269K.
By on Jan 14th, 2006 at 7:30 pm
269K.
How much former Attorney General John Ashcroft has made as a lobbyist representing four clients for just three months.
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If I didn’t have morals and intellect, I could be filthy rich too! Damn the luck…
January 14th, 2006 at 7:39 pmYeah, but how much of that money was spent on bribes?
Come on, he only made $150k. That’s like, class warfare!
January 14th, 2006 at 7:48 pmLet the eagle soar.
January 14th, 2006 at 7:49 pmTypical leftists, villifying a man for being smart enough to make good money legitimately.
January 14th, 2006 at 7:50 pmHe’s also working on a solo albumn.
And hunting down calico cats in his spare time.
January 14th, 2006 at 7:50 pm“Typical leftists, villifying a man for being smart enough to make good money legitimately. Gary Ruppert”
Is that what they call influence peddling these days? I’m sure Abramoff’s and Cunningham’s lobbyist’s money were legitimate as well. Republican lobbyists have such a high degree of ‘legitimacy’ right now, I can understand why you’d want to protect that belief. You probably believe in the flat earth and talking donkies of the christian bible as well don’t you? I pity you, poor guy.
January 14th, 2006 at 7:53 pmWell he did lose his senate race to a ‘dead guy’, so clearly he needed all of the money he could get from selling his influence. Poor guy – he was a bad senator, a bad singer, and an even worse attorney general. What’s he got left but influence peddling?
January 14th, 2006 at 7:55 pmAt least he didn’t have to sell his sole to satin to work unethically pushing corporate greed over individual rights.
January 14th, 2006 at 7:55 pmOhhhh. Well at least he can feel good about ‘when eagle soar’ and covering up the nude statue. Strong work, Mr. Ethics.
Before all of the righties hammer me for it: I know. ‘Soal’. Sole is for shoes. My bad.
January 14th, 2006 at 7:58 pmBut they’re not in it for the money.
January 14th, 2006 at 8:04 pmyeah, not for the money…
but for the karaoke, eh?
heh,heh,heh
January 14th, 2006 at 8:29 pmno lobbyists connected to jack abrahamsandwich, eh?
zero, zip, nada
despite what rethugs say msm parrots….
no connection to jack…..or Tommie “justice” Delayed
January 14th, 2006 at 8:56 pm“Right, Democrats have no lobbyists. And Judd is the Queesn of England. LOL Shaddup”
I guess you haven’t heard of the K-Street project. Not only did republicans require lobbyists be replaced by republicans to gain access, but also the lobbyist ‘management’. So in reality, no democrats don’t have many lobbyists anymore. I guess you didn’t get the memo from the ‘queen’ yet.
January 14th, 2006 at 9:07 pmEar plugs, bitte.
269K is what you call ‘helicopter money.’
Was Lady Liberty there dressed in a birqua?
January 14th, 2006 at 9:32 pmYOU TELL ME THAT THESE RAT BASTARDS ONLY GOD IS NOT MONEY AND I WILL LET A RIGHTWINGER PUKE ON ME.
January 14th, 2006 at 9:33 pmShaddup,
Just because I disproved your little tirade, don’t get nasty. It’s what partisans do. You claim others are partisan, but everything you write is 100% partisan from what I can see.
Say something nice that you admire and love about ALL democrats – I dare you, you know you can’t do it, being a partisan hate merchant.
January 14th, 2006 at 9:40 pmAshcroft needs every penny he can get these days. Good defense lawyers aint cheap.
#7 RightPunch, I laugh my ass off every time I think about Ashcrofts loss to a dead guy…LOL! Only a republican can lose to a dead guy…LOL!
January 14th, 2006 at 10:01 pmThough the fact is, so many lies pour out of Democrats the competition is stiff.
Comment by Shaddup — January 14, 2006 @ 9:15 pm
And that is WHY many NEVER put their name on either one of these Party names. Do you actualy think Shaddap that everyone here is a Democrat? Before you signed onto the Neo-kook ticket what were you shaddap? an American?
January 14th, 2006 at 10:07 pmDo you hate your fellow Americans shaddap? Or are you just a Cheerleader whom cant stand on her own two feet?
