Comments on: Harman responds to CQ: Report ‘recycles three year-old descredited reporting.’ http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:21:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: RealityCheck http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/comment-page-1/#comment-5607812 RealityCheck Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:33:20 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/#comment-5607812 <strong>CBS News has learned that this month, Murtha is steering new earmarks toward 10 companies that recently donated to his campaign. Murtha wants $8 million for Argon ST, a defense contractor whose CEO gave Murtha the maximum allowed by law - $2,400 by an individual. He's directing a $5 million earmark toward Advanced Acoustic Concepts, which also gave the max - $5,000 for a political action committee - to his campaign. In all, 10 recent Murtha donors are slated to receive $31 million in Murtha earