Senate Appropriations staffers are warning
that “business lobbyists are maneuvering to tack on special-interest amendments” to the hurricane emergency supplemental, WSJ reports.
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Of course these scumbags would want to tack pork onto an emergency fund. There is nothing too low for these bastards.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:08 pmI’m not surprised at all. Bills like that are SCUM MAGNETS! Every Jack Abramof and Mitchell Wade type evil jackbooted thug on K street.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:18 pmAny chance the wingers will criticize this looting?
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:26 pmPorkers will be added to the “CONTACT FREQUENTLY” list alongside the CIA LEAK DENIERS.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:29 pmattention all lobbyists: please report to NO for work.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:32 pmscrappppppp, me hauling dumbeddown to NO then to Iraq. nitwit
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:35 pmThese people would gag a maggot.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:40 pmAnyone care to summarise the report for those of us who haven’t subscribed to WSJ?
Z.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:42 pmhttp://www.veteransforpeace.org/impeachment/petition2.htm
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:50 pmSo what do we do? Who do we call?
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:52 pmIt is better to curse the darkness than it is to light a candle… always.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:55 pmYou aren’t the only ones with needs….
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September 2nd, 2005 at 1:55 pmSo are you actually saying that corporate lobbyists are in the clear, ethically speaking, when they attach ammendments to legislation intended only to send aid to the 1 million people whose lives have been upended? Are you really saying it’s wrong of us to criticize the people that honor only the almighty dollar and spit on the principles of democracy by robbing the citizens of this country of their representation?
Even for you, Ron, this position seems impossible to defend.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:01 pmLet me add as usual. I wish for a ton of roman candles and equal amount of matches. I know where to stick them, where our politicians sun don’t shine. It’s time to get real and get even with all the blood suckers in our country. Impeach, arrest and hold all of them accountable including their lobiest and the camels they rode in on….Blessings to America, we need it.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:26 pmScum suckers that they are — never failing to miss an opportunity to make a buck on poor, hungry, homeless, victims in order to line their own pockets.
September 2nd, 2005 at 3:14 pmLike Frist, who wants to repeal the estate tax vote next week - when I think the skunks can’t stoop any lower, they turn into snakes.
Absolutely DISGUSTING!
September 2nd, 2005 at 3:20 pmThese companies should be pushed into the spotlight and their ugliness and greed should be exposed. No one would agree to this sham if they only KNEW.
I can imagine that some of the following “because of the Katrina emergency” scenarios will show up in future GOP-written Congressional legislation:
* suspension of the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts along the Gulf Coast
* suspension of the Endangered Species Act along the Gulf Coast
* massive bailouts for all oil-related industry in the Southeast, whether or not they were directly affected
* waiver of all work safety rules for highway reconstruction in storm damaged areas
* waiver of liability for all oil-related industries
Tom Delay must be jubilant at the potential to sneak stuff like this through.
September 2nd, 2005 at 4:01 pm#14#17..hold on tight, it’s going to get bumpy.
September 2nd, 2005 at 6:26 pmI hear tom delay…let’s listen…HOLLOBURDEN..BUY BUY BUY….to his broker.
meander,
CONservatives always use tragedies as an opportunity to help their friends and undermine legal protections. That’s why the patriot act that undermines civil liberties was pushed through. They see their own failures as an opportunity to ‘fail’ the american ideal in even more grand ways - but yet they’re too self deluded to know this is what they accomplish.
September 2nd, 2005 at 7:28 pmWonder if Bush will repeal the recent bankruptcy bill that screwed the public and helped the credit companies?
September 2nd, 2005 at 7:34 pmRon #11, that was profound and I was humbled by that wonderful remark. I thought it ought to really put the “candle” up the some liberals butt.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but you got some schooling, huh? Book readin and all. I prefer O’Really’s book, “Who’s looking out for you,” for my insight. Who’s your daddy?
September 2nd, 2005 at 8:09 pmDon’t you Americans see that your rights are being chipped away while your sleeping, so called disasters will happen to you in time. Stop it now, get together and protect your country, protect your constitution.
September 2nd, 2005 at 10:46 pmHalliburton has already been awarded a big, no-bid contract for the devistated area.
Their first job is to rebuild Lotts house so that soon Bush can sit on the front porch.
September 3rd, 2005 at 9:59 am[…] I hope this isn’t true Posted by Don under Politics Think Progress » Senate Appropriations staffers are warning that “business lobbyists are maneuvering to tack on special-interest amendments” to the hurricane emergency supplemental, WSJ reports. […]
September 3rd, 2005 at 12:58 pmYou can be as sure as the sun rising in the east that the Republicans will find a way to line their pockets on this tragedy.
September 3rd, 2005 at 3:37 pmI just heard tonight that, once again, Halliburton has (another no-bid) contract to deal with Katrina’s damage to New Orleans. Will it NEVER end? There are so many people from N.O. that NEED the job, it’s THEIR city, and I’m SICK of Halliburton getting all the green. (I feel as though we should just make our yearly checks out to them, and skip the IRS) Those people can’t get enough of our money. The Neo-cons have looted, plundered, and stole enough of our money, not to mention our country and religion. If it weren’t for “special interests” we would have built N.O. some proper protection. (Please bear in mind that N.O. is the largest port in this country) Their budget was cut for the Iraq invasion, BUT there’s enough money in the budget to build a bridge to nowhere in Alaska - go figure.
September 6th, 2005 at 1:51 amI guess emailing, calling your senators, about pork being added to this emergency bill, might work, if everyone reminds them that sometime in the future they are up for re-election. But it takes alot of calls to get staff running to a senator, when the polls drop. For those who don’t follow the wishes of their constituents, they might find themselves unemployed. They can join their fellow Americans at the unemployment lines. Yeh, right, don’t I wish!
September 6th, 2005 at 2:04 am