Comments on: EXCLUSIVE: Agency Report Shows Secretary Personally Blocked Contracts To Democrats http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:43:57 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: NewYorkMBA http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-887168 NewYorkMBA Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:46:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/#comment-887168 Ignorance. Comments based simply on hatred. Complete lack of knowledge in regard to the US Dept of HUD. Taking personal shots at a person who posts something against the grain here. This is a small sample of why the Republicans are winning and the left is whining. Formulate a real plan & position, not just a continual bitchfest. Are there any true leaders left in the left? Attacking is not leading. Get it together before it's too late. Sad. <strong>Please attack this post and prove my point.</strong> Ignorance. Comments based simply on hatred. Complete lack of knowledge in regard to the US Dept of HUD. Taking personal shots at a person who posts something against the grain here. This is a small sample of why the Republicans are winning and the left is whining. Formulate a real plan & position, not just a continual bitchfest. Are there any true leaders left in the left? Attacking is not leading. Get it together before it’s too late. Sad.
Please attack this post and prove my point.

]]> By: Jericho http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-869095 Jericho Sun, 24 Sep 2006 12:45:52 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/#comment-869095 Do you mean the senators and presidents out there,.. politicians as they call themselves, are out there only for personal gain or to help their buddies as and not for the greater good? I'd be in shock and awe were it not that I had already seen every politician I know lie to the people that got them their job in the first place. Do you mean the senators and presidents out there,.. politicians as they call themselves, are out there only for personal gain or to help their buddies as and not for the greater good? I’d be in shock and awe were it not that I had already seen every politician I know lie to the people that got them their job in the first place.

]]> By: Hopskippy http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-865002 Hopskippy Sat, 23 Sep 2006 15:52:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/#comment-865002 What would be nice, would be that the <strong>media</strong> will actually run this story. I think it may only be available to those who blog? What would be nice, would be that the media will actually run this story.
I think it may only be available to those who blog?

]]> By: hoosiervagabond » Blog Archive » Saturday Morning Post http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-864617 hoosiervagabond » Blog Archive » Saturday Morning Post Sat, 23 Sep 2006 14:02:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/#comment-864617 [...] Ah, Fall. Meanwhile, • How’s your French? Paper says Oussama Ben Laden serait mort • Latest from Cronyville, USA: Dept. of Education and HUD chief personally blocking contracts • FDA: Not so much cronyism as it is just plain incompetence • Amazing feat: Book emerges from one of the world’s largest assholes • Shocker: Rich get richer [...] [...] Ah, Fall. Meanwhile, • How’s your French? Paper says Oussama Ben Laden serait mort • Latest from Cronyville, USA: Dept. of Education and HUD chief personally blocking contracts • FDA: Not so much cronyism as it is just plain incompetence • Amazing feat: Book emerges from one of the world’s largest assholes • Shocker: Rich get richer [...]

]]> By: Exile on Jones Street / Fall http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-864614 Exile on Jones Street / Fall Sat, 23 Sep 2006 14:01:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/#comment-864614 [...] Nat/Intl • How’s your French? Paper says Oussama Ben Laden serait mort • Latest from Cronyville, USA: Dept. of Education and HUD chief personally blocking contracts • FDA: Not so much cronyism as it is just plain incompetence • Amazing feat: Book emerges from one of the world’s largest assholes • Shocker: Rich get richer [...] [...] Nat/Intl • How’s your French? Paper says Oussama Ben Laden serait mort • Latest from Cronyville, USA: Dept. of Education and HUD chief personally blocking contracts • FDA: Not so much cronyism as it is just plain incompetence • Amazing feat: Book emerges from one of the world’s largest assholes • Shocker: Rich get richer [...]

]]> By: JPark http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-861854 JPark Sat, 23 Sep 2006 02:39:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/#comment-861854 #45 As a descendent of Harriet Beecher Stowe I fully approve of your message. #45 As a descendent of Harriet Beecher Stowe I fully approve of your message.

