Who would you select to lead an independent investigation of Katrina?

[GreenPartyVoter]

Since we're all calling the senate and congress to give them a piece of our minds and demnad accountability and state that the 9/11 official commission was a shitewash and that we won't stand for anothe one of those in the case of Katrina....

What names should we be dropping for the independent investigation?

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[shraby]

1. Patrick Fitzgerald.

[Verve]

5. My thought as well.

However, he might be too busy with other WH indictments to cover this.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. Lawrence Walsh

nt

[goclark]

3. President Carter or the UN

[havocmom]

7. Second that nomination

Jimmy Carter for sure.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

53. President Carter was my first thought. I third that nomination! nt

[Walt Starr]

4. Patrick Fitzgerald. He'll be wrapping up his current gigs soon.

:evilgrin:

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. As an employees of the gov't.. can he do independent gigs?

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[OmmmSweetOmmm]

55. I'm nervous about Fitzgerald. It seems that he downplayed someone

of great importance in his testimony to the 9/11 commission. I watched the McKinney hearings and this was brought up.

[eleny]

8. I would somehow involve James Lee Witt

Maybe not to head it but to be way up there because of his renowned expertise.

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. An expert witness?

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[Cleita]

9. The Hague.

If our country, as a sovereign nation, requests that they conduct an investigation and hearings, they just might do it.

[me b zola]

15. I was going to suggest the UN, but I like your answer much better

But who from within our nation has the authority to request them to investigate?

[Cleita]

I think it would be Congress, if they could get enough

Repubs to agree to it.

[Toots]

48. Sounds like a real "Independent" bunch.

:shrug:

[elehhhhna]

Hague. Absolutely.

[GreenPartyVoter]

22. But how do we get ** to request that? It would be signing his arrest

warrant for sure. He won't even sign on to the ICC. :mad:


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[Cleita]

25. It would have to be Congress, which is also a long shot.

However, it's done, we have to insist that the investigators be independent of the federal government. Even Canada investigating might be acceptable.

[GreenPartyVoter]

26. Heck, I'd take Venezuela or Cuba too. *g*

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[amandabeech]

74. Yes, the Canadians.

They know us pretty well, but have many, many fewer axes to grind. By all accounts they know how to do disasters, since their helpers arrived before FEMA.

[RepublicanElephant]

10. elliott

spitzer.

[GreenPartyVoter]

30. Welcome to DU *Wave*

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[NNadir]

11. Hazel O'Leary. She had a penchant for telling the truth.

[CottonBear]

13. President Jimmy Carter.

He's a true Christian, a patriot, a former Governor, a former Naval Officer and submariner, a farmer, a Sunday school teacher, an active member of Habitat for Humanity and a campaigner for global peace, fair elections and healthcare for the poor and needy.

He's one of my heros! :patriot:

[GreenPartyVoter]

17. Yes, he is one of mine as well.

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[maine_raptor]

14. Max Mayfield

That man knows more about storms and hurricanes than anybody else.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

66. good one!

I like that idea! :hi:

[GreenPartyVoter]

79. Looks liek I need to hit Google. I dunno who several of these folks are

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[libnnc]

16. Ramsey Clark

or President Carter

[GreenPartyVoter]

18. Ramsey has been itching for years to impeach the misAdmin

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[elehhhhna]

19. chertoff;

[GreenPartyVoter]

20. *snorting pepsi* OUCH! *lol* puh-lease!!!! God no!

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[Cell Whitman]

21. Hans Blix -- n/t

:)

[Carla in Ca]

23. From the Daily Show:

Jon Stewart: The president has vowed to personally lead the investigation into the government's failed response to Katrina? Isn't that a job perhaps someone else should be doing?


Samantha Bee: No, not at all, Jon. To truly find out what went wrong, it's important for an investigator to have a little distance from the situation. And it's hard to get any more distant from it than the president was last week.

[GreenPartyVoter]

27. Oh I missed that one! *lol*

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[Imagevision]

24. Fitzgerald if he indicts -- Obama if he doesn't even Nancy Pelosi...!

http://downingstreetmemo.com/

[DeepModem Mom]

28. Jack Cafferty? nt

[GreenPartyVoter]

29. He's certainly pissed enough about it all to give it a real go, I think

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[Davis_X_Machina]

31. Jean Chretien

Former Canadian PM.

No party interest, no axe to grind. Familiar with duties and reponsibilities of a Head of Gov't.

[GreenPartyVoter]

32. That's a thought

[domlaw]

60. I love Jean as much as the next guy

But if you've ever heard him talk, the joual ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_French ) accent is enough to drive you to distraction. I have a co-worker who has the same accent and after four years I still find myself asking "can you repeat that"

[Mein Bush]

33. KENNETH STARR!

After spending $70 million dollars we'd have a who's who list of everone that gave GWB a blow job!

[GreenPartyVoter]

64. Oh man.. Nope! Can't do it. Can't have Starr.

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[bribri16]

34. Me. I think I would do a great job. n/t

[bribri16]

36. Barbara Jordan if she were alive. I think a woman would do best.

All of the men named have corporate ties, political ties, and I just don't trust them to not be afraid of reprisal from his admin. It would take a really tough woman who isn't afraid of the admin, who doesn't have a family that she would have to worry about.

[Straight Shooter]

35. Elliott Spitzer.

He's got big-time political aspirations, anyway. Spitzer is not the kind of person who will let someone twist his arm and get away with it.

