Y'all watching this clip of the hearing with the AT&T and Specter?

[SeattleGirl]

(On Countdown) Wow! Specter was pissed, and the AT&T dude was being totally evasive, and would not answer the freaking question about whether his company provided information to the government. "We follow the law" he says. Specter did NOT take kindly to that.

[babylonsister]

1. Seeing him finally convinced me to lose AT&T ASAP. He

turned my stomach.

[SeattleGirl]

5. I don't have AT&T, thank goodness.

That guy turned my stomach too.

[pooja]

9. I just signed with cingular... for the company discount

Do they attack cell records too

[mikelewis]

14. Switched to Vonage yesterday...

Fuckin traitors at AT&T aren't getting any more of my money. Fuck em.

[Siferd4congress4ohio]

40. Thats why I don't have AT&T

[pooja]

2. Law written by King George

[SeattleGirl]

8. Yeah, by his "signing statements".

What the hell else is next? Now they are looking at our bank records, too, AND THE BANKS DIDN'T KNOW IT.

[Siferd4congress4ohio]

44. lol

[LSparkle]

3. I didn't catch when that hearing occurred

Was it recently? Even after Arlen caved to DeadEye Dick and said they could avoid a confrontation over the NSA program? Did Specter actually recover his spine and decide once again to stand up to these jokers?

[originalpckelly]

7. It was a regular hearing meant to review a merger (ATT and BellSouth)...

but Specter brought up the question anyway.

[SeattleGirl]

12. Thanks. I didn't know that's what the hearing was about,

but I'm sure glad Specter asked the question.

[babylonsister]

22. I've read that Specter supposedly hasn't given up on any of

these issues.

Spector Threatening To "Lay Down The Guantlet" AGAIN... Updated at 12:51 PM

Specter to grill officials on Bush ignoring laws

By Andy Sullivan
Reuters
Wednesday, June 21, 2006; 6:06 PM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration will have to explain why it thinks it can ignore or overrule laws passed by Congress in a hearing next week, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter said on Wednesday.

Specter, a Pennsylvania Republican, said he hoped to force the Bush administration to reduce its use of "signing statements" -- memos that reserve the right to ignore laws if the president thinks they impinge on his authority.

"Our legislation doesn't amount to anything if the president can say, 'My constitutional authority supersedes the statute.' And I think we've got to lay down the gauntlet and challenge him on it," Specter said in a telephone interview.

A Justice Department official is scheduled to testify at a hearing on signing statements next Tuesday, Specter said.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who had lunch with Specter on Wednesday, will face questions about the presidential memos when he appears before the committee on July 18 to discuss the National Security Agency's domestic spying program.

more at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20...

[SeattleGirl]

29. I saw that. Wonder how Gonzales is going to spin this?

The arrogance of these people is mind boggling.

[babylonsister]

33. I hope Specter follows through, but remain skeptical.

And their arrogance is what annoys me the most! If they needed to get something done, why not go through proper channels? Oh, I know, 'cause it's illegal! :think: :crazy:

[SeattleGirl]

38. Proper channels are for the "little people", not for the big boys

like "Bring 'em on" Bush.

[originalpckelly]

4. "We want you to answer the fucking question you tool."

Is what Specter should have said. That would have made news on all the channels. :-)

[SeattleGirl]

15. I think he probably would have said it, if he could have.

At least his tone of voice seemed to suggest he wanted to.

[originalpckelly]

30. He really looked like he was about to go punch the little weasel...

go Specter!:applause:

[SeattleGirl]

32. Now THAT would have been something to see!

:rofl:

[texasleo]

6. was it AT&T? what a fucking weasel! "we are following the law"

follow these nuts!

[SeattleGirl]

16. Yeah, and the asshat wouldn't say what it was, or anything about

it. Wonder how much he gave to Dubya's campaign?

[Nimrod2005]

10. Yes, he sounded too much like fuckhead bush himself...

Arrogant redneck mother fucker...

[SeattleGirl]

17. Well said, Nimrod2005!

That's pretty much what I was thinking when I was watching that little exchange.

[Nimrod2005]

36. Thanks girl.....

:hi:

[milkyway]

11. I couldn't believe the nerve of the AT&T CEO. How is a smug scumbag like

that the head of such a large corporation? This creep didn't even bother to fake it like most CEOs would. I am so glad I switched out of AT&T yesterday.

[SeattleGirl]

19. I found myself wanting to spit on him or something

What a disgusting pice of crap he is.

[annabanana]

13. I just this minute left AT&T

after seeing this thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1495584

I'm Working Assets now.

[OwnedByFerrets]

18. Was this turd, by any chance, under oath?

And, if not, why not? Could he be slapped with contempt or can he just avoid answering the questions?

[SeattleGirl]

20. I don't know. I'd sure like to find out if he was.

Seems like a lot of these CEO types can come testify before Congress, and yet not have to do it under oath. They are "above it all", don't you know? (At least in their minds -- in my mind, they are beneath contempt.)

[annabanana]

24. I wish I knew..

(This is a replay from last Thurs. I think. , ,I have been unable to find out if they were under oath.)

[Gabi Hayes]

25. Specter called his behavior "conTEMPTuous"

quote unquote

but you can be SURE that he'll do as much about it as he has about anything else the B* regime has done

and we all know what that means

[Siferd4congress4ohio]

42. good the less they have the better

[spanone]

21. I saw that. Who the hell did that fat cat think he was?

Like he was too fucking important to answer to a senator. I was hoping Specter would get up and kick the shit out of him.

[SeattleGirl]

27. I think that's exactly what Spector wanted to do.

That kind of fucking smugness makes me want to commit bodily harm on the smug one.

[maxfisher]

23. me and bellsouth...

watching this reminded me about a Bell south service call (trying to sell customers stuff ) or survey, or small business services. Since I get these 3 or 4 times a month from them, Ihave some fun, I smarted off and said something smart about giving my records up. he said' "That's not true sir.", "You can't believe everything you read." " Where did you here that." Every big company I have to dobusiness with BLOWS!

[Siferd4congress4ohio]

41. Too true

[Marr]

26. Fuck Specter. He puts on a show, then neuters the actual proceedings.

He is, as Jack Cafferty noted not so long ago, "another cowardly Republican worm". I expect he's just trying to put on a particularly spicy show this time and try to rehabilitate his image.

[SeattleGirl]

31. I know he has that kind of track record, but in the clip I saw,

he seemed genuinely pissed at the AT&T asshole.

[Gabi Hayes]

34. seemed

he NEVER does anything to rock the boat

NEVER

book it

[Nimrod2005]

37. Bingo....

:toast:

[peacetalksforall]

28. T-Mobile brags about not giving data about customers to government.

Clarification - employees bragged. This is not in ads or anything formal.

Anyone hear differently?

[spanone]

35. Olbermann is the ONLY place this has been shown.

Everyone should see this exchange just to show what arrogant fucks are running the show. AT&T would lose an abundance of customers if this were seen everywhere.

Someone should put up the video...

[hamerfan]

39. Working Assets got another customer

because of this blatant show of lack of common courtesy and respect to authority by the CEO of ATT. "Weasel" does a disservice to all the weasels out there!
dumpbush

[Siferd4congress4ohio]

43. agreed

[Oilwellian]

45. Video on CSpan

It's under the 109th Congress, 3rd link down, 28 minutes into video.


http://www.c-span.org/