]]> By: catmando http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-861796 catmando Sat, 23 Sep 2006 02:17:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/#comment-861796 That Uncle Tom is worse than Ken Blackwell. And we can't vote his sorry ass out in November. That Uncle Tom is worse than Ken Blackwell. And we can’t vote his sorry ass out in November.

]]> By: grammy http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-861301 grammy Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:43:01 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/#comment-861301 Have I lost hope, because I get the feeling the rethugs have such a tight hold over the powers that be that nothing is going to change? I think it's probably like being strangled knowing that you're about to die and are absolutely unable to do anything about it!! This beautiful America that we thought would never end is in the last throws of democracy. Have I lost hope, because I get the feeling the rethugs have such a tight hold over the powers that be that nothing is going to change? I think it’s probably like being strangled knowing that you’re about to die and are absolutely unable to do anything about it!! This beautiful America that we thought would never end is in the last throws of democracy.

]]> By: Dan Mitchell http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-860961 Dan Mitchell Fri, 22 Sep 2006 22:30:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/#comment-860961 Put him up against the wall! Put him up against the wall!

]]> By: owlbear1 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-860461 owlbear1 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:10:47 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/#comment-860461 test test

]]> By: owlbear1 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-860454 owlbear1 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:09:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/#comment-860454 On a related topic, could someone explain why we have a federal Department of Housing and Urban Development in the first place???? A worthless, wasteful department that should be dismantled immediately. Comment by Exley — September 22, 2006 @ 12:01 pm ===================================== So poor people don't have to slaughter rich people to get better housing. On a related topic, could someone explain why we have a federal Department of Housing and Urban Development in the first place???? A worthless, wasteful department that should be dismantled immediately.

Comment by Exley — September 22, 2006 @ 12:01 pm
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So poor people don’t have to slaughter rich people to get better housing.

]]> By: Solitaire http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-860402 Solitaire Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:01:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/#comment-860402 HUD for sale. Send your checks and money orders to the RNC. Receive your contracts around back. NEXT! HUD for sale. Send your checks and money orders to the RNC. Receive your contracts around back. NEXT!

]]> By: Grumpasaurus.com » Mmm… kleptocracy http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-860267 Grumpasaurus.com » Mmm… kleptocracy Fri, 22 Sep 2006 19:23:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/#comment-860267 [...] You’d think that living in a banana republic, we’d get more bananas. Mmmm… fruit. In April, Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson told a group of real estate officials that he once canceled a government contract because the contractor was critical of President Bush. Awarding contracts based on political leanings “violates federal law.” Jackson is a “longtime Bush friend” and former neighbor in Dallas, Texas. [...] [...] You’d think that living in a banana republic, we’d get more bananas. Mmmm… fruit. In April, Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson told a group of real estate officials that he once canceled a government contract because the contractor was critical of President Bush. Awarding contracts based on political leanings “violates federal law.” Jackson is a “longtime Bush friend” and former neighbor in Dallas, Texas. [...]

]]> By: (semi)Daily Politics! » Blog Archive » Internal review shows HUD secretary illegally blocked govt. contracts to Democrats, then lied about it an attempt to cover it up http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-860204 (semi)Daily Politics! » Blog Archive » Internal review shows HUD secretary illegally blocked govt. contracts to Democrats, then lied about it an attempt to cover it up Fri, 22 Sep 2006 19:05:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/#comment-860204 [...] Time for the Republican culture of corruption to stop. This man needs to resign. (And of course, get a medal.) ThinkProgress has the leaked Inspector General report from HUD, it’s bad: In April, Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson told a group of real estate officials that he once canceled a government contract because the contractor was critical of President Bush. Awarding contracts based on political leanings “violates federal law.” Jackson is a “longtime Bush friend” and former neighbor in Dallas, Texas. [...] [...] Time for the Republican culture of corruption to stop. This man needs to resign. (And of course, get a medal.) ThinkProgress has the leaked Inspector General report from HUD, it’s bad: In April, Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson told a group of real estate officials that he once canceled a government contract because the contractor was critical of President Bush. Awarding contracts based on political leanings “violates federal law.” Jackson is a “longtime Bush friend” and former neighbor in Dallas, Texas. [...]

