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POPS Obama and The Union Thugs In St. Louis, Democratic Representative Russ Carnahan held a town hall meeting. In attendance at this meeting were members of the union S.E.I.U, Service Employees International Union. They were not wearing brown shirts, but wore purple t-shirts with their union logo on the shirts. After the meeting outside was a gentleman named Kenneth Gladney. Mr. Gladney was giving out or selling little yellow flags from the American Revolution, which pictured a snake with the words, "Do not tread on me." The union thugs engaged Mr. Gladney, a conservative in a heated dialog. During which a union thug punched Mr. Gladney in the face, causing him to fall to the ground, giving a union member the opportunity to kick Mr. Gladney while on the ground. Mr. Gladney had to be taken to the hospital as a result of this vicious beating from these brown shirt type thugs. Could you just see Hitler smiling? Mr. Gladney was interviewed by Neil Cavuto, and related the following in part:
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POPSCitizens For A Public Option (Petition) Without a public option, there is NO HEALTHCARE REFORM. This is why the deep-pockets of the insurance industry are fighting the public option tooth-&-nail. Let Congress know that you're one of the roughly 80% of Americans who actually do support the creation of a public option, and will consider it a FAILURE without one.
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POPSDems vow health bill with or without Republicans "Schumer wouldn't say what other contingencies were being considered. He accused Republican leaders of trying to hinder bipartisan progress to deny President Barack Obama a political victory. " Is this what it is all about- a political victory?
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POPS100 YEARS FOR NAACP Earlier, at a welcoming reception at CCNY, Paterson, New York's first black governor, said, "Without the NACCP, this would not be possible."
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POPSEnsign back in D.C.; group plans ethics complaint In yet another blow against ethics, Republican Sen. John Ensign returned to the capital today to handshakes from colleagues. What does this say of his colleagues? Do they condone his behavior? Senator John Ensign called for Bill Clinton and Larry Craig to resign over sexual misconduct, and then cheated on his wife with a married staffer. This "defender of marriage" should have the dignity to resign now. But dignity is in short supply in politics. Therefore, it is business as usual in the nations capital. Does his affair mean we cannot trust him to speak for his constituents? If nothing else, it lessens his authority on ethics issues but we already know that any talk of ethics reform from politicians is nothing more than hot air. If you cannot live up to the vows you make to your spouse in front of God then how can you be trusted to live up to your promises to the people who put you in office? The 'ole boys club' ethics wins again.
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POPSDems Desperately Trying To Cut and Run From “Torture” Debate Now they’re trying to run away from the topic lest it get more press that they knew about “torture” and railed against it. Worse yet, if the press starts to look at who knew what/when…people might see that yeah, Democrats KNEW about pre-war intel on Iraq, and it wasn’t a case of Bushliedpeopledied (the timeline is 100% clear on this as are the bi-partisan investigations and reports). People might actually realize that Sen Rockefeller misled about a lack of WMD threat because he KNEW what was found. Sen Levin misled about regime ties to Al Queda because he’d been briefed too. All these briefings took place around the same time the torture briefings did. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=227326&title=waffle-house Waffle House Nancy Pelosi denies knowledge of harsh interrogation techniques before slowly parsing her unequivocal denial of never being told.
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POPS George Soros: Lion in a Gazelle Cage? (helped in part by Soros’ own Cassandra act) but also because of deals like his recent purchase of IndyMac (one of the leading subprime mortgage lenders that closed because Senator Chuck Schumer talked too much). Given his newly-purchased influence in the White House, he will have great influence in how those new laws are written, if he doesn’t actually write some of them himself. He is about as likely to suggest regulations that will inhibit his ability to make money as a lion would be to suggest that he not be given the key to the gazelle cage at the zoo. Remember that Soros made a killing by shorting the British Sterling in 1992 on the day eventually known as Black Wednesday and was in the middle of the 1997 Asian financial crisis that collapsed at least one nation’s currency and threatened to do the same to several more. He is not in business to help any one but him.
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POPSCongress owes more than blatant hypocrisy Frank, Dodd, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Sen. Chuck Schumer could not be more sanctimonious in blaming the Bush administration for lack of regulations. Starting with the Community Redevelopment Act during the Carter administration, Democrats have chipped away at every regulation standing in the way of giving mortgages to people who could never afford to repay them. It turns out that these worthless mortgages are the root cause of our economic problems.
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POPSSchumer, Rangel and Dodd all took Fraud Money from Madoff Over the years, the $50 billion swindler and his wife have donated at least $300,000 to Democrats and Democratic Party causes. Among his Democratic Party friends are House Ways and Means Chairman and Tax Cheat Charles Rangel, Senator and Mortgage Manipulator Christopher Dodd and Sen. Chuck Schumer.
