Democrat Ethics
Not that I consider myself a Republican, but the media who were daily hitting the DeLay/Foley/Craig drumbeat seems oddly silent on these scandals:
This is becoming a weekly headline for the Dem's:
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Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon indicted
4 counts of perjury, 2 counts of theft over $500 among 12-count indictment
Democrats should be proud of their party's representatives. Here are some more:
Bill Richardson under investigation
Rod Blago the super governor
Hillary gave a $500 million federal contract to a contributor of Billy's Museum.
Tony Rezko- Obama's pal, neighbor and real estate sponsor. Obama engaged in a complicated land deal with his South Chicago neighbor and political ally who has been indicted by a federal grand jury for influence peddling.
Democrat Tom Harkin Gave Millions In Federal Money To a Major Employer Of Illegal Immigrants
Penny Pritzer, a major Obama fundraiser, heiress to the Hyatt fortune, torpedoes a bank......
* Superior Bank Was A "Subprime Lender hat Made Risky Mortgage And Auto Loans To People With Poor Credit Histories." (Kathy Bergen, "Millions For Pritzkers In Settlement," Chicago Tribune, 12/28/04)
* Federal Regulators Closed Superior Bank Due To "Poor Oversight By Its Board" Among Other Reasons.
Obama's mother in law- living in the White House
Obama's illegal-citizen aunt living in Chicago.
Obama's birth certificate issues
Obama and ACORN
Obama and Bill Ayers
Senator Chrissie Dodd took the most campaign money from corrupt institutions Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac while Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee. Congressman Barbie Frank and his boyfriend girlfriend stealing millions from the same.
Charlie the Wrangler is the 15th-term member of the House of Representatives representing New York's 15th district. Rep. Rangel's ethics issues stem from leasing rent controlled apartments, improperly using congressional stationary and failing to disclose rental income on his personal financial disclosure forms.
Obama Advisor Valerie Jarrett (D-IL):
CBS News once called Chicago politician Valerie Jarrett "the other side of Barack Obama's brain." Residents of a housing project in Chicago simply know her as "slumlord." Jarrett is the former manager of Grove Parc Plaza, a controversial low-income housing project located in Obama's former state senate district. According to the Boston Globe, the housing complex was considered "uninhabitable by unfixed problems, such as collapsed roofs and fire damage.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA): Last year House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made the "most corrupt" list for sneaking a $25 million earmark for her husband into a $15 billion Water Resources Development Act passed by Congress. This year, Pelosi ran afoul of federal election law by participating in an illegal advertising campaign funded by Al Gore's non-profit Alliance for Climate protection.
Former Senator John Edwards (D-NC): By day, former North Carolina Senator and Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards repeatedly professed his love for his cancer-stricken wife during media interviews and campaign speeches. By night, Edwards was carrying on an illicit sexual affair with a former campaign consultant, Rielle Hunter.
Former Rep. William "Dollar Bill" Jefferson (D-LA): William "Dollar Bill" Jefferson was nabbed in a sting operation accepting a $100,000 bribe from an FBI informant to broker business deals in Africa. During his conversation with the informant, who was wired, Jefferson famously remarked, "All these notes we're writing to each other, as if the FBI is watching." Well, the FBI was watching (and listening) and during a subsequent search of Jefferson's home, investigators found $90,000 in cash stuffed in the congressman's freezer.
The group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), which serves as a more liberal counterpart to Judicial Watch, releases a similar list each year. At the end of this summer, they declared that three Democrats-Jefferson, Rep. Allan Molohan (D-WV), and Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)-were among the "Most Corrupt Members of Congress.
Rep. John Murtha (D-PA),- an "unindicted co-conspirator in the 1980 'Abscam' scandal, which included the arrest and convictions of a senator and six congressmen."
Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) - Hastings is one of only six federal judges to be removed from office through impeachment and has accumulated staggering liabilities ranging from $2,130,006 to $7,350,000. Hastings was "next in line" for Chairmanship of the House Select Committee on Intelligence until a wave of protest forced Nancy Pelosi to select another candidate. Nonetheless, Hastings is expected to continue to serve on the Intelligence Committee.
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) - Senator Reid came under fire in 2006 for failing to properly report to Congress a $700,000 land deal. Reid also accepted more than $30,000 of Abramoff-tainted money allegedly in return for his ''cooperation'' in matters related Nevada Indian gaming.
Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) - According to complaints released by the House Ethics Committee recently, aides to Representative John Conyers (D-MI) alleged their former boss repeatedly violated House ethics rules, forcing them to serve as his personal servants, valets, and as campaign staff while on the government payroll.
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) - In May 2006, Kennedy crashed his car into a Capitol Hill barricade at nearly 3 a.m. in the morning. Kennedy blamed the incident on a reaction to prescription pills, but officers at the scene said he smelled of alcohol. Nonetheless, they escorted him home rather than arresting him.
Former Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) - McKinney assaulted a Capitol Hill police officer in April after refusing to go through a metal detector. While McKinney was never forced to answer in a court of law for her behavior, she lost her bid for re-election in 2006.
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) is a second-term senator from Louisiana. Her ethics issues stem from inserting an earmark into an appropriations bill to benefit a large campaign donor. Earmark for Voyager Learning- The Voyager Expanded Learning literacy program had no proven track record when Congress appropriated $2 million in the fall of 2001 to be spent on the program, aimed at District of Columbia kindergartners and first graders.
Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-IL) is a second-term member of Congress representing Illinois' 3rd congressional district. Rep. Lipinski's ethics issues stem from the outside employment of a top Washington D.C. congressional aide.
Jerome R. Hurckes - In January 2005, after serving as district director for former Rep. William Lipinski, Jerome "Jerry" Hurckes became chief of staff in the district office of Rep. Dan Lipinski, who replaced his father. Since 1999, Mr. Hurckes has served as an elected member of the Village of Oak Lawn Board of Trustees. In that capacity he ran a state campaign account called Friends of Jerry Hurckes. Both former Rep. William Lipinski's state PAC and the Dan Lipinski for Congress Committee have donated to Friends of Jerry Hurckes. Rep. Dan Lipinski serves on the House Transportation Committee, and companies with business in front of the committee, have donated to Mr. Hurckes' campaign committee.
Rep. Alan B. Mollohan (D-WV) is a 13th-term member of Congress, representing the first district of West Virginia. His ethics issues stem from misusing his position to benefit himself, his family and his friends and misreporting a dramatic increase in his personal assets. Over the past 10 plus years, Rep. Mollohan has earmarked $369 million in federal grants to his district for 254 separate programs. Between 1997 and 2006, $250 million of that total was directed to five nonprofit organizations that were created by Rep. Mollohan, staffed by his friends, and received the largest earmarks from Rep. Mollohan. During the same period, top-paid employees, board members and contractors of these organizations gave at least $397,122 to Rep. Mollohan's campaign and political action committees.
Rep. Laura Richardson (D-CA) is a first-term member of Congress, representing California's 37th congressional district. Rep. Richardson's ethics issues stem from accepting favorable loans and her failure to properly report a loan on her financial disclosure statements. In May 2008, it was reported that Rep. Richardson's Sacramento home had been sold into foreclosure. She claimed that this had happened without her knowledge and contrary to an agreement with her lender. Rep. Richardson had failed to make mortgage payments on the property for nearly a year and had defaulted on other home loans as well. Rep. Richardson also failed to include the mortgage on her Sacramento home on her personal financial disclosure statements. According to press reports, Rep. Richardson has defaulted on loans at least eight times on properties she owns in Long Beach, San Pedro and Sacramento. She also failed to pay approximately $9,000 in property taxes on the Sacramento residence.
Democrat Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, son of Democrat Congressman Carolyn Cheeks-Kilpatrick, in jail for perjury and obstruction of justice, and forced from office. Suspected involvement in the killings of two Detroit strippers.
ALL DEMOCRATS.........
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Delaying children because of the economy
Considering that so much of the economy is perception, and the media has hit a constant drumbeat of pessimism, one feels lucky that there are any children running around at all. But this
bad story about declining birthrates,
coupled with Nancy Pelosi's idiocy that birth control promotes economic growth shows that people forget the economy isn't driven by robots or equipment, but by people: their innovation, ideas, hard work, labor, time, capital and training. The economy is a word that reflects the collective work of millions of people, and when we abort people away, when we contracept future generations and children, we artificially constrict our economy and our progress. Society thrives on children, on workers, on artists and engineers: on the 'unwanted' kid who works hard and raises a nice family and works his hands to the bone to make a good life for himself. Why have we forgotten that it is great to be alive, and great to be with people? Our resources are infinite if we continue to unleash the potential God gave man through reason, time and the many resources abundant all over.
Labels: abortion, children, contraception, Democrats, Economics, policy
