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That is the one thing I can't quite wrap my head around. Give the a-hole conditions and let him veto the funding. How hard is that? Very, apparently.
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"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." -- John F. Kennedy
I often wonder what my ex thinks about things now..........
1. remove money from the equation.
2. remove post-job perks.
3. install secure voting systems
these are the priorities for our nation. join your local democratic party and fight for them
nancy is a coward and a fool.
Capitulation Hill. Right on, Expat!
18% Congress
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25700328/
Throw out the bums - all of them!
However, the two situations are different.
Dems probably had the votes from the beginning re Nixon, but they didn't want the impeachment to look like a partisan Dem process. Judiciary did their hearings over a year and a half (maybe longer) and didn't begin to vote on the articles until a few Repubs began to vote with them and until Nixon's polls were in the tank. Then the "smoking gun" surfaced, and Repubs forced Tricky Dick to resign.
I'm just guessing, but I imagine current Dems have counted votes and months left on the calendar (since 2006) and decided it was an impossible task.
I still wish they would hold hearings, even at this late date, for the sake of making important historical points, if nothing else.
But, I am hopeful the people will insist on war crimes trials.
Last night, NPR's "Marketplace" ran a few excerpts of Carter's famous "Crisis of Confidence" speech (watch the entire speech here) , and it was striking to realize that if we'd simply followed the former president's 1979 energy blueprint, we'd not be in our current mess. Among the goals Carter laid out that night were:
--Never use more foreign oil than that which we ourselves produce.
--Start massive government investment to develop alternative sources of fuel.
--Mandate that utility companies cut their use of oil by 50%, and switch to alternative fuels.
--Give $10 billion to strengthen the nation's public transportation system.
--Drastically raise CAFE standards for US automakers.
The speech called on Americans to buy energy bonds, so as to take direct ownership in America's energy policy. It advocated personal sacrifice coupled with government action, all of which was ditched by Carter's successor, Ronald Reagan, in favor of the unfettered, free-market approach. That attitude has continued to persist, and was evident in President Bush's address yesterday in which he refused to prod the country into even attempting to conserve.
To Bush-once an oil man, always an oil man-the only solution is more drilling. Unfortunately, even if we hit a gusher on the first try, more domestically produced oil won't have an effect on current gas prices for may years to come. So here we are, grasping for short-term solutions to problems that always required long-range thinking.
It's too bad the country didn't follow through with Carter's plan.
Or if we had those in congress back during Watergate in congress today
Excutive Privilege is the battle cry!