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POPS Here Come The Jobs ~ Get Your Shovels Ready But nearly 500 protesters in Mesa came to reject the savior-based economy with signs mocking gimme-mania. Their posters jeered: "Give me Pelosi's Plane"; "Annual Passes to Disneyland"; "Fund Bikini Wax Now"; "Stimulate the Economy: Give Me a Tummy Tuck"; "Free Beer for My Horses." And my favorite: "Give me liberty or at least a big-screen TV." Plans are underway for anti-stimulus-palooza protests in Overland Park, Kan., Nashville and New York -- home of smug Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer. Schumer's derisive comment on the Senate floor about the "chattering classes" who oppose reckless spending has not been forgotten or forgiven. The insult spurred central Kentucky talk show host Leland Conway to organize a pork rind drive. Angry taxpayers bombarded the senator's office with 1,500 bags of cracklins. http://townhall.com/Columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/02/20/rebel_yell_taxpayers_revolt_against_gimme-mania?page=full
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POPS Shmucky Schumer Gags On Rotten Pork "Stimulus" Those banks also have significant overseas operations, says Kathy Wylde, and this provision will hurt most when the economy turns around and the banks look to hire talent to tap new markets. “When they require someone with a language or other skill who they feel is the best person for the job, if they can’t bring them to New York, they will move the function,” says Wylde. “That’s what’s happened in the past when we’ve had a shortage of the H-1B visas.” Since the bill was signed with the provision included, Schumer will need to undo it in another bill, which could be tough sledding. “This is a counterproductive amendment that could hurt New York’s economy, and we are going to work hard to change it,” Schumer says.
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POPS'Danger of the Fairness Doctrine Coming Back Is Completely Imaginary'
Dennis Kucinich is also rumored to be involved. The Da Vinci Code it ain't. Wallace asked the top adviser about an issue making the rounds on both conservative and liberal radio shows, where Democratic Congressional leaders ( and even Bill Clinton ) have recently weighed in. "Will you rule out reimposing the Fairness Doctrine?" asked Wallace. "I'm going to leave that issue to Julius Genachowski, our new head of the FCC, to, and the president, to discuss," Axelrod said. "So I don't have an answer for you now." In June, press secretary Michael Ortiz told Broadcasting & Cable that "Sen. Obama does not support reimposing the Fairness Doctrine on broadcasters." But since becoming president, it's been difficult to get such a definitive statement. Here's a list of co-sponsors of the Broadcaster Freedom Act. http://demint.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=b21a8827-daa8-cfc0-cb35-5849cc7b2868
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POPSShmucky Schumer Says "Americans Don't Care About Pork" The following is a complilation of just some of the “little, tiny, porky amendments”: $2 billion earmark for FutureGen near zero emissions powerplant in Mattoon, IL $39 billion slush fund for “state fiscal stabilization” bailout $5.5 billion for making federal buildings “green” (including $448 million for DHS HQ) $200 million for workplace safety in USDA facilities $275 million for flood prevention $65 million for watershed rehabilitation $200 million for public computer centers at community colleges and libraries $650 million for the DTV transition coupon program $307 million for constructing NIST office buildings $1 billion for administrative costs and construction of NOAA office buildings $100 million for constructing U.S. Marshalls office buildings $300 million for constructing FBI office buildings $800 million for constructing Federal Prison System buildings and facilities $10 million to fight Mexican gunrunners
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POPSUnfair and Unbalanced I listen to talk radio on occasion. It is available, along with sources of opposing view points, as the result of one of America’s greatest freedoms: free speech. I have never subscribed to the idea of following only individuals that I agree with. That kind of dedication, in my opinion, stifles the mind and leads to a myopic and very narrowed view of life. Democrats are talking about ending conservative dominance of the radio dial. They would accomplish this through the Fairness Doctrine. While I don't agree with conservative ideas people like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage and others espouse, they are experiencing a dominance because they have a following. That in itself doesn’t make what they say valid but we no more have the right to shut them down than we do to shut down liberal media outlets. Taking away freedoms granted by the Constituion is not the action of a free and enlightened society. Doing so will surely negatively affect us all.
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POPSA "Magic 60" Senate Seats in Obama Landslided?
