Hastert blocks extension of 9/11 commission

[Newsjock]

CNN now; link soon.

[truthspeaker]

1. Doing Bush's dirty work

This way Bush can say publicly he supports the extension, even though he doesn't.

[leftchick]

2. doing the dirty work for his master*...

:grr: Let's show aWol* how we really feel about this at the repuke convention in NYC this fall! :grr: :grr: :grr:

[CaptainClark23]

5. restraint

is advisable. its almost like they are intentionally baiting us to violence.

y'know what, fuck it. They fucked my city and my home, killed a couple thousand of my neighbors...they have picked this battlefield, fine.

I despair for diplomatic or political solutions to this.

fine...let's do it then. Bring 'em on. NYC will be waiting, cops, firemen, and all.

[schultzee]

13. I hrear * is going to use thousands of military to protect the convention

[CaptainClark23]

16. Wait and see

In all likelihood, the federal troops will be used to supplement the NYPD and will be placed at tunnels, bridges, airports etc., while the NYPD covers the convention.

I cannot yet slam this desicion, as the convention is a prime terrorist target (domestic and foreign terror).

If federal troops line the protest, then it guarantees violent conflict. Which might be the plan, I don't know.

[Occulus]

19. I seriously doubt

that the visible presence of the military at a lawful, Constitutionally protected assembly of political dissent will create a more peaceful climte.

Those people are going to be seriously angry. Tough, that's protected too. I amainst any military presence there; it bodes ill for the future at best and, at worst, will enable at least local martial law then and there.

All to intimidate the protesters into not being there. I fervently hope no shots are fired.

[CaptainClark23]

21. backfire

I agree that all efforts are being made to scare moderate protestors away from NYC. But moves like this one by Hastert are pushing the political moderates into the realm of radical activists, who will be there to defend the nation, regardless of personal risk.

See you in the streets.

[willat]

35. See you in the streets?

For what? Shouldn't there be security and both conventions, especially NYC?

[CaptainClark23]

38. Please restate question

I don't follow you. There will, and should be security at the conventions (see my post #16, above)

See you in the streets simply means: see you at the protests.

[willat]

45. Sure

you can protest. I thought you meant something else.

[HootieMcBoob]

39. I'll be there with you!

I live in Brooklyn and I am so upset about this I'm afraid I'm gonna have a heart attack. I can not believe this evil son of a bitch. When you think they can not possibly go any lower they sink to the bottom and show you what absolute fucking scum they are. I am fucking livid!

I called Hastert's office and I called My rep. Nydia Velazquez and told her to rip him a new asshole.

I hope this explodes in these traitorous bastards faces. God I hate them with a fucking passion!
:nuke:

[CaptainClark23]

40. The People's Republic of Brooklyn

Will be well-represented.

I am trying to find a City of Brooklyn Flag to carry in the streets.

re: your lividity - to quote the inimitable J. Strummer:

"Kick over the wall, cause governments to fall, how can you refuse it?

Let fury have the hour, anger can be power, don't you know that you can use it?"

[frylock]

20. buzz windrip's minute men..

Berzelius Windrip went to Wash..

[a_random_joel]

3. That is too funny

and simultaneously horribly depressing.

Guess if Clinton's schlong is not involved, no need to investigate.

Semen trumps blood...

[Minstrel Boy]

4. words fail, so

[proud patriot]

6. Well I'm calling Hassert right Now

:grr: Who has the senate's switchboard's number :grr:

[seemslikeadream]

8. I'm looking for it too

:nuke:

[proud patriot]

9. 202-224-3121

I got FUCKING patriotic on That poor Fellow
who answered the phone at Hassert's office .

[seemslikeadream]

12. I called and asked for an explaination

the guy had none. I told him I wanted a written response as to why he is stopping this investigation.

[nolabels]

14. Called my Representative inquired about it

Any other suggestions?

[calimary]

30. LOTS of suggestions.

First off, the toll free number enables you to be transfered, FREE, to ANYBODY'S office in the House and/or Senate.

