Mass Lawmakers: "We Could Be Bush Admin's Worst Nightmare" (Boston Globe)

[kpete]

Probes of Bush policies in works
Mass. lawmakers to launch hearings
By Rick Klein, Globe Staff | December 23, 2006

WASHINGTON -- Massachusetts lawmakers are set to launch a blizzard of investigations in the new Congress, probing issues such as wartime contracting, post-Katrina housing assistance, and the Bush administration's relationship with Cuba and other countries in Latin America.

In what could be closely watched proceedings, two members of the Massachusetts delegation -- representatives William D. Delahunt of Quincy and Martin T. Meehan of Lowell -- are planning joint committee hearings to examine the administration's Iraq war policies, particularly the reasons for the military's lagging efforts to train Iraqi troops. Delahunt is in line to become chairman of the House International Relations Committee's subcommittee on oversight and investigations, and Meehan will take over the same subcommittee on the House Armed Services Committee.

Armed with the power to force sworn testimony for the first time after 12 years in the minority in Congress, members of the state's all-Democratic congressional delegation are positioned to play major roles in investigating policies and actions that cut across the federal government and the business community.

"We could be the Bush administration's worst nightmare come to pass, in terms of the questions we'll be able to ask from positions of power," said Representative Edward J. Markey of Malden, the dean of the Massachusetts delegation. "There are a lot of secrets that have been hidden from the American people in terms of the way business has been done for the past six years."

more at:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/12/23/probes_of_bush_policies_in_works/

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. We can rely on Massachusettes

thanks to all the congressional delegation from the Bay State.

[Tellurian]

18. We're dealing with a Crime Family. So..

they will do what works for them. Getting rid of investigators.
I hope this new regime realizes their lives hang in the balance
and do double duty in security areas!

[louis c]

58. That's our delegation

Since we dumped the Romney-Healey Administration, Massachusetts is finally where it should be.

All Democrats, all the time.

Come on Chimp, bring it on.

[TaleWgnDg]

66. Well? What's to be expected from an opposing party that's been

completely and thoroughly shut-out for how many years? Not only that but the Republicans have completely shut-out the entire northeast for how many years? Tis pay-back time. Indeed. Grab ahold of your seats, ladies and gentlemen, off we go . . . no more Jeb's Florida and Dumbya's Texas on the kick-back trail of earmarks, pork-barrel, and corruption. Nope.

Go get 'em Democrats!

[sellitman]

2. Great news indeed.

Dig baby dig!

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. Well, if Mass. is his nightmare can we on DU at least be the sleepers

in his eye?

[EVDebs]

4. Enabling whistle-blowers within the DOD is step ONE

In doing these investigations, new Office of Inspectors General, especially within DOD and the DOJ, are necessary in order to allow for whistleblowers who risk their lives and careers in order to get the needed information out to Congress. The light of day is the best disinfectant and the putrification that is setting in at DOD and DOJ are reaching gangreen levels.

[formercia]

17. Retaliation by the Executive Branch

is still legal and should be outlawed. As long as the administration is allowed to destroy the lives of those who speak out,the secrets will remain hidden. I have seen first-hand the lengths that Bush Gang will go to to destroy anyone that raises a voice against them. They are totally ruthless and nothing is sacred. They will destroy not only the whistle blower, but anyone who tries to help them. They not only destroyed my life but my family as well. One of my sisters committed suicide in part over what they did. She was co-opted, believing what they said was true. When she found out the truth, it was just too much to bear.

They are evil people and deserve no quarter.

[WiseButAngrySara]

20. Have you posted your story on DU formercia? I'd love to

read it if you have links!

[formercia]

26. I may some day.

For now It's to difficult to even think about. It will take me days to get over my last post.

I can understand why rape victims have such difficulty testifying in court and being forced to relive the trauma. I suffer from severe PTSD as a result of what has happened.

I wish I could say more. They break your spirit to silence you.

[petgoat]

31. "They break your spirit to silence you."

And the way you regain it is by speaking out.

Think carefully, plan ahead, get your ducks lined up, keep your powder dry.

[formercia]

33. That's what they did to Padilla.

His Attorney had to speak on his behalf because he was unable to do it for himself.

They sent him to that place where there are no longer dreams.

[petgoat]

36. Visibility helps.

Join a political group. Keep quiet about your troubles, but get to know
people. Surround yourself with people "they" can't touch, people who
will come to know and trust you. Run for school board. Put your troubles
in a box, keep them handy on the shelf, be active and social in your new
life.

[formercia]

38. It's always musical chairs with your life

They do their best to keep you from setting down roots.

Even after the music stops, you keep right on dancing.

They get to know everyone you interact with on any regular basis and try to co-opt them and get them to work against your interests while at the same time encouraging them to get close to you.

"Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer."

Always be prepared to have the rug pulled out from under you.

Trust everyone, trust no one.

After a while, it just becomes entertainment.

[petgoat]

101. "They get to know everyone you interact with"

Right, which gives you an opportunity. If you know a lot of
people and if you give an impression of being trustworthy and
reliable, a clumsy attempt to slander you will backfire.

