So, here's the news from the Senate. Martha Johnson was nominated to head the General Services Administration, and was confirmed by a nearly unanimous vote -- but only after having had her nomination held hostage for nine months by Senator Kit Bond, who wanted more pork for Kansas City. And now Senator Richard Shelby has placed a hold on -- are you seated -- all, all, Obama administration nominees, until he gets some pork for Alabama.
"There was a lot of frustration in there," said a Democratic senator who declined to be identified. "People were hot," another Democratic senator said. Read more...
"People were hot," another Democratic senator said.
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On the same day Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn officially claimed the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, he found out that his newly-minted running mate has a rap sheet that includes alleged domestic battery and tax evasion.... According to court records obtained by the Chicago Tribune, Scott Lee Cohen, a millionaire pawnbroker who prevailed with a narrow plurality in the crowded primary for lieutenant governor, was accused by his ex-girlfriend, a prostitute, of holding a knife to her neck in a 2005 domestic dispute.... "I have no intention of stepping down or stepping aside. When the facts come to light, after my ex-wife and ex-girlfriend speak, the people of Illinois can decide, and I will listen to them directly," said Cohen. Read more...
According to court records obtained by the Chicago Tribune, Scott Lee Cohen, a millionaire pawnbroker who prevailed with a narrow plurality in the crowded primary for lieutenant governor, was accused by his ex-girlfriend, a prostitute, of holding a knife to her neck in a 2005 domestic dispute....
"I have no intention of stepping down or stepping aside. When the facts come to light, after my ex-wife and ex-girlfriend speak, the people of Illinois can decide, and I will listen to them directly," said Cohen.
I think a teabagger (IL is a moderate Republican-old school democrat state) might get the GOP nomination for Gov., though it is practically a 3-way tie between the candidates (and was also practically a tie between the Dem. candidates too.) A guy who helped his family run a failed bank that gave large loans to mobsters got the Dem. nod for Senate, so you can expect that seat to be lost. On the upside, a progressive reform candidate won Cook County Board President. We'll see how long it takes them to turn her into a vampire... "Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
Cohen's rap sheet stuns Illinois Dems - Josh Kraushaar - POLITICO.com
"I tried to tell everyone about this early on. I wanted to talk about all of these issues, but everyone wrote me off, and said I didn't have a chance to win. Now that I'm the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor, the day after the election, there are questions. I am happy to answer any and all questions; I just need time to do so," he said.
This falls squarely into "Love means never having to say you're sorry" territory.
Is there a Mr. O'Neal in the house? A Ms. McGraw? The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman
I'm sure somebody once said something about leaving the kitchen if you thought it was too hot. but that aside, while Franken is right that the white house has shown the opposite of leadership on this, the senate has hardly covered itself in glory.
If you wanted to talk about being set-up, it's hard to avoid concluding that the WH wanted to avoid their own nasty little pharma-deal becoming the story of HCR, so they allowed the Senate to fight like rats in a sack until what was left was a threadbare and embarrassing mess. But the Senate didn't have to be so obliging; it's their fault too. keep to the Fen Causeway
"House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, (D-Mass.) won with 49 percent of the vote. In second place was Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) with 26.3 percent. Third-place honors went to Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) with 6.6 percent. Honorable mentions go out to Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.) with 5.9 percent and Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) with 5.5 percent. President Barack Obama was the overwhelming favorite in the write-in category, coming in just behind Rep. Abercrombie and ahead of last-place Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood." Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
S.C. Code of Laws Title 23 Chapter 29 Subversive Activities Registration Act - www.scstatehouse.gov-LPITS
Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety CHAPTER 29. SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES REGISTRATION ACT
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SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES REGISTRATION ACT
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Every member of a subversive organization, or an organization subject to foreign control, every foreign agent and every person who advocates, teaches, advises or practices the duty, necessity or propriety of controlling, conducting, seizing or overthrowing the government of the United States, of this State or of any political subdivision thereof by force or violence or other unlawful means, who resides, transacts any business or attempts to influence political action in this State, shall register with the Secretary of State on the forms and at the times prescribed by him.
Is it your intention, during your visit, to overthrow the government of the USA ?
I wholeheartedly admire Gilbert Harding, who replied "Sole purpose of visit". Although some say his reply was "Not sole purpose of visit" which is more acidly ambiguous. keep to the Fen Causeway
