tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post3795933188675563273..comments2024-02-14T05:00:22.385-05:00Comments on The Sam Seder Show: Gonzo Watch! Day Three!SEDERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12209128119920712777noreply@blogger.comBlogger213125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-92054253989519835702007-03-15T00:53:00.000-04:002007-03-15T00:53:00.000-04:00I say Gonzo goes on Good Friday. Christy had the ...I say Gonzo goes on Good Friday. Christy had the right idea but things are gonna get way too hot before May. It's the standard operating procedure of the regime to do things likethis late on a friday. Even better if it's before a holiday! Then on Easter sunday he can resurrect himself as a legal anaylist on Fox.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-21322593345160101072007-03-14T22:46:00.000-04:002007-03-14T22:46:00.000-04:00Us Attorney fired for political reasons not profes...Us Attorney fired for political reasons not professional ineptitude.<BR/><BR/>US Attorney Black, in Guam fired to protect Abramoff/Delay by <BR/>Rove/Gonzales<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.democrats.org/a/2005/08/the_white_house.php" REL="nofollow">Link</A><BR/><BR/>..<BR/><BR/>Washington state US Attorney,<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4262#comment-200449" REL="nofollow">Link</A><BR/><BR/>...<BR/><BR/>More details of rove/gonzales political dirty work - firing attorneys.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4262#comment-200461" REL="nofollow">Link</A><BR/><BR/>..<BR/><BR/>Documents and e-mails subpoenaed from the White House by a Congressional Hearing/Committee.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4262#comment-200552" REL="nofollow">Link</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-69171115639028071712007-03-14T19:47:00.000-04:002007-03-14T19:47:00.000-04:00"Resignation Calls are a Pointless Diversion"It se..."Resignation Calls are a Pointless Diversion"<BR/><BR/>It seems to me that our opposition to "the marriage of government and corporate <BR/>power " ought to come in actions that originate in democratic thought and <BR/>argument in the USA.<BR/><BR/>Yet day after day the presses and the "new media" are caught in the whirlwind of <BR/>government and corporate marketing departments. “Resignation Calls” will not <BR/>bring about a middle class wage for all workers nor will it bring about free <BR/>universal education and healthcare. It is my belief that more and more people <BR/>will see the benefit of democratically collective actions when we daily argue <BR/>and work for free universal education and healthcare, middle class wages for <BR/>all and clean, healthy housing and food for all.Dr. Zimmerman Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02569477801217914335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-65238216190742545492007-03-14T19:44:00.000-04:002007-03-14T19:44:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.MrKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801241362245253006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-3754790201783429012007-03-14T15:28:00.001-04:002007-03-14T15:28:00.001-04:00WAS FITZ PRESSURED TO PUT ICE ON A GRAND JURY INDI...WAS FITZ PRESSURED TO PUT ICE ON A GRAND JURY INDICTMENT OF ROVE?<BR/><BR/>http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/<BR/><BR/>March 14, 2007 -- Last May, WMR reported that presidential counselor Karl Rove and the White House pressured special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald to put on ice a grand jury indictment of Rove. "Legal experts" claimed that there was no way that either Rove, the White House, or Attorney General Alberto Gonzales could pressure Fitzgerald. As we now know from recent news from the Justice Department, these "experts" were woefully wrong.<BR/><BR/>On May 20, 2006, we reported, "Rather than keep Rove out of the public eye, the White House put him out in front of the neocon American Enterprise Institute on Monday, had him arm twisting GOP members of Congress during the week, and had him fly to Lake County, Illinois Friday night for a GOP fundraiser and pep talk. Washington insiders report that if the White House were confident that Rove would soon be indicted, they would refrain from having him out among GOP ranks taking part in future embarrassing photo ops. Which brings us back to yesterday's item about the power of the Special Counsel as opposed to that of an Independent Special Counsel. Even Watergate independent counsel Archibald Cox was not immune enough to prevent him from being fired by Richard Nixon. (Although the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General refused to fire Cox and resigned, the dirty work was carried out by the Solicitor General, Robert Bork). Fitzgerald is merely protected by a series of Justice Department administrative directives and not by anything even close to an Independent Counsel Statute. In taking on the most powerful and unconstitutional administration in the history of the United States, Fitzgerald's brief is certainly vulnerable to pressure from the White House."