And if it's entertainment you might as well have some fun and
cause the spooks expense and trouble. Ride the subway east
until you see a chance to cross the platform to a westbound
train.

If nobody follows, you've won. And all you were doing was
going to a movie.

Rural areas are very expensive for spooks to operate in.

[formercia]

42. THis is not something that just happed in the past

It still occurs. There is a crew on standby 24/7/365, always ready to saddle-up if I leave the house. They are watching me type as I write. If I stray too far from their accepted level of misbehavior, they spike my computer to let me know they are thinking about me.

This is the future you have to look forward to if you get their attention bad enough. Millions of taxpayer dollars are spent each year just to make sure that I remain isolated. I am a guinea pig to test out ideas of their plans for your future and I have been for over 23 Years.

Welcome to the American Gulag

Would you like me to show you around the camp.

If you need something, I might be able to get it for you.





I tried getting involved with the local Democratic people. It was fine until someone tried to recruit me as an operative. He just didn't get it.

[Judi Lynn]

57. One day the right side should gain ascendancy. It really is time, isn't it?

The lights started getting dimmer and dimmer even when Clinton was in office, during the time the right-wing seized control of Congress and started wrecking everything.

This country is OWED good government.

[formercia]

59. Government that is a servant of the People

not the other way around with a President and Congress that abide by the Constitution.

They are just hired hands on contract, renewable with the consent of the Majority, not some wealthy Minority.

With Liberty and Justice for all.

[sean]

63. You are right

in that government should be the servant to the People.

I am sorry for what you have gone through. In this country and in this day and age, one should not have to be looking over their shoulder 24/7. But then, we have not had such a president as bush in some time. This aside, history has shown that people such as yourself, those willing to step forward, put yourself in harms way, have often had to suffer great sorrow, both personal and professionally, in order to tell the truth. And it is in places like DU and other blogs, that recognize and appreciate (both from the readers and blog owners), what you have done. I also hope that the bog community provides some comfort for you in knowing that they do support you, formercia. And I personally offer to you my most humble appreciation for what you have done on our behalf.

Bb.

[formercia]

71. Thank You to everyone who have been supportive

even if you didn't do so openly.

You can't imagine what a difference the Internet has made. All those years of isolation with no way to communicate except for a few by phone and mail. There are others like me out there and I have met or know of a few. We all have similar stories, be it veterans of the CIA or FBI who tried to speak out but were crushed by the boys because we interfered with their agenda of World conquest. Fearless Leader and his gang didn't come to power by accident. It was planned over decades as they put their people into positions where they could control the government apparatus and stifle any opposition.

[Wapsie B]

70. I would love to read it as well.

I'm so sorry you and your family has had to go through even what you've briefly described here. Crossing the bush crime family comes with a big price. Ask the family of James Hatfield.

[formercia]

92. There are still survivors that need help

I was lucky. Even though i'm disabled from the injuries that I sustained from their attacks and haven't worked at a regular job for years, I have found a family that has helped me. There are many of us that are living in poverty and ill health, victims of chemical and biological attacks that have left them unable to function in normal society. The vast majority have killed themselves or died from 'accidents.' I have survived 5 assassination attempts so far and 2 years ago, a couple of their thugs tried to disappear me but I was able to escape their rat claws.

Everywhere I go, I am armed to the teeth. I don't worry about law enforcement officers because they are no threat to me. It's the contractor mercs that the gang hires to do their dirty work that I have to watch for.

Iraq is just a training ground for their contract killers and I would bet they have plans to use them against the people of this country.

[formercia]

93. Some background on the 'others'

http://www.xs4all.nl/~sm4csi/nwo/MindControl/Microwave.Harassment.And.Mind-Control.Experimentation.htm

by Julianne McKinney
Director, Electronic Surveillance Project

Association of National Security Alumni
December 1992


Whither the KGB?

In February 1974, Georgetown University’s Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted discussions on the plight of dissenters in the Soviet Union, and on the means by which the U.S. Government might most effectively intervene. Highlights of these discussions are reported in Understanding the Solzhenitzyn Affair: Dissent and its Control in the USSR (CSIS, 1974).

KGB strategies were addressed in some detail during these discussions. It was noted that the KGB’s success depended on the extensive use of informant networks and agents provocateurs; and, following Brezhnev’s rise to power, on the use of drugs and psychiatrists for further purposes of manipulation and control. Shadowing, bugging, slandering, blacklisting and other related tactics were also cited as serving KGB purposes. Participants in the conference agreed that the KGB’s obvious intent was to divide and isolate the populace, to spread fear, and to silence dissenters.

Agencies of our own government are on record as having employed precisely these same tactics on a recurrent basis. The Church and Rockefeller Committee Hearings in the mid-1970’s purportedly put an end to these practices. Based on recent developments, it would appear that the CIA’s and FBI’s Operations MKULTRA, MHCHAOS and COINTELPRO (the focus of these Senate Committee and Vice-Presidential-level Hearings) were instead merely driven underground. We are now in contact with a total of 25* individuals, scattered throughout the United States, who firmly believe they are being harassed by agencies of the U.S. Government. Others have been brought to our attention whom we will be contacting in the future. The majority of these individuals claim that their harassment and surveillance began in 1989.

