Revolt in the House?

I see no need to detect, or hope for, anything that could be described as 'independence' in the republican House. They are, and have been for the last five years, bootlickers to the regime, not an independent co-equal, branch of government. They are dogs that can be kicked as often as pleases their masters, and will still come back for more.

This is what they do. And it is a disgrace to our Congress.

So I am somewhat surprised, and quite a bit suspicious, to hear this from Representative Hoekstra, a boot-licker of the first order:

In a sharply worded letter to [George] Bush in May, an important Congressional ally charged that the administration might have violated the law by failing to inform Congress of some secret intelligence programs and risked losing Republican support on national security matters.

The letter from Representative Peter Hoekstra of Michigan, the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, did not specify the intelligence activities that he believed had been hidden from Congress.[...]

"I have learned of some alleged intelligence community activities about which our committee has not been briefed," Mr. Hoesktra wrote. "If these allegations are true, they may represent a breach of responsibility by the administration, a violation of the law, and, just as importantly, a direct affront to me and the members of this committee who have so ardently supported efforts to collect information on our enemies."

He added: "The U.S. Congress simply should not have to play Twenty Questions to get the information that it deserves under our Constitution."

True enough. So why did it take five years for Hoekstra to open his mouth? What, he's just now (with elections coming up and Bush a bit less popular than bubonic plague) noticing that this administration holds the other branches of government in complete and utter contempt? This is news to you?

Note the last paragraph, the "direct affront" part. Yes, Representative Hoekstra, Member of the ancient and storied House of Representatives, clothed in the measureless power of the United States, obedience buys you nothing. You've heard this before, from people you derided as Bush-haters and Moonbats. You've made your bed; don't complain now that it's in the servants' quarters.

That Democratic Congress you keep hearing about? It's coming; there's revolution in the air. When a whipped cur like Hoekstra dares open his mouth, the crowds must be gathering at the Bastille.