WE
ARE
TAKING
THE
COUNTRY
BACK !
Monday, August 27, 2007
I congratulate all those that kept up the "Good Fight" Thank you.I may be biased but I think The NY Times did the initial journaling on this.Fearless
In December 2006, eight United States attorneys were asked by top officials at the Justice Department to resign. The firings drew little notice at the time, but have grown into the most heated point of contention between the Bush administration and the Democrats now in control of Congress outside of the Iraq war.
A string of high-level Justice Department officials have resigned, members of both parties have called for Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales's dismissal, and subpoenas issued by the House and Senate judiciary committees for testimony by White House aides have raised the prospect of a constitutional showdown.
The administration initially described the dismissals as having been purely on the basis of performance -- Mr. Gonzales dismissed the whole issue as "an overblown personnel matter." But the official explanations of the handling of the matter changed repeatedly as the ousted prosecutors came forward to recount their experiences, and batches of emails released by the Justice Department showed extensive discussions between officials there and in the White House.
Republicans, while criticizing the manner in which Mr. Gonzales has responded to the issue, have stressed that prosecutors have always served at the pleasure of the president and are political appointees. Democrats, along with some Republicans and retired prosecutors, have charged that the Bush administration was attempting to politicize the justice system by infringing on the traditional autonomy accorded to United States attorneys, who are expected to act in a nonpartisan manner once they are confirmed.
News about United States attorneys, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
A string of high-level Justice Department officials have resigned, members of both parties have called for Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales's dismissal, and subpoenas issued by the House and Senate judiciary committees for testimony by White House aides have raised the prospect of a constitutional showdown.
The administration initially described the dismissals as having been purely on the basis of performance -- Mr. Gonzales dismissed the whole issue as "an overblown personnel matter." But the official explanations of the handling of the matter changed repeatedly as the ousted prosecutors came forward to recount their experiences, and batches of emails released by the Justice Department showed extensive discussions between officials there and in the White House.
Republicans, while criticizing the manner in which Mr. Gonzales has responded to the issue, have stressed that prosecutors have always served at the pleasure of the president and are political appointees. Democrats, along with some Republicans and retired prosecutors, have charged that the Bush administration was attempting to politicize the justice system by infringing on the traditional autonomy accorded to United States attorneys, who are expected to act in a nonpartisan manner once they are confirmed.
News about United States attorneys, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Wonder why Rove left?
North Atlantic nations call on EU to focus on Arctic
Polar bear track. Polar bears are only found in the north polar regions.
The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Wind Chime) is:
Elevation :: 33 feet / 10 meters
Temperature :: 52 F / 11 C
Conditions :: Overcast
Humidity :: 88%
Dew Point :: 48 F / 9 C
Wind :: Calm
Pressure :: 30.12 in / 1020 hPa (Steady)
Visibility :: 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV :: 0 out of 16
Clouds :: Overcast 7500 feet / 2286 meters
(Above ground level)
Temperature :: 52 F / 11 C
Conditions :: Overcast
Humidity :: 88%
Dew Point :: 48 F / 9 C
Wind :: Calm
Pressure :: 30.12 in / 1020 hPa (Steady)
Visibility :: 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV :: 0 out of 16
Clouds :: Overcast 7500 feet / 2286 meters
(Above ground level)
Storms pound Ohio, knock out power
August 26, 2007
Kouts, Indiana
Photographer states :: One of the Downed Powerline Towers in Kouts Indiana after the storm of Wed. Aug 15th
Beleaguered residents of the flood-ravaged Midwest found fresh damage on Sunday from a batch of tornado-bearing thunderstorms that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers.
Powerful storms rolling through the Upper Midwest during most of the past week caused disastrous floods from southeastern Minnesota to Ohio that were blamed for at least 18 deaths. Tornado warnings were issued Saturday afternoon for parts of central and southeast Ohio. Downed trees and power lines were reported in the southern part of the state, said National Weather Service meteorologist Andy Hatzos. Flooding this week spread across an 80-mile (129-kilometer) swath through the northwest and north central parts of the state. Gov. Ted Strickland was to tour more of the damaged areas on Sunday. In southern Michigan, about 42,000 customers still lacked power Sunday, utilities said. The weather service confirmed tornadoes touched down Friday in at least four areas, including a single 26-mile (42-kilometer) stretch. One of the twisters cut a path a quarter-mile (400 meters) wide, snapping and uprooting hundreds of trees, the weather service said.
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