Congress has lost its mind...

[xoxoxoBruce]

It's a loan. MS had committed to financing half of one of the proposed Philly casinos, but the recession put them in a bind because of decreased revenue streams. I can't tell if you're purposely misconstruing the facts, or just don't know what's going on.

[TheMercenary]

I am not purposely misconstruing anything. I was just posting it for discussion. To me it is nothing more than another of number of hundreds of examples that discredits the Obama Administration and the billions of dollars of taxpayer dollars that have been wasted. Nothing more.

[TheMercenary]

Why the hell would Pelosi feel she needs to do this in the first place?

Pelosi asks for donations to fend off potential GOP investigations

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefi...investigations

[Happy Monkey]

Because of what they did to Clinton. Years of investigations, and all they found was something he did during the investigation itself.

[classicman]

Because she doesn't want to be constantly dealing with a bunch of (in her opinion) bogus lawsuits that are nothing but impediments to actually getting productive legislation passed.

[TheMercenary]

But isn't that business as usual for majority Congress persons when they take control?

[classicman]

On a side note, I read this somewhere and thought it was an interesting concept.

*Congresspeople and senators shall contribute to social security just the same as the rest of us

* they are covered (or not) by Medicare, and contribute just the same as we who are forced by law to do so

* Since they aren't be in Washington all that long, they can be private contractors (you know, 1099 at the end of the year)

* their platinum parachute retirements are significantly down scaled

* if ANY sitting President, Senator, Representative, or federal appointed bureaucrat is found guilty of NOT having their federal or state taxes current, they a) are prosecuted by the IRS and b) they lose their job and are NEVER eligible for a federal position again, AND they lose their federal retirement.

* If we find out that they broke the law during their terms, they will lose their federal retirement benefits."

What say you?

[TheMercenary]

Pelosi is going DOWN!

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by classicman

On a side note, I read this somewhere and thought it was an interesting concept.

*Congresspeople and senators shall contribute to social security just the same as the rest of us

They do.

[Shawnee123]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Pelosi is going DOWN!

Don't worry, from your viewpoint it'll look a lot like the blowjobs you're used to getting.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

They do.

Good - I couldn't find that on snopes... I'm interested to hear opinions on the rest of it. I guess the issue is should they be held accountable or to "a higher standard" ... that sort of thing.

[TheMercenary]

This woman is wacked. What a dumb assed statement:

Pelosi: Unemployment Checks Fastest Way to Create Jobs

http://www.breitbart.tv/pelosi-unemp...o-create-jobs/

[TheMercenary]

Not part of Congress but this dumb ass is no better...

Michael Steele under fire over Afghanistan remarks

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jul...teele-20100703

[classicman]

One solution around the legislative gridlock might be for the Senate to take up legislation first, rather than the House.

"People have to understand things always take longer in the Senate. Potentially, we could let some of these items start in the Senate and then go over to the House. That might be a very good solution to our problem. Because then the Senate would send the House something that's already bipartisan, and they could work to build the support they need. Maybe we should try that, because everything gets passed in the House and comes here. It would be better if we started and sent things over there."
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.)

What a novel idea. . . .

[TheMercenary]

John Kerry, rockin in a free world....

Sen. John Kerry skips town on sails tax

http://bostonherald.com/track/inside...icleid=1269698