Impeachment? And have Cheney take over? No thanks!!!

Bush II was determined to avenge the failings of Bush I's presidency. Instead he has made his father look like a great man in comparison to his own failings.

Impeach Cheney...Bush will find a whole new attitude.

This just reminds me of the old Soviet Union where political officers were assigned to all of the military and manufacturing units. The purpose was both to insure the Decider's will was followed and to "teach" others how to be better zombies.

If this is allowed to stand then we have moved to rein of Satlin's regime and have loss all liberty and freedoms our people have fought and died for and our country is lost to the world.

Will Congress and every American who has sworn an Oath of Office stand with the Amercian People and the U.S. Constitution or will they stand with "The Leader?"

Now is the time.

We elected people to Congress to straigthen this shit out not to run for President.

Not one Senator should be in Iowa, New Hampshire, or any other state until President Bush is put on trial and convicted of crimes against the state and removed from office along with every one of his appointees and Cheney.

Matt,
That was absolutely my thought too! It is exactly like the political officers of the communists and the Nazis... for they too had the Gestapo fullfilling that role.

To me, this is the scariest grab for power that they have made. It also reminds me of the hacks sent to Iraq for rebuilding that we based on their political affiliation, fraternity and loyality to the Republican party. They did such a wonderful job! Right out of college and with their drinking buddies they were ready to rebuild a nation that was destoryed by war.

Oooops... the reason we got our asses handed to us wasn't because of these guys, it was, according to Cheney, because the MSM didn't let them win.

What is absolutely incredible and shows the arrogance and hubris of these people is the belief that this power will never be in the hands of the Democrats!

Just like their contempt and treatment of the Democrats when they were in power... the Repubs thought they would always be in power!

Guess who will change sides once a Democrat is elected President and demand that these rules be abolished? You guessed it... those whiny Repubs!!!

This is the No Crony Left Behind Act, but I wonder if the Bushies are just doing it to litter the Oversight landscape. If the Democrats go after every one of these people, AND the new U.S. Attorneys, aren't they going to become distracted from the important things? Whatever, it's becoming what is sometimes called "a target-rich environment."

Impeach Cheney first; then impeach Bush.

What is this the Soviet Union with a party official supervising every aspect of the government? Pathetic.

Aw, hell, can't we save money and time and try, impeach and convict 'em both together? There's nothing in the Constitution that says we can't, and they are largely both guilty of the same high crimes and misdemeanors. We have joint trials for criminals, petty and otherwise, all the time (e.g. Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling).

And we don't even have to invent a new title for these new arbiters of ideological purity. We can just revive the term 'commissar'.

This is the hugest small government ever.

This has been tried before--by the Soviet Communist Party.

The Party implants were called commissars, and they enforced the top-down Party line in every government office and in every military unit.

See how well that worked?

one must assume that this does not apply to the Department of the Interior which already has such
"proections" in place.

There's nothing in the Constitution that says we can't, and they are largely both guilty of the same high crimes and misdemeanors.

Actually, it says that in the case both are removed from office then....

So yes they can removed from office at the same time.
Acticle II.
Section. 4.

The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

They are an organized group who sole purpose is to destroy the current government agencies, activitiies and ruin this Nation.

They are committing Treason in public and know that the Congress has no guts to do anything about it.

I think the reporting on this is a bit off. I may be wrong, but I think that the main substantive change here is that OMB will now review certain guidance documents that are intended to explain regulations, in addition to their current task of reviewing the regulations themselves. This is a significant but not huge change in OMB's role, and it has been in the works for some time.

we are getting way beyone impeachment at this point. martial law is next. congress cannot stop this.

It's all going to tie together. The replacement of Federal (US) Attorneys, appointments without Congressional oversight, appointments of Bush / Rethug political hacks, the signing statements...

Dammit, I am NOT a tinfoil hat type, but something is very, very wrong.

Question is, what are we going to do?

They have a plan, probably an incompetent and shallow plan, but a plan. We are only operating as a reaction to this perceived whatever it is.

We need more information.

This reminds me of the role of the "Political Officer" in the military ranks of the Soviet Union. Now who was it that "won" the cold war?

I have never seen more calls for impeachment in one place over one event than here. Is this site just a magnet for impeachment fans? I am all for impeachment and I think the procedure would apply simultaneously to the President and the VP because it can be demonstrated they engineered the invasion of Iraq under false pretenses.

Impeachment can be brought about if a small number of State legislatures enact a bill of impeachment. Why wait for Congress to act? Get local..

Impeachment can be brought about if a small number of State legislatures enact a bill of impeachment. Why wait for Congress to act? Get local..

