Comments on: Might as Well Have a Beer…. http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/23/might-as-well-have-a-beer/ America's favorite blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:12:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/23/might-as-well-have-a-beer/#comment-24745 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:12:31 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/23/might-as-well-have-a-beer/#comment-24745 LeRoy, I think you're dead on. LeRoy,
I think you’re dead on.

]]> by: LeRoy http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/23/might-as-well-have-a-beer/#comment-24741 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:18:29 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/23/might-as-well-have-a-beer/#comment-24741 Speaking from a "realpolitik" p.o.v, the Bush Administration should probably circle the wagons for A.G. Gonzalez. Can you imagine the White house trying to get a new A.G. through a Democratic-lead confirmation hearing with openly hostile senior Republicans also in opposition? The only candidate the Bush administration could get through would be an independently-minded Republican. The advantage of having an A.G. who is loyal to the executive branch and not the Republican party is that the other questions which have troubled this administration, such as the suspension of habeus corpus, the domestic wire tapping issues, signing statements which bypass laws, ignoring the Geneva conventions, not allowing congressional over-sight. An independently-minded A.G. would probably be sceptical of the executive branches bids for executive authority. A.G. Gonzalez is loyal to the person, not the party and will be willing to accept the slings and arrows of a Democratic congress, a senior Republican minority, a Washington media fearful of the next administration, a growingly dubious American public and history. (P.S. I thought I put this in earlier; please delete if it's not funny enough.) Speaking from a “realpolitik” p.o.v, the Bush Administration should probably circle the wagons for A.G. Gonzalez. Can you imagine the White house trying to get a new A.G. through a Democratic-lead confirmation hearing with openly hostile senior Republicans also in opposition? The only candidate the Bush administration could get through would be an independently-minded Republican. The advantage of having an A.G. who is loyal to the executive branch and not the Republican party is that the other questions which have troubled this administration, such as the suspension of habeus corpus, the domestic wire tapping issues, signing statements which bypass laws, ignoring the Geneva conventions, not allowing congressional over-sight. An independently-minded A.G. would probably be sceptical of the executive branches bids for executive authority. A.G. Gonzalez is loyal to the person, not the party and will be willing to accept the slings and arrows of a Democratic congress, a senior Republican minority, a Washington media fearful of the next administration, a growingly dubious American public and history.
(P.S. I thought I put this in earlier; please delete if it’s not funny enough.)

]]> by: President Bobblehead http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/23/might-as-well-have-a-beer/#comment-24734 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:41:46 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/23/might-as-well-have-a-beer/#comment-24734 I do have a timetable: When the United States has achieved climax, namely securing Iraq's oil for US, we will withdraw, except for the requisite (didn't think I knew that word, did you?) forces to protect our hard won military control over our oil reserves in Iraq. Dick has made it clear to me that we are not leaving with our oil. To do otherwise would fail to honor our American men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice in Operation Iraqi Freedom, not to mention piss off Exxon-Mobil, Chevron-Texaco, Conoco, Halliburton, and the American Enterprise Institute. People, I do have a constituency to answer to. I do have a timetable: When the United States has achieved climax, namely securing Iraq’s oil for US, we will withdraw, except for the requisite (didn’t think I knew that word, did you?) forces to protect our hard won military control over our oil reserves in Iraq. Dick has made it clear to me that we are not leaving with our oil. To do otherwise would fail to honor our American men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice in Operation Iraqi Freedom, not to mention piss off Exxon-Mobil, Chevron-Texaco, Conoco, Halliburton, and the American Enterprise Institute. People, I do have a constituency to answer to.

]]> by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/23/might-as-well-have-a-beer/#comment-24733 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:11:41 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/23/might-as-well-have-a-beer/#comment-24733 It's always time for Toles, gillian. Thanks. Dennis Kucinich is introducing articles of impeachment against Cheney for lying us into invading Iraq. John Conyers is chair of that committee. Let the fecal matter fly. Cheney is far more significant than anyone else in the invasion of Iraq and the outing of Valerie Plame. Bush strikes me as a willing rubber stamp who has been led to believe that wielding the rubber stamp is presidential. The most comical manifestation of his mindset, of course, is casting about for a commander-in-chief for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. They just need an inkpad big enough for his forehead, and a plastic surgeon to affix a raised OK and his signature to said forehead. It’s always time for Toles, gillian. Thanks.

