Impeach Pelosi? Why Not...

I just got an email about how Pelosi could be convicted of a felony for her little visit to Syria under the Logan Act and was gonna post on it, but in doing some research, it appears Hot Air beat me to the punch, you know, 13 days ago when the story was still relevant.

Don't blame me, I think I was taking a blogging break back then...

Anyway, here's the text of the email:

Pelosi arguably committed a FELONY when she traveled to Syria and whispered behind closed doors with Bashar al-Assad, Syria's terrorist-loving leader.
First, the U.S. Constitution implicitly gives the President the authority to conduct foreign policy.

In order to make that responsibility explicit, in 17[99] President John Adams initiated the Logan Act, which forbids any American -- "without authority of the United States" -- to communicate with a foreign government with the intent of influencing that government's actions in any "disputes or controversies with the United States."

VIOLATION OF THE LOGAN ACT IS A FELONY! Upon conviction, an offender can be sentenced to prison for up to three years. If she was just a regular person like you, Nancy Pelosi would be a prime candidate for a prison cell.

Why should Speaker Pelosi, third in the line of Presidential succession, get away with blatantly undermining U.S. Foreign policy by meeting with the leader of a country that supports terrorism? Why aren't our conservative leaders calling for a full investigation of her actions, or censure or even impeachment?

Allah seems to think it's a long shot, and he's probably right. In some 200+ years, no one's been prosecuted. But this might be a good card to keep up our sleeves in case those power-drunk, trigger-happy Dems try and impeach Bush (as they so want to do) or Cheney (which they're now threatening). And it all has even more importance with Madame Speaker planning a similar trip to Iran.

Nancy Continues To Clean Up Congress

Nancy continues to reform her House to represent a less corrupt Capitol:

After being videotaped accepting a $100,000 cash bribe by the FBI and busted with $90,000 worth of loot in his freezer, Democratic Congressman William Jefferson--currently facing an ongoing federal corruption probe--is being awarded a seat on the House Homeland Security Committee.

Hat tip to the Political Pit Bull.

Just a reminder of Pelosi's attempts to clean up Congress: first she supported John Murtha for Majority Leader, and he would of gotten it to, if it weren't for that pesky video of him chomping at a bribe being dangled by an undercover FBI agent (posing as a sheik). Next Nancy wanted Alcee Hastings to lead the Intelligence committee, until there was an outcry from the public who were reminded by the right-wing media of Hastings past as a federal judge, impeached for accepting bribes.

People Hate Congress More Than President Bush

Jawa points out that congress' approval rating is lower than President Bush's:

Bush - 36.2% (poor)
Congress - 36% (poorer)

Way to go Dems. My question: how will the media spin this one? Of course, they probably won't have to worry about that; they just won't report it.

How bad do you have to be at your job to get a lower approval rating than a guy who is under constant attack from a news media that reports everything he does wrong, and makes up even more stuff he supposedly did wrong. All while the Dems are having to deal with real hardball news stories about what great fashion sense Nancy Pelosi has? Pathetic.

Dems: Your Safety Is Their Top Priority

Ah, nothing like a good reminder of how the Dems run things. Murtha has threatened to cut Pentagon funding over their refusal to provide Nancy Pelosi with a ridiculously large military jet. (Hat tip: LGF)

That's how important your safety is to the Dems. They'll actually cut military funding if they don't get their absurd demands filled.

2007 State Of The Union: Good Stuff!

(Here's a full transcript of the speech)

Well, the State of the Union was far better than I thought it'd be. It definitely had some high points, which I'll mention while pretending the low points didn't exist (who needs a downer like hearing about more No Child Left Behind?)

First of all, GW mentioned what the MSM has refused to, the booming economy. Send this quote to all your friends who don't know the economy is booming:

A future of hope and opportunity begins with a growing economy -- and that is what we have. We're now in the 41st month of uninterrupted job growth, in a recovery that has created 7.2 million new jobs -- so far. Unemployment is low, inflation is low, and wages are rising. This economy is on the move, and our job is to keep it that way, not with more government, but with more enterprise. (Applause.)

Next week, I'll deliver a full report on the state of our economy. Tonight, I want to discuss three economic reforms that deserve to be priorities for this Congress.

