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Another Democrat double standard
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While making a big deal about what he said strikes me as stupid, I am more concerned about the possibility that he was lying about it. He could easily have just said "that was a different time and I've grown up since then" but he seems to be trying to say that he never used the term -- which I find very hard to believe of almost any southerner of that time.
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Originally Posted by
TYLERTECHSAS
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Up to a point, Tyler, I have to agree with you once again.....
But it is my belief that any such "Democratic double standard" is merely the tip of the racial iceberg.
IMNHO...... Racism is a fact of life and a reality that has been rooted in man's nature ever since our oldest ancestors first walked the earth and learned to be wary of ANY STRANGER of any description.
While it is has become "politically incorrect" and generally socially unacceptable to express any comment that could be percieved as some form of racial bias...... I have never understood why ANY MAN should not have the right to freely express his own preference for his particular kith and kin and harbor an innate reluctance to extend any such loyalty to others. Such preference clearly EXISTS! Every man woman and child on this planet KNOWS IT EXISTS...... And they perpetuate it continuously on a personal basis via their day to day reality. So why all the phoney folderol and orchestrated flippery?
Is ANYONE fool enough to believe that Senator Allen is the only WHITE GUY/WHITE POLITICIAN who ever used the word nigger? I personaaly like Al Shapton. But I'll bet anyone 100 bottles of Zywiec that Al has privately used the word ''honky'' more often than I have posted on this board. SO WHAT?
I sincerely doubt that Sharpton Hates whites or that Allen HATES blacks. But I'll bet that most of Sharpton's close friends are niggers and most of Allen's pals are honkeys. And why not?
Recently...... My wife and I went to a party at the home of a Negro/Black/African-American very good friend of over 30 years. My wife had cooked a leg of lamb for the occasion. There were about 20 guests and all except 2 others there were not white. When we arrived I stated loudly "I hope all you niggers like lamb". Dead silence until Ike (my friend) annouced "It's okay, he's just a crarzy white boy with a black soul''. Upon which I stated "At least we didn't bring chicken. Do you know why Negroes raise chickens? To teach their kids how to walk."
Later that evening I got into a very serious discussion with a black guy named George who just had to tell me that my use of the word nigger was inappropriate in his opinion. I'd swallowed several beers by then and it was a rather lengthy "rap" (like days of old)...... But after my babbling on about the beauty of free speech, sticks and stones and names, and comedians and such...... I promised George that I would never use the word nigger again when Black comics stopped using the word nigger and Black audiences stop laughing at their word play.
George and his wife came to my humble abode last Friday night for dinner. When they entered our foyer, George raised a bottle of bottle of red wine and said "I hope you honky Indian killers like this red fire water.
George and I now both realize and accept our racist natures and have become rather good friends.
I would suggest that any Negro voter who participates in the next election in Virginia...... Considers Allen's voting record during his term in office as THEIR representative v. his current opponent's platform...... And worry not about about a collection of letters that current political correctness claptrap can only refer to as the "n" word.
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Originally Posted by
Spinoza
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Up to a point, Tyler, I have to agree with you once again.....
But it is my belief that any such "Democratic double standard" is merely the tip of the racial iceberg.
IMNHO...... Racism is a fact of life and a reality that has been rooted in man's nature ever since our oldest ancestors first walked the earth and learned to be wary of ANY STRANGER of any description.
While it is has become "politically incorrect" and generally socially unacceptable to express any comment that could be percieved as some form of racial bias...... I have never understood why ANY MAN should not have the right to freely express his own preference for his particular kith and kin and harbor an innate reluctance to extend any such loyalty to others. Such preference clearly EXISTS! Every man woman and child on this planet KNOWS IT EXISTS...... And they perpetuate it continuously on a personal basis via their day to day reality. So why all the phoney folderol and orchestrated flippery?
Is ANYONE fool enough to believe that Senator Allen is the only WHITE GUY/WHITE POLITICIAN who ever used the word nigger? I personaaly like Al Shapton. But I'll bet anyone 100 bottles of Zywiec that Al has privately used the word ''honky'' more often than I have posted on this board. SO WHAT?
I sincerely doubt that Sharpton Hates whites or that Allen HATES blacks. But I'll bet that most of Sharpton's close friends are niggers and most of Allen's pals are honkeys. And why not?
Recently...... My wife and I went to a party at the home of a Negro/Black/African-American very good friend of over 30 years. My wife had cooked a leg of lamb for the occasion. There were about 20 guests and all except 2 others there were not white. When we arrived I stated loudly "I hope all you niggers like lamb". Dead silence until Ike (my friend) annouced "It's okay, he's just a crarzy white boy with a black soul''. Upon which I stated "At least we didn't bring chicken. Do you know why Negroes raise chickens? To teach their kids how to walk."
Later that evening I got into a very serious discussion with a black guy named George who just had to tell me that my use of the word nigger was inappropriate in his opinion. I'd swallowed several beers by then and it was a rather lengthy "rap" (like days of old)...... But after my babbling on about the beauty of free speech, sticks and stones and names, and comedians and such...... I promised George that I would never use the word nigger again when Black comics stopped using the word nigger and Black audiences stop laughing at their word play.
George and his wife came to my humble abode last Friday night for dinner. When they entered our foyer, George raised a bottle of bottle of red wine and said "I hope you honky Indian killers like this red fire water.
George and I now both realize and accept our racist natures and have become rather good friends.
I would suggest that any Negro voter who participates in the next election in Virginia...... Considers Allen's voting record during his term in office as THEIR representative v. his current opponent's platform...... And worry not about about a collection of letters that current political correctness claptrap can only refer to as the "n" word.
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Originally Posted by
TechDawgMc
While making a big deal about what he said strikes me as stupid, I am more concerned about the possibility that he was lying about it. He could easily have just said "that was a different time and I've grown up since then" but he seems to be trying to say that he never used the term -- which I find very hard to believe of almost any southerner of that time.
Exactly......
Would it not have been a clean breath of political fresh air had a member of America's highest congression body simply PROCLAIMED his white heritage proclivity, his relatively innocent folly, and thrown himself on the sword of his established voting record.
While I have absolutely no knowledge of this gentleman's prior actions/voting record in the senate...... How could any alleged or real racist remark/trail trump any such reality of his political career to date.
The only question worth a tinker's damn IMNMHO is whether this fellow is the guy each racially bias voter in Virginia prefers over his opponent.
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Originally Posted by
Spinoza
Exactly......
Would it not have been a clean breath of political fresh air had a member of America's highest congression body simply PROCLAIMED his white heritage proclivity, his relatively innocent folly, and thrown himself on the sword of his established voting record.
While I have absolutely no knowledge of this gentleman's prior actions/voting record in the senate...... How could any alleged or real racist remark/trail trump any such reality of his political career to date.
The only question worth a tinker's damn IMNMHO is whether this fellow is the guy each racially bias voter in Virginia prefers over his opponent.
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Originally Posted by
Soonerdawg
Maybe so, but you have to admit that was a pretty good, as well as very funny, post by SPINOZA.
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Originally Posted by
TYLERTECHSAS
Maybe so, but you have to admit that was a pretty good, as well as very funny, post by SPINOZA.
i'll have to take your word for it. I never, ever read anything by Spinoza or by Salty (who are one in the same person),and haven't for quite some time. He has no ties to Tech and he is boring. So, he apparently got lucky for once. It is not worth the time to read the rest of his garbage under either name to get to one kernel of supposed merit.
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Originally Posted by
Spinoza
Exactly......
Would it not have been a clean breath of political fresh air had a member of America's highest congression body simply PROCLAIMED his white heritage proclivity, his relatively innocent folly, and thrown himself on the sword of his established voting record.
While I have absolutely no knowledge of this gentleman's prior actions/voting record in the senate...... How could any alleged or real racist remark/trail trump any such reality of his political career to date.
The only question worth a tinker's damn IMNMHO is whether this fellow is the guy each racially bias voter in Virginia prefers over his opponent.
Most who post here are probobly too young to have experienced this......
But once upon a relatively recent time ago...... There was a more than refreshing American politician who routinely answered nearly ALL QUESTIONS posed to him during his presidentioal campaign with a simple and direct YES or NO.
Only AFTER every such short and specific response...... Would this fellow elaborate on his direct reply and explain in detail his aye or nay political position.
But Robert Kennedy was shot and killed long before any American was able to cast a ballot for or against any such refreshing poliotical candor.
And I personally...... Have never heard anything along this political high road EVER AGAIN.
Is it not more than sad and revealing that no modern politician from either side any political aisle, no longer has the HONEST ability to answer even simply questions with a declarative YES OR NO?
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Originally Posted by
TYLERTECHSAS
Maybe so, but you have to admit that was a pretty good, as well as very funny, post by SPINOZA.
I've read two posts of Spinoza's in the past two days only because someone quoted him. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to read them as he is on my ignore list. I was close to taking him off until I read these two. The reason I've decided to leave him on ignore is as Sooner says. He serves no purpose. That was proven in one post in which he blasts Markay for dislike him because he is a "Negro". Yet, here in this thread he asserts that he is white. He is only here to stir up crap, which affirms my belief and support of Sooner's assertion that he is none other than salty's extra ego.
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Originally Posted by
Dirtydawg
I've read two posts of Spinoza's in the past two days only because someone quoted him. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to read them as he is on my ignore list. I was close to taking him off until I read these two. The reason I've decided to leave him on ignore is as Sooner says. He serves no purpose. That was proven in one post in which he blasts Markay for dislike him because he is a "Negro". Yet, here in this thread he asserts that he is white. He is only here to stir up crap, which affirms my belief and support of Sooner's assertion that he is none other than salty's extra ego.
I'm not spinoza. He speaks for himself. I don't know his race. I do know that he is a "gay" person who is married to a woman.
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Originally Posted by
Spinoza
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George and his wife came to my humble abode last Friday night for dinner. When they entered our foyer, George raised a bottle of bottle of red wine and said "I hope you honky Indian killers like this red fire water.
HAHA
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Here's another. Wonder what would happen if a GOP Congressman was caught lying about his "resume" about being a lawyer when in fact he never passed the bar. The major media outlets will probably give this a free pass.
Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful and current black Democratic Congressman Harold Ford Jr. referred to himself as a lawyer earlier this week, but the congressman has not passed the bar exam.
http://www.tfponline.com/QuickHeadli...26ID%3DAr00903
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Junior is in a hard fought battle with the ex-mayor of Chatanooga for Bill Frist's seat. The latest Junior commercial has him sitting on the front row of some church in Memphis talking about morals.
The Republican committee's latest commercial begins with Junior sitting on the church then cuts to a picture of him partying at the Playboy mansion.
Now Junior is not a bad guy and probably attends church every Sunday, but I thought he was smarter than that.
He has his solid 30% and was actually pulling some Republican votes. After the debate this weekend, mark Frist's seat as safe for the Republicans.
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Originally Posted by
TYLERTECHSAS
Here's another. Wonder what would happen if a GOP Congressman was caught lying about his "resume" about being a lawyer when in fact he never passed the bar. The major media outlets will probably give this a free pass.
Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful and current black Democratic Congressman Harold Ford Jr. referred to himself as a lawyer earlier this week, but the congressman has not passed the bar exam.
http://www.tfponline.com/QuickHeadli...26ID%3DAr00903
I don't think you have to pass the bar to be a lawyer. You just have to graduate from law school. I may be wrong, but I think failure to pass the bar only means you don't a license to practice. So, as Clinton would say, "it depends upon was 'lawyer' is."
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Do you guys really want to play "who has the most guilty" or do you want to get rid of ALL the guilty ones from both parties? Jeeeesh
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champion110
Do you guys really want to play "who has the most guilty" or do you want to get rid of ALL the guilty ones from both parties? Jeeeesh
No, I want to get rid of ALL of them, guilty or not.
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champion110
Do you guys really want to play "who has the most guilty" or do you want to get rid of ALL the guilty ones from both parties? Jeeeesh
I want NO SPIN. :rolleyes4:
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Originally Posted by
Soonerdawg
I don't think you have to pass the bar to be a lawyer. You just have to graduate from law school. I may be wrong, but I think failure to pass the bar only means you don't a license to practice. So, as Clinton would say, "it depends upon was 'lawyer' is."
That is correct. As soon as you get your JD, you are a lawyer.
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Originally Posted by
Dirtydawg
I've read two posts of Spinoza's in the past two days only because someone quoted him. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to read them as he is on my ignore list. I was close to taking him off until I read these two. The reason I've decided to leave him on ignore is as Sooner says. He serves no purpose. That was proven in one post in which he blasts Markay for dislike him because he is a "Negro". Yet, here in this thread he asserts that he is white. He is only here to stir up crap, which affirms my belief and support of Sooner's assertion that he is none other than salty's extra ego.
Just a few remarks that you will be unable to read......
And possibly not able to understand even if you could read them.
Quote...... Is the glaring animosity YOU so clearly feel toward me, simply a personal matter of choice/hatred...... Or do you categorically detest all Negroes with equal venom?
I could have written "Or do you detest all kittens and puppies with equal venom" and never have strayed so much as a tiny slipper from any established path of the King's English.
But I opted for "Negroes" rather than "kittens and/or puppies" for good reason.
Needless to say...... Both Markay and others have proved themselves eager to swallow my forked barb more quickly than I could manage to wiggle another worm in their direction.
After my little "GAY" mischief on another thread...... I learned that Barnum was wrong. In point of fact...... It now seems obvious to me that MORE THAN ONE is born every minute.
But Dirtydawg is right about one thing. I "serve no purpose" here.
I wonder, however, if Dirtydawg or some others will ever realize that this is only because I have no purpose "to serve"?
And then there is the Dirtydawg's "only here to stir up crap" contention.
Personally...... I have never denied that I very much enjoy stirring any pot within reach of whatever remains of my old but still curious little grey cells. My preference has always been TO STIR fresh ideas and the fresh vegitation of life that blooms anywhere near the pot of life that my fortunate fate has given me.
But I have never been afraid to sully my hands either before or after any honest meal...... If someone craps on or near all the flowers and plants that have always sustained me.
In this respect I am more than willing to "stir up crap" when necessary and trust to logic and intellect to evaporate its essence before I once again sip the true flavor of my preferred cup of life.:) :) :) :) :)
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duckbillplatty
That is correct. As soon as you get your JD, you are a lawyer.
A lawyer that can not practise law because he can not pass the law board huh?? Oh well. I guess being a congressman was the next best thing and probably all Democrat Congressman H. Ford could do then.:rolleyes: Good for him.:rolleyes4:
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I saw a nice bumper sticker yesterday. It said "Think about it - life without liberals". I must say, it did bring a really nice smile to my face.
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Originally Posted by
TYLERTECHSAS
A lawyer that can not practise law because he can not pass the law board huh?? Oh well. I guess being a congressman was the next best thing and probably all Democrat Congressman H. Ford could do then.:rolleyes: Good for him.:rolleyes4:
:D I know our Bar really isn't that hard either... I think just saying that he couldn't pass it, got the point across.
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duckbillplatty
:D I know our Bar really isn't that hard either... I think just saying that he couldn't pass it, got the point across.
Have they made it easier to pass the bar in Louisiana than it used to be? The pass rate of the bar in Louisiana used to be low. A lot of it was because lawyers trained in common law had to try to learn our civil law system here, but there were plenty of people who either failed or conditioned the test.
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Originally Posted by
Soonerdawg
I don't think you have to pass the bar to be a lawyer. You just have to graduate from law school. I may be wrong, but I think failure to pass the bar only means you don't a license to practice. So, as Clinton would say, "it depends upon was 'lawyer' is."
Guess its in the same crazy arena where you're not (by law) supposed to call yourself an engineer unless you are a licensed professional engineer. Of course, we all know that everybody adds engineer to whatever task they want to do Idomestic engineer, even seen janitorial engineer once) - and engineering interns (well on their way to being full fledged engineers) are the only ones that are careful not to call themselves engineer until they're duly licensed probably for fear of future desire to become one. If you take the bar and fail it never to take it again nearly 10 years later, Ford probably won't be in the category exercising care because of future desire to be a member of the bar.
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markay714
Guess its in the same crazy arena where you're not (by law) supposed to call yourself an engineer unless you are a licensed professional engineer. Of course, we all know that everybody adds engineer to whatever task they want to do Idomestic engineer, even seen janitorial engineer once) - and engineering interns (well on their way to being full fledged engineers) are the only ones that are careful not to call themselves engineer until they're duly licensed probably for fear of future desire to become one. If you take the bar and fail it never to take it again nearly 10 years later, Ford probably won't be in the category exercising care because of future desire to be a member of the bar.
When I was in Charlotte, NC with Meineke going over some training, one of the guys purchasing a franchise called himself an automotive engineer. He is 26. His education was having read some theory books and the fact that he understood the theories and calculations better than the classmates he had while he was in college. He didn't have a degree or any other qualification other than being well read. This guy was really a case. I do have to say that he did exhibit the character of thinking he knew everything like an engineer does.
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Originally Posted by
TYLERTECHSAS
A lawyer that can not practise law because he can not pass the law board huh?? Oh well. I guess being a congressman was the next best thing and probably all Democrat Congressman H. Ford could do then.:rolleyes: Good for him.:rolleyes4:
For some reason......
Your post reminds me of the movie "My Cousin Vinny".
Harold may or may not have bitten off more than he can currently politically chew...... But I do like:) what little I know of him.
BTW...... I considered "My Blue Heaven" the funniest movie ever, until I watched "My Cousin Vinny".
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And yet another
AP Exclusive: Reid Got $1M in Land Sale
Oct 11, 7:50 PM (ET)
By JOHN SOLOMON and KATHLEEN HENNESSEY
http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/ap/thum...1011164501.jpg(AP) Senate Minority leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. speaks at a news conference in Omaha, Neb.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid collected a $1.1 million windfall on a Las Vegas land sale even though he hadn't personally owned the property for three years, property deeds show. In the process, Reid did not disclose to Congress an earlier sale in which he transferred his land to a company created by a friend and took a financial stake in that company, according to records and interviews
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061011/D8KMO6NG0.html
And yet another!
GOP Leaders Seek Probe of Berger Papers
Oct 11 2:25 PM US/Eastern
http://img.breitbart.com/images/ap.gif By ERICA WERNER
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON
A group of House Republicans called Wednesday for a congressional investigation into the improper handling of classified documents by President Clinton's national security adviser, Sandy Berger. Berger admitted last year that he deliberately took classified documents out of the National Archives in 2003 and destroyed some of them at his office. He pleaded guilty in federal court to one charge of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material and was fined $50,000.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/10/11/D8KMJE502.html
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Tyler,
We all know that both parties have crooks and "non moral" people. What amazes me is that Republicans believe that pointing out all the Democrats that fall in that range is just fine; however, act all shocked and indignant when the Democrats point out those in your party. That is just STRANGE! Then there is calling the Democrats the ones with a double standard??????????????? The double standard seems to apply to both parties - not just one.
The fact is that the Republicans need to stop preaching about morals, when they have just as many "bad" people in office as the Democrats. The public needs to decide which policies work the best and vote on that.
I will use a take on the famous line: "Are we better off today than we were 4 years ago?" That is the question. If you think we are, then you should vote Republican. If you think that things need to change, then you should vote Democrat. If you don't know what is going on, you should stay home.
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Democrats suck.
Republicans are the best.
God Bless Ronald Reagan.
Go Dawgs!
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Cool Hand Clyde
Democrats suck.
Republicans are the best.
God Bless Ronald Reagan.
Go Dawgs!
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Originally Posted by
champion110
Tyler,
We all know that both parties have crooks and "non moral" people. What amazes me is that Republicans believe that pointing out all the Democrats that fall in that range is just fine; however, act all shocked and indignant when the Democrats point out those in your party. That is just STRANGE! Then there is calling the Democrats the ones with a double standard??????????????? The double standard seems to apply to both parties - not just one.
