“Doesn't sound legal to me XL and if it is true, I am sure someone will pay the consequences.

However, it is nothing like outing a CIA agent which is tantamount to treason.

Of course, once the fall guy goes down on that covering everyone's a$$, Republicans think a pardon is fine.

You guys have a set of double standards that defy logic. I hear yada, yada, yada, about wasteful govenmental spending from the right, but you guys didn't blink an eye to spend $240 Million investigating Clinton and then, somehow, buy the grace of god, you stumble on his blowjob fiasco and yell, "I told ya".

So, by using the logic that is presented against Dems and Liberals in your combined arguments here, I can conclude Repubs and Conservatives are traitors and fiscally irresponsible can't I?”

“Bush's daughters certainly weren't off limits.”

“Their drinking drug them into the light.”

“http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009366972_rainierclub22m.html

McDermott backs $250,000 federal earmark for Seattle's elite Rainier Club

U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Seattle, is requesting $250,000 in federal money to repair windows at Seattle's elite Rainier Club. The 1904 building's limestone window sills are eroding, causing water seepage and damaging structural timbers. Club members have given half of the $500,000 needed to cover repairs, a club official said.

....

Also included on the Seattle Democrat's 2010 appropriations wish list is a relatively modest � but curious � appeal:

A $250,000 request to fund a "window repair and limestone sill replacement" at The Rainier Club � one of Seattle's premier private clubs, whose members include some of the city's most well-heeled and politically connected residents.

McDermott's request on behalf of The Rainier Club would match the $250,000 raised by club members to cover renovations at the club's 105-year-old brick building on Fourth Avenue in downtown Seattle.

The club � which provides wood-paneled dining halls, a health and fitness club, a library and private bedrooms where members can stay overnight � has about 1,200 members who pay $191 per month in membership dues, said Michael Troyer, the club's chief operating officer.
........”

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Hey Cali! How are those democratic party ethics working out for you?”

“SB, they acted pretty much like college students didn't they? And you pretty much made my point. If the Bush girls had be the daughters of a prominent democrap, nobody would have made anything of their behavior.”

“Its recognized and ....its obvious you guys see Drudge on the lamestream media?”

“Kerry quipped: "Too bad if a governor had to go missing it couldn�t have been the governor of Alaska. You know, Sarah Palin."”

“Okay here you go...yeah a Republican Governor went for a Hike on the AT...


now how about a Congressman whose WIFE...

http://www.freep.com/article/20090626/NEWS01/90626024/Conyers+convicted+of+conspiracy


Conyers, the wife of powerful Democratic congressman U.S. Rep. John Conyers, appeared before Cohn to answer charges in connection with the wide-ranging probe of wrongdoing at Detroit city hall. ”

“Harry Ried, Charlie Wrangle....hell, look into where the Dems have been investing their personal money. Can you say "conflict of interest"?

It astonishes me that anyone would support these looters, just because of the letter(R or D) behind their names....

STAND UP FOR YOUR COUNTRY AND GET RID OF THESE CRIMINALS WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF YOUR TAX MONEY!”

“Now!! We're getting some where, fire all the pigs, but nothing to replace them with other than other pigs. So, just get rid of the gov and form a small local government that has to care about you and yours, not some damn people half way around the world.”

“I'm sure rosie is outraged!
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!”

“Taxpayers pay $200,000 so Democratic state senator can rent an office building from himself.


http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_top_stories/20090713_An_ethical_question_for_leading_Pa__Democrat.html


An ethical question for leading Pa. Democrat

By John Sullivan and Mario F. Cattabiani

Inquirer Staff Writers

HARRISBURG - Taxpayers have spent more than $200,000 for the state's top Senate Democrat, Robert J. Mellow, to rent an office in a building partly owned by his wife - and later himself - in a business she said was largely a mystery to her.

For seven years, the state rented the office in Mellow's hometown of Peckville, Lackawanna County, from a company called Brad Inc. Diane Mellow owned 50 percent of the company from 2001 to 2006, when Mellow took over her share in a divorce that ended their nearly four-decade marriage.

The 1978 state ethics law says it is a conflict for a public official to use his office "for the private pecuniary benefit of himself, a member of his immediate family or a business with which he or a member of his immediate family is associated." In 1990, the State Ethics Commission specifically ruled that it was a conflict for lawmakers to rent from themselves.

Violating the ethics act carries civil and criminal penalties including a felony charge with up to five years in prison, a fine of up to $10,000, or both.

Mellow says a Senate resolution he introduced trumps state law and permitted the rental payments, which amounted to $2,400 a month.

"I don't and do not believe that I have done anything wrong," said Mellow. "In fact, I think I honored the ethics - which I always will."

Mellow said he was not required to reveal the rental arrangement in his state financial-disclosure reports until he took a direct interest in the company. He disclosed it in 2008.

Robert M. Stern, the former president of the Association of State Ethics Administrators, faulted the deal.

"I can't tell you that it's illegal, but clearly he's been engaging in self-dealing and enriching himself at state expense," said Stern.

The story of the building is a tale that unfolds over 20 years, featuring a longtime Mellow staffer who was once the senator's landlord, a real estate company whose origins remain murky, and a contentious divorce that brought the unique rental agreement to light.



