Crux

Actually no, I think the assertion made by BushCorp is that only we DO NOT have to follow the rules.

The United States reached peak domestic oil production in 1974. Soon thereafter, in 1977, President Jimmy Carter successfully promoted comprehensive legislation to facilitate a joint public/private sector development of alternative energy sources and improvement of domestic energy efficiency. The next president, Ronald Reagan, scrapped the program in favor of putting the nation's creative and industrial resources into weapons development and military expansion. Here we are.

Good point there. Human nutrition and automotive fuel efficiency are pretty much the same thing. In fact, I drink far less gasoline today, compared to the past, and it's really improved the mileage my bicycle gets. No equivocation here at all.

Today's response to a message sent on Monday to my Senator: "Dear Friend, I thought you might be interested in the following information regarding my opposition to the nomination of Michael Mukasey to be United States Attorney General, which is expected to be voted on today: Murray to Oppose Mukasey Nomination to Head Justice Department

Bush Sets New Record!

Dare I say democracy here now looks like KKK and V7 locked into a passionate circle jerk?

Is Bhutto up for confrontation?

Coup rumors for Musharraf

To be sure, some voters were persuaded by the position statement by the Cascade Bicycle Club: http://www.cascade.org/advocacy/rtid.cfm

The end result of yesterday's motion by Kucinich to introduce House Resolution 333, Articles of Impeachment Relating to Vice President Richard B. Cheney, is that a majority of the House of Representatives agreed the issue should remain under consideration by Congress. In my view, this is not a bad thing. The way the politics unfolded in the House was hard to follow, but at the end of the day the following is a synopsis, based on scarce news accounts: 1. Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D- Ohio) moved to introduce Resolution 333. 2. As expected, under back-room agreement with majority leadership, Representative Steny Hoyer (D- MD) quickly moved to table the motion; if successful, this would effectively kill the resolution as wanted by Democratic leadership. (On preceding days, Kucinich had reported this move to table his resolution was in the works, as he asked voters to advance pressure on members of the House to support him.) 3. Unexpectedly, House Republicans voted against the move to table the Kucinich resolution, thereby keeping it alive. (This forced a vote on the Resolution 333 itself, forcing Democratic leadership to change its strategy for keeping impeachment from taking the floor in Congressional debates.) 4. Resolution 333 now formally introduced, Representative Hoyer then rallied with a move to send it to the Judiciary Committee In the following vote on this motion, Democrats overwhelmingly voted for sending the motion to committee, while Republicans voted against. (Only three Republicans voted for moving it to committee. Only five Democrats, including Kucinich, voted against.) In summary, there is much room for analysis of what happened. Background facts include the following: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D- CA) has consistently asserted that "impeachment is off the table." There has been a range of speculation on why she opposes impeachment proceedings, and most Democratic representatives who speak out on this say its because impeachment would be a dubious undertaking at best, and point out the other important work that is, indeed, on the table. But public pressure to impeach has mounted, and now Kucinich has done what seemed by many to be impossible only a few days ago. Kucinich has successfully introduced articles of impeachment against Dick Cheney. This is not over. Right now Resolution 333 is in the hands of House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D- MI). From here, it will go one of two directions. The resolution will either get buried by inaction, or it will get a hearing in the Judiciary Committee. Conyers is in a difficult position. There are four major issues already before the Judiciary Committee next week. Also, rumors are that if Conyers schedules the resolution for debate, he will be doing so under threats from Pelosi to remove him from the chair position, effectively erasing the schedule. Like it or not, what's next is what We The People do now. Pressure is being brought to bear on Congress. That's what happening now. If you are inclined to be similarly involved, you can call or write your representative. You can call or write John Conyers. You can find contact information for representatives at http://www.house.gov , and phone numbers for Congress, including toll-free numbers, are posted front-center at http://CallCongress.org .

"Maps include a bike bridge parallel to the Ballard Bridge; and bike bridges over Interstate 5 at the University District and Northgate." Hope we can find the money for those "unfunded" projects -- those are three of the worst choke points; high motor vehicle density with cross turns on 105th E and W of the Interstate at NG and ditto the route between Wallingford and the U-District on the 45th overpass, which makes it hard on those poor drivers! I'm getting tired of chewing those cars up like Godzilla going through downtown Tokyo. Besides, my teeth are wearing down. Getting older, you know. Pretty much the same for the Ballard Bridge, only the topography there forces me to render dog leashes and owners like I didn't care. Else slow down, which is out of the question, of course. Yeah, the money will be well spent. It will never be too soon to stop the carnage. My $0.02. On your left!

Today, this is what democracy looks like in America: U.S. House leadership planned to table the Kucinich motion to impeach, but it didn't work out that way. A Democratic representative from Ohio has successfully introduced articles of impeachment against the vice president: We hold these truths to be self-evident

Two hours ago, on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) made a motion by privileged resolution to hold a vote for the impeachment of Vice President Cheney.

Wild-eyed crazy-ass fO8C_7WG0rc

The findings of Naomi Wolf do complement those of Naomi Klein: kieyjfZDUIc

Yes, wrong thread. That would be the thread about democracy in Canada, no? Now, moving back to the topic of democracy in America, what's up with the planned bid by Dennis Kucinich to force a vote in the House tomorrow for the impeachment of Cheney?

With all due respect, I'm compelled to bluntly distance myself from your claim of agreement with Naomi Wolf, as your claim to her agreement is demonstrably not valid -- at no time has Wolf asserted that the events you cite are anything other than genuine acts of terrorism, and she did not assert that most acts of terrorism are fake. The relevance of the first item on the historical list of ten steps said to be consistently employed when open societies are incrementally closed down -- the invocation of a terrifying internal and external threat -- has nothing to do with supporting your conspiracy theories. The point made by Wolf is in how the threat (regardless of whether it is real or fake) is invoked as a rationale to ignore protections against abuse of power by the state. As you mentioned the tragic attack against the USS Cole, please note the presidency of that period did not invoke that event or any other terror attacks of the period as a rationale for subverting the American government, as has the current presidency continuously invoked numerous scary events and situations, both real and fake, to justify its criminal abuses of power extending back well before 9/11.

like i says, it takes time........ The denial phase of the grieving process is often like that.

Speech at UW Kane Hall, 16 October 2007, Naomi Wolf: RjALf12PAWc

Nothing to see here, 9/11. Move along now, 9/11. Al-Qaeda Iran nuclear threat, 9/11. Our glorious troops march now against Al-Qaeda! Did I mention 9/11?

They should resign. As should every commissioned military officer called upon to lead into perpetuity the unlawful occupation of Iraq.

draft Gore

Cruel cares not about

Media ownership may rule, but not completely. (Advertising dollars are still flowing to the left as well.)

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