You can start with Hastert. Then you can call back and ask for ANYBODY else.

I'd follow the "spaghetti theory" - as in - you throw a plate of spaghetti against the wall and see what sticks. Call WHOEVER. Call your rep. Call somebody else's rep, also. If it's a Dem, call them and urge them on, to fight this and to get to the bottom of it all. Tell them you're offering calcium supplements for their spines. If it's a republi-CON, tell them it's DOWNRIGHT UNPATRIOTIC to quash this investigation, and remind them that the widows are demanding answers! Do they dare to tell the 9/11 widows that there aren't any? Or that there's no time to get to the bottom of this? Do they dare fly in the face of their own John Ashcroft, who has advised all Americans that "if there's nothing to hide, then there's nothing to be afraid of, right??????" Let them know you smell a rat.

If you get the chance to do a letter to the editor, or an email to CNN or someplace, DO IT!!! Your words just MIGHT be used or heard on the air.

These people, even those not directly involved, NEED to know we are out there, we are watching, and we are taking names and notes, that we are vigilant, and that we are NOT fooled. If they hear this enough, they'll begin to take it seriously. Believe me: the Dark Siders are cheering them on, urging them to stonewall and cover up. THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO BE ON THE OFFENSE IN THIS. WE NEED TO FORCE THEM TO HEAR US. BY SHEER NUMBERS AND CALLS AND INVOLVEMENT, THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO HIDE FROM IT.

But it's something we all have to get off our duffs and do. NONE OF US CAN AFFORD TO BE COMPLACENT, OR TO GIVE UP. Leave that to the republi-CONS, leading up to Election Day, with consistently discouraging poll results that will motivate them to give up and not bother.

[calimary]

27. Try this TOLL FREE ONE!

1 (800) 839 - 5276 - they'll transfer you to anybody's office, including Hastert's. GO FOR IT!

[Media_Lies_Daily]

7. That's a nice lackey-boy, Dennis....good job.

[bluedog]

10. what the commission can do

is put its facts that they do have and push the 9-11 blame heavily on the bush camp..and you'll see the extension being brought up again.....
they should make a public statement that so far they have found the bush bunch was warned about 9-11 and helped get the Saudis out of the country.....this should be make publilc on all media outlets....

[MUAD_DIB]

11. Any links yet?

n/t

[UpInArms]

17. link here

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=4437913

Hastert Tells W.House He Won't Extend 9/11 Panel
Wed February 25, 2004 02:45 PM ET
(Page 1 of 2)
By Adam Entous

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a blow to the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks, the speaker of
the U.S. House of Representatives has told the White House and fellow Republicans that he will not bring up legislation to extend its May 27 deadline, officials said on Wednesday.

President Bush's chief of staff, Andrew Card, personally had appealed to Speaker Dennis Hastert to reconsider, and the Illinois Republican met on Wednesday with Bush at the White House.

But the speaker's spokesman, John Feehery, said Hastert told the White House and members of the House Republican conference that "it's a bad idea to extend the commission and ... that we're not going to bring any legislation up."

...more...

bastards :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Love Bug]

23. What? ANDREW CARD wants Hastert to reconsider?

Am I the only one to smell a rat here? Is this effort designed to give the WH an excuse-- "Well, we wanted the investigation to go forward, but the House stopped it." I'm not buying this, not for a minute.

[CaptainClark23]

25. yep yep

a big fucking ugly treasonous rat. a whole goddamned nest of them.

[CaptainClark23]

18. quotes from yesterday

"The speaker is not inclined to allow legislation to the floor that would extend the commission's deadline," said Hastert spokesman John Feehery. "The commission ought to get its work done."

"The speaker is not budging on extending the 9/11 commission," said Feehery. "He believes it would be a disservice to the American people to extend the commission's life."

