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Anna Granfors in comments says we must shame them into doing the right thing: "Here is what I keep hoping that someone else will organize (hey, at least I'm honest)--a last ditch nationwide protest march on DC and other major cities in the US and worldwide, focussed on the demand that this administration be held responsible (no Mumia, please). I'd think the disgust and shame that Bush has inspired is widespread enough that a well-organized late summer event would be fairly easy to get the millions out to. Obama has started to make predictable noises about comity and healing, but as Hartmann is fond of saying, if you make the parade large enough, politicians will vie to get in front. (There is, of course, the possibility that Obama will call marchers an "opinion group" like Bush did, but we won't know unless we try.)" I think she's right. What's a good date?

So some lawyer on a bicycle sees a black Corvette hit a pedestrian who flies up across the car's windshield. And then the Corvette just starts speeding away. So the lawyer on the bike chases him, gets in front of him, makes him pull over and tells him he hit someone. And the hit-and-run driver says he didn't know, and it turns out he is none other than Robert Novak. And all this time I just assumed Novak's car was a hearse.

Here's some YouTube video of Sam Seder and Governor Don Siegelman talking about the bizarre restrictions that were placed on his travel after he was released because he was innocent. He still needs money to cover his legal costs, but he thanks all us DFHs who listen to Air America for helping to get him out. (More here about holding Karl Rove et al. accountable.)

Speaking of AAR, I'm not entirely sure why Thom Hartmann posted this bit of debate between himself and right-wing nut Seton Hall, but it seems to me both are operating from false premises. Thom thinks the only reason the media keeps concentrating on "rock star" Obama and loads of trivia is to keep audiences, and Hall points out that in fact they are losing audience share, though he says it's because they are "too liberal". I don't know why Thom keeps forgetting that Phil Donahue had the highest ratings at his network when he was fired - for being too liberal - and that The New York Times and The Washington Post can't possibly be printing all that right-wing crap because they think it will appeal to what must be two of the most liberal markets in America. They certainly aren't gaining readers by doing so. The media is following Obama around because they think he's going to be the next president, because he's doing something unprecedented, and because they are more interested in following Obama around. But they're also more interested in privatizing Social Security than preserving it, which is why they would rather make it sound as if privatization is more sensible than eliminating the cap, even though everyone else hates privatization. They are also not interested in universal healthcare, which is why they talk so little about it (and dismiss single-payer), even though everyone else is much more interested in universal healthcare than they are in Chandra Levy, who Atrios reminds us The Washington Post is currently doing a 12-part series about. They're definitely losing audience, as Hall says, but it's mainly because they're not liberal enough.

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What's a good date?

Let me be the FRist! to say that Friday, July 25th, 2008 would be as good a date as any:

Impeachment Hearing This Friday, July 25

Although Judiciary Committee Chairman Conyers is tying himself in knots to keep from saying the word impeachment, the fact is that this hearing is the result of H.R. 1345 being referred to the Judiciary Committee in a full House vote last week, and H.R. 1345 is specifically about impeachment. It focuses narrowly on administration claims that Saddam possessed WMD in the run-up to the Iraq war, and that there was a connection between Hussein and 9/11. Kucinich's article relies heavily on the Downing Street Memo, the transcript of a gathering of the British Prime Minister's senior ministers on July 23, 2002.
[...]
The facts were being fixed around the policy. Facts. Fixed. In other words, they lied.

Now over 4,000 fine young men and women are dead. We don't want a circus. We want an article of impeachment adopted for a full vote on the House Floor. Let these congressmen put themselves on the record for history...
[...]
The following is an announcement from the National Impeachment Network, who are calling for all to descend upon Washington Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday to show that Americans care about their Constitution.

NATIONAL IMPEACHMENT NETWORK
Come to DC for this Historic Moment: "Hearing on the Imperial Presidency of George W. Bush"
Contact NIN DC action coordinator: cynthia_papermaster@yahoo.com if you’re coming from outside the DC area.

July 22-24 "Impeachment Lobbying Days", House of Representatives

July 25
9 a.m. "Choose the Constitution" Press Conference & Rally
Rayburn Building, Independence Avenue

10 a.m. Hearing on the Imperial Presidency of George W. Bush
House Judiciary Committee, Rayburn Bldg, Rm. 2141

"Rumor has it there are two panels being planned for the hearing, one consisting of Kucinich and four other members of Congress (Jane Harman, Walter Jones, Brad Miller, and Maurice Hinchey), and the other consisting of five non-Congress Members (Elizabeth Holtzman, Bruce Fein, Frederick Schwartz, John Dean, and Bob Barr)."