The methods reportedly employed in these harassment campaigns bear a striking resemblance to those attributed to the CIA and FBI during Operations MKULTRA, MHCHAOS and COINTELPRO. The only difference now is that electronic harassment and experimentation also appear to be (more blatantly) involved.

--snip--


Notice the date 1989, right after Poppy came to power. He is the big fish behind it. My harassment began even sooner. It started in 1982.

[Wapsie B]

98. All this makes me wonder what kind of freedom these chickenhawk conservatives are fighting for.

Not to quibble over your point but yes, technically Poppy wasn't President until 1989 but with Ronnie's mental state I have no doubt that Poppy was running the show from day 1. In my opinion he's behind much of the power of the dark side in this country, either as an errand boy or mastermind. Thank you for the link.

[formercia]

99. I tend to agree with your assessment

Poppy and Bill Casey were off doing their own thing and for the most part, leaving Ronnie Ray-Gun out of the loop.

They had their Knights of Malta agenda in Central America and we all know what came of that.

Freedom to do what they damn well please.

[Wapsie B]

100. Exactly.

Men like Poppy represent a part of the electorate who honestly feel threatened with a truly open society and rule of, by and for the people.

[petgoat]

102. When the stories are made public, others will come forward. nt

[formercia]

105. Bush Gang will do everything they can to discredit them

They exposed me to chemical agents that caused me to have temporary psychotic breaks, videotaped them and made a video to show people that I tried to talk to. You can't imagine how bad those agents were. One caused absolute fear combined with uncontrollable rage about 20 seconds after being exposed. They sent me on a trip and while I was gone they wired my house with video and audio. At random times I would come home and go crazy. I began to recognized the odor of the agent and was eventually able to control my actions somewhat but it took all of my willpower to do it.

[petgoat]

106. "You can't imagine how bad those agents were. "

I can imagine.

But imagine this: you've joined a church or a clean-up-the-park group,
and some guy is trying to show your new friends videos. If you've come
off half way credible to the group, they won't even watch the videos and
they'll wonder who the hell is this spook trying to get you.

[formercia]

108. A lot of people who have seen the video

are laughing with me now. They're finally getting the point I was trying to make.

These guys are assholes.


I did put on a good show for them. I knew they were taping me, so I gave them a good performance. Now I get to laugh.

I knew they couldn't resist showing themselves for who they truly are.

http://www.geocities.com/~sheri_tesar/lyrics/songs_bonnie.html

Bonnie Raitt
Something To Talk About

People are talkin, talking 'bout people
I hear them whisper, you won't believe it
They think we're lovers kept under covers
I just ignore it, but they keep saying
We laugh just a little too loud
We stand just a little too close
We stare just a little too long
Maybe they're seeing, something we don't, Darlin'


Let's give them something to talk about
Let's give them something to talk about
Let's give them something to talk about
How about love?

I feel so foolish, I never noticed
You'd act so nervous, could you be falling for me?
It took a rumor to make me wonder
Now I'm convinced I'm going under
Thinking 'bout you every day
Dreaming 'bout you every night
Hoping that you feel the same way
Now that we know it, let's really show it, Darlin'

CHORUS
Let's give them something to talk about
Let's give them something to talk about
Let's give them something to talk about
How about love, love, love, love?

[petgoat]

111. So there you go. I bet most people in Congress have videos

like that on them.

[formercia]

112. That's how they keep people in line

just like that little club Foggo and company had in DC. Can't let the old lady see that shit.

The muslim fundies are probably the only people who don't use sexual provocation.

I talked to one of the Iran hostages about some of his experiences in captivity. He had some interesting stories to tell. He used to chase them out of his cell by getting very outrageous. They couldn't deal with it.

He had an accident. Killed in a car wreck. He talked too much.

[Torn_Scorned_Ignored]

52. It has happened

to me personally as well. I have written about it on DU. Unfortunately nobody paid attention to it and said I was wearing a :tinfoilhat:. I may have finally found an attorney who may be able to help.
It is unbelievable what this government can and will do to one of it's own citizens. Constitution be damned is their motto. Everyday of my life is Hell. I've written several letters to my Congresswoman, in fact I've written letters to many in the Senate. I've had my computer monitor sizzled, fried, it actually smoked trying to write an email to a Boston area attorney. They really are relentless. Because of what has happened to me I've lost nearly everything, and have lost everything that was meaningful in my life. Believe me when I say I know the pain you talk about.

[formercia]

94. I get the same treatment

As soon as I started this sub-thread, the boys tried to fry my computer too. I don't use any Microsoft product because their software has been compromised. They get the anti-trust lawsuit dropped and the spooks get multiple back doors to your computer. I use open source versions of UNIX. They can still DOS me and read my traffic and even the encrypted traffic is deciphered pretty quickly.

I want those assholes to read what I say because it might help them to see the light.

