Fwd: [New post] What a surprise! Little ‘Clockmed’ Mohamed is suing the school district that had him arrested for bringing a clock that looked like a bomb to school
BareNakedIslam posted: "You can be sure designated terrorist group CAIR is behind this. Check the links below to see what a fraud little Ahmed really is. Western Journalism (h/t PrayHard) The family of Ahmed Mohamed has retained two high profile Dallas attorneys to bring legal " New post on *BARE NAKED ISLAM* <http://www.barenakedislam.com/?author=1> What a surprise! Little ‘Clockmed’ Mohamed is suing the school district that had him arrested for bringing a clock that looked like a bomb to school <http://www.barenakedislam.com/2015/09/24/what-a-surprise-little-clockmed-mohamed-is-suing-the-school-district-that-had-him-arrested-for-bringing-a-clock-that-looked-like-a-bomb-to-school/> by BareNakedIslam <http://www.barenakedislam.com/?author=1> You can be sure designated terrorist group CAIR is behind this. Check the links below to see what a fraud little Ahmed really is. Western Journalism (h/t PrayHard) The family of Ahmed Mohamed has retained two high profile Dallas attorneys to bring legal action against the Irving School District for their son’s detention last week. As reported, Mohamed, […] Read more of this post <http://www.barenakedislam.com/2015/09/24/what-a-surprise-little-clockmed-mohamed-is-suing-the-school-district-that-had-him-arrested-for-bringing-a-clock-that-looked-like-a-bomb-to-school/> *BareNakedIslam <http://www.barenakedislam.com/?author=1>* | September 24, 2015 at 1:21 pm | Categories: CAIR Nazis <http://www.barenakedislam.com/?taxonomy=category=cair-nazis> | URL: http://wp.me/p276zM-1hRo Comment <http://www.barenakedislam.com/2015/09/24/what-a-surprise-little-clockmed-mohamed-is-suing-the-school-district-that-had-him-arrested-for-bringing-a-clock-that-looked-like-a-bomb-to-school/#respond> See all comments <http://www.barenakedislam.com/2015/09/24/what-a-surprise-little-clockmed-mohamed-is-suing-the-school-district-that-had-him-arrested-for-bringing-a-clock-that-looked-like-a-bomb-to-school/#comments> Unsubscribe <https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=eaced905935c28c895fe4e47a2730614=bovinescatologists%40gmail.com=C23%25dImc%2C%2F%7Cyx6nz%2F%26fCd%25AnpP4GhG9Z9aYG%5DUi4DDe8BFZQbLA> to no longer receive posts from BARE NAKED ISLAM. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions <https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=eaced905935c28c895fe4e47a2730614=bovinescatologists%40gmail.com>. *Trouble clicking?* Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://www.barenakedislam.com/2015/09/24/what-a-surprise-little-clockmed-mohamed-is-suing-the-school-district-that-had-him-arrested-for-bringing-a-clock-that-looked-like-a-bomb-to-school/ -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to politicalforum+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Fwd: [New post] What a surprise! Arab Muslims top the list of people on the terror watch list
BareNakedIslam posted: In fact, the second-highest concentration of people designated as “known or suspected terrorists” by the government is in Dearborn, Mich.—a city of only 96,000 that has the largest percentage of Arab Muslim residents in the country. Detroit News Whenever New post on *BARE NAKED ISLAM* http://www.barenakedislam.com/?author=1 What a surprise! Arab Muslims top the list of people on the terror watch list http://www.barenakedislam.com/2014/08/07/what-a-surprise-arab-muslims-top-the-list-of-people-on-the-terror-watch-list/ by BareNakedIslam http://www.barenakedislam.com/?author=1 In fact, the second-highest concentration of people designated as “known or suspected terrorists” by the government is in Dearborn, Mich.—a city of only 96,000 that has the largest percentage of Arab Muslim residents in the country. Detroit News Whenever Nasser Beydoun flies on business each month, he expects a long wait. The prominent business owner from […] Read more of this post http://www.barenakedislam.com/2014/08/07/what-a-surprise-arab-muslims-top-the-list-of-people-on-the-terror-watch-list/ *BareNakedIslam http://www.barenakedislam.com/?author=1* | August 7, 2014 at 12:57 am | Categories: EnemyWithin-America http://www.barenakedislam.com/?taxonomy=categoryterm=enemywithin-america | URL: http://wp.me/p276zM-16FY Comment http://www.barenakedislam.com/2014/08/07/what-a-surprise-arab-muslims-top-the-list-of-people-on-the-terror-watch-list/#respond See all comments http://www.barenakedislam.com/2014/08/07/what-a-surprise-arab-muslims-top-the-list-of-people-on-the-terror-watch-list/#comments Unsubscribe https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=7f89380f46003915c34c2cdd2b126a38email=bovinescatologists%40gmail.comb=aQ-7%5BcmQFp4E_%7C%2F-E3b7Y%26U51z%5DPWPn%3F.liw%2Clpyt51iA24ZZl to no longer receive posts from BARE NAKED ISLAM. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=7f89380f46003915c34c2cdd2b126a38email=bovinescatologists%40gmail.com. *Trouble clicking?* Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://www.barenakedislam.com/2014/08/07/what-a-surprise-arab-muslims-top-the-list-of-people-on-the-terror-watch-list/ -- -- Thanks for being part of PoliticalForum at Google Groups. For options help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups PoliticalForum group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to politicalforum+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Fwd: [New post] WHAT A SURPRISE! Turkey blames the Jews for its failure to be chosen as host country for the 2020 Olympics
** BareNakedIslam posted: Turkey's recent wave of civil unrest (which Turkish officials blame on Israel) is seen as the main factor influencing the International Olympic Committee's decision to overlook Istanbul again after it failed to land the 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012 Games. New post on *BARE NAKED ISLAM* http://www.barenakedislam.com/?author=1 WHAT A SURPRISE! Turkey blames the Jews for its failure to be chosen as host country for the 2020 Olympicshttp://www.barenakedislam.com/2013/09/09/what-a-surprise-turkey-blames-the-jews-for-its-failure-to-be-chosen-as-host-country-for-the-2020-olympics/ by BareNakedIslam http://www.barenakedislam.com/?author=1 Turkey's recent wave of civil unrest (which Turkish officials blame on Israel) is seen as the main factor influencing the International Olympic Committee's decision to overlook Istanbul again after it failed to land the 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012 Games. All the Turks, from the Istanbul mayor to the minister of sports to the Turkish […] Read more of this posthttp://www.barenakedislam.com/2013/09/09/what-a-surprise-turkey-blames-the-jews-for-its-failure-to-be-chosen-as-host-country-for-the-2020-olympics/ *BareNakedIslam http://www.barenakedislam.com/?author=1* | September 9, 2013 at 3:24 am | URL: http://wp.me/p276zM-XHP Commenthttp://www.barenakedislam.com/2013/09/09/what-a-surprise-turkey-blames-the-jews-for-its-failure-to-be-chosen-as-host-country-for-the-2020-olympics/#respond See all commentshttp://www.barenakedislam.com/2013/09/09/what-a-surprise-turkey-blames-the-jews-for-its-failure-to-be-chosen-as-host-country-for-the-2020-olympics/#comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptionshttps://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=80d8873ee52adffe4e178d01c25562cfemail=goosepickles%40gmail.com. *Trouble clicking?* Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://www.barenakedislam.com/2013/09/09/what-a-surprise-turkey-blames-the-jews-for-its-failure-to-be-chosen-as-host-country-for-the-2020-olympics/ -- -- Thanks for being part of PoliticalForum at Google Groups. For options help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups PoliticalForum group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to politicalforum+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Gee, what a surprise - the feds are now starting to crack down on employers of illegals
Once the states started passing the bills doing this same thing and started the operations the feds decided to do the same thing and now the MSM is telling us how important it is that the feds are doing so much to stop illegal immigration. Bet you this lasts until the first La Raza complaint about it and a protest. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/30/us/politics/30raid.html?partner=rssemc=rss -- Thanks for being part of PoliticalForum at Google Groups. For options help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
Jerry Brown's Pension Plan Just Fluff - what a surprise
183 Comments http://www.sacbee.com/2011/04/05/3528019/dan-walters-jerry-browns-pension.html#disqus_thread|Print http://www.sacbee.com/2011/04/05/v-print/3528019/dan-walters-jerry-browns-pension.html Dan Walters: Jerry Brown's pension plan is nothing but fluff Share http://www.sacbee.com/2011/04/05/3528019/dan-walters-jerry-browns-pension.html# ByDan Walters dwalt...@sacbee.com mailto:dwalt...@sacbee.com Published: Tuesday, Apr. 5, 2011 - 12:00 am | Page 3A Last Modified: Tuesday, Apr. 5, 2011 - 7:53 am The timing of Gov. Jerry Brown's 12-point pension reform plan last week was no accident. The plan was released on Thursday, a couple of days after his negotiations with Republicans on a state budget deal collapsed. The latter contended that Brown had balked at their demands for public pension reforms because of opposition from unions that helped him win the governorship last year. Thus, the plan's release was aimed at giving Brown political cover, implicitly demonstrating that he's tough-minded on pensions and not beholden to the unions. But while a 12-point plan sounds impressive -- especially coming from a politician who historically has sneered at multipoint policy plans -- there's less there than meets the eye. The political debate over public pensions has been conducted on two levels, the largely superficial and the meaningful. The superficial aspects -- anecdotal accounts of outrageous pension manipulation -- have received the most media attention. Meanwhile, the more meaningful issue of whether taxpayers and employees face a ticking time bomb of unfunded liabilities is complex and unsexy, receiving relatively little attention. For the most part, Brown's plan deals with the former rather than the latter. It gives the illusion of being tough on pension issues without making truly tough choices. Much of it deals, for instance, with pension spiking through various manipulative techniques -- outrageous, certainly, but of little effect on the larger and more serious issue. Other points are of equally light weight, such as prohibiting retroactive pension benefits or pensions for convicted felons. Meanwhile, the plan either omits anything that would touch the larger issue of unfunded liability or places it in the category of under development. A couple of years ago, the chief actuary of the California Public Employees' Retirement System told a pension seminar that the system's benefits were unsustainable. Outside analysts have pegged the potential unfunded liabilities of Cal-PERS, the California State Teachers' Retirement System and the University of California pension system as high as a half-trillion dollars. Pension authorities dispute that figure, but they have maintained estimates of future earnings that are questionably high, even when their actuaries have urged modest reductions. A real pension reform plan would first seek independent and expert analysis of unfunded liability and then lay out what's needed, in either reduced benefits or increased contributions by taxpayers and employees, to cover it. The Legislature's budget analyst and the Little Hoover Commission have both called for such reforms and have taken political heat from unions and their political allies for doing so. So far, however, all we're getting from Brown is fluff. © Copyright The Sacramento Bee. All rights reserved. http://www.sacbee.com/copyright Share http://www.sacbee.com/2011/04/05/3528019/dan-walters-jerry-browns-pension.html# Read more:http://www.sacbee.com/2011/04/05/3528019/dan-walters-jerry-browns-pension.html#ixzz1IfVQwovu -- Thanks for being part of PoliticalForum at Google Groups. For options help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
What a surprise - would never have guessed
Most Americans Don't Trust The Mainstream Media: So says Gallup. For the fourth straight year, the majority of Americans say they have little or no trust in the mass media to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly. The 57% who now say this is a record high by one percentage point. Gallup goes on to say that perceptions of bias have remained quite steady over the last decade. That's true, but if you look farther back, Gallup's own data shows that trust in the mass media has declined sharply since 1972, which was the first year Gallup asked that particular question. In May 1972, 18 percent of the respondents said they trusted the media a great deal, and 50 percent said they trusted the media a fair amount. In September of this year, the numbers were, respectively, 12 and 31 percent. By way of Andrew Malcolm, who has some funny things to say about this poll result. - 2:12 PM, 23 December 2010 [link -- Thanks for being part of PoliticalForum at Google Groups. For options help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
What a surprise - survey of doctors on Obamacare
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What a surprise - AP and the Prince George's County, Md corruption story
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What a surprise - the NYT supports all Dems
