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45716. alistairconnor - 1/12/2014 11:02:41 PM Somebody shoot me...
I agree with John McCain
John McCain seeks congressional investigation into 'broken' NSA | World news | theguardian.com McCain told CNN on Sunday that Congress was probably going to need to pass legislation to implement Obama’s recommendations, and was obliged to run its own investigation into the wider controversy over US surveillance. “Is there anybody believes that this system is not broken in many respects? I think not,” he said. “There has been overreach, it seems to me,” he added. “Sometimes these agencies have done things just because they can.
45717. judithathome - 1/18/2014 8:01:44 PM Another nail in Christie's coffin: Governor's Staff Held Sandy Money For City of Hoboken Hostage
This is really low...but, as everyone says, it's New Joisey...whadda ya gonna do?
Two senior members of Gov. Chris Christie’s administration warned a New Jersey mayor earlier this year that her town would be starved of hurricane relief money unless she approved a lucrative redevelopment plan favored by the governor, according to the mayor and emails and personal notes she shared with msnbc.
The mayor, Dawn Zimmer, hasn’t approved the project, but she did request $127 million in hurricane relief for her city of Hoboken – 80% of which was underwater after Sandy hit in October 2012. What she got was $142,000 to defray the cost of a single back-up generator plus an additional $200,000 in recovery grants.
45718. Wombat - 1/22/2014 6:25:12 PM Now in the frigid Nation's Capital, we are all agog over the flameout of former Republican golden boy Virginia's Governor Bob McDonnell. He was indicted yesterday on multiple counts of illegally accepting gifts and loans from a donor. A quick plunge from a potential VP candidate to suspected felon. Gov. Christie, are you paying attention? 45719. judithathome - 1/22/2014 7:41:24 PM I have been following that story since last summer...Rachel Maddow seemed to report on it daily; she had ALL the info on it.
I'm pretty sure the Governor's wife is what brought him down...yesterday she was standing by his side in fake blond extensions down past her shoulders...a woman her age should have better sense. Or at the very least, better taste. 45720. judithathome - 2/12/2014 8:46:19 PM Rand Paul Suing The President of The United States
Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul is going after the National Security Agency – in court this time.
“I am filing a lawsuit against President Barack Obama because he has publicly refused to stop a clear and continuing violation of the 4th Amendment,” Paul said in a statement Tuesday announcing his filing of a class-action lawsuit against the NSA. “The Bill of Rights protects all citizens from general warrants. I expect this case to go all the way to the Supreme Court and I predict the American people will win.”
Paul is teaming up with former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and the conservative advocacy group Freedomworks in filing the suit against the NSA over its collection of phone records from American telecommunications companies. The program, which is carried out under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, collects the date, time, duration and phone numbers that are party to a call. There are several lawsuits challenging the program already pending in federal courts across the country.
But those several lawsuits don't give Rand Paul the spotlight which he so desperately craves. 45721. alistairconnor - 2/14/2014 12:56:47 PM Somebody shoot me PLEASE...
I agree with Rand Paul. 45722. Trillium - 2/14/2014 3:47:27 PM I've met Rand Paul in person, at a Kentucky State Park. My impression: I don't think he "craves the spotlight" so much as he believes in a particular version of the American Dream, and is trying to put his shoulder to the wheel to make it happen.
In a different way (as community organizer) Obama did the same thing, working for HIS version of America. We all have a voice. 45723. iiibbb - 2/14/2014 4:18:00 PM In other words---
"Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence."
Napoleon Bonaparte
45724. arkymalarky - 2/14/2014 4:48:03 PM Yay! 45725. judithathome - 2/14/2014 8:41:03 PM Trillium, if you watch the Sunday political shows, you will start to notice that Mr. Paul manages to get on them with some "tasty" remarks that are, without fail, repeated every day following the shows until about Wednesday by the OTHER political shows.
He's a master at this sort of manipulation and uses it to get air time.
THAT is a fact...whether or not one agrees with his political stance or whether or not he is the next best thing to sliced bread as far as following his dream for America is concerned, those two things do not negate the fact he has mastered the techniques necessary to get on the airwaves thus drawing attention to himself....moreso than anyone else in the political realm today.
It's not just me claiming this...it has been commented on before by professional political commentators.
I am certain that once he declares his candidacy, each appearance will be accompanied by an embedded small flashing sign in the corner with his campaign address on it and all you'll need to do to donate to him is click on that icon. 45726. Trillium - 2/15/2014 4:45:33 AM I'm not convinced by any of the politicans. But I wouldn't hold it against someone if he analyzes a situation and figures out a strategy for working it.
On a different note, an insurance agent just told me about a possible healthcare marketplace deal for my niece, her husband and two kids... wow wouldn't that be great. The insurance companies are complaining, but I wonder if they couldn't cut costs somewhere else... like in advertising, things along that line? It sure would be excellent to have affordable healthcare. I had given up even thinking about it. We'll see how it all turns out. 45727. arkymalarky - 3/6/2014 1:20:08 AM Issa is a piece of work. 45728. judithathome - 3/31/2014 12:32:01 AM Arky, what do you think about David Brock jumping ship and being "FOR" Hillary today?
This dude was soooo anti-Clinton before and it looks as though, as his hair grew longer, the more he changed his attitude on Hillary...he is practically running a campaign for her today! 45729. arkymalarky - 3/31/2014 1:13:32 AM I noticed it but didn't really get any information on it. It just seems really bizarre to me, but I didn't hear him interviewed yesterday. I'll say this, I'll be all for Hillary if she will kerp bill out of her campaign except for what he would do for anyone else. His people ruined her campaign in 08 in my opinion. and for some reason, the older he gets the more everyone seems to like him and the less I really care for him. I just don't really like his style. everytime he talks it seems designed to create some kind of impression or something. I don't know. Lead to things like a used car salesman then he ever did to me. 45730. arkymalarky - 3/31/2014 1:14:21 AM He seems more like.... 45731. judithathome - 3/31/2014 2:17:27 AM I thought it was Hillary's staff who cocked it up for her back then...they seemed totally inept to me. 45732. judithathome - 3/31/2014 2:19:46 AM She remained loyal to them for far to long...they let things go downhill and she just sat back and let them continue...I said as much at the time right here on the Mote.
Since then, I've heard lots of people who hold the same view say the same thing...they just weren't ready for prime time. 45733. arkymalarky - 3/31/2014 5:37:55 AM I had thought idiot wassisface was a bill guy originally. Either way she wasn't steering her own ship and I couldn't respect her as a result. She seems to be embracing her own personality now instead of trying to manage her image. 45734. judithathome - 3/31/2014 9:07:57 PM I have a great idea for a sign women can carry when they are protesting the unfairness of places like Hobby Lobby which don't want to pay for their birth control pills:
If you can pay for HIS little blue pill, you can pay for my little pink one! 45735. arkymalarky - 3/31/2014 11:54:26 PM Good one!
I haven't boycotted a business since Exxon until this past year and my list is growing.
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