Comments on: David Addington and The Barnacle Branch Exhibits

By: readerOfTeaLeaves

readerOfTeaLeaves — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:28:08 +0000

That’s certainly the way it looks - in order to set up the Secret Government inside the US Exec Branch, they had to run it out of OVP. In order to do that, they needed to control classification and insta-declassification [see: Pixie Dust}. And they needed to control DoJ, in order to stop (or sabotage) any FBI investigations.

Addington’s function was to create a firewall to protect the Secret Government.
It’s a house of straw that’s parading itself as a house of mirrors; reveal the false claims of ‘executive privilege’ and the whole ediface is exposed as a fraud. Addington himself probably does believe it; but that’s simply more evidence of his investment in perpetuating the fraud.

The question is whether Congress has the energy, focus, and courage to ease the mask off.
Looking at polling data, economic stats, weather reports, and farm prices sure makes it seem as if a lot of Americans might be relieved if Congress had the cajones to call ‘bullshit’ on this whole fraud; it’s not like people are really going to be upset to discover that Cheney and Bush are socially toxic.

The whole BushCheney ediface is kind of like a political Superfund site; institutionally, militarily, economically toxic.

By: Leen

Leen — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:25:01 +0000

Remember when Colin Powell said

According to someone who knows Powell, his comment about the article was terse. “It’s Addington,” he said. “He doesn’t care about the Constitution.” Powell was referring to David S. Addington, Vice-President Cheney’s chief of staff and his longtime principal legal adviser. Powell’s office says that he does not recall making the statement. But his former top aide, Lawrence Wilkerson, confirms that he and Powell shared this opinion of Addington.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.....24193.html

By: Leen

Leen — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:50:20 +0000

Still wondering about Addington’s 3,4 or 5 visits to Gitmo. And wondering about his statement that he was “implementing decisions” while he was there. He used those words.

By: Leen

Leen — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:47:35 +0000

I tried to get the point you made on the last thread on the Diane Rehm Show on Friday. That since the aides in the barnacle branch (V.P’s office) were not part of either the the executive or legislative branches that those aides would be unable to claim “executive privilege” if asked to testify.

Very disappointed that the folks who set up the programming at the Rehm show or Diane herself completely failed to bring up this hearing on her Friday round up show.

By: Leen

Leen — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:41:59 +0000

“Cheney” the “barnacle branch”. Accountability Now

By: kspena

kspena — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:02:05 +0000

Somewhere I read that one should not build his house on sand, which would seem to rule out the Cuban beaches of Gitmo, the sand stockade of Abu Gharib, and the desert of Bagram. Creeky, wobbly, assertions about torture, terror and truth don’t hold-up well at all on such a foundation.

By: yonodeler

yonodeler — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:44:57 +0000

The Barnacle, replete with sharp edges ever ready to shred persons or even records, is the Executive instrument of choice for keelhauling, as was attempted against one Joseph Wilson, in which temerarious effort a maladroit person, one Scooter Libby, was ensnared in the rope and pulled overboard, only to be plucked by his Commander from the deep, alive but not unscathed.

By: MarkH

MarkH — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:01:31 +0000

Addington is, in part, attempting to hide behind the Constitutional framework for the distribution of power in the White House in order to disguise his boss’ usurpation of it, and the willing cooperation in that usurpation by the frat boy king.

After the Iran-Contra scandal one of the main lessons the Crazies learned was to run such operations out of the VP office to avoid connections to the Pres. and to avoid Congressional oversight.

It’s the story of Dubya’s life — power without responsibility — except that in this case the entire Executive branch is operating in his likeness.

By: bmaz

bmaz — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:40:50 +0000

And, lordy, how that will impress and change the Goopers. Why, they will be falling to the floor and convertin to the great new way of Obama left and right, like they been touched by Benny ~~Hill~~ Hinn or something.

By: peony

peony — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:20:03 +0000

That would be “divisive.” I bet Obama will talk about needing to bring the country together to “accomplish a common purpose” and move on. No truth and reconciliation commission although imho we need one.