Loved this comment. The Republican cannot be independent in today's DC but the Democrat can? Only if San Fran Nan tells them to be and she can do without their vote; otherwise they had better stick with the program or else. Check how independent that Dem has been. Betcha he has voted with San Fran Nan well over 90% of the time. The other howler is the bit about hw the congressman wants to improve the HCR bill. How about he should have read the bill before voting for it. Then he could have seen to it that most of the fixes would not have been needed and who is to say that enough of the fixes will be found in time to keep the bill from causing even more damage than it already has. The reasoning of this editorial crew is really ridiculous and makes no sense at all. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/opinion/26tue3.html?themc=th -- Thanks for being part of PoliticalForum at Google Groups. For options help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
What a surprise - alleged voter fraud in early voting in Houston
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What a surprise - check out the fed salaries and bennies vs the private sector
And we are supposed to feel sorry for them? Original Message Subject:Bureaucrats Irked: Heritage Finds They Are Paid Too Much Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:06:08 -0700 From: The Heritage Foundation members...@heritage.org Reply-To: members...@heritage.org To: Dick Thompson rhomp2...@earthlink.net http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/4774981:7226333430:m:1:210415489:743794D308024E69DF039450D5028D02 October 22, 2010 | By Bethany Murphy *Bureaucrats Irked: Heritage Finds They Are Paid Too Much* In an interview with the Washington Post http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/4774982:7226333430:m:1:210415489:743794D308024E69DF039450D5028D02, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, John Berry, directly credits The Heritage Foundation as having moved public opinion on the issue of overpayment of federal officials: *He said he was frustrated that “the Heritage and Cato misinformation campaign has obviously gained traction.” *The two Washington, D.C., think tanks have produced widely discussed reports indicating that federal workers are paid too much. *A “pretty prolonged misinformation campaign over the last six month leading up to this,” [Berry] said, “has worked.”* Berry was steaming over that last point. The Heritage Foundation has been at the forefront of the overpayment issue http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/4774983:7226333430:m:1:210415489:743794D308024E69DF039450D5028D02. Heritage research has found that http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/4774984:7226333430:m:1:210415489:743794D308024E69DF039450D5028D02 the average federal employee earns an annual salary almost 60% higher than the average private-sector employee — $79,000 vs. $50,000. Even after controlling for education and experience, federal employees get paid significantly better — 22% more per hour, on average — than private-sector workers. Once you add up the benefits, the gap in total compensation rises even higher — 30% to 40% above comparable private-sector workers. But defenders of the federal pay system, including the OPM, have mischaracterized our analyses by suggesting they ignore skill differences between the public and private sectors, resulting in an “apples to oranges” comparison. On the contrary, Heritage has carefully accounted for skill differences http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/4774985:7226333430:m:1:210415489:743794D308024E69DF039450D5028D02, always comparing apples to apples. In a letter the Washington Post this week, Heritage economist Bill Beach http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/4774986:7226333430:m:1:210415489:743794D308024E69DF039450D5028D02 directly addresses those critical of our analysis: Ignoring this evidence [of standard practice in calibrating data], government and union representatives quoted in your column attack our findings by relying on a survey that examines job descriptions. But federal workers tend to be less skilled within an occupation level - a senior accountant may qualify only as a junior accountant in the private sector. So economists look at skills and experience, not just official duties. Other Heritage Work of Note * The Heritage Foundation has long called on Congress to defund liberal mouthpiece NPR. Writing on FoxNews.com, Heritage vice president Mike Gonzalez argues that http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/4774987:7226333430:m:1:210415489:743794D308024E69DF039450D5028D02 “National Public Radio’s dismissal of Juan Williams is a powerful indictment of NPR’s practices and corporate culture. Small wonder voices are once again calling for the federal government to defund NPR—which gets 16% of its budget from taxpayers.” * President Obama sold his new health care plan to the American public on the premise that it would help many Americans. But according to Heritage analysis, the reality is quite different. “Unfortunately, Obamacare’s new federally mandated, essential benefits package will diminish new job opportunities, especially for low-income workers,” writes Kathryn Nix http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/4774988:7226333430:m:1:210415489:743794D308024E69DF039450D5028D02. “This is expected to occur because the new law requires employers to offer health care coverage or pay a penalty.” * North Korea has declared that its military might had increased “1000-fold.” This claim coincides with the upcoming transition of authority from dictator Kim Jong-Il to his son, Kim Jong-un. Writing in the Boston Herald, Heritage analyst Peter Brookes http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/4774989:7226333430:m:1:210415489:743794D308024E69DF039450D5028D02 argues that the change in power will not result in a change in policy. “Even with a new king . . . er, Kim in charge in North Korea, nukes will stay front and
What a surprise - this admin is beyond belief - totally contemptible of the public
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Looks like Zero ain't doing so well in Britain these days - what a surprise
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What a surprise!! Holder ducks and dodges questions