Feehery said Hastert believes that moving the deadline closer to the November election will increase the chances the final report will be used for political purposes.


http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-13/1077693404228890.xml


disservice?! get its work done?!?!?1

I'm so fucking furious right now I can barely breathe.

[Resistance]

15. Reuters link

Hastert Tells W.House He Wont Extend 9/11 Panel

[Occulus]

22. Astonishing.

"National security adviser Condoleezza Rice has also refused to testify publicly on the grounds she is a presidential adviser and not a Senate-confirmed Cabinet officer."

That's an excuse, not a reason. What she's really saying is that she actually doesn't have to say anything about anything. She's telling us, all of us, that she's simply unaccountable for her actions on the job.

Bitch. She needs to go. Now.

[bushisanidiot]

24. Dennis The Menace Has Something To Hide?

sorry, repukes.. but you sure do look like you're working hard to cover something up. I'm just sayin..

[never cry wolf]

26. Checks and balances

My ass!! This is so transparently a cover up why the hell aren't the sheeple SCREAMING for their heads!!

9-11 should be the most bi-partisan issue EVER!

[Loonman]

28. Hastert is a traitor to his country

What else is new.

[Rex]

29. Now why would he do that?

Must be an election year.

[alfredo]

31. He could have handed the election to Kerry and many seats in congress

to the Dems. Way to go Dennis, thanks for giving us another issue.

[Papa]

32. Traitors, traitors ,traitors. They are all damn traitors

The 2 most bipartisan issues ever, and they are fucking shutting it down and shitting on America. No investigation for the Plame outing, and no extension of the 911 comission. Fucking sad. Republicans are fucking pigs. If there was a real media, this would be on tv non-stop.

[seemslikeadream]

34. Today has really been a bad day

:cry:

[Papa]

36. yeah, it got bad real quick

I was away from DU for a few hours and everything went to hell when i cam back.

[proud patriot]

37. Please everyone Call your policy makers

1) condi won't tesitfy before the 911 comm.
2) hassert blocking extension of 911 comm.
3) plame investigation amendment voted down in commitee
4) prez. Constitutional Amendment

Let them know how you feel

please Act Now

[leftynyc]

33. Can the Pubbies really expect a

warm welcome from New Yorkers after this. The decision to have the convention here is going to bite them in the butt.

[graphixtech]

41. Sunday's NEWS = 9-11 public heat

Ellen Mariani and Phil Berg spoke with packed venues in Kansas City on Sunday Feb, 22. About 1500 residents heard them speak directly. They were also interviewed live on the three main TV stations, and two local radio stations.

It is a safe to assume that our 'representatives" are all feeling extra public pressure from the Midwest about now. Add your voice NOW while the iron is hot!

Here is a short article about their visit, with three photographs of Mariani/Berg:
http://kcindymedia.org/newswire/display/1321/index.php

[ElementaryPenguin]

42. I'll bet Bushler was "stunned" by this - and "outraged" as well!!!

We are now such a pathetic, fascist state!

:puke:

:argh:

[tom_paine]

43. Of course, just another Totalitarian licking His Master's Boots

The Soviet Union was FULL of Hasterts.

And Imperial Busheviks of Amerika is FULL of Molotovs (not the cocktail, the Soviet!)

[alfredo]

44. Wrote Hastert, a respectful but firm letter.

I did say that his actions were very disappointing, but not unexpected.

I wrote other things, but I am too out of it to remember right now.

Caffeine!!!! I need

[CaptainClark23]

46. Kicking and screaming n/t

[murielm99]

47. I have tried e-mailing this SOB....

I got an automated response that says he only responds to his constituents. WTF?

[La Resistance]

48. someone needs to point out who the REAL obstructionists are

I got so sick of this label being slapped on Daschle, but no one on our side seems to have the balls to call this what it really is: OBSTRUCTION. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW, AND IT IS THE DUTY OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO PROVIDE US WITH THE TRUTH IN A TIMELY AND PROFESSIONAL MANNER! Can we get a candidate to address this issue?