The glaring omission in the American political spectrum is a populist movement. And it most certainly isn't the Democratic Party. Although the professional politicians have done a fantastic job of making everyone believe that they are.

Once we give the Government power, it rarely gives it back. Shame

Here is what Pelosi is saying:

Washington, D.C. - In a letter to Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Silvestre Reyes, Speaker Nancy Pelosi requested that the Committees report to the House "as soon as possible after Congress reconvenes," legislation to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

Pelosi said that S. 1927, the bill passed tonight by the House to temporally amend FISA for six-months contains many provisions that are "unacceptable" and she does not believe that the American people will want to wait that long before corrective action is taken.

Oddly enough, even though his dictatorship very quickly became complete, Hitler returned to the Reichstag every four years to renew the "temporary" delegation of emergency powers that it had given him to deal with the Reichstag-arson crisis. Needless to say, the Reichstag rubber-stamped each of his requests.

If I were Nancy Pelosi, there would be no vacation, and we would right now be getting ready to try Harriet Miers and Karl Rove. Bush couldn't call a special session, because I would already have done so.

I'm tired of 95 degree humid weather too, but I didn't let it affect my work.

and you know this how, exactly? by what quantifiable methodology have you ascertained that your work hasn't been affected? do share your formula with the rest of the class.

sure, congress still has lots of work to do, no question about it. however, not all of them are going on some dude ranch vacation (what normal person goes on vacation, to a place that insults you before you even get there?), some will be going home, to face their constituents head on. i think that's a good thing. maybe, those constituents will tell them, face to face, to just have a big cup of STFU, and get the damn job done!

perhaps, the R & R might help some of them regenerate the parts of their backbone that have been worn down in the past few months; they'll come back, stiffened with fresh resolve, ready to actually put the screws to bush and his cronies.

It's hot everywhere. In the past ten days I've been in Denver, Omaha and Chicago. I'm tired of 95 degree humid weather too, but I didn't let it affect my work.