Contempt of Congress

        It is early Sunday morning and I hope that you moved your clocks up one hour, for those who do so. My coffee hasn't kicked in yet and I've not had much sleep so if the story following this doesn't make any sense to you, do not worry because it probably didn't to me either!

    When I come online in the morning the first thing that I usually do is scan the NYT, WaPo and many other online papers from all over the world. If it wasn't for the Internet, I would be screwed!

   I also browse around on the liberal, conservative, and anything in between political website to see what is being said.

   This morning my first trip was over to the DailyKos site as it is one of my favorites.  This morning, one of their diarist, 8ackgr0und N015e, has a look at what used to be called contempt of congress. It is still called that but it has seldom been used the last time being against James Watt in 1982 for not turning over subpoenaed documents.

  So what exactly is contempt of congress? It is obstructing the work of the congress and the action is generally used when people refuse to testify before Congressional committee or do not provide documents which the committee has asked for.  HERE for more info

DailyKos    by 8ackgr0und N015e

Given the criminal behavior going on today, that is quaint. What an idea! Who knew you can get hit with contempt of congress charges for refusing to turn over subpoenaed documents?  Now I realize that if we set the bar that low, DC would have to put a lot of crack dealers and gang bangers back on the streets to accomodate the influx of privileged administration cronies.  But that ironic fact by itself should be a major clue to you of just how far out of control things have gotten.

This administration has no problem telling senators to "go fuck yourself"... to their face .... with no consequences.  And you wonder why their proxies feel safe calling you faggots?  It's because they think congress is a joke.  This is what happens when you let delinquents punk you without consequences.  The previous crew didn't do their job so now it's going to be tougher for the new leadership.  That's just the way it is.  Suck it up.  After yesterday's revelations I think congress has two options:  

1. It can reprimand, it can call for reform, it can empanel commissions to study, or

1. It can take the gloves off and defend the Union.  
2. If they go with option #1, I think history will have as much contempt for congress as we have for this administration.  

        As much as I would like for this little action to be used against most of the Bush administration, this would eat-up to much of the taxpayers resources. I'm kidding but can you imagine how long something like this would take to accomplish just beginning with Bush and Cheney.

   However, the threat of being issued a contempt of congress citation should do something to get the members of this clan to be more forthcoming with records request and other documents when they are asked for. So, maybe it's time that this little tool was put into use once again

 

IceRocket tags: congress, Alberto Gonzales, Robert Mueller, General Hayden, Robert Gates, Condolezza Rice