BREAKING: Conyers Calls STAFF Back to Investigate Suskind Allegations

[L. Coyote]

TEN VIDEOS of the Democracy Now interviews with Suskind and Conyers HERE:

Suskind - Bush Admin forged documents - Conyers to investigate
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/15/02552/6785/290/568207

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Conyers Calls Committee Back from Summer Recess to Investigate Suskind Allegations

From Impeachment Left to Right - http://impeachmentlefttoright.blogspot.com/2008/08/conyers-calls-committee-back-from.html

The 110th Congress isn’t over. We’re starting our work, and then we’re doing it in a period where the Congress is in recess. I’m calling everybody back. -- John Conyers on DemocracyNow, Aug.14, 2008.

UPDATE: Reader reports that Conyers now says he did not call committee back, but only "staff," .......

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PS. I need to read another Conyers bash like I need to beat in another troll to death!

[aquart]

1. You've been murdering trolls?

Is that a membership option?

[L. Coyote]

2. It is called the IGNORE list!

If you are a Dem basher, the troll death squad puts you on ignore! :rofl:

[eleny]

3. Good news

I expect the Republicans to whine. Let 'em. Good fodder for election ads by Dem challengers.

:thumbsup:

[bertman]

4. I suppose it's easy to call staff back to work because they're the hired help. Now, getting our

Democratic and Republican ELECTED-type committee members back might be a bit of a chore.

Anybody heard any inside stuff on Pelosi's take on this bit of drama?

[99th_Monkey]

5. I hope Conyers surprises us all, and fucking goes for it. That'll put Dem-bashers in their place. nt

[L. Coyote]

6. Conyers has a forty year itch, thanks to Nixon's enemies list!

He knows from way back how the Rs operate! He is not ignoring any evidence that comes to light.

[orleans]

12. yes! omg! i am so waiting for conyers to put me in my place!

i would love nothing better
(and i am not being sarcastic--i would be elated!)

[happydreams]

17. Me too! Although I don't think it is bashing to demand

these Congresscritters do their job. It is more like righteous indignation

[L. Coyote]

18. Reasonable people disagree on how, of course.

I am very far removed from working in Congress, or any situation where
I have to navigate with 100s of people and opinions, not to mention opposition.

If I thought I could do better, I'd seek the office.
Too much back seat driving is a road hazard, in my view.

[happydreams]

20. On vital issues like this one Congress should always be reminded in

the strongest terms to do its duty. If they can not or will not then they should quit and support someone who can. IMHO this Congress is full of a bunch of self-seeking opportunists who long ago should have joined with Kucinich in a spirit of cooperation instead of viewing him as a threat to "their" turf.

[tomp]

13. you'll forgive me if i don't hold my breath? nt

[smoogatz]

7. No doubt a sternly worded letter will soon be forthcoming.

Take that, Mr. President!

[miles 2 go]

8. Yep! yawn

I used to get excited but after a while, even I learn.

[L. Coyote]

9. Quite a few, I expect. That's how its done, you realize.

Followed by a subpoena, .... You know the drill, right!

This is a democracy still (if you are a Congressman), and the idea is to adhere to the rules of democracy!

[bertman]

10. Yes, indeed. Adhere to the rules of democracy while the opposition dismantles the democracy.

I fail to see how endlessly investigating, writing sternly-worded letters, issuing subpoenas that are ignored, and promising not to impeach a President who is destroying our democracy, constitute adhering to the rules of democracy.

But, I'm waiting to be persuaded.


Now I see why Obama chose HOPE as his battle cry. Really it's all we seem to have left. No checks and balances, no congressional oversight, no constitution. Just hope.

[L. Coyote]

11. 2006 knocked ouit the culture of corruption, Corrupt Bastards Club is next!!

2008 will finish the job started in 2006.
In 2006 the Rs lost EVERY Senate seat!
The framers of the Constitution did it right,
and the system works, if you adhere to the principles.

Or, we could take a wrecking ball to civilization as we know it,
and knock ourselves back to the stone age with violence.

[L. Coyote]

14. House Judiciary Chair John Conyers Opens Congressional Probe

The transcript is up on DemocracyNow:

After Ron Suskind Reveals Bush Admin Ordered Iraq-9/11 Fakery, House Judiciary Chair John Conyers Opens Congressional Probe
http://i4.democracynow.org/2008/8/14/after_ron_suskind_reveals_bush_admin

[Orsino]

15. "Halt! Or I'll yell 'halt' again!" n/t

[L. Coyote]

16. How the Bush Admin Deliberately Faked an Iraq-al-Qaeda Connection

August 13, 2008 Transcript here:


The Way of the World: Ron Suskind on How the Bush Admin Deliberately Faked an Iraq-al-Qaeda Connection and Undermined Diplomacy, Democracy in Pakistan and Iran
http://i4.democracynow.org/2008/8/13/the_way_of_the_world_ron

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Judiciary Committee say they will review allegations the White House ordered the CIA to forge and disseminate false intelligence documents linking al-Qaeda and Iraq. The revelation is among several in Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Suskind’s explosive new book .............

[Rosa Luxemburg]

19. Tenet referrred to that in his book

remember who he said rewrote the info on the intructions of the higher ups in government. I think we have short memories!