The fact is that the Republicans need to stop preaching about morals, when they have just as many "bad" people in office as the Democrats. The public needs to decide which policies work the best and vote on that.
I agree with your both parties quote above. This thread I guess, would mearly counter the Rep. Foley " don't you GOPer's preach to us and take the higher moral ground on us" thread. Not that there would be any excuse to defend any of these actions.
Then again, Foley didn't cause anybody to die like during the 1969 Chappaquiddick incident involving Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy. :icon_wink: Oops I did it again.
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And again! Oh well.
Second U.S. lawmaker faces of misconduct allegations
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressional board which oversees a Capitol Hill internship program rocked by a sex scandal, discussed allegations on Monday involving a second lawmaker, said Rep. Dale Kildee, a Michigan Democrat.
Kildee made the comment as he emerged from a closed-door meeting of a House ethics committee, which has been focused on the case of former Republican Rep. Mark Foley of Florida, who resigned last month following disclosure he sent inappropriate electronic messages to male teenage interns, known as pages.
"It's only been allegations made," Kildee told reporters of the House page board's discussion about a second lawmaker, who he declined to identify.
Kildee said he and other board members had a conference call earlier in the day about "other allegations, not about Mr. Foley." Kildee also indicated the page board had talked about the matter with the second lawmaker.
Last week, a law enforcement official confirmed a report by NBC News that the U.S. attorney's office and the FBI in Arizona were conducting a "preliminary look" into a camping trip Rep. Jim Kolbe took with two teenage pages and others 10 years ago.
The official, who asked not to be identified, said federal investigators were responding to a "single allegation" about Kolbe of Arizona. The official refused to say who made the allegation or what was being alleged.
Kolbe's office denied any wrongdoing.
"The rafting trip back in 1996 consisted of five current staff, two former pages and his sister," a spokeswoman for Kolbe said. "There is absolutely no basis and no truth to any (allegations of) inappropriate behavior."
As part of the ethics committee's investigation of Foley, it is trying to determine if any other House members demonstrated troubling behavior toward teenage interns.
With reports that some Republican House members or staff were told about Foley's troubling conduct months or even years ago, the panel is also trying to determine if there was a cover-up -- who knew what and when about Foley and what, if anything, they did about it.
© Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved.
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And yet again!
Reid to Reimburse Campaign for Donations
Oct 16 5:08 PM US/Eastern
http://img.breitbart.com/images/ap.gif By JOHN SOLOMON
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid has been using campaign donations instead of his personal money to pay Christmas bonuses for the support staff at the Ritz-Carlton where he lives in an upscale condominium. Federal election law bars candidates from converting political donations for personal use.
Questioned about the campaign expenditures by The Associated Press, Reid's office said Monday he was personally reimbursing his campaign for $3,300 in donations he had directed to the staff holiday fund at his residence.
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Reid also announced he was amending his ethics reports to Congress to more fully account for a Las Vegas land deal, highlighted in an AP story last week, that allowed him to collect $1.1 million in 2004 for property he hadn't personally owned in three years.
In that matter, the senator hadn't disclosed to Congress that he first sold land to a friend's limited liability company back in 2001 and took an ownership stake in the company. He collected the seven-figure payout when the company sold the land again in 2004 to others.
Reid portrayed the 2004 sale as a personal sale of land, making no mention of the company's ownership or its role in the sale.
Reid said his amended ethics reports would list the 2001 sale and the company, called Patrick Lane LLC. He said the amended reports would also divulge two other smaller land deals he had failed to report to Congress.
"I directed my staff to file amended financial disclosure forms noting that in 2001, I transferred title to the land to a Limited Liability Corporation," Reid said in a statement issued by his office.
He said he believed the 2001 sale did not alter his ownership of the land but that he agreed to file the amended reports because "I believe in ensuring all facts come to light."
Reid labeled the AP story as the "latest attempt" by Republicans to affect the election. AP reported last week that it learned of the land deal from a former Reid adviser who had concerns about the way the deal was reported to Congress.
On the Ritz-Carlton holiday donations, Reid gave $600 in 2002, then $1,200 in 2004 and $1,500 in 2005 from his re-election campaign to an entity listed as the REC Employee Holiday Fund. His campaign listed the expenses as campaign "salary" for two of the years and as a "contribution" one year.
Reid's office said the listing as salary was a "clerical error."
Residents and workers at the Ritz said the fund's full name is the Residents Executive Committee Holiday Fund and that it collects money each year from the condominium residents to help provide Christmas gifts, bonuses and a party for the support staff.
Federal election law permits campaigns to provide "gifts of nominal value" but prohibits candidates from using political donations for personal expenses, such as mortgage, rent or utilities for "any part of any personal residence."
The law specifically defines prohibited personal use expenses as any "obligation or expense of any person that would exist irrespective of the candidate's campaign or duties as a federal officeholder."
Land deeds show Reid and his wife, Landra, purchased a condominium for their Washington residence at the hotel for $750,000 in March 2001. The holiday fund has existed for years the at the condo, workers said.
Reid said Monday he believed the expenses were permissible but he nonetheless was reimbursing the campaign.
"These donations were made to thank the men and women who work in the building for the extra work they do as a result of my political activities, and for helping the security officers assigned to me because of my Senate position," Reid said.
Larry Noble, the Federal Election Commission's former chief enforcement lawyer, said Reid's explanation is aimed at a "gray area" in the law by suggesting the donations were tied to his official Senate and political work.
"What makes this harder for the senator is that this is his personal residence and this looks like an event that everybody else at the residence is taking out of their personal money as they're living there," Noble said.
On the land dealings, Reid announced Monday he had failed to disclose two other transactions on his prior ethics reports and would account for those on his amended reports along with the 2001 sale.
The first, he said, involved the sale in 2004 of about one-third acre of land in 2004 he owned in his hometown of Searchlight, Nev. And, he said he had not reported his ownership since 1985 of a quarter acre of land his brother gave him in 1985.
Reid said the failure to disclose those transactions previously was due to "clerical errors" and they amounted to "two minor matters that were inadvertently left off my original disclosure forms."
He had asked the Senate Ethics Committee last Wednesday for an opinion on the 2001 land sale but decided to amend his forms prior to the committee acting.
Reid's announcement came after numerous newspapers nationwide published editorials criticizing both his initial failure to disclose the full details of his Las Vegas land deal and his response to AP's story.
The $1.1 million land deal was engineered by Jay Brown, a longtime friend and former casino lawyer whose name surfaced in a major political bribery trial this summer and in other prior organized crime investigations. Brown has never been charged with wrongdoing, except for a 1981 federal securities complaint that was settled out of court. Ethics experts told AP that Reid's inaccurate accounting of the deal to Congress appeared to violate Senate ethics rules and raised other issues concerning taxes and potential gifts.
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Tyler,
I haven't checked the politics section lately. I would have thought you would have given this up. I could name hundreds of politicians on both sides of the aisle that would be in the same boat. I don't want to go digging for names, though. Suffice it to say that this Republican leadership has added significantly to the pile of garbage that has accumulated in the House and Senate over history.
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Originally Posted by
TYLERTECHSAS
And again! Oh well.
Second U.S. lawmaker faces of misconduct allegations
Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:39pm ET
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressional board which oversees a Capitol Hill internship program rocked by a sex scandal, discussed allegations on Monday involving a second lawmaker, said Rep. Dale Kildee,
a Michigan Democrat.
Kildee made the comment as he emerged from a closed-door meeting of a House ethics committee, which has been focused on the case of former Republican Rep. Mark Foley of Florida, who resigned last month following disclosure he sent inappropriate electronic messages to male teenage interns, known as pages.
"It's only been allegations made," Kildee told reporters of the House page board's discussion about a second lawmaker, who he declined to identify.
Kildee said he and other board members had a conference call earlier in the day about "other allegations, not about Mr. Foley." Kildee also indicated the page board had talked about the matter with the second lawmaker.
Last week, a law enforcement official confirmed a report by NBC News that the U.S. attorney's office and the FBI in Arizona were conducting a "preliminary look" into a camping trip Rep. Jim Kolbe took with two teenage pages and others 10 years ago.
The official, who asked not to be identified, said federal investigators were responding to a "single allegation" about Kolbe of Arizona. The official refused to say who made the allegation or what was being alleged.
Kolbe's office denied any wrongdoing.
"The rafting trip back in 1996 consisted of five current staff, two former pages and his sister," a spokeswoman for Kolbe said. "There is absolutely no basis and no truth to any (allegations of) inappropriate behavior."
As part of the ethics committee's investigation of Foley, it is trying to determine if any other House members demonstrated troubling behavior toward teenage interns.
With reports that some Republican House members or staff were told about Foley's troubling conduct months or even years ago, the panel is also trying to determine if there was a cover-up -- who knew what and when about Foley and what, if anything, they did about it.
© Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved.
Tyler, you should read your "cut and paste" posts more carefully. Democrat Dale Kildee is on the ethics board which is investigating REPUBLICAN Rep. Jim Kolbe's camping trip with 2 pages.
Gee whiz, where is Sooner when you need him?
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Originally Posted by
champion110
Tyler,
I haven't checked the politics section lately. I would have thought you would have given this up.
I should. Just bored in Texas. :icon_wink:
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
saltydawg
Tyler, you should read your "cut and paste" posts more carefully. Democrat Dale Kildee is on the ethics board which is investigating REPUBLICAN Rep. Jim Kolbe's camping trip with 2 pages.
Gee whiz, where is Sooner when you need him?
~3 weeks to elections. Make sure you vote!
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Both parties have problems no doubt. The issue is the treatment by the mainstream media when there is a problem with a republican and how republicans respond, as to how these issues are treated and responded to when it is a democrat.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
TYLERTECHSAS
And again! Oh well.
Second U.S. lawmaker faces of misconduct allegations
Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:39pm ET
http://i.today.reuters.com/images/spacer.gif
http://today.reuters.com/misc/GenIma...pg&resize=w192
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressional board which oversees a Capitol Hill internship program rocked by a sex scandal, discussed allegations on Monday involving a second lawmaker, said Rep. Dale Kildee,
a Michigan Democrat.