[niceypoo]

91. Want to put up roadblocks and ruin witnesses lives Mr Bush? Have a subpoena!!

And thats a subpoena withOUT Cheney there to keep you from saying anything stupid...

[Az_lefty]

5. the lawman cometh...

:hide:

[annabanana]

6. need an updated Herblock!

[Az_lefty]

7. cool...

:toast:

[WilliamPitt]

8. Take it from a Boston native: screwing with guys from Quincy and Lowell

is an historically bad idea.

[Gormy Cuss]

39. And Delahunt was a DA for a long time.

He knows how to build a case and win.

[Clark2008]

90. My hubby's from Boston.

Well, outside of it, but, according to him, everything in that part of the state is pretty much "Boston." :)

[Morgana LaFey]

9. Markey is a doll

and a straight shooter.

[Kat45]

10. Cool! That's my rep (Markey).

Sounds good to me.

[Quantess]

11. Cool! I have never been to Massachusetts, but I want to go!

Obviously, Massachusetts is excellent, with elected reps such as those!
GO MASSACHUSETTS!

[hootinholler]

12. COULD BE?!?!

God Damn it, you jackasses! You better be *'s worst nightmare!

-Hoot

[Straight Shooter]

13. No more hearings in a basement.

Those bastards that relegated Conyers' noble efforts to the confines of a basement are finally going to get the rude awakening they deserve. And I hope the rest of America wakes up, too.

:thumbsup:

[Bullwinkle925]

14. I swear - I can HARDLY wait.....

These SOB's need to be deposed just as soon as possible. I'll be doing a lot of housecleaing (spring cleaning stuff) this week so that I am all prepared to sit hours upon hours watching House & Senate hearings. I'll be organizing my whole life around this. If Bush is left to twist and turn in the wind by those who will be 'cut and running' from him, I'll be ever so delighted.


Merry Christmas and a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!

[Oilwellian]

15. Pics

Delahunt staring down Bolton:



Meehan with David Crosby:


Go get those Bush bastards! :toast:

[yojon]

51. Delahunt doesnt look too happy to be there

Whatever Boulton is selling, it looks like Delahunt aint buying it..

[Contrite]

75. Delahunt's focus will be on the UN and

the impact in Latin America of the administration's push to sign "bilateral immunity agreements" to shield US citizens from being prosecuted by the International Criminal Court.

Wow!

[AuntiBush]

16. Considering that the Bush Adm. has been OUR Worst Nightmare...

It's about darn time.

[WiseButAngrySara]

21. You have that 100% right! ....n/t

[4dsc]

19. I'm buying more popcorn

because this show isn't going to end anytime soon.. And I just love all the rightie's out there that believe these hearing will be our downfall.. Oh contraire. I believe these hearing will wake up more American's to the misdeeds and criminal behavior of this sad and corrupt administration..

[WiseButAngrySara]

22. "We Could Be Bush Admin's Worst Nightmare" I'm all for

giving those who have caused so many nightmares, heartache and loss of life, their just rewards! I hope their nightmares cause a major loss of sleep...

Karma is sweet!

k(pete)nr!

:kick:

[rodeodance]

23. yes,paybacksareSWEET (even the Threat of paybacks)

[livingonearth]

24. Smoke 'em out!

[rox63]

25. Makes me proud

to be a native-born Masshole. <sniff, sniff>

[Xipe Totec]

67. Hey, I'm no native,

but I got here as fast as I could!

I'm PROUD to be a Masshole.

[Maryland Liberal]

27. Unfair

This is all unfair. The Mass delegation can investigate on many fronts - but Conyers can't investigate about IMPEACHMENT? Free John Conyers!

[sniffa]

28. that's our rep

:bounce:

[Pierzin]

29. The Constitution Demands IMPEACHMENT!!

Can you say it with me Liberals????

The Bush Crime Familys many lies and distortions, hell, Lieing the country into a War???? Doing practically Nothing about Hurricane Katrina?? Allowing this energy task force to meet behind closed doors? Letting 9-11 happen after there was warning after warning after freaking warning??? Any one of those things should warrant most national leaders to be run out of Dodge!!

And it will not be a witch hunt, it will be justice. Veterans everywhere should completely outraged. Hell, I'm not a veteran and I am outraged. If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention, if you ask me.

What would the Founding Fathers do???

[freefall]

88. The founding fathers would impeach!!! n/t

[zippy890]

30. kick for Mass. reps.

Release the hounds!

[wryter2000]

32. Best Christmas present ever!

Shoot, I'm going to be in the hospital in early February for a knee replacement. I won't be able to get CSPAN. Hearings will be a hell of a motivation to get well fast and get home. Then, I'll be off for a few weeks. I'll be glued to the teevee.

[lvasconcellos]

34. Let the investigations begin...

We have waited too long for truth and justice to prevail.
Perhaps the Staes will have to assert their rights, since the
Congress has been unable to do so.

[cyclezealot]

35. They are going to run against the right wing machine .

They will be hassled big time by Swift Boat types. We better be prepared to back them up, because the heat will get intense.

