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Latest Articles: Corrupt Government
Feds bid to shell ACORN (GAO steps in---FBI alerted)
Post Date: 2009-12-19 07:52:51 by borntoweardiamonds
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The feds want permission from a Brooklyn federal judge to strip ACORN of funding -- and their request comes just as officials revealed yesterday that the US General Accounting Office is probing the scandal-scarred group. In its filings in a Brooklyn case in which Judge Nina Gershon ruled that a fund cutoff would be unconstitutional, the government cited ACORN's own internal review, which found its management practices to be lacking. The latest flap over the controversial community organizers follows the release of videos showing some members offering people posing as pimps and prostitutes advice on how to skirt the law. The Post reported on one such video, filmed in ACORN's ...
Book: Prosecutors Were Set to Indict Clintons
Post Date: 2009-12-19 05:45:52 by Happy Quanzaa
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Prosecutors investigating Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton were prepared to seek indictments of them for their roles in the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky affairs, an explosive new book about the former president's scandals charges. In "The Death of American Virtue: Clinton vs. Starr," due out in February, author Ken Gormley also says that Lewinsky believed Bill Clinton lied about their affair during grand jury testimony about his relationship with the White House intern. The Associated Press on Friday obtained a copy of the book by Gormley, a Duquesne University law professor, about the scandals that enveloped the final years of the former president's second term. ...
Impeachment appears imminent for Clinton appointed federal judge///Corruption found during FBI state probe
Post Date: 2009-12-19 05:20:52 by Happy Quanzaa
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It's not the lifestyle of a typical federal judge: Five or six vodka cocktails during lunch; gambling with borrowed money; bankruptcy under a phony name; cash, trips or home repairs from lawyers; and a bail bondsman with business before his court. Witnesses in the congressional impeachment case against U.S. District Court Judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr. paint a jarring portrait of the former Louisiana state judge appointed to the federal bench in 1994 by President Clinton. As Congress wrapped up several weeks of evidence-gathering hearings this week, legal experts who testified before a House task force suggested Judge Porteous is a clear candidate to become just the eighth federal judge ...
Walpin-gate may snag First Wookie
Post Date: 2009-12-19 04:54:37 by Happy Quanzaa
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No inspector general can unearth corruption without access to his office, computer or staff. An "administrative leave" putting an IG in that position has the same effect, for all intents and purposes, as an immediate firing. That's the basic logic behind former Inspector General Gerald Walpin's lawsuit demanding at least temporary reinstatement to his job as watchdog at the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). New revelations about the case from two lawmakers indicate that there is good reason to suspect duplicity from those who helped force Mr. Walpin's overnight removal in June. In the past 10 days, two major developments have occurred. First, ...
Nine Months After Stimulus 49 of 50 States Have Lost Jobs
Post Date: 2009-12-18 18:08:56 by Happy Quanzaa
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The table below compares the White House's February 2009 projection of the number of jobs that would be created by the 2009 stimulus law (through the end of 2010) with the actual change in state payroll employment through November 2009 (the latest figures available). According to the data, 49 States have lost jobs since the stimulus was enacted as unemployment has skyrocketed to 10 percent. Only North Dakota and the District of Columbia have seen net job creation following the February 2009 stimulus (though both fall short of seeing the promised level of job creation). While President Obama claimed the result of his stimulus bill would be the creation of 3.5 million jobs, the Nation has ...
Government Motors to discontinue Saab; talks collapse
Post Date: 2009-12-18 15:32:34 by Happy Quanzaa
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NEW YORK (AP) -- General Motors Co. said Friday it will wind down Saab after talks to sell the brand to Dutch carmaker Spyker Cars collapsed. GM said in a news release that issues arose during the sale talks that could not be resolved. "Despite the best efforts of all involved, it has become very clear that the due diligence required to complete this complex transaction could not be executed in a reasonable time," GM Europe President Nick Reilly said in a statement. "In order to maintain operations, Saab needed a quick resolution." GM was scheduled to provide more details during a conference call with reporters Friday morning. The Detroit automaker said it will ...
