When kool-aid causes permanent brain damage.
Henry Waxman’s Orwellian-named Oversight and Government Reform Committee served Condoleezza Rice with a subpoena today, to testify on “what she knew about administration’s warnings, later proven false, that Iraq had sought uranium from Niger for nuclear arms.”
Where to begin. Actually, as we’ve pointed out many times, the weight of the evidence is that Iraq did, in fact, try to buy uranium from Niger. Beyond that, what President Bush actually said in his State of the Union speech–the famous “sixteen words”–was indisputably true. And beyond that, who cares?
This is another instance of the Democrats’ crazed attempt to govern by subpoena. They are determined to dredge up and re-fight every battle of the last six years; this, apparently, is what they think the voters elected them to do. I think they’re wrong, and that most people have little interest in seeing these hoary arguments resurrected one last–we hope–time. It is hard to imagine a less productive use of Henry Waxman’s time. Well, let me rephrase that; it’s hard to imagine a less productive use of Rice’s time, which is actually valuable.
I don’t know much about the ins and outs of executive privilege, but I wouldn’t think Rice will agree to testify. Maybe that’s the Dems’ plan. Still, it’s hard not to wish that, just once, a representative of the Bush administration would stand up to the Democrat bullies and make some coherent points.
Like, in this case, that the CIA told the Bush administration with a “high level” of confidence that Saddam was trying to acquire nuclear weapons; that the British still stand by their report that Saddam was looking for uranium in Africa; that Joe Wilson told the CIA that the former Prime Minister of Niger told him that he believed the Iraqi delegation was looking for yellowcake; that no one ever relied on those stupid forged documents.
I know, it’s much too late to matter. I feel like an old Confederate soldier wishing that Longstreet had just gotten going and launched that damned attack. Still, just once, it would be nice to see someone from the administration stand up for herself.
I thought that might cheer you up.
I think we’ve finally gotten proof postitive that there are indeed parallel dimensions.
I’n not sure what implications this has for String Theory. I’ll get back to you on that one once I’ve worked it out.
[Warning: major nerd humor ahead]
In one of those flashes of insight so critical to theorists, I think that the quantum/gravity divide can indeed be harmonized by looking at the deeper meanings of the terms involved. Quantum here refers to the sub-atomic, or more generally, things that a very small in size. Gravity of course is what gives things weight, or gravitas. Therefore, taken together, we can take quantum gravity to mean things that have such a teeny tiny weight that they have practically no weight at all – which describes the above paragraph perfectly. I’m calling this the Silly String Theory.
/me throws a shoe at keres
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[Ducks – damn, never could dodge.]
You know, there just isn’t enough humor amongst quantum mechanics enthusiasts. I don’t know why. <rollseyes>
“…I know, it’s much too late to matter. I feel like an old Confederate soldier wishing that Longstreet had just gotten going and launched that damned attack. Still, just once, it would be nice to see someone from the administration stand up for herself…”
The man’s a goddamned traitor to the nation! He says so himself. He’s a secesh supporter. He’s no better than John Wilkes Booth.
I bet laws on the federal books still apply to secesh, from the Civil War. Why isn’t this person in Gitmo receiving the full treatment?
I’ll second you on that.
hey Boo- add this to the comedy. petraeus come to DC and tells us that car bombings are dramatically down in Baghdad. AND Mcklatchey(spelling) tells us that the administration is not– I repeat– NOT– including car bombings in the civillian death reports. Now if that doesn’t qualify as comedy I obviously just don’t get it!
billjpa
the Bush administration would stand up to the Democrat bullies and make some coherent points.
Yeah, I’d like to see them make just one coherent point too. But, like the folks at Powerline, I keep waiting…
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