Kildee made the comment as he emerged from a closed-door meeting of a House ethics committee, which has been focused on the case of former Republican Rep. Mark Foley of Florida, who resigned last month following disclosure he sent inappropriate electronic messages to male teenage interns, known as pages.
"It's only been allegations made," Kildee told reporters of the House page board's discussion about a second lawmaker, who he declined to identify.
Kildee said he and other board members had a conference call earlier in the day about "other allegations, not about Mr. Foley." Kildee also indicated the page board had talked about the matter with the second lawmaker.
Last week, a law enforcement official confirmed a report by NBC News that the U.S. attorney's office and the FBI in Arizona were conducting a "preliminary look" into a camping trip Rep. Jim Kolbe took with two teenage pages and others 10 years ago.
The official, who asked not to be identified, said federal investigators were responding to a "single allegation" about Kolbe of Arizona. The official refused to say who made the allegation or what was being alleged.
Kolbe's office denied any wrongdoing.
"The rafting trip back in 1996 consisted of five current staff, two former pages and his sister," a spokeswoman for Kolbe said. "There is absolutely no basis and no truth to any (allegations of) inappropriate behavior."
As part of the ethics committee's investigation of Foley, it is trying to determine if any other House members demonstrated troubling behavior toward teenage interns.
With reports that some Republican House members or staff were told about Foley's troubling conduct months or even years ago, the panel is also trying to determine if there was a cover-up -- who knew what and when about Foley and what, if anything, they did about it.
© Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved.
You are hilarious Tyler. Just one more example of just how BLIND you are. Did you actually read the article, or just google for "democrat scandal"???
The Michigan Democrat is INVESTIGATING a sex scandal of a REPUBLICAN from Arizona.
You're just getting sad now.
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OK...OK.... The laugh is on me for that one post. :o What can I say except I was bored, PO'd about our DAWGS and in a hurry. Give one to you guys.
Let's just call it "Fair and Balanced" cut and pasting. :D
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TYLERTECHSAS
I was bored ... and in a hurry.
Is that an oxymoron? :D
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Originally Posted by
Soonerdawg
Is that an oxymoron? :D
Yes, and I was bored and in a hurry when I posted that as well. :(
Was Hillary bored and or in a hurry when she told this little white lie? I know... just having some fun here.
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52477
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"The Foley matter has impact in some limited districts, but the research we have shows that people are differentiating between a vote for their congressman and a member from Florida," Mr. Rove said
Hm.
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Originally Posted by
TYLERTECHSAS
Just two quick thoughts, Tyler......
The democrats had 3 decades to rule congress and perfect the political art of corruption and sleeze.
The republicans have barely had time to learn how to freeze hot money.
2nd thought...... It is not time to "throw the republican bums" out because of a few bad pumkins in a political patch......
It is time to THROW THEM OUT because of their "do nothing" record.
And if the NEW BUMS fail to do what is needed...... It will also be time to throw them out in 2 years.
If the American electorate ever became barely sophisticated, and capable of ignoring party stupidity, and kept throwing out all the bums who failed to serve their interests well...... Even the dumbest and greediest boys within the beltway might eventually get the message.
And any such process can only begin at one's local ballot box.
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i agree with with most of your last post SPINOZA. Just not their "do nothing record" part but still most of your post. It's just that some of what they have done, you and some of which I, just don't agree with. But I wouldn't say "do nothing".
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I debated on not posting this one. But I thought NAH... it's fair game. Heck, it probably deserves it's own thread. :shocked2: I think I will go and find the Foley thread and post it there as well. I will warn you there is some pretty graphic sick language that this DEM Webb wrote in his novel. This guy is toast!
ALLEN'S REVENGE: EXPOSES UNDERAGE SEX SCENES IN OPPONENT'S NOVELS
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/2...jMlIozt3Vl2Q--http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/2...MmtPAKhw0.Jg--
ALLEN'S REVENGE: EXPOSES UNDERAGE SEX SCENES IN OPPONENT'S NOVELS
Thu Oct 26 2006 20:05:37 ET
Sen. George Allen, R-VA, unleashed a press release late Thursday that exposed his rival's fiction writing, which includes graphic underage sex scenes.
http://www.drudgereport.com/webb.jpg
The press release, as provided by the Allen Campaign:
WEBB’S WEIRD WORLD
The Author’s Disturbing Writings Show a Continued Pattern of Demeaning Women
· Some of Webb’s writings are very disturbing for a candidate hoping to represent the families of Virginians in the U.S. Senate.
· Many excellent books about the United States military and wartime service accomplish their purposes, and even win awards, without systematically demeaning women, and without dehumanizing women, men and even children.
· Webb’s novels disturbingly and consistently – indeed, almost uniformly – portray women as servile, subordinate, inept, incompetent, promiscuous, perverted, or some combination of these. In novel after novel, Webb assigns his female characters base, negative characteristics. In thousands of pages of fiction penned by Webb, there are few if any strong, admirable women or positive female role models.
Why does Jim Webb refuse to portray women in a respectful, positive light, whether in his non-fiction concerning their role in the military, or in his provocative novels? How can women trust him to represent their views in the Senate when chauvinistic attitudes and sexually exploitive references run throughout his fiction and non-fiction writings?
· Most Virginians and Americans would find passages such as those below shocking, especially coming from the pen of someone who seeks the privilege of serving in the United States Senate, one of the highest offices in the land:
– Lost Soldiers: “A shirtless man walked toward them along a mud pathway. His muscles were young and hard, but his face was devastated with wrinkles. His eyes were so red that they appeared to be burned by fire. A naked boy ran happily toward him from a little plot of dirt. The man grabbed his young son in his arms, turned him upside down, and put the boy’s penis in his mouth.”
Bantam Books, NY, 1st Edition, 2001, (hard cover), page 333.
Quote is from para. 10,.Chap. 34.
– Something to Die For: "Fogarty . . . watch[ed] a naked young stripper do the splits over a banana. She stood back up, her face smiling proudly and her round breasts glistening from a spotlight in the dim bar, and left the banana on the bar, cut in four equal sections by the muscles of her vagina."
William Morrow and Company, Inc., NY 1991, 1st Ed. (hardcover), p. 36.
Avon Books, New York, 1992 (Mass-Market paperback edition), p. 35
Quote is from para. 29, Chap. 2 “The South China Sea,”, Section 2
– A Country Such as This: "[He] could see Jawbone and Ashley Asthmatic [two guards at a Vietnamese prison camp] napping together in the grass. They faced inward, their arms entwined. It looked like they were masturbating each other. It didn't surprise him. … It was common to see men holding hands, embracing, playing with each other. Some of them [the guards] had wanted him. He could tell in those evanescent moments between his bao cao bow, the obligatory deference when a guard entered his cell, and the first word or blow that followed it… Quick, grinding voices, turgid with repressed passion. An exploratory reaching of the hand near his groin…”
Doubleday & Co., Garden City, NY, 1983 (hardcover); page 396.
Bluejacket Books, 2001 (Trade paperback edition), page 396
Page numbers are the same in the Naval Institute Press (paperback) edition, 1983.
Quote is from fifth para, Part 5 “A Country Such As This,” Chap. 24, Section 1
– A Sense of Honor: “Nurse Goodbody, dark and voluptuous (Lenahan had forgotten her actual name, it was something long and Italian), was a bedtime friend to many of the doctors in Bethesda. She had hinted to Lenahan that she simply could not contain herself. Doctors tending to patients, she explained, aroused her. Morphine Mary (again Lenahan could not remember her exact name) was a thin, nervous drill sergeant type, a disciplinarian who did not allow her patients even to complain. Lenahan was convinced that Morphine Mary did not even sleep with her husband. She wasn’t bad looking, he mused again, staring at her thin frame. If she’d just get laid every now and then she’d mellow out and stop being such a damn witch.” (p. 164) (Lenahan brings Goodbody home with him and has sex, pp. 188-190)
Prentice-Hall, New York, 1981 (hardcover)
Bantam, New York, 1982 (Mass-Market paperback edition), p. 164
Trade paperback edition, Bluejacket Books, 1995, p. 164
Quote is from fourth para in Part 3, “Chapter 4:1600”
– Something to Die For: "[Fogarty] has been thinking of the firm, springy skin and the sweet smells of a young Filipina woman named Maria in whose bed he had spent three nights almost twenty years ago. . . . She was a deliciously bad young woman. . . . On the second night, he had brought her a box of Godiva chocolates . . . . he had awakened to find her in the bathroom, sitting on the toilet with her knees underneath her chin, eating chocolates and counting her rosary beads as she prayed."
William Morrow and Company, Inc., NY 1991, 1st Ed. (hardcover), p. 32.
Avon Books New York, 1992 (Mass-Market paperback edition), p. 30
Quote is from third para in Chapter 2 “South China Sea,”, Part 2
– Something to Die For: "We're on our way to becoming the world's recreational center, a nation [USA] not to be taken seriously. Where are we still the undisputed leader? Music. Movies. Fast food. Drugs. . . . the billboards fifty years from now as you come over the bridge and stop at the tollbooths outside Manhattan: A smiling beautiful naked woman, and the sign saying AMERICAN ASS IS OUR MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCT."
William Morrow and Company, Inc., NY 1991, 1st Ed. (hardcover), p. 199.
Avon Books New York, 1992 (Mass-Market paperback edition), p. 237
Quote is from para. 38, Chap. 13, Part 1, (five paras before Part 2).
– Fields of Fire: Snake (the protagonist) sees his mother on the bed: "She looked as if she were carefully attempting to re-create a picture from some long-forgotten men's magazine . . . . She was naked underneath the robe . . . . and the robe fell loosely away, revealing her. Snake shrugged resignedly."
Prentice-Hall, New York, 1978 (Hardcover, 1st edition), p. 8
Bantam Books "mass market [paperback] edition" published in Sept. 2001. p. 9.