First, we must balance the federal budget. (Applause.) We can do so without raising taxes. (Applause.) What we need is impose spending discipline in Washington, D.C. We set a goal of cutting the deficit in half by 2009, and met that goal three years ahead of schedule. (Applause.) Now let us take the next step. In the coming weeks, I will submit a budget that eliminates the federal deficit within the next five years. (Applause.) I ask you to make the same commitment. Together, we can restrain the spending appetite of the federal government, and we can balance the federal budget. (Applause.)

Next, I loved this line about health care:

In all we do, we must remember that the best health care decisions are made not by government and insurance companies, but by patients and their doctors.

Take that Hillary, with your "universal health care!" You make me sick...

GW's whole part about Islamofascism was great! Here's a large chunk of it:

For all of us in this room, there is no higher responsibility than to protect the people of this country from danger. Five years have come and gone since we saw the scenes and felt the sorrow that the terrorists can cause. We've had time to take stock of our situation. We've added many critical protections to guard the homeland. We know with certainty that the horrors of that September morning were just a glimpse of what the terrorists intend for us -- unless we stop them.

With the distance of time, we find ourselves debating the causes of conflict and the course we have followed. Such debates are essential when a great democracy faces great questions. Yet one question has surely been settled: that to win the war on terror we must take the fight to the enemy. (Applause.)

From the start, America and our allies have protected our people by staying on the offense. The enemy knows that the days of comfortable sanctuary, easy movement, steady financing, and free flowing communications are long over. For the terrorists, life since 9/11 has never been the same.

Our success in this war is often measured by the things that did not happen. We cannot know the full extent of the attacks that we and our allies have prevented, but here is some of what we do know: We stopped an al Qaeda plot to fly a hijacked airplane into the tallest building on the West Coast. We broke up a Southeast Asian terror cell grooming operatives for attacks inside the United States. We uncovered an al Qaeda cell developing anthrax to be used in attacks against America. And just last August, British authorities uncovered a plot to blow up passenger planes bound for America over the Atlantic Ocean. For each life saved, we owe a debt of gratitude to the brave public servants who devote their lives to finding the terrorists and stopping them. (Applause.)

Every success against the terrorists is a reminder of the shoreless ambitions of this enemy. The evil that inspired and rejoiced in 9/11 is still at work in the world. And so long as that's the case, America is still a nation at war.

In the mind of the terrorist, this war began well before September the 11th, and will not end until their radical vision is fulfilled. And these past five years have given us a much clearer view of the nature of this enemy. Al Qaeda and its followers are Sunni extremists, possessed by hatred and commanded by a harsh and narrow ideology. Take almost any principle of civilization, and their goal is the opposite. They preach with threats, instruct with bullets and bombs, and promise paradise for the murder of the innocent.

Our enemies are quite explicit about their intentions. They want to overthrow moderate governments, and establish safe havens from which to plan and carry out new attacks on our country. By killing and terrorizing Americans, they want to force our country to retreat from the world and abandon the cause of liberty. They would then be free to impose their will and spread their totalitarian ideology. Listen to this warning from the late terrorist Zarqawi: "We will sacrifice our blood and bodies to put an end to your dreams, and what is coming is even worse." Osama bin Laden declared: "Death is better than living on this Earth with the unbelievers among us."

These men are not given to idle words, and they are just one camp in the Islamist radical movement. In recent times, it has also become clear that we face an escalating danger from Shia extremists who are just as hostile to America, and are also determined to dominate the Middle East. Many are known to take direction from the regime in Iran, which is funding and arming terrorists like Hezbollah -- a group second only to al Qaeda in the American lives it has taken.

The Shia and Sunni extremists are different faces of the same totalitarian threat. Whatever slogans they chant, when they slaughter the innocent they have the same wicked purposes. They want to kill Americans, kill democracy in the Middle East, and gain the weapons to kill on an even more horrific scale.

In the sixth year since our nation was attacked, I wish I could report to you that the dangers had ended. They have not. And so it remains the policy of this government to use every lawful and proper tool of intelligence, diplomacy, law enforcement, and military action to do our duty, to find these enemies, and to protect the American people. (Applause.)

This war is more than a clash of arms -- it is a decisive ideological struggle, and the security of our nation is in the balance. To prevail, we must remove the conditions that inspire blind hatred, and drove 19 men to get onto airplanes and to come and kill us. What every terrorist fears most is human freedom...