Just what I was thinking Rightpunch and Susan, who in their right mind would hire Ashcroft? Never mind I think I just answered my own question.. Crooks, Liars and BUSHco.
January 14th, 2006 at 10:09 pmHAIRY THRUST, the trolls that hang out here enjoy being the minority. They love the hallucinations.
There’s a troll on another thread who is defending Cheney, lol! 19% approve of Cheney.
Recent studies indicate that about one third of America suffers from some form of mental illness…explains a lot huh?
Mentals for Bush!
January 14th, 2006 at 10:20 pmAgreed Susan.
Defending Cheney is like defending attila the hun.
Tangent to Ashcroft and courts, and why Bush is dangerous, even to the bills passed and the Constitution;
By Order of the President: The Use and Abuse of Executive Direct Action, assesses the uses and abuses of signing statements by presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. Cooper has updated his material in a recent essay for the Presidential Studies Quarterly, to encompass the use of signing statements by now-President Bush as well.
By Cooper’s count, George W. Bush issued 23 signing statements in 2001; 34 statements in 2002, raising 168 constitutional objections; 27 statements in 2003, raising 142 constitutional challenges, and 23 statements in 2004, raising 175 constitutional criticisms. In total, during his first term Bush raised a remarkable 505 constitutional challenges to various provisions of legislation that became law.
That number may be approaching 600 challenges by now. Yet Bush has not vetoed a single bill, notwithstanding all these claims, in his own signing statements, that they are unconstitutional insofar as they relate to him.
Rather than veto laws passed by Congress, Bush is using his signing statements to effectively nullify them as they relate to the executive branch. These statements, for him, function as directives to executive branch departments and agencies as to how they are to implement the relevant law.
President Bush and the attorneys advising him may also anticipate that the signing statements will help him if and when the relevant laws are construed in court – for federal courts, depending on their views of executive power, may deem such statements relevant to their interpretation of a given law. After all, the law would not have passed had the President decided to veto it, so arguably, his view on what the law meant ought to (within reason) carry some weight for the court interpreting it. This is the argument, anyway
January 14th, 2006 at 10:24 pmThe Republicans a majority? Since when?
What is considered ‘Republican’ might be assumed as the majority, but a true Republican is no longer walking the planet.
January 14th, 2006 at 11:32 pmno lobbyists connected to jack abrahamsandwich, eh?
zero, zip, nada
despite what rethugs say msm parrots….
no connection to jack…..or Tommie “justice†Delayed
Comment by house resolution 635
Poll: DeLay Losing Support in Own District
HOUSTON – Barely one of every five of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s constituents would vote for him if the election were held now, according to a newspaper poll released Saturday
January 14th, 2006 at 11:37 pmDon’t worry, resolution. He’s going down in flames!
As for YOU, wallac….oops, I mean Shaddup…
WHY DON’T YOU!!!
more from the news item:
In the latest poll, only half of those who supported DeLay in 2004 said they would vote for him again.
The poll, conducted by Rice University and the University of Houston, has a margin of error was plus or minus 4 percentage points.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!
January 14th, 2006 at 11:45 pmWhat productive role has John Ashcroft ever served? Answer: None
He is a classic sycophant. He advocated ‘camps for civilians,’ a real neat idea… for a fascist.
January 14th, 2006 at 11:53 pm
Sheeet. Two hundred sixty nine thou in THREE MONTHS!! Sheeet. I bet if I was a friend of Bush I could make a MILLION in ONE MONTH!! Now shaddup about that.
January 14th, 2006 at 11:57 pmHip Hip Horay for the end of fascism some day. Lets see if Bush will lead the cheer for us. Don’t you just love the hat – it’s just so dignified!
January 15th, 2006 at 12:02 amif you think that’s diginified, you should have seen him later that night after happy hour….
January 15th, 2006 at 12:10 amHow about those pants in #14…Back in the day, if I saw a guy wearing pants like that I’d think “geek, nerd, dweeb”.
Who woulda thunk that the dweeb would turn out to be a mass murderer. But then again, most serial killers are dweebs. It has something to do with their mothers, the experts say.
