from June of last year, when a call for an investigation into Halliburton contracts was made: Story at CNN. Did anything come of it? Nope, because Senate Republicans blocked every attempt to start an investigation.
War profiteering is treason, you greedy fucks, and if this war was started on false information in order to line the pockets of oil companies and defense contractors, that demands action. The only way to find out if that is the case is to investigate it. If you're right, and there was no wrongdoing, think of how much fun you'd have rubbing it in Harry Reid's face. But we all know that's not how it would turn out, don't we?
In a certain sense, you almost can't blame the Republican senators... well, I mean, you CAN... I certainly do. But the truth is, if they allowed this investigation to go forward, they'd be crossing an administration that almost seems to revel in punishing anyone who gets in their way. Remember, this recent round started because the administration didn't like a report made by the husband of a CIA agent, and so put that CIA agent's life at risk forever. The problem is, there are just way too many Americans so caught up in defending the Republicans like they're the hometown heroes that they forget to demand the fucking truth. As long as they exist in such high numbers, the administration can get whatever they want from the senate Republicans by threatening to run someone else against them in the next primary.
Kudos to the Democrats for finally growing a set and demanding the truth. You need to stop being candy-asses and tell the American public that you are demanding the truth, and will not settle for anything less than a nonpartisan investigation into the events leading up to the war in Iraq. The neo-cons are already stunned from having most of their leaders indicted or investigated. These assholes have about as much credibility as a professional wrestling match. Now show some fucking spine and rally the people to start gathering torches and pitchforks.
Those of you citizens who aren't blinded by neo-con glamour need to start speaking up too. The era of politics being a taboo topic of discussion are over. The corrupt kleptocrats in charge count on the fact that Americans don't think critically on their own, and will fall for any nonsense Fox News spits at them. So get out there and speak up. Berate the guy on you block with the Rush Limbaugh bumper sticker. Call out that guy in your circle of friends who still talks about muslims who hate our freedom. We can embarrass these people into thinking critically. This is a democracy. We're all in charge. Stop falling into the trap of staying silent. All it takes for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing. And Karl Rove is about as evil as they come.
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