Post #339,610
2/9/11 9:55:41 PM
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Democrats ask Thomas to recuse himself from Health Care
http://www.politico....s/0211/49166.html
Seventy-four House Democrats are asking Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from any health care reform cases, citing reports that his wife financially benefited from efforts to repeal the legislation.
Pretty straight forward position here, Thomas's wife advertised herself as a lobbyist to companies that seek to overturn Obama's health care reform bill. If that is really true, then Thomas should step aside.
I'm curious to know just how much she has actually targeted these companies, and how much is the Democrats trying to make an issue. But that she makes a living as a lobbyist is really bad enough itself. Family members of federal officials should not be allowed to work as a lobbyist at all.
Jay
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Post #339,617
2/9/11 11:06:58 PM
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that wont work, the pelosi's would be broke
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Post #339,649
2/10/11 9:12:34 PM
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Pelosi's a judge? That's news to me
"Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from."
-- E.L. Doctorow
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Post #339,667
2/11/11 9:33:04 AM
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naw, her hubby makes money off of her legislation
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Post #339,708
2/12/11 11:23:49 AM
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so where's the reason for recusal?
lots of people make money off her votes in Congress - just like lots of people make money off Boner's decisions as Speaker.
"Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from."
-- E.L. Doctorow
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Post #339,731
2/13/11 11:33:10 AM
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the old "just cut a check to my husband" routine eh
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Post #339,737
2/13/11 12:10:12 PM
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Pelosi wrote private bill for hubby? I didn't know that.
http://en.wikipedia....ill#United_States
There's a difference between being a biased judge and being a biased representative in Congress.
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #339,745
2/13/11 3:22:34 PM
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Re: the old "just cut a check to my husband" routine eh
Supreme Court spouse Ginni Thomas has a new job  as the head of a Tea Party lobbying firm called ÂLiberty Consulting. Her new firm, which promises to give Âvoice to principled citizens and the tea party movement in the halls of Congress through governmental affairs efforts also offers a very unusual service to its clients:
Liberty Consulting offers advice for short or long term projects and bringing resources to bear for impact  whether it includes a short term bill-reading project, assistance on congressional oversight efforts or an effective coalition for impact. Additionally, Liberty Consulting offers advice on optimizing political investments for charitable giving in the non-profit world or political causes.
Ginni Thomas new career advising clients on how to donate money to political causes is striking in light of the fact that this career path was much more difficult to break into just one year ago. In Citizens United v. FEC, GinniÂs husband Clarence cast the key fifth vote enabling corporations to spend unlimited money influencing U.S. elections. As a result of this vote, outside groups spent nearly $300 million influencing the 2010 elections  much of which would have been illegal before Justice Thomas greenlighted this spending.
Now, Ginni Thomas appears to have found a way to earn money off her husbandÂs actions as a justice. Clarence Thomas released countless amounts of corporate spending on U.S. elections, and Ginni Thomas can get rich advising those corporate clients on how to direct that spending.
http://thinkprogress...homas-corruption/
"Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from."
-- E.L. Doctorow
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Post #339,814
2/16/11 1:29:36 AM
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Another day.. in the corrupt soap opera, Murican Life 101
And the populace is so perpetually stoned, it all just goes --> ^Zoooommm^ as in,
cha. cha. cha.
I could almost see voting for Palin in 2012 on the grounds that this sorry ratfucking excuse for a republic, this savage, smirking, predatory empire deserves her. Bring on the Rapture, motherfuckers!
-- via RC
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