January 15th, 2006 at 12:11 amJohn Doe, I was just ranting on another thread about the Medicare Prescription screw up. People are in the hospital because they couldn’t get their prescriptions refilled with this new Part D nonsense.
Good job Bushie, now the taxpayers get to pay hospital bills because you’re an idiot.
Again, Bushie fails to think logically and thinks only of the insurance companies, the taxpayers pay the price.
Impeach.
January 15th, 2006 at 12:34 amSusan, some are being hospitalized because they can’t afford their prescriptions, some are borrowing money to pay, other are using money they have for food and heat. Thousand of people were missing from the lists of the companies, they had signed up with for M’care D. Many low-income who were eligible for the ‘extra help’ to help pay premiums, co-pays, etc. didn’t get into the system in time. It’s a nightmare, a very, very expensive nightmare. This was suppose to save money, but in the end, it’s going to cost way beyond what was said. But the drug companies are taking it to the bank by the tractor trailers. And just wait for people to discover the so called donuthole., when they lose coverage until they rack up several thousand dollars more out of their pockets.
January 15th, 2006 at 12:51 amI totally understand Nancy. I personally know someone who was unable to fill his prescription. This is a nightmare and will cost the taxpayers AGAIN. States are helping but they expect to be reimbursed by the Federal Govt. I’ve heard that before, Bushie assured our Governor (IL) that he would be reimbursed for the dollars spent on homeland security. We haven’t seen a dime.
Bushie is a failure at everything he does. (Except keeping his cronies rolling in the dough)
January 15th, 2006 at 12:57 amDear Friends,
I am writing to you and hundreds of other Pittsburghers with a sense of urgency regarding the most important issue now facing our nation. We have a President whose Administration has brazenly violated the Presidency and the law of the land by openly engaging in domestic spying in flagrant violation of the rule of law. Our personal liberties have been abridged and threatened by the Executive Branch of our government. The legal freedoms we are guaranteed by the Bill of Rights and the U. S. Constitution apparently mean little to President George W. Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney.
Impeachment proceedings are now the most important issue facing our nation. The debate and opinions expressed should not be limited to the views of journalists, legal scholars, intelligence officials and just a few politicians. Every American must confront this issue and speak out loudly and clearly. This is one opportunity to do so.
I ask that you please consider adding your name to a petition, calling for impeachment and a censure of the President and Vice-President, which will appear as a full-page ad in the Pittsburgh City Paper news weekly prior to the State of the Union Address. To sign the petition, please fill out this form or call 412-621-3006 or fax 412-621-0373. You may also confirm your support for the Ad by emailing me at: senatorferlo@gmail.com.
Your name and expression of support is critical at this time in our nation’s history. Please share the petition and this website with other individuals and organizations so that we may fully express the breadth of outrage and concern.
PLEASE ACT NOW!
Respectfully,
signature
JIM FERLO
PA State Senator
(The form can be found here..http://www.pittsburghimpeachbush.org/)
January 15th, 2006 at 1:01 amSince I don’t think it’s been mentioned yet… Everyone remembers that ChoicePoint (formerly DBT) was the company that created the Florida “purge list” in 2000 right?
January 15th, 2006 at 1:38 amRyan of The Higher Pie,
Not to mention that this right here is a classic example of “If you can’t beat ‘em join ‘em.” In this case is “If you can’t beat ‘em higher ‘em.”
January 15th, 2006 at 1:47 am
If there is one thing that consistently irks me with political proselytes, it’s this idea of the novelty in being leftist or rightist. Granted, getting fired up about the novelty of being rightist usually leads to suffering indigents, dead soldiers, and live crooks. Shaddup, is your idea of a good time really flinging predisposed, predetermined, political crap at those who would venture to instigate an intelligent discussion? Aren’t you due for a book-burning rally anyway?