Good stuff! One of my favorite lines: "They preach with threats, instruct with bullets and bombs, and promise paradise for the murder of the innocent."

And as a final note, one part that made me sick to my stomach was when GW delivered this great line:

Ladies and gentlemen, nothing is more important at this moment in our history than for America to succeed in the Middle East, to succeed in Iraq and to spare the American people from this danger.

And the Dems actually didn't applaud! I mean, WTF is wrong with these people? They practically (and finally) admitted that they don't want America to succeed in Iraq!

And the speech ended with a definite high point, with GW introducing us to several people who show how great America is.

All in all, a great speech (with the exception of having to look at Nancy Pelosi the whole time) with some definite high points! I'll post video once it's on Youtube, until then, it can be viewed at Whitehouse.gov.

Robert Novak on Pelosi

Robert Novak's new article, "Pelosi Power Play?" is pretty damn good. Here's the first part:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is planning the establishment of a "select" committee on the environment and energy that would undermine the authority of Rep. John Dingell, the Michigan Democrat who was first elected in 1954 and is the senior member of Congress.

Dingell, a Detroit congressman closely tied to the auto industry, is reported by congressional sources to be furious about the Energy and Commerce committee that he heads losing jurisdiction to Pelosi's new creation. The select panel would also supplant the House Natural Resources Committee headed by Rep. Nick Rahall, who as a West Virginian is sympathetic to the coal industry.

The prospective chairman of the new committee would be Rep. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, one of the most flamboyant liberals and uncompromising environmentalists in Congress.

Here's the rest.

Nancy Pelosi - Jungle Woman

In other Nancy Pelosi news:

Local police said she was "half-human and half-animal". Her father says he will have DNA tests taken to prove she is his daughter.

I new she must be some kind of jungle woman.

Congress Won't Not Fund Troop Surge (Great Double Negative, Huh?)

Pelosi's up to no good. How do I know? She's doing something "good":

There may be a growing battle between Congress and the president over the Iraq War strategy, but new House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said she won't block funding for additional troops.

Pelosi's position, revealed in an exclusive interview with ABC News' Diane Sawyer, came a day after a group of senators announced a bipartisan resolution condemning the Bush administration's plan to increase U.S. forces in Iraq by more than 20,000 troops.

While the Senate resolution would be non-binding, it would send a message to the president, and at least a dozen Republican senators have already offered their support.

Maybe I've forgotten how to read, but she seems to say that they will fund them, but will somehow try to stop it anyway:

Pelosi: Democrats will never cut off funding for our troops when they are in harm's way.

It is, I think, very difficult for the president to sustain a war of this magnitude without the support of the American people and without the support of the Congress of the United States. That's why Congress will vote to oppose the president's escalation, from the standpoint of policy. We will have our disagreement.

Sawyer: But short of that — questions posed, resolutions passed — short of that, are you acquiescing in the surge if the pocketbook is the only other control mechanism?

Pelosi: The president knows that because the troops are in harm's way, that we won't cut off the resources. That's why he's moving so quickly to put them in harm's way.

But we will hold the president accountable. He has to answer for his war.

Today's News In Global Warming

The biggest news today is that Nancy Pelosi is assembling a committee in Congress to look at Global Warming, but I don't want that to shadow all the other news, so here's a couple of other headlines from today:

Blast of Snow, Sleet Hits Texas, Okla.

Ice Chunk Crashes Through Delaware Co. Home

Slippery Snow Stops Malibu Drivers

Up to inch of snow expected tonight

More Snow, Sleet Possible This Weekend in North Carolina, Forecasters Say

The Wrath of Winter Continues

and

Tony Snow: Are War Critics in Congress Aiding Al-Qaeda?

If you caught a pattern, congratulations. It means you're smarter that Mrs. Pelosi.

Global Warming in Congress

Didn't Al Gore already do this? Anyway:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi created a special committee Thursday in an effort to jump-start long-delayed government efforts to deal with global warming.

Pelosi, D-Calif., said the committee would hold hearings and recommend legislation on how to reduce greenhouse gases, primarily carbon dioxide generated by fossil fuels, that most scientists blame for a gradual warming of the earth's climate.

I was just thinking how raising our taxes can only cripple the economy so much. If the Democrats really hated America, they'd throw some sufficating environmental restrictions on our businesses too. And then they did it. Way to go Dems.

