This'n'That; February 24th[Earmarks;obamaSlimier;

"Clown Prince" Prattled On With Clever Verbage

[When the inexperienced, worthless, shit-bag "Clown Prince" was still the inexperienced, worthless, shit-bag senator from Illinois, he made this statement while campaigning to be the first fascist president of The United States of America:

"I also have championed greater disclosure requirements for earmarks to ensure that the public knows which member of Congress is sponsoring an earmark. However, even with all of these reforms, I have come to believe that the system is broken. We can no longer accept a process that doles out earmarks based on a member of Congress' seniority, rather than the merit of the project. We can no longer accept an earmarks process that has become so complicated to navigate that a municipality or non-profit group has to hire high-priced D.C. lobbyists to do it. And we can no longer accept an earmarks process in which many of the projects being funded fail to address the real needs of our country. The entire earmarks process needs to be re-examined and reformed."

obama spewed forth all that flowery rhetoric--designed to obfuscate the fact that while sounding like he wanted NO earmarks, rather than remove just the SILLY ONES--while saving all the others for his KoolAid drinkin' supporters and their constituents.]

We've [ http://capwiz.com/taxpayer ] found a number of interesting facts:

• Earmarking is still a bipartisan affliction.
• Earmarks go disproportionately to those powerful members in the room when the bills are written.
• While some members publicly state their aversion to earmarking, they often take credit back in their districts for bringing home the goods.

Top Earmark Recipients (Joint), Senate

Member......................................Amount........................................Number Cochran (R - MS)................$497,591,000.......................................242 Inouye (D - HI)...................$392,432,850.......................................158 Wicker (R - MS).................$368,039,000.......................................163 Byrd (D - WV)....................$292,014,000.........................................96 Harkin (D - IA)..................$267,589,200........................................194 Schumer (D - NY).............$243,485,190..........................................95 Levin, Carl (D - MI)..........$243,133,400........................................215 Reid (D - NV).....................$222,796,675.........................................162 Murray (D - WA)..............$219,538,750.........................................187 Feinstein (D - CA).............$211,298,500........................................158

Top Earmark Recipients (Solo), Senate

Member................................Amount............................................Number Byrd (D - WV)...................$251,188,000..........................................85 Inouye (D - HI).................$204,953,950..........................................66 Cochran (R - MS)..............$102,418,000..........................................72 Shelby (R - AL).................$100,550,000.........................................34 Bond (R - MO).....................$95,335,000.........................................62 Reid (D - NV).......................$91,253,475..........................................95 Harkin (D - IA)...................$66,616,000..........................................33 McConnell (R - KY)............$60,189,000.........................................38 Bennett, Robert (R-UT).....$58,910,000.........................................30 Leahy (D - VT).....................$57,320,700..........................................58

Top Earmark Recipients (Solo), House

Member...........................................Amount............................Number Young, Bill (R-FL-10th)...........$90,450,000..........................41 Lewis, Jerry (R-CA-41st)........$82,694,000...........................51 Murtha (D-PA-12th)................$82,443,000...........................34 Rogers, Harold (R-KY-5th).....$68,309,000..........................36 Obey (D-Wl-7th).......................$55,435,000..........................54 Pelosi (D-CA-8th).....................$46,255,000..........................29 Kaptur (D-OH-9th).................$40,808,000..........................36 Dicks (D-WA-6th)....................$39,314,000...........................21 Frelinghuysen (R-NJ-11th)....$39,200,000..........................16 Moran, James (D-VA-8th)......$38,399,000..........................46

Top 10 States, Per Capita Earmarks

State...............................................................................Per Capita Hawaii..............................................................................$318.26 North Dakota..................................................................$233.60 West Virginia..................................................................$173.74 Vermont..........................................................................$161.46 Mississippi.......................................................................$141.91 Alaska...............................................................................$139.77 Montana...........................................................................$124.77 South Dakota...................................................................$112.21 Rhode Island......................................................................$79.13 Nevada...............................................................................$79.07

So much for a regime-wide earmark reform, aye?!?!

"Clown Prince" Shown Gets Slimier By The Minute

"Whoever solicits or receives "any" thing of value, in consideration of the promise of support or use of influence in obtaining for any person any appointive office or place under the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both."

— 18 USC Sec. 211 — Bribery, Graft and Conflicts of Interest: Acceptance or solicitation to obtain appointive public office

"D.C. job alleged as attempt to deter Romanoff"

–Denver Post September 27, 2009

A bombshell has just exploded in the 2010 elections.

For the second time in five months, the Obama White House is being accused—by Democrats—of offering high ranking government jobs in return for political favors. What no one is reporting is that this is a violation of federal law that can lead to prison time, a fine or both.

The jobs in question?

Secretary of the Navy A position within the U.S. Agency for International Development.

The favor requested in return?

Withdrawal from Senate challenges to two sitting United States Senators, both Democrats supported by obama. The Senators are Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania and Michael Bennet in Colorado.

[How much more slime do we have to uncover on the "Fascist-in-Chief" before it's enough to charge him with the crimes he's committed or allowed his minions to commit?? If you or I tried the bullshit obama has ALREADY GOTTEN AWAY WITH, we'd be in jail, NOW !!!]

Til Nex'Time....