Leaders of the Democratic party are now publicaly saying it's possible they may wind up with 60 Democratic Senators in this years elections that now are increasingly looking like a landslide victory. This would give them total unchecked political power (except for the courts). They call the 60 total the "Magic 60," because this would prevent the opposition party from doing a filibuster, stalling passage of legislation by talking and talking and talking. This has been one of the Democrats excuses the past two years,BTW, for not doing anything to live up to their promises to stop the Iraq War and others things. But I don't like this excuse; it's a lie: a filibuster doesn't stop legislation, it only stalls it. If the Democrats wanted to fight they could have made the Republicans get real and actually try a filibuster and just out-talk them. Period. Plus, 51% of the vote rules and changes anything in our Democracy. The filibuster rule could have been changed. Anyhow...now
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POPSDon't blame deregulation Indeed, exactly contrary to Obama’s claims, the repeal of Glass-Steagall has helped to counter the current crisis. It allowed Bank of America to buy out Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan Chase to buy out Bear Stearns, and Barclays Bank to work on buying up the remains of Lehman Brothers. It allowed investment banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to take up refuge as bank holding companies. If investment banks Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers had diversified more into commercial banking, taking commercial deposits — as the Act’s repeal made possible — that might have provided them with the superior capital cushions needed to survive.
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POPS Sen. Reid Cries 'Bankruptcy' In Front Of Reporters The SEC has been issuing subpoenas for an investigation into rumor-driven market manipulation. Of course, Harry Reid stood up in broad daylight to talk about a troubled insurer "with a name that everyone knows," so his contribution was merely obtuse. And predictably destructive. The steep drop in the share prices of insurance companies Thursday destroyed wealth for uncounted middle-class investors holding onto stock in companies still considered healthy. It calls to mind *Senator Chuck Schumer's public suggestion in July that troubled IndyMac Bank "could face collapse." It did, after a deposit run. Senator Schumer said criticizing his action was akin to blaming "the fire on the guy who called 911." The nation's shareholders would sleep better at night if some Members of Congress enrolled in Arsonists Anonymous. The $4 Billion Senator* http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121607771017452513.html?mod=article-outset-box
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POPSMcCain's Version of 'Leadership' So basically, he had to rush off to Washington to keep a chair warm. Nice stunt. The piece goes on: Sen. Chris Dodd said, “Instead of being a rescue plan for our economy it was a rescue plan for John McCain .” Sen. Chuck Schumer urged Bush to “respectfully tell Sen. McCain to get out of town. He’s not helping .” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid added, “We had Senator Bennett, a high ranking official, who said these are the principles. And then, guess who came to town? And it all fell apart.” Leadership? I don't think so.
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POPSBush to address country about bailout plan I personally still think it is BS that this thing has such a RUSH on it. If it is that bad, then why did they not fix it a few weeks ago or a month ago. Forecasting could have shown projections on where things were going. There is definitely something else behind this whole thing to RUSH things through. Hell - did they not RUSH through the war package that was needed and for how many billions?
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POPSThe Banking Bailout and Those Bells and Whistles It seemed like everyone was on the same page--it lasted for about 24 hours. But the funds are not uncontroversial and have been criticized as a method by which politicians can cater to special interests. The funds were set to receive funding from Fannie Mae (nyse: FNM ) and Freddie Mac (nyse: FRE ) in this summer's Housing Bill. The uncertainty over the funds is tied directly to the uncertainty with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which need new legislation from the next Congress. The Treasury program to buy equity and securities from Fannie and Freddie only lasts through 2009. Under the new proposal, however, the funds will be addressed now. Together they receive one-fifth of the profits from the Treasury's purchasing program. Of that fifth, 65% go to the Housing Trust Fund and 35% to the Capital Magnet Fund. The remainder of the profits would stay with the Treasury. Not exactly the clean and simple passage that everyone was talking about on Sunday morning.
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POPSBarney Frank and Chuck Schumer’s Role In Fannie Mae's Failure In Congress, they made sure there was no additional oversight, no additional limit on executive behavior and compensation, and no further restraint on the growth of the companies’ mortgage-backed-securities portfolios, among other changes. (All of these needed reforms, by the way, have been championed for years by Sen. John Sununu.) They wanted more loans to people who might not qualify for traditional bank financing. And, as The Wall Street Journal has pointed out, Frank “pressured regulators to ease up on their capital requirements — which now means taxpayers will have to make up that capital shortfall.” Barney Frank is the very symbol of Washington’s deliberate refusal to prevent the collapse — the predicted collapse — of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Rules were relaxed and money was loaned and predictably low income families defaulted on loans that they never had any business getting in the first place and now you and I have to pay for it.
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POPSThree Senators Opened The Door For Iraq Oil Contracts For Red China but the resulting media hooraw in Iraq led to the cancellation of the contracts, and helps to explain why Iraq is doing oil deals instead with China. Senators Schumer, McCaskill, and Kerry claimed: “It is our fear that this action by the Iraqi government could further deepen political tensions in Iraq and put our service members in even great danger.” For that reason, presumably, Schumer went so far as to ask the senior vice president of Exxon “if his company would agree to wait until the GOI produced a fair, equitable, and transparent hydrocarbon revenue sharing law before it signed any long-term agreement with the GOI.” Exxon naturally refused, but Schumer managed to get the deal killed anyway.
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