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Eagle_Eye1 year ago
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ybdogsct1 year ago
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EAGLE EYE:
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"Very interesting.......I heard it was all the Dems fault and now I see the Newt had his icky fingers in it."
That's precisely why I posted this story -- to debunk some of the misconceptions and talking points floating around the news, radio, and web.
In fairness, some Republicans were actually trying to pass regulatory legislation. Those Republicans included Chuck Hagel and John Sununu. But they were outnumbered and outgunned by those Republicans being lobbied by Freddie Mac via the DCI Lobbying Group. -
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Eagle_Eye1 year ago
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"According to confidential company documents obtained by The Associated Press, Reps. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, and Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa., spent the evening in hard-to-obtain seats near the Nationals dugout with Freddie Mac executive Hollis McLoughlin and four of Freddie Mac's in-house lobbyists."
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Why is this stuff just now coming out? I think we are going to get some real "Nightmare" stories of how seriously corrupt and evil the last 10+ years have been.
I use 10+ years because this all started before Clinton was president and the GOP so seriously tied him up with the sex thing that I do now believe, IMHO, they were using it as a smoke screen to continue screwing the people. By keeping the nation preoccupied with Clintons sex life they were able to take focus off of their deregulation, lobbyists, etc.
I think we are in really serious trouble, it is going to get really bad and worse before it gets better. IMHO-
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JohnGault1 year ago
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This isn't some conspiracy by the dems or rep. to go out and get us. Its our government that fails to have a longterm planning. It is about getting elected now and showing short term results, both on the Federal and State levels. In the periods of economic expansion Govt. needs to control its spending so when there is an economic downturn it can fill the void until the economy picks up. However the States did not do this, and now their obligations, do not meet their shrinking tax revenues.... so guess who is going in the bail out line next.
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So whom do we blame..... Us
Ask yourself " How do we measure government?"
How do they measure themselves.
Until we can measure Government we cannot manage them. Until they give us the transparency they always talk about. We will not be able to hold accountable those responsible.-
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Lurch1 year ago
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> Until we can measure Government we cannot manage them.
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Not perfect, but an improvement over the past no transparency and no accountability:
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DarkWizard1 year ago
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JohnGault,
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I agree with your assessment all the way up to the point where you say, "So whom do we blame...Us."
When the politicians have decided to feed us a two-party system, with only the appearance of alternative choices, and the two remaining choices are bad cop or worse cop, the only thing we are really voting for is "marketing and advertisement" unless a true candidate for change emerges.
With the population the size it has become there is almost no chance for a majority consensus, or agreement upon a course, to constitutionally abolish or hold accountable those who've succumbed to the machine. The system was set up with checks and balances for this very reason. The Forefathers new there may come a time when the government would overwhelm the average American's ability to do more than protest.
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Progressive1 year ago
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As an Independent, albeit liberal, I have to concede that Kanjorski, who was just re-elected, is utterly corrupt. However, his Republican opponent promised nothing more than a lateral pass.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't it take McCain over a year to sign on to Hagel's legislation? This story leads me to suspect that McCain waited until he knew the lobbyists building his last run for the presidency had his colleagues safely in the tank.
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Lurch1 year ago
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I think it no coincidence that Newt "I cheated on my cancer wife while smearing Clinton" Gingrich is making a comeback in Republican circles of late.
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Anybody who can sell out his country that badly for pure profit and political gain is a ringer for Republican Party Leadership. Newt, you got what it takes! -
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