Ethics probes may be least of Congress’ problems
“House ethics investigators have been scrutinizing the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and several aides in inquiries about issues including defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling, according to a confidential House ethics committee report prepared in July.”
The probes are apparently in various stages of investigation, and many could end up dismissed. But one major focus involves seven members of a defense appropriations subcommittee, including its chairman, Democrat John Murtha of Pennsylvania. The question is whether members or aides inserted budget earmarks for campaign contributions and other considerations.
In addition to the ethics probes, the Justice Department has been sniffing around Murtha and his subcommittee, which could mean criminal prosecution.
It’s impossible to know whether indictments will be or should be issued in the case. Prosecutors will go where the evidence takes them. But the earmarking practice is so fraught with temptation that corruption seems almost inevitable.
Earmarks for a project in your district — a bridge, a highway, etc. — are bad enough. But in this case we’re talking multi-million-dollar earmarks not for a project but for specific private companies. Those companies don’t have to prove their worth to the Pentagon or go through any assessment process. Murtha and his colleagues have the power to just write those appropriations into the defense bill, and a whole lobbying enterprise has naturally sprung up to “encourage” them to do so. Much of the Justice probe apparently centers around one particular lobbying company, the PMA Group, which had close ties to Murtha.
While the cases of individual members play out, Congress as an institution has to act. The American people already hold it in deep distrust and even contempt, gauging from the polls, and this news is not exactly going to help matters. At the very least, it ought to ban all earmarks to private companies, period, because it is an inherently corrupting practice.
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Taxpayer
October 30th, 2009
9:15 am
Bosch! I sense a rip in the space-time fabric.
USinUK
October 30th, 2009
9:15 am
Bosch –
“I love blog games!”
I find charades a little difficult …
Paul –
“I never thought of you as one of the ‘usual suspects’ though” DAMN! what am I doing wrong???
Jimmy Carter
October 30th, 2009
9:16 am
I hate to continue to go the Viagra/Cialis route, but how about “Come Together” by the Beatles?
USinUK
October 30th, 2009
9:17 am
(shaking head in disapproval at not jimmeh)
TnGelding
October 30th, 2009
9:18 am
A gift for Reporter:
“This is the second harvest for the White House Garden. First Lady Michelle Obama teamed with Bancroft Elementary School students to plant the fall crops last spring.” Alex Brandon, Associated Press
http://projects.ajc.com/gallery/view/health/michelle-obama-garden/
Warren "Slim" Soros, Xing Shipping, DBA Haliburten,L-3 Inc.,A Southern Company, pum pum pum PUM
October 30th, 2009
9:18 am
There is nothing to see here.
Move along now.
John Gossilin had a bowel movement.
Taxpayer
October 30th, 2009
9:18 am
Paul,
Since you’re the resident expert on the appropriate use of pre-emptive strikes, why don’t YOU get the ball rolling and start the condemnation proceedings. I’ll be glad to review them and see if I happen to agree or not. Be a good boy now and show us the way instead of expecting us to show you the way. Demonstrate those leadership skills for us.
Kamchak
October 30th, 2009
9:19 am
Diversion, anyone?
Nope. I simply view the “swamp” metaphor as being the “big picture.” But if you want to drain the swamp one teaspoon at a time…well, it’s your time. Use it as you see fit.
Paul
October 30th, 2009
9:19 am
Jimmy Carter
Thank you for that link. Gratitude to your dad, my dad and that generation.
stands for decibels
October 30th, 2009
9:19 am
The situation Jay described involving Democrats is bad and needs to be changed.
Also, you should cross at the green, not in between.
Jimmy Carter
October 30th, 2009
9:20 am
Paul
October 30th, 2009
9:19 am
They were simply the best.
Joey
October 30th, 2009
9:21 am
AmVet:
Lyrics have meanings.
Who put the bob in the bop-she-bop-she-bop?
Who put the ram in the ram-a-lam-a-lam-a-dang-ding-dong?
To you, it seems, that these are important lyrical questions that the writer intends for us to answer.
To me not so much.
People, news media and commentary writers especially, pull excerpts from statements and writings and declare exactly what the speaker or writer intended to say.
