[Vision2020] Cheney challenges classified oversight

[g. crabtree]

So, should I take from your mildly sarcastic reply that anyone who pens a few thousand words casting the current administration in a negative light irrespective of the fact that they have no more connection or insight into the subject then you or I, should be regarded as a political pundit of note? I would have to think that by that standard any writer that managed to meet your preconceived notions on any given subject should be awarded a Pulitzer, or at the very least a Newbery. Just think Carl Westberg's book on football can have the same status and authority as one written by Tom Landry, God rest his soul, had he ever lowered himself to such a tawdry thing. (no offense Carl, I'm sure any book ya wrote would be fine but, we're talkin Landry here) Far be it from me to tell you where to spend your hard earned pin money but when you rescue Dean's book from the thrift store refuse bin you'll be getting much less than what you paid for it. Instead of stepping out of the sun perhaps you should throw open the shutters and let a little cleansing sunshine cast out the dark shadows of the 70's you seem to be caught up in.

g
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: keely emerinemix 
  To: g. crabtree ; Paul Rumelhart ; Vision2020 
  Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 2:52 PM
  Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Cheney challenges classified oversight


  Why, you're right!  

  Any charges that Bush/Cheney are obsessed with secrecy, manipulation, and self-protection would obviously be sheer lunacy -- no need to examine the players, the examples, or the law.  It's just evident:  he's the president, it's all going well for him and, owing to the surge of integrity and intelligence spilling from the White House, it's going even better for us.  Whatever was I thinking?  The confident, competent discharge of his duties is so abundantly in evidence that no one would ever really suggest that Bush is an ineffective leader with an administration fraught with problems largely of its own making, and Dean's inability to discuss his criticisms of Bush on air with Hannity, Limbaugh, Larsen, Coulter, et al, really SHOULD be taken as evidence that he's just nuts.  After all, they are the arbiters of accurate, insightful analysis, and Dean really ought to take the hint.  Keith Olbermann?  Sheesh . . . maybe I should get out of the sun or something.

  I was puzzled as to why  politics and current events seem so complicated, but I'm all better now.  Thanks, G.

  keely

  "And these women that you spit on as they try to change their worlds/
  Are immune to your consultations . . . they're quite aware of what they're going through"
  (With apologies to David Bowie)




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    From: jampot at adelphia.net
    To: kjajmix1 at msn.com; godshatter at yahoo.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
    Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Cheney challenges classified oversight
    Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:31:38 -0700


    According to several of the principal players from the Watergate era, Dean's grasp of the facts in that incident are not to be given very much credence. Why would we lend him any with regard to the current administration? Because he's been such a key player on team Bush/Cheney? The guy hasn't been anywhere near the Whitehouse since April 30, 1973. The only media exposure that the chump can get is on Keith Olbermann's MSNBC ratings sink hole meaning that there's literally dozens of Americans who have been exposed to his nonsense. Calling JD "someone who'd know" is like calling Hillary someone who couldn't care less about being commander in chief. A buck for the hardcover? Overpriced by a little over a dollar.

    g
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: keely emerinemix 
      To: Paul Rumelhart ; Vision2020 
      Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 10:16 AM
      Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Cheney challenges classified oversight


      You all might be interested in a book by John Dean called "Worse Than Watergate," certainly written by someone who'd know.  It talks about the almost unimaginable secrecy and paranoia of this administration, and I'm pleased to report that you can get it at the Dollar Store for (yep) a buck.  Hardcover.

      You still have to pay full price, though, for any definitive Paris Hilton biographies.

      keely

      "And these women that you spit on as they try to change their worlds/
      Are immune to your consultations . . . they're quite aware of what they're going through"
      (With apologies to David Bowie)


      > Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 23:17:36 -0700
      > From: godshatter at yahoo.com
      > To: vision2020 at moscow.com
      > Subject: [Vision2020] Cheney challenges classified oversight
      > 
      > 
      > Our Vice President is claiming that he is not part of the executive 
      > branch, and therefore is exempt from the rules governing the proper 
      > handling of classified materials. His office, after being challenged by 
      > the oversight agency for classified materials in the executive branch, 
      > tried to get the oversight agency abolished.
      > 
      > Read about it here:
      > 
      > http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/22/cheney.documents/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
      > 
      > These bozos need to be taken down, hard. Give Jesus a whip and stand 
      > the hell back.
      > 
      > Paul
      > 
      > P.S. If we could all, please, try to vote in somebody in this next 
      > election that actually respects the underlying values that this country 
      > was founded on - that would be great. Thank you. I'm at the point that 
      > I would vote for a dog, if that dog could convince me that it wasn't 
      > going to try to do an end-run around the Constitution in it's first term 
      > in office.
      > 
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