[Tellurian]

40. Definitely, we have to be prepared to stand up

to the meat grinder media. I hope the DNC has appointed a pitt bull spokesperson
equal to DeLay and Lott, that will speak up every time a defamatory statement is made
against a DEM. We need someone to ANSWER and DISPUTE fallacious charges as soon as they
are uttered by Republican sycophants!

Please make it so!

[cyclezealot]

47. bravo.

You are not just talking COngressional Repuke talking points. Repuke talking points go out instantously to the like's of O'Reilly, Brit Hume, repug talk radio. You will have to fight Delay's successors and Fox News, et al. Be prepared. Usually the DNC is much too nice. These brave investigations will cause us to be charged as convorting with bin Laden, communists and every other Ameican enemy. The DNC better get that bull dog and we better be ready to talk on the talking points sent to the attack dogs in the media.

[CountessMZaleska]

37. money talks, bullshit walks

Investigations will lead nowhere, Bush will pardon everyone, including himself. Idiots.

Enough words, let's see ACTIONS. Before any investigations, Democrats must cut funding right away for this illegal war, or they'll be laughed at.

[Maraya1969]

48. Bush can't do anything if he is impeached. And welcome to DU countess!

:hi:

[CountessMZaleska]

49. not gonna happen

Pelosi was explicit.

Plus even if he did get impeached, it would take months and months, time enough for this murderer to cause more damage in Iraq and issue pardons for his entire gang of sadists.

[Maraya1969]

64. Pelosi is not "the decider" either. She has to take into account the will of the people

Or she will be just as bad as "them"

[CountessMZaleska]

80. she might not be the decider

but this is a bad start for Democrats. Not to mention Reid accepting a troop level increase. These two leaders are no different from the Republicans they are replacing.

[Katzenjammer]

87. Yep. This is just more theater. Lots of talk, no action. Keep the bases all excited so that they

don't notice that nothing is changing.

[catmandu57]

41. Now this is the kind of thread I love to read

There are posters on this board who are scared to death of the big bad bush*. He's all powerful, can't be touched, nothing we do will ever touch him, BULLFUCKINGSHIT. Every time i've seen the idiot boy* he's had the deer in the headlights look, about to piss his damn pants because he knows what's coming and there's not a damn thing he can do about it.
Payback starts in ten days or so, we've been working towards this since 12.12.2000 and it's finally coming to fruition.
LETS GET THOSE BUSH BASTARDS!

[Joe Chi Minh]

81. What a brilliant cartoon, Catmandu! Hi! Ho! It's off to work we go...

[Vinca]

43. I've always liked Delahunt and his occasional participation

in the "30 somethings" even though he's well over the limit. This is going to be fun to watch.

[disndat]

44. Phew!

No matter how you look at it, Nov. '06 a miracle, and just in the nick of time. Another 4 years of Republican control, Bush would have been, with certainty and with the msm behind him, empowered forever. He would have been able to crown himself Emperor by '08. With the N.S.A. in place and the building 12 "detention centers" in different parts of the U.S., they must have been planning and preparing for a Hitler-type fascist control, pulling in all 'dissidents' without cause, to populate these 'concentration camp' centers.
Even now, Bush is lining up the reluctant Joint Chiefs of Staff behind "the Surge." Will the new Congress be next to follow under the guise of "helping our troops"?

[stevedeshazer]

45. God, how I love it. Chowds gone wild!

Free after all these years.

I hope the Massachusetts congressional delegation has their way with these evil bastards. I'll be here cheering from the opposite coast.

[Maraya1969]

46. What reason do they is think causing the "lagging efforts to train Iraqi troops"?

I did not think that could be part of some scandal by Bushco. Why would they not want the Iraqi troops trained?

[Higans]

76. War Profiteering. i.e. they want the war to continue forever.

Very Orwellian isn't it.....

[Maraya1969]

78. That is so evil to let people die so you can make money!!! And they put

armed robbers in jail even if they don't shoot anyone. Sometimes it just blows my mind the way people can be.

[dave_p]

50. Never mind training efforts

They need to look at the policy predating the war, and the Bremer period. That's where they'll find evidence that this war isn't working because it was never intended to. Reviewing some crappy holdup in an irrelevant, moribund window-dressing program's a sure way of wasting the opportunity.

[Torn_Scorned_Ignored]

53. About time he had some nightmares

"There are a lot of secrets that have been hidden from the American people in terms of the way business has been done for the past six years."

We know these secrets that have been hidden. Maybe not all of them but I'm sure bloggers know many. It's hidden because our free press won't report it. The American people, those that rely on MSM are totally in the dark. I can hardly wait for this; William D. Delahunt of Quincy and Martin T. Meehan of Lowell -- are planning joint committee hearings to examine the administration's Iraq war policies, particularly the reasons for the military's lagging efforts to train Iraqi troops.
to come out.

