Archive for the 'Contemptible' Category

Mike Tyson: Hero?

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

I opened up the intertubes a little while ago to find this headline staring at me from my AT&T homepage:
“Boxing great Tyson tells all in film at Cannes”
Part of me would like to ignore the larger message and simply concentrate on the lack of proper capitalization in a title. I’d like to write a [...]

Private War

Monday, August 27th, 2007

There’s been some attention in the blogosphere this weekend to an AP article detailing government punishment of whistleblowers –we’re talking military confinement and “aggressive” interrogation techniques, not lost jobs. It’s a must-read, but I’d suggest starting with some more background first, in particular “The Great Iraq Swindle”, which details the corruption and profiteering that has [...]

Rove Defies Senate Subpoena

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

Again with the shock.  I don’t know how many more surprises my poor heart can take.  The White House claimed executive privilege for Rove, but, surprisingly, allowed Scott Jennings to appear.  He’s up now on C-Span 3.  I just clicked over, and it sounds like Jennings is “declining to answer”.

Stunning

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

Bush is expected to prevent Karl Rove and Scott Jennings from testifying before Congress.  I know you’re all shocked at his disregard for the law.
/snark

Telling Comment of the Day

Friday, July 27th, 2007

Tony Snow, continuing White House attempts to denigrate Congressional oversight:
On CNN’s The Situation Room, Snow said the White House “will respond in due course” to the Rove subpoena. But he added, “Let me point out that we have actually made Karl Rove available to that committee under conditions where he’s going to tell the truth.” [...]

Breaking: Leahy Will Subpoena Rove

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

So reports MSNBC.  More later.

Breaking: House Judiciary Committee Approves Contempt Citations

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

The Committee voted 22-17 to issue contempt citations against Harriet Miers and Josh Bolten.  Now the recommendation goes to the full House, with a vote likely to take place after the August recess.  It was a party-line vote, and I must say I’m disappointed in the Republicans on the Committee, who continue to enable Bush’s efforts to [...]

House Judiciary Committee Voting on Contempt Citations This Morning

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

They’ll vote on whether to cite former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten for refusing to honor congressional subpoenas.  As usual, TPM Muckraker has great coverage.  And you can watch (online or TV) on C-Span 3.  The extensive report prepared by the committee supporting the charges is here [...]