Lyrics mean what the listener want them to mean. That is why we listen to and buy the music.
In this case:
Lunatic Fringe, I know you’re out there.
You’re in hiding, and you hold you’re meetings.
We can hear you coming. We know what you’re after.
Means exactly what I want it to mean. Which is that the Democrat House and Senate is not fooling as many people as it thinks.
Bosch
October 30th, 2009
9:22 am
Accidents will happen – for pregancy tests
Pump It Up – for a local gym
Paul,
What does stalwart mean? If I count in that group, then I’ll write it:
Bad Dems, Bad Dems! Murtha needs to go! I mean, really seriously.
“Yellow” for butter commercial.
“Personal Jesus” – Escort Service
Jimmy Carter
October 30th, 2009
9:24 am
“Taxman” by the Beatles for the IRS.
jconservative
October 30th, 2009
9:26 am
“Who’s investigating the House Ethics Committee?”
Hopefully the press – or what little is left of it. It is the job the founding fathers gave the press in 1789. And we have depended on them for over 220 years. But if the press disappears, and it looks like it will, then you tell me who will be watching the House Ethics Committee.
I do not know.
And whether you like it or not, believe it or not, or simply prefer not to think about it, this is one of the most critical issues facing the nation.
Paul
October 30th, 2009
9:26 am
USinUK
[["I never thought of you as one of the ‘usual suspects’ though” DAMN! what am I doing wrong]]
You condemn Democratic malfeasance when it occurs!
Taxpayer 9:18
Ever notice how when you get frustrated and unable to stay on topic, you start in with the digs and insults? It’s a pretty good tip-off.
But as you want suggestions from the resident expert on how to start this off, I’d be glad to!!!
“While the cases of individual members play out, Congress as an institution has to act. The American people already hold it in deep distrust and even contempt, gauging from the polls, and this news is not exactly going to help matters. At the very least, it ought to ban all earmarks to private companies, period, because it is an inherently corrupting practice”
(citation: thread topic at 7:39 am)
Have at it –
BTW- if there was nothing ‘wrong’ then why does anything need changing?
Kamchak
I rather look at it like negotiating with Iran or the Taliban in Afghanistan. It’s a big swamp (that was Pelosi’s metaphor, BTW) but we have to start somewhere. I never though having to settle for incremental progress was justification to do nothing and led bad practices continue.
Bosch
October 30th, 2009
9:27 am
“American Idiot” – anytime Dick Cheney comes on the screen.
Paul
October 30th, 2009
9:28 am
Bosch, USinUK, sfd
We have critical mass!
(no Bosch…. that is NOT a Catholic thing….)
USinUK
October 30th, 2009
9:28 am
Bosch –
““Yellow” for butter commercial”
or Benjamin Moore paint.
Angels Want to Wear My Red Shoes – Nike, with a highlight reel of football players flying over a pile for a touchdown, or basketball players soaring for a dunk
Don’t it Make My Brown Eyes Blue – contact lenses (durrr)
Sledgehammer – Black and Decker
Ring of Fire – barbecue grill
Bosch
October 30th, 2009
9:28 am
Or a better theme song for Dick would be “Why Do I Lie?”
USinUK
October 30th, 2009
9:29 am
Paul –
“We have critical mass!” I reached critical mass about 10 lbs ago.
Mrs. Godzilla
October 30th, 2009
9:29 am
I like ethics. Ethics “R” Us…..or at least it should be.
If proven guilty, fry’em.
A real big progressive group has had Murtha in its sights for quite a while.
http://www.crewsmostcorrupt.org/summaries/murtha.php
In fact they name…The 15 most corrupt members of Congress
Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
Sen. Roland Burris (D-IL)
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA)
Rep. Nathan Deal (R-GA)
Sen. John Ensign (R-NV)
Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL)
Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Rep. Alan B. Mollohan (D-WV)
Rep. John P. Murtha (D-PA)
Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY)
Rep. Laura Richardson (D-CA)
Rep. Pete Visclosky (D-IN)
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)
Rep. Don Young (R-AK)
Here:
http://www.crewsmostcorrupt.org/report
Now…back to laundry…..
