Classic's Crap

[classicman]

Senators load financial overhaul with irrelevancies

WASHINGTON — Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., wants the government to finish building the 700-mile fence between the U.S. and Mexico. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., wants to end the health insurance industry's antitrust protection. West Virginia's two senators want help with mine and oil rig safety.

They all want to add these things to the financial regulatory overhaul bill that's moving through the Senate, even though their ideas have little or nothing to do with oversight of financial markets.

Senators have proposed 326 amendments to the bill, whose chief purpose is to revamp the system that's regulated financial institutions since the Great Depression, but failed to prevent the current deep recession.

The bill could be the last major legislation this Congress approves — and draw enormous media attention — before November's congressional elections. That's why it's attracting a lot of extraneous amendments.

"A lot of senators see this bill as a good forum, and they see the session winding down after this," said David Arkush, the director of Congress Watch, a watchdog group.

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I think they see this as one of the last pieces of legislation getting done before the potential clusterfuck returns.

[classicman]

The positives seem so far outnumbered by the BS game-playing and posturing.

Yeh, this or that bill/law/amendment will save a million, but then all the crap that gets added on to it ends up costing way more and has tons of unforeseen consequences.
Or the outright lying cheating and stealing that has been a constant occurrence for far too long.

The politics of politics sicken me.

[classicman]

More political bullshit. I hope they throw away the keys!

Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced to a maximum of five years in prison this morning by Wayne Circuit Judge David Groner, who said the former mayor engaged in "contemptible behavior" by hiding assets from the court.

Groner chastised Kilpatrick before imposing the sentence, which included a minimum of 18 months in prison.

"Probation is no longer an option. The terms of your earlier probation no longer apply. That ship has sailed," Groner said. "This is all because of the actions of you, Mr. Kilpatrick. You were convicted ... all because you lied under oath. That lie ... was part of a broader attempt to cover up your misdeeds while serving as mayor.
"You challenged this court's authority," Groner said. "You attempted to utilize semantics and exploit loopholes. The broader context of this issue is that your family living expenses -- including living in a million-dollar home, driving a brand new Escalade and purchasing elective surgery for your wife -- you have made it perfectly clear that it's more important to pacify your wife than comply with my orders."

Kilpatrick will get 120 days credit for time he served in 2008-2009 in the Wayne County Jail. That means he will serve 14 months in a Michigan prison before he can apply for parole.

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One other thing, and I think I've mentioned this before. I think it should be mandatory that the press put a symbol next to their name. Not once does it state what party this guy was from. I'm not going to say its a "liberal media issue" but I do find it odd that when some politician has something to say about an issue or is making a speech, whatever, their name and party is almost always listed.

Some interesting history of his career here

Originally Posted by classicman

One other thing, and I think I've mentioned this before. I think it should be mandatory that the press put a symbol next to their name. Not once does it state what party this guy was from. I'm not going to say its a "liberal media issue" but I do find it odd that when some politician has something to say about an issue or is making a speech, whatever, their name and party is almost always listed.

The media identifies party affiliation of national office holders as a standard practice....hell, Fox often misidentifies party affiliation.

But, for the record, Detroit local elections, like most cities in the country, are non-partisan.

[Flint]

THIS THREAD IS BULLCRAP AND YOU'RE FACE IS BULLCRAP.

[classicman]

The BS meter just broke - You are so full of shit your eyes are brown.

Originally Posted by classicman

The BS meter just broke - You are so full of shit your eyes are brown.

Its bullshit to point out that elections in Detroit. like most cities, are non-partisan?

And as such, since they are not elected within a party structure, the media does not identify local politicians by party.

[classicman]

I think it should be mandatory that the press put a symbol next to their name.)

No BS there. Again it is my opinion in my thread.

[TheMercenary]

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[classicman]

Charlene Lugar, GOP Senator's Wife, Pleads Guilty To Drunk Driving In Crash

FAIRFAX, Va. � The wife of Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana has pleaded guilty to drunken driving in a crash with a parked car in Virginia.

The Virginia judge suspended a 30-day jail sentence but in a hearing Friday placed severe restrictions on Charlene Lugar's driver's license for the next year.

The 77-year-old was charged in November after hitting an unattended car in her McLean neighborhood in the Washington suburbs. Police spotted Lugar about two miles away, still behind the wheel while smoke rose from the hood of her Buick.

Court records indicate her blood-alcohol level was 0.11, above the legal limit of 0.08.

The senator's office declined comment. After the arrest, Lugar's office issued a statement saying he and his wife were "deeply sorry."

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I guess that apparently extends to family members as well.
No bias there

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by classicman

Charlene Lugar, GOP Senator's Wife, Pleads Guilty To Drunk Driving In Crash

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I guess that apparently extends to family members as well.
No bias there

????

You guess what apparently extends to family members as well?

[TheMercenary]

The media of today are so far up the Dems ass they all look brown.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

The media of today are so far up the Dems ass they all look brown.

That's your stupid bullshit opinion

[classicman]

Congressman Assaults Student on Washington Sidewalk

One perspective:

Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-N.C.) appeared unreceptive to the question of an anonymous reporter this weekend, when he grabbed the self-identified "student" after he asked the congressman if he "fully supported the Obama agenda."

Etheridge appears visibly irritated and immediately asks, "who are you?" before knocking the interviewer's camera to the ground.

In the next shot, Etheridge grabs the reporter's wrist and continually asks him to identify himself. The cameraman replies, "we're just here for a project...we're just students."

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and another:

Let’s recap what we saw on this video. A sitting Congressman–a presumed living extension of James Madison and other founding fathers–was asked on a public street whether he supported the President’s agenda. His response was to hit away a video camera and assault a student. The age of Pericles this ain’t.

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[classicman]

Etheridge held a press conference today to once again apologize, calling his actions "unacceptable."(video at left)

"No matter how partisan and no matter how difficult things get sometimes, that's no excuse for my response," he said. "I came today to say I'm sorry."

Etheridge said the confrontation happened after he came out of a meeting in Washington, D.C.

"The truth is, I had a long day, it was the end of the day -- but that's not the issue," he said. "I've been through a lot of tough situations... I've been spat at, pushed on and threatened before, and that's no excuse for... not walking on by."

Etheridge said he still did not the identity of the students in the video. Asked whether he thought Republicans set up the confrontation, he responded, "I'll let you find that out. Maybe somebody will, I'm not going there."

The Democratic National Committee is going there, Politico reports.

"Motives matter, and I think you can see who was behind this," DNC spokesman Brad Woodhouse told Politico. "This was a Republican party tracking operation. If it wasn't a party tracker or intern, why is the face blurred and why is the source hidden? You know if it had been a right wing blog, they'd identify themselves and they'd be booking this person on TV all day... If that doesn't tell you this is a Republican Party hatchet job nothing will."

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Does it really matter - the guy snapped and assaulted the young man. He could have easily done the right thing and kept walking.