Leader of the Democrats
Mellow, 66, has represented the largely blue-collar Scranton region since 1971, making him the longest sitting state senator. He's been the leader of the Democrats in the upper chamber for 20 years.”

“http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090728/ap_on_go_ot/us_stimulus_counting_jobs_1


PORTLAND, Ore. � How much are politicians straining to convince people that the government is stimulating the economy? In Oregon, where lawmakers are spending $176 million to supplement the federal stimulus, Democrats are taking credit for a remarkable feat: creating 3,236 new jobs in the program's first three months.

But those jobs lasted on average only 35 hours, or about one work week. After that, those workers were effectively back unemployed, according to an Associated Press analysis of state spending and hiring data. By the state's accounting, a job is a job, whether it lasts three hours, three days, three months, or a lifetime.”

“Those bridges just keep needing built. The same ones, over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over. -- Democratic Thinking”

“Nah...plantation master gotta keep the slaves busy.”

“they must be wrong. he was a democrat.

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5746RP20090806?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=76”

“I'm sure Vileboy is outraged.”

“Cold Cash Jefferson, the Democrap Hero of New Orleans.”

“"they must be wrong. he was a democrat."

Lalalalalalalalala!

”

“It�s all a racist plot, just like they did to Marion Barry and OJ and are now trying to do to poor Charlie Rangel. - future post from dumbO”

“Get ready for dumbO and trolls to call you racist, baume.”

“thanx, they're just not themselves after the cartooning they've undergone lately. I think you're changing their minds about who to vote for next time. Maybe they'll join you in your wisdom and vote for Ron and Rand next time.
last edited: 8/07/09 10:21:59 AM”

“Guess the Party.”

“USCorporate Party, do I win???”

“WILLIAM JEFFERSON...DEMOCRAT......LOUISIANNA”

“House Republicans are trying to embarrass the Democrats by introducing legislation codifying the "Rangel Rule." The bill would grant ordinary taxpayers the sweetheart treatment that Rangel received from the IRS. Nancy Pelosi, of course, won't allow it to be voted on.
*snicker*”

“We wouldn't have to worry about the 'Rangel Rule' if we'd toss the whole IRS into the mountains of Afghanistan with crosses tattooed all over them.”

“White House fears liberal war pressure. Wouldn't a liberal war just be a lot of whining and maybe a little slapping and hair pulling, what's to worry about ?”

“

U.S. charges Obama fund-raiser in $290 million fraud

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hassan Nemazee, a fund-raiser for Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and other Democrats, has been indicted for defrauding Bank of America, HSBC and Citigroup Inc out of more than $290 million in loan proceeds, U.S. prosecutors said on Monday.

The announcement follows last month's indictment of Nemazee, head of a private equity firm and an Iranian American Political Action Committee board member, on one count of defrauding Citigroup's Citibank.

The new indictment adds allegations that he defrauded two other banks, Bank of America and HSBC Bank USA, in a similar fashion by falsifying documents and signatures to purportedly show he had hundreds of millions worth of collateral.

The office of the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan and the FBI said he used the proceeds of his scheme to make donations to election campaigns of federal, state and local candidates, donations to political action committees and charities.

He bought property in Italy and paid for maintenance on two properties in New York.

His lawyer could not immediately be reached for comment.

As of August 2009 Nemazee owed Bank of America about $142 million and owed Citibank about $74.9 million, the indictment said. He drew on a line of credit he fraudulently obtained from HSBC to pay the Citibank loan.

Nemazee, 59, typically donates more than $100,000 annually to Democratic political candidates. He is listed as one of the top "bundlers" of contributions to Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, according to OpenSecrets.org, a website run by the Center for Responsive Politics research group.

"For more than 10 years, Hassan Nemazee projected the illusion of wealth, stealing more than $290 million so that he could lead a lavish lifestyle and play the part of heavyweight political fundraiser," United States Attorney Preet Bharara in Manhattan said in a statement.

Nemazee was arrested at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey on August 23 as he was checking in for a flight to Italy, according to court papers. He was released on bail.

If convicted on three counts of bank fraud, Nemazee faces up to 30 years in prison and millions of dollars in fines. He is also charged with identity theft.

The case is: U.S. v. Nemazee, 09-mj-1927 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (Manhattan)”

“Another one bites the dust! � LOL”

“Jeeze, catch all the crooks and maybe life will be affordable again.”

“Not when it cost $45k to keep them in jail. California 3 strikes law proves that crooks never played little league.
last edited: 9/21/09 10:02:58 PM”

“WOW caught on tape telling how to evade authorities and run child prostitution rings...BUT

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204488304574429383616613404.html

The investigation that Messrs. Frank and Conyers envision does not, to say the least, sound aggressive. They ask the researchers to get to the bottom of, among other things, "the extent to which ACORN has assisted [the] homeless." With respect to the child-prostitution sting, they ask the CRS to look into "conflicting allegations" about "the propriety of these activities"�by which they mean not the advice Acorn gave on getting away with crimes, but "the federal and state laws that could apply to such videotaping and distribution of conversations without the consent of all parties."

