why isn't dick cheney called before congress to explain where his energy policy went wrong.

[spanone]

after all, it was the dick cheney energy task force that put us where we are.

when cheney and bu$h* took office gasoline was about 1.49.

***snip***In his second week in office George W. Bush created the task force, officially known as the National Energy Policy Development Group (NEPDG) with Dick Cheney as chairman. This group was supposed to “develop a national energy policy designed to help the private sector, and, as necessary and appropriate, State and local governments, promote dependable, affordable, and environmentally sound production and distribution of energy for the future."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Task_Force

[Ezlivin]

1. Because this Congress has no power to do anything...

apart from what King George wants.

[spanone]

2. you'd think they might want to at least make a point....we are reaping the rewards of dickies progra

m. like why didn't cheney warn us of the impending prices to come? why hasn't cheney called the oil producing nations together for an 'oil summit' to discuss the world's energy crisis?

you know, shit normal people when confronted with a crisis would do? just normal fucking questions....especially since the white house is blaming democrats for the problem since we can't

drill offshore.

[Ezlivin]

10. They seem oblivious to Republican hypocrisy

Since the MSM has so utterly failed to do its job, it's only the comedy shows that seem to be able to find incriminating video clips which showcase Republican double-talk.

Yet the Democrats promise us that they'll "do more" if and when they gain a full majority in both houses of Congress. Yet the hobbled Republican minority seems able to easily thwart anything the Dems do.

Go figure.

[The Backlash Cometh]

15. Apparently a woman who claims she was groped by a sitting president

has more power to get access to every piece of information, from visitor logs to attorney's notes, than the Congress has to find out what an incompetent president and a devious vice-president did to bring on the collapse of our nation.

[redqueen]

3. when cheney and bu$h* took office gasoline was about 1.49

*sigh*

As for why congress won't do anything... ya got me. Cowardice? Complicity? Either way...

[Disturbed]

4. If Congress requested his appearance, Cheney would just say

"Go fuck yourselves". He would never show up.

[spanone]

5. according to cheney, nothing went wrong. but i say, make him say 'go fuck yourselves'

[redqueen]

6. I'm with you... force him to show his indifference. (nt)

[Sal Minella]

9. The energy policy went totally, absolutely right, in fact -- just look at Exxon-Mobil's financial

statements for the past several quarters -- what more could be expected from a Cheney energy policy than that, for goodness sake???

Certainly you didn't expect Dick Cheney, Halliburton Exec extrordinaire, to come up with a policy that would benefit the riff-raff???

[Rabrrrrrr]

7. Because he never made the policy public.

Hell, he never even told us who was on it.

That should have been the first inclination of impeachment right there.

[spanone]

8. yes, but there is enough evidence to question...read this

The Washington Post reported on November 15, 2005 that it had obtained documents detailing how executives from major oil corporations, including Exxon-Mobil Corp., Conoco, Royal Dutch Shell Oil Corp., and the American subsidiary of British Petroleum met with Energy Task Force participants while they were developing national energy policy. Vice President Cheney was reported to have met personally with the Chief Executive Officer of BP (formerly British Petroleum) during the time of the Energy Task Force's activities.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_task_force

[redqueen]

11. You'd think more Americans would be curious about what went on, huh?

:crazy:

[spanone]

12. you'd think...

[librechik]

13. they haven't made a taser yet that can overcome that fibrillator heart in his cybercarcass.

and the rest of the time he just hides in the shadows, if you will. If Rove doesn't respond to subpoenas, why should he?

[Ilsa]

14. Because it didn't. Their policy has been to enrich themselves

and their immoral friends all along. Goddam bastards.

[elizfeelinggreat]

17. And I agree with the OP, wouldn't it be nice

to hear him admit that publicly ?

[corkhead]

16. it didn't go wrong, it went exactly as he planned.

[SammyWinstonJack]

18. Indeed! Worked out well for him and his oily bidness buds.

:argh:

[spanone]

19. On 5 March 2002 the US Government was ordered to make a full disclosure; this has not happened

pending appeal.

In the Summer of 2003 a partial disclosure of these materials was made by the Commerce Department. This resulted in the release of documents, maps, and charts, dated March 2001, of Iraq's, Saudi Arabia's and United Arab Emirates' oil fields, pipelines, refineries, tanker terminals and development projects. That case eventually went to the Supreme Court and the ruling was to send the case back to the Court of Appeals.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_task_force


you can bet today's supreme court would have taken the case and ruled in favor of cheney