Over the fucking top. These people are much more dangerous than any group of fundie wackos praying for Armageddon. They need to be taken out NOW!. Impeach the MF's and send them to the Hague. I am in principle against the death penalty but a very public trial in the world press and public execution is the only way the rest of the world would ever accept Americans as equals again. Or actually better lock them all way in a Spandau like prison with 24 hour CCTV coverage courtesy of the British police who seem so fond of these. Of course a constant streaming video should be broadcast on the internet for all the world to see. And since the world is on a 24 hour clock they would need to have 24 hour bright lights and other small touches that were developed and practiced in Guantanamo. Hmm, maybe Guantanamo could be "repurposed".
As one commenter points out though, this is so far over the top and the American people are so stupid that they will probably get away with this for a while.
Forgive the redundancy after having just mentioned this, but it’s worth paying special attention to the new White House talking point.
Tony Snow on ABC: “The executive branch is under no compulsion to testify to Congress, because Congress in fact doesn’t have oversight ability.”
Snow on CBS: “The legislative branch has no oversight responsibility over the White House.”
Snow during press briefing:
“[T]he Congress does have legitimate oversight responsibility for the
Department of Justice. It created the Department of Justice. It does
not have constitutional oversight responsibility over the White House,
which is why by our reaching out, we’re doing something that we’re not
compelled to do by the Constitution, but we think common sense suggests
that we ought to get the whole story out, which is what we’re doing.”
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Sorry, but just a few things wrong with that
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1. The power of the purse. The Constitution provides that “No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.” Each year the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate review the financial practices and needs of federal agencies. The appropriations process allows the Congress to exercise extensive control over the activities of executive agencies. Congress can define the precise purposes for which money may be spent, adjust funding levels, and prohibit expenditures for certain purposes.
2. The power to organize the executive branch. Congress has the authority to create, abolish, reorganize, and fund federal departments and agencies. It has the authority to assign or reassign functions to departments and agencies, and grant new forms of authority and staff to administrators. Congress, in short, exercises ultimate authority over executive branch organization and generally over policy.
3. The power to make all laws for “carrying into Execution” Congress’s own enumerated powers as well as those of the executive. Article I grants Congress a wide range of powers, such as the power to tax and coin money; regulate foreign and interstate commerce; declare war; provide for the creation and maintenance of armed forces; and establish post offices. Augmenting these specific powers is the so-called “Elastic Clause,” which gives Congress the authority “To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.” Clearly, these provisions grant broad authority to regulate and oversee departmental activities established by law.
4. The power to confirm officers of the United States. The confirmation process not only involves the determination of a nominee’s suitability for an executive (or judicial) position, but also provides an opportunity to examine the current policies and programs of an agency along with those policies and programs that the nominee intends to pursue.
5. The power of investigation and inquiry. A traditional method of exercising the oversight function, an implied power, is through investigations and inquiries into executive branch operations. Legislators often seek to know how effectively and efficiently programs are working, how well agency officials are responding to legislative directives, and how the public perceives the programs. The investigatory method helps to ensure a more responsible bureaucracy, while supplying Congress with information needed to formulate new legislation.
6. Impeachment and removal. Impeachment provides Congress with a powerful, ultimate oversight tool to investigate alleged executive and judicial misbehavior, and to eliminate such misbehavior through the convictions and removal from office of the offending individuals. ... (link The Carpetbagger Report via ?? I'm so pissed I forget where I started following this)
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