Quote is from paragraphs 18-23, Part 1 “The Best We Have”, Section 1
(NOTE: Part 1 is after the Prologue)
– Fields of Fire: "He saw the invitation with every bouncing breast and curved hip. . . . He was thirteen. . . . She was fifteen . . . . In a few moments she drew him to her and he murmured in his quiet voice, 'I am still small.' 'You are large enough,' she answered. And he found he was."
Prentice-Hall, New York, 1978 (Hardcover, 1st edition), pp. 211-212
Bantam Books "mass market [paperback] ed." published in Sept. 2001, pp. 280-81.
Quote is from paragraphs 8-20, Part 2 “The End of the Pipeline,” Chapter 24
– A Sense of Honor: “… that is, if you knew who your sister was, Brustein, and if she’d been born with anything between her legs except an asshole, I’d be happy to bring some class to your low-rent name by knocking the bitch up.” (p. 223)
Prentice-Hall, New York, 1981 (hardcover)
Bantam, New York, 1982 (Mass-Market paperback edition), p. 223
Trade paperback edition, Bluejacket Books, 1995, p. 223
Quote is from 17th para in Part 4, “Chapter 7:1930”
– A Sense of Honor: “You wouldn’t have believed it, Swede. She just dropped her britches and lifted up her skirt and pissed like a man. Didn’t lose a drop, either. Not a drop.” (p. 183)
Prentice-Hall, New York, 1981 (hardcover)
Bantam, New York, 1982 (Mass-Market paperback edition), p. 183
Trade paperback edition, Bluejacket Books, 1995, p. 183
Quote is from 23rd para in Part 3, “Chapter 8: 2300”
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I guess this is as goiod of place to post this as any.
http://www.omegaletter.com/articles.asp?ArticleID=5987
The Inexplicable Sandy Berger
Perspective on the News
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Jack Kinsella - Omega Letter Editor
It's been a couple of years since the world forgot that a highly-placed member of the Clinton administration stuffed documents relevant to the 9/11 attacks down his pants and sneaked them out of the National Archives.
I keep waiting for somebody to get curious about what those never-recovered documents had to say. They must have been pretty important for the former National Security Advisor to the United States to steal.
And then to lie to federal investigators about stealing them afterwards, which is another major federal crime. We are talking a major federal crime.
It was lying to investigators that sent Martha Stewart to the pokey. It turned out that Stewart lied to investigators about a stock transaction worth $40,000 -- play money to billionaire Stewart.
And the action Stewart was convicting of lying about wasn't even illegal. Martha went to jail for the lie, not the crime she lied about.
Lewis "Scooter" Libby was the Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney and one of the most important policy-makers in the Bush administration.
He was indicted by a federal grand jury and resigned in disgrace. The grand jury indicted him for lying under oath about his involvement in the leaking of the name of CIA employee Valerie Plame.
Libby wasn't the leak. And we now know that prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald KNEW Libby wasn't the leaker before he even called Libby to testify. And Fitzgerald also knew that the 'crime' being covered up wasn't a crime at all.
But Libby remains under federal indictment on charges of lying to investigators about a crime that was never committed by an investigator who knew he was not guilty when he began the investigation.
So lying to federal investigators is, as I said, a big deal in Washington. Lying to investigators put President Clinton in the dock at the Senate and put the country through the agony of the impeachment proceedings.
It was the lie that put Clinton there, not the 'crime' he was covering up. His political supporters forgave him the crime, dismissing it as something 'everybody lies about'.
But Clinton lost his law license in his home state, the highest rebuke possible in the legal profession. He was convicted of lying to a grand jury and lost the civil suit brought against him by Paula Jones.
Despite Clinton's continuing popularity among Democrats, Clinton will never enjoy the post-presidential career he'd hoped for. He will be forever tarnished, popular, but polarizing.
Bill Clinton is living a politician's nightmare; he will always be remembered for the worst thing he ever did.
Sandy Berger used his position of trust as a former Cabinet official to steal highly-classified documents from the National Archives.
He was so startled by the documents he discovered that he actually stuffed them down his pants and walked out with them.
It is important to keep in mind what Berger was doing in the National Archives. He was assigned to review documents relevant to the September 11 attacks and report back to the 9/11 investigating committee.
The documents Berger took — each copy of the millennium report is said to be in the range of 15 to 30 pages — were highly secret. They were classified at what is known as the "code word" level, which is the government's highest tier of secrecy.
Berger homed in on a single document: the so-called "after-action report" on the Clinton administration's handling of the millennium plot of 1999/2000. Berger is said to have taken multiple copies of the same paper.
He is also said to have taken those copies on at least two different days.
There have been no reports that he took any other documents, which suggests that his choice of papers was quite specific, and not the result of simple carelessness.
So his theft can only be construed as an attempt to alter the historical record on terrorism. And when questioned, he lied to investigators.
He said he 'inadvertenly' took the papers home.
"In the course of reviewing over several days thousands of pages of documents on behalf of the Clinton administration in connection with requests by the September 11 commission, I inadvertently took a few documents from the Archives," Berger said in a written statement.
"When I was informed by the Archives that there were documents missing, I immediately returned everything I had except for a few documents that I apparently had accidentally discarded."
When Berger pleaded guilty, he admitted he knowingly hid his handwritten notes in his jacket and pants in order to sneak them out of the Archives. He also admitted he cut up the missing documents with scissors.
Despite both the crime and the coverup, Berger was fined $50,000.00 plus community service and probation. He served no jail time. Because he pleaded out to a misdemeanor, Berger has no felony conviction on his record.
His security clearance was only suspended until 2008 -- meaningless to a partisan Democrat during a Republican administration.
Nobody knows for sure what documents Berger took. We only know what documents Berger admitted to taking.
And since he STOLE them in the first place, what logic is there in declaring the case 'closed' on Berger's word?
Finally, two years after the fact, and after the administration has been soundly beaten with the 9/11 Commission's final report (without the stolen and possibly, exclupatory, information) a group of ten House Republicans are wondering, "What did Sandy Berger stuff down his pants?"
They asked the House Government Reform Committee to determine whether any documents were missing from Clinton administration terrorism records, to review security measures for classified documents and to seek testimony from Berger.
(It is worthy of noting that not ONE of the Democrats who were calling for Scooter Libby's blood joined them.)
The request is 'under review' by the House Government Reform Committee. (In other words, it depends on who has the majority in the House -- and on the Committee -- after the mid-term elections.)
Meanwhile, Scooter Libby is still under indictment. Martha Stewart is a convicted felon.
But Sandy Berger is hosting fund-raising dinners for political races, doing cable TV appearances, and advising political campaigns.
In two years, he can cash in on his political favors and count on a prominent role in any subsequent Democratic administration. (Berger was a senior advisor to the Kerry campaign when the story broke, and Kerry was rumored to have offered him Secretary of State.)
It is inexplicable that Berger remains such a high roller on the national political scene. How did he manage to do it? And seemingly, get away with it?
The case is all but forgotten. The Bush administration couldn't protect Scooter Libby.
All her popularity and money couldn't protect Martha Stewart. But somebody was able to protect Sandy Berger. It is Orwellian. Who HAS that kind of power?
I don't think we'll know the answer to THAT question until we get the answer to the first one. "What DID Sandy Berger stuff down his pants?"
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How many Americans haven't died in Iraq now?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
aubunique
How many Americans haven't died in Iraq now?
Again, go back to bed Aub.
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Originally Posted by
aubunique
How many Americans haven't died in Iraq now?
Over 2800.
Some other numbers....since we invaded Iraq, over 900,000 Iraqis have fled to other countries and over 600,000 have died.
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I think I just saw B. Clinton's name in that article about 50 times. Why are some still blaming him for everything?
Short synapsis on past history:
GW wins election 2000.
GW begins vacation at Ranch 2000. Nothing is corrected, nothing is done.
9/11 happens. GW emerges from Ranch wearing cowboy hat and pistol
Fear ensues.
Blame is laid on Clinton.
Fear is used to continue winning elections.
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Now this is funny!
WAL-MART says critic Sen. John Edwards sought PlayStation 3 -- at WAL-MART!
Edwards denies Wal-Mart's claim that he asked for Playstation 3
By MARCUS KABEL
AP Business Writer
Last Updated:November 16. 2006 7:56PM
Published: November 16. 2006 7:56PM
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. claimed Thursday that a prominent critic, former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, asked his local Wal-Mart store for help in getting a hot new Sony PlayStation 3 - a claim the potential 2008 presidential candidate denied.
Edwards took part in a Wednesday conference call with union-led activists and criticized the world's largest retailer. The same day, Wal-Mart said, an Edwards staff member asked a Raleigh, N.C., electronics department manager to obtain a PS3 for the ex-senator's family.
Through a spokeswoman, Edwards said no such request was made.
"Elizabeth and I don't shop at Wal-Mart. We haven't been in a Wal-Mart in years. We instructed no one to contact Wal-Mart on our behalf," Edwards said in an e-mail sent by spokeswoman Kim Rubey.
Wal-Mart spokesman David Tovar wouldn't name the person who purportedly called on Edwards' behalf. A company statement accused Edwards of not wanting to wait his turn.
"While the rest of America's working families are waiting patiently in line, Sen. Edwards wants to cut to the front," the Wal-Mart statement said.
After Wal-Mart this summer hired Edelman executive Leslie Dach as its public relations director and put him on the company's executive team, analysts said the retailer would likely become more aggressive toward its critics.
Edwards, the Democrats' vice-presidential candidate in 2004, spoke Wednesday to supporters of union-backed WakeUpWalMart.com on a conference call launching the group's holiday season campaign to pressure Wal-Mart for better labor standards.
In the call, he repeated a story about his son Jack disapproving of a classmate buying sneakers at Wal-Mart. "If a 6-year-old can figure it out, America can definitely figure this out," Edwards said.
Previously, Edwards has appeared at WakeUpWalMart rallies.
WakeUpWalMart said Wal-Mart had made a false accusation and asked the retailer to apologize to Edwards.
