Sensenbrenner has effectively shut down all conversations in the House on the Patriot Act and the Downing Street Memo.

Rep. Conyers is not only forbidden from holding a hearing, he also can't have a room to hold unofficial hearings. He has been relegated to the office space at the DNC. Amazingly his chief of staff is quoted in The Hill from an email he wrote to a minority staffer saying, “I’m sitting here watching your ‘forum’ on C-SPAN,” McLaughlin wrote. “Just to let you know, it was your last. Don’t bother asking [for a room] again.”.

Someone tell me when Democrats abused their power so obscenely when the Democrats were in the majority.

The Freedom Fries guy is also wearing the tinfoil. Laugh all you want, people on the right are also starting to ask questions.

GOP rep. sponsors Downing inquiry

U.S. Representative Walter Jones (news, bio, voting record) (R-NC) is seen in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. June 15, 2005. Jones will co-sponsor legislation about calling for the truth regarding the Downing Street Memo and reasons how the U.S. got involved in Iraq. Reuters/Mannie Garcia

Again, tell me if you're able to put up on why this issue is "tinfoil hat" material because all i see is evasion in your laughter. On the other hand, all i see is confirmation in regards to these damning memos.

More British memos on prewar concerns

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. --Will Rogers "I don't think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees." - George W. Bush I don't think anybody could have predicted that these people would .. try to use an airplane as a missile, a hijacked airplane as a missile. - Condoleeza Rice Barbara Bush: It's Good Enough for the Poor To comfort the powerless and make the powerful uncomfortable.