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The White House refuses to release documents relating to SCOTUS nominee Roberts as Deputy Solicitor General under Ken Starr. This was when Roberts might have advised on the reprehensible GWH Bush pardons of the Iran Contra Gang. Since the WH position was nominally private, there could be an argument to keep Roberts docs confidential, but in his job as Deputy Solicitor, John Roberts was working for you and me, the taxpayers, as his paycheck came from DoJ. The presidential power to pardon is granted under Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution. "The President … shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment." This is usually taken to mean those who have been impeached but it could be argued that Bush himself was in danger of being impeached and so the exception would apply to a pre-trial pardon. GWH Bush no doubt asked for legal advice on this. Coverup on the flip: Sherlock Google’s diary :: :: So Dems, in the midst of the Plame Leak/WMD Lies Scandal, can ask Roberts searching questions about the Bush I pardons of Weinberger and the whole gang, all guilty of lying to Congress and far worse crimes of running an illegal secret government. Essentially a trial of Weinberger would have revealed his notes of a 1986 meeting that said "VP approves" of arms sales to Iran, whereas Bush had said he questioned those sales at the meeting. In fact, Weinberger and Shultz had argued strongly that the sales not be made–and then got blamed for them (sound familiar George Tenet?). In ‘92 Weinberger started proclaiming to the press that he was not about to go to jail–a message to Bush I to be ready to be impeached. The only trouble with pardoning the Iran Contra Gang was that the Constitution says the Presidential Pardon is absolute EXCEPT FOR IMPEACHMENT. This meant it would be better for Bush to LOSE the ‘92 election and then pardon everyone. Then there is no impeachment process and the pardons hold–as long as Clinton doesn’t prosecute Bush himself on the actual pardon as a quid pro quo to prevent impeachment! So there were theoretically quite a number of conversations or memos about this unprecedented and corrupt use of the pardon to let Weinberger off the hook and keep those smoking gun notes out of the courtroom. Roberts will plead coinfidentiality and the WH will NEVER release those docs–and they already making noise about how they will not release them. You know what that likely means–or they would just turn them over, or at least let Senators look at them somewhere in confidence. Roberts must have advised Starr and Bush I on the Iran Contra Pardons and perhaps even the reprehensible Bush pardon of a 55-year term for a Pakistani heroin smuggler, far worse than Clinton’s Rich pardon. We don’t know and likely will never know for sure, but it’s more probable than not, given the immediate and stiff resistance from the WH. back ground here http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/7/26/10612/2519 Note the similarities between Iran Contra and the WMD Lies Scandal, both were lying to Congress to make war and conduct a secret government and conduct war profiteering. The first thing George W. Bush did, I think, as President was to seal his father’s and Reagan’s records. Thanks for bringing up your father’s heinous crimes again George. At the least, since he will never get the apparently incriminating memos, Kerry should ask Roberts if he approves of pardoning criminals BEFOREHAND so a President can avoid impeachment!
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>They won’t even release his friggen tax returns, which has previously been >routine for nominees… maybe because his wife is a war profiteer….
Boo Hoo. Whine On http://www.tech-sol.net/humor/democratic_seal.jpg Claude
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->>They won’t even release his friggen tax returns, which has previously been >>routine for nominees… maybe because his wife is a war profiteer…. >Boo Hoo. >Whine On >http://www.tech-sol.net/humor/democratic_seal.jpg >Claude >For Clod, investigating truth = whining. >Actually it’s Clod who is the "whiner", whose repsonses are nothing but >"whining" about other peoples posts… Clod being unable to actually dialog >or refute points, etc.
Whine on, Al I’d be angry as well if my preferences were ignored, as yours are. At least you provide a bit of comic relief. Claude
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courageously avow: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->>They won’t even release his friggen tax returns, which has previously been >>routine for nominees… maybe because his wife is a war profiteer…. >Boo Hoo. >Whine On >http://www.tech-sol.net/humor/democratic_seal.jpg >Claude >For Clod, investigating truth = whining. >Actually it’s Clod who is the "whiner", whose repsonses are nothing but >"whining" about other peoples posts… Clod being unable to actually dialog >or refute points, etc.
He would need at lest two brain cells to rub together. In this case he is believed to be missing both sides of that equation. Ken Wilson Posting from the last bastion of freedom and democracy. Proud Owner of LV, Paul Know less, PMG, John Boy Wheaton, Clod and the rest of the Union of Rightwing Idiots Needing Explanations (URINE) Former owner of Jet Ski, traded to Elvis Kabong for a half-eaten twinkie and an old stub from a Mom & Dads concert. www.resisters.ca
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >courageously avow: >>>They won’t even release his friggen tax returns, which has previously been >>>routine for nominees… maybe because his wife is a war profiteer…. >>Boo Hoo. >>Whine On >>http://www.tech-sol.net/humor/democratic_seal.jpg >>Claude >For Clod, investigating truth = whining. >Actually it’s Clod who is the "whiner", whose repsonses are nothing but >"whining" about other peoples posts… Clod being unable to actually dialog >or refute points, etc. >He would need at lest two brain cells to rub together. In this case >he is believed to be missing both sides of that equation.