"Apparently Wal-Mart is so desperate to try and stop the American public's demand for corporate responsibility that Wal-Mart is now even willing to make stuff up in order to try and salvage its declining public image," campaign director Paul Blank said.
http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs..../APF/611162631
And now the obvious and peculiar denial/lie. :D
Edwards Acknowledges Wal-Mart Gaffe
Nov 16 11:23 PM US/Eastern
http://img.breitbart.com/images/ap.gif By MARCUS KABEL
AP Business Writer
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Thursday that a staff member for former Sen.
John Edwards _ a vocal critic of the retailer _ asked his local Wal- Mart store for help in getting the potential 2008 presidential candidate a Sony PlayStation 3. Edwards said a volunteer did so by mistake.
Edwards told The Associated Press that the volunteer "feels terrible" about seeking the game unit at Wal-Mart a day after his boss criticized the company, saying it doesn't treat its employees fairly.
"My wife, Elizabeth, wanted to get a Playstation3 for my young children. She mentioned it in front of one of my staff people," Edwards said. "That staff person mentioned it in front of a volunteer who said he would make an effort to get one. He was making an effort to go get one for himself.
"Elizabeth and I knew nothing about this. He feels terrible about this. He made a mistake, and he knows he should not have used my name," Edwards said.
Edwards said the volunteer was "a young kid" unaware of what he called flawed Wal-Mart policies. He called the Wal-Mart statement an effort to divert attention from its own problems.
After Wal-Mart this summer hired Edelman executive Leslie Dach as its public relations director and put him on the company's executive team, analysts said the retailer would likely become more aggressive toward its critics.
Wal-Mart had noted in a news release Thursday that on the same day Edwards was criticizing the company in a conference call with union- backed activists, the volunteer staff member had asked a Raleigh, N.C., electronics department manager to obtain a PS3 for the ex- senator's family.
From Wal-Mart headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., company spokesman David Tovar said the person who called left a voicemail at the Raleigh store and identified himself as an Edwards staff member. When the manager returned the call, the staff member again identified himself as working for Edwards, and Wal-Mart said it confirmed that with Edwards' office.
The retailer's news release accused Edwards of not wanting to wait his turn.
"While the rest of America's working families are waiting patiently in line, Senator Edwards wants to cut to the front," the Wal-Mart statement said.
The PlayStation 3 console is set to go on sale Friday.
Edwards, the Democrats' vice presidential candidate in 2004, spoke Wednesday to supporters of union-backed WakeUpWalMart.com on a conference call launching the group's holiday season campaign to pressure Wal-Mart for better labor standards.
In the call, he repeated a story about his son Jack disapproving of a classmate buying sneakers at Wal-Mart. "If a 6-year-old can figure it out, America can definitely figure this out," Edwards said.
Previously, Edwards has appeared at WakeUpWalMart rallies. ___
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Democrats shopped Foley story to papers
By Christina Bellantoni
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
December 12, 2006
Democratic campaign operatives pushed newspapers to write about then-Rep. Mark Foley's e-mails to teenage pages in the hope that a scandal would emerge before the midterm elections, according to a House ethics report.
The findings were bolstered when an aide to Rep. Rahm Emanuel, Illinois Democrat, said the congressman also knew about the e-mails, which were dubbed "inappropriate" by the ethics panel. Mr. Emanuel, who was chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) when Mr. Foley's sex scandal broke in late September, had denied knowledge of the Florida Republican's e-mails
For full story:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/natio...3555-4731r.htm
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And yet another.
Report Says Berger Hid Archive Documents
Dec 20, 7:56 PM (ET)
By LARRY MARGASAK
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Clinton's national security adviser removed classified documents from the National Archives, hid them under a construction trailer and later tried to find the trash collector to retrieve them, the agency's internal watchdog said Wednesday.
The report was issued more than a year after Sandy Berger pleaded guilty and received a criminal sentence for removing the documents. Berger took the documents in the fall of 2003 while working to prepare himself and Clinton administration witnesses for testimony to the Sept. 11 commission. Berger was authorized as the Clinton administration's representative to make sure the commission got the correct classified materials.
For full story link to below.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061221/D8M4TNQ80.html
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In 2004, John Kerry proposed increaaing the armed forces by 40,000 soldiers. W slammed this proposal as unneccesary and counter-productive.... Two years later, W has proposed increasing the armed forces by 50,000 soldiers when even as close as 6 months ago, he refused to increase the size of the military.
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/20/...oop-increases/
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In 2004, John Kerry proposed increaaing the armed forces by 40,000 soldiers. W slammed this proposal as unneccesary and counter-productive.... Two years later, W has proposed increasing the armed forces by 50,000 soldiers when even as close as 6 months ago, he refused to increase the size of the military.
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/20/...oop-increases/
You know what they say about a blind squirrel. Well, even Kerry can be right once a decade.
BTW, this story still hasn't made CNN even though it has been posted for days on all other media outlets.
Inspector General Says Former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger Hid Classified Docs
Thursday, December 21, 2006
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WASHINGTON — President Clinton's national security adviser removed classified documents from the National Archives, hid them under a construction trailer and later tried to find the trash collector to retrieve them, the agency's internal watchdog said Wednesday.
The report was issued more than a year after Sandy Berger pleaded guilty and received a criminal sentence for removing the documents.
Berger took the documents in the fall of 2003 while working to prepare himself and Clinton administration witnesses for testimony to the Sept. 11 commission. Berger was authorized as the Clinton administration's representative to make sure the commission got the correct classified materials.
For more of the story
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,237857,00.html
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You know what they say about a blind squirrel. Well, even Kerry can be right once a decade.
:laugh::laugh::laugh: Yeah right.......
Tyler, you know that several Democrats have been stating this don't you? W was too stubborn to admit that we needed to do this.
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:laugh::laugh::laugh: Yeah right.......
Tyler, you know that several Democrats have been stating this don't you? W was too stubborn to admit that we needed to do this.
Stubborn and/or mislead is probably right. However, now that he is doing what many DEMS asked they are now against it. Go figure. :icon_roll:
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Stubborn and/or mislead is probably right. However, now that he is doing what many DEMS asked they are now against it. Go figure. :icon_roll:
Bush does everything REALLY late and after he has screwed it up. That is the pattern that keeps repeating itself.
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Gee, what would happen if a GOP white male congressman called a hispanic female congressman a WHORE??
Hispanic Caucus Chairman Denies Rep. Sanchez 'Whore'Remark Allegation
Thursday, February 01, 2007
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Rep. Loretta Sanchez
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus told FOX News that allegations that he called a fellow female lawmaker a "whore" are not true.
Rep. Loretta Sanchez made the claim in an interview published on the Web site Politico.com. Sanchez resigned from the caucus Wednesday in protest of Joe Baca's caucus leadership.
Baca denied a rift within the caucus on Thursday, saying that he would welcome Sanchez back to the caucus and hopes to work with her again.
"There is none, absolutely none. Everybody is working together," Baca said.
Baca denies that he called Sanchez the name, referring to it as a personality conflict.
"It's unfortunate that Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez has decided to resign from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and has chosen to air baseless statements," Baca said in a written statement. "We cannot allow distractions or personality conflicts to interfere with the important work we are doing."
This isn't the first time the two California Democrats found themselves at odds with each other.
Sanchez wasn't a fan of Baca's chairmanship of the caucus, which represents 21 Hispanic House Democrats. Sanchez voted against him last November for the leadership post. Four other women members abstained, including Sanchez's sister, Rep. Linda Sanchez, Reps. Nydia Velazquez of New York and Lucille Roybal-Allard and Hilda Solis of California. They complained that women were not getting the representation they deserved in the caucus.
Rep. Linda Sanchez said she supported Loretta Sanchez's decision and hopes the caucus will do a better job of including Latina members.
"It is my hope that the leadership will take the concerns that the Latinas have expressed seriously," Linda Sanchez said in a statement. "Latinas are the fastest growing segment of the minority population and their perspective deserves to be represented, not denegrated."
In a statement received by FOXNews.com Wednesday night, Sanchez said, "Last year, I and other members of the caucus voiced our strong opposition to Mr. Baca's chairmanship due to a violation of election rules. An official response to our inquiry is still in question."
Just a few weeks ago, four female lawmakers requested that Baca repeat the election because the group did not follow its own rules of using secret ballots. Sanchez's spokesman said they never received a response.
Baca, representing California's 43rd District since 1999, responded to Politico.com that Sanchez's comments are "categorically untrue."
And then, last March, six caucus members — including the Sanchez sisters — cut ties to the group's campaign arm after it helped finance the unsuccessful campaigns of Baca's two sons for seats in the California Legislature.
Baca defended the decision to give money to them and other nonfederal candidates, saying the caucus should seek to build a farm team. Opponents said the focus instead should be on electing Latino House members.
Sanchez said she will continue to advocate for the Hispanic community and serve as the chairwoman of the Banking and Finance Committee for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, a non-profit organization.
Sanchez is in her fifth term representing California's 47th District.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,249400,00.html
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TT, posting of the same article on two different Paw-Litics threads is unsportsman like behavior. You need to go to the penalty box for 30 minutes.
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TT, posting of the same article on two different Paw-Litics threads is unsportsman like behavior. You need to go to the penalty box for 30 minutes.
Dadgum it! Caught again!
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And yet another!
Democratic Committee Member Quits Caucus Post After Confrontation
Friday, February 02, 2007
WASHINGTON — A Democratic love-fest came to a screeching halt Friday after a high-ranking Hispanic party official abruptly resigned amid allegations he used a racial slur during a heated argument with a black aide to Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean.
Alvaro Cifuentes was chairman of the DNC's Hispanic Caucus and is well-known in national Hispanic Democratic circles.
Cifuentes was attending the DNC's winter meeting in Washington, D.C., on Friday when he and the aide got into an argument.
It's not clear what started the fight, but sources said Cifuentes called the aide, who is black, "boy" twice during the confrontation, and two conference attendees were alarmed enough to try and restrain Cifuentes.
Sources said they believed Cifuentes' actions to be physically intimidating, and his words racially insensitive.
DNC spokeswoman Karen Finney confirmed the resignation Friday evening, saying it occurred after a meeting with Dean, the former governor of Vermont. She said that Cifuentes resigned his post as caucus chairman, but remains a member of the DNC.