Jimmy Carter
October 30th, 2009
9:29 am
“Beautiful Loser” by Bob Seger for the Miss USA Pageant
TnGelding
October 30th, 2009
9:31 am
A gift to conservatives:
“Michael Moore Discusses Afghanistan on Larry King Live 10/29/09″
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMTl7Nnf-D4&feature=player_embedded
Jimmy Carter
October 30th, 2009
9:32 am
“Katmandu” by Bob Seger for the Northwest Airlines wayward pilots.
Jimmy Carter
October 30th, 2009
9:33 am
“Waiting for a star to fall” by Boy meets Girl – TMZ
@@
October 30th, 2009
9:34 am
I think it was Greta who begged the question…”When are they gonna stop selling our WH/government?
The way our government IS and HAS been operating, can I assume this will be an ONGOING investigation?
No doubt they’ll have to set up and pay for a larger bureacracy just to get the ONGOING job done.
Smile porky….and don’t forget to blot that lipstick.
Kamchak
October 30th, 2009
9:34 am
I never though having to settle for incremental progress was justification to do nothing and led bad practices continue.
Change is almost always incremental, it’s the size of the units involved—or are you a silver-bullet kinda guy? If so, then please share with us your magic arsenal for making things better.
Jimmy Carter
October 30th, 2009
9:35 am
TnGelding
October 30th, 2009
9:31 am
A gift to conservatives? What, to show, again, what an ignoramus that guy is?
Marsh
October 30th, 2009
9:35 am
I’m surprised Bayh, Lieberman, and the whole Republican party aren’t on the list as well.
Jimmy Carter
October 30th, 2009
9:36 am
TnGelding
October 30th, 2009
9:31 am
What’s next, Oliver Stone discussing Christianity?
Normal
October 30th, 2009
9:37 am
Paul, a salute for your dad too. As I said before, My God, those men were sailors!
Bosch
October 30th, 2009
9:37 am
See Paul? Mrs. G.’s list? Our mass is growing!!
Soothsayer
October 30th, 2009
9:38 am
The media profits from selling marketing/advertisements. Marketing causes people to become schizophrenic. Advertisements’ meta-messages often contain mplicit sexual content or domination/submission themes, or the promise of “cures” for everyday living–or for the results of the very behaviors being prompted and encouraged.
This is good for a laugh. “I guarantee it.”
Taxpayer
October 30th, 2009
9:38 am
Come on , Paul. You can do better than that. You know good and well that I did not bring up twice the fact that Cheney is a Dick or how ironic it is that Reagan’s efforts have turned us into the property of communist China or that the Republicans want you to take a voucher in place of your Medicare or that Bush and other Republicans put this country so far in debt, by doing stupid things like chasing Gog all over the middle east, for example, that our greatgrandchildren will still be cutting checks to pay it off. So, you see, Paul, try as you may to divert by doing your version of yelling “witch”, it just ain’t working for me. Anyway, prod away and take your chances. That’s just part of what makes blogs fun for me. How ’bout you. By the way, have you found anything noteworthy yet in that house bill. Inquiring minds, dontcha know.
Bosch
October 30th, 2009
9:39 am
“Even the Losers” – GOP Hehehehe.
Normal
October 30th, 2009
9:39 am
Ring of Fire – barbecue grill
Nah, Ring Of Fire- Preperation H
Bosch
October 30th, 2009
9:40 am
“Even Better Than The Real Thing” – Oh, the possibilities.
Joey
October 30th, 2009
9:40 am
USinUK:
I appoligize. It is my fault that you believed I was seriously complementing Jay on his investagative effort. And my expectation that the Left wing of our media actually reads Jay’s blog.
Jimmy Carter
October 30th, 2009
9:40 am
Normal and Paul
What I found amazing about my father was the ease with which he moved into civilian life. Years later I asked if he missed the Navy after he retired and he said that was a part of his life that was now in the past and he was ready to move forward. He was very unassuming and one helluva role model.
Paul
October 30th, 2009
9:41 am
Mrs. Godzilla 9:29
Nice!
Marsh
They were. Are. But that was then and this is now. A new sheriff’s in town. But she’s not sheriffing.
Kamchak
[[then please share with us your magic arsenal for making things better.]]
