If true this is wrong!
HP-The mother of Bristol Palin’s boyfriend sent text messages discussing drug transactions less than a month after the young woman’s mother, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, was nominated as the Republican vice presidential candidate, according to court documents filed this week.
An affidavit from an Alaska state trooper, filed Monday, states that Sherry […]

HUH?

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Is this over for Obama?
Politico-President-elect Barack Obama’s aides plan to release a report this week absolving incoming chief of staff Rahm Emanuel of any impropriety in his contacts with the disgraced Illinois governor’s office, Democratic sources tell Politico.
The report is expected Monday or Tuesday. Obama said last week that he was delaying it until this […]

HP-”Mark Felt, the man who helped bring down President Richard Nixon as the infamous ‘Deep Throat’ for investigative reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, died at his Santa Rosa home Thursday afternoon surrounded by family,” the Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported.
Felt, 95, suffered from congestive heart failure but the immediate cause of death was not […]

Do we not have a pattern here with Bush and company?
WP-The nation’s chief securities regulator said yesterday it was “deeply troubling” that his agency had failed to catch perhaps the largest Ponzi scheme in history despite “credible and specific allegations . . . repeatedly brought to the attention of SEC staff” regarding the activities of […]

Agree or disagree?
HOT-I was saddened to learn that at a time of national trial, when a president-elect is preparing to take office in the midst of the worst financial crisis in over seventy years, that the Republican National Committee is engaged in the sort of negative, attack politics that the voters rejected in the 2006 […]

Is he a hero or a criminal? What do you think
NEWSWEEK-Thomas M. Tamm was entrusted with some of the government’s most important secrets. He had a Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance, a level above Top Secret. Government agents had probed Tamm’s background, his friends and associates, and determined him trustworthy.
It’s easy to see why: he […]

       
By Jack E. Lohman
Yes, for a price. Congressmen make $170K per year, plus tips. I say let’s double it but eliminate the tips.
I didn’t vote for Barack Obama, but something he said about Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich resonated with me and should with you.
Some people enter politics for good reasons, he says: like to be a […]

A little bathroom humor?
FOX-Idaho Sen. Larry Craig has lost his latest attempt to withdraw his guilty plea in the Minneapolis airport men’s room sex sting that effectively ended his Senate career.
A three-judge panel of the Minnesota Court of Appeals on Tuesday rejected the Republican’s bid to toss out his disorderly conduct conviction.
Craig still has […]

The lobbyist money changers in WASHINGTON!
NPR…The Nationals tickets were bargains for Freddie Mac, part of a well-orchestrated, multimillion-dollar campaign to preserve its largely regulatory-free environment, with particular pressure exerted on Republicans who controlled Congress at the time.
Internal Freddie Mac budget records show $11.7 million was paid to 52 outside lobbyists and consultants in 2006. Power […]

At the Guangzhou Ornaments factory, every single labor law in China, along with internationally recognized worker rights standards, are being systematically violated on a daily basis.
Grueling Hours:
Ten to 12 to 15-hour shifts, seven days a week are the norm during the long, eight-month busy season. Workers can go for months without a single day […]

Are the lobbyist in charge?
HOTAIR-Scientists have discovered a lotion that can save the lives of U.S. soldiers exposed to chemical weapons — a product vastly superior to the standard-issue decontamination powder.
Naturally, the Defense Department wants to scrap the powder and switch to the more-effective lotion.
But there’s a problem: After being lobbied by the companies making […]

By Jack E. Lohman
The Big Three want a bailout even after running their companies into the ground. After all of the political posturing, it appears that they’ll get it, even though they shouldn’t.
But the special interests have paid their dues, and it’s payback time. That’s the way the game is played.
Clearly, Congress is a whiz with […]

Will this be a big issue for Bush and company?
The Washington Post says a federal prosecutor has been actively investigating the Justice Department’s removal of nine U.S. attorneys.
Nora Dannehy, a prosecutor who’s based in Connecticut, “has been meeting with defense lawyers, dispatching subpoenas and seeking information about the events” that took place about two […]

Lobbyist for hire
THEHILL-A number of convicted criminals have turned to K Street for help in gaining a last-minute pardon from President Bush before he exits the White House in January.
Prominent law firms, think tanks and grassroots movements have gotten behind those who are seeking relief from the justice system. They have lobbied on legislation, put […]