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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RMF who wrote (71277)	8/30/2009 6:32:18 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	7 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224720

What did Bush do in response to 9/11 that you think was so great? I know that HE and Cheney kinda HID quite a bit right after the attack. They were in "undisclosed" locations..LOL The White House was the preferred target of United flight 93. Would you have preferred that the president and vice president delivered themselves directly to Osama Bin Laden himself? What Bush did was make damn sure that the US didn't get attacked again. He took the fight to the people who attacked us. He set up shop in Iraq so that all of the muslim extremists would have a local target. He made sure that instead of attacking unarmed civilians, the muslim extremists were fighting a well armed military that could kick their collective asses. Did the stimulus actually GIVE a lot of money to this "ACORN" organization? Was it directly to these acorn guys or to some other organization they were involved with or what? ballotpedia.org According to an October 8, 2008 article in the New York Post, 40% of ACORN's operations are funded through grants it receives from various governmental entities.[7]. Grants have been issued to ACORN by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which gave $8.2 million to ACORN in the years between 2003 and 2006, as well as $1.6 million to ACORN affiliates. The Environmental Protection Agency gave a $100,000 grant to ACORN in 2004 for a Louisiana Justice Project, which removed lead from the homes of low income families. The Justice Department also gave a grant to ACORN in 2005 for a juvenile delinquency program. [8] a notso objective source spectator.org factcheck.org Q: Does the stimulus bill include a $5.2 billion payoff for ACORN? A: The bill does include funds for which ACORN would be eligible to compete - against hundreds of other groups. But most is for a housing rehabilitation program ACORN says it never applied for in the past and won’t in the future. and yet, right on Acorn's website under allied organizations is acorn housing corporation. "The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now established the ACORN Housing Corporation (AHC) in 1986 to build and preserve housing assets. Since its inception, AHC has assisted over 45,000 families to become first time homeowners, and has rehabilitated over 850 vacant and abandoned housing units" acorn.org

To: RMF who wrote (71277)	8/30/2009 10:14:07 PM
From: MJ	2 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 224720

RMF "What did Bush do in response to 9/11 that you think was so great? I know that HE and Cheney kinda HID quite a bit right after the attack. They were in "undisclosed" locations..LOL" MJ Comment Your attempt at humor is falling flat. That is precisely what a President or VP does in times of national security----security goes into operation asap. Take down the leaders and you have a country open to invasion from the skies and ground and sea. After Washington-----Chicago would have been next. Were you not aware that when the World Trade Center and then the Pentagon were hit that Capitol Hill was being evacuated spontaneously by everyone thinking that the Capitol or the White House or all of Washington was the next target? Surprised that you do not know about 'undisclosed' locations----that is common knowledge by Americans. Where they are is another question-----unless you happen to live and work near one mj

To: RMF who wrote (71277)	8/30/2009 11:27:18 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	5 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224720

The Absent-Minded Chairman Charlie Rangel wins the personal lottery. When normal people happen to "find" their own money, it might mean a twenty left in a winter coat, or discovering change beneath the sofa cushions. But if you're Charlie Rangel, it means doubling your net worth. Earlier this month the Chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee "amended" his 2007 financial disclosure form—to the tune of more than a half-million dollars in previously unreported assets and income. That number may be as high as $780,000, because Congress's ethics rules only require the Members to report their finances within broad ranges. This voyage of personal financial discovery brings Mr. Rangel's net worth for 2007 to somewhere between $1.028 million and $2.495 million, while his previous statement came in at $516,015 and $1.316 million. When you're a powerful Congressman and working diligently to increase tax rates to pay for President Obama's health-care plan, we suppose it's easy to lose track of one of your checking accounts. That would be the one at the federal credit union with a balance somewhere between $250,001 and maybe as high as $500,000. And when you're crunched for time and pulling together bills to pass in a rush, we guess, too, that you might overlook several other investment accounts, even if some of them are sizable, such as the ones Mr. Rangel missed at JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, Oppenheimer and BlackRock. Oh, and those vacant properties in Glassboro, in southern Jersey? Everybody in Manhattan tries not to think much about New Jersey, so those lots and their as-much-as-$15,000 value must also have slipped down the memory hole. (The New York Post reported yesterday that Mr. Rangel failed to pay property taxes for two of the lots, according to the county clerk's office.) The Chairman probably isn't doing a lot of dining at KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell or Long John Silver's, either, which may explain why he didn't disclose the $1,001 to $15,000 in stock he owns in Yum Brands, the conglomerate that runs those chain restaurants. Compared to his undisclosed portfolio stake in PepsiCo—$15,001 to $50,000—that's practically a rounding error. All lawmakers amend their financial reports from time to time, though rarely are the errors this extensive. Via email, a Rangel spokesman declined to offer details about how the errors occurred, noting that "Once the Ethics Committee completes its work, then we can answer questions in more detail." He added that Mr. Rangel is now "confident that his records have been subjected to an exhaustive and complete review, and that the amendments accurately reflect his financial interests." Among other issues, Mr. Rangel is currently under investigation regarding his use of four rent-stabilized apartments at New York City's tony Lenox Terrace and soliciting donations with his official letterhead for the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service at City College of New York, which was itself built with a $1.9 million earmark. Yet another part of the probe is his failure to report $75,000 in income from a rental villa at the beachfront Punta Cana Yacht Club, in the Dominican Republic. Mr. Rangel blamed that last one on the language barrier because he doesn't speak Spanish. We can only imagine what language he speaks with his accountants and tax attorneys.