Sure! Be happy to!
““While the cases of individual members play out, Congress as an institution has to act. The American people already hold it in deep distrust and even contempt, gauging from the polls, and this news is not exactly going to help matters. At the very least, it ought to ban all earmarks to private companies, period, because it is an inherently corrupting practice”
(citation: thread topic at 7:39 am)”
Second same question in twenty minutes. This is getting old. Doesn’t anyone read Jay’s thread before they start blogging?
Hard Right Hook
October 30th, 2009
9:41 am
A Democrat majority congress is investigating one of their own for “ethics” charges. Sure.
Kinda like a bunch of Mafia Capos investigating one of their own for shoplifting.
This will be good for a laugh.
Normal
October 30th, 2009
9:42 am
“YMCA”, Chuck Norris
Jimmy Carter
October 30th, 2009
9:43 am
“Whole lotta shakin’ going on” by Jerry Lee Lewis for Jenny Craig
USinUK
October 30th, 2009
9:43 am
Normal – eeeewwwwwww
not jimmeh –
“What, to show, again, what an ignoramus that guy is?”
not ignorant, but MAN is he full of himself (and, considering his size, that’s saying something).
I’ll always be a MM fan for his tv series in the 1990s during which he staged a counter-KKK demonstration using a mariachi band. that’s not being an ignoramus – that’s great teevee!!
Bosch
October 30th, 2009
9:43 am
Paul,
AND, I hope you noticed Rangel was on that last – I heard he was a crook.
Jimmy Carter
October 30th, 2009
9:43 am
Normal
October 30th, 2009
9:42 am
HAHA!!
Paul
October 30th, 2009
9:44 am
Jimmy Carter
Same here. Resilient. Many of that generation was resilient. Then again, they were not known as the ‘me, first’ generation.
Taxpayer
[[Come on , Paul. You can do better than that.]]
I quoted from Jay’s thread in response to your question and you say I can do better than that? O-kaaaay……
[[You know good and well that I did not bring up twice]]
When did this become about you? When did I mention you before you popped up with a comment?
Jimmy Carter
October 30th, 2009
9:45 am
USinUK
October 30th, 2009
9:43 am
Didn’t see the mariachi thing. Probably was good tv, but I kind of view MM as a bottom feeder, like Sean Penn.
pat
October 30th, 2009
9:46 am
Currupt politicians? Who’d a thunk it.
Murtha should have used some of that doe to fix his horrible speach impediment. I am sure nobody wants to use the mic after he’s been spitting all over it.
Ear marks should be legislated out period. None, zero. They always benifit some party or group to the detriment of someone else.
Paul
October 30th, 2009
9:47 am
Bosch
[[I hope you noticed Rangel was on that last – I heard he was a crook.]]
Yes, he is!! He is!!!
ummm…. Bosch…. did you know….
Rangel’s a crook?
V: 82 hours, 9 minutes
Paul
October 30th, 2009
9:48 am
Taxpayer
Shall we hit ‘reset’?
Do you agree or disagree with Jay’s column? The assertions? The recommendations?
Jimmy Carter
October 30th, 2009
9:49 am
“Is she really going out with him” by Joe Jackson for eharmony.
pat
October 30th, 2009
9:49 am
“The committee said it is investigating whether Rep. Maxine Waters used her influence to help a bank in which her husband owned stock, and whether the couple benefited as a result. Separately, the panel is investigating whether Rep. Laura Richardson failed to disclose required information on her financial disclosure forms and received special treatment from a lender.”
…
“Waters is the No. 3 Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee and chairwoman of its subcommittee on housing. She has been an influential voice in the committee’s work to overhaul financial regulations.”
LOL!!! Sounds like the woman for the job!
Paul
October 30th, 2009
9:50 am
Normal
Thank you.
Bosch
Just so long as our mass isn’t the same kind USinUK was talking about.
Mrs. Godzilla
October 30th, 2009
9:53 am
two things….
