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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 10:54 AM Original message |
Cheney Confirms Iran-Contra Cover-Up |
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National Steel 27 (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. And then there was that cocaine bit... |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 07:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
64. And the space shuttle explosion!! |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
2. If we had allowed Justice to prevail... So many lives would have been saved. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Plus we would be in an infinitely better position to face the challenges ahead. |
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KakistocracyHater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. I second the hope |
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The Hope Mobile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 12:36 AM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Third nt |
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destes (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 09:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
46. A bit too much naivety. I think....... |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
48. I hope we don't have to say this again in another 20 years. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. We weren't consulted about justice, so you and me and us shouldn't assume the guilt |
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Mnpaul (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 02:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
35. This is what happens when you don't prosecute |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 05:57 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. bingo! who doesn't get this? i'd really like a show of hands. nt |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 08:13 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Makes you wonder WHY they are pretending not to get it. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #42 |
51. Because some powerful Dem names helped protect BushInc throughout the 90s on all the matters |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. agreed, though i was originally referring to people in general... |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #51 |
65. That's what I'm thinking. |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 08:39 AM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Exactly right! That's why we must prosecute Cheney and the gang now. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
5. It's so bizarre..as if they count on indifference, and don't try to hide their fascist activities... |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. they do count on indifference |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Exactly. It's no secret, it's a huge crime, and the government and media |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
60. Indifference and propaganda |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
6. thanks for pulling those quotes together |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
8. Kpete, you are a treasure! thank you for this!! eom |
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rustydog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
9. Once a crooked fuck, always a crooked fuck |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
10. Pray Tell... |
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TacticalPeek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
11. Nice catch. |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
12. K&R |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. I wonder whether Cheney's Grand Jury will be treated to the historical part of his story |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
15. K&R |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
16. Yeah "the Little Guys" really PAID the Price for their CRIMES |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
17. But we all knew this & the complicit owned media always ignores republicans lies & criminal actions |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 05:34 AM Response to Reply #17 |
37. LaPera, you have it nailed. |
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LongTomH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
18. The precedent was set when Nixon was pardoned! |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. And the "national nightmare" just grew and grew over the decades eom |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
19. Why do I have the feeling Poppy Bush was the real Prez. during Reagan? |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #19 |
53. I lived next to the Alambama Governors mansion |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
20. K&R + another highly informative link |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
22. Cheney; a man whose incompetence is only exceeded by his corruption. |
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The Hope Mobile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #22 |
34. These guys just HAVE to go down! |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
23. I'd say Senator Shelby is correct-let's look at the crimes of prior admins back to Nixon |
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disndat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #23 |
55. I watched Sen. Shelby on C-Span |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. The folks that get security clearances sign lifetime secrecy contracts, paradoxically it's a crime |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
24. K&R for reminder of why investigations and consequences matter. nt |
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ArbustoBuster (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
25. Why is this S.O.B. still a free man? |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Because the US government is the most successful crime syndicate on earth. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
66. Bingo! |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
27. Who wanted Kissinger to head the 9/11 Commission?- kick |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Who did a VP search and discovered himself?!! Who is a venal pool of slime? |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
28. And the beat goes on . . . |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Not impeaching Reagan set the stage for not impeaching Bush |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 05:42 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. In more ways than one. |
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rucognizant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 08:49 AM Response to Reply #38 |
45. of course, he went on to serve as president, |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #38 |
61. The excuse also was "Reagan is too popular to impeach." The beginning of the end, the real middle |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Yes, right. There was also |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 11:07 AM Response to Reply #32 |
49. Not impeaching Reagan set the stage for not impeaching Bush |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #49 |
59. Precisely, the process has been trivialized as shown by the "banal" and flip lack of awareness |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
30. . |
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Senator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 05:18 AM Response to Original message |
36. Charles Hill's Notes: The Rosetta Stone Of Iran Contra |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 07:23 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Thanks for this. rec'd |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
40. Hey, Dick, what about Lynndie England and Charles Graner? |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
44. Why this doesn't have 1200 recs is amazing to me. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #44 |
50. Because there is a certain wing of the Dem party that is also invested in the continuing coverups of |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
47. . |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
52. Prepping the popcorn.... |
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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
54. I believe the failure to prosecute Iran/Contra led to untold losses of lives... |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
56. k |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
63. ahh, Iran-Contra: when the merc-thug culture got off scot free |
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