Nancy Gets Antsy in San Fran

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, returning to her hometown of San Francisco, strongly warned today that President Bush "should not abuse his power" with regard to troop escalation in the Iraq war and said it is the duty of Congress to "exercise oversight over his power.''

"If the president doesn't have a plan, Democrats will hold him accountable," Pelosi said in her first public appearance outside Washington since her election as speaker Jan. 4.

So, the President is abusing his power in implementing his plan and Congress will stop him, but Congress will also hold him accountable if he doesn't get a plan?

Nancy Pelosi's Hypocrisy (maybe this should be "part 1")

What? Democrat hypocrisy? That can't be so.

House Republicans yesterday declared "something fishy" about the major tuna company in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco district being exempted from the minimum-wage increase that Democrats approved this week.
"I am shocked," said Rep. Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican and his party's chief deputy whip, noting that Mrs. Pelosi campaigned heavily on promises of honest government. "Now we find out that she is exempting hometown companies from minimum wage. This is exactly the hypocrisy and double talk that we have come to expect from the Democrats."
On Wednesday, the House voted to raise the minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 per hour.
The bill also extends for the first time the federal minimum wage to the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands. However, it exempts American Samoa, another Pacific island territory that would become the only U.S. territory not subject to federal minimum-wage laws.
One of the biggest opponents of the federal minimum wage in Samoa is StarKist Tuna, which owns one of the two packing plants that together employ more than 5,000 Samoans, or nearly 75 percent of the island's work force. StarKist's parent company, Del Monte Corp., has headquarters in San Francisco, which is represented by Mrs. Pelosi. The other plant belongs to California-based Chicken of the Sea.
"There's something fishy going on here," said Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, North Carolina Republican.
During the House debate yesterday on stem-cell research, Mr. McHenry raised a parliamentary inquiry as to whether an amendment could be offered that would exempt American Samoa from stem-cell research, "just as it was for the minimum-wage bill."
A clearly perturbed Rep. Barney Frank, the Massachusetts Democrat who was presiding, cut off Mr. McHenry and shouted, "No, it would not be."
"So, the chair is saying I may not offer an amendment exempting American Samoa?" Mr. McHenry pressed.
"The gentleman is making a speech and will sustain," Mr. Frank shouted as he slammed his large wooden gavel against the rostrum.
Some Republicans who voted in favor of the minimum-wage bill were particularly irritated to learn yesterday -- after their vote -- that the legislation did not include American Samoa.
"I was troubled to learn of this exemption," said Rep. Mark Steven Kirk, Illinois Republican. "My intention was to raise the minimum wage for everyone. We shouldn't permit any special favors or exemptions that are not widely discussed in Congress. This is the problem with rushing legislation through without full debate."
A spokeswoman for Mrs. Pelosi said Wednesday that the speaker has not been lobbied in any way by StarKist or Del Monte.

I guess Ms. Pelosi doesn't care about hard working American families "just trying to get by" if they're employed packing and processing tuna.

Redundant Headline - Vilsak Moronic Democrat

Tom Vilsak, former Governor of Iowa (I know he's still Governor, but today is his last day) is a Democrat who is officially seeking his party's nomination for President in 2008. Consequently, he is under the impression that we have been at war in Iraq for 5 and 1/2 years. Brilliant (I also like when he says, "It's not the United Stateses responsibility")! What that remind me of?

Oh yeah, Silvestre Reyes, the new Chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence (and therefore Democrat) Showed his amazing knowledge of foreign affairs awhile back:

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Rep. Silvestre Reyes of Texas, who incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tapped to head the Intelligence Committee when the Democrats take over in January, failed a quiz of basic questions about al Qaeda and Hezbollah, two of the key terrorist organizations the intelligence community has focused on since the September 11, 2001 attacks.

When asked by CQ National Security Editor Jeff Stein whether al Qaeda is one or the other of the two major branches of Islam -- Sunni or Shiite -- Reyes answered "they are probably both," then ventured "Predominantly -- probably Shiite."

That is wrong. Al Qaeda was founded by Osama bin Laden as a Sunni organization and views Shiites as heretics.

Notice that he ventures a wild guess, rather than admitting that he doesn't know (as LGF pointed out back then.)

Pelosi picked Reyes over fellow Californian Rep. Jane Harman, who had been the Intelligence Committee's ranking member, and Rep. Alcee Hastings of Florida, who had been impeached as a federal judge after being accused of taking a bribe.