<BR/><BR/>We now know that Gonzales, Rove, and ex-White House counsel Harriet Miers conspired to fire a number of U.S. attorneys for political reasons. Those fired include H. E. "Bud" Cummins, U.S. Attorney for eastern Arkansas, who was dismissed to make way for Tim Griffin, a political aide to Karl Rove. John McKay, former U.S. Attorney for western Washington, was fired for not indicting Democrats for fraud in the close 2004 Washington gubernatorial race. There was no evidence of any fraud, yet the White House wanted to engage the Justice Department in a political witch hunt. Former U.S. Attorney Carol Lam of San Diego was fired over her aggressive pursuit of ex-GOP Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham, now in prison for accepting bribes. Lam was fired as her investigation expanded to include California Republican congressmen Jerry Lewis and Ken Calvert. Others fired included New Mexico U.S. Attorney David Iglesias, whose firing was prompted by political pressure from New Mexico Republican Senator Pete Domenici and Representative Heather Wilson (they felt that he should have prosecuted Democrats in voter fraud, much like the pressure exacted on McKay in Washington); Nevada U.S. Attorney David Bogden; U.S. Attorney Kevin Ryan of San Francisco; and Arizona U.S. Attorney Paul Charlton, who was investigating Arizona Republican Representative Rick Renzi; and Margaret Chiara, U.S. Attorney for Western Michigan and the Upper Peninsula. The most egregious firing was that of interim U.S. Attorney for Guam and the Northern Marianas Frederick Black, dismissed because of his investigation of now jailed GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff and human trafficking from Asia to sweatshops in Saipan. Although the media is reporting that eight U.S. Attorneys were fired by the White House -- identified from the Justice Department-White House e-mail exchanges -- the earlier 2002 firing of Black makes that number at least nine.<BR/><BR/>Gonzales' chief of staff Kyle Sampson, who resigned on Monday, sent a March 2005 e-mail to the White House listing all 93 U.S. Attorneys in three categories: "Bold = Recommend retaining; strong U.S. attorneys who have managed well, and exhibited loyalty to the president and attorney general. Strikeout = Recommend removing; weak U.S. attorneys who have been ineffectual managers and prosecutors, chafed against administration initiatives, etc. Nothing = No recommendation; have not distinguished themselves either positively or negatively." <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Fitzgerald: Was there a strikeout on his name?<BR/><BR/>One of those U.S. Attorneys would have been the U.S. Attorney for northern Illinois, Patrick J. Fitzgerald. It will be interesting to see what grade he was assigned by the Justice Department. The U.S. Attorney "scorecard" document released to the House Judiciary Committee has been redacted with tape (the serrations can be clearly seen next to the Illinois/Northern and other U.S. Attorney offices. A strikeout on his name will constitute proof of the White House's interference in the Plame leak case through the back door. A bold rating might also indicate White House interference. Rove has said that the U.S Attorney firing controversy amounts to nothing. If it turns out that Fitzgerald was either on the chopping block to lose his Chicago base of operations, forcing him to become a weakened special prosecutor, or given a wink and a nod "bold" rating, Rove, who fancies himself a political "artful dodger," may still face a judicial vise grip.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Why is Fitzgerald's fate redacted in what Justice gave to House Judiciary Committee?<BR/><BR/>________________________________________________________________________________________________________________pkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04246516302375976053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-79562804420827954792007-03-14T15:28:00.000-04:002007-03-14T15:28:00.000-04:00How about this for the news letterThe Sammy Gazett...How about this for the news letter<BR/><BR/>The Sammy Gazette!!!!Full Metal Alchemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14131881452697387059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-51973392037602420112007-03-14T14:22:00.000-04:002007-03-14T14:22:00.000-04:00Power to the people right on! Gotta kill em with ...Power to the people right on! Gotta kill em with kindness/love to make them see the light and get them out of their darkness/hording of power. Gotta be strong gotta tell them what's wrong and we will not tolerate abuses of power that we are not subhuman. that we want our democracy with pursuits of happiness and liberty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-44500601450813419122007-03-14T14:20:00.000-04:002007-03-14T14:20:00.000-04:00JOIN AMY GOODMAN, GIULIANA SGRENA AND VINCE WARREN...JOIN AMY GOODMAN, GIULIANA SGRENA AND VINCE WARREN:<BR/><BR/>FRIENDLY FIRE<BR/>An Independent Journalist's Story of Being Abducted in Iraq, Rescued, and Shot by U.S. Forces<BR/><BR/>Wednesday, March 14<BR/>7 pm<BR/>Judson Church<BR/>55 Washington Square South<BR/>New York, NY<BR/>http://www.judson.org/Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13038018719406067477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-72076549843829893522007-03-14T14:19:00.000-04:002007-03-14T14:19:00.000-04:00Red Light, Green Light, The Democrats and IranYou ...