* Article http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/13/holder-stays-mum-allegation-illegal-white-house-job-offer/# * comments http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/13/holder-stays-mum-allegation-illegal-white-house-job-offer/ /static/all/img 3f58b219d3398210VgnVCM10a0c1a8c0RCRD /politics/2010/05/13/holder-stays-mum-allegation-illegal-white-house-job-offer/ Updated May 13, 2010 Holder Mum on Allegation of Illegal White House Job Offer to Pennsylvania Rep. FOXNews.com Attorney General Eric Holder, grilled Thursday at a Capitol Hill hearing, would not say whether his Justice Department was looking into allegations that the White House illegally offered a job to Rep. Joe Sestak in exchange for him getting out of the Pennsylvania Senate race. * print http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/13/holder-stays-mum-allegation-illegal-white-house-job-offer/#/politics/2010/05/13/holder-stays-mum-allegation-illegal-white-house-job-offer/print * email javascript:void(0); * share javascript:void(0); * Check recommend http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/13/holder-stays-mum-allegation-illegal-white-house-job-offer/# Decrease Font http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/13/holder-stays-mum-allegation-illegal-white-house-job-offer/# A A A Increase Font http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/13/holder-stays-mum-allegation-illegal-white-house-job-offer/# Attorney General Eric Holder testifies before the House Judiciary Committee May 13 on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo) Attorney General Eric Holder, grilled Thursday at a Capitol Hill hearing, declined to say whether his Justice Department was looking into allegations that the White House illegally offered a job to Rep. Joe Sestak in exchange for him getting out of the Pennsylvania Senate race. Sestak, a Pennsylvania Democrat, leveled the charge in February, telling a Philadelphia television anchor he was offered the federal job to drop out of the primary race against Sen. Arlen Specter. Sestak did not withdraw and is still competing against Specter in Tuesday's election -- but the congressman has not elaborated on his charge publicly since the February interview. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., has taken up the case. He called on Holder in late March to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the matter and on Thursday, hours into a House Judiciary Committee hearing, got his chance to press the attorney general. Issa said the accusation would amount to multiple felonies and wanted to know what Holder was going to do about it. He said he was deeply concerned, with the election just five days away. Issa grew visibly frustrated as the attorney general declined to respond to his questions. It is the department's policy ... not to comment on pending matters, Holder said at the end of a tense back-and-forth. That is not what we do. Issa suggested Holder's reluctance to answer meant there was no investigation. You don't answer or apparently investigate. ... You're not investigating whether it's a false statement by a member of Congress or a crime by the White House. What are we to do? he said. Issa, earlier in the hearing, expressed frustration that the White House has responded to the charges with the opinion of a non-attorney, a press secretary, that these were not problematic. He was referring to a response from White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs in March. Gibbs said he talked to people in the White House about the claim and that, I'm told whatever conversations have been had are not problematic. Gibbs said the matter was in the past. Issa also pressed Holder Thursday on why he apparently hadn't responded to his letter bringing the allegation to his attention. Holder insisted that he thought he had responded and apologized. It could be in the mail. It's very slow sometimes, Issa said. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/13/holder-stays-mum-allegation-illegal-white-house-job-offer/ -- Thanks for being part of PoliticalForum at Google Groups. For options help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.inline: check.gifinline: font-dec.jpginline: aaa-blue.jpginline: font-inc.jpginline: holder2_hearing_051310_monster_397x224.jpg
Re: Another GOP Office Attacked in Ohio - Window Smashed - what a surprise
It's official IT was targeting RINOs, right? On Apr 4, 9:27 pm, dick thompson rhomp2...@earthlink.net wrote: Very true. Bruce Majors wrote: Democrats are nazi storm troopers prepared to prevent Obama and his regime from being thrown out by the voters On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 12:13 AM, dick thompson rhomp2...@earthlink.net mailto:rhomp2...@earthlink.net wrote: � � Previous http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/04/anatomy-of-a-smear-how-t... |Home| http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com Next http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/04/white-racist-in-south-af... � � BREAKING: Another GOP Office Attacked in Ohio� Window Smashed http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/04/breaking-another-gop-off... Saturday, April 3, 2010, 5:47 PM Jim Hoft *Vandals threw a brick through GOP Party headquarters.* http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/gop-o... Another GOP office was attacked in Marion, Ohio last night. The vandals left a threatening note in purple ink saying, *�Stop the Right Wing.�* The Marion Star http://www.marionstar.com/article/20100401/NEWS01/4010315 reported: Two Republican party officials were shocked to hear someone had thrown a brick through a window at their headquarters downtown � with a message directed at stopping conservatism. *�Stop the right wing,�* was written in purple ink on a piece of notebook paper. �The bottom was torn off of it, maybe like they made a mistake or something when they were writing it the first time,� said Kenneth Stiverson, president of the Marion County Republican Club. Employees at the law offices next door to the headquarters, at 114 S. Main St., called party members to let them know the window had been broken Tuesday. Police were called and took the brick and note as evidence. Stiverson said he didn�t think people in Marion would do such a thing. Republican party members who were helping to clean up found the note after they found the brick. �You hear about this stuff in the big cities,� he said. �I didn�t think there was anyone in Marion that would do anything like that.� This story didn�t make national headlines for some strange reason? Comments (23) http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/04/breaking-another-gop-off... *http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/04/breaking-another-gop-off... -- Thanks for being part of PoliticalForum at Google Groups. For options help seehttp://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community athttp://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -- Thanks for being part of PoliticalForum at Google Groups. For options help seehttp://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community athttp://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - -- Thanks for being part of PoliticalForum at Google Groups. For options help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. To unsubscribe, reply using remove me as the subject.
