It beyond pathetic to watch David Addington, the author of the "unitary Executive Theory " (summary: the President can do whatever the f*ck he wants 'cause the goddamn president) claiming, under oath, that he didn't know what that term meant.

I don't know what was worse - Addington, or that smug representative saying he was glad al Qaeda now knows what he looked like.

Nabb1: I don't know what was worse - Addington, or that smug representative saying he was glad al Qaeda now knows what he looked like.

That's not what I picked up from that comment at all. I mean, really--He was mocking Addington's assertion that he couldn't talk because AQ was monitoring C-Span. If their intelligence was limited to C-Span, perhaps they were just introduced to his appearance then.

But somehow, I doubt that highly.

Addington is fine, Delahunt (like all libs) is clearly the real problem.

I was under the impression that I was the only viewer of C-SPAN 3, and I would like to assert unequivocably that I am not associated with Al Qaeda in any form or fashion. Thank you.

I would like to volunteer to give Addington a good swift kick to the teeth. But I'm afraid the line is too long already.

Diogenes: I would like to volunteer to give Addington a good swift kick to the teeth junk. But I'm afraid the line is too long already.

FTFY

The Onanist: Diogenes: I would like to volunteer to give Addington a good swift kick to the teeth junk. But I'm afraid the line is too long already.

FTFY

Those are actually two separate lines.

PocketfullaSass: I was under the impression that I was the only viewer of C-SPAN 3, and I would like to assert unequivocably that I am not associated with Al Qaeda in any form or fashion. Thank you.

You're just saying that to deflect us from the truth, that you're #2 in Al Qaeda!

Theaetetus: PocketfullaSass: I was under the impression that I was the only viewer of C-SPAN 3, and I would like to assert unequivocably that I am not associated with Al Qaeda in any form or fashion. Thank you.

You're just saying that to deflect us from the truth, that you're #2 in Al Qaeda!

Ooo,Oooo! I'll take PocketfullaSass in the death pool!

/Nothing personal, of course.

PocketfullaSass: I was under the impression that I was the only viewer of C-SPAN 3

Largely because Comcast insists on keeping the damn Golf channel on the Basic instead of replacing it with CSPAN3 here....

Flaky reasoning from a member of the Bush admin avoiding Congressional questioning? Say it ain't so!

I can't wait for these farkers to leave office.

Karma Curmudgeon

Did you just call me a #2? That's slanderous, I tells ya...simply slanderous...

PocketfullaSass: Karma Curmudgeon

Did you just call me a #2? That's slanderous, I tells ya...simply slanderous...

of course you're a number two. the only question now is who does number two work for?

Weekly round-up of CSPAN-3 viewers

PocketfullaSass: Karma Curmudgeon

Did you just call me a #2? That's slanderous, I tells ya...simply slanderous...

Ha! No, different pool.

The Al-Qaeda #2 has a life span shorter than a helicopter gunner in Vietnam, so that's what that was all about.

I'm even geekier, I heard it on C-Span Radio....


There was a ...well let's call it satisfying, moment when Joh Conyers got to look Addington an dYoo straight in the eye and force them to be a least somewhat ashamed . Yoo who probably wins a Medal of Freedom in the Internet Tough Guy category for once saying it would be okay for the president to order the torture of a child in front of his parents if he felt it necessary. But Yesterday he looked like such looked like such a spineless weasel when he refused to answer the simple question "do you still believe that? Is that still your legal opinion?"

Are they gonna hold this douche in contempt or what?

So what's the point of these hearings if your allowed to just give nonsense answers and basically tell the panel to fark off and die?

Magorn: There was a ...well let's call it satisfying, moment when Joh Conyers got to look Addington an dYoo straight in the eye and force them to be a least somewhat ashamed . Yoo who probably wins a Medal of Freedom in the Internet Tough Guy category for once saying it would be okay for the president to order the torture of a child in front of his parents if he felt it necessary. But Yesterday he looked like such looked like such a spineless weasel when he refused to answer the simple question "do you still believe that? Is that still your legal opinion?"

Yoo, Torture Memo Man, and Addington are 2 willing pawns, and while I'd love to see them walk the plank, they're just minions. The Big Boss needs to be taken down.

burndtdan: PocketfullaSass: Karma Curmudgeon

Did you just call me a #2? That's slanderous, I tells ya...simply slanderous...

of course you're a number two. the only question now is who does number two work for?

Are you in The Village?

/Who is Number 1?
//Don't sic Rover on me..

Obscure?!?

Man, the guys at Crooks and Lies have a hard on for Addington.

If Al-Qaeda actually does watch C-Span, no wonder they hate America. I have a hard time not hating America after an hour of Washington Morning.

In any event, if you really want to watch some drama, find a tape of Dave Obey flipping out at the House Approps hearing yesterday.

David Addington should be on trial for war crimes.

Al Quaeda has never been the threat to freedom and democracy
that Cheney has

MrKraclenutz: I can't wait for these farkers to leave office.

I'd be happy with a giant cyborg Nixon and his cronies, compared to Bush and his coterie of swine.

Why do I have the feeling if they had a closed door session he would have another reason why he couldn't talk.