[Peace Patriot]

54. Interesting tidbit at the end of the article about Latin America, and the

Bush Junta's push to make agreements with Latin American countries to exempt U.S. personnel from International Criminal Court proceedings. Things this could be related to: 1. Bush Cartel intention to wage a private corporate resource war against the Andean democracies (Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador--all now this leftist governments, and all rich in oil, gas and minerals), Bush Junta $1.5 billion of our tax money (over several years) to Columbia's military, Bush Cartel rumored purchase of 100,000 acres in Paraguay, Bush Junta expense of more of our tax dollars on a military air base in Paraguay--and/or, these activities are related to a Bush Cartel hideout/sanctuary from U.S. or world retribution for war crimes. 2. South American governments or activists taking charges against Bush Junta criminals over Guantanamo Bay, torture, rendition, Iraq War and related crimes, to the International Court.

We now have leftist (majorityist) governments in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador, which are working hard on regional political and economic cooperation, in particular aiming at South American self-determination, and opposing US/World Bank/Global Corporate Predator domination. It is not going to be easy for the Reagan/Bush death squad crowd to interfere in South America as it has been in the past. But if they were to do so, Colombia and Paraguay would be the natural launching grounds, and the Andean democracies would be the first on their list.

[ProudDad]

55. Makes me want to get cable

I'd LOVE to watch Conyers build the case for impeachment. At this point it's not only necessary but inevitable that that f*ck in the white house be impeached!!!

Don't agree?

Check this out:

http://www.amazon.com/Impeachment-George-Bush-Practical-Concerned/dp/156025940X

I just started this book, finished the section on Nixon's impeachment and the Congress' definition of "high crimes and misdemeanors".

What * has done makes Nixon's crimes look pale by comparison.

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060130/holtzman

[Independent_Liberal]

56. What must be investigated...

Downing Street Memos
Plame
Iraq Intelligence
WMDs
WHIG
Iran-Syria Operations Group
AIPAC/Larry Franklin/Steven Rosen/Keith Weissman/Michael Ledeen/Manucher Ghorbanifar
Niger/Yellowcake Forgeries
Office of Special Plans
Chalabigate
Depleted Uranium
Energy Task Force and secret energy meetings
Security breaches and leaks of classified information
Dubai Ports deals
Mining disasters
Patriot Act and IRS abuses
Indefinite detainment without charge
Unlawful searches and seizures
NSA and wiretapping without FISA court approval
FEMA's Katrina response
Leandro Aragoncillo and Philippine spy espionage
Gannon
Abramoff
Cunnigham/Wilkes/MZM/Hookergate
Sibel Edmonds FBI Whistleblower Case
Torture of prisoners
Secret government propaganda operations
Pentagon psyops units
Election Fraud
Diebold
Choice Point
Coingate
New Hampshire Phone Jamming
Office of Special Plans
Whistleblower rights violations by the US Office of Special Counsel
Pat Roberts/Richard Shelby Intelligence Leak Cover-Ups
The cover-up of the cost of the Medicare bill
John Negroponte and the School of the Americas
Greenberg Traurig
Marsh & Kroll Management
AIG
Bank of America
Citigroup
Enron
Halliburton-Kellogg Brown & Root
Lockheed Martin
The Carlyle Group
Harken Energy
Bechtel
WorldCom
Tyco
Financial improprieties involving former FDA Commissioner Lester Crawford
Alphonso Jackson and HUD contracts
Cover-ups of pre-9/11 intelligence
9/11 Commission cover-ups
9/11 Commission members with ties to oil companies and lobbyists
Key witnesses left out of the official 9/11 Report
Illegal arms trafficking
Weapons sales on the nuclear black market
Heroin trafficking
Money laundering
9/11 related corruption in government offices
Cover-ups involving Congress people, Federal Judges and DOJ personnel
Corruption surrounding Supreme Court Justices
DC 9 and the 5.5 tons of cocaine
Christine Todd Whitman and the EPA
Pre-9/11 insider trading
Money from foreign entities funneled to Congress people and Pentagon and State Department personnel
FBI wiretap translations
NORAD tapes
Pentagon tapes
Manipulation of pre-9/11 FBI intercepts
Hastert-Abramoff-Turkey-Israel-Livingston Group-MIC Inc.-Brewster Jennings-American Turkish Council-AIPAC-Feith-Perle-IAI connections
Actions by the White House Communications Agency (WHCA) and Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC) before and after 9/11
Continuity of Government (COG)
The "House of Death" cover-up in Washington of drug-linked killings in Mexico
FBI incompetence
Forgeries at the FBI
Larry Silverstein
Paul Bremer
Destruction of 9/11 FAA tapes
Domestic espionage
DeLay's misuse of the FAA and the DHS
Hastert's ties to Turkish spies and al Qaeda drug money
Titan Corporation's involvement in the Abu Ghraib and Cunningham/Wilkes scandals and how it corrupted the defense and intelligence agencies
DeLay-Abramoff-Kidan-SunCruz-Boulis-Mob-Atta connections
Espionage in the Abramoff and Cunningham scandals linked to the Total Information Awareness (TIA) program and COINTELPRO
Anthrax attacks on Congress
Group W Advisors
Archer Logistics
ACDS Inc.
Pakistan-ISI connections
Saudi-Binladen Group (SBG) connections
Defense contractors
Enron Afghani pipeline deals
The death of Enron executive Cliff Baxter
Arthur Anderson's destruction of Enron documents
Penetration of the FBI, State Department and Pentagon
Turkish spies infiltrating the government
The Boulis mob hit
Kidan's ties to a Sicilian mafia figure
The identification of Atta by "Able Danger"
That massive FBI cover-up in Florida exposed by an Army Intel Unit
Terrorists at casinos in Las Vegas
Abramoff's ties to Turkey, Israel and Pakistan
Laundered Casino Money
Foreign Influence Peddling
The Turkish "Deep State" mafia
Ties to the Russian government
Saudi money
Penetration of that FBI New York Field Office by an Iranian Rouge Agent
Ney's use of illegal wiretaps with the complicity of MCI/WorldCom
John O'Neill's murder
Pat Tillman's death
Missing billions from Iraq
Missing billions from the Pentagon
Missing billions from Homeland Security
A billion missing from Katrina recovery
Wellstone's plane crash
Melek Can Dickerson and the American Turkish Council
Cases reported by John M. Cole
The firing of the those 60 House Approprations Committee Investigators from the investigative staff by Committee Chairman Jerry Lewis in the Hastert/Bid-Rigging/Approprations/Contractors cover-up
The firing of Abramoff Prosecutor Frederick A. Black
Homeland Security rackets
Child prostitution and sex trafficking in the Northern Marianas
Carlyle and Dubai
Enron power plant deals
Halliburton, Iraq contractors, Iraq corruption, and the selling of key nuclear reactors to Iran
War Profiteering
Nigerian bribes
Bid-rigging
Ney's ties to MZM
K Street lobbyists' ties to foreign entities
Homeland Security sex predator operations
David Kelly's death
Chris Matthew's involvement in the Abramoff scandal
Pre-9/11 terrorism cases including the Ramzi Yousef/Bojinka Two case and the Ali Mohamed case
Zeliow and the 9/11 Commission
Riggs Bank
Illegal use of Homeland Security to get Texas Democrats for redistricting
Silencing of scientists on global warming and environmental protection
Massive accounting irregularities under Bremer
The plans to create a North American Union

