Ok well you lost me there, I do not know the people you are referring to but I am interested in the topic. For sure we the Americian people need to take responsibility for the mistakes of OUR EMPLOYEED and ELECTED (or appointed) officials. Why would we as a smart nation ever allow the government so much controll over us. Our constitution says basicaly 'we must make the government do the WILL of the poeple," that you and me, us.

So let's get busy and offer solutions and put in controlls that prevent the same events into the future. What do you think about Citizens having the final VOTE or VETO (thru a protected website) to protect our God given rights as the caretakers of our fair nation. Can we truely hand over the controlls without concern or responsibility? VJ

No, VJ, I think the Constitution works just fine as it is, I'm not looking for major changes. I also feel Speaker Pelosi is doing a good job,

I'm not clammoring for Impeachment. Not that I do not think that Bush/Cheey deserve it, I think they do deserve it. However, I do not

believe that is the answer to our problems.

I'm very sorry to hear that more Americans aren't aware of the situation that I asked about. Americans can't take the time to be

informed about these issues, and then you want to give them VETO power? I understand how you feel with Bush in power, but

what about when an official you personally like a lot wants to make tough choices for the country and the people aren't for it? I'm

not saying that the Founding Fathers were perfect, nor that we do not need Amendments from time to time, certainly no one is in

favor of turning back the clock on women's sufferage nor slavery, and maybe future generations will come to see that our

generation was just as blind on certain other issues (though I doubt it will be with regards to same sex marriage). But I don't

believe that the VETO power needs to rest in the hands of the American people other than through proxy with our elected officials,

not that I personally wouldn't have loved to have VETO power with FISA, or any number of other issues.

The manner in which a lot of the terrible things our country does in the name of freedom overseas are carried out through the

machinations of late night House sessions, in which earmarks are added to spending bills, sort of shuffled in when no one is

looking. But to further complicate things, these earmarks can be hidden, if they are classified as Top Secret, so that no one,

outside of a select few, ususally memebers of the Gang of Eight, even know about them. This is the way that Bush/Cheney

(and their cohorts) have been able to not only get away with murder (literally) and war crimes such as torture, but turn a tidy

profit with it as well. The company that supplied the encryption needed to hide these files, Archer Logistics, was getting

billions in blind bid contracts, until their CEO Brent Wilkes came under investigation as part of the Randy "Duke" Cunningham

scandal. However, unbeknownst to most, even those closely following the case, shortly there after, Brent's nephew resumed

opperations while his uncle was (and still is) under investigation (by the FBI among others).

I merely want to know that the Speaker is aware of what is going on, and I hope that later in the year or next year I will hear

more about the investigations. I'm pretty sure do to the sensitive nature of the crimes, national security and the nature of any

ongoing investigation that this is probably not the proper forum for such discussion. However, I'm hopeful that when the

Democratic Party sweeps the Senate and takes the White House later this year that the Speaker will have a much freer hand

and that torture will not only truly be outlawed but that those unpunished few will face the music.