Asked if Dean forced Cifuentes to resign his post, Finney said: "Gov. Dean and Alvaro had a private meeting this afternoon. Following that meeting, Alvaro attended the Hispanic Caucus meeting, [and] submitted his resignation. It was accepted by the caucus."
Attempts to reach Cifuentes for comment by phone were unsuccessful. His home phone number is restricted, according to phone company records.
A man who answered to the name "Alvaro" at a number believed to be the Cifuentes household said the caller had the wrong number before the reporter identified himself, and then hung up. Repeated phone calls to that number were not answered.
The Spanish-language newspaper El Nuevo Dia in San Juan, Puerto Rico, reported that Cifuentes sent an e-mail to the aide and caucus members Friday apologizing for the incident.
According to the e-mail obtained by the newspaper and described to FOXNews.com, Cifuentes wrote "it is proper to offer you my apologies," although he indicated that he might have mixed his words because he spent the majority of his life outside the United States in Puerto Rico. Cifuentes was born in Puerto Rico and also was chief of staff to a former governor there.
Sources said the argument appeared to stem from a dispute that began Thursday over how the 2008 Democratic convention in Denver was being planned. According to sources, Cifuentes didn't like Dean's moves to centralize power over the upcoming convention in the hands of those in Washington.
Dean's aide reportedly approached Cifuentes, telling him: "If you don't like his leadership, you can leave," sources who were near the confrontation recalled.
Finney said the party did not have any further response to Cifuentes' resignation, but another DNC source said "it was the right thing to do."
Cifuentes had been chairman of the Hispanic Caucus since 2001, Finney said. Caucus chairmen are voted upon by members in the caucus, which is made up of Hispanic members of the DNC. Caucus chairmen are not paid officers of the DNC, but they do sit on the party's decision-making executive committee. There are 447 total DNC members.
The resignation followed a spat between two other Democratic lawmakers earlier this week. Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif., resigned from the House Hispanic Caucus after what she said were inappropriate remarks by the caucus chairman, Rep. Joe Baca of California. She said friends told her that Baca called Sanchez a "whore."
Baca has denied making the comments.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,250058,00.html
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The Kennedy's will stoop to anything for votes. JFK would turn over in his grave if he saw the LIBS/DEMS of today, especially some of his own family members. Others he would be proud of I'm sure.
Joe Kennedy Fires Back Letter to Florida Rep. Connie Mack Over Chavez Oil TV Ad
Monday, February 12, 2007
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WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Joe Kennedy fired off a letter Monday in response to a Florida congressman's calls for him to stop airing television commercials that heap praise on Venezuela for its providing discounted heating oil to low-income U.S. households.
"If your moral indignation requires that we not accept the discount oil to distribute to our most vulnerable families, then that same high moral standard should require that you not drive your car because it, too, probably uses gasoline made from Venezuelan oil," Kennedy wrote in a letter sent to Rep. Connie Mack, R-Fla.
"Maybe the fact that you live in Florida diminishes your concern for those who have to forgo food or medicine to pay for heat or turn to dangerous heating sources to stay warm, risking their lives to brave the cold," Kennedy wrote. "If so, maybe you could advocate that they move to your district to alleviate the need to figure out ways to protect them."
In a letter sent earlier in the day, Mack scolded Kennedy for the television ad that Mack says pays tribute to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, "a sworn enemy of the United States."
In the ad, Kennedy, founder and president of Citizens Energy Corp., a nonprofit energy company, thanks Venezuela and Citgo, a Houston-based oil company owned by the Chavez government, for contributing heating oil to low income senior citizens.
"I am Joe Kennedy. Help is on the way. Heating oil at 40 percent off from our friends in Venezuela at Citgo," Kennedy says in the commercial.
Click here to watch the Citizens Energy Corp. commercial.
Mack said Kennedy's link to Venezuela sends the wrong message of support for Chavez.
"Hugo Chavez is using Joe Kennedy in a charade to try to deflect attention from the fact that his own country economically and politically, is falling part," Mack told FOX News. "I don't know how, in good conscience, you can, as an American, stand up and support someone like Hugo Chavez."
In the letter to Kennedy, Mack wrote: "Venezuela's Communist President Hugo Chavez is a sworn enemy of the United States. That is why there is absolutely no excuse for you to be praising him in television commercials and media interviews for any reason whatsoever."
Mack's letter continues: "While you have gone out of your way to publicly praise Hugo Chavez, he's gone out of his way to crush the hopes and dreams of the Venezuelan people and to destabilize freedom, democracy, and the United States interests throughout the Western Hemisphere."
Click here to read Mack's letter.
Mack said the partnership is not providing discount oil, but allowing Chavez a venue to "exploit his apologists in the name of public relations. Sadly, you have chosen to actively participate in his charade, even as he continues to attack the United States, our leaders, and freedom-loving people everywhere."
Last year, Chavez, who has nationalized many of the country's industries and last month was given carte blanche by the country's Congress to rule by diktat over the next 18 months, stood at the dais during the United Nations General Assembly opening session and called President Bush 'the devil.'
"The devil came here yesterday," Chavez said, gesturing to where Bush had stood during his speech a day earlier. "He came here talking as if he were the owner of the world."
Earlier this year, Chavez, who is closely tied to Cuba's Fidel Castro and Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, complained about the United States raising concerns over the decision to allow Chavez to rule by decree. "Go to Hell, gringos" was his response.
While gasoline in Venezuela costs about 12 cents a gallon because of government subsidies, Chavez has also made the effort to win over American fans by offering cheap heating oil through Kennedy's company.
The Citizens Energy Oil Heath Program, established in 1979, delivers oil to homes around the United States. Last fall, the company announced it was partnering with Citgo Petroleum to allow families to purchase one-time deliveries of up to 200 gallons of home heating oil at a 40 percent discount.
Citgo's heating oil program operates in Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin and the cities of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Citgo also provides discount oil directly to 163 Native American tribes in the states of Alaska, Maine, Minnesota and New York, the company says.
Citizens Web site promotes the program as a tool to aid the poor and elderly.
"This unique program helps protect needy families from volatile heating oil prices, which often leave households having to choose between heating the home and paying for other life essentials, such as food, health care, or clothing," according to Citizens' Web site.
Last fall, however, one Alaskan tribe, the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, refused to accept the fuel aid, saying it would rather freeze than accept Chavez' aid after his tirade at the United Nations.
Kennedy admitted he has disagreements with Chavez, but asked in his letter: "What are we supposed to do in the absence of adequate help from the federal government or of any help from other oil companies — turn down the fuel for those in need?"
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,251484,00.html
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POWER: GORE MANSION USES 20X AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD; CONSUMPTION INCREASE AFTER 'TRUTH'
Mon Feb 26 2007 17:16:14 ET
The Tennessee Center for Policy Research, an independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan research organization committed to achieving a freer, more prosperous Tennessee through free market policy solutions, issued a press release late Monday:
Last night, Al Gore’s global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, collected an Oscar for best documentary feature, but the Tennessee Center for Policy Research has found that Gore deserves a gold statue for hypocrisy.
Gore’s mansion, [20-room, eight-bathroom] located in the posh Belle Meade area of Nashville, consumes more electricity every month than the average American household uses in an entire year, according to the Nashville Electric Service (NES).
In his documentary, the former Vice President calls on Americans to conserve energy by reducing electricity consumption at home.
The average household in America consumes 10,656 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year, according to the Department of Energy. In 2006, Gore devoured nearly 221,000 kWh—more than 20 times the national average.
Last August alone, Gore burned through 22,619 kWh—guzzling more than twice the electricity in one month than an average American family uses in an entire year. As a result of his energy consumption, Gore’s average monthly electric bill topped $1,359.
Since the release of An Inconvenient Truth, Gore’s energy consumption has increased from an average of 16,200 kWh per month in 2005, to 18,400 kWh per month in 2006.
Gore’s extravagant energy use does not stop at his electric bill. Natural gas bills for Gore’s mansion and guest house averaged $1,080 per month last year.
“As the spokesman of choice for the global warming movement, Al Gore has to be willing to walk to walk, not just talk the talk, when it comes to home energy use,” said Tennessee Center for Policy Research President Drew Johnson.
In total, Gore paid nearly $30,000 in combined electricity and natural gas bills for his Nashville estate in 2006.
http://www.drudgereport.com/flash.htm
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THE HEAT IS ON
Gore's 'carbon offsets' paid to firm he owns
Critics say justification for energy-rich lifestyle serves as way for former VP to profit
Posted: March 2, 2007
4:13 p.m. Eastern
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Al Gore's Nashville mansion (PajamasMedia.com)Al Gore defends his extraordinary personal energy usage by telling critics he maintains a "carbon neutral" lifestyle by buying "carbon offsets," but the company that receives his payments turns out to be partly owned and chaired by the former vice president himself.
Gore has built a "green money-making machine capable of eventually generating billions of dollars for investors, including himself, but he set it up so that the average Joe can't afford to play on Gore's terms," writes blogger Dan Riehl.
Gore has described the lifestyle he and his wife Tipper live as "carbon neutral," meaning he tries to offset any energy usage, including plane flights and car trips, by "purchasing verifiable reductions in CO2 elsewhere."
But it turns out he pays for his extra-large carbon footprint through Generation Investment Management, a London-based company with offices in Washington, D.C., for which he serves as chairman. The company was established to take financial advantage of new technologies and solutions related to combating "global warming," reports blogger Bill Hobbs.
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Generation Investment Management's U.S. branch is headed by a former Gore staffer and fund-raiser, Peter S. Knight, who once was the target of probes by the Federal Election Commission and the Department of Justice.
Hobbs points out Gore stands to make a lot of money from his promotion of the alleged "global warming" threat, which is disputed by many mainstream scientists.
"In other words, he 'buys' his 'carbon offsets' from himself, through a transaction designed to boost his own investments and return a profit to himself," Hobbs writes. "To be blunt, Gore doesn't buy 'carbon offsets' through Generation Investment Management – he buys stocks."