Conservative Leaders Dismiss Accusations of FCC Diversity Czar as ‘Worthless’
Post Date: 2009-12-18 13:02:12 by Happy Quanzaa
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Mark Lloyd, the chief diversity officer and associate counsel at the Federal Communications Commission (CNSNews.com) – Leading conservatives rebuked the Federal Communications Commission’s Chief Diversity Officer Mark Lloyd - who claims to have been the victim of a “right-wing smear campaign” - saying the accusations made by him were “worthless” and “dishonest.” “Mr. Lloyd’s comments are extremely disturbing and very revealing,” conservative author and political strategist Craig Shirley told CNSNews.com. “He doesn’t realize his opinions are utterly worthless and that, as a public servant, his job is to shut up and do as he ...
Unemployment In Detroit Pushing 50%? [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2009-12-17 17:52:58 by sneakypete
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Nearly one out of two workers in Detroit are unemployed, according to a report by The Detroit News. It's a figure far higher than the government's official figure, which is still close to a staggering 30 percent. But the newspaper says that rate doesn't take everything into account. For every person who is still looking and collecting unemployment, there are scores of others who have had benefits run out, accepted a part-time position, taken early retirement or a job outside of their regular field. Here's how the paper arrived at it's assessment: The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated that for the year that ended in September, Michigan's official unemployment ...
Obama Resorts to 'Dire Scenarios' to Push ObamaCare
Post Date: 2009-12-17 13:35:10 by Happy Quanzaa
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After months of accusing conservatives of frightening voters over healthcare reform, President Obama is resorting to tactics that even liberals are calling "fear mongering" in a bid to persuade the Senate to approve his ObamaCare proposals. Obama declared Wednesday night on ABC News that without healthcare reform the federal government would go bankrupt. "If we don't pass it, here's the guarantee," President Obama told ABC's Charlie Gibson, "that the people who are watching tonight, your premiums will go up, your employers are going to load up more costs on you. Potentially they're going to drop your coverage, because they just can't afford an ...
Completely Reckless, Completely Irresponsible (Scary Harry Hides Health Care Bill)
Post Date: 2009-12-17 12:24:58 by Joe Snuffy
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Completely Reckless, Completely Irresponsible from the Office of Senator Mitch McConnell Thursday, December 17, 2009 ‘And here’s the most outrageous part: at the end of this rush, they want us to vote on a bill that no one outside the Majority Leader’s conference room has even seen. That’s right. The final bill we’ll vote on isn’t even the one we’ve had on the floor. It’s the deal Democrat leaders have been trying to work out in private’ WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor Thursday regarding the importance of getting it right on health care reform: “Senators on ...
20 senators demand probe of health-care vote 'threat' Did White House say it would close Air Force base if Nelson didn't play?
Post Date: 2009-12-17 12:19:10 by Joe Snuffy
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20 senators demand probe of health-care vote 'threat' Did White House say it would close Air Force base if Nelson didn't play? Posted: December 16, 20098:16 pm Eastern By Joe Kovacs © 2009 WorldNetDaily Twenty senators are demanding an investigation into reports the Obama administration threatened to close Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska if that state's Democratic senator, Ben Nelson, didn't join other Democrats in voting for health-care reform. The group of 20, all Republicans, today called for a hearing in a letter to Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., and the committee's top Republican Sen. John McCain, ...
Clinton: U.S. ready to join $100B climate aid fund
Post Date: 2009-12-17 10:17:38 by Happy Quanzaa
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COPENHAGEN (AP) -- The United States is prepared to join other rich countries in raising $100 billion in yearly climate financing for poor countries by 2020, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced Thursday at the Copenhagen talks. The U.S. declaration could give a boost to the deadlocked climate talks in the Danish capital, which have faltered over disputes between rich and developing countries on greenhouse gas emission cuts and aid to poor countries most affected by climate change. Clinton, however, said any U.S. funds were contingent on world leaders reaching a broader climate pact at the U.N. talks in Copenhagen. Negotiations have stalled amid disputes between rich ...
Lindsey Graham and Carol Browner meet on climate bill
Post Date: 2009-12-17 02:39:45 by borntoweardiamonds
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is scheduled to meet privately Wednesday evening with top administration climate aide Carol Browner. Graham is working with Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) to craft a bipartisan cap and trade bill. He plans to discuss the ways Senate leaders can deal with manufacturing and coal state worries that the bill will spike electricity bills in the midst of a deep recession. “We’ve got to address people’s concerns about compliance costs and rate payer increases,” he told POLITICO. He’ll also use the meaning to address nuclear power, off-shore drilling and new coal technologies — all controversial ideas among the ...
