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- OSFA0
HAHA! Good! He means business ya'll!
'Obama freezes salaries of some White House aides'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090…
- DrBombay0
conservatives should be cheering this on right now, but they won't.
- DrBombay0
new tougher lobbyist rules, conservatives should be cheering that on also. But they won't.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/ne…
- DrBombay0
Changing FOIA rules
http://news.google.com/news/url?…
- TheBlueOne0
Jackets? Off!
- tommyo0
Rick,
Are the conservatives you refer to simply the talking heads on Fox News? Or are all conservatives in your mind diametrically opposed to anything a liberal does based solely on their affiliation?
If 'yes' to either, than I feel sad for your outlook. Isn't Obamas entry approval ratings higher than any other incoming president? Wouldn't you be able to do a tiny logical mathematical assessment that conservatives would also have to be part of that group seeing as nearly half the country voted for McCain as well? I guess it's easier thinking that all conservatives believe everything they hear on Fox; and carry handguns, beat their wives, have a grade school education, openly racist, take their bibles to the bathroom.
On a side note, I'm a conservative and I cheer for these first steps he's taking. :)
- I like turtles********
- I just hate fox news and all in the Think Tank NeoCon Ignorance IndustryTheBlueOne
- I miss old school smart conservatives...TheBlueOne
- I like turtles
- DrBombay0
I'm talking about the ones around here. Sorry to disappoint your little screed
- TheBlueOne0
The drug addict spoke today...
"Limbaugh told his listeners that he was asked by “a major American print publication” to offer a 400-word statement explaining his “hope for the Obama presidency.” He responded:
So I’m thinking of replying to the guy, “Okay, I’ll send you a response, but I don’t need 400 words, I need four: I hope he fails.” (interruption) What are you laughing at? See, here’s the point. Everybody thinks it’s outrageous to say. Look, even my staff, “Oh, you can’t do that.” Why not? Why is it any different, what’s new, what is unfair about my saying I hope liberalism fails? Liberalism is our problem. Liberalism is what’s gotten us dangerously close to the precipice here. Why do I want more of it? I don’t care what the Drive-By story is. I would be honored if the Drive-By Media headlined me all day long: “Limbaugh: I Hope Obama Fails.” Somebody’s gotta say it."
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01…
Dude's shit is fucking old already. He sounds like he's riffing against the Whigs or the some shit. Someone needs to tell this used up oxycotin huffing sack of shit that the whole Boomer liberal-hippie-vs.-flag-waving-v... shit is now fucking officially dead. You guys had your run and ran the van into a ditch. We're post-Boomer now, and you're little shit stirring rants are just so much useless nonsense.
- Distasteful as it is...dude is just selling a product. Granted, a tired, old, worn out product, but it's his product. Personally, I'mtommyo
- extremely tired of all the rhetoric. I think most of the people of this country are smart enough to grasp the bigger ...tommyo
- picture. At least I hope so. This back and forth really doesn't do any good and makes us all out to be petty little dickheads.tommyo
- ... kinda like how Rick is a petty little dickhead. But, at the end of the day, he's OUR petty little dickhead and I love him, I do. <3tommyo
- political commentators are douchebags when they go this far left or right. limbaugh, maher. DBs all the way.sputnik2
- Well said. Pushing product. That's what our news is these days. That's why I love me some CSpan for breakfast.tommyo
- omgitsacamera0
later caroline
- ukit0
http://thepage.time.com/2009/01/…
I guess this means someone with actual qualifications and political experience will get the job!
- omgitsacamera0
Sure, he will make mistakes during his four years orso, but wishing him failure isn't going to make your career go up, Rush.
It's a shame that extremists on both sides taint the image of the mainstream. Muslims, Christians, Republicans, Democrats, Conservatives, Liberals, Animal Rights Activists, Environmental....you know.
Sometimes I do think (and most of my friends think) that all Republicans are hate-mongering racists who have rifles and bibles under their pillows. It is obviously evidenced here that some people don't fit the stereotype of a Republican. But to be honest, most of the time, I think of that image BECAUSE of people like Limbaugh and those people in Ohio in that Al-Jazeera video.
Shit's gotta stop.
