We’ve only got Soros (where is my monthly check btw, George?). They’ve got the Koch Brothers, Satan’s little helper Rupert Murdoch, and another 184 billionaire-donors. Not to mention all those corporations…
After voicing his support for the recent wing-nut terrorist Joe Stack and his suicide air attack on the IRS, Steve King is now standing up for the little guy – the Washington lobbyists on K Street. They are apparently his ‘go to’ guys for all his information regarding pending legislation! Imagine that, getting all your campaign financing, legislative review and background information from one convenient source!
Has Mr. King taken over the Pombo mantle of Congressional venality? How does an evil dumbfuck like that get elected anyway – they can’t be that stupid in Iowa, can they?
For the short term, I think Pelosi should strip Mr. King of his congressional staffers and aides, since he his needs can all be satisfied by K Street.
*Update 2/26/10* Please show your appreciation for Mr. King by donating to one of his two Democratic challengers in the Iowa 5th District, Matthew Campbell or Mike Denklau. I prefer Mike, but I think Matt might have the edge in $ and seems more Iowan. They said we couldn’t unseat Pombo here in CA, but McNearney is in Congress and Pombo is off shagging sheep, so it can be done!
*Update 2 2/26/10* Seems to be the day for asshole Republican Congressmen. Trent Franks believes African Americans were better off as slaves then they are today – some tortured argument involving abortion. Let’s fund whomever runs against him!
Come on Dem leadership, grow a pair! This is what I’m talkin’ about:
And this is just a Canadian!!!
Tip of the ‘Nose to Recruiter Buddy!
We may have invented the solar cell, but China has taken the lead in manufacturing solar panels – and wind turbines as well, to add a little salt into the wound.
President Obama, in his State of the Union speech last week, sounded an alarm that the United States was falling behind other countries, especially China, on energy. “I do not accept a future where the jobs and industries of tomorrow take root beyond our borders — and I know you don’t either,” he told Congress.
That’s just rhetoric, Mr. President, Congress wants whatever their corporate masters tell them to want. And in spite of what Justice Alito may have been muttering during your speech, that’s regardless of where those corporate masters may live. Multinationals just follow the money.
The Bush-appointed SCOTUS majority hastens the end of representative democracy with their catastrophic ruling eliminating Corporate campaign donation limits. Well we had a good 200-odd year run, give or take a few misAdministrations.
Depressing news, a new world record – there are now 1 billion hungry people in the world, about 1 out of every 7 people. Lester Brown of the WorldWatch Institute warns how food shortages are leading to failed states and a threat to the overall world order.
Venal senators from the Midwest just don’t get it – they insist on porking out the current energy bill with subsidies for corn farmers, diverting food from the plates of the world poor into the gas tanks of the rich’s SUVs.
A $452,000 annual salary? Appoint me!Members of the new Federal Public Company Accounting Oversight Board voted themselves $452,000 annual salaries recently, citing the need to pay industry-level wages in order to remain competitive and attract top talent. Nay-sayers like Ralph Nader decry this evident greed, pointing out that executive salaries in the private sector are already “above any reasonable assessment of their performance,” and suggesting that folks who work for the public interest would certainly be happy to work at the same salary level as the U.S. President ($400k/year, not counting ‘perks’ like free travel on Air Force One, bodyguards, lifetime pension and a future home-town library).
In spite of such lavish remuneration, these spots have been notoriously tough to fill – apparently at least 2 of the 5 board members must be actual CPAs (i.e. have some appearance of qualifications), and the nominees must be willing to divest themselves of “conflict of interest” engagements and investments before assuming the post. Is that all?
