Comments on: Bait-and-switch. http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/13/bait-and-switch/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:42:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Paul in Mexico http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/13/bait-and-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-474365 Paul in Mexico Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:34:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/13/bait-and-switch/#comment-474365 <em>This is why both houses of congress should go ahead with their numerous pieces of legislation blocking this deal. Put it on the record - DPW, poop or get off the pot!</em> This is why both houses of congress should go ahead with their numerous pieces of legislation blocking this deal.

Put it on the record – DPW, poop or get off the pot!

]]> By: Bush Bites http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/13/bait-and-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-474328 Bush Bites Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:13:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/13/bait-and-switch/#comment-474328 I KNEW IT WAS A SCAM. THE BUSHIES WERE PROBABLY IN ON IT TOO. I KNEW IT WAS A SCAM. THE BUSHIES WERE PROBABLY IN ON IT TOO.

]]> By: cynical ex-hippie http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/13/bait-and-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-474161 cynical ex-hippie Tue, 14 Mar 2006 05:33:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/13/bait-and-switch/#comment-474161 Far be it from me to accuse a politician of lying, or to imply that the President is a politician. No, the good voters of the red states -- about whom nothing bad should ever be said -- believe their politicians never lie, and I feel I should respect their religious beliefs. Far be it from me to accuse a politician of lying, or to imply that the President is a politician. No, the good voters of the red states — about whom nothing bad should ever be said — believe their politicians never lie, and I feel I should respect their religious beliefs.

]]> By: Don http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/13/bait-and-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-474100 Don Tue, 14 Mar 2006 04:16:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/13/bait-and-switch/#comment-474100 Who knows who owns what anymore? It's all so confusing. As long as the courts treat corporations as having the same rights as people, and government treats corporations as better than people, we're all going to get screwed anyhow--it's just a question of patrimony. Who knows who owns what anymore? It’s all so confusing. As long as the courts treat corporations as having the same rights as people, and government treats corporations as better than people, we’re all going to get screwed anyhow–it’s just a question of patrimony.

]]> By: Cyra Brown http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/13/bait-and-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-474099 Cyra Brown Tue, 14 Mar 2006 04:14:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/13/bait-and-switch/#comment-474099 Damnit! I knew it. They gave in WAY too easily to be believable. When it comes to money, they are Hyenas to the core. It's just another "Rovian Ruse". But the Amercan people have been convinced that the matter has been taken care of. And it has, but THEY were the target of the "fix", not the ports deal. We been "had" again... Damnit! I knew it. They gave in WAY too easily to be believable. When it comes to money, they are Hyenas to the core. It’s just another
“Rovian Ruse”. But the Amercan people have been convinced that the matter has been taken care of. And it has, but THEY were the target of the “fix”, not the ports deal. We been “had” again…

]]> By: prostratedragon http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/13/bait-and-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-474095 prostratedragon Tue, 14 Mar 2006 04:07:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/13/bait-and-switch/#comment-474095 This makes the importance of the <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/views06/0312-31.htm" rel="nofollow">Resolution of Inquiry</a> that Rep. Kucinich has filed obvious. Kucinich is using this manuver to try to force the White House to release its <strike>vaporwork</strike> paperwork to Congress. The article summarizes the mechanics: <blockquote>How far will Kucinich get with his demand for documents from a White House that is never forthcoming when it comes to cooperating with Congress? That depends, in large part, on his fellow House Democrats, and on those scared House Republicans who were so busy claiming to the cameras that they wanted to "get to the bottom" of all the issues raised by the port deal. Under House rules, when a member introduces a Resolution of Inquiry, it must be taken up by an appropriate committee – in this case the House Financial Services Committee -- within 14 legislative days. If the committee, which of course has a Republican majority, votes to votes to squelch the resolution, then the White House is off the hook. That's likely to happen unless House Democrats pick up Kucinich's call and make enough noise to keep this issue alive. </blockquote> (from Port Deal Question: What's the White House Still Hiding? by John Nichols, The Nation) This makes the importance of the Resolution of Inquiry that Rep. Kucinich has filed obvious. Kucinich is using this manuver to try to force the White House to release its vaporwork paperwork to Congress. The article summarizes the mechanics:

How far will Kucinich get with his demand for documents from a White House that is never forthcoming when it comes to cooperating with Congress? That depends, in large part, on his fellow House Democrats, and on those scared House Republicans who were so busy claiming to the cameras that they wanted to “get to the bottom” of all the issues raised by the port deal.

Under House rules, when a member introduces a Resolution of Inquiry, it must be taken up by an appropriate committee – in this case the House Financial Services Committee — within 14 legislative days. If the committee, which of course has a Republican majority, votes to votes to squelch the resolution, then the White House is off the hook. That’s likely to happen unless House Democrats pick up Kucinich’s call and make enough noise to keep this issue alive.

(from Port Deal Question: What’s the White House Still Hiding? by John Nichols, The Nation)

]]> By: RunningDogLackey http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/13/bait-and-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-474088 RunningDogLackey Tue, 14 Mar 2006 03:56:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/13/bait-and-switch/#comment-474088 So much for the loss of foreign investment. Reports of Dubai's indignation have been vastly exaggerated, I fear. So much for the loss of foreign investment.

Reports of Dubai’s indignation have been vastly exaggerated, I fear.

]]> By: Flamethrower http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/13/bait-and-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-474083 Flamethrower Tue, 14 Mar 2006 03:48:46 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/13/bait-and-switch/#comment-474083 You've got to be kidding me! You mean these guys would lie? I can't believe it. I'm shoc....why I never! Someone associated with George W. Bush, Carlyle Group, Halliburton, and the vast military-industrial-oil complex would lie to the hard working swags in the press! Well just chuck my Wheaties. You’ve got to be kidding me!

You mean these guys would lie? I can’t believe it. I’m shoc….why I never!

Someone associated with George W. Bush, Carlyle Group, Halliburton, and the vast military-industrial-oil complex would lie to the hard working swags in the press!

Well just chuck my Wheaties.

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