For information about the rally and hearing, as well as possible camping or housing arrangements (subject to occupancy) in D.C., check here: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/...

The Office of the Judiciary is expected to post a video of the hearing on their website: http://judiciary.house.gov/...

Can't make it to DC?

Actions to Take from Home

PLEASE take as many of these five actions as possible to:
-- ensure that Judiciary Committee members attend the July 25 hearing
-- urge the members to vote to hold impeachment hearings based on the evidence presented July 25
-- insist on media coverage of the hearing

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Impeachment-Hearing-This-F-by-Ralph-Lop...

Click through for linky goodness and contact info.

Related:

Nine Republicans Break Party Ranks: Send Impeachment Article to Judiciary for Hearings

The final vote was: Yea 238 - Nay 180.

The Nine Republicans are:
Congressman Kevin Brady (TX)
Congressman Wayne Gilchrest (MD)
Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC)
Congressman Don Manzullo (IL)
Congressman Tim Murphy (PA)
Congressman Ron Paul (TX)
Congressman Dave Reichert (WA)
Congressman Christopher Shays (CT)
Congressman Mike Turner (OH)

One of the Republicans, Walter Jones, represents Camp LeJeune in North Carolina, one of the largest Marine bases in the country, and one which has borne heavily the sacrifice of the Iraq War.
[...]
http://www.opednews.com/articles/24-Republicans-Vote-for-Im-by-Ralph-Lop...

____________________
"We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace."
"Power to the peaceful..." --Franti

By SJerseyIndyJuly 23, 2008 - 4:12pm

Robert Novak ran over a former editor for the Harvard Law Review

in his Mid-Life Crisismobile. Did he think it was Obama?

George W. & George H.W. Bush - Living proof that the dumbshit doesn't fall far from the dumbass.

By Guy FawkesJuly 23, 2008 - 4:41pm

By Guy Fawkes July 23, 2008 - 4:41pm

I don't think the guy he hit was the HLR editor. I think the bicyclist who chased him down was.
Not that it matters anyway. Apparently, they're all in the same danger when the Prince of Darkness gets behind The Wheel of Blackness:

"I really hate jaywalkers. I despise them. Since I don't run the country, all I can do is yell at 'em. The other option is to run 'em over, but as a compassionate conservative, I would never do that."
--Robert Novak

Right.
And a compassionate conservative would never purposely anal rape his wife in her sleep.
Purely accidental...
____________________
"We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace."
"Power to the peaceful..." --Franti

By SJerseyIndyJuly 23, 2008 - 4:59pm

I hope his defense attorney...

Is a hand-picked christian law school graduate Bush appointee.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
---Ray Bradbury

By LiberalIconoclastJuly 23, 2008 - 6:26pm

LOL - McCain is a jackass

Anbar Sheik Cited By McCain Was Assassinated Last Year
July 23, 2008 03:58 PM

The major Sunni sheik who John McCain said was protected by the surge and subsequently helped lead the Anbar Awakening, was actually assassinated by an al-Qaeda led group in midst of the surge.

On Tuesday evening, McCain falsely claimed that the downturn in violence in Iraq's Anbar province was a result of the surge, when in fact the surge began months afterward. Moreover, he said, if it weren't for the work of U.S. forces, the major Sunni figure leading that awakening wouldn't have had the protection he needed.

...

By f u bush2July 23, 2008 - 7:11pm

By f u bush2 July 23, 2008 - 7:11pm

The hits just keep on comin'.
Of course, none of them will get wide play, because the TradMed has clearly decided to focus scrutiny in one direction as they make the election all about Obama.
____________________
"We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace."
"Power to the peaceful..." --Franti

By SJerseyIndyJuly 23, 2008 - 7:18pm

No surprise there

MSM wants John W. McBush in the Shite House, meaning more and costlier fines for "wardrobe malfunctions" and judges who will make censorship stick, One wonders why the media would shoot itself in the foot this way.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
---Ray Bradbury

By LiberalIconoclastJuly 23, 2008 - 8:37pm

I never have followed media gossip

but I recall seeing something that Phil Donhue said he had quit because he said he was burnt out.

By richaduJuly 24, 2008 - 2:10am

SJerseyIndyJuly 23, 2008 - 4:12pm

Did this stuff make it to AAR's homepage?