As WND reported, Gore, whose film warning of a coming cataclysm due to man-made "global warming" won two Oscars, has a mansion in the posh Belle Meade area of Nashville that consumes more electricity every month than the average American household uses in an entire year, according to the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, citing data from the Nashville Electric Service. The think tanks says since the release of Gore's film, the former presidential candidate's energy consumption has increased from an average of 16,200 kilowatt-hours per month in 2005, to 18,400 per month in 2006.
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Rap Concert at S Carolina State University
[home of first Dem Debate in two weeks]:
N-word used more than 100 times in a song!
http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.as...0&nav=menu36_3
Hum... let's see if the LIBERAL/DEM babies cancel this first debate at S. Carolina St due to the flurry of the N-Word used by approval of the university. Well they ran from the FOX debate for zero reason didn't they?
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Edwards Reimbuses Campaign for $400 Haircuts
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat John Edwards is trying to get out of a hairy situation, reimbursing his presidential campaign $800 for two visits with a Beverly Hills stylist.
Two $400 cuts by stylist Joseph Torrenueva, who told The Associated Press that the former North Carolina senator is a longtime client, showed up on Edwards' campaign spending reports filed this weekend. Edwards spokesman Eric Schultz said it never should have been there.
"The bill was sent to the campaign. It was inadvertently paid," Schultz said. "John Edwards will be reimbursing the campaign."
Edwards is also the subject of a popular YouTube spoof poking fun at his youthful good looks. The video shows the candidate combing his tresses to the dubbed-in tune of "I Feel Pretty."
Federal Election Commission records show Edwards' campaign also spent $250 in services from Designworks Salon in Dubuque, Iowa, and $225 in services from the Pink Sapphire in Manchester, N.H.
Schultz said those services were legitimate campaign expenditures to prepare Edwards for media appearances. Political candidates often have hair and makeup done before media appearances. Edwards rival Hillary Rodham Clinton got some attention last year when her campaign paid $2,500 for two hairstyling sessions that the campaign classified as media production expenses. ___
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Are you kidding me?????
KENTUCKY FRIED HILLARY, PART 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu9TQq0C3Ac
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Pelosi Won't Attend IRAQ Briefing
By JAKE TAPPER
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WASHINGTON, Apr. 24, 2007— As the House and Senate prepare to vote this week on the final conference report on the $124 billion troop funding bill — which would also mandate that U.S. combat troops begin withdrawing from Iraq on Oct. 1 at the latest — Gen. David Petraeus is scheduled to come to the Hill tomorrow to brief lawmakers on the progress of the recent troop escalation.
ABC News has learned, however, that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., will not attend the briefing.
For reat of story link
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=3075560
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2008 Democratic Candidates Rely on Private Jets to Get Around
Friday, April 27, 2007
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Sen. Barack Obama has caught fire in the last month with Democratic voters.
WASHINGTON — A flock of small jets took flight from Washington Thursday, each carrying a Democratic presidential candidate to South Carolina for the first debate of the political season.
For Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama, Chris Dodd and Joe Biden, it was wheels up shortly after they voted in favor of legislation requiring that U.S. troops begin returning home from Iraq in the fall.
No one jet pooled, no one took commercial flights to save money, fuel or emissions.
All but Biden, who flew on a private jet, chartered their flights — a campaign expense of between $7,500 and $9,000.
Federal Election Commission rules allow candidates to pay only the equivalent of first-class fare to fly on private jets owned by corporations or other special interests. But a Senate ethics bill approved earlier this year would require senators flying on corporate jets to pay full charter rates. The legislation must still be reconciled with a House bill and has yet to become law.
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,268942,00.html
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I pretty much agree with everything this guy is saying.
http://globalpolitician.com/articled...4&cid=1&sid=27
What say you, Ray ??
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Thanks for the article! It seems dead on, pun intended, to me as well.
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Perhaps not a democratic double standard......
But a 2 party common standard worthy of note.
In only 6 short months......
American taxpayers/voters, who are not as DUMB as most politicians would wish......
Have labeled the NEW democratic congress bullcrap with a 64% disapproval NOTICE.
Is it possible that 6+ years of little geoge/republican arrogance and stupidity......
And 2 probable new years of democratic congressional ineptness and MORE ARROGANCE......
Could stir AMERICAN VOTERS to significant political action......
And END the 2 party myth that has been STRANGLING most of what once mattered in America for over 200 YEARS?
Probably not......
But even all the Patriot Act poppycock......
Has not as yet made it illegal for honest Americans to continue dreaming about the possibilbility that AMERICAN CITIZENS may one day BECOME AGAIN as important to our federal government as NAFTA and WTO machinations, or the current and consuming FEDERAL concern for the welfare of ILLEGAL ALIENS.
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What surprises me about that article is that it mentions Wal-Mart as a corporation which she does not want to show affiliation with for political reasons. Does the American public not know that she sat on the board of director's of Wal-Mart for years? Famously the first woman on said board and the only woman Sam Walton trusted enough to do so... One of the many ways in which Mrs. Clinton is a walking self contradiction.
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What surprises me about that article is that it mentions Wal-Mart as a corporation which she does not want to show affiliation with for political reasons. Does the American public not know that she sat on the board of director's of Wal-Mart for years? Famously the first woman on said board and the only woman Sam Walton trusted enough to do so... One of the many ways in which Mrs. Clinton is a walking self contradiction.
I saw this past week that the Clintons sold their stock in Walmart, Oil Companies, and Drug companies. Supposedly they had been in a blind trust :icon_wink: :icon_wink: and they were unaware of their ownership. Yeah right. They just didn't want the public to find out until they had gotten rid of them.
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I can't even believe Carter has the nerve to open his mouth in public after the terrible job that he did. It is amazing. He needs to go have another Billy Beer and shut up.
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I wonder if this makes CNN's web site.:icon_roll:
Nancy Pelosi Invests in Iran-Linked Company
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has disclosed that she holds stock valued at up to $15,000 in Alcatel-Lucent (formerly Alcatel SA), a company with extensive investments in Iran and Sudan — nations that sponsor terrorism.
The disclosure of Pelosi’s holdings comes at the same time that legislation is making its way through the California legislature barring state pension fund managers from investing in companies, like Alcatel-Lucent, that do business with "terror-friendly" nations.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,287216,00.html
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Talk about typical Klinton hypocrisy. Slick has zero morals or bounderies.
Bill Clinton blasts commutation of Libby's prison sentence
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/...bby/index.html
Again here is the list of Klinton pardons.
Pardons granted by President Clinton (1993-2001) many of whom (or their relatives) gave money to his campaign and or Presidential Library.http://www.usdoj.gov/images/spacer_003366.gifhttp://www.usdoj.gov/images/spacer.gifhttp://www.usdoj.gov/images/spacer_003366.gifhttp://www.usdoj.gov/images/spacer.gifhttp://www.usdoj.gov/images/spacer.gifhttp://www.usdoj.gov/images/spacer.gif
PARDONS GRANTED BY PRESIDENT CLINTON
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http://www.usdoj.gov/pardon/clintonpardon_grants.htm
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I watched a report regarding this political poppycock......
On Lou Dobbs tonight.
WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING IN THIS COUNTRY?
My first thought/reaction......
What a joke to pretend America is trying to bring DEMOCRACY to Iraq......
When OUR congress mirrors the political tactics of the prior Saddam Hussein regime.
America's "democrats" have authored MANY political nadirs throughout their long and storied history, AND RECENTLY over the last 6+ months......
BUT THIS CORRUPT CRAP is a new LOW (IMNHO) in the history of modern American politics!
AND FOR WHAT...... :furious3:
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Crossovers are not SUVs by industry & governmental standards... it's a nice little loophole.
Plus, he's a politician, and there isn't a double standard here. But there is hypocrisy, sort of...
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I wonder what screaming we would hear if a GOP canidate pulled this one. CNN sure isn't covering this latest little bit on Mrs Slick.
Clinton Campaign Confirms Planting Town Hall Question, Says It Won't Happen Again
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton’s campaign admitted Friday that it planted a global warming question in Newton, Iowa, Tuesday during a town hall meeting to discuss clean energy.
Clinton campaign spokesman Mo Elliethee admitted that the campaign had planted the question and said it would not happen again.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,310316,00.html
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That's because it's not any type of double standard... do you really think there hasn't been any staged questions at other candidates speaking spots??? At least they admit it... Just a stupid thing to do because it is a small kink added to the many that have happened, and the many to come, that will end up making one gigantic hole.
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TYLERTECHSAS
I wonder what screaming we would hear if a GOP canidate pulled this one. CNN sure isn't covering this latest little bit on Mrs Slick.
Yeah, Bush would never stage a press conference... with soldiers or anything...
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1
http://bushwired.blogspot.com/2005/1...pected-or.html
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php...in_Iraq_Staged
http://newsbusters.org/node/2192
or just days after katrina....
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Allegati...atrina_tragedy
http://whatreallyhappened.com/bush_orleans_photos.html
http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005...letely-staged/
and he certainly would never admit that he was staging a press conference...
http://www.thememoryhole.org/media/scripted-scrub.htm
But hey, if it ever did happen, I'm sure conservatives would find a way to disprove it...
http://michellemalkin.com/2005/10/14...ra-projection/
Oh wait... so all these things *did* happen? And the best a conservative blogger like Michelle Malkin can come up with is "Oh, this happens ALL THE TIME, why is it a big deal?"
But hey, since the MSM is so liberal, you surely heard about ALL of these incidents, right?
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Re: Another Democrat double standard
Now another attempted plant question by Clinton staff.
http://cameron.blogs.foxnews.com/200...-team-hillary/
BTW, your above is blah blah bogus nonsense. :icon_wink:
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Re: Another Democrat double standard
I have no problem with questions being planted. As long as they follow some sort of guidelines for the questions to be asked actually.
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Re: Another Democrat double standard
As long as they let some spontaneous unplanned questions through, I guess planted ones are ok... I still think it's fishy. Oh, and no pre-screening of reporters either (another Bush standard), to ensure you dont get any spontaneous questions you dont feel like answering. I have a feeling Hillary will probably do that eventually though... she has a lot she doesnt want to answer to.... Rudy too.