Obamunist Democrats' National Debt Tops Debt Limit
Post Date: 2009-12-16 16:33:29 by Happy Quanzaa
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The latest calculation of the National Debt as posted by the Treasury Department has - at least numerically - exceeded the statutory Debt Limit approved by Congress last February as part of the Recovery Act stimulus bill. The ceiling was set at $12.104 trillion dollars. The latest posting by Treasury shows the National Debt at nearly $12.135 trillion. A senior Treasury official told CBS News that the department has some "extraordinary accounting tools" it can use to give the government breathing room in the range of $150-billion when the Debt exceeds the Debt Ceiling. Were it not for those "tools," the U.S. Government would not have the statutory authority to borrow ...
Ex-Fat Toady Teddy Kennedy Aide In Fraud Bust
Post Date: 2009-12-16 14:24:21 by Happy Quanzaa
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Feds: Senate office manager stole $75,000 in bonus payment scheme DECEMBER 15--The former office manager for the late Senator Ted Kennedy was indicted today on federal theft and fraud charges for allegedly pocketing more than $75,000 in unauthorized bonus payments over five years. Ngozi Pole, 39, was named today in a six-count felony indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. (a copy of the charging document can be found below). According to prosecutors, Pole, pictured at right, was in charge of processing bonus payments approved by either Kennedy or his chief of staff. These payments, according to the indictment, came in two forms: a "holiday bonus" paid in ...
Coburn Slows 0bamaCare Debate with Read-a-Thon
Post Date: 2009-12-16 13:23:51 by Happy Quanzaa
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WASHINGTON – The Senate is in health care gridlock after a Republican senator forced the clerk to read aloud a 767-page amendment. GOP Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma had sought approval to require that any amendment considered by the Senate must be offered 72 hours in advance and with a full cost report. When he was rebuffed by Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, Coburn invoked his right to require that an amendment by another Democrat be read aloud. That sent the Senate into limbo, since the amendment by Vermont Democrat Bernie Sanders is 767 pages long. It's unclear how long the procedural standoff will continue. Democrats are struggling to pass their bill by Christmas. THIS ...
Cop charged with murder drove accomplice to scene, source says
Post Date: 2009-12-16 13:06:38 by Happy Quanzaa
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A D.C. police officer used his squad car to drive at least one accomplice to the scene of a robbery, then watched as one of the would-be robbers was fatally shot, The Examiner has learned. Officer Reggie Jones is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday afternoon to answer felony murder charges. Police say he plotted and helped execute the robbery of a rival drug dealer in far Southeast on Dec. 1. During the incident, one of the crew opened fire, killing fellow robber Arvel Alston. According to law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation, the plot unraveled as follows: Jones met the robbery crew at an auto detailing shop in Prince George's County on the night before the ...
Obama's Fat Cats
Post Date: 2009-12-16 12:31:43 by Joe Snuffy
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Obama's fat cats Brent Budowsky When President Barack Obama denounced "fat cats" during his performance on "60 Minutes," and made weak comments after his meeting with bank CEOs, I was reminded why so many Americans are angry with everyone in Washington. The president says Wall Street doesn't get it. He has it backward. Wall Street gets it. He still doesn't. Wall Street knows that "sticks and stones can break my bones, but faux anger cannot hurt me." Wall Street believes the president can be rolled, Congress can be bought, consumers can be screwed, jobs can be destroyed, the nation can be harmed, the public can be enraged -- and it can continue ...
Shenanigans: Schumer has a flight to forget, calls stewardess "B!#C#!"
Post Date: 2009-12-16 09:43:24 by Happy Quanzaa
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Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) hurries to catch a flight after voting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Schumer has a flight to forget Sen. Chuck Schumer loves the sound of his own voice, but it carried a bit farther than he might have liked on the US Airways shuttle from New York to Washington on Sunday. According to a House Republican aide who happened to be seated nearby, the notoriously chatty New York Democrat referred to a flight attendant as a “bitch” after she ordered him to turn off his phone before takeoff. Schumer and his seatmate, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), were chatting on their phones before takeoff when an announcement indicated that it was time to turn off ...