I will never buy another Whirlpool Washing machine…..
it’s now timing backwards ARGH
18 minutes left in cycle, then 19 then 22……
and
more liberals talking ’bout ethics
HuffPost’s Congressional Ethics Clock: How Long Will Rangel, Ensign Probes Take?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/26/huffposts-congressional-e_n_327680.html
H20_K9
October 30th, 2009
9:54 am
See people, Politicians are the same. Doesn’t matter if you put a big “D” or “R” at the end of their name. Corrupt, sickening people. Power corrupts…absolutely!!!
It’s a big circular debate, when Democrats are in office they are made to to be the hero’s and Republicans suck! Next election it’s a new debate and the tables are turned. Jeeeze we’re stupid people!!
Why would you be so devoted to a political party that you would defend any of these crooks? Why would you be so devoted to your race that you would defend someone just because he or she is black or white. Scum is scum…no matter how much you white wash it!!
USinUK
October 30th, 2009
9:54 am
not jimmeh –
“Didn’t see the mariachi thing. Probably was good tv, but I kind of view MM as a bottom feeder, like Sean Penn”
it was excellent teevee … the look on the klanners’ faces was priceless
try watching Roger and Me again without prejudice – it’s actually a fantastic documentary about the death of his hometown. I’d give Bowling for Columbine a solid 75% – he makes some excellent points about irrational fear driving the need for ludicrous amounts of arms then goes off the deep end and puts part of the blame on defense spending (whaaaa???)
Paul
October 30th, 2009
9:54 am
Mrs. Godzilla
I was going to tell you in my earlier remark to you that in the last week I’ve spoken with two friends who had to buy new washing machines. But I didn’t want to jinx you and have the third time be the charm.
Sorry. Too late.
Good on HuffPo. Maybe they’re redeeming themselves for banning getalife.
danjonglee
October 30th, 2009
9:56 am
Why is Norwood hated by the Lefties? She’s a lefty…….just askin…
Paul
October 30th, 2009
9:56 am
Mrs. Godzilla
On second thought…
[[I will never buy another Whirlpool Washing machine…..
it’s now timing backwards ARGH
18 minutes left in cycle, then 19 then 22…]]
Maybe the washer’s running fine and it’s just that the clothes are really, really, really dirty?
USinUK
October 30th, 2009
9:56 am
joey –
“It is my fault that you believed I was seriously complementing Jay on his investagative effort”
sorry, my snark-o-meter must be on the blink this morning
Kamchak
October 30th, 2009
9:57 am
Second same question in twenty minutes. This is getting old. Doesn’t anyone read Jay’s thread before they start blogging?
Yep, but I didn’t ask Jay about his ideas, I asked for yours.
Bosch
October 30th, 2009
9:57 am
I have a question:
Does anyone subscribe to Comcast and if so, can you record shows from your cable box?
Marsh
October 30th, 2009
9:58 am
Paul @ 9:41,
Sources?
Normal
October 30th, 2009
9:58 am
PAUL, WHATEVER YOU DO KEEP THE WASHING MACHINE RUNNING…YOU”LL GET YOUNGER!
Bosch
October 30th, 2009
9:59 am
USinUK,
“he makes some excellent points about irrational fear driving the need for ludicrous amounts of arms ”
That cartoon was awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqh6Ap9ldTs
Jimmy Carter
October 30th, 2009
10:00 am
USinUK
October 30th, 2009
9:54 am
I did see Roger and Me and enjoyed it, but MM is still scum. Roman Polanski made a good movie as well, but he, too, is scum.
TnGelding
October 30th, 2009
10:00 am
Jimmy Carter
October 30th, 2009
9:35 am
If you had taken the time to watch it you might find you agree with him.
Willie
October 30th, 2009
10:00 am
What ethics?
H20_K9
October 30th, 2009
10:02 am
You people need to join facebook and get off these forums….stay on topic…
Mrs. Godzilla
October 30th, 2009
10:03 am
Paul
If the repair on this 3 year old hunk of crap costs what I suspect….
I’m going shopping for the simplest single function no-computer washer I can find…..and in the dead of night dropping this nightmare at corp
office in Ellenwood with a extremely snippy note!
hmmmmm
October 30th, 2009
10:03 am
AG Holder’s Black Panther Stonewall
Jimmy Carter
October 30th, 2009
10:04 am
TnGelding
October 30th, 2009
10:00 am
What are you talking about? Did you bother to read my post? I said I DID watch Roger and me and enjoyed it.
