We now have it all. The America, Love it or Leave it crowd showed up; this time from the faux-left.

KB4crap: This is such bullshit. Why do you have to speak in such absolutes when you are plainly wrong.

Wrong? Are you under the impression the Democratic leadership impeached Bush? Dude, that is some hash you smoke.

As usual your insane rantings go off the chart to some imagined tune only you can hear in that self-righteous head of yours.

You are either plainly a liar or just suffer from some sort of reading comprehension. You know damned well I did not say that you were wrong and that Congress impeached Bush.

I explicitly brought up your foolishness about now we are no longer a country of laws due to Pelosi pulling impeachment.

So change the subject if you like. Readers here know exactly what I wrote. Be a man for once and actually argue the point brought up. Or simply shut up.

It is a sorry day when people cry that the congress should not be expected to do its duty and rein in the power of the executive. Especially when there has hardly been a more egregious example of misuse of the office. Nixon was an angel compared to this Bush/Chaney crowd.

So, go dream that Ameriker is a great place where often the rule of law is followed. Yes, thats the ticket -- it is sometimes followed. Except when it is not.

Again, show me where I said that Congress shouldn't be expected to do their job. You can't, simple as that. More of the same. Changing the subject. Putting words in other people's mouths, which were plainly not stated.

You and I may not like the *job* that Pelosi did concerning impeachment, to say the least. But she is the speaker of the house. She gets to set the agenda, like it or not.

One thing I can say for your brother. He more often than not walked the walk when it came to following his stated belief in Peace. You, on the other hand can't seem to reign in your bizarre attitude that someone disagreeing with you does not constitute a personal attack.

So either learn to read and comprehend what someone says and argue on point. Or expect more people to ignore you and think you the fool.

state the political problem in moral terms (always), and then take the moral position. This renders their opinions

unassailable

iconic

not easily combined with other viewpoints

Clearly, the Obama administration is not going to pursue this. To do so would be to take his political agenda off the front pages for the next year at least.

"If prosecutions are moved forward there will be rebellion and you will find yourself in a very lonely, scary place"

The only "rebellion" that should take place should be against the system which keeps bringing political thugs into power.

I guess Cheney, Rove and others like them share your mindset.

But there is no denying the truth that "the very lonely, scary place" does exist, inside your head. That is to say, "the very lonely, scary place" is your brain. When brains like yours start handling the national interest, the result is what we have right now.

I recommend you keep reading GG though, it may not be too late for even you to grow up and start learining about the value of integrity and honesty.

Stevie Wonder rocking out @ OS' inaugural concert live on hbo.com

Whoever Shakira is, she looks, as they say, "bangin' HOT!"

Does not investigation precede prosecution?

Really, all Obama has to do is:

1. Enable Congress to investigate, by smoothing over the Bush roadblocks to congressional oversight;

2. Make sure someone (e.g., Kucinich) indeed investigates.

Then wait for the outcome. I don't see it costing much political capital to do that much. If prosecutable crimes are found, Obama still has the options of (a) not prosecuting and/or (b) issuing pardons.

Cairo: Doctors operating the only brain-scanning machine at an Egyptian hospital near Gaza have been almost overwhelmed by the number of Palestinian children arriving with bullet wounds to the head.

On just one day last week, staff at the Al Arish hospital in Sinai were called to perform CAT scans on a nine year old, two 10 year olds and a 14 year old, each of whom had a bullet lodged in their brain after coming under fire during the Israeli ground assault on Gaza.

The USA has paid for the folks who do this. I think that means culpability; after all, a fellow was put in jail in my state for donating money to a Palestinian charity. The government claimed that some of the funds may have gone to militants. If 'rule of law' means we have to treat all the same under the law --- let us prosecute whoever gave money to these murdering Israeli bastards. (be they donors private individuals or government employees)

I'm inclined to believe that what is going on now is merely the opening act of the Kabuki Dance of the Seven Voles.

No self-respecting vole would dance with either of those colluders.

And you're sullying the reputation of those of us who pioneered Teh Dance du Voles.

Mere pretenders. The nerve!

files charges against any of the alleged Bush criminals, and we have an extradition treaty with that country, wouldn't the US be obligated to extradite?

Presuming that we politically maintain our exceptional nation imagery, and the US can't muster the will to walk the walk, this wouldn't require that anyone named in the charges would actually have to travel to that country filing charges, as Pinochet discovered in Britain vis a vis charges filed in Spain.

Or is this naive?

As much fun as it is to shoot the "Admiral" out of the water with mockery and derision, the fact remains that if there is to be a rebellion in the United States of America, it will come from the right, not from the left. What passes for the "left" these days is not even the remote descendant from the leftist ruffians and rebels who once raised a ruckus in this fair land, it's mostly just a shined up version of Moderate/Progressive Republicans from the '50's and '60's. When was the last time a Rockefeller revolted? I ask you.

But I'll say this, the handful of Commies there are left in this country are great at organizing BIG demonstrations to Free Mumia and the Puerto Rico Political Prisoners. Nobody can touch them. Go Big Reds!

Ondelette mentioned Blackwater a while back. They're not being renewed in Iraq. What are their Big Boys -- and Bigger Guns -- gonna do, hunh? 40,000 of them? You know what? That's plenty enough armed insurrectionists to do a real number on the USofA -- even, potentially, to take over the Government. A fraction of that number could theoretically do it.

And that's the risk we all live under, that some rightwing nutbag/would be Christofascist with guns and money, like the Commander of Blackwater, decides to make his play and precipitate... something.

It doesn't matter if the Rebs come out of their hollows and basements to fight. What matters is if these trained and bloodthirsty Christic killers for hire decide to pull some shit just to see what they can get away with.

Which is why, I think, OS has been "reaching out" so often to the wingnuts and making so very nice with them.