Fistgate VIII: Safe School's Czar Jennings' Org Promoted Book Detailing Homosexual Sex Between First Graders
Post Date: 2009-12-16 08:11:31 by Happy Quanzaa
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Scott Baker from Breitbart-TV.com and Co-Host of ‘The B-Cast‘ submitted a shocking report to Gateway Pundit blog back on December 4, 2009. The report detailed the reading list promoted to 7-12 grade students by Kevin Jennings’ GLSEN organization. This material has not been reported in detail at Big Government website. Remember as you read this that Kevin Jennings is today the nation’s Safe Schools Czar. —-Warning on Content—– I was recently approached by a team of independent researchers that I have known for some time and have come to trust. They prepared this report involving ‘Safe Schools Czar’ Kevin Jennings and the organization he ...
Justice Department restrains lawyers in Black Panther thug probe///Rights panel subpoenas blocked
Post Date: 2009-12-16 07:48:41 by Happy Quanzaa
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The Justice Department has told the federal attorneys who filed a civil complaint against the New Black Panther Party for disrupting a Philadelphia polling place last year not to cooperate with an investigation of the incident by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. The commission last week subpoenaed at least two Justice Department lawyers and sought documents from the department to explain why the complaint was dismissed just as a federal judge was about to punish the New Black Panther Party and three of its members for intimidating voters. Joseph H. Hunt, director of the Justice Department's Federal Programs Branch, ordered the lawyers' silence in a letter to the attorney for ...
U.S. Gave Up Billions In Tax Money In Deal For Citigroup's Bailout Repayment
Post Date: 2009-12-16 01:24:41 by borntoweardiamonds
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Deal made to recover bailout Firms exempted from rule when U.S. sells its stake Citigroup says it has built up $38 billion in losses. With the tax exemption, it will be able to shelter up to $38 billion in future profits. (Richard Drew/associated Press) Binyamin Appelbaum December 16, 2009 The federal government quietly agreed to forgo billions of dollars in potential tax payments from Citigroup as part of the deal announced this week to wean the company from the massive taxpayer bailout that helped it survive the financial crisis. The Internal Revenue Service on Friday issued an exception to long-standing tax rules for the benefit of Citigroup and a few other companies partially owned ...
Andrew Breitbart summoned by Grand Jury over ACORN
Post Date: 2009-12-15 19:33:13 by borntoweardiamonds
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Just got off the phone with Andrew Breitbart with news that he’s given me the green light to break: Andrew has suddenly been summoned to appear before a Grand Jury in NY tomorrow morning, related to the ACORN sting operations exposed in Big Government with Hannah Giles and James O’Keefe posing as prostitute and pimp respectively. Kristinn Taylor linked this at Free Republic.com Thus, he will be inflight, winging his way to NY tonight at the same time he was scheduled to be with us. Andrew assures me he will join us at a later date and asked me to instead invite Mike Flynn, editor in chief of Big Government, who has appeared several times on the Larry Kudlow show, Fox ...
Obama Likely to Sign $1.1 Trillion Omnibus with 5,224 Earmarks, Taxpayer-Funded Abortions, Needle Exchange, White House Says
Post Date: 2009-12-15 18:54:31 by Happy Quanzaa
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D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (CNSNews.com) – President Barack Obama will likely sign the $1.1 trillion omnibus spending package passed by the Senate over the weekend containing more than 5,000 earmarks, a White House spokesman said Monday, stressing that the number of earmarks had dropped from the previous year’s spending bill. Obama signed the 2009 omnibus bill last March. It contained 8,570 earmarks. He vowed then that the bill signing was simply wrapping up the previous year’s business – a “departure point” – and that things would change under his watch. “We can’t have Congress bogged down at this critical juncture in our economic ...
Franken Reels After Thune Question on Senate Floor [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2009-12-15 18:26:39 by Happy Quanzaa
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Liberal blogs are buzzing about Al Franken's performance on the U.S. Senate floor, claiming that he "destroyed" Republican Sen. John Thune's contention that the Senate health bill triggers taxes before significant benefits. But the video shows a different story. During Franken's Senate floor speech, the Minnesota Democrat appears to be rambling, confused and shocked when Thune interrupts him to "yield for a question." Franken agrees to Thune's request and seems befuddled about Thune's point: The Democratic plan kicks in significant taxes almost immediately, with MOST of the Democratic healthcare plan "benefits" starting after 2013. ...
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