Posted by: cromulant
Date: January 30, 2007 01:02 PM

I have heard this before. Where is that stated? Because I see in Article 1, Section 1.
"The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment."

It sounds like the old Soviet method of putting an intelligence official on military vehicles. Have to make sure the troops are not falling out of line.

The Bush Administration--Politburo for a New America.

Besides smacking of the communist Soviet Union with its politburo morale officers/minders inserted into various positions to ensure high morale...read, strict adherence to the othodoxy of the party, this is also unconstitutional.

That does not come as much of a surprise from the Bush Administration. It seems that since he was appointed in 2000, the name of their game is full scale, unrelenting assault on the constitution, basic fairness, and openness in government. The populace will feel so besieged they will not have the energy to fight on all fronts and things will slip through the cracks. That is probably the Bush administration's main foreign policy theme as well, but they did not count on running into a determined opposition possessed of AK-47 rifles and lots of unsecured high explosives.

But alas, I digress. This action violates the separation of powers. The power to legislate resides solely in legislative branch. Duh. However, as years passed and legislation grew more complex, the lawmakers either grew tired of actually writing the laws themselves or grew less adept at it and passed generalized laws and let the executive branch issue regulations that implemented the laws. This is ok so long as the regulations indeed implement and/or further the stated aims of the legislation. So when regulations go too far, they can be struck down as a violation of the separation of powers and the executive unduly infringing on the legislatives bailiwick.

In this case, it is an extra legislative action which is designed solely for the purpose of arresting the drafting or enforcement of regulations. However, if the legislative branch did not draft into the law the intent to temper their regulations with the caveats that regulations can only come into existence if the agencies "identify 'the specific market failure' or problem that justifies government intervention."

The government intervention comes when Congress passes a law. The passage of the law is the justification for regulatory intervention.

This is like your parents telling you to go borrow a cup of sugar from the neighbor and you refusing unless they can demonstrate that the market has failed to the point that resort to the barter system or goodwill is necessary. If the executive branch does not like a law it can veto the legislation.

This administration will likely not veto much, just rely on signing statements and fascist thought police to ignore what it signed into law. It is the adult equivalent of a child crossing his fingers behind his back when promising to do something. This administration may be run and staffed by middle aged men and women, but they have not progressed past the maturity level of a six year old child. At some point, the parents will have to ground them.

Do any of you work in a business? It now takes over 13 signatures on over 75 pages of documents to open a simple investment account. Every time either party gets to regulating anything we all pay a steep price.

The problem with our political situation is I believe both sides would be happy to see the USA fall off a cliff as long as the other side is driving

I'm no Bush fan, but let's be serious, this is perfectly constitutional. Federal agencies are part of the Executive Branch. This is just the President exerting more day-to-day control over his branch of the government. I don't like that Bush created this new position, but I'm not naive enough to think that it's unconstitutional. The knee-jerk "it's unconstitutional" reaction is getting out of hand.

I'm probably not the only one who has noticed the recent rise in frequency of the use of the word "decision" when Bush speaks. And it's always HIS decision.

Seems to be a growing fixation of his.

In light of recent history, this is getting beyond ridiculous, and may suggest a growing psychopathology. Not a comforting thought, at all.

For me, at least.

The next year and a half give Bush and his handlers ample time to do even more damage. Nothing in the behavior shows any intention to change course. Everyhing they say and do indicates they intend to pursue what can only compound the present disaster.

"Is it possible that King George is really reading history?"

Nope...it's Grima Wormtongue...aka Karl Rove

It sounds like it is time for Congress to pass a bill that forbids the executive branch to spend 1 penny to implement this fiat.

If they want "political" overseers let them be voleenteers. Oh couldn't do that either if it is illegal for the administration to spend money on the necessary clearences.

No money for offices, communications or salaries.

Nueter this order by banning any funding for it.

Where was it that I read that the US Chamber of Commerce knows the administration's own mind on policy before the administration does. I thought it was something I read on TPM, but I can't find it.

In any case, that's what I thought when I saw this quote in the NYT writeup. If the head of the snake is the CoC, maybe the focus should be there.

“This is the most serious attempt by any chief executive to get control over the regulatory process, which spews out thousands of regulations a year,” said William L. Kovacs, a vice president of the United States Chamber of Commerce. “Because of the executive order, regulations will be less onerous and more reasonable. Federal officials will have to pay more attention to the costs imposed on business, state and local governments, and society.”

This reminds me of "The Hunt for Red October". Next to Sean Connery was a Communist Party official to assist the Captain in his decision-making ability.

PARTY BEFORE COUNTRY

Dave,

If this makes sense to you, you need to go into greater detail regarding how you came to this conclusion. Because nearly everyone else considers it either an ominous expansion of WH power, batshit crazy.

hello