Paul
October 30th, 2009
10:07 am
Kamchak
In the context of the current thread, I agree with Jay’s proposal. To be followed by other incremental eliminations of earmarks.
Also full public financing of elections, obtained thru baby steps if necessary.
Ethics committee reports to be issued one per allegation against each individual. Not have prior, completed reports held so new allegations can be rolled in.
Marsh
Sources for what? That Spkr Pelosi said she’d get rid of the Culture of Corruption? That she said she’d ‘drain the swamp’?
Normal
[[PAUL, WHATEVER YOU DO KEEP THE WASHING MACHINE RUNNING…YOU”LL GET YOUNGER!]]
Maybe that explains why, when I was at university, when we stuck a guy in the washer we never saw him again. He just kept getting younger and younger..
Wait, it was a dryer.
Nevermind.
USinUK
October 30th, 2009
10:08 am
not jimmeh –
I just scrolled your posts – the first mention I see of you liking Roger and Me was after I posted – did I miss something?
and I think comparing someone whose politics you dislike with a pedophile is a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit of a stretch.
USinUK
October 30th, 2009
10:11 am
“Wait, it was a dryer.”
dammit, tea just went up my nose …
Jimmy Carter
October 30th, 2009
10:14 am
USinUK
October 30th, 2009
10:08 am
No, you didn’t miss anything. You said I should try to watch Roger and me without prejudice. I said I DID see the movie and liked it.
Maybe my point was not well stated. Not trying to say MM is a pedophile. Just saying a lot of people can do/create good things, bit it’s not a reason to put them on a pedestal. I believe MM is one of the most partisan individuals in the US. Many libs disdain Rush, Hannity and their ilk. MM is their polar opposite.
Paul
October 30th, 2009
10:16 am
Mrs. Godzilla
Three years old? Ugh!
Bought a Kitchenaid dishwasher. Five years in, couldn’t be fixed. They’d been bought by Whirlpool and the repair guy said Whirlpool told him to try and make the Whirlpool parts work.
I bought a Bosch dishwasher. No more worries.
(Oh, that was a Bosch brand dishwasher. Not one of our fellow blogger’s family members).
Jimmy Carter
October 30th, 2009
10:16 am
USinUK
October 30th, 2009
10:08 am
By the way, I said I liked Roger and me by MM. Wonder how many libs would EVER say they agreed with ANYTHING said by Rush? Just curious.
USinUK
October 30th, 2009
10:16 am
not jimmeh –
10:14 …
are you ready for this …
are you sitting down???
I’ll wait while you go get a glass of water (I think you’re going to need it)
I actually agree with you, for the most part.
Normal
October 30th, 2009
10:17 am
Paul, I know what you mean, those lint traps are nasty!
Jimmy Carter
October 30th, 2009
10:20 am
USinUK
October 30th, 2009
10:16 am
Water wasn’t necessary, however, and good, inflatable mattress would have helped when I hit the floor.
Del
October 30th, 2009
10:23 am
Normal
John Murtha was a transportation officer in the Marine Corps Reserve. He went to Vietnam only to get his chit punched for a career in politics. He didn’t serve in combat infantry and came back unscathed. He can be classified as a ex Marine but never a former Marine.
Kamchak
October 30th, 2009
10:24 am
In the context of the current thread, I agree with Jay’s proposal. To be followed by other incremental eliminations of earmarks.
Also full public financing of elections, obtained thru baby steps if necessary.
Agreed, campaign finance reform is the big picture. But as you quoted from Jay’s piece,”At the very least…” and now with “obtained thru baby steps if necessary,” you still want to drain the swamp with two teaspoons.
Asking them to do the very least, all the while taking baby steps, won’t get the swamp drained in the timely manner that you are demanding.
Marsh
October 30th, 2009
10:24 am
Paul @ 10:07,
I said,
“I’m surprised Bayh, Lieberman, and the whole Republican party aren’t on the list as well.”
You said,
“They were. Are.”
I merely asked for your sources. An intelligent person such as yourself should have no problem supplying them.