People who should be subpoenaed:

Susan Ralston
Bernadette Noe
Robert Mueller
Andy Card
Colin Powell
Dan Bartlett
Ken Mehlman
Gen. Tommy Franks
Gen. Jeffrey Miller
Sibel Edmonds
Russell Tice
Richard Clarke
James Comey
Lawrence Wilkerson
Bunny Greenhouse
Judith Miller
Matt Cooper
Chris Matthews
Brent Wilkes
Michael Scanlon
Bob Ney
Bob Taft
Enron lobbyists
Halliburton lobbyists

Prosecutors who should help out:

Patrick Fitzgerald
Nathaniel Edmonds
Peter Zeidenberg

People who should be subpoenaed in the new 9/11 investigations (thanks to petgoat for this list):

Sibel Edmonds
FBI agents who want to testify about their anti-terrorist investigations before 9/11
The CIA person who delivered the 8-6 PDB to W and was told "OK, you've covered your ass."
Indira Singh
Cheney's young man who asked "do the orders still stand?"
The pilot and crew of the C-130H that was on both the Pentagon and Shanksville crash scenes
The FAA flight controllers whose audio tape was destroyed
CIA agent Larry Mitchell
Dr. Terry Callaway
experts from Raytheon on remote controlled aircraft
The Pentagon employee who told John Judge there were missiles at the Pentagoon
Secret Service agents who decided to let Bush stay in the classroom in Florida
General Mahmoud Ahmad
The FDNY chiefs who reported structural damage to WTC7
The FDNY personnel in the video who said "Move out, there's a bomb in the building"
The FDNY official who reported explosions to the news media in live TV reports
The engineer who ordered the WTC steel destroyed
The owners of the mob-connected scrap yards that recycled some "stolen" steel
The ASCE investigators who rejected the FDNY claims of WTC7 structural damage
William Rodriguez
Indira Singh's colleague from the FBI who testified to the 9/11 Commission
Condi Rice
George Tenet, Porter Goss, Sen. Bob Graham
Jamie Gorelick
Members of the 9/11 Commission staff who were suspicious of Cheney's account of 9/11
Philip Zelikow
Personnel who collected body parts and DNA samples from the Pentagon
Witnesses to the helicopter flying around the Pentagon just before the attack
Family members of aircraft passengers which family members have never applied for
compensation from the victims compensation fund
Rudy Giuliani
Security personnel at the WTC (about the powerdown)
Scott Forbes
Security Personnel at WTC7
The alarm company at WTC7 (turned the fire alarms to TEST mode early the morning of 9/11)
NIST personnel working on the WTC7 report
Dr. Steven Jones
The authors of the FEMA Appendix C metallurgical analysis of the evaporated steel
Myers, Eberhardt, Rummy
Sen. Mark Dayton
The Able Danger guys
Colleen Rowley
Kenneth Williams
David Schippers
Frasca and Maltbie
Robert Wright
Richard Clarke
Norman Mineta
Tugboat/barge personnel who transferred the steel to Fresh Kills
Fresh Kills personnel who saw the steel
Ground Zero clean up personnel
WTC7 cleanup personnel
Thomas Eagar
Civil Engineers who reported on the Pentagon
Ali Mohammed
Patrick Fitzgerald
Peter Lance
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Abdul Hakim Murad
Ramzi Yousef
Daniel Pearl's wife

[disndat]

69. A. Schwarzenegger?

Did he let Enron, with several billion dollars judgment against them in California, get off the hook, after cutting a deal to win his governor sip?