The Democratic duo also ask CRS whether the legislation defunding Acorn "could constitute an unlawful bill of attainder" by singling out the group�as if the refusal to continue providing federal subsidies is tantamount to punishing it for a crime. Such Constitutional scruples were not evident in March, when the pair joined all but six House Democrats (and 85 Republicans) in voting to impose a 90% tax on executives of AIG and other disfavored corporations.

Messrs. Frank and Conyers do ask if Acorn has misused federal funds or engaged in voter fraud�but the CRS is hardly in a position to investigate whether Acorn has committed such crimes. If Messrs. Frank and Conyers were serious about learning the truth, they'd send their letter to the Justice Department, not the Congressional Research Service. ”

“Well we know Jolly Olde England released the Convicted Killer to Libya.....now the Dear Leader is going one better.

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/kirk.gadhafi.charities.2.1205623.html

$400,000 Is To Be Split Between Charities Run By Gadhafi Family MembersWASHINGTON (CBS) ―

Gadhafi PitchThe Obama Administration plans to give $400,000 in funding to a Libyan charity run by the Gadhafi family, and U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) wants the grant withdrawn.

The money would be divided between two foundations run by the family of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi. A $200,000 share is set to go to the Gadhafi Development Foundation, which is run by Gadhafi's son, Saif, and another $200,000 are to go to Wa Attassimou, an organization run by Muammar Gadhafi's daughter, Aisha. es Tent On Trump Property
(9/23/2009)”

“John Edwards was reported ready Saturday to admit he fathered his mistress Rielle Hunter's baby girl. She was a campaign worker for him. John Edwards always said that there are two Americas and to get more votes he started a family in each of them.”

“Admit..>hell I would Brag.”

“Guess where the Democrap Chairman of the committee investigating Countrywide got his mortgages?”

“Wall Street money rains on Chuck Schumer
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By VICTORIA MCGRANE & LISA LERER | 9/28/09 4:34 AM EDT
Chuck Schumer's $1.65 million take from the financial services industry is nearly twice than that of any other senator. AP

Wall Street has showered nearly $11 million on the Senate since the beginning of the year, and more than 15 percent of it has gone to a single senator: Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York.

Schumer’s $1.65 million take from the financial services industry is nearly twice that of any other senator's — and more than five times what the industry gave to any single Republican senator.

While the industry has scaled back its political spending in the wake of last year’s economic collapse, data from the Center for Responsive Politics show that it’s still investing heavily in the Senate, where it’s likely to have its best shot at stopping — or at least shaping — the crackdown on Wall Street that President Barack Obama has proposed.

And it’s clearly looking to Democrats to do it.

Of the $10.6 million the industry has given to sitting senators this year, more than $7.7 million has gone to Democrats. Schumer got his $1.65 million; his New York colleague Kirsten Gillibrand took in $886,000; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada received $814,000; Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd of Connecticut scored $603,000; Colorado freshman Michael Bennet got $401,000; and Agriculture Committee Chairman Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas— who will have a big say on the derivatives portion of regulatory reform — got $336,000.

“Democrats are holding the reins in Washington now with a Democratic-run White House and Congress,” said one financial services lobbyist. “It only makes sense that donors want to put their money into the coffers of those who are driving the agenda.”

Among Republicans, the biggest recipient of financial-industry money so far this year is Richard Shelby of Alabama. But although he’s the ranking Republican on the Banking Committee — ground zero for the regulatory reform bill in the Senate — he’s received just $313,000 from the industry this year.

That’s smaller than the haul for Bennet, the most junior Democrat on the Committee, or Lincoln, who isn’t even on it. And Shelby is the only Republican senator on the industry’s top-10 giving list.

The industry’s giving pattern this year may upend the traditional notion of Republicans as the bagmen for Wall Street. But it also reflects political reality: Democrats hold a commanding if not quite filibuster-proof majority in the upper chamber, and some of them may be willing to side with the financial industry on key aspects of the regulatory reform effort — even if that’s not immediately obvious from the Democrats’ populist rhetoric.

The Financial Services Roundtable, an industry association that gave almost $425,000 to members during the past election, says the issues — not the party — drive its donations.

“We support members that understand the issues facing our industry,” said Scott Talbott, the Rountable’s senior vice president of government affairs. “This is done on a case-by-case basis.”

Democrats insist that industry money doesn’t influence their votes.

“Contributions don’t really affect — my basis of decision making is whether it’s going to be beneficial to Arkansans,” said Lincoln, who noted that financial services firms aren’t among her biggest contributors.

Schumer spokesman Brian Fallon says his boss “calls the shots the way he sees them” — regardless of who’s giving him money.

“The financial services industry is a vital part of New York’s economy, but he doesn’t hesitate to go after the institutions when they are wrong, such as with credit cards, corporate governance and overdraft fees,” Fallon said.

To compare the $1.7 million he’s gotten from the so-called FIRE lobby — that’s finance, insurance that’s not health insurance and real estate — with his positions on key elements of reform, you might think his donors are suffering from Stockholm syndrome.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/27643.html#ixzz0SX5KX8wv”