Shilly-shallying

There was no Morialekafa last night because of relatives visiting from Norway. I have many relatives in Norway, including one who still lives on and farms the original Langness farm (from which we received our name when arriving in the U.S.). They are all third, fourth, fifth cousins and such. Far to complicated for me to figure out or keep track of. What is the actual relationship between the daughter of my third cousin and me? Anyone? Marwell and Bjorn. Wonderful people. We had a great time.

Back to business. What can you call what is now going on between Congress and the White House other than simply shilly-shallying? So they are issuing contempt citations and more and more subpoenas. Even Rove has now received one. Does anyone actually believe that Bush/Cheney are going to allow Rove to testify? Of course not. Just as in the case of Meirs and Bolton, the White House will claim executive priviledge. Whether this is legitimate or not isn't really the point as it will surely drag on and on until the end of the Bush administration. Congress has to be aware of this. The only realistic way to get at Bush/Cheney is through impeachment. This is obvious even to dolts like me. So why continue to shilly-shally around? The latest excuse from Conyers and others seem to be they don't have the votes to convict. That might be doubtful. In any case, it won't matter a bit if they don't actually get convicted, the process itself will reveal so much wrongdoing the Republicans will become totally impotent for years. And, if the Democrats don't try to impeach them, they will likely become impotent themselves (I should say more impotent).

It remains hot, hot, hot here at Sandhill. We have never had weather like this before. We always had a few days of hot weather in August but never anything like this continuing heat. The garden is truly suffering even though being watered frequently. The corn and beans seem to be doing okay but most everything else is in trouble. I picked the first of the beans yesterday. If all goes well we should have a bumper crop of beans this year. I think we're going to need them now that the market is crashing once again. Way to go Bush!

I see the Republicans have started in already on their standard tax and spend accusations against the Democrats. You would think that any party that has run up the largest national debt in history might be more humble about this. Personally, I'd much rather have tax and spend than borrow and spend. But oh, I forgot, Cheney assured us that deficits don't matter (he learned this from Ronald Reagan who of course balanced the budget during his Presidency - ha, ha, that's a joke). There are those who believe Reagan's face should be added to the ones already on Mt. Rushmore. There are lots of really stupid people in the U.S. Almost all of them are Republicans. Personally, I believe Bush and Cheney's faces should be etched on the walls of all the public urinals in the country as a constant reminder of their evil crimes and wrongdoings. Just a suggestion.

LKBIQ:

"We talked of things one wants to know to take the measure of a man and discover if the cloth of friendship fits, where the pockets of admiration and respect are sewn, and where the seams."
Cornelius Osgood