- That is also what mainstream media tells you on both sides. Listen to what you just said********
- All your friends are liberal? that is a problem. You should surround yourself with multiple view points.********
- almost.omgitsacamera
- I work in advertising so I get enough view points lol********
- That is also what mainstream media tells you on both sides. Listen to what you just said
- ********0
Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians” for 2007
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released its 2007 list of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians.” The list, in alphabetical order, includes:
1. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY): In addition to her long and sordid ethics record, Senator Hillary Clinton took a lot of heat in 2007 – and rightly so – for blocking the release her official White House records. Many suspect these records contain a treasure trove of information related to her role in a number of serious Clinton-era scandals. Moreover, in March 2007, Judicial Watch filed an ethics complaint against Senator Clinton for filing false financial disclosure forms with the U.S. Senate (again). And Hillary’s top campaign contributor, Norman Hsu, was exposed as a felon and a fugitive from justice in 2007. Hsu pleaded guilt to one count of grand theft for defrauding investors as part of a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme.
2. Rep. John Conyers (D-MI): Conyers reportedly repeatedly violated the law and House ethics rules, forcing his staff to serve as his personal servants, babysitters, valets and campaign workers while on the government payroll. While the House Ethics Committee investigated these allegations in 2006, and substantiated a number of the accusations against Conyers, the committee blamed the staff and required additional administrative record-keeping and employee training. Judicial Watch obtained documentation in 2007 from a former Conyers staffer that sheds new light on the activities and conduct on the part of the Michigan congressman, which appear to be at a minimum inappropriate and likely unlawful. Judicial Watch called on the Attorney General in 2007 to investigate the matter.
3. Senator Larry Craig (R-ID): In one of the most shocking scandals of 2007, Senator Craig was caught by police attempting to solicit sex in a Minneapolis International Airport men’s bathroom during the summer. Senator Craig reportedly “sent signals” to a police officer in an adjacent stall that he wanted to engage in sexual activity. When the police officer showed Craig his police identification under the bathroom stall divider and pointed toward the exit, the senator reportedly exclaimed 'No!'” When asked to produce identification, Craig presented police his U.S. Senate business card and said, “What do you think of that?” The power play didn’t work. Craig was arrested, charged and entered a guilty plea. Despite enormous pressure from his Republican colleagues to resign from the Senate, Craig refused.
4. Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA): As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee's subcommittee on military construction, Feinstein reviewed military construction government contracts, some of which were ultimately awarded to URS Corporation and Perini, companies then owned by Feinstein's husband, Richard Blum. While the Pentagon ultimately awards military contracts, there is a reason for the review process. The Senate's subcommittee on Military Construction's approval carries weight. Sen. Feinstein, therefore, likely had influence over the decision making process. Senator Feinstein also attempted to undermine ethics reform in 2007, arguing in favor of a perk that allows members of Congress to book multiple airline flights and then cancel them without financial penalty. Judicial Watch’s investigation into this matter is ongoing.
5. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R-NY): Giuliani came under fire in late 2007 after it was discovered the former New York mayor’s office “billed obscure city agencies for tens of thousands of dollars in security expenses amassed during the time when he was beginning an extramarital relationship with future wife Judith Nathan in the Hamptons...” ABC News also reported that Giuliani provided Nathan with a police vehicle and a city driver at taxpayer expense. All of this news came on the heels of the federal indictment on corruption charges of Giuliani’s former Police Chief and business partner Bernard Kerik, who pleaded guilty in 2006 to accepting a $165,000 bribe in the form of renovations to his Bronx apartment from a construction company attempting to land city contracts.
6. Governor Mike Huckabee (R-AR): Governor Huckabee enjoyed a meteoric rise in the polls in December 2007, which prompted a more thorough review of his ethics record. According to The Associated Press: “[Huckabee’s] career has also been colored by 14 ethics complaints and a volley of questions about his integrity, ranging from his management of campaign cash to his use of a nonprofit organization to subsidize his income to his destruction of state computer files on his way out of the governor’s office.” And what was Governor Huckabee’s response to these ethics allegations? Rather than cooperating with investigators, Huckabee sued the state ethics commission twice and attempted to shut the ethics process down.
7. I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby: Libby, former Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and fined $250,000 for lying and obstructing the Valerie Plame CIA leak investigation. Libby was found guilty of four felonies -- two counts of perjury, one count of making false statements to the FBI and one count of obstructing justice – all serious crimes. Unfortunately, Libby was largely let off the hook. In an appalling lack of judgment, President Bush issued “Executive Clemency” to Libby and commuted the sentence.
8. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL): A “Dishonorable Mention” last year, Senator Obama moves onto the “ten most wanted” list in 2007. In 2006, it was discovered that Obama was involved in a suspicious real estate deal with an indicted political fundraiser, Antoin “Tony” Rezko. In 2007, more reports surfaced of deeper and suspicious business and political connections It was reported that just two months after he joined the Senate, Obama purchased $50,000 worth of stock in speculative companies whose major investors were his biggest campaign contributors. One of the companies was a biotech concern that benefited from legislation Obama pushed just two weeks after the senator purchased $5,000 of the company’s shares. Obama was also nabbed conducting campaign business in his Senate office, a violation of federal law.
9. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA): House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who promised a new era of ethics enforcement in the House of Representatives, snuck a $25 million gift to her husband, Paul Pelosi, in a $15 billion Water Resources Development Act recently passed by Congress. The pet project involved renovating ports in Speaker Pelosi's home base of San Francisco. Pelosi just happens to own apartment buildings near the areas targeted for improvement, and will almost certainly experience a significant boost in property value as a result of Pelosi's earmark. Earlier in the year, Pelosi found herself in hot water for demanding access to a luxury Air Force jet to ferry the Speaker and her entourage back and forth from San Francisco non-stop, in unprecedented request which was wisely rejected by the Pentagon. And under Pelosi’s leadership, the House ethics process remains essentially shut down – which protects members in both parties from accountability.
10. Senator Harry Reid (D-NV): Over the last few years, Reid has been embroiled in a series of scandals that cast serious doubt on his credibility as a self-professed champion of government ethics, and 2007 was no different. According to The Los Angeles Times, over the last four years, Reid has used his influence in Washington to help a developer, Havey Whittemore, clear obstacles for a profitable real estate deal. As the project advanced, the Times reported, “Reid received tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from Whittemore.” Whittemore also hired one of Reid’s sons (Leif) as his personal lawyer and then promptly handed the junior Reid the responsibility of negotiating the real estate deal with federal officials. Leif Reid even called his father’s office to talk about how to obtain the proper EPA permits, a clear conflict of interest.
Judicial Watch is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Judicial Watch neither supports nor opposes candidates for public office. For more information, visit www.judicialwatch.org.
- Funny, during every election cycle the presidential front runners somehow always appear...utopian
- Is this funny or what?********
- man I hate Feinstein. I wish that old bitch would fall into a fucking bear trap. old cunt.tommyo
- oh man and Pelosi, holy shit I hate that bitch. She looks like a turdle who lost it's shell.tommyo
- locustsloth0
It's ridiculous that they even felt the need to redo the oath. Even MORE ridiculous is the fact that (by the headline) someone is going to try to make hay out of the fact that there was no bible.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp…- oops, i actually meant the link for this article that's on Drudge, not the headline to the actual articlelocustsloth
- TheBlueOne0
Judicial Watch: "Founded by conservative attorney Larry Klayman in 1994[3], Judicial Watch came to public attention after filing 18 lawsuits against the administration of Democratic U.S. President Bill Clinton and figures in the Clinton administration. The organization received considerable financial support from prominent Clinton critics, including $7.74 million from conservative billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife.[4] This led Clinton administration officials to accuse Judicial Watch of "abusing the judicial system for partisan ends."
Uh-huh.
- figured as muchlocustsloth
- Isn't it only a 60/40 split between Dems/Reps? Not sticking up for it, just sayin.tommyo
- DrBombay0
This epete guy is such a jerkoff.
- robotron3k0
hmmmm seems as if Judicial Watch seemed to have forgotten to list our ex-Prez, George W. Bush.
- ********0
Since Bush is back in Texas now, can we just let them secede from the country or drop a f-in nuke on it? Yeeeeeehaw!
- i'll take the first option, lots of good folks here ,BattleAxe
- BattleAxe0
"People are going to Hate Obama"
wtf is this guy smoking
- he lives in Austin, so he smokes really bad herb from Mexico.robotron3k
- dam it, its the same shit i smokeBattleAxe
- poor guySalarrue
- this guy is a delusional paranoid crazy person.fooler2
- Have you ever been to austin you fuck?********
- ********0
I am so sick of this shit ^^^. These people make me ill, the Neo-cons have already doomed him and it is going to be like this his whole .