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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As celebrities threw an early 90th birthday party for Nelson Mandela in London's Hyde Park on Friday, U.S. lawmakers erased references to the former South African leader as a terrorist from national databases.
"Heck-who am I to bellyache? At least the Democrat House gave us “Frank
Sinatra Day,” “National Train Day,” “National Plumbing Industry Week,” and
“National Passport Month” according to a recent Blunt presser. Feel all warm and
fuzzy yet? No? There's more-'the Democrat House has been so busy naming months
for various causes that they have now named 51 months...27 more than are
actually on the calendar for a two year Congress."
"It appears that Representative (and Senate candidate) Mark Udall will be
introducing a resolution on Monday which would seek to condemn Rush Limbaugh's
obscene attack on the integrity and patriotism of American service
members."
"Geez, Congress has just about pissed off the entire country in less than a
year. There must be multiple records in here somewhere. If I were the Dems I
would not be cocky but try to go back the “humble servant of the people” thing.
With only 11% support (less than half of Bush’s support at 26%), Congress needs
to start asking what it can do to avoid being summarily fired in 2008. No more
dictating. Some serious a$$ kissing to We The People is in order"
"The Senate has rejected the habeas corpus legislation in a 56 to 43 vote.
Senator Patrick Leahy put out a statement: “It is difficult to defend the higher
ground by taking the lower road. The world knows what our enemies stand for. The
world also knows what this country has tried to stand for and live up to — in
the best of times, and the worst of times. … We will not give up on this
important effort.”"
To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District
(not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and
the acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United
States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent
of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of
Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings ...
The argument regarding the racial composition of Washington DC is ludicrous
on its face. The exclusion of DC from Congressional representation precedes
voting rights for African-Americans by 76 years. It has nothing to do with
racial animus, but rather with preserving a neutral zone in which Congress can
work and deliberate. The founders were clear in their construct of a Congress
representing the sovereign states and not federal territory -- which is why we
don't have Representatives from Guam and Senators from American Samoa.
"The 22 Most Corrupt Members of Congress are: * Sen. Pete V. Domenici (R-NM) *
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) * Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) * Sen. Ted Stevens
(R-AK) * Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) * Rep. John T. Doolittle (R-CA) * Rep. Tom
Feeney (R-FL) * Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA) * Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) * Rep.
William J. Jefferson (D-LA) * Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA) * Rep. Gary G. Miller
(R-CA) * Rep. Alan B. Mollohan (D-WV) * Rep. Timothy F. Murphy (R-PA) * Rep.
John P. Murtha (D-PA) * Rep. Steve Pearce (R-NM) * Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ) * Rep.
Harold Rogers (R-KY) * Rep. David Scott (D-GA) * Rep. Jerry Weller (R-IL) * Rep.
Heather A. Wilson (R-NM) * Rep. Don Young (R-AK) The two to watch are: * Sen.
Larry E. Craig (R-ID) * Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)"
"Franken has an aura of authenticity that Minnesotans were buzzing about. Maybe
it's that he sometimes gets so angry over a Bush Administration sin that he
stumbles over his words and loses any semblance of a politician's veneer. Maybe
it's that he has confronted all of the Right's biggest bullies (O'Reilly,
Limbaugh, Gingrich, Wolfowitz, among others) and no half-hearted liberal would
put his reputation in harm's way so recklessly and frequently. Regardless of the
reason, people buy in. 'We tend to send the same kind of people [to
Washington],' said a retired farmer I spoke with Minnesota. '[They] are
arrogant, have ambition, and have drive, and when they get there they kind of
forget why they went. I think Al is the kind of person who if he got there would
be the same kind of person he is now.'"
"Ex-Veco Corp. CEO Bill Allen admitted in court Friday that he had company
employees work several months on a remodeling project at the Girdwood home of
U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens. The former head of the oil field services company made
the admission Friday while testifying in the federal corruption trial of a
former state lawmaker."
"Who’s to blame? House Republican leadership, for one, who had knowledge of
Foley’s inappropriate behavior for years. The emails originally leaked out of
the office of Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-LA), a Democrat-cum-Republican [Oh they
didn’t write that. Oh yes they did. -eds] who changed parties in 2004. But the
untold story is that the media, too, had a hand in protecting Foley."
"Sen. Larry Craig should be allowed to withdraw his guilty plea in a sex sting
because he was under extreme stress after being hounded by journalists asking
questions about his sexuality, his lawyer argues."