(Rush Limbaugh used Pelosi's choice of Reyes over Harman a bit ago to demonstrate and example of Queen Bee Syndrome.)

Anyway, I'm rambling here. My point is that Democrats have no idea what they're talking about and trying to debate Iraq and terrorism with them is like trying to explain Anselm's Ontological Argument to a five-year-old.

More Smoker's Oppression - In DC

Nancy Pelosi is starting her effective run as House speaker, by banning smoking in the Capitol Building. Now if legislators want a smoke break during votes (more likely with the stress of having to listen to Pelosi's inane rambling) they'll be forced outside to a freezing balcony (but not within 25 feet of an entrance, that's forbidden!)

Pelosi cites "unquestionable" scientific evidence that second hand smoke kills, probably about as accurate as "unquestionable" scientific evidence that global warming exists. So as long as we're using fuzzy logic, here's some that is at least common sense (via Cigars & Theology):

All claims of the EPA and anti-smoking crowd depend for their general acceptance on the credibility of those disseminating them and upon the inability of the typical listener to perform simple sanity checks using common sense and arithmetic.

The simplest check is this: it takes 20 years or more for damage (cancer, emphysema, etc.) to manifest itself in a smoker. ETS is hundreds of times more diluted than the smoke that enters the smokers’ mouth (unless you happen to perform mouth-to-mouth for some reason). Non smokers would have to live with ETS for upwards of 2,000 years to incur the same damage.

Here’s another easy test of truth: Smoke from charcoal contains many of the same components as those most feared in tobacco smoke (carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, carcinogens and so forth). A ten-pound bag of charcoal produces as much smoke (and harmful chemicals) as 160 packs of cigarettes. Are you going to quit barbecuing? Probably not. Yet the slightest whiff of tobacco smoke gives many anti-smokers apoplectic fits. Are they being hysterical?

Once again, libs are cracking down on people's rights based on their flawed, "scientific" logic.

Alcee Hastings Drops Out (Good Riddance)

Powerline:

It looks like Nancy Pelosi has made the sound decision not to have Rep. Alcee Hastings chair the House intelligence committee. Hastings, of course, was impeached and then removed from a federal judgeship in 1989 based on allegations that he had solicited bribes, so Pelosi's decision should have been a no-brainer.

Of course, it wasn't a no-brainer since Dems have no morals and therefore see nothing wrong with corruption. This is great news, however, as Glenn Reynolds puts it:

That's bad news for the GOP, but good news for the Democrats, and the country.

More, from Malkin.

More Terrorist Support Of A Democratic Win

Just found some more support for the Democrats from terrorists (dated 11/03). Via World Net Daily:

National leaders in the Democratic Party, including Howard Dean's Democratic National Committee, potential House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, possible presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and longtime party stalwart Ted Kennedy don't want to talk with WorldNetDaily about an endorsement their party has received. The endorsement came via a WND article by Jerusalem bureau chief Aaron Klein, who interviewed leaders of several prominent Mideast terrorist organizations, including Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and Islamic Jihad.

"Of course Americans should vote Democrat," Jihad Jaara, a senior member of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terror group, and infamous leader of the 2002 siege of Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity, told WND.

"This is why American Muslims will support the Democrats, because there is an atmosphere in America that encourages those who want to withdraw from Iraq. It is time that the American people support those who want to take them out of this Iraqi mud," said Jaara, speaking to WND from exile in Ireland, where he was sent as part of an internationally brokered deal that ended the church siege.

Jaara and others told WND that they believe if the Democrats come into power because of the party's position on withdrawing from Iraq, that ensures victory for the worldwide Islamic resistance.

Who do you want to vote with? The troops or the terrorists?

Al-Qaeda Seeks Nuclear Material, Dems Seek Insane Leadership

LGF has this disturbing story about al-Qaeda seeking nuclear material .

Also, I spotted this great headline while prowling my news page: "Pelosi Endorses Murtha as Next Majority Leader ." I guess we all knew he was the guy, but I can't think of anyone less deserving of a position of power in either party. House Majority Leader John Murtha just has an ominous tone to it...

Pelosi On 60 Minutes: Real Civility!

Yahoo actually has a good 60 Minutes clip of Nancy Pelosi getting caught up in her own "civility" double-speak . If you can tolerate their video player, watch it.