Re: Another GOP Office Attacked in Ohio - Window Smashed - what a surprise
Must be those crazy Tea Baggers again. Yeah, the national news should cover all broken windowsnot. Dumbass. -- Thanks for being part of PoliticalForum at Google Groups. For options help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
Re: Another GOP Office Attacked in Ohio - Window Smashed - what a surprise
Democrats are nazi storm troopers prepared to prevent Obama and his regime from being thrown out by the voters On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 12:13 AM, dick thompson rhomp2...@earthlink.netwrote: « « Previoushttp://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/04/anatomy-of-a-smear-how-the-democratic-reconstructing-the-black-caucus-tea-party-smear/ |Home| http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com Nexthttp://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/04/white-racist-in-south-africa-hacked-to-death-powerful-black-youth-racist-blamed/» » BREAKING: Another GOP Office Attacked in Ohio– Window Smashedhttp://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/04/breaking-another-gop-office-attacked-in-ohio-smashed-windows/ Saturday, April 3, 2010, 5:47 PM Jim Hoft *Vandals threw a brick through GOP Party headquarters.* http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/gop-office-marion.jpg Another GOP office was attacked in Marion, Ohio last night. The vandals left a threatening note in purple ink saying, *“Stop the Right Wing.”* The Marion Starhttp://www.marionstar.com/article/20100401/NEWS01/4010315reported: Two Republican party officials were shocked to hear someone had thrown a brick through a window at their headquarters downtown — with a message directed at stopping conservatism. *“Stop the right wing,”* was written in purple ink on a piece of notebook paper. “The bottom was torn off of it, maybe like they made a mistake or something when they were writing it the first time,” said Kenneth Stiverson, president of the Marion County Republican Club. Employees at the law offices next door to the headquarters, at 114 S. Main St., called party members to let them know the window had been broken Tuesday. Police were called and took the brick and note as evidence. Stiverson said he didn’t think people in Marion would do such a thing. Republican party members who were helping to clean up found the note after they found the brick. “You hear about this stuff in the big cities,” he said. “I didn’t think there was anyone in Marion that would do anything like that.” This story didn’t make national headlines for some strange reason? Comments (23)http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/04/breaking-another-gop-office-attacked-in-ohio-smashed-windows/#comments * http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/04/breaking-another-gop-office-attacked-in-ohio-smashed-windows/ * -- Thanks for being part of PoliticalForum at Google Groups. For options help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -- Thanks for being part of PoliticalForum at Google Groups. For options help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. To unsubscribe, reply using remove me as the subject. gop-office-marion.jpg
Re: Another GOP Office Attacked in Ohio - Window Smashed - what a surprise
Very true. Bruce Majors wrote: Democrats are nazi storm troopers prepared to prevent Obama and his regime from being thrown out by the voters On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 12:13 AM, dick thompson rhomp2...@earthlink.net mailto:rhomp2...@earthlink.net wrote: « « Previous http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/04/anatomy-of-a-smear-how-the-democratic-reconstructing-the-black-caucus-tea-party-smear/ |Home| http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com Next http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/04/white-racist-in-south-africa-hacked-to-death-powerful-black-youth-racist-blamed/ » » BREAKING: Another GOP Office Attacked in Ohio– Window Smashed http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/04/breaking-another-gop-office-attacked-in-ohio-smashed-windows/ Saturday, April 3, 2010, 5:47 PM Jim Hoft *Vandals threw a brick through GOP Party headquarters.* http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/gop-office-marion.jpg Another GOP office was attacked in Marion, Ohio last night. The vandals left a threatening note in purple ink saying, *“Stop the Right Wing.”* The Marion Star http://www.marionstar.com/article/20100401/NEWS01/4010315 reported: Two Republican party officials were shocked to hear someone had thrown a brick through a window at their headquarters downtown — with a message directed at stopping conservatism. *“Stop the right wing,”* was written in purple ink on a piece of notebook paper. “The bottom was torn off of it, maybe like they made a mistake or something when they were writing it the first time,” said Kenneth Stiverson, president of the Marion County Republican Club. Employees at the law offices next door to the headquarters, at 114 S. Main St., called party members to let them know the window had been broken Tuesday. Police were called and took the brick and note as evidence. Stiverson said he didn’t think people in Marion would do such a thing. Republican party members who were helping to clean up found the note after they found the brick. “You hear about this stuff in the big cities,” he said. “I didn’t think there was anyone in Marion that would do anything like that.” This story didn’t make national headlines for some strange reason? Comments (23) http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/04/breaking-another-gop-office-attacked-in-ohio-smashed-windows/#comments *http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/04/breaking-another-gop-office-attacked-in-ohio-smashed-windows/* -- Thanks for being part of PoliticalForum at Google Groups. For options help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -- Thanks for being part of PoliticalForum at Google Groups. For options help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -- Thanks for being part of PoliticalForum at Google Groups. For options help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.image/jpeg
What a surprise
Black Dem Rep. Who Was Reportedly Spit on by Tea Party Protester: I Never Claimed to Have Been Spit on Intentionally, Others Are Making the Claim on My Behalf, Refuses to Confirm it Happened..(Update) He's Full of Shit... More proof this claim is 100% bullshit. If Rep. Emanuel Cleaver was spit on he would be milking it for everything it's worth KANSAS CITY, MO http://www.fox4kc.com/news/politics/wdaf-story-cleaver-spitting-033010,0,2660745.story- *U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver voted in favor of the controversial health care reform bill, but talk isn't raging about how voted, but whether or not he was purposely spit on as he and other congressmen made their way to the U.S. Capitol building to cast their vote.* In video of the incident, a man is seen with his hands around his mouth and yelling at the Kansas City, Missouri, Democrat as he walked by. The footage shows Rep. Cleaver reacting to the man, and is seen a few seconds later wiping his face. The video is not clear as to whether or not the man spit in Cleaver's face intentionally, or if it was a matter of say it, don't spray it. *Rep. Cleaver never commented on the incident, but it didn't take long before many people claimed that he was spit upon*. *In an interview on Tuesday with FOX 4 News, Rep. Cleaver would not directly answer the question of whether or not he was intentionally spit upon.* I haven't talked about this incident on TV or anywhere, and I've been approached to talk about it on every national TV show, said Rep. Cleaver in an interview with FOX 4 News. *I never, I never reported anything, never a single thing in Washington, not one thing. People assume I went somewhere, never done press conference, never done an interview on it and I'm not going to do it.* /Rest here http://www.fox4kc.com/news/politics/wdaf-story-cleaver-spitting-033010,0,2660745.story/ *UPDATE* (thanks momma): What the hell is Cleaver talking about? He absolutely claimed he was spit on. Here's the statement HIS office released following the incident: Here's the statement that Cleavers office released about the incident: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver's office released the following statement: For many of the members of the CBC, like John Lewis and Emanuel Cleaver who worked in the civil rights movement, and for Mr. Frank who has struggled in the cause of equality, *this is not the first time they have been spit on during turbulent times.* *This afternoon, the Congressman was walking into the Capitol to vote, when one protester spat on him.* The Congressman would like to thank the US Capitol Police officer who quickly escorted the others Members and him into the Capitol, and defused the tense situation with professionalism and care. After all the Members were safe, a full report was taken and the matter was handled by the US Capitol Police. *The man who spat on the Congressman was arrested, but the Congressman has chosen not to press charges. He has left the matter with the Capitol Police*. /Rest here http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/20/tea-party-protests-nier-f_n_507116.html/ I interpret this as Cleaver backing away from his initial claim he was spit on. Again, proving it NEVER happened... */ZIP/* Posted on April 02, 2010 at 10:52 AM -- Thanks for being part of PoliticalForum at Google Groups. For options help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. To unsubscribe, reply using remove me as the subject.
