Comments on: The Challenge http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/11/the-challenge/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:27:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: mokus http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/11/the-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-38021 mokus Sun, 12 Nov 2006 01:47:24 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/11/the-challenge/#comment-38021 I agree, but Iraq is front and center now. Just hold your horses, we'll get to the UN soon enough. I agree, but Iraq is front and center now. Just hold your horses, we’ll get to the UN soon enough.

]]> By: jpe http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/11/the-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-37759 jpe Sun, 12 Nov 2006 00:01:49 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/11/the-challenge/#comment-37759 I'd love to know how billions of dollars were "misplaced" during the reconstruction - that kind of negligence or misappropriation is exactly the kind of thing Congress <i>should</i> be looking into to discharge its oversight duties. As the missing billions shows clearly, what we can't afford is a complacent Congress that refuses to do anything about the rampant incompetence and/or corruption in its midst. I’d love to know how billions of dollars were “misplaced” during the reconstruction – that kind of negligence or misappropriation is exactly the kind of thing Congress should be looking into to discharge its oversight duties.

As the missing billions shows clearly, what we can’t afford is a complacent Congress that refuses to do anything about the rampant incompetence and/or corruption in its midst.

]]> By: mokus http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/11/the-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-36778 mokus Sat, 11 Nov 2006 21:07:05 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/11/the-challenge/#comment-36778 What frivolous nonsense. America can't afford the self indulgent spectacle of show trials for the TV cameras, and trumped up legislation designed to be vetoed. Dems can either address themselves to the challenges facing the nation, or they can reduce themselves an irrelevant embarrassment. Hope for the best, but if the comments above represent what Dems have to offer, then the Republic is in for a long dark night. What frivolous nonsense. America can’t afford the self indulgent spectacle of show trials for the TV cameras, and trumped up legislation designed to be vetoed. Dems can either address themselves to the challenges facing the nation, or they can reduce themselves an irrelevant embarrassment.

Hope for the best, but if the comments above represent what Dems have to offer, then the Republic is in for a long dark night.

]]> By: Arlo http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/11/the-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-36198 Arlo Sat, 11 Nov 2006 18:33:42 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/11/the-challenge/#comment-36198 Good point, Bill Franklin. "Last year The Boston Globe offered an illuminating comparison: when Bill Clinton was president, the House took 140 hours of sworn testimony into whether Mr. Clinton had used the White House Christmas list to identify possible Democratic donors. But in 2004 and 2005, a House committee took only 12 hours of testimony on the abuses at Abu Ghraib. " - Paul Krugman column of 10/16/2006 Good point, Bill Franklin.

“Last year The Boston Globe offered an illuminating comparison: when Bill Clinton was president, the House took 140 hours of sworn testimony into whether Mr. Clinton had used the White House Christmas list to identify possible Democratic donors. But in 2004 and 2005, a House committee took only 12 hours of testimony on the abuses at Abu Ghraib. ” – Paul Krugman column of 10/16/2006

]]> By: Arlo http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/11/the-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-36179 Arlo Sat, 11 Nov 2006 18:27:37 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/11/the-challenge/#comment-36179 You want to think they can't walk and chew gum at the same time. There are so many issue items that the Democrats can pass that are broadly popular and Bush will look bad vetoing them. Remember the "Family and Medical Leave Act" that Bush the elder vetoed and how much that hurt him? It wasn't even important legislation but it made the president look bad vetoing it. It won't look like a "do nothing Congress" but rather that a Republican President is obstructing legislation the public wants. Waxman was pretty good at making those cigarette company executives look bad; wait until he gets ahold of Alberto Gonzales who is going to be put under oath from now on when he testifies before Congress. Everyone in the Bush administration from top to bottom is a proven liar and they'll get no deference at all. The parade of witnesses saying "I can't recall" is about to begin but thats not a free pass. Haldeman and Erlichman went to prison for conspiracy, obstruction of justice, perjury. You want to think they can’t walk and chew gum at the same time. There are so many issue items that the Democrats can pass that are broadly popular and Bush will look bad vetoing them. Remember the “Family and Medical Leave Act” that Bush the elder vetoed and how much that hurt him? It wasn’t even important legislation but it made the president look bad vetoing it. It won’t look like a “do nothing Congress” but rather that a Republican President is obstructing legislation the public wants.

Waxman was pretty good at making those cigarette company executives look bad; wait until he gets ahold of Alberto Gonzales who is going to be put under oath from now on when he testifies before Congress. Everyone in the Bush administration from top to bottom is a proven liar and they’ll get no deference at all. The parade of witnesses saying “I can’t recall” is about to begin but thats not a free pass. Haldeman and Erlichman went to prison for conspiracy, obstruction of justice, perjury.

]]> By: Bill Franklin http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/11/the-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-35935 Bill Franklin Sat, 11 Nov 2006 16:33:48 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/11/the-challenge/#comment-35935 > It just may not be a helpful one for the country. Was Monikiagate helpful for the country? How many special investigations were there from 1994 to 2000? Let's not forget the Republicans are the masters of starting investigation after investigation. And you know what? As long as the government is busy with such trivialities, the country will prosper. > It just may not be a helpful one for the country.

Was Monikiagate helpful for the country? How many special investigations were there from 1994 to 2000? Let’s not forget the Republicans are the masters of starting investigation after investigation. And you know what? As long as the government is busy with such trivialities, the country will prosper.

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