[Just Me]

43. YES!!!!!

His face immediately came to my mind and his name completely escaped me. I'm so glad you put his name out there!!!

Spitzer is HOT!!!!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

57. It won't be Spitzer. By the time this comes about, he'll be my Gov. :)

[Tatiana]

37. Short list: Fitzgerald or Spitzer. n/t

[dpbrown]

38. Scott Ritter

There's a guy who knows a little about Bush coverups.

[GreenPartyVoter]

46. True enough

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[leeroysphitz]

39. Tomás de Torquemada n/t

[omega minimo]

40. George Carlin and Kurt Vonnegut

:yoiks: :toast: :hug:
:woohoo: :woohoo:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREENPARTYVOTER
:bounce:
:bounce:
:grouphug:

[Marnieworld]

58. They get my vote

It would be over in a day.

[carpetbagger]

41. John Breaux.

He's moderate enough to be seen as a reasonable choice, but at the same time he will fight for his state in ways we never saw him fight for his party.

[omega minimo]

42. JESUS CHRIST!!

:evilgrin:

[GreenPartyVoter]

45. Nah. The neocons would never believe it's him and the secular left

would worry that he was biased. :P

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[omega minimo]

71. Okay then-- Clarence Clemons from "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure"

B-)

[GreenPartyVoter]

80. Or George Carlin.. also from Bill and Ted

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[Joe Chi Minh]

82. The neocons would kill him! Again.

[waywest]

44. Michael Moore

nt

[whistle]

47. U.N. investigator to Iraq, Hans Blix

[dansolo]

49. Gary Hart

He is very well qualified in both domestic matters and issues pertaining to Homeland Security. Since the screwups were by FEMA and DHS, he would be a very good person to be involved, if not lead, the investigation.

[GreenPartyVoter]

50. I hadn't thought of him.

[justabob]

70. Hart was first to mind for me

As you noted he is well qualified, and already put out an indepth report covering many of the same agencies and procedures and known problems with same.

[blm]

73. heheh...look below...we're on the same wavelength.

.

[cally]

51. Gore or Hart

Either one has enough stature and knowledge to do a thorough investigation. Both know how this maladministration works and would be able to withstand the attacks.

[Lochloosa]

52. The Big Dog....Clinton

I really thinks he hates this man...not forgetting his relationship w/ Sr.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

54. Pelosi recommended the entire 9/11 Commission! Don't let that happen!

They were never serious at finding out the truth, and there were so many omissions, that their report was a farce! They were set-up to find out what corrections could be made in the future, and not to find out who was to blame.

[GreenPartyVoter]

65. Which is why I can't Pelosi seriously. She just doesn't have enough

fire in her and tries to hard to be diplomatic. Sure she called ** dangerous.. but where the hell was that sentiment before now?

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[OmmmSweetOmmm]

75. I honestly believe that most DUers are more informed than most members

of Congress. It is either that they are too lazy and just buy official lines or don't want to for other reasons. I see this time and time again when politicians/pundits are interviewed by the media. I find myself yelling out at the screen, but this happened and that happened! Why don't they appear to know???

It also seems that when someone of "authority" does make the brave move that Ms. Pelosi made in regard to calling ** dangerous, a great many DUer will make that person of the moment a national hero (we are that desperate to hear the Truth made public), when this person, often due to their neglect (wanton or otherwise), has assisted us in getting into this hole that we are now in. Very often these same politicians will then shift back a couple of steps, and start towing the partyline again.

How many times does the person of the hour get a thread (fill in the blank) for President? Then sometime later, they disappoint. And in Pelosi's case, she delighted me by calling ** what he is, and then she makes that assinine Dangerous statement about seating the whole 9/11 c"Ommission" again. I don't trust her one bit.

[domlaw]

56. Powell

I'm serious. Think payback.

[GreenPartyVoter]

78. After last night's "interview"... not so much

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[Burma Jones]

59. Sam Nunn, Warren Rudman, William Cohen, Carol Moseley-Brown

Three of these folks are among the notable (because of their scarcity) more or less conservative types and I believe they would lend the proper gravitas to the investigation.

I think appointing blatant ideologues from either side would be a big mistake.

[Don Claybrook]

61. No doubt about it--I'd have to choose Henry Kissinger.

.

[domlaw]

62. funny

[GreenPartyVoter]

63. Not.

Well ok, it was a _little_ bit funny.

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[Hamlette]

68. choose me! Or any one of a 1000 or so DUers who are actually

informed about what happened.

I don't trust "independent" commissions after the 9/11 commission. In some ways I'd rather the many books which will be written stand alone to write the history. I'm so afraid the 9/11 commission will be the "official version" historically.

[toey]

67. bill maher n/t

[Independent_Liberal]

69. Bush would probably appoint Henry Kissinger or Ollie North.

[blm]

72. Bi-partisan truthtellers: Gary Hart and Warren Rudman

.

[bluedog]

76. United Nations N/T

[GreenPartyVoter]

77. The one we're currently trying to break?

World Summit on UN's Future Heads for Chaos
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0910-05.htm

Gutting the World Summit: Bush Betrays Poor Women Again
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0910-20.htm

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[newspeak]

81. just a wish

hard hitting investigative jounalists like Seymour Hersch or Greg Palast. We want truth-too must comprising by politicians--but if push comes to shove-my votes for Jimmy Carter

[milkyway]

83. Henry Kissinger?