I think he's out providing and maintaining a navy or something

[avram]

I noticed this yesterday during a quick Google News scan:

The 10-member [9-11 investigation] panel had invited [National Security Adviser Condoleeza] Rice to testify. She declined, with the White House citing concerns about separation of powers.

What the fuck? Do they even bother trying to find good excuses for their cover-ups anymore? Or did they just chop the Constitution into random phrases that they draw out of a bucket? “Oh, sorry, President Bush can’t testify because, um, no person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years.”

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Re: Not Made Up

[editrx.livejournal.com]

Wow, that doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Since WHEN do appointees not appear before Congressional committees? I guess you're not old enough to remember Watergate, O Anonymous One.

Cite me a law, not a custom, here. And tell me why Cabinet appointees had to appear before the very, very public Congressional committee that investigated Watergate, for example.