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[QUOTE=Exon123][url]http://www.mainjustice.com/2010/07/29/fbi-wants-to-see-your-google-searches/[/url]
Exon[/QUOTE]Is much easier than you think. I worked on a project designed to do just that. The question is whether or not the "looker" is above the law, or not.
If you have seen movies such as "Enemy of the State" and similar movies and you think "gee, it's a good thing they can't really do that." You're mistaken.
When you take into consideration the charges handed down by the house ethics panel today, this is a great video:
[url]http://www.c-spanarchives.org/program/ID/53643&start=2987&end=3062[/url]
What sayeth the gentle gander from California?
John Conyers wife goes to jail for bribery.
[url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/10/monica-conyers-wife-to-jo_n_494305.html[/url]
There all Crooks.
Exon
[QUOTE=Exon123]John Conyers wife go to jail for bribery.
[url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/10/monica-conyers-wife-to-jo_n_494305.html[/url]
There all Crooks.
Exon[/QUOTE]You do this on purpose, don't you.
[QUOTE=Wild Walleye]When you take into consideration the charges handed down by the house ethics panel today, this is a great video:
[url]http://www.c-spanarchives.org/program/ID/53643&start=2987&end=3062[/url]
What sayeth the gentle gander from California?[/QUOTE]The current ethics charges couldn't happen to a nicer lady. Maxine Waters stands for nothing if not for double standards. The other video that's great to review, which was posted by someone in this thread a while back, is her statements at the hearings on reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, where she tried to browbeat all Republicans for daring to suggest that the fine people running those GSEs should be questioned in any way, shape or form. She basically inferred that they were racist for attempting any reform because 'if it ain't broke, why the hell are you trying to fix it?' She really is an abomination.
I agree that most of these politicians are crooks or at least are feathering their own nests in ways that are of questionable legality. But, much like the left loves to regale when some conservative politician gets involved in a sex scandal, the holier-than-thou, arrogant, soak-the-rich liberals deserve everything they get and more when they're caught lining their pockets.
The real sad truth is that both Maxine Waters and Charles Rangel could be convicted by their peers for multiple ethics violations, yet they likely would get re-elected by their constituents (anyone remember Marion Berry)
That's the left in America: They will stand on principle until they get caught. The same can frequently be said about right wing politicians, but at least they're not playing sanctimonious, class-based, populist politics, so they're not nearly as grating.
Here's my prediction: Dems will begin to call Republicans racists for not agreeing to go "light" on these two pillars of the Congressional Black Caucus. You watch. They will throw the race card out there when the time comes and they believe it serves their purpose.
[QUOTE=Schmoj]You do this on purpose, don't you.[/QUOTE]Yep, I keep telling everybody, there All CockSuckers.
Exon
[QUOTE=Exon123]Yep, I keep telling everybody, there All CockSuckers.
Exon[/QUOTE]Actually, I meant the egregious grammatical errors, but you point is well taken.:-)
[QUOTE=Stan Da Man] They will throw the race card out there when the time comes and they believe it serves their purpose.[/QUOTE]They are claiming that the House Ethics Panel is racist for going after these two pillars. Considering that Rangel thought that he was so far above the law that he referred himself to the panel for review, I don't think that race played a role, in his case. I bet Duke Cunningham wishes that they had focused on house members of color during his troubles.
Unfortunately, both Rangel and Waters will only get slaps on the wrist, if anything. The best we can hope for is that they are publicly humiliated through the process, since the ruling class (except Republicans like Cunningham) never really get punished.
Many wonder why the economic recovery is struggling. The following was written by someone on a chat site.
The only sector of the economy that can produce long lasting employment to abate the current economic condition is the private sector. Without tax cuts, without investment incentives, and with limited government understanding of how economies work and thrive we are all in for a long period of concern or at least until many on both sides of the aisle are replaced with those who have a business or economic background, running businesses, starting them up, making payrolls and the like.
Whoever wrote this has cut through the bullshit of 'I'm from the government. I'm here to help"
Every attermpt by the government to involve itself in the economy is actually another shovel of dirt digging a deeper grave for our economy.
[QUOTE=El Alamo]The only sector of the economy that can produce long lasting employment to abate the current economic condition is the private sector. Without tax cuts, without investment incentives, and with limited government understanding of how economies work and thrive we are all in for a long period of concern or at least until many on both sides of the aisle are replaced with those who have a business or economic background, running businesses, starting them up, making payrolls and the like.
Whoever wrote this has cut through the bullshit of 'I'm from the government. I'm here to help"[/QUOTE]Big businesses are posting great profits and sitting on record piles of cash. In many cases they are giving large sums to "shareholders" (ie. mostly rich folks) through buybacks and dividends. So arguing more tax cuts for them is laughable.
