House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has directed nearly $100,000 from her political action committee to her husband’s real estate and investment firm over the past decade, a practice of paying a spouse with political donations that she supported banning last year..
The payments have quadrupled since Mr. Pelosi took over as treasurer of his wife’s committee in 2007, Federal Election Commission records show. FLS is on track to take in $48,000 in payments this year alone – eight times as much as it received annually from 2000 to 2005, when the committee was run by another treasurer..
Washington Times – EXCLUSIVE: Pelosi paid husband with PAC funds.
Monthly Archives: October 2008
“the system”
I wanted to point you all to an outstanding point made by Lee Cary @ the American Thinker.
Here’s what he [Obama] said,
“But understand this: We also have to look at where some of our tax revenues are going. So when Sen. McCain proposes a $300 billion tax cut, a continuation not only of the Bush tax cuts, but an additional $200 billion that he’s going to give to big corporations, including big oil companies, $4 billion worth, that’s money out of the system.”
“The system.” What is this system to which Senator Obama referred?
This system is the federal government’s budget — the hub of Obama’s American economy – the center of the nation’s financial universe — the core of the American enterprise. It’s the federal government’s taxing system.
The center of his economic universe is the budget of the federal government.
Live-blogging the 2nd debate
10:32 – WOOO.. the debate’s over???? that was the fastest 60 minutes ever…
10:30 – we aren’t going to see “that dream” if you force equality on everyone, Obama…
10:27 – Obama is sounding surprisingly rational in response to the Iran question (his “no preconditions” comment did not inspire much confidence, however)
10:25 – McCain lays the UN Security counsil bare… what help are they???
10:22 – McCain really realizes the consequences of his responses as evidenced in the Russia question.
10:18 – Georgia needs all the help they can get… http://michaeltotten.com/
10:15 – “responsible” withdrawal — the Obama “doctrine”
10:11 – ok… Obama is finally taming his tone on Pakistan. Musharrif was NOT a dictator though… (at least, not in the common sense of the term)
10:06 – McCain is really showing nuance on the use of Military force. He’s winning big points here. He has a lifetime of experience he is sharing with the American people… nice.
9:58 – All of a sudden Obama is concerned about MORAL issues… what about the ethnic cleansing in Iraq?
9:51 – Obama just said, “if there is a huge pool, we can drop the costs”. That might be true with widget production but it CERTAINLY isn’t true
9:50 – I love how both candidates make the questioner feel SOO SMART! MY, what an INTELLIGENT QUESTION YOU HAVE!!
9:47 – “That one!” My, I’ve never heard McCain this condecending. Not sure that bought him alot of goodwill.
9:45 – I just realized how much I LOVE the town-hall format. Who wants to get stared at unblinkingly?
9:44 – Nuclear power creates hundreds OF THOUSANDS of jobs???!!! WHAT? McCain, are you serious? He’s staying positive though… I’ve got to hand him that. Obama seems so tame in comparison.
9:42 – McCain pandering to the leftists that won’t vote for him anwyay… what a waste of time.
9:38 – Obama – “we’re going to have to TAKE ON entitlements”… thanks for the sound byte… I’m sure I’ll bring it up in a couple years when you renig on that one
9:37 – McCain on cutting taxes… wow, I can’t remember him EVER being this excited.
9:35 – cutting government spending “across the board” – is an “unfair burden sharing” according to Mr. Obama. huh?! I guess government isn’t going to be one of the entities who will “share” the burden
9:32 – Obama, in the same sentence says we need to encourage offshore drilling… but then implies the government will take away offshore leases. sigh..
9:31 – WTF… Obama is a) using 9/11 politically! and b) is crediting BUSH for doing SOMETHING right!
9:30 – “were’ not riffleshots here” — that’s right… we’re a fully loaded gatlin gun
9:27 – McCain brought up the overhead projector again–but admitted that there are “good” pork projects and bad ones…
9:25 – They’re still paying $3.80 for gas in nashville?
9:22 – McCain finally said “my friends” … great, now I can start drinking.
9:20 – “invest in college affordability”? What the hell does that mean? Cutting costs is not “investing” in anything.
9:18 – Good question, Mrs. Fintch! We CAN’T trust Washington… Obama is just rambling… searching in vain for a thought. Oh, and we DIDN’T have surpluses, Mr. Obama. And how much better have things gotten since DEMOCRATS took congress, Mr. Obama?
9:17 – Way to talk up American workers, McCain… that’s a winning message.
9:16 – You are “very confident” in the US economy, Mr. Obama? Something doesn’t jive…
9:14 – No, Mr. Obama… i AM interested in seeing politicians pointing fingers. Let’s SEE those fingers!
9:13 – McCain is taking it to FANNIE AND FREDDIE and Democrats in Congress. WORRRD.
9:10 – McCain seems short of breath. Totally threw me with that home prices mumbo-jumbo. How is the GOVERNMENT going to “fix” the problem of over-valued housing prices?
(another) new design
thoughts?
Thank God for Orwell
or else we wouldn’t even have a word to describe the ‘doublespeak’ that is happening on capital hill:
Now is the time for the fiscal conservative House Republicans who voted against the bailout on Monday (before it ballooned to four times its size) to buckle down. Refuse to be bought off. Refuse to be co-opted by the Orwellian “It’s a ‘rescue,’ not a bailout” propaganda ministers. Refuse to be pressured and panicked and bullied by the Apocalyptics. Refuse to submit to Pelosi/Frank/Paulson’s collective will. Refuse to flip-flop. Refuse to swallow.