Inslee to introduce Gonzales impeachment tomorrow. (via Think Progress - video behind the link.)
Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) is introducing legislation that would require the House Judiciary Committee and the House of Representatives to begin an impeachment investigation into Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, in the wake of his damaging testimony last week. The legislation reads:
Resolved: That the Committee on the Judiciary shall investigate fully whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to impeach Alberto Gonzales for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Let’s see if this goes anywhere. My money is on nothing coming of this. Either the legislation won’t pass, or BushCo’s new-and-improved Executive Privilege nonsense will keep Gonzales protected. All we need is for one of these impeachments to wind up in acquital and the right will simply never let it rest.
At the very least, Gonzales should be disbarred, though that will likely mean nothing for his future, long term, as I’m certain Bush will take care of him.
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Gotta love those Republicans. They sure represent modern Americans and certainly NOT Old Money. At least Ron (not a chance) Paul and John (bomb bomb iran) McCain “get it.”
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WTF happened to saying you were going to do something, and then actually doing the thing you said you were going to do?
Democrats were poised to work all last night, to draw attention to Republican obstructionism on even voting on a measure to change course in Iraq. Harry Reid was all over the news and the web spouting about how they’ll work through the night. He had set quorum calls at 3:00 AM and 7:00 AM, and had cots set up in the chamber.
Sure enough, he waffles and just does one call at 5:00 AM, letting everyone get some sleep. There were some folks that actually did work through the night, but Reid’s rhetoric certainly didn’t hold water when it came right down to it. 40 Senators didn’t even check in at 5:00 AM.
It’s a pretty minor thing when you think about it, but why come out and make a scene only to go back on your word?
I was ready for some real in-the-trenches stuff. I was ready to have someone in that god forsaken building show some freaking backbone. I was ready for Reid to have the sergeant-at-arms dragging senators back to the chamber all night… But again… Smoke and mirrors. Much ado about nothing.
Nobody in either party has a grasp on the reality and gravity of the situation overseas or here at home. Nobody in either party is in touch with the American people.
I’m so fed up with it.
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Tim @ The New AT&T ran my credit check and tells me I will need no security deposit. That is exciting, as it means it will be easy for me to switch carriers, and it means my credit is improving.
He’s going to call me on the morning of 6/29 to sell me an iPhone and switch me over to AT&T.
I guess I have until then to decide if I really want to jump on that bandwagon right away (as I do desperately need a new phone) or get one of their lesser model freebies that they give away with new accounts. The problem with option #2 is that I know I will eventually want to upgrade to an iPhone, which will certainly reset my contract if I want any discount on it at all, and will still likely be more expensive than if I was a brand new customer immediately buying one. I’ve always found it pretty crappy that a new customer gets a better deal on new technology than a customer that has been supporting a cell phone carrier for much longer.
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So, my phone bricked today. I’ve already hard-reset it and reinstalled Windows Mobile and a couple of my must-have applications. I figured it would be a good idea to call T-Mobile and see if they have a way for me to download Windows Mobile 6 to upgrade my phone. They, of course, do not. They don’t even carry the MDA anymore, so my phone is basically outdated and will be getting no support.
I want to switch to AT&T so that I can pick up an iPhone. I was going to wait until January or so, to allow any kinks in the new device to be worked out before I bought one. My early-adopter mentality already burned me once, with the Sidekick and Sidekick II. With the problems I’m having on my current phone, I’d like to just switch now, since the iPhone comes out on the 29th of this month, and AT&T can just give me a free phone in the mean time… But I’ll probably have to pay ANOTHER security deposit for AT&T, even though my account has been in good standing with T-Mobile for something like 6 years, and I’ve already paid a security deposit there (and kept my account in good standing, and got my security deposit BACK from T-Mobile)
The whole idea of a security deposit for a mobile phone plan makes zero sense to me at all. I mean, I’m paying you for the device ($599 in the case of the iPhone), I’m paying you every month for the service… And what happens if I don’t pay? You simply cut off the service! I don’t see the point in a 2-year contract, or security deposits or any of it. Just take my money and give me my service. It is ridiculously simple.
I don’t think I’ll ever understand why so much in life depends on my fucking credit score.
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