Conyers on Downing Street Memo
Jun 17 at 2:02pm by Jagwire X
An excerpt from the Downing Street Memo:
C reported on his recent talks in Washington. There was a perceptible shift in attitude. Military action was now seen as inevitable. Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy. The NSC had no patience with the UN route, and no enthusiasm for publishing material on the Iraqi regime’’s record. There was little discussion in Washington of the aftermath after military action.
Yesterday John Conyers (D-MI) held an informal hearing regarding the Downing Street Memo. In case you haven’t heard of it the Downing Street Memo reveals that the highest British officials, including the prime minister, were aware that the Bush administration had the intelligence and facts “fixed around the policy”. Usually the policy is based on the facts. This is a very important, as it indicates that there was a pre-existing desire to go to war and the intelligence was manipulated or created to support that desire. The Bush administration, in other words, deceived Congress and people of the United States into going to war with Iraq.
In case you are interested, deceiving Congress is a felony and the president in the March 19, 2002 Congressional Record, submitted to Congress his case for war. If that case for war is knowingly false, the president has committed a felony and that is an impeachable offense for which he should be prosecuted.
Link to the Downing Street Memo
Link to Conyers “Hearing on the Downing Street Memo” (C-SPAN) - note the hearing is about 2 hours long.
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Repeal the 22nd Amendment?
Jun 16 at 8:08pm by Jagwire X
I predicted this would happen. Someone is trying to do it and that someone is House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD). He introduced bipartisan legislation (H.J.RES.25.IH) on February 15th 2005 to repeal the 22nd amendment, which states that “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.” Representatives Berman (D-CA), Pallone (D-NJ), Sabo (D-MN) and Sensenbrenner (R-WI) joined Hoyer in sponsoring the resolution.
Sensenbrenner is the very same man who has proposed the Orwellian and absurd drug laws as mentioned earlier this week here on The Hollow Men. I suspect the democrats involved are paying some sort of lip service to the administration. Contrary to what is says in the statement that Bush would not be eligible for re-election I am sure that is intended.
I thought we did away with the monarchy during the American Revolution?
As a side note apparently other legislation was introduced in 2003 to repeal the 22nd amendment as well. H.J.RES.11.IH - Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President.
The current legislation H.J.RES.25.IH - Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the 22nd amendment to the Constitution.
Both of these may already have been axed but I haven”t found any further information about them. If you know anything send us a message.
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HR 1528 - The Finest Quality of Stupidity
Jun 14 at 3:03pm by Jagwire X
James Sensenbrenner (R-WI)wants to put you in jail if you watch someone use drugs, and you don’t report this activity to the authorities within 24 hours. It as absurd as it is disturbing.
I guess our prison aren’t crowded enough. Well there is nothing like some absurd intrusive 1984-esque law to add to the population of The ClinkTM.
Take a look at Spy vs. Spy and Sensenbrenner’s Police State.
It’s really depressing how this country is turning into the opposite of everything it stands for. And our lovely “Republican” and “conservative” administration whose actions espouse so many beliefs contrary to what the Republican Party is supposed to stand for. Like smaller and less intrusive government.
There are much bigger problems in the world than this: the environment, poverty, jobs, renewable energy to name but a few.
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The Art of Lying
Sep 28 at 8:08am by Jagwire X
I don’t understand how someone can lie about so many different things and still be president.
It’s not that other presidents haven’t lied – I’m sure they have but they haven’t been caught in such boldfaced untruths as Dubya. To make it even more hilarious (and emphasize the level of hypocrisy in the administration) when faced with the truth Dubya will deny, in an utterly febrile manner, that he even lied in the first place.
His lies have cost the live of tens of thousands of people in Iraq and Afghanistan. They have cost the jobs of millions of people in the United State.
He simply should not be trusted as the leader of the free world.
Think I’m way off base? Take a look. Bush Lies
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