Happy Father's Day!

Iraqi man & his son

Democratic Members of the US House of Representatives held a 'forum' today, on the 'Downing Street Memo'.

The Downing Street Memo was written by the head of British Intelligence in July 2002. It clearly states that the Bush administration in the summer of 2002 was manipulating the facts to fit it's plan to invade Iraq. The Democrats held this forum as an effort to urge a Congressional inquiry into Bush's illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq. Again, most of the 'thinking' people already knew that this war was bogus and for oil, but now we have it memorialized. The forum was lead by US Rep. John Conyers (the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee). The Democrats were forced to hold their forum in a room in the basement of the capitol. On Tuesday, GOP Rep Sensenbrenner (the guy who stormed out of the Patriot Act hearings last Friday after shutting the dems mic's) told Conyers he wouldn't be getting any room in the Capitol for his hearings ...ever. Pouty Sensenbrenner retracted this threat after Conyers made it public. Conyers was then given the basement room that has a maximum capacity of 20 persons. Luckily, they were able to fit mothers of dead soldiers, former CIA analysts and the former Iraqi ambassador Joseph Wilson (who's wife's CIA cover was blown by the Bush White House after the ambassador exposed the Bush admin's 'intelligence' as phony). You can watch the full forum (can't call it a hearing because it's against House rules for the minority to hold hearings), on C-Span's website. While you're there watch the video of Republican Sensenbrenner shitting on our Constitution and democracy last Friday.

The fascist, power hungry, morally challenged Republicans who hold the majority in the House, also scheduled 11 votes today, so that the rebellious Democrats couldn't focus too long on the grounds for impeachment. The Republicans aren't for the truth, the troops nor are they watching the hundreds of billions of US tax dollars being dumped in Iraq. Now, if Bush had an affair with an intern, then...right, no way. Bush had a gay male escort coming to the White House over a 100 times, and the so-called Christian Right looks the other way. Remember the good ol' days of Republican owned media's 24/7 coverage of Monica, Linda, Monica, Linda and the $70 million US tax dollars spent by the Republican controlled Congress to 'investigate' the dalliances in the White House? Keep in mind that the people who sit in this White House also occupied the White House under Nixon. Nixon didn't like anyone poking in his trash either.

Another important note, Rep. Conyers drafted a letter to Bush demanding answers for the implications drawn by the Downing Street Memo. Thus far, Conyers has gathered the signatures of 122 Congressional Democrats and 560,000 US citizens. Rep. Conyers delivered the letter to the White House today. At first, Conyers, a 30 year veteran of Congress, was turned away by White House personnel. Eventually, out of shame, someone came out of the White House to receive the petition. The 'still single' (wink wink) Scotty McLellan stated that the White House will not be responding to the letter. How dare they question King George II?