USinUK
October 30th, 2009
10:25 am
not jimmeh –
“Wonder how many libs would EVER say they agreed with ANYTHING said by Rush”
I dunno. I agreed with them when they said “there is unrest in the forest, there is trouble with the trees, cuz the maples want more sunlight and the oaks ignore their pleas.”
“however, and good, inflatable mattress would have helped when I hit the floor”
as Yukon Cornelius says, “Bumbles bounce!”
Bosch
October 30th, 2009
10:28 am
I’m not sure, and I hate to call names, but that 10:23 was just about the dumbest post I’ve seen on this here blog.
Morning Star
October 30th, 2009
10:28 am
Normal 8:25 am
If this is true, then I guess that a seat in Congress perverts the best of them.
My God, that is depressing.
Too bad but so true. Just look at the Insurance Company prostitutes on both sides of the isle. United Insurance Company/Wall Street States of America.
Normal
October 30th, 2009
10:29 am
Benn sittin’ here trying to think about what to get for lunch. This post makes me think of getting something pork. My catholic half says, you gotta have fish, it’s Friday. My Pagan side says eat Mother Nature.
Which one would you do?
By burried Southern Babtist side say eat whatever you want, just repent afterwards….
USinUK
October 30th, 2009
10:30 am
John Murtha’s service (from wiki)
Murtha left Washington and Jefferson College in 1952 to join the Marine Corps and was awarded the American Spirit Honor Medal for displaying outstanding leadership qualities during training. Murtha became a drill instructor at Parris Island and was selected for Officer Candidate School at Quantico, Virginia. Murtha was then assigned to the Second Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
(snip)
Murtha left the Marines in 1955. He remained in the Reserves after his discharge from active duty until he volunteered for service in the Vietnam War, serving from 1966 to 1967, serving as a battalion staff officer (S-2 Intelligence Section), receiving the Bronze Star with Valor device, two Purple Hearts and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. He retired from the Reserves as a Colonel in 1990, receiving the Navy Distinguished Service Medal.
sorry, Del Boy, the facts don’t support your dismissive attitude about his service. and no Marine I know would sanction it, either.
Paul
October 30th, 2009
10:31 am
Kamchak
[[you still want to drain the swamp with two teaspoons.]]
I don’t see how you read that into what I wrote.
Do I wish Congress, led by either party, had the courage and moral conviction to do what’s right, all at once? Yes.
Do they? No.
So I’d settle for incremental steps.
But even then I’m not holding my breath, regardless of which Party’s in power, as neither Party has shown they will. In spite of the rhetoric.
Marsh
You made a statement excluding Democrats, I made a flip response and you want sources?
LOLOL!
USinUK
October 30th, 2009
10:31 am
Bosch –
“I’m not sure, and I hate to call names, but that 10:23 was just about the dumbest post I’ve seen on this here blog.”
the day is young … and there are certain regulars who are not in attendance …
USinUK
October 30th, 2009
10:33 am
Bosch –
I can’t believe I nearly forgot to tell you … so, I’m flipping through the new Jamie Oliver cookbook last night (Jamie in America) – and, what do I see in his section about his visit to GA but cheesy shrimp grits!!! you never said he’d been to your house!!
Del
October 30th, 2009
10:33 am
9:22am
That’s because you’re an a$$ hole
Bosch
October 30th, 2009
10:34 am
USinUK,
Yeah, that’s true – and I totally forgot the post when NIF wrote that black people were brought up to be racists. That was a true classic.
USinUK
October 30th, 2009
10:35 am
(actually, I kinda like 9:22. 9:22 has always been very nice to me and is an excellent dancer. 9:27, however, can kiss my butt)
Bosch
October 30th, 2009
10:37 am
USinUK,
Yeah, Jamie and I are close. J/K – I wish ’cause he makes some rockin’ good food.
I’m tellin’ ya’ cheesy shrimp grits are as close to heaven on earth as it gets.
Kamchak
October 30th, 2009
10:38 am
I don’t see how you read that into what I wrote.
“the very least that they could do”
“baby steps”
Bosch
October 30th, 2009
10:40 am
Oh Blog God come on.
Well considering that I wrote the only 9:22 – I’m assuming Del meant that remark to me:
Oh, Del, you have NO idea.