Friday Cleanup Stuff (12/07)
Based on this post, is it really any surprise that two Dem lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee (which oversees the FCC) want to investigate that agency’s chairman Kevin Martin (here)?
Also, the question of whether or not Iran had nukes was huge this week as we know, but I wonder how many of us know how progressive they actually are concerning AIDS (here)?
I’ve been meaning to spend some time looking at Lt. Gen. James Peake, who has been nominated to take over the Veterans Administration with the departure of Jim Nicholson, but happily, Paul Rieckhoff beat me to it a bit here, putting together some questions Peake should be asked before he is confirmed (cross-posted at HuffPo, but again, I’m having technical issues with their site at the moment...ugh, and military.com has ads for that cretin Glenn Beck??).
(God, how on earth can any human being with Dubya’s record of failure find a way to smirk about anything?)
And finally, I absolutely could not let this week go by without giving Our Man Arlen Specter a great big boot into a personal area (if it’s possible to do it this way, in a manner of speaking) for blocking a Senate Judiciary Committee vote on contempt resolutions against Karl Rove and White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten for refusing their congressional subpoenas (here, though, of course, Rove wasn’t too busy to write his fictional Newsweek column or appear on Fox “News” Sunday with House Dem Chris Van Hollen).
And by the way, I’m still waiting for Arlen to get called out over this little episode from last summer.Also, in memoriam...
3 comments:
"God, how on earth can any human being with Dubya’s record of failure find a way to smirk about anything?"
Because he's gotten away with it all. Like to bet on how soft the slap on the wrist will ultimately be for him, even after he leaves office?
I know someone who pointed out the important fact that one of the reasons it's important to keep up the drumbeat for impeaching him and Cheney, as much of a longshot as that is, is because if he leaves office without it, we'll be paying for his Secret Service protection and other benefits for the rest of his life. I can think of approximately 3,882 brave individuals who will not be able to enjoy the same privilege.
If Bush/Cheney aren't forced to pay dearly for their actions the precedent will be set for the next President to act in the same way. Now imagine President Rudy.
As to Specter, this isn't the Arlen we used to know, the guy who would buck the party often, this guy sold his soul to the Bush/Cheney gang to get the Chair of the Intel Committee and he's beena Bush ass kisser since. He may bloviate now and then but its all smoke, watch his votes.
Its time for Specter to be replaced.
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