What the New Democratic Congress Should Do
In this order:
1) repeal the atrocious Bush Military Commissions Act and most of the Patriot Act
2) set up a new, thoroughly honest non-bipartisan investigation into 9/11
3) investigate handling of pre-war intelligence on Iraq by the Bush administration
4) expedite the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, as soon as some international stabilizing force can be deployed
5) expedite measures to combat global warming
6) prosecute the torturers at Abu Ghraib, Gauntanamo and elsewhere
7) payment of reparations to the Iraqis
8) launch a full investigation of vote suppression and manipulation in the 2004 election by the GOP
9) investigate who Bush has been spying on with his "terrorist surveillance program"
10) re-investigate the Anthrax attacks and FEMA's handling of Katrina
Well, I can DREAM, can't I?
IMPORTANTLY:
===> LAUNCH IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS and/or INDICT FOR WAR-CRIMES as soon as the evidence points in the direction of law-breaking or war-crimes.
(This shouldn't be too hard)
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I like how Bush and Rove were so confident they would hold Congress.
They must be PANICKING now.
However, I'm sure Rove's spin is: this is the best thing that could happen to Bush!
Now, he can blame his screw-ups on the Dems!
1) repeal the atrocious Bush Military Commissions Act and most of the Patriot Act
2) set up a new, thoroughly honest non-bipartisan investigation into 9/11
3) investigate handling of pre-war intelligence on Iraq by the Bush administration
4) expedite the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, as soon as some international stabilizing force can be deployed
5) expedite measures to combat global warming
6) prosecute the torturers at Abu Ghraib, Gauntanamo and elsewhere
7) payment of reparations to the Iraqis
8) launch a full investigation of vote suppression and manipulation in the 2004 election by the GOP
9) investigate who Bush has been spying on with his "terrorist surveillance program"
10) re-investigate the Anthrax attacks and FEMA's handling of Katrina
Well, I can DREAM, can't I?
IMPORTANTLY:
===> LAUNCH IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS and/or INDICT FOR WAR-CRIMES as soon as the evidence points in the direction of law-breaking or war-crimes.
(This shouldn't be too hard)
-------------------
I like how Bush and Rove were so confident they would hold Congress.
They must be PANICKING now.
However, I'm sure Rove's spin is: this is the best thing that could happen to Bush!
Now, he can blame his screw-ups on the Dems!
posted by spooked at 5:58 PM
2 Comments:
The House Committee on Science had hearings on the WTC collapses. It was all Gene Corley, FEMA, and NIST, with no real questions asked.
Will the Democratic members be willing to ask new questions? Does 9/11 belong before another committee, maybe Judiciary?
Here are the current Democratic members of the science committee, all of which were reelected, I believe.
Bart Gordon, Tennessee
Jerry F. Costello, Illinois
Eddie Bernice Johnson, Texas
Lynn C. Woolsey, California
Darlene Hooley, Oregon
Mark Udall, Colorado
David Wu, Oregon
Michael M. Honda, California
Brad Miller, North Carolina
Lincoln Davis, Tennessee
Daniel Lipinski, Illinois
Sheila Jackson Lee, Texas
Brad Sherman, California
Brian Baird, Washington
Jim Matheson, Utah
Jim Costa, California
Al Green, Texas
Charlie Melancon, Louisiana
Dennis Moore, Kansas
Doris Matsui, California
They probably did something silly like bring in STRUCTURAL EGNINEERS.
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