Another GOP Office Attacked in Ohio - Window Smashed - what a surprise
« « Previous http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/04/anatomy-of-a-smear-how-the-democratic-reconstructing-the-black-caucus-tea-party-smear/ |Home| http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com Next http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/04/white-racist-in-south-africa-hacked-to-death-powerful-black-youth-racist-blamed/ » » BREAKING: Another GOP Office Attacked in Ohio-- Window Smashed http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/04/breaking-another-gop-office-attacked-in-ohio-smashed-windows/ Saturday, April 3, 2010, 5:47 PM Jim Hoft *Vandals threw a brick through GOP Party headquarters.* http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/gop-office-marion.jpg Another GOP office was attacked in Marion, Ohio last night. The vandals left a threatening note in purple ink saying, *Stop the Right Wing.* The Marion Star http://www.marionstar.com/article/20100401/NEWS01/4010315 reported: Two Republican party officials were shocked to hear someone had thrown a brick through a window at their headquarters downtown --- with a message directed at stopping conservatism. *Stop the right wing,* was written in purple ink on a piece of notebook paper. The bottom was torn off of it, maybe like they made a mistake or something when they were writing it the first time, said Kenneth Stiverson, president of the Marion County Republican Club. Employees at the law offices next door to the headquarters, at 114 S. Main St., called party members to let them know the window had been broken Tuesday. Police were called and took the brick and note as evidence. Stiverson said he didn't think people in Marion would do such a thing. Republican party members who were helping to clean up found the note after they found the brick. You hear about this stuff in the big cities, he said. I didn't think there was anyone in Marion that would do anything like that. This story didn't make national headlines for some strange reason? Comments (23) http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/04/breaking-another-gop-office-attacked-in-ohio-smashed-windows/#comments *http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/04/breaking-another-gop-office-attacked-in-ohio-smashed-windows/* -- Thanks for being part of PoliticalForum at Google Groups. For options help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. To unsubscribe, reply using remove me as the subject. inline: gop-office-marion.jpg
What a surprise - another wonderful judge and reporter tied to the Clintons
March 23, 2010 Sweetness Light Rips AP Coverage of Judge's Release of Gitmo Detainee http://www.bizzyblog.com/2010/03/23/sweetness-light-rips-ap-coverage-of-judges-release-of-gitmo-detainee/ Filed under: MSM Biz/Other Bias http://www.bizzyblog.com/category/msm-biz-bias/, MSM Biz/Other Ignorance http://www.bizzyblog.com/category/msm-biz-ignorance/, Taxes Government http://www.bizzyblog.com/category/taxes-government/, US Allied Military http://www.bizzyblog.com/category/us-military/ --- TBlumer @ 2:12 pm Judge_Robertson Doing work the Associated Press refused to do --- or more specifically, providing context the AP refused to provide --- Sweetness Light's indefatigable blogger Steve Gilbert gave readers the back story http://sweetness-light.com/archive/clinton-pal-orders-release-of-terrorist behind the order by U.S. District Judge James Robertson (pictured at right) to release Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohamedou Ould Salahi, who is said to have, in the words of the wire service's Pete Yost, provided advice to three of the Sept. 11 hijackers. First, here's what little Yost deigned to divulge http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100323/ap_on_go_ot/us_guantanamo_detainee: A judge has ordered the release of a Guantanamo Bay detainee described in the 9/11 commission report as a significant al-Qaida operative who provided advice to three of the Sept. 11 hijackers. The ruling in favor of detainee Mohamedou Ould Salahi was disclosed Monday in a two-sentence court entry. U.S. District Judge James Robertson will issue a written decision at a later date explaining his reasons for granting the detainee's petition. The detainee remains at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the Obama administration could appeal Robertson's order. Even if the administration were to decide against appealing, Salahi would remain at Guantanamo until U.S. diplomats found a nation willing to accept him. The 9/11 Commission report says Salahi was known to U.S. and German intelligence a decade ago and living in Germany when he gave instructions to four men about how to reach Afghanistan to train for jihad. Three of the men later became Sept. 11 hijackers --- Mohamed Atta, Ziad Jarrah and Marwan al Shehhi. Yost wastes his final three paragraphs with smell test-failing verbiage about former military prosecutor Lt. Col. Stuart Couch, who has said that he refused to press charges against Salahi because he had been subjected to torture. In 205 words, followed by a blistering final dozen, Gilbert succinctly states what Yost failed to reveal when given a total of over 400 to work with (links are in original): For instance, Judge Robertson threw out Ken Starr's charges against the Clintons' bag man and fall guy, Web Hubbell http://tinyurl.com/2dxel5. And he has protected many other Clinton cronies http://tinyurl.com/62lc4b over the years. More recently, Mr. Robertson blocked the release of First Lady Hillary Clinton's phone records http://tinyurl.com/ylcudqk from FOIA requests. More to the point, however, Mr. Robertson is also the same heroic judge who resigned from the FISA court in a self-righteous hissy fit protest http://tinyurl.com/62lc4b. He also summarily released 30 other terrorists detainees last November http://tinyurl.com/yzc5ovx. More importantly perhaps, Judge Robertson is the also same legal hero who begat the Hamdan ruling http://tinyurl.com/f2ks8, when he demanded that foreign combats should receive /habeas corpus/ rights. But why should the AP bother its readers with such meaningless details? Gilbert also has posts on the Communist Party USA's various pronouncements praising the passage of ObamaCare http://sweetness-light.com/archive/cpusa-health-care-is-a-giant-first-step (a giant first step) and concomitant government takeover of the entire student loan industry http://sweetness-light.com/archive/cpusa-trumpets-student-loan-victory. You can rest assured that the AP won't take any interest in these endorsements. /Cross-posted at NewsBusters.org http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2010/03/23/sweetness-light-rips-ap-coverage-judges-release-gitmo-detainee./ -- Thanks for being part of PoliticalForum at Google Groups. For options help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to politicalforum+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject. inline: Judge_Robertson.jpg