<A HREF="http://www.counterpunch.org/taylor03142007.html" REL="nofollow">Red Light, Green Light, The Democrats and Iran</A><BR/><BR/>You could close your eyes and pretend it isn't happening.<BR/><BR/>Pretend that the new Democratic Congress -- after four years of torture, mass murder and war crimes against the people of Iraq -- didn't just promise the War-Criminal-In-Chief that they would do nothing to stop a new and even more dangerous war against Iran.<BR/><BR/>Pretend that these same Democrats -- who have sold you out so many times and at the cost of so many lives -- didn't just promise to give the president more money than he even asked for to fight his current wars!<BR/><BR/>Pretend that somehow history -- and the people of the Middle East -- will forgive you for meeting this news with passivity, silence or at best "protest as usual."<BR/><BR/>Or you could open your eyes and confront the nightmares engulfing millions of people in the Middle East and endangering people around the world that only people living in this country can bring to a halt.<BR/><BR/>You can get on a bus, hop on a train, purchase an airline ticket, or pile into a van and get your butt to Washington DC on March 17t to march across the bridge and encircle the Pentagon, on March 17th before the eyes of the world!<BR/>...Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13038018719406067477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-83468655100915988892007-03-14T14:16:00.000-04:002007-03-14T14:16:00.000-04:00Should we also use the power of our minds to make ...Should we also use the power of our minds to make our country get on track and bring our troops home and stop global warming etc etc etc and imagine peace. and of course use action to obtain postitive change(that's a given!). Hey there's more of us than them anyways! Lets use our power people!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-50024823968064620572007-03-14T13:49:00.000-04:002007-03-14T13:49:00.000-04:00...if somebody disagrees with him and starts to wi......if somebody disagrees with him and starts to win the debate.<BR/><BR/>//<BR/><BR/>Uh-huh. Dewey couldn't win a debate with a corpse.GBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01400258825388701390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-64248013638487527802007-03-14T13:37:00.000-04:002007-03-14T13:37:00.000-04:00Guess I was out of the room when that happened. Ma...Guess I was out of the room when that happened. <BR/><BR/>March 14, 2007 10:35 AM <BR/><BR/>the troll is hallucinating. sam doesn't lose his cool or hurt epithetsbibimimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07435682737251541026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-70847168713587120992007-03-14T13:36:00.001-04:002007-03-14T13:36:00.001-04:00Unfortunately, he'll probably end up getting a Med...Unfortunately, he'll probably end up getting a Medal of Freedom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-39713925760724969372007-03-14T13:36:00.000-04:002007-03-14T13:36:00.000-04:00that song Sam likes is The white Stripes, somethin...that song Sam likes is The white Stripes, something from "Elephant" i tink.bibimimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07435682737251541026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-39120050359241631432007-03-14T13:35:00.000-04:002007-03-14T13:35:00.000-04:00"If you listen to Seder, he gets flustered and sta..."If you listen to Seder, he gets flustered and starts name-calling if somebody disagrees with him and starts to win the debate."<BR/><BR/>++++<BR/><BR/>I listen to Seder. Haven't heard what you're talking about, though. Guess I was out of the room when that happened.dadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905208653678940716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-10916411420089157402007-03-14T13:23:00.000-04:002007-03-14T13:23:00.000-04:00LaterLatertoniDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610588627997158628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-87596115144169905262007-03-14T13:19:00.000-04:002007-03-14T13:19:00.000-04:00Senate conservatives end opposition to Iraq debate...Senate conservatives end opposition to Iraq debate. Breaking a series of roadblocks imposed by conservatives, the Senate voted 89-9 just now “to begin its first formal debate on the Iraq war since Democrats took control of Congress in January.” Bob Geiger explains what comes next.