Cave In

Is anyone surprised that the Senate Intelligence Committee chose not to investigate the President’s illegal wire-tapping. Anyone? Didn’t think so.

We all knew how this was going to turn out, didn’t we? Sure, Olympia Snowe and Chuck Hagel and other “moderate” Republicans “said” they didn’t think it was legal, and they “said” they thought it should be investigated, but we all know that Republicans lie like the rest of us breathe – it just comes naturally. Wonder how much those “moderates” were paid to vote against an investigation?

This is the email I sent Sen. Specter who “represents” Pennsylvania, along with the soon-to-be-jobless Rick Santorum.

Senator,

I cannot even find the words to express my absolute fury regarding today’s vote by the Senate Intelligence Committee. Once again, this Republican-dominated Congress has shown itself to be no more than a rubber-stamp for George W. Bush, much like the Politburo of Soviet Russia.

The Senate Intelligence Committee has said, more or less, that whatever the White House does is fine, no matter what. The Committee has just informed the citizens of the United States that we are in fact ruled by a monarch with unlimited powers, that Congress and the Supreme Court are little more than functionaries, and that nearly 230 years of democracy has – for all intents and purposes – ended.

I have now committed myself, with countless other Americans – liberal and moderate, Democrat and Republican – to making sure that you and every other Republican incumbent are removed from office. I also commit myself to removing every spineless, gutless Democrat who has allowed this rubber-stamping to continue without speaking up, and stated as much in an email to the DCCC Chairman, Rahm Emanuel.

I want my America back, Mr. Senator, and I’m willing to fight in the Second American Revolution – if that’s what it takes – to restore the Constitution as the highest law of the land.

Sincerely yours,
[PA_Lady]

Texas – Breeding Ground for Idiots?

George W. Bush, Karl Rove, Scott McClellan, Alberto Gonzalez, Harriet Miers…

There’s a whole lot of Texans in the current mis-administration, but I’m starting to think there must something in the air down there that turns people – mostly Republicans – into idiots.

Check out this guy that Shakespeare’s Sister found: Larry Kilgore. He’s running for Governor of Texas. His website says:

My first priority as governor will be to submit to Biblical law given to us by the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Jesus Christ. My job, according to 1st Peter 2:14, will be to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right.

On a link marked “Issues” he lists the various Biblical punishments his administration will mete out: Death for crimes of adultery, murder (including abortion), rape, ‘homosexual acts’, deadly negligence, and bestiality. For offenses like graffiti, porn, and strip clubs, he advocates one to forty lashes.

Surprisingly, illegal immigrants would only be subject to a minimum of 5 lashes, $3000 fine, and deportation. (You’d think he’d want the death penalty for that too, as a way to cut down on illegal border crossings.)

He also calls for Texas secession, wants all Texas troops in Iraq returned to the state (to help with the secession), will eliminate funding for public schools, health and human services, and prisons.

His website also boasts a link to a test that tells you whether or not you’ll get into heaven. And if you fail, tells you why you need God. There might even be a little page that tells you what to pray to Jesus to get yourself saved, but I couldn’t be bothered to look. (Yeah, yeah…I’m going to hell for that too….)

*map from http://www.aaccessmaps.com/show/map/texas_all

Cindy Sheehan arrested after protest march

Is THIS how the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq should be treated???

Apparently so, if that mother is protesting the war in Iraq and part of a group trying to get the US Mission to the United Nations to accept a petition ‘with more than 60,000 signatures urging the “withdrawal of all troops and all foreign fighters from Iraq.”’ (…)

Women Say No to War, which helped organize the march, claimed Sheehan was physically assaulted by security officers during the arrests. Photos show officers dragging Sheehan, with her shirt yanked up. Police said the four women were arrested for criminal trespassing and resisting arrest. Read the rest here.

Photo #1 by Keith Bedford – Reuters
Photo #2 by Mary Altaffer – AP