Gee, what a surprise - the Terror attempt may hinder plans to close Gitmo - what a novel thought
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What a surprise that Murtha and Moran would be doing this - or maybe not
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Gee, what a surprise - the NYT comes out in favor of raising taxes
Advertise on NYTimes.com Editorial Once and Future Taxes comments (85) E-Mail Send To Phone Print ShareClose Linkedin Digg Facebook Mixx MySpace Yahoo! Buzz Permalink Published: September 3, 2009 So far, the Obama administrations plan for dealing with the budget deficit an estimated $9 trillion over a decade is to not dig the hole any deeper. Thats an important first step. President Obama deserves credit for proposing ways to pay for his two big initiatives to date: health care reform and energy legislation. Reducing the growth in health care costs, in particular, is vital to curbing future deficits. Skip to next paragraph Your Money Guides Taxes Readers' Comments Share your thoughts. Post a Comment Read All Comments (85) As for the hundreds of billions of dollars in economic stimulus, their impact on long-term deficits is marginal because the spending is temporary. More important, deficit spending is warranted in a recession because it eases the downturn and in so doing, averts even worse damage to the economy and the budget. But, sooner than he may prefer, Mr. Obama will have to face up to what he has so far avoided: the need to raise taxes broadly to rein in deficits. The deficits are not of his making. Some two-thirds of the $9 trillion shortfall resulted from policies that predate his administration; most of the rest is the cost of policies that both parties consider necessary, like continued relief from the alternative minimum tax. But when he inherited the burden of the budget mess, Mr. Obama also inherited the responsibility to clean it up. Neither economic growth nor spending cuts will be enough to fix the projected shortfalls. Nor is there enough to be gained by confining tax increases only to families making more than $250,000 a year, a campaign promise that Mr. Obama still says he will keep. Assuming the economy has begun to recover by 2010, next year would be the natural time to start raising taxes. Thats because the Bush-era tax cuts are set to expire at the end of 2010. If Congress does nothing, taxes will revert to higher levels for everyone; if it extends all of the cuts, taxes will stay low for everyone; if it extends some and lets others expire, taxes will stay low for some taxpayers and go up for others. Since 2010 is also a Congressional election year, lawmakers will be reluctant to raise taxes at all, and certainly not without considerable support from the White House, which is already worried about the 2010 elections. Under these political pressures, Congress might be tempted to extend all of the Bush cuts at least through 2011 and that would be a dangerous move because time is not necessarily on Mr. Obamas side. No one is angling to raise taxes during the recession, but the longer it takes to show real progress on deficit reduction, the greater the possibility that the nations creditors will demand higher interest rates on loans to the Treasury. That would worsen the deficit by raising the nations borrowing costs. And with the recovery of both the financial system and the housing market dependent on low interest rates, an unanticipated or uncontrolled rate increase would be a crisis in its own right. The question then is not whether taxes must go up, but when, how and how much. The White House budget director, Peter Orszag, has said the administration is working to bring the deficit down in the 2011 budget, due early next year. But when asked recently by The Wall Street Journal for details, including the possibility of higher taxes on families making less than $250,000, Mr. Orszag said that the administration was not yet giving any specifics on the next budget. In the meantime, the tax code remains inadequate to the task of raising sufficient revenue and high-income taxpayers are about to benefit once again. Next year, a misguided law enacted in 2006 will take effect, giving high-income taxpayers the chance to shelter much of their money from future tax increases. The law will let high-income taxpayers transfer traditional individual retirement accounts into so-called Roth I.R.A.s. Unlike regular I.R.A.s., no tax is due when money is withdrawn from a Roth. That often makes Roths a better deal, especially if you believe that tax rates will be higher in the years to come and they are bound to be higher. Taxpayers who switch to Roths will have to pay tax upfront on the amounts they transfer, so the government will get a jolt of revenue. But later, the transfers will be a money loser for the government as high-income Americans and their heirs make tax-free withdrawals that would have been taxable at tomorrows higher rates. The Obama administration may not want to talk about the need for broad tax increases while other issues dominate the agenda. But if the administration and Congress do not act
What a surprise - Obama is once again a hypocrite
http://iraqnow.blogspot.com/2009/07/that-was-then-this-is-now.html Wonder if anyone asked Randi Rhodes about this interview lately. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Thanks for being part of PoliticalForum at Google Groups. For options help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
What a surprise!!