[diane in sf]

89. Odds are very good he did.

I followed that story since the beginning. I knew the power shortages were bogus because we had a structure set in place in this state already to reward efficiency on the part of the utility companies. The term limit thing got rid of all the people in the state legislature who understood this set-up and then the newbies passed that Repug "deregulation" scam.

I have personal grudges as I broke my toe during one of the blackouts and it took months to heal and I lost about 3 years of income because of the Repug job export scam.

[disndat]

95. That makes angry

that California re-elected that Enron-created governor instead of a perfectly good, progressive Democrat, Angelides.

[Hekate]

79. Santa, is that you? Making a list and checking it twice? rofl

Fitzmas by any other name would be as sweet.

Yes, there are Americans who are keeping score, and a good thing too.

Hekate

[muntrv]

60. The Democrats should not care what the repuke media says about

their investigations of shrub aiding the enemy. After all, shrub is keeping soldiers in Iraq despite the majority of people wanting to bring them home.

Besides, if the repukes are Christians, as they claim to be, then THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE.

[LuckyLib]

61. To quote our pResident: Bring it ON!

:applause:

[focusfan]

62. when the investigations start I would love to be

in front of the tv with popcorn:woohoo: 

[BeyondGeography]

65. Fasten your seatbelt, President Loser, you're in for a bumpy ride

:popcorn:

[Botany]

68. Merry Christmas

And in Ohio the new Democratic Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner, &
Attorney General, Marc Dann, are going to protect and open up to the public
records from the 2004 election.

Ken Blackwell
Tom Noe
Bernadette Noe
Bob Taft
Bob Bennett
Bob Ney
Nathan Sproul
Matt Damnschroder
and whole bunch of others (and hopefully the corrupt democratic members of the BOEs)
are going to be in real deep shit too.

[Higans]

77. That will be interesting...

[LeftishBrit]

72. So this Mad King George may be facing a Boston Tea Party?

Great!

[vanboggie]

73. Woo hoo!

Just what I wanted for Christmas :) Nail those b*stards.

[mrJJ]

74. CIA Payments

I'd like to know who's responsible for this fiasco.....

"Earlier this year, Washington provided covert aid to an alliance of secular Somali warlords in a failed bid to prevent the Islamists from seizing Mogadishu, the capital. U.S. officials confirmed to McClatchy Newspapers that one recipient of the CIA payments was a leader of a Somali militia that killed 18 U.S. troops in 1993 in fighting in Mogadishu, which was portrayed in the film Black Hawk Down."

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/16301743.htm

[Pachamama]

82. All I want for Christmas.....is the truth and the revelation of all the activities by the BushCo.

:hi:

No visions of sugar plums for BushCo....

[Hubert Flottz]

83. Merry Fitzmas, Herr Deciderer...

The Unitary Grinch has no clothes! * And Balls...Lord that's all the batty boy does is bawl!

[woodsgirl]

84. The Mass. delegation leads

I've watched them on cspan since the takeover and they are consistent and true progressives. The most positive aspect of our losing influence in South America is that they are becoming stronger and more democratic.Bushco has messed up his own people(corporations) and inadvertently helped South America.

[bluerum]

85. Ok, Now it is me thats smirking. nt

[Joey Liberal]

86. Makes me proud to be from New England! n/t

[G_Leo_Criley]

96. kick for our Massachusetts delegation!

"We could be the Bush administration's worst nightmare come to pass, in terms of the questions we'll be able to ask from positions of power," said Representative Edward J. Markey of Malden, the dean of the Massachusetts delegation. "There are a lot of secrets that have been hidden from the American people in terms of the way business has been done for the past six years."


yeah!

:hi:

:kick:

glc

[Danieljay]

97. I'm effing counting on it! n/t

[Radio_Lady]

103. Kpete, these guys are the best. We're ex-Mass. residents, and we personally

went to a couple of "strawberry socials" for Marty Meehan a long time ago.

You're (we're) in good hand if they make some real in-roads.

Thanks for posting this! I miss reading the Boston Globe.

[teryang]

104. No, examining 911 and the anthrax attacks on Congress is ....

...the administration's worst nightmare. And that of some Democratic politians as well.

[petgoat]

109. Agreed. So who's going to examine 9/11? What Committee?

The House Science Committee already knows about a lot of the nonsense in the
WTC investigations.

[NotGivingUp]

107. very cool! get these assholes!

[oasis]

110. Delahunt/ Meehan: a formidable tag team. Both did a commendable job

arguing against Clinton's impeachment in Rep. Henry Hyde's kangaroo court.