. I-RON-O-METER . 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 . ^ . |
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I’m tellin ya, Claudel’s got humor. paul, take a page out of his play book, it’d do you some good. Laughin makes you live longer, cures what ails you.
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Who says that’s a Martha Stewart "Good Thing"? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >…makes you live longer, cures what ails you.
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> Who says that’s a Martha Stewart "Good Thing"? >…makes you live longer, cures what ails you.
"Between the expressions of laughter and weeping there is no difference in the motion of the features, either in the eyes, mouth or cheeks; only in the ruffling of the brows, which is added when weeping, but more elevated and extended when laughing. …Those who weep, raise the brows, and bring them close together above the nose, forming many wrinkles on the forehead, and the corners of the mouth are turned down-wards. Those who laugh have them turned upwards, and the brows open and extended." DaVinci, Leonardo, A TREATISE ON PAINTING Laughter is, indeed, akin to weeping; and true humor is as closely allied to pity as it is abhorrent to derision. Henry Giles I like the laughter that opens the lips and heart,- that shows at the same time pearls and the soul. Victor Hugo We must laugh before we are happy lest we die without having laughed. LaBruyere One who has the courage to laugh is almost as much the master of the world as he who is ready to die. Giacamo Leopardi Laugh if you are wise. Martial "One inch of joy surmounts of grief a span; Because to laugh is proper to the man." Rabelais
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courageously avow: >I’m tellin ya, Claudel’s got humor. paul, take a page out of his play >book, it’d do you some good. Laughin makes you live longer, cures what >ails you.
I thought that is what Zolof, Paxil, Effexor, etc., were for. Has the pharma lobby been BSing us again? Ken Wilson Posting from the last bastion of freedom and democracy. Proud Owner of Lord Valve, Paul Knowles, PMG, John Wheaton, Claude Lucas and the rest of the Union of Rightwing Idiots Needing Explanations (URINE) Former owner of gtski, traded to Elvis Kabong for a half-eaten twinkie and an old stub from a Mom & Dads concert. www.resisters.ca
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Who says that’s a Martha Stewart "Good Thing"? > "One inch of joy surmounts…the length of most alt.guitar.amps penii
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naw, I meant Claudel was funny. Ron, you should keep that I-ron-o-meter around and use it!!! like the gong on the gong show.
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> courageously avow: >>In article
>>Some asshole posting today as play on
>>>They won’t even release his friggen tax
returns, which has previously been >>>routine for nominees… maybe because his
wife is a war profiteer…. >>Boo Hoo. >>Whine On >http://www.tech-sol.net/humor/democratic_seal.jp g >>Claude >For Clod, investigating truth = whining. >Actually it’s Clod who is the "whiner", whose
repsonses are nothing but >"whining" about other peoples posts… Clod
being unable to actually dialog >or refute points, etc. > He would need at lest two brain cells to rub
together. In this case > he is believed to be missing both sides of that equation. > Ken Wilson > Posting from the last bastion of freedom and democracy. > Proud Owner of LV, Paul Know less, PMG, John Boy Wheaton, Clod > and the rest of the Union of Rightwing Idiots
Needing Explanations (URINE) > Former owner of Jet Ski, traded to Elvis Kabong
for a half-eaten twinkie > and an old stub from a Mom & Dads concert. > www.resisters.ca
Hey Ken, do you want to own Cludsmell or should we bid on him? He definitely fits in the puppet-clown category and I don’t have one of them yet in my collection. Do you? My bid is 2 boogers, a scab and some pissed on carpet fibers.
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> I’m tellin ya, Claudel’s got humor. paul, take a
page out of his play > book, it’d do you some good. Laughin makes you
live longer, cures what > ails you.
Chumpel’s got humor? It seems more like he’s constipated with hate. Rash inspired and obsessive hate for the Clintons.
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Operating a 40-ounce while posting, AGA #1 whack-a-mole, Elvis Kabong – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >in message > courageously avow: > >>In article > >>Some asshole posting today as play on > >>>They won’t even release his friggen tax >returns, which has previously been > >>>routine for nominees… maybe because his >wife is a war profiteer…. > >>Boo Hoo. > >>Whine On >>http://www.tech-sol.net/humor/democratic_seal.jp >g > >>Claude > >For Clod, investigating truth = whining. > >Actually it’s Clod who is the "whiner", whose >repsonses are nothing but > >"whining" about other peoples posts… Clod >being unable to actually dialog > >or refute points, etc. > He would need at lest two brain cells to rub >together. In this case > he is believed to be missing both sides of that >equation. > Ken Wilson > Posting from the last bastion of freedom and >democracy. > Proud Owner of LV, Paul Know less, PMG, John Boy >Wheaton, Clod > and the rest of the Union of Rightwing Idiots >Needing Explanations (URINE) > Former owner of Jet Ski, traded to Elvis Kabong >for a half-eaten twinkie > and an old stub from a Mom & Dads concert. > www.resisters.ca >Hey Ken, do you want to own Cludsmell >or should we bid on him? He definitely >fits in the puppet-clown category and I don’t >have one of them yet in my collection. >Do you? >My bid is 2 boogers, a scab and some >pissed on carpet fibers.