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What a surprise - Ground Zero transportation hub is all about the look and not the function - and is way more expensive than planned
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What a surprise!!
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What a surprise - or not
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What a surprise
CHRIS DODD GETS more constituent criticism: After some rather self-congratulatory remarks by Sen. Dodd and Chris Murphy, the U.S. congressman from the district (and a former intern in Dodds office), the questions were chosen and read. Nothing about the banking crisis. Nothing about Countrywide or AIG. Nothing about Sen. Dodds lovely seaside cottage in Ireland, which has led to some intriguing questions about mortgage financing and property transfers. Not a word about any of it. My question for Sen. Dodd was this: Shouldnt you consider, in light of the compromising information that has been reported, resigning as chairman of the Senate banking committee? It was not read. Nor were any questions submitted by the other journalists read. Meanwhile, Dodd and Murphy held forth at length on the benefits of single-payer health insurance (good), global warming (bad), and the beliefs and practices of the previous administration and Congress (really bad). The hours passed slowly. Im sure they did. Posted at 9:17 am by Glenn Reynolds
Gee, an ethical politician - what a surprise
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What a surprise
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What a surprise!!
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What a surprise - the Brits are seeing Bambi clearer than the US is but we are getting there
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What a surprise!
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What a surprise!
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What a surprise - Sen Sherrod Brown of Ohio is a hypocrite
Porkopolis's Catch of the Week: Sherrod Brown Cast the Deciding Vote for Allowing AIG Bonuses He Now Opposes (Bigger Point: Geithner Acts As De Facto Financial Dictator) http://www.bizzyblog.com/2009/03/18/porkopoliss-catch-of-the-week-sherrod-brown-cast-the-deciding-vote-for-allowing-aig-bonuses-he-now-opposes-bigger-point-geithner-acts-as-de-facto-financial-dictator/ Filed under: Economy http://www.bizzyblog.com/category/economy/, Taxes Government http://www.bizzyblog.com/category/taxes-government/ --- TBlumer @ 1:51 am Sherrod Brown's Bluster http://brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press_releases/release/?id=d556936b-59b4-4b4a-b433-5633a340d434: March 17, 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C. --U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Economic Policy, today called on American International Group (AIG) Chairman and CEO Edward Liddy to immediately renegotiate contacts to prevent $165 million in bonus payments to AIG executives. AIG's actions are a slap-in-the-face to hardworking Ohio families, said Brown. Bonuses at companies like AIG---companies relying on taxpayer funds to stay afloat---are an outrage. I hope AIG executives voluntarily return these bonuses. If they don't, I will push to have them recouped through the U.S. tax code. . *Brown first condemned AIG's proposed bonus payments on November 14, 2008.* Paying out hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses to the employees of a company that is essentially insolvent smacks of greed, arrogance, and worse, Brown continued in his statement. We shouldn't be financing one dime of bonuses for AIG employees whose actions took the form of reckless endangerment. (Aside --- Hundreds of millions means $200 million or more. Brown can't count to two. This puts him in an even worse position than Barack Obama, who can't count to 50 http://www.bizzyblog.com/2008/05/11/old-media-ignores-obamas-57-states-but-couldnt-get-enough-of-quayles-potatoe/, and Joe Biden, who can't count past three http://www.bizzyblog.com/2008/10/16/and-they-made-fun-of-dan-quayle/.) Wait. A. Minute. Tax Cheat Tim Geithner was one of the guys who thought it was okey-dokey to throw money at AIG http://articles.latimes.com/2008/nov/22/business/fi-geithner22?s=gn=nm=Broadrd=www.google.comtnid=1sessid=7e7e10aa194bcb86c90c4f68a084c521554b62aepgtp=articleeagi=page_type=articleexci=2008_11_22_business_fi-geithner22pg=1, apparently without conditions: Geithner worked with Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke on the government-engineered sale of Bear Stearns Cos., the bailout of American International Group Inc. and the decision not to prop up Lehman Bros. Holdings Inc. In the real world, the above means that Geithner did the detail work. Prudent lenders write bonus caps into loan agreements. Apparently Tax Cheat Tim didn't. Now, under instructions from Dear Leader http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/17/white-house-voices-complete-confidence-geithner-aig-handling/ to use the government's leverage to pursue ways to 'block these bonuses,' Geithner has said that he is going to take the bonuses back from the company http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/18/content_1102.htm, but not (yet) from the individuals who may have collected these bonuses. But here's the sad part: While we haven't been paying enough attention, AIG has been nationalized anyway, since Uncle Sam now holds a(n) 80 percent stake in the company. The left pocket (actually, the far-left pocket) is in essence collecting from the right pocket. *Please, please, note that Geithner can make his bonus pullback stick NOT because he can do so under the government's lending and/or investment contracts with AIG (if there even ARE any), but ONLY because he has the awesome powers (oh, excuse me, leverage) of Uncle Sam to cover for his incompetence. *Who would dare oppose this takeback? Tax Cheat Tim is also Tyrant Tim. Now let's get back to the normally invisible Sherrod Brown, who SOBer Porkopolis notes has been thoroughly busted http://porkopolis.blogspot.com/2009/03/sherrod-brown-hypocrisy-writ-large.html: (Brown is the same Senator who) was shuttled back to Washington D.C. by Obama http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/13/brown.stimulus.vote.flight/ on a White House provided plane to cast the deciding vote on the Spending Stimulus Bill. It was Brown's vote that put into law the provision http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/?dbname=cp111sid=cp11105RrJrefer=r_n=hr016.111item=sel=TOC_1329203; guaranteeing the payments (emphasis added): /(iii) The prohibition required under clause *(i) shall not be construed to prohibit any bonus payment required to be paid pursuant to a written employment contract executed on or before February 11, 2009,* as such valid employment contracts are determined by
