Where’s the Outrage?

Many questions - why are we debating Iraq?  This would have been a good debate 2 years ago.  I understand that we have to start somewhere.  This is only the beginning.  The Dems need to let the American people know that they are at a distinct disadvantage by not being in the White House.  The president has a constitutional advantage which really can’t be overcome by the Congress.  Even if Congress was united they can’t really stop a president who is determined to make war.  Therefore, the second question is what next?  As Sean Connery said in the Untouchables, “What are you going to do?”  This fight ends at the Supreme Court which is in the President’s back pocket. 

BTW, I’m going to vomit the next time I hear someone say if we don’t fight them over there they will follow us here.  Hogwash!!!

 

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Tags: Congress, Iraq, War on Terror by ecthompson
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There is a reason that I haven’t mentioned Anna Nicole Smith on my blog.  It just seemed like those guys who slow down to watch a car crash.  Who’s hurt?  Do you see any blood?  Yuck.  C&L has a nice post that sums up my feelings.

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Maybe China has become more involved.  Maybe Russia has played a larger role.  Because China and Russia are the keys to Korea. 

I’ll believe it when I see it.  North Korea has made a career out of breaking promises.  (Update: Now, I’m not saying that we shouldn’t have made this deal.  I think that we should have made this deal 6 years ago.  In the video below, NBC Nightly News interviews John Bolton.  Why?  The man is crazy.)

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From WaPo:

North Korea agreed Tuesday after arduous talks to shut down its main nuclear reactor and eventually dismantle its atomic weapons program, just four months after the communist state shocked the world by testing a nuclear bomb.

The deal marks the first concrete plan for disarmament in more than three years of six-nation negotiations, and could potentially herald a new era of cooperation in the region with the North’s longtime foes _ the United States and Japan _ also agreeing to discuss normalizing relations with Pyongyang. [Read more →]

 

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The Defense in the Scooter Libby trial played audio of Bob Woodward’s interview with Richard Armitage.  The one thing that has never made any sense to me is Woodward’s role in this whole case.  He was the first one to be told by anyone that Joe Wilson’s wife worked at the CIA.  He has it on tape.  He does nothing with the information.  Wasn’t that news?  Wasn’t that BIG news?  Karl Rove then confirms that Wilson’s wife works at the CIA.  So, Wordward is the first reporter in Washington to have this information and he does nothing with it?  Okay.  Let’s just say that Woodward doesn’t think that it is news.  The Washington Press guys begin to buzz about Joe Wilson and his wife.  Woodward says nothing.  Articles are appearing in the Washington Post, the NY Times and all over TV.  He says nothing.  An investigation is called.  He says nothing.  A special prosecutor is called.  He says nothing.  I just don’t understand. 

 

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Tags: Bush Administration, Countdown, Hardball, Media, Valerie Plame by ecthompson
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