January 15th, 2006 at 2:26 am52% of Americans (polled by bi-partisan Zogby) believe Bush should be investigated and Impeached for wiretapping U.S. citizens without a warrant… We’re getting momentum!!!
http://www.democrats.com/bush-impeachment-poll-2
January 15th, 2006 at 9:23 amHere is a “Fun Fact”! Karl Rove was the one responsible for John Ashcroft getting the AG job. I mean it was the least Karl could do, seeing as how he was the one that ran Ashcroft’s campaign. No one is perfect. But John paid him $750,000, so he needed to toss him a bone. Everybody’s happy. I wonder how he justifies this to “Jaysus”? Hmmm.
January 15th, 2006 at 10:59 am# love the photo of Nine Neat Guys. Did W make “Chip” take his shoe off so he wouldn’t get his blazer dirty? Did Chip’s feet smell? I hope so. Whats up with W and the phone is he listening-in, even back then. Dressed differenly, is he head of the geeks, the Grand Master? Is the buzz cut his tribute to Eddie Munster? or is he the head of the fan club. Is it a coincidence that he is both the focus and the object that destroys the balance of the image?
January 15th, 2006 at 11:00 am#13, that is
January 15th, 2006 at 11:02 amA biting example of why lobbying should be done away with and made illegal as soon as possible.
Do you realize how my cheaper things would be in this country if all the lobbying were to be eliminated? Drugs, oil, gas and all other products of interest to the lobbyist would become much cheaper because all of their exhorbitant salaries would be eliminated.
January 15th, 2006 at 11:19 amAshcroft sings “Let the Eagles Soar” as he reviews his financial statements. His evangelical extremist views apparently don’t click in on unseemly greed.
January 15th, 2006 at 11:59 amTell your Representative and Senator to increase the minimum wage to $10 an hour and to extend unemployment insurance to a year and more.
And what happens when 2,000,000 or so businesses go out of business b/c they can’t afford to pay the new minimum wage? One has to consider the employer and not just the employee or else the whole system gets thrown out of economic balance ….
Tell your Representative and Senator to pass an 80% prescription drug benefit under Medicare Part B and repeal the faulty Republican prescription drug discount passed in 2003.
Again, who’s going to pay for all these new benefits?
January 15th, 2006 at 3:57 pmNobody’s asking for the moon.
Just an increase to keep pace with inflation.
If you have problems with America’s economic performance, vote to replace Bush with a REAL fiscal conservative.
January 15th, 2006 at 5:29 pmNobody’s asking for the moon.
Well, 10 dollars seemed fairly high for a “minimum” wage. A fair increase that keeps pace is fine by me though.
January 15th, 2006 at 7:32 pmWell, 10 dollars seemed fairly high for a “minimum†wage. A fair increase that keeps pace is fine by me though.
Comment by Giacomo — January 15, 2006 @ 7:32 pm Prove to me that the $10 minimum wage would put any business out of business. Show me the math. I did a few years as a project manager to understand that aspect of my profession… and I can tell you that $10 minimum won’t put anyone out of business. But, I’m reasonable – show me differently in a realistic setting (not a theoretical one) and I’ll consider it…
January 15th, 2006 at 8:06 pmAgain, who’s going to pay for all these new benefits?
Comment by Giacomo — January 15, 2006 @ 3:57 pm
We’re spending $368 billion on our military. That’s the most in the world. The second place country only spends $52 million… we can afford the drug plan…
January 15th, 2006 at 8:08 pmI call Caa-Caa! There is zero evidence that raising the minimum wage causes people to go out of business. I live in Washington State, and on January 1st, 2006 our minimum wage went up to $7.68 an hour, and OMG!!! the sky did not fall! Nor has it in all the years it has continued to go up, along with the cost of living increases.Funny how we have plenty of money, when the wealthy get yet another gov. handout, but sorry, no money for a minimum wage increase. Big Fat LIE!!!!! When the tax-evading corps. that register off shore to avoid paying taxes were allowed this last year to bring in all that money they had been stashing, for only a 5% tax liability, instead of the usual 35%. Bush claimed it was a “job-creating stimulus plan”. My ass. Instead of creating jobs, they cut them, oddly in direct proportion to the amount they brought in. $40 billion in? 40,000 jobs went Buh-bye. Over and over and over. They want to keep screwing us? Fine, then they need to pay for the pleasure. $10.00 will do… for a start.
January 15th, 2006 at 8:46 pm