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 Congressional Leaders Surviving Recession Quite NicelyPosted on Jun 16, 2010
Those public servants running Congress have some nice lives to retire to, according to the latest public disclosures. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has her multimillion-dollar California vineyard and Minority Leader John Boehner has money invested in BP. Woops!
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By ofersince72, June 17, 2010 at 2:40 pm Link to this comment
Kerryrose, the biggest problem doing what commune said
Report thisisn’t the gov, it’s the ones in the public that haven’t
woke up yet, they are still watching Dale Jr. take lefts
all day or watching America Idol.(whateverthatisaintseen)
If all amurika was on the same page, it would be no problem. That is why for four months straight all any
one wrote about was the tea bagers, i guess ammmurrika
is never going to get wise to divideandconquer routine
served to us.
By Nelson Lee Walker, June 17, 2010 at 10:47 am Link to this comment
(Unregistered commenter)
Here’s a practical Tea Party type strategy to create a “Citizen Congress”
A Congress of career politicians will never represent “We the People”, because
their highest priority is getting reelected with the help of Big Money.
But “We the People” have more votes than “Big Money” has, and thus can end
Congress as a career for professional politicians by never reelecting
incumbents.
We can impose single terms every two years, by never reelecting Congress.
Always vote, but only for challengers. Never reelect incumbents.
Keep this up until Congress is mostly “one-termers”, a citizen Congress.
Then keep it up every election, to make a citizen Congress a permanent reality.
Every American’s only intelligent choice is to never reelect anyone in Congress!
The only infallible, unstoppable, guaranteed way to get a truly new Congress,
and a cleaned up new politics is
NEVER REELECT ANY INCUMBENT! DO IT EVERY ELECTION
Nelson Lee Walker of tenurecorrupts.com
Report thisBy Tobysgirl, June 17, 2010 at 8:46 am Link to this comment
ofersince: sad thing Commune,, this gov is so inept that it would probably be easy stuff. [regarding revolution]
I don’t think so. When an entity, however corrupt, senses itself threatened and has in its power endless weaponry and those to wield it, it will strike with devastating consequences. Someone said to me that if the left ever truly threatened the status quo, as it did a little bit in the 1960s, we’d know it because people would be murdered as they were in the 1960s.
How about addressing these people’s grotesque wealth instead of insulting each other? The only glitch is that Maine, for example, has a blue-collar Congressman and he is a blue-dog Democrat. He is white and was a union worker, and he has no concept of what anyone else suffers. HE’S always had health insurance, he’s never been 16 and pregnant, he is as startlingly out of touch with many people’s lives as any millionaire. Which is an extremely depressing thing to say!
Report thisBy Leefeller, June 17, 2010 at 8:34 am Link to this comment
Several years back I remember reading an article
about a Japanese computer programmer who was
approached to run for political office by one of the
political parties, (I believe in Japan they have more
than one political party) as a lark the computer
programer accepted and ran.
Well he was surprised when he won, after he got into
office, he he found it such an easy job, with so
many perks he couldn’t believe it. It turned out
political office was a cornucopia of perks.
After he started telling everyone how nice the
political life was and how surprised he found it and
how great he had it, well; until the other
politicians told him to shut up and keep his mouth
shut!
Such a Rough life being a politician, they have it so
Report thishard, never knowing if they should vote for something
and hope it does not pass or visa versa!
By FRTothus, June 17, 2010 at 5:43 am Link to this comment
“The United States has only one party - the property
Report thisparty. It’s the party of big corporations, the party of
money. It has two right wings; one is Democrat and the
other is Republican.”
(Gore Vidal)
By ofersince72, June 17, 2010 at 1:52 am Link to this comment
sad thing Commune,, this gov is so inept that it
Report thiswould probably be easy stuff.
By Commune115, June 17, 2010 at 1:12 am Link to this comment
I would recommend we have a REVOLUTION…but we’re too busy watching American Idol.
Report thisBy squeaky jones, June 16, 2010 at 8:31 pm Link to this comment
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I for one could never be a million-aire; because, I would have gave it to the homeless, like I do, long before I gathered even a few thousand. I can care less about being rich, when I see so many people suffering in poverty. Squeaky.
Report thisBy samosamo, June 16, 2010 at 7:30 pm Link to this comment
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rice sourer
You don’t know me just as you don’t know any of the other
commenters, yet you still put crap out from your behind to sort
of make people think you’re an expert analysis. Only 2 things in
your short list of life and I have little need, use or want for any
of them. So that just leaves you mostly short handed. You wold
be better off living in izrael.
Now if you had sad ‘thus spake zarathustra’, I might be
Report thisimpressed.
By ofersince72, June 16, 2010 at 5:19 pm Link to this comment
Well here is her fax
202 225-8259
fax her and have her send a bottle of her best to you !!
Report thisBy rico, suave, June 16, 2010 at 5:17 pm Link to this comment
samo:
“I hope she has a debilitating stroke,”
Thus spake the compassionate progressive.
Report thisBy samosamo, June 16, 2010 at 5:13 pm Link to this comment
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Which is the mummy’s vineyard? Never mind, I can’t afford wine
anymore. But, you know, that vineyard can be burned down
unless the mummy can afford blackwater’s services. I hope she
has a debilitating stroke, you know the lights are on but nobody
is home, only we the taxpayer will have to pay to keep her alive.
SHIT!
But I do wonder what the mummy’s take on those bailouts she
Report thisgot for her corporate welfare patrons.
By rico, suave, June 16, 2010 at 5:01 pm Link to this comment
Pat:
Report thisAmen.
By ofersince72, June 16, 2010 at 4:17 pm Link to this comment
we are screwed, and going to remain that way, only worse.
Report thisBy PatrickHenry, June 16, 2010 at 3:59 pm Link to this comment
Remember congressional term limits have to be enacted in the state legislatures.
Using the same congressmen term after term yield the same results.
Lets retire them.
Report thisBy jean gerard, June 16, 2010 at 3:10 pm Link to this comment
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The day investors see the crazed, greedy unfairness of gambling with corporate
Report thisstocks and collecting gains from the losses of others—that day the possibility of
economic reform will move toward fairness and honesty.
By P. T., June 16, 2010 at 1:26 pm Link to this comment
Pelosi needs cheap, immigrant labor to pick her grapes.
Report thisBy rico, suave, June 16, 2010 at 12:35 pm Link to this comment
“Minority Leader John Boehner has money invested in BP. Woops!”
And Rahm Emmanuel is living free in an apartment provided by… wait for it… BP. Whoops indeed.
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