ac·cursed 1: being under or as if under a curse 2: damnable Source: Merriam-Webster’s dictionary – accursed I am probably one of the few bloggers who would notice our worst. Congress. ever. is also the 113th Congress, and feel a gut feeling that the correlation isn’t really… entirely coincidental. Too many horrendous events have happened … Continue reading “The Accursed 113th Congress: Are Our Democratic Institutions Broken?”
Bribeocracy Update Winter/Q1 2013 I want this blog to be a useful source of information you’ll not get from TV or other web sites. You certainly don’t hear about Medicaid issues like “aging out” of most in-home support at age 21, and how it impacts the ventilator-dependent population, on other blogs. You won’t get in-depth … Continue reading “Bribeocracy Update: the Quid Pro Quo status quo—Revolving Door”
If you haven’t heard last year’s Planet Money on campaign fundraising (I refer to this as campaign bribetributions, a hybrid of campaign contributions and blatant bribery) then you should: Planet Money wrote: [The Congressman] said, “I have put in two calls to your PAC director and I haven’t received any returned phone calls. Now why … Continue reading ““No bribe?” [the Congressman] said, “why am I taking this meeting?!””
The media, the pundits, the blogosphere is abuzz about the firings of the eight U.S. attorneys. As usual, most everyone is missing the point. The Senate Democrats are saying “were the firings politically motivated?” Of course they were, the documents even admit this. Move on to the crucial questions, you fools. The Republicans are saying … Continue reading “U.S. Attorneys Scandal: The Media Is Missing The Point”
Hypocrisy It is an issue I haven’t blogged about the Mark Foley scandal. It seems superfluous; the badness of it is so obvious, and the media and the public’s insatiable appetite for sexual titillation provided wall-to-wall coverage of all aspects of the case, so what more can I add? But I do want to comment … Continue reading “Hypocrisy”
For 2006 Republican Leadership, Support For Slavery Runs Deep More Revelations In Marianas Scandal Show GOP Chairman Involved Yesterday, I shed light on the disgusting Republican effort to protect deplorable labor conditions on the American-controlled Northern Marianas Islands, where Chinese immigrants are kept in sweatshops with little to no pay and not allowed to leave. … Continue reading “For 2006 Republican Leadership, Support For Slave Labor Runs Deep”
Bush Government Supporting Slavery And Forced Abortions Top Rove Aide Involved In Abramoff Scandal Resigns The Abramoff corruption and its reach deep into the government has been horribly unreported by the mainstream media; almost no one knows about it (liberal media? please.) and the most outrageous aspect of this scandal is how Abramoff and Tom … Continue reading “Bush Gov’t & House Cronies Supporting Slavery, Forced Abortions”