]]> By: tinylittledots.com •••• tiny little dots ••• and other points of interest » Blog Archive » HUD Spelled Backwards… http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-860125 tinylittledots.com •••• tiny little dots ••• and other points of interest » Blog Archive » HUD Spelled Backwards… Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:53:34 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/#comment-860125 [...] Think Progress - EXCLUSIVE: Agency Report Shows Secretary Personally Blocked Contracts To Democrats [...] [...] Think Progress – EXCLUSIVE: Agency Report Shows Secretary Personally Blocked Contracts To Democrats [...]

]]> By: Exley http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-860083 Exley Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:46:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/#comment-860083 #33....No problem, kindness. Like I said, I found it humorous. #33….No problem, kindness. Like I said, I found it humorous.

]]> By: liz http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-860036 liz Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:41:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/#comment-860036 <strong>"...Jackson is a “longtime Bush friend” and former neighbor in Dallas, Texas...</strong>? Former neighbor in the exclusive subdivision that had (and perhaps still has) covenants prohibiting Jews, Blacks, and other minorities. They claimed those covenants were not enforced, but no one made a move to strike them from the books. Interesting how they still have a propensity to exclude.... “…Jackson is a “longtime Bush friend” and former neighbor in Dallas, Texas…?

Former neighbor in the exclusive subdivision that had (and perhaps still has) covenants prohibiting Jews, Blacks, and other minorities. They claimed those covenants were not enforced, but no one made a move to strike them from the books.

Interesting how they still have a propensity to exclude….

]]> By: exley fears women and minorities http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-860019 exley fears women and minorities Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:39:31 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/#comment-860019 Comment by Exley — September 22, 2006 @ 11:58 am According to two senior HUD officials, at a staff meeting this year "Jackson had advised . . . that when considering discretionary contracts, they should be considering supporters of the president," the report says. "I don't recall doing that. They might have misconstrued it," the report quoted Jackson as saying. There's a straight shooter if I ever saw one. Comment by Exley — September 22, 2006 @ 11:58 am

According to two senior HUD officials, at a staff meeting this year “Jackson had advised . . . that when considering discretionary contracts, they should be considering supporters of the president,” the report says.

“I don’t recall doing that. They might have misconstrued it,” the report quoted Jackson as saying.

There’s a straight shooter if I ever saw one.

]]> By: kindness http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-859775 kindness Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:05:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/#comment-859775 Exley - I'm older than you. I came of age in the 70's. Doesn't mean I'm not a punk still on occasion. & you got one today. Please don't take offense as I only meant it as a throwaway line. But you and I do still disagree on this threads subject matter. Exley – I’m older than you. I came of age in the 70’s.

Doesn’t mean I’m not a punk still on occasion. & you got one today.

Please don’t take offense as I only meant it as a throwaway line.

But you and I do still disagree on this threads subject matter.

]]> By: barfly http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-859660 barfly Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:43:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/jackson-blocked-democrats/#comment-859660 <em>The investigation “did not disclose any pattern or practice of issuing contracts based on political affiliation . . . <strong>however, there were some limited instances where political affiliation may have been a factor in contract issues involving Jackson,” the report says.</strong> The investigation found “no evidence that a contract was canceled, rescinded, terminated or not issued as a result of the encounter between Secretary Jackson and <strong>the contractor</strong>,” the report says. In other words, <strong>no evidence that laws were broken</strong>. Next! Comment by Exley </em> I guess you don't realize that you contradicted yourself. Damn weak effort Exley, what's the matter, got a cold? The investigation “did not disclose any pattern or practice of issuing contracts based on political affiliation . . . however, there were some limited instances where political affiliation may have been a factor in contract issues involving Jackson,” the report says.
The investigation found “no evidence that a contract was canceled, rescinded, terminated or not issued as a result of the encounter between Secretary Jackson and the contractor,” the report says.

In other words, no evidence that laws were broken. Next!

Comment by Exley

I guess you don’t realize that you contradicted yourself. Damn weak effort Exley, what’s the matter, got a cold?

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