Posts Tagged ‘Ethics’

The Republicanization of Leon Panetta

July 9th, 2009 | No Comments

Nancy Pelosi is sure of two things: No Democrat has ever done anything deceptive or the least bit beyond reproach.  Ever. All Republicans and the CIA have lied to her.  A lot. Which leads to the obvious conclusion one has to come to when they see headlines like this: Panetta Testified CIA Misled Congress, Dems [...]

Franken and Specter

April 28th, 2009 | No Comments

Arlen Specter switched loyalties today.  A move that surprised me only in the fact it proves he’s not completely daft.  Some people are reading a lot into this: How much more can the Republicans take? Demoralized, shrinking and seemingly lacking an agenda beyond the word “no,” Republicans today saw their ranks further thinned with the [...]

Nancy Pelosi’s culture of corruption – Jane Harman

April 22nd, 2009 | No Comments

This one is getting pretty wild pretty quick: Rep. Jane Harman, a California Democrat long involved in intelligence issues, was overheard on a 2005 National Security Agency wiretap telling a suspected Israeli agent that she would lobby the Justice Department to reduce espionage-related charges against two former officials of the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee. [...]

Pelosi’s culture of corruption – Dianne Feinstein

April 21st, 2009 | No Comments

This needs some looking into: On the day the new Congress convened this year, Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation to route $25 billion in taxpayer money to a government agency that had just awarded her husband’s real estate firm a lucrative contract to sell foreclosed properties at compensation rates higher than the industry norms, the [...]

Cooper and Shuster love teabagging

April 16th, 2009 | No Comments

I just did a little piece about how media was going the way of National Enquirer.  Now, I was somewhat limited in my disdain since I was relying on the internet for my news.  Apparently, the sexual innuendo wasn’t limited to the internet.  Anderson Cooper had this to say about yesterday’s demonstrations: “It’s hard to [...]

ACORN and the census

March 18th, 2009 | No Comments

This is one of those things that is so wrong it just makes me chuckle.  The group that counted people in their voter registration drives multiple times is now being given money to help count the 2010 census.  They would have been investigated for fraud but Obama won.  So, rather than facing voter fraud charges [...]

What it takes to make the Obama team

March 3rd, 2009 | 1 Comment

In today’s news, we are looking at more Obama appointees.  Today’s CNN headline is about his nominee for the US trade representative.  Former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk got the nod.  He has something in common with several other Obama nominees, he can’t seem to figure out how to pay his taxes correctly. Kirk’s tax returns [...]

Nancy Pelosi’s Culture of Corruption – Dianne Wilkerson

October 29th, 2008 | No Comments

This one is precious.  First, we start with the evidence: When it gets real fun is when you read her rap sheet.  She’s already in trouble for lying under oath to protect her nephew on manslaughter charges, tax evasion in the 90′s, and not reporting donations.  Apparently the people of her district tired of her [...]

Nancy Pelosi’s Culture of Corruption: Rangel edition

September 16th, 2008 | No Comments

Charlie Rangel, who everyone has to love, is in a little trouble with the IRS, and possibly the FBI I would imagine.  The FBI just usually sort of comes along with the IRS.  Here’s the abbreviated list of what he’s in some doo-doo over: Rangel’s papers over the past 10 years show no reference to [...]

Pelosi’s off-shore drilling “compromise”

September 11th, 2008 | No Comments

Now, according to what I’m reading, Nancy Pelosi has agreed to consider an off-shore drilling proposal presented by Democrats.  I’m sure she’ll tout this as a major new idea and an example of the failed economic policies of Bush. However, it’s got thorns attached.  From what I’m reading, and I’ve not read the actual proposals: [...]