I never did try to make a point in this little discussion. I simply asked the resident Dick if he would feel the same about Bush and his ties to the oil industry if Bush were from Iowa and tied to the corn industry instead. It’s easy to get upset with big oil and their subsidies, but what about big agriculture? In the left’s mad dash to become environmentally friendly they overlook the impact of using our food supply to create alternative fuels and the resultant rise in the cost of food that is created as a result. Let’s have clean air and starve the poor at the same time!
Republicans have had control of the House and Senate since 1994 right on through …what…November of 2007? Since Bush took the Presidency, what have they done to solve this country’s problems. I’ll give you Afghanistan.
Let me just inject this little tidbit: what did Bush swear to do to the constitution when he was elected? He does not respect any law, any statute, any ordinance or court ruling that he disagrees with….that’s why he issues signing statements. Remember the ruling that Gitmo detainees can challenge their detentions in court via Habeus Corpus? And what was his response…”well we don’t agree with that and we are looking into it to see how to respond, maybe with more legislation”. How’s that for protecting, enforcing and defending the law of the land? I cannot imagine how his approach to being chief executive, or how he politicized the Justice Department does not rise to the level of impeachable offense. These are the facts, he does as he pleases. Now one of you conservatives please tell me how he did not break the law in firing US Attorneys, or by not letting the Gitmo people get into federal court….tell me how the military commissions are not meant to be show trials but are founded on democratic, lawful principals and how his own Supreme Court doesn’t know better than the bushies. Tell me how, ala Reagan, we are better off now than we were 8 years ago. I am willing to listen and want to be convinced that I am not able to think clearly or for myself….
I’m no lawyer but it would seem to me that if Bush is such the blatant criminal that the left has made him out to be then he should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Why has this not happened? Why is it that despite the supposed overwhelming ewvidence pointing to numerous violations of the law and the constitution there has not been any concerted effort by the left to prosecute?
I believe Nancy Pelosi said impeachment would be off the table. Also, the whole Attorney firings investigation is ongoing and should prove quite interesting of an outcome.
First, about 4 months ago, it was reported on MSN AND FOX that the Exxon case couldn’t go to the Supreme Court because too many of them held stock. Not enough judges without conflicting interests. So now, 4 months later, several of them have ‘sold’ their stock, and the case can be heard. So, how much do you want to bet that the justices that cut the award will have their stock ready and waiting for them when the dust settles?
Let’s face it- based on income vs payment, the woman who dumped hot coffee in her lap got a bigger settlement then people who’s entire lives were ruined.
Second- Why do you think Bush only gave Scooter a ‘partial pardon’? He got the fine (which Cheney probably paid) and no jail time. BUT he still can’t testify against the bunch of them. 5th Amendment. In the event of a full pardon, he would have been hauled to the stand with full immunity and forced to testify.
Wait until the hearings with Scott McClellan are over. I was jumping for joy that FINALLY one of the Bush Buddies was going to be honest. Hopefully Rove will be dragged in and we’ll finally see some justice. I know, I do have too much hope, but a jail cell just sounds like such a fitting ending to Bush’s reign of terror.
It was also reported on MSN that Exxon, Shell, and a couple of foreign companies were going to sit down to discuss Iraq oil contracts. Still believe in the WMDs? How about the tooth fairy? It’s about the oil, guys. Since day 1, that’s ALL it was ever about. And no one can stop them. Our boys are dead, our country is on the verge of economic depression, and the ones behind it are going to get richer.
34 Articles of Impeachment, to be exact, and Pelosi had NO right to decide to stop it. Hopefully she sealed her on fate in the next election. As well as that idiot Hoyer.
Well the truth is the truth but it is difficult to access that truth when it is covered up by 100 million dollars worth of propaganda on a yearly basis. The propaganda machines of the Third Reich and Stalin’s Soviet Union pale in comparision to the propaganda machine currently maintained by the Chamber of Commerce and the Insurance Industry.
Since President Bush came to office, gas prices have more than doubled, the Big Oil companies have made more than half a trillion dollars in profits, and the United States is even more dependent on oil.
Stand up for the Consumer-First Energy Act, and help force oil companies to change their ways »
Senate Democrats have introduced a solution, the Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008, which includes rolling back tax breaks for oil companies and investing in renewable energy, forcing Big Oil to pay their fair share through a windfall profits tax, protecting consumers from price gouging, and standing up to OPEC – to make it clear that actions designed to fix oil prices are illegal under U.S. law.
But Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has taken over $580,000 from the oil and gas industry, seems to have forgotten that he doesn’t work for Big Oil, as he and his Republican colleagues continue to block the Consumer-First Energy Act.
Apparently, Republicans need reminding that they should care about more than just Big Oil and their corporate lobbyists. Let Mitch McConnell and his Republican colleagues know you want them to hold Big Oil accountable for unconscionable price gouging »
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I never did try to make a point in this little discussion. I simply asked the resident Dick if he would feel the same about Bush and his ties to the oil industry if Bush were from Iowa and tied to the corn industry instead. It’s easy to get upset with big oil and their subsidies, but what about big agriculture? In the left’s mad dash to become environmentally friendly they overlook the impact of using our food supply to create alternative fuels and the resultant rise in the cost of food that is created as a result. Let’s have clean air and starve the poor at the same time!
