tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post115668889975222606..comments2024-03-26T05:18:53.709-04:00Comments on Pen and Sword: Smoking Crack in Iraq (Still)Jeff Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14146644937683409726noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-1156890433441311542006-08-29T18:27:00.000-04:002006-08-29T18:27:00.000-04:00Rummy. I could just vomit.Rummy. I could just vomit.Jeff Huberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14146644937683409726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-1156876983047407392006-08-29T14:43:00.000-04:002006-08-29T14:43:00.000-04:00http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/RUMSFELD?SI...http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/RUMSFELD?SITE=7219&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-08-29-02-29-12<BR/><BR/>Thought this was interesting. Typical response to those not down with the war.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-1156819946789452702006-08-28T22:52:00.000-04:002006-08-28T22:52:00.000-04:00I don’t think it is fair or accurate to label thos...I don’t think it is fair or accurate to label those who support impeachment proceedings against Bush as being a partisan stance, or as taking revenge for Clinton’s impeachment trial (stupid and overreaching as it was). <BR/><BR/>Speaking for myself and those with whom I have discussed this at length, there are plenty who support Bush’s impeachment based strictly upon cause: he has broken the law and has violated his oath of office and is directly responsible for the deaths of thousands, and the torture of untold numbers. My opinion of the man is irrelevant in the face of the evidence against him. <BR/><BR/>And, are these fellows “partisans”?<BR/><BR/>“[President Bush] presents a clear and present danger to the rule of law, [and if he] maintains this disregard or contempt for the coordinate branches of government, it’s that conception of an omnipotent presidency that makes the occupant a dangerous person.” <BR/>- Bruce Fein, former associate deputy attorney general under Reagan, quoted by Lewis Lapham in Harper’s Magazine, March 2006.<BR/><BR/>“I think that if we’re going to be intellectually honest here, this really is the kind of thing that Alexander Hamilton was referring to when impeachment was discussed.” <BR/>- Norman Ornstein, scholar at the (conservative) American Enterprise Institute, quoted by Lewis Lapham in Harper’s Magazine, March 2006.<BR/><BR/>Personally I think Bush and Cheney belong in the dock of the Hague, but as Americans, we're limited to impeachment as a course of remediation.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05878555258969493722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-1156771885855663742006-08-28T09:31:00.000-04:002006-08-28T09:31:00.000-04:00enjoy ur time offenjoy ur time offlostkittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15992580927685753189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-1156767669493813602006-08-28T08:21:00.000-04:002006-08-28T08:21:00.000-04:00Kathleen, Yes, a week off is just what the head d...Kathleen, <BR/><BR/>Yes, a week off is just what the head doctor ordered. Have you seen the Isikoff article on Armitage's role in the Plame case? How in the wide world of sports and arts is this just coming out now? <BR/><BR/>I tend to lean toward Mus's views regarding impeachments. Everything Bush has done was covered by a legal opinion from Berto or Ashcroft or one of their boys. I'm sure that was a Cheney touch--remember who Cheney used to work for. <BR/><BR/>Yeah, I know it's a dodge, and Mus doesn't like the analogy, but I liken it to being to get off anything by hiring a lawyer to tell you it's okay. <BR/><BR/>"But your honor, my attorney said it was okay to drink and drive."<BR/><BR/>Ah, well. <BR/><BR/>Elections are coming, and things are likely to get wild and wooly after Labor Day. <BR/><BR/>See you all then. <BR/><BR/>JeffJeff Huberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14146644937683409726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-1156723676980541002006-08-27T20:07:00.000-04:002006-08-27T20:07:00.000-04:00I'll miss your commentaries while you're gone, but...I'll miss your commentaries while you're gone, but I'm glad you can take some time away from the madness. To do otherwise is to court profound despair.<BR/><BR/>As far as impeachments go - you can go quite a ways down the line of succession and not find a satisfactory candidate, but would we really be worse off? That said, isn't it sometimes necessary to act on principle, to demonstrate to other potential tyrants that we will not stand for such malfeasance(s)? <BR/><BR/>Even if the only result of impeachment(s) is to raise our standing and credibility in the world, that could be of great value. I am personally ashamed of our country's world presence, and feel that to be a great loss. It does not enhance our national security in the least to act without an ethical base and to use our military strength to intimidate and yes, terrorize, those weaker than we are.<BR/><BR/>When our leaders behave like the worst sort of imperialists, and speak of (and direct) crusades, and endeavor only to wield the biggest stick against all comers and picking fights on false pretenses, we the people are made to look like asses for letting them persist. That and our complicity in the crimes being committed in our names (and on our dime) should sicken all of us. Impeachment is the only remedy we have in our arsenal.<BR/><BR/>Anyhow, we all do need a break now and then, because burnt out we are useless. Take care, Jeff, and do your best to leave all this behind for your short reprieve.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05878555258969493722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-1156718633597598192006-08-27T18:43:00.000-04:002006-08-27T18:43:00.000-04:00As much as I'd like to be, I can't get too enthusi...As much as I'd like to be, I can't get too enthusiastic over the prospects of impreachment. <BR/><BR/>And, my word, who would that leave in charge?<BR/><BR/>JeffJeff Huberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14146644937683409726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-1156712093627967262006-08-27T16:54:00.000-04:002006-08-27T16:54:00.000-04:00Just some logics:If your president said:“We’re not...Just some logics:<BR/><BR/>If your president said:<BR/>“We’re not leaving [Iraq] so long as I’m the president. That would be a huge mistake.” <BR/>then just throw him out of office and get rid of Iraq.<BR/>Is impeachment possible in America now? Maybe after November's mid-term elections?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com