FreudulentSplit: Magorn: There was a ...well let's call it satisfying, moment when Joh Conyers got to look Addington an dYoo straight in the eye and force them to be a least somewhat ashamed . Yoo who probably wins a Medal of Freedom in the Internet Tough Guy category for once saying it would be okay for the president to order the torture of a child in front of his parents if he felt it necessary. But Yesterday he looked like such looked like such a spineless weasel when he refused to answer the simple question "do you still believe that? Is that still your legal opinion?"

Yoo, Torture Memo Man, and Addington are 2 willing pawns, and while I'd love to see them walk the plank, they're just minions. The Big Boss needs to be taken down.

Yoo's the "company man". The willing stooge who does what he's told. Addington, is one of the "intellectual powers" behind this neo-imperialist bullshiat that Cheney (you really didn't think Bush was smart enough to be behind this didja?) has been trying to foist on the country for the last 8 years.

Corvus: Why do I have the feeling if they had a closed door session he would have another reason why he couldn't talk.

Balls bouncing off his chin?

PocketfullaSass: Did you just call me a #2? That's slanderous, I tells ya...simply slanderous...

WHO DOES NUMBER 2 WORK FOR?!!!

HotWingConspiracy: So what's the point of these hearings if your allowed to just give nonsense answers and basically tell the panel to fark off and die?

It shows that congress really is powerless if they can't do anything about that.

bixpchiphead: Obscure?!?



If it's been on the Simpsons, it's never obscure.

Infidels have caused me to miss the House Transportation Sub-Committee Hearing!!! And Book Notes!! Die Infidels!! Book Notes or Death!!

Mordant: Addington is fine, Delahunt (like all libs) is clearly the real problem.

Actually, I think the overwhelming majority of the country is beginning to see you as the problem or haven't you been paying attention?

There is no justice left in this country if Addington doesn't do prison time.

Magorn: It beyond pathetic to watch David Addington, the author of the "unitary Executive Theory " (summary: the President can do whatever the f*ck he wants 'cause the goddamn president) claiming, under oath, that he didn't know what that term meant.

Off topic, but you're a regular who probably can answer my question: when a topic is removed (like the one about Swift Boats and Kerry that was just removed) what is the reason for this?

So those are the 5 people that watch C-Span, Al-Qada.

/Damn terrorist C-Span
//That is why I watch C-Span 2

Mnemia: There is no justice left in this country if Addington doesn't do prison time.

For giving a legal opinion you don't agree with?

Cataholic: For giving a legal opinion you don't agree with?

No. For being an evil bastard.

dhudd: Off topic, but you're a regular who probably can answer my question: when a topic is removed (like the one about Swift Boats and Kerry that was just removed) what is the reason for this


I am also curious about this.

Cataholic: Mnemia: There is no justice left in this country if Addington doesn't do prison time.

For giving a legal opinion you don't agree with?

Yes, much like the Third Reich lawyers had legal opions I didn't sgree with. ( sorry for the godwin)

At what point do you say "Ok, I hate Democrats, but Bush is a disaster and I was wrong"?

Cataholic: Mnemia: There is no justice left in this country if Addington doesn't do prison time.

For giving a legal opinion you don't agree with?

Yes. If your 'legal opinion' is actually illegal. It wasn't as if there was a legal consensus - Addington and Yoo were the ones pushing this - many others in the military and state department and FBI and CIA were extremely skeptical that this was legal.

But of course when there is a difference of opinion, who does Bush, Cheney, etc.. listen to? Who they want to.

Proving yet again that the current administration, and their fellow travellers, hate the idea of a free and open government.

If you think "Liberals" are part of the problem, then you hate freedom and everything it stands for.

PascalsGhost: Yes, much like the Third Reich lawyers had legal opions I didn't sgree with. ( sorry for the godwin)

I must say, cloaking pure evil in legalism and bureaucracy is pretty much the same thing the Nazis did. Don't let the fancy suits fool you, people. Addington and Cheney are pure war criminal thugs.

Tabatha Static: Weekly round-up of CSPAN-3 viewers

Pretty much the only way I could ever be forced to watch C-Span.

I have to say, I really think the highlight was when Yoo said that the president could order someone buried alive if he wanted to.

attackingpencil: I have to say, I really think the highlight was when Yoo said that the president could order someone buried alive if he wanted to.

Was it Yoo who said that "cruel and unusual punishment" doesn't apply if you're not intending to punish someone, but "just" extracting information from them? I thought that was a clever knife to the back of the spirit of the law.

I definitely need some more coffee. I read the headline as "Cheney's Lover" instead of Lawyer.

I am just astounded. If we saw anything like this in another country, we would immediately label the government as corrupt, cronyist (if that's a word), and crooked yet I hardly ever hear that applied to this administration by anyone. I also hardly ever hear anyone admit that people in the top level of the administration lied. They lied. Just because a person says they can't remember doesn't mean we can't draw the conclusion that they are lying. This happens in courts all the time.

This shouldn't be a conservative/liberal issue because this government is beyond that. Yes, I'm a liberal and when Bush first came to power I was moaning and groaning because he was a Republican. Now I'm having the same reaction times ten because of the sheer violation of the Constitution and it has nothing to do with the fact that they are Republicans. The Democrats disgust me almost equally because of things like folding over FISA, refusing to do much to stop the war, and claiming things like impeachment are "off the table".

People need to get beyond the partisan issues and see this government for what it is: corrupt.

"impeachment hearings are off the table" I should say.