Here is a good story for you all… Let’s go green and show the world how environmentally conscious the Donks are! http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB121434145793701111.html?mod=blog
Hey Dick,
Republicans have had control of the House and Senate since 1994 right on through …what…November of 2007? Since Bush took the Presidency, what have they done to solve this country’s problems. I’ll give you Afghanistan.
Sorry Dick, that last post was meant to be directed at Waiting.
Let me just inject this little tidbit: what did Bush swear to do to the constitution when he was elected? He does not respect any law, any statute, any ordinance or court ruling that he disagrees with….that’s why he issues signing statements. Remember the ruling that Gitmo detainees can challenge their detentions in court via Habeus Corpus? And what was his response…”well we don’t agree with that and we are looking into it to see how to respond, maybe with more legislation”. How’s that for protecting, enforcing and defending the law of the land? I cannot imagine how his approach to being chief executive, or how he politicized the Justice Department does not rise to the level of impeachable offense. These are the facts, he does as he pleases. Now one of you conservatives please tell me how he did not break the law in firing US Attorneys, or by not letting the Gitmo people get into federal court….tell me how the military commissions are not meant to be show trials but are founded on democratic, lawful principals and how his own Supreme Court doesn’t know better than the bushies. Tell me how, ala Reagan, we are better off now than we were 8 years ago. I am willing to listen and want to be convinced that I am not able to think clearly or for myself….
Great post, Chris! You nailed it!
I’m no lawyer but it would seem to me that if Bush is such the blatant criminal that the left has made him out to be then he should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Why has this not happened? Why is it that despite the supposed overwhelming ewvidence pointing to numerous violations of the law and the constitution there has not been any concerted effort by the left to prosecute?
I believe Nancy Pelosi said impeachment would be off the table. Also, the whole Attorney firings investigation is ongoing and should prove quite interesting of an outcome.
First, about 4 months ago, it was reported on MSN AND FOX that the Exxon case couldn’t go to the Supreme Court because too many of them held stock. Not enough judges without conflicting interests. So now, 4 months later, several of them have ‘sold’ their stock, and the case can be heard. So, how much do you want to bet that the justices that cut the award will have their stock ready and waiting for them when the dust settles?
Let’s face it- based on income vs payment, the woman who dumped hot coffee in her lap got a bigger settlement then people who’s entire lives were ruined.
Second- Why do you think Bush only gave Scooter a ‘partial pardon’? He got the fine (which Cheney probably paid) and no jail time. BUT he still can’t testify against the bunch of them. 5th Amendment. In the event of a full pardon, he would have been hauled to the stand with full immunity and forced to testify.
Wait until the hearings with Scott McClellan are over. I was jumping for joy that FINALLY one of the Bush Buddies was going to be honest. Hopefully Rove will be dragged in and we’ll finally see some justice. I know, I do have too much hope, but a jail cell just sounds like such a fitting ending to Bush’s reign of terror.
It was also reported on MSN that Exxon, Shell, and a couple of foreign companies were going to sit down to discuss Iraq oil contracts. Still believe in the WMDs? How about the tooth fairy? It’s about the oil, guys. Since day 1, that’s ALL it was ever about. And no one can stop them. Our boys are dead, our country is on the verge of economic depression, and the ones behind it are going to get richer.
34 Articles of Impeachment, to be exact, and Pelosi had NO right to decide to stop it. Hopefully she sealed her on fate in the next election. As well as that idiot Hoyer.
Well the truth is the truth but it is difficult to access that truth when it is covered up by 100 million dollars worth of propaganda on a yearly basis. The propaganda machines of the Third Reich and Stalin’s Soviet Union pale in comparision to the propaganda machine currently maintained by the Chamber of Commerce and the Insurance Industry.
Since President Bush came to office, gas prices have more than doubled, the Big Oil companies have made more than half a trillion dollars in profits, and the United States is even more dependent on oil.
Stand up for the Consumer-First Energy Act, and help force oil companies to change their ways »
Senate Democrats have introduced a solution, the Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008, which includes rolling back tax breaks for oil companies and investing in renewable energy, forcing Big Oil to pay their fair share through a windfall profits tax, protecting consumers from price gouging, and standing up to OPEC – to make it clear that actions designed to fix oil prices are illegal under U.S. law.
But Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has taken over $580,000 from the oil and gas industry, seems to have forgotten that he doesn’t work for Big Oil, as he and his Republican colleagues continue to block the Consumer-First Energy Act.
Apparently, Republicans need reminding that they should care about more than just Big Oil and their corporate lobbyists. Let Mitch McConnell and his Republican colleagues know you want them to hold Big Oil accountable for unconscionable price gouging »