Waxman hearing on the CPA starting NOW (webcast at link)

[Greeby]

http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1164

:popcorn:

[babylonsister]

1. Thanks! Right off the bat, 363 tons of CASH sent to Bagdad. Wow! nt

[madokie]

2. thank you

[rodeodance]

3. tons? just odd to measure money in pounds.

[babylonsister]

4. Tons. Probably had to be weighed to determine whether the plane(s) could

hold the loads.

[quiet.american]

5. I'm just getting a blank screen. Anyone else. n/t

[Greeby]

6. start it up again

worked for me

[quiet.american]

7. Thanks -- I'd tried that, but still no joy. I'll keep trying. n/t

[Beelzebud]

11. It didn't play for me until I hit the play button.

Not trying to be a smartass either. :)

It wouldn't play for me either, so I tried the play button, and it worked.

[quiet.american]

22. Thanks -- I guess it's not my day -- I'd tried that, too and no joy. n/t

[Greeby]

8. Shays shilling for the war

He obviously wants to ensure New England goes all blue (he's the last Republican congressman there)

[babylonsister]

9. You forgot about Joementum.

x(

[wtmusic]

10. I can't stomach the Republican apologists

"$10B certainly seems like a lot of money."

Give. Me. A. Break.

[Greeby]

12. Da Kooch!

:bounce:

[babylonsister]

13. So that's how the wh will thwart this investigation; send Amb. Carney

to Iraq and make him unavailable for 6 months. Clever. :eyes:

[burythehatchet]

14. That tatement by darrell Issa has left me in

complete amazement. How scary their thought processes are.

[burythehatchet]

15. THAT"S MY CANDIDATE!!

GO DK

[Greeby]

16. "pattern of trying to discredit the President"

Oh, bite me, Mica!

[ProfessorGAC]

43. Well, Duh!

Of course, there's a pattern of trying to discredit the president. It's because of all the discreditable things he's done! What a buffoon this guy is.
The Professor

[babylonsister]

17. Who is this guy; Mica? Not familiar w/him, but he's a neat lil * apologist. nt

[burythehatchet]

18. The dude sitting behind Mica is either

trying to suppress laughter, or Mica cut loose a bomb.

[halobeam]

21. lol

:rofl:

[burythehatchet]

19. "In order to take over this sadistic regime"!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THINK ABOUT THAT

[Greeby]

20. Hey Mica, that gavel means SHUT THE FUCK UP! nt

[babylonsister]

23. It will be unbelieveable if the rethugs defend the money lost, spent,

the fraud and abuse.
Seems like that's where they're going though.

[Greeby]

24. Earth to Rep. Duncan: there is no such thing as a conservative Republican

It's an utter oxymoron

[Greeby]

25. Somebody lit a fire under Lynch's ass

:applause:

[babylonsister]

26. So Turner just wants to call the whole thing off so as not to undermine

the troops' efforts? :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[Cassandra]

32. Dan Burton says the same thing.

Now channeling the Civil War. Oy!

[Greeby]

27. Betty McCollum is impressing me

:bounce:

[Bonobo]

30. That's not the one who called whats-his face a coward is it!?

[babylonsister]

28. NOW ON CSPAN! 9:58am CT. nt

[Greeby]

29. That wide shot of the Republican chairs that are empty

Tells you all you need to know

[Marie26]

31. Cowards. nt

[Greeby]

33. Nice to see the new people getting a shot

Chris Murphy, John Sarbanes, and Peter Welch should be coming up

[Greeby]

34. Mr Welch, sorry to correct you

But there was a plan: privatize everything and grab the oil profits

[Greeby]

35. Getting to the testimony

Will Bremer tell us anything good or spew the same old bullshit, I wonder

[Greeby]

36. Oh, stuff it Bremer!

He's not gonna own up to anything unless it's dragged from him

[pinto]

37. Kick. Bremer up. This ought to be good.

[Greeby]

38. Bremer trying to say the money went to pay the salaries and pensions

of Iraqi government workers. Yeah right, if you'd actually done that, they probably would have been less likely to go kill soldiers if they'd gotten some decent pay

[DemReadingDU]

39. and paid in cash

no paper trail

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

44. Weren't the majority of govt workers Baathists, and weren't they thrown out? Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baathist
Post-Saddam Hussein

In June 2003, the U.S.-led multinational occupying forces in Iraq banned the Baath party. Some criticize the additional step the CPA took — of banning all members of the Baath party from the new government, as well as from public schools and colleges — as blocking too many skilled people from participation in the new government. Several teachers have lost their jobs, causing protests and demonstrations at schools and universities. Under the previous rule of the Baath party, one could not reach high positions in the government or in the schools without becoming a party member.

[Laurab]

48. Yes - aside from disbanding the army

the top levels - in other words, anyone who knew how to do anything, of the Baath party, were kicked out, leaving only bottom-level people to run things. One of the biggest mistakes made - Bremer did it, but says the order came from "the top".

[Greeby]

40. Inspector General Bowen now testifying

:popcorn:

[Laurab]

41. Thanks for posting! K & R

It's on CSPAN 3 now, too!

[babylonsister]

42. And regular CSPAN (1), for the moment, anyway. nt

[Oilwellian]

45. Show me the money!

Custer Battles war profiteers and criminals.

[Greeby]

46. Waxman asks about "ghost employees" nt

[Laurab]

47. Repuke making excuses for CPA

yeah, of course there was no other way - it was a "cash economy"....what an idiot.

[Greeby]

49. Elijah Cummings getting his grill going

:popcorn:

[Laurab]

50. He's certainly done his homework

did a good job of making Bremer look like the idiot he is - his time was too short, though!

[Greeby]

51. young unexperienced people recieved jobs through the Heritage Foundation

:wow:

[Greeby]

52. Clay asking about De-Baathification and whether Bremer regrets it

Obviously not, judging by his spin

[Laurab]

53. I don't think Bremer regrets anything

He's a "Bushbot" - he made no mistakes in his mind.

[Greeby]

54. Woah, videotape of Admiral Oliver

Basically saying "who cares about where the money goes"

[Greeby]

55. Diane Watson slamming the for their "callous attitude"

In a nutshell, they just didn't care!

[Greeby]

56. Da Kooch is here!

:bounce:

[Laurab]

57. Bremer getting a little testy....

:popcorn:

[Laurab]

58. This is unbelievable - repukes attacking Bowen

Bowen is a republican, friend of the Bushies, who went over there, and DID HIS JOB, to the surprise of most people.

[Greeby]

59. Lynch speaking of the last-minute dash for the CPA to get money

before it was wound up