At the same time, these companies have laid off millions while the banks have limited credit to small business. These are major factors underlying the high unemployment rate. The "uncertainty" argument has some merit but that only goes so far.
So, the people only blaming the government are in fact helping the rich elite by diverting attention away from the problems they cause. That's right where they want you to be.
Small business is different and should get help. The small business bill in Congress now (that is unfortunately getting held up) would provide funds that could be used to leverage up to $300 billion in small business loans. But since government doesn't understand business and can only make things worse, I suppose you believe this bill is a bad idea? LOL.
[QUOTE=El Alamo]Every attermpt by the government to involve itself in the economy is actually another shovel of dirt digging a deeper grave for our economy.[/QUOTE]I recall the government recently stepped in and saved the country from another depression. With the bailout and stimulus, markets have recovered significant ground, and we've gone from negative to positive GDP growth which has exceeded that seen following the previous two recessions. Only the ignorant and foolish believe the above quoted statement.
Meant to respond to this earlier.
[QUOTE=Doppelganger]Esten, yea lets tax the heck out of all those capital gains so we punish all those fat cats. Last time I checked it was investments from retirement funds that had the biggest chunk of the market, [/QUOTE]Do you have data showing what % of dividend-paying stock is owned by retirement funds? I have been having some trouble finding good data on this. When broken out by individuals the data I have found shows the vast majority of ownership by the richest 10%.
In any event, capital gains taxes should be tied to income (inclusive of the capital gains). If income is high then the tax rate should be high. We shouldn't be giving tax breaks to the wealthy. If income is low (often the case for retirees) then a tax break is appropriate.
Tracking Poll Finds Health Reform Law Gaining In Popularity.
[url]http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2010/June/30/health-reform-tracking-poll.aspx[/url]
[url]http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/8084.cfm[/url]
Esten, did you happen to check the results of Prop C in Missouri? I think it was ¾ of the voters approved the prop which directly refutes the primary premise of ObamaCare – your required to purchase health insurance or be fined (sorry I forgot Obama calls it a "fine" as his attorneys argue it is a TAX in court) for failing to purchase same.
I am always ROTFLMAF as you continue to argue what a great job Obama / Dems in Congress have done to "save" the country. See my earlier post citing Obama & the Democrats claims in 2008 that unemployment would go as high as 8.5% if they did not pass the "Stimulus" package. Guess we would have been better off doing nothing since unemployment went up to 10% after they passed it. Could their numbers be wrong - naw couldn't be.
Just in case you have not noticed, the Obama Administration is not making noises about how the current rate of unemployment and stagnant business growth are the new "normal". Perhaps you missed that.
On a side note, Obama really did a great job punishing the folks who got us into this (I. E. AIG and BOA to name a few) man I bet those guys wimpered all the way to the bank with their multi-million dollar bonus checks paid with bail out money. Nothing like "punishing" failure. Hey, can I get in line for some of that "punishment"?
Many companies are sitting on their cash and or buying back stock in the current environment, they are not willing to start hiring or expansion projects until they know what the tax situation and regulatory environment will be. While you may not approve or agree with their strategy, it is the smart move under the prevailing conditions.
[QUOTE=Doppelganger]Just in case you have not noticed, the Obama Administration is not making noises about how the current rate of unemployment and stagnant business growth are the new "normal". [/QUOTE]Obama himself is now taking the high ground defending his courageous, bold, decisive destructive agenda by saying "it could be worse."
Virginia (via legal route) and MO (via legislative route) are indicative of the new political reality which is the people aren't going to sit idly by and let Obama, Pelosi and Reid continue to destroy the country. The November elections will be yet another step towards correcting the mistake that the American people made in 2008. Hopefully, the lesson will be learned and the knowledge retained that when you are talking about the most important job in the world, you should be careful with your vote.
[QUOTE=Esten]Tracking Poll Finds Health Reform Law Gaining In Popularity.
[url]http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2010/June/30/health-reform-tracking-poll.aspx[/url]
[url]http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/8084.cfm[/url][/QUOTE]I have a bridge in Brooklyn for you. They have been dead wrong on healthcare for 10+ years. Here are for polls to contradict Kaiser's findings, including those NeoCons at Pew (that is a joke, BTW).
[url]http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/obama_and_democrats_health_care_plan-1130.html[/url]
Kaiser has been deliberately obfuscating the truth on public opinion regarding healthcare reform for as long as I can remember. For example:
"The February Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds the public still split on health care reform legislation, with 43 percent in favor and 43 percent opposed. However, the poll also finds that majorities of Americans of all political leanings support several provisions in the health reform proposals in Congress and most attribute delays in passing the legislation to political gamesmanship rather than policy disagreements."
The "tie" runs counter to all major polls. However, the wording of the last part of the statement tells it all. From Kaiser's perspective passage is a surety and therefore, the "delays" are but window dressing.