By Dr_BillionaireJuly 24, 2008 - 10:24am

By Dr_Billionaire July 24, 2008 - 10:24am

If by "make it to AAR's homepage" you mean that my comment showed on this thread for the short period of time it was on the homepage, then yes.
But if by "make it to AAR's homepage" you mean a separate thread specifically on the topic and information provided in my comment so as to be a part of the Progressive team and support a battle being waged by one of the most Progressive members of the Congressional caucus for defense of the Constitution and accountability for the murder of over 4,000 US servicemen/women in a pre-planned war based on lies, then no.
____________________
"We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace."
"Power to the peaceful..." --Franti

By SJerseyIndyJuly 24, 2008 - 10:38am

SJerseyIndyJuly 24, 2008 - 10:38am

"But if by "make it to AAR's homepage" you mean a separate thread specifically on the topic and information provided in my comment so as to be a part of the Progressive team ..., then no."

It's just my opinion and I'm not qualified to be called progressive but I would have hoped that such an event/issue might find a sustaned place on the homepage, even if it were merely sandwiched between a thread by someone writing about their attending an event where someone spoke about what someone else said and another telling me how I should think whilst offering absolutely nothing but opinion.

Perhaps as the newest fonts are worked out on the homepage the news will be raised and highlighted and AAR's reporting and opinions will be lowered in prominence.

There's a green section, why not an impeachment section? Too narrow, great! How about a constitutional preservation section and War and Terrorism section if for some reason such things as those in your post cannot make the cut for: The Latest, Editor Posts, As Heard, A Host Post, A Guest Blogger or OWTFYWTCTFP. Btw are whatever(s) done with just a "W" or something else?

Time was...

By Dr_BillionaireJuly 24, 2008 - 11:51am

Impressive pursuit! Layered Karma?

Sure DC traffic is notorious but chasing down a corvette on your bike sure sounds impressive.

I'm assuming any who wants to call themselves a progressive saw Jon Stewart's coverage of the event. The layers - chased down for his crimes by a liberal lawyer writer. Would the metaphor have been enhanced or ruined if Cheney had been riding shoot gun?

Are there any real pictures of Bob in his black vette and in which of the internets tubes might I find the best fake pictures documenting the event?

By Dr_BillionaireJuly 24, 2008 - 10:43am

You read my mind.


"Are there any real pictures of Bob in his black vette and in which of the internets tubes might I find the best fake pictures documenting the event?"

Exactly what I was thinking.

In fact I looked.. No luck yet.

By A GJuly 24, 2008 - 12:06pm

Novak is a Douchebag!

And a 66 year old man is probably very injured from that ridiculous accident!
I'm 64 and I know I would be badly injured.

If it was 1 of us, we'd be in San Quentin doing 20yrs to life.

But that fucking Douchebag Novak will get away with it.

Bob, next take the Ciallis, the Corvette won't help you with the Chicks!

CoyoteMan

By CoyoteManJuly 24, 2008 - 12:11pm

No shit

I bet he was drunk too. Eaten up with guilt over his act of treason against an American CIA hero, he's probably a fucking alky by now.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
---Ray Bradbury

By LiberalIconoclastJuly 24, 2008 - 12:20pm

By LiberalIconoclastJuly 24, 2008 - 12:20pm

Have you checked out FoxNews' coverage?

By Dr_BillionaireJuly 24, 2008 - 1:32pm

I can't take much of them

What are they saying? That the old fart he hit deserved it for not being able to run fast enough?

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
---Ray Bradbury

By LiberalIconoclastJuly 24, 2008 - 1:36pm

Not much

"WASHINGTON — Syndicated columnist Robert Novak was cited with a traffic violation after apparently striking a pedestrian in Washington, D.C., the Politico reported.

Novak, also a FOX News contributor, was cited for failing to yield to the right of way. He had appeared on FOX earlier in the morning.

“I didn’t know I hit him,” Novak said, according to the Politico. Novak said he was a block away from the scene of the accident when a bicyclist stopped him to tell him he'd struck someone. The accident occurred around 10 a.m.

The male pedestrian was taken to George Washington University hospital with minor injuries.

Click here to read the full report in the Politico."

I had to go through google to find it. It didn't come up on the FoxNews site's search engine. Perhaps they have updated.

By Dr_BillionaireJuly 24, 2008 - 1:42pm

I guess Novak spent too many hours watching his DVD

of "Death Race 2000". If he'd done a little more research, he would have seen that a Vette is definitely not the car for mowing down pedestrians. It's not only tough on the fiberglass body, but the shape of the car's nose tends to shovel the battered pedestrian right up the hood, over the windshield and into the passenger compartment of the car. Real pedestrian killers prefer something more durable and fear inspiring, like a big black Cadillac Escalade with tinted windows! You can mow down a whole bus full of school kids without getting a scratch on the bumper!

Maybe be was doing research for the next release of "Carmageddon: Carpocalypse Now"!

By UffdaguyJuly 24, 2008 - 1:44pm

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