Now, Ed. No need to empty your bank account for me. Claude
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> Now, Ed. > No need to empty your bank account for me. > Claude
what’da ya say we give claudel a I-RON-O-METER . 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 . ^ . for that one.
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You have to give that to him Ed, *that* was good humor. mvm – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Operating a 40-ounce while posting, AGA #1 whack-a-mole, Elvis Kabong >in message >>courageously avow: >>>>In article >>>>Some asshole posting today as play on >>>>>They won’t even release his friggen tax >returns, which has previously been >>>>>routine for nominees… maybe because his >wife is a war profiteer…. >>>>Boo Hoo. >>>>Whine On >>>http://www.tech-sol.net/humor/democratic_seal.jp >g >>>>Claude >>>For Clod, investigating truth = whining. >>>Actually it’s Clod who is the "whiner", whose >repsonses are nothing but >>>"whining" about other peoples posts… Clod >being unable to actually dialog >>>or refute points, etc. >>He would need at lest two brain cells to rub >together. In this case >>he is believed to be missing both sides of that >equation. >>Ken Wilson >>Posting from the last bastion of freedom and >democracy. >>Proud Owner of LV, Paul Know less, PMG, John Boy >Wheaton, Clod >> and the rest of the Union of Rightwing Idiots >Needing Explanations (URINE) >>Former owner of Jet Ski, traded to Elvis Kabong >for a half-eaten twinkie >> and an old stub from a Mom & Dads concert. >>www.resisters.ca >Hey Ken, do you want to own Cludsmell >or should we bid on him? He definitely >fits in the puppet-clown category and I don’t >have one of them yet in my collection. >Do you? >My bid is 2 boogers, a scab and some >pissed on carpet fibers. > Now, Ed. > No need to empty your bank account for me. > Claude
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> Operating a 40-ounce while posting, AGA #1 whack-a-mole, Elvis Kabong
[snip] – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Hey Ken, do you want to own Cludsmell >or should we bid on him? He definitely >fits in the puppet-clown category and I don’t >have one of them yet in my collection. >Do you? >My bid is 2 boogers, a scab and some >pissed on carpet fibers. > Now, Ed. > No need to empty your bank account for me. > Claude
I don’t think you need to worry about Edward’s finances. I’ve heard he has an entire carpet full of pissed on fibers.
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Operating a 40-ounce while posting, AGA #1 whack-a-mole, Elvis Kabong >[snip] > >Hey Ken, do you want to own Cludsmell > >or should we bid on him? He definitely > >fits in the puppet-clown category and I don’t > >have one of them yet in my collection. > >Do you? > >My bid is 2 boogers, a scab and some > >pissed on carpet fibers. > Now, Ed. > No need to empty your bank account for me. > Claude >I don’t think you need to worry about Edward’s >finances. I’ve heard he has an entire carpet >full of pissed on fibers.
Ah… I didn’t realize that he was a man of such, uhhh, substance. Claude
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> In article
> Operating a 40-ounce while posting, AGA #1
whack-a-mole, Elvis Kabong – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – blubbered: > [snip] > >Hey Ken, do you want to own Cludsmell > >or should we bid on him? He definitely > >fits in the puppet-clown category and I don’t > >have one of them yet in my collection. > >Do you? > >My bid is 2 boogers, a scab and some > >pissed on carpet fibers. > Now, Ed. > No need to empty your bank account for me. > Claude > I don’t think you need to worry about Edward’s > finances. I’ve heard he has an entire carpet > full of pissed on fibers.
Yeah, every time I let my pets get together to play Twister naked, they get so excited, they wet themselves and it gets all over the carpet. This time instead of cleaning it, I thought I’d offer it as a bid for Chumpel since he’s usually invited over by Gtweenie. Say hi to my Lardytard pet parrots: Fraidy Goes To Mars and his twin sock, Liars Fearlars Lulu Loppedoff fishbrain Bikepansy and now introducing Gtweenie (my latest acquisition – thanks Ken)
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He almost conquered half of Europe ‘Til he got beat at Waterloo And on his deathbed this is what He told his friends to do: "Put my body in a tomb Like all the great ones are Chop off my little sabre And put it in a jar" This impish little Emperor Who inspired a symphony Said, "I hope you’ll name a brandy Or a pastry after me. And of course you’ll come to Corsica When from this life I part Feel free to drink to me And tear my Bonaparte." It was Napoleon’s penis, Napoleon’s penis There wasn’t much between us, just Napoleon’s penis The original French tickler, c’est vrai c’est tres petit Genitalia on display for all the world to see So now whenever I’m in Paris And I’m stuck in some museum Those boring Mona Lisas, man, I just don’t want to see ‘em There’s only one attraction There’s only one I’ve known It’s the first thing that I tell my friends The minute I get home Napoleon’s penis, Napoleon’s penis His highness, His sereness, Napoleon’s penis I know it’s gonna thrill you, no matter who you are Napoleon’s penis – it’s in that little jar – Pat McCurdy
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