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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TigerPaw who wrote (23376)	10/21/2003 7:44:13 PM
From: JBTFD	Respond to of 93284

That's a good find. As the church lady would say: "How convenient".

To: TigerPaw who wrote (23376)	10/21/2003 9:11:09 PM
From: Sidney Reilly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

That's why "Condi and not Rummy"... it may be attributed to the sole fact that the National Security Adviser to the President is automatically exempted from Congressional Oversight. By shifting the responsibilities to Ms. Rice's office, there'll be no chance that a tell-tale money trail will be left for anyone to follow. And also Condi is a member of the corporate elite that are sucking like drunk hogs at the Iraq trough. Also Condi is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations as is Cheney, and Rummy is not. The CFR wants tighter control over things in Iraq and have not had it that way with Rummy. He's too independent for the CFR elitists I think.

To: TigerPaw who wrote (23376)	10/26/2003 7:35:41 PM
From: MSI	Respond to of 93284

Well, even a spineless Congress can change this: as National Security Adviser, she is automatically exempt from ever having to answer to Congress. For anything ... if driven relentlessly by torchlight parades of angry Americans.

To: TigerPaw who wrote (23376)	10/26/2003 10:44:30 PM
From: bearshark	Respond to of 93284

>>>>Unlike the Secretary of Defense's position, the high office of National Security Adviser will now have the ability to rout the lion's share of monies slated for the rebuilding of Iraqi and Afghani infrastructure to virtually anywhere it pleases without any worry of ever being grilled as to where all that cash might have vanished. She can just mark "TOP SECRET" across all of the invoices, and black out the who, what, when, where, and why, pertaining to the funds. So when someone finally checks to see where all that money ended up (and they will), it'll appear as if we've piped gold bullion directly down a black hole.<<<< Nonsense. Below is the appropriations bill. thomas.loc.gov It shows where the money goes. It goes to departments and agencies who will be accountable for its spending to Congress.