Comments on: Rep. Steve King Cites Contractor Immunity As Argument For Why Telecom Immunity Would Be A Success

By: batteries

batteries — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:34:22 +0000

That’s good enough to be a stand alone, JMHOR…

“The Republican Party believes that the loss of such massive amounts to contractor fraud should be applauded as patriotism. We call it war profiteering. We hear the Republican party leaders consistently call for personal responsibility from the taxpayer but not from the high rolling compaq nx7010 battery,compaq zt3000 battery
contractors that pay for the Republican campaigns.”

By: madstork123

madstork123 — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:56:37 +0000

Steve King seems to be living proof that the run off from cattle lots in western Iowa can be hazardous to the brain.

I live in Iowa and it amazes me the differences between the people who live in western Iowa and much of the rest of the state. I have a friend who was moved out there by her husband’s relocation. She tells me that many of the residents think Bush is a wuss. Many of the people out there still belive WMD, Saddam and Bin Laden worked together and all those other lies that got us into Iraq. They hate “the government” and will not hesitate to quote Faux Snooze lateset talking point at you.

This is from a woman who has been there 6 weeks.

By: The Shadow

The Shadow — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:30:11 +0000

Mr. King is an idiot who wants to ignore the fact that they spied on us without proper warrants. If they spied without warrants then they can be and are being sued in Federal Court for violating the law. This is a cynical attempt by the administration and republicans to cover their butts that all. It’s just that simple.

By: MapleStreet

MapleStreet — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:17:05 +0000

Please tell me that Monday’s agenda includes bringing in the lady in the news who was a Haliburton employee / contractor and was raped.

Also bring in the KBR folks who aren’t getting any sort of workman’s comp / SS benefits, etc.

By: judyinnm

judyinnm — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:54:12 +0000

Now that a Republican has pointed out the correlation between the abuse contractors’ immunity allows, and the effect telecom immunity would have, the Democrats needs to pick up on that and empahsize the similarities. Maybe they can revisit the contractors’ status, while they’re at it…

By: kuvasz

kuvasz — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:08:36 +0000

chewbacca defense.

By: Evil Spaniard

Evil Spaniard — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:48:54 +0000

If a illegal and criminal scheme works fine, why change it?

By: questioneverything

questioneverything — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:22:30 +0000

Bush has already excused contractors in foreign countries from accountability for fraud and abuse via a signing statement. Any bill which wins approval in both houses of congress will either be vetoed or denied through signing statement. If the Senate actually passes the house version, Bush will veto it. He is the king, after all.

Does anybody know who is running against this idiot in Iowa?

By: zuch

zuch — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:21:32 +0000

[Rep. King]: We protect contractors when they went to that smoking hole in that war zone….

“… even if they kill Iraqi civilians negligently or even intentionally, and even if their employees rape their subordinates — because they’re run by GOP ‘Pioneers’ and such.”

Good argument.

Cheers,

By: flavorino

flavorino — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:04:41 +0000

Steve King is becoming more of a babbling idiot by the day.
How long before he gets up on the floor of the House and just starts speaking in tongues, saying stuff like “HEBEJABEEBLEHA HABAJTEROORISTSMAGU HAMABEEBLEJABOOB!”

The sad thing is that even if he did that there are probably enough morons in his district to reelect him.

By: Xisithrus

Xisithrus — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:04:04 +0000

The immunity for contractors relates to Iraq, not the USA.

We are not Iraq.

By: Xisithrus

Xisithrus — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:56:20 +0000

Immunity is a prescription for disaster.

By: Max-1

Max-1 — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:23:40 +0000

#25 RUCerious Says:
March 14th, 2008 at 7:09 pm

e) Repugnacan

By: Max-1

Max-1 — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:21:31 +0000

Props for the lapel pin today, Rep. King.

By: tanglewood

tanglewood — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:10:57 +0000

Can you imagine the bottom feeders that have elected this clown? He is flipping crazy. Steven King is repugnant.

A real nut case.

By: Tired of being lied to

Tired of being lied to — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:09:47 +0000

Well, for starters Rep. King, I’d say the contractors have not in all likelihood violated the 4th Amendment of the US Constitution. Although I’m sure they’ve done other reprehensible things, the contractors have probably not compromised the rights of maybe millions of American citizens as the telecoms may have.

Here it is in case you missed it at Northwest Missouri State University:

4th Amendment – Search and Seizure
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

May not mean much to you, but it does to me and 300 million other citizens (except, of course, the President of the United States, certain members of the Supreme Court, and those of the current administration).

By: Nature Rules

Nature Rules — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:03:01 +0000

This needs the democrats to pump it everywhere.

WTF? That didn’t type as well as it echoed in my head! LOL

By: Nature Rules

Nature Rules — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:01:49 +0000

# 2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda Says:
March 14th, 2008 at 7:31 pm

Wholly crap. That is some good stuff. Send it everywhere. This needs the democrats to pump it everywhere.

By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins

Bilbo Hussein Baggins — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:52:45 +0000

This week, Bernanke’s Fed, for the first time in its history, loaned a selected coterie of banks one-fifth of a trillion dollars to guarantee these banks’ mortgage-backed junk bonds. The deluge of public loot was an eye-popping windfall to the very banking predators who have brought two million families to the brink of foreclosure.

Bush bails out the predators with our tax dollars and tells the borrowers who are losing their homes to go fcuk themselves.

Nice.

By: 2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda

2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:52:26 +0000

Badger Says:
March 14th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
These stories are connected. It’s a must read.

Absolutely. Read Andromeda’s link…and then read the “Grapes of Wrath”

That’s a lot of reading for a Friday night.