What You May Have Missed This past Week

From TomDispatch

Beyond Oral Sex

The Bush Investigations
By David Swanson and Jonathan Schwarz

The last time Congress was controlled by the party in opposition to the White House, we all learned more than we cared to know about the uses of cigars. This time the need for investigations is much more serious. The Democrats are talking fast and furious about doing them, but they're not talking about doing the right ones -- and a month into their tenure, they've barely discovered where the bathrooms are.

As humorist Bob Harris enjoys saying about the Bush administration, "It's like a new Watergate every day with these people." Congress could probably spend three decades profitably examining the last six years of the Bush administration. Unfortunately, they'll have to do severe triage to select the areas of malfeasance where investigations will most benefit the country.

   The question is, what do they investigate first and how deep do the committees delve into the Bush administration. do they take things seriously enough to issue subpoena the Bush clan if there is no co-operation?

    The Democrats are hesitant with the subpoena power and they should not be, as the Bush Crime Family needs to be held accountable for their actions and criminal activities.

   Grow some balls, Democrats!

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    Here is a nice little report/article from Steve Hammons, a guest contributor at TruthOut, on the future Bush, Cheney plans for Iran.

 

Will Bush, Cheney Attack Iran? When and Why?
By Steve Hammons
truthout

Friday 02 February 2007

Despite recent election results reflecting Americans' concerns about the Iraq War and related matters, will George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and their associates choose to use US military forces to attack Iran?

Or, maybe the correct question is: When will they choose to attack? April? March? February?

Many intelligent observers, some with inside information, have reported that the Bush administration and a certain group of their supporters have been planning to attack Iran for some time.             MORE

   If you would like to read more opinion on the up-coming war with Iran and the White House spin to produce this war, then go here, here and then see this video with Keith Olbermann.

                              IMPEACH! INDICT! IMPRISON!

 

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Bush to Speak To Democrats At Their Annual Retreat

   Today, Saturday, should be an interesting day for President Bush as he goes into the lions den to address the U.S. House of Representatives Democrats at their annual retreat. This is the first time that Bush has done this in his six years as 'Idiot in Chief'.

    When Bush is finished speaking, he and the Democrats will have a private meeting so that the newly placed House and Senate can question the president.

( Reuters )- By Richard Cowan Feb 3,2007

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record) has chosen five fellow Democrats to quiz Bush, and the Iraq war is expected to be high on their agenda.

"The war, the war, the war," Pelosi told reporters on Friday when asked what rank-and-file Democrats had on their minds at the retreat.

   I'm wondering if Speaker Pelosi and the other five interrogators plan on slapping Bush around a bit in order to get him to open his ears. He and his Vice Idiot (Cheney) have said that they will do with the war as they please, no matter what the Congress or the American people think

    I see Bush probably trying to work out some sly deal so that the Iraq war funding stays intact and I do not see Bush as caring all to much about the health care, immigration, and energy agenda that he so proudly spoke of in his State of the Union speech last month.

     He's had six years to deal with these issues and he's only mentioning them to appease the Democrats so that he can keep his Iraq/Iran war funding from drying up.

For all the talk of bipartisanship, six years of political infighting between Democrats and Bush has taken a toll. Some House Democrats have been asking, "Why is he (Bush) coming" to their retreat, Hoyer said.

 

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