Richard Paine sez:

"Quelle….so it is your party and you owe it something, and the country you owe it the party?

Sorry, I'm not buying it, if something is owed to the country it is to uphold the US Constitution and the party should be the one America has when it Impeaches and Prosecutes all those who have broken with the Constitution…which ever private party Republican or Democrat."

Richard, I completely agree with your post.
I can't figure out what I said that you are quarreling with.

It's all about, "We The People!" folks!
Re-register ASAP as Non-Partisan" voter; vote for dem for president; then vote straight "alternate" party (Green preferably) for ALL others.

That will be a start of the "Orange Revolution" in America!

And this will be the last word: impeachment is off the table. If Obama has the guts, he should ask Kucinich to be his VP. Otherwise, this last meeting regarding some of the criminal offenses of Bush will probably be the last we ever hear of it and the thugs(all of them)will go free while Congressional members will wait for their next offer to join the Global Industry.

As per quorum 93% off topic, WTF does the imminent election have to do with 25 July? You all think you nail it, bag it, see through it all then go off on wild tangents about November, as if it fucking matters.
You all just type and type and argue and you never are actively involved thereby prooving how lazy ass Americans got what they had coming. Some guy said, "I see that shirt you wear re;ivaw, I said Yeah, and stated something about Iraq and invasion and oocupation, he said aren't all wars ilegal?, I said WTF do I know its you men that are always starting them, ask him... No its not off the table, no the unconstitutionialists Trent Franks, king, lungren and the others that stayed awake or decided to get there 3 minutes before hearings ended asked qusetions that were not even in any testimony, like this site do as little as you can, expect change, piss and moan because it never will change because of all of you. mirror.

Cheers to Dennis Kucinich for being one of the few statesmen left in Congress and introducing impeachment resolutions against Bush. It's long overdue and he is indeed "a voice in the wilderness." At least Kucinich brought forth charges in the face of overwhelming tyranny in his own party in the form of Pelosi, Hoyer and Reid who won't touch impeachment let alone utter the words.

Here's hoping Cindy Sheehan pulls an upset and beats Nancy Pelosi down in San Francisco for that House seat. I do not want to see Pelosi as leader of the House anymore - she has failed to represent us. Her "impeachment is off the table" comments in the summer of 2006 as Democrats were campaigning negatively against the GOP on "the culture of corruption" (how hypocritical is that?) were/are truly disgraceful.

Despite the fact the hearings were scheduled on the 'non-news' day of Friday (intentionaly I'm sure) this exercise was not a waste of time. A door doesn't open all at once, but a bit at a time. Previously, thanks to the traitor Pelosi, it has been double-bolted, padlocked, with a chair propped against the knob.

Several points came out in the hearings of great importance.

First, valid grievances against this administration were aired publicly (Despite a Republican committee member requesting Conyers clear the room of spectators. Isn't this typical of Republicans to want to hold secret hearings? If this 'dirty laundry' is so clean, then why not put it on public display to prove the point?), AND the testimony officially became part of the Congressional record.

Second, the point was made that there is no statute of limitations on murder charges, so members of the Bush administration remain liable to criminal prosecution even AFTER they leave office. Bugliosi, who prosecuted Charles Manson successfully, even stated emphatically he had no doubt he could also successfully convict a number of Bushies for the same crime, including those at the very top.

Third, it was determined that with a simple up-or-down vote in the House impeachment hearings could be brought to bear, and there is no executive privelege that applies that would allow them to not testify or deny any information sought. Refusing to comply is also in of itself a separate impeachable offense. This was the quickest of the 'alternate' means of impeachment also discussed, and ultimately the one that could dismantle the Bush cabal of cohorts EVEN BEFORE THE END OF THE TIME LEFT FOR THIS CROOKED CRIMiINAL ADMINISTRATION EXPIRED.

Did anyone else notice how the MSM typically conspired to give the hearing, one which John Conyers called the most important during this administration, short shrift in the news. I had to do quite a bit of digging to find an article in the New York Times, and I think it was on page three of the Washington Post. Shouldn't this have been front page news?

What do you all expect from a bunch of partiers. Crimeni, how good of decisions do you make after you've been partying for just a weekend. These guys have made it a career!

Obviously, Dennis Kucinich can handle his partying well!!

I smell a revolution coming. Oh, and by the way...

"The planet's not going anywhere; the planet's gonna be fine. It's us, humans, we are the ones going away." the late George Carlin (paraphrased)

yeah, well, it's nice they've voiced those concerns, and what they've said is true, but it doens't impress. the impressive part comes when they've gone beyond puffing their collective chests out in indignation and will have done something about it in a very real way.

congress has lost so much power, so much weight and authority in it's designed role, the GAO specifically, and judiciary committees, that they've left themselves little to work with as far as forcing issues with the white house. and it hasn't been ALL their doing, but that of the judicial branch, too. i'm sick to death of the weakening state of those two branches because of the bush administration's influence over certain parts of the political machine.

it's way beyond time to push him, cheney, and his loyal followers right back into their own trenches and keep them there, and i don't mean to just talk about doing so, but to actively rearrange the strength in the branches of government as it should be.

I've decided CD is a place for everybody to let off steam, which then let off, will cause everybody's train to stop AND NOTHING WILL HAPPEN.

Nobody seems inspired.

Last night I was watching a replay of the hearings when my ATT U-Verse cut off all my C-SPANs and I couldn't see the end of the hearings.