{"id":87,"date":"2004-04-20T13:59:16","date_gmt":"2004-04-20T17:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.bradblog.com\/?p=87"},"modified":"2006-12-16T13:58:24","modified_gmt":"2006-12-16T21:58:24","slug":"the-i-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=87","title":{"rendered":"The &#8220;I&#8221; Word"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been on the road for the past few days, and thus not locked into our usual media routine. Out here, in the desert, we get a dose here and there of Cable News, though without the erstwhile FOX News drone to keep us as aware of what the Evil Doers are up to.<\/p>\n<p>Rush comes in partially, with much static, so I haven&#8217;t been able to keep up with the Right Wing Marching Orders with my usual alarming up-to-the-moment accuracy. Nor have I had any Internet Access for the last 3 days or so, so please pardon me if I&#8217;m missing a beat or two, and &#8211; unbeknownst to me &#8211; the entire Blogosphere is abuzz with this already. But from here, I&#8217;ve got just one big question since last Sunday&#8217;s Bob Woodward explosions on <i>60 Minutes<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><i>(DISCLAIMER: Both CBS, the producer of <\/i>60 Minutes<i> and Simon &#038; Schuster, publisher of Woodward&#8217;s <\/i>Plan of Attack<i> are owned by the same parent company, Viacom. I have watched CBS before <\/i>and<i> have read books published by Simon &#038; Schuster. As well, I have also watched both VH-1 and MTV on several occasions. Both of those cable channels are also owned by the parent company Viacom.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>So, anyway&#8230;The various Cable News programs we&#8217;ve been able to catch since Sunday, seem to be dwelling on the Powell-outta-the-loop and Bush-Saudi-low-oil-prices-before-the-election issues.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the most alarming item from Woodward on Sunday to my ears, was the bit about Bush having diverted some $700 million from the Congressionally approved Afghanistan spending over to a secret unapproved pre-Iraq War effort.<\/p>\n<p>So my question is this&#8230;If Bill Clinton lying about a blowjob is an Impeachable offense, how can it be that subverting the US Constitution by diverting $700 million to a Congressionally Unapproved project by the this Administration barely raises an eyebrow by anyone? Both the House of Representatives (responsible for instituting Impeachment Proceedings) and the supposed &#8220;Liberal Media&#8221; seem to be completely ignoring the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I realize that the House is controlled hard by Republicans, but where <i>is<\/i> that supposedly &#8220;Liberal Media&#8221; on this one? And how can even the supposedly &#8220;Conservative&#8221; Republicans in the House sit by and ignore such a blatant disregard &#8211; if true &#8211; for the United States Constitution by this Administration?<\/p>\n<p>Surely there must be at least a couple of intellectually honest Republicans out there who are outraged enough by this report to begin a <i>very<\/i> serious investigation into this <i>very<\/i> serious alleged breach of ethics by this Administration. No?<\/p>\n<p>Can you imagine the Republican apoplectics that would be occurring today if it was <i>Bill Clinton<\/i> (or John Kerry!) who was reported to have done such a thing? <\/p>\n<p>As Bill Bennet would have certainly asked in such a situation had this been a Democrat at the helm, &#8220;Where&#8217;s the outrage??&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Or is it out there and I&#8217;m just missing it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been on the road for the past few days, and thus not locked into our usual media routine. Out here, in the desert, we get a dose here and there of Cable News, though without the erstwhile FOX News drone to keep us as aware of what the Evil Doers are up to. 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