Dennis Kucinich is introducing articles of impeachment against Cheney for lying us into invading Iraq. John Conyers is chair of that committee. Let the fecal matter fly. Cheney is far more significant than anyone else in the invasion of Iraq and the outing of Valerie Plame. Bush strikes me as a willing rubber stamp who has been led to believe that wielding the rubber stamp is presidential. The most comical manifestation of his mindset, of course, is casting about for a commander-in-chief for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. They just need an inkpad big enough for his forehead, and a plastic surgeon to affix a raised OK and his signature to said forehead.

]]> by: cooper http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/23/might-as-well-have-a-beer/#comment-24732 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:17:26 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/23/might-as-well-have-a-beer/#comment-24732 uncle chet, MSNBC pointed out that the person in charge of the investigation has been accused of using his position to push Republican congressional candidates and mix official policy with partisan politics. (Now there's a surprise.) He may not want to get to the bottom of Karl Rove's transgressions, but rather use his investigative powers to interfere with the Senate's look into these same issues and, in general, just muddy up the water, so that Mr Rove skates away again. uncle chet, MSNBC pointed out that the person in charge of the investigation has been accused of using his position to push Republican congressional candidates and mix official policy with partisan politics. (Now there’s a surprise.) He may not want to get to the bottom of Karl Rove’s transgressions, but rather use his investigative powers to interfere with the Senate’s look into these same issues and, in general, just muddy up the water, so that Mr Rove skates away again.

]]> by: gillian http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/23/might-as-well-have-a-beer/#comment-24731 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:39:35 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/23/might-as-well-have-a-beer/#comment-24731 Time for <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/opinions/cartoonsandvideos/toles_main.html?name=Toles&date=04242007" title="Toles" rel="nofollow">Toles</a>! And you're welcome, Zee Man. Time for Toles! And you’re welcome, Zee Man.

]]> by: Zee Man http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/23/might-as-well-have-a-beer/#comment-24730 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:29:47 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/23/might-as-well-have-a-beer/#comment-24730 Okay. I admit it. gillian got me hooked on <a href="http://www.workingforchange.com/comic.cfm?itemid=22267" title="Sparky" rel="nofollow">Sparky</a> and all his friends, so now Tuesday is the best day of the week. Thanks, gillian. Okay. I admit it. gillian got me hooked on Sparky and all his friends, so now Tuesday is the best day of the week. Thanks, gillian.

]]> by: uncle chet http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/23/might-as-well-have-a-beer/#comment-24729 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:20:45 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/23/might-as-well-have-a-beer/#comment-24729 On another note, readers here may find this article about Karl Rove surprisingly up-lifting and encouraging. http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/04/24/rove-investigation-launched/ Back to lurking. On another note, readers here may find this article about Karl Rove surprisingly up-lifting and encouraging.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/04/24/rove-investigation-launched/

Back to lurking.

]]> by: siobhan http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/23/might-as-well-have-a-beer/#comment-24726 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:17:24 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/23/might-as-well-have-a-beer/#comment-24726 I feel really bad for the guy who was driving. He was doing it for the opportunity to spend time with someone he admired, and then to have that happen... how do you get over it? I feel really bad for the guy who was driving. He was doing it for the opportunity to spend time with someone he admired, and then to have that happen… how do you get over it?

]]> by: Maximum Bob http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/23/might-as-well-have-a-beer/#comment-24725 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:23:05 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/23/might-as-well-have-a-beer/#comment-24725 Thanks for the link, siobhan. The story also made the front page of this morning's <i>Mercury News</i>. Very sad. Thanks for the link, siobhan. The story also made the front page of this morning’s Mercury News. Very sad.

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