Why won't the Democrats impeach the whole bunch. But are the a bunch of punks.

Everday information about some new criminal behaviour by this administration and the Democrats go "oh sorry - nothing we can do - past is the past - wait till we get our new president.

Are they trying to drive me crazy?

WAR CRIMINALS all of them.

Impeachment will remain off the table, and for one very simple reason: congressional democrats are complicit-up-to-their-necks in the Big Lie war crime. They will no more permit a Constitutional reckoning to be made than will GW Bush or Dick Cheney. Over time, the villains will all exit the scene (stage right or left) unmolested, to live out their days undisturbed. The best the American people can hope for now is that the truth will gradually out, so that future generations can draw a proper bead on the treachery and cowardice that has marked our own. To insure that happening, a good place to start would be to torpedo any Telecommunications "compromise" that now appears to be in the works. As Digby noted yesterday, it has nothing to do with money or shareholders, and everything to do with extinguishing the right of discovery.

Neither the democrats in Washington nor the republicans in Washington will ever vote for any accountability at the top levels.

This would only occur in a democracy where the same laws apply to the elite as well as the common folks. This has not occurred for awhile in this country, and is doubtful that it will ever again be practiced... IMHO

In somewhat related Wyden news, Here in Oregon this past Sunday he endorsed >Jeff Merkley, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate.

Smith is doing everything he can to recast himself as anything but a Republican, (hiding any reference to such on his website, putting "Democrats for Smith" front and center, pushing how he is an independent, green friendly, etc. etc.

He is rejecting the GOP brand as much as he can without leaving the party officially in order to have a chance at re-election. He is under 50% approval, and is in a statistical tie with Speaker Jeff Merkley (and that was before he even won the nomination), who is a rock-solid progressive how lead the charge to re-take the statehouse in 2006 (which he accomplished) and lead the most productive session in the past 3 decades.

So PLEASE consider helping Jeff knock out Smith by clicking here.

Holding Rumsfeld, Bush, Cheney, and all the rest accountable is the only way American will ever have any hope of regaining any semblance of its former world reputation. If we don't do it we can stop thinking so highly of ourselves, get real, and put the American reputation down there with all the countries that we laugh at for not holding their leaders accountable. Honor? A charade we play on ourselves. Democracy? Not if the people don't hold the leaders accountable. Holding leaders accountable IS the definition of democracy. Use it or lose it.

As much as many of us would like, and as guilit of war crimes as he is, Rumsfeld will not be held as accountable for them by any entity in the American government.

The corporations who run (might as well say, "own") the American congress will not allow that to happen.

As a war criminal, Rumsfeld will be treated just like Henry Kissinger.

You don't have to be a blind conservative not to see it, just an ignorant one to deny it.

Y Donde es el "Daily Muck"?

I think Wyden is definitely onto something. In this mountain of material, a lot of old points are being rehashed. But I think he found something that could get some traction, because I don't think it's ever been discussed before.

Also, I noticed that the GOP defense of Rumsfeld uses a phony quote. Look at the file phase2a.pdf. Tell Adobe Reader to go to page 142 (although the page number at the bottom of the page is 141). This page discusses Amendment 86. This page claims that Rumsfeld said the following words: "were not all vulnerable to attack from the air."

But he didn't. Rumsfeld's actual sentence was this: "Second, of the facilities we do know, not all are vulnerable to attack from the air."

Here are a couple of links for that text:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iraq/2002/iraq-020918-usia05.htm
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/congress/2002_hr/rumsfeld919.pdf

In literal terms, the error seems small. But the GOP in their dissent is repeatedly complaining that the majority was not careful enough in the way they use language. Therefore the GOP should not be allowed to get away with using an altered quote.

More importantly, this does seem to possibly be a conscious attempt to obscure the meaning of what Rummy said. The sentence they truncated and mangled is a key sentence.

Anyway, it should be possible to nail him on this, since he seems to be saying quite explicitly that we had specific knowledge, including location data, of certain deeply buried WMD facilities. Trouble is, we didn't.

Ah, but they've already thrown Rummy under the bus once.

dumsfeld may no longer be Secretary of Defense, but he's still living large. However, he will never, ever testify regarding anything more about what Little Georgie and The Big Dick have done or had done. dumsfeld knows too much about what transpired on September 11. He has too many deep, dark secrets. dumsfeld is in thick with The Big Dick. No, they're not par around butt-buddies, but they are linked with their policies and actions.

That being said, Rumsfeld should be hauled before Congress for testimony explaining his lies. After he stonewalls, the matter of his perjury should be referred to... the Justice Department??? a Special Prosecutor??? to bring him up on charges of perjury.

ITMFA

Rumsfeld has been a major worry for me for quite some time. He's sittin' pretty and invisible to the public while at the pentagon with his fingers on multiple triggers. Dick and He know where all the bodies are buried and they are ruthless. Have been running things for DECADES. He needs to be out of any semblance of military and political power NOW before he can organize the die hard neocons for their next big event: creating fear for Americans so they can bomb Iran.

Out him NOW. Do whatever it takes. Get him in the light of day and watch him manipulate and connive, trying to cover his backside and make zero sense as usual. So many years of lying and secret deals have to have seriously corroded his brain. He is a madman.