<BR/><BR/>UPDATE: Meanwhile, the House is voting now on the Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007, which overturns a Reagan-era executive order giving “current and former presidents and vice presidents broad authority to withhold presidential records or delay their release indefinitely.” Much more HERE. <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/14/senate-conservatives-end-opposition-to-iraq-debate/" REL="nofollow">LINK</A>toniDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610588627997158628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-10374761838018832372007-03-14T13:17:00.000-04:002007-03-14T13:17:00.000-04:00BREAKING: CBC Chooses CNN Over Fox » Last week, th...BREAKING: CBC Chooses CNN Over Fox » <BR/>Last week, the American Prospect reported that the Congressional Black Caucus Institute was close to nearing a deal to host two Democratic presidential primary debates in concert with Fox News:<BR/><BR/>[T]he Congressional Black Caucus Political Education and Leadership Institute plans to announce two debates in concert with Fox News, according to a source familiar with the negotiations, which have apparently been going on for weeks. …<BR/><BR/>“Both CNN and Fox have presented the Institute with two great proposals and at some point in the coming days we will be making an announcement,” she said Candice Tolliver, a consultant working with the CBC Institute on the debates, adding that the Institute’s plans are not final. <BR/><BR/>Black online activists — led by ColorOfChange.org — partnered with Robert Greenwald’s Fox Attacks to call on the CBC Institute to reject Fox as a partner for their presidential debates. A letter from Color Of Change to activists:<BR/><BR/>“Fox News is not a ‘fair and balanced’ source of information or political debate, and it has repeatedly proven itself hostile to the interests of Black Americans… Fox on-air personalities and regular guests consistently marginalize Black leaders, culture, and institutions.”<BR/><BR/>The efforts appear to have paid off. A new release from CNN says it “will partner with the Congressional Black Caucus Political Education and Leadership Institute (CBC Institute) to host a presidential debate among Democratic candidates.” <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/14/breaking-cbc-chooses-cnn-over-fox/" REL="nofollow">LINK</A>toniDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610588627997158628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-17578807992157433992007-03-14T13:15:00.000-04:002007-03-14T13:15:00.000-04:00gonzo sounds scared and uncool.he usually is cool ...gonzo sounds scared and uncool.<BR/><BR/>he usually is cool and dismissivebibimimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07435682737251541026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-72648265129376344452007-03-14T13:14:00.000-04:002007-03-14T13:14:00.000-04:00Senate just voted on the Iraq resolution, sort of ...Senate just voted on the Iraq resolution, sort of <BR/>by John Aravosis (DC) · 3/14/2007 12:10:00 PM ET<BR/><BR/>Here's what just happened on the Senate floor, as described by a friend who knows such things:<BR/>There are 3 relevant votes on the Dems' binding Iraq legislation [the one mandating that we begin withdrawing combat troops as recommeneded by the Baker-Hamilty Commission] on the Senate floor today.<BR/><BR/>#1: Just passed - cloture motion to proceed to debate. Needed 60 votes. This is the vote R's blocked on previous non-binding measures (i.e. 'they won't even allow a debate'). This time, it passed. <BR/><BR/>#2: Cloture motion to end debate. Also needs 60. If they block this, also considered a filibuster.<BR/><BR/>#3: Vote on final passage. Needs 50. The Republicans can block getting to this if enough of them vote against #2 above.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://americablog.blogspot.com/2007/03/senate-just-voted-on-iraq-resolution.html" REL="nofollow">LINK</A>toniDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610588627997158628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-15598356902137007632007-03-14T12:51:00.000-04:002007-03-14T12:51:00.000-04:00glzgowlass said... Dewey is Bill Scher from Libera...glzgowlass said...<BR/> <BR/>Dewey is Bill Scher from Liberal Oasis and Sam Seder, you know it! <BR/><BR/>March 14, 2007 9:06 AM <BR/><BR/>That might be it. If you listen to Seder, he gets flustered and starts name-calling if somebody disagrees with him and starts to win the debate.<BR/><BR/>Be just like him to have a "set-up" "right-winger" that he can brow-beat and "prove factually wrong".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-91677529223673151152007-03-14T12:28:00.000-04:002007-03-14T12:28:00.000-04:00Maybe Bush and Cheney will commit suicide.It could...Maybe Bush and Cheney will commit suicide.<BR/><BR/>It could happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-64424813732283626482007-03-14T12:13:00.000-04:002007-03-14T12:13:00.000-04:00dow is down to 12003 and trending lower. wait, 120...dow is down to 12003 and trending lower. wait, 12001...blah blah blahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12843172754553794111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-44015438822367036162007-03-14T12:10:00.000-04:002007-03-14T12:10:00.000-04:00One more post. Look at the stock market:Dow 12017...One more post. Look at the stock market:<BR/><BR/>Dow 12017.64 -58.32 (-0.48%) <BR/>Nasdaq 2343.25 -7.32 (-0.31%) <BR/>S&P 500 1373.02 -4.93 (-0.36%) <BR/>10-Yr Bond 0.449% -0.00toniDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610588627997158628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-84652578858861797312007-03-14T12:09:00.000-04:002007-03-14T12:09:00.000-04:00Work called. Have to go in. My boss just had her b...Work called. Have to go in. My boss just had her baby yesterday so we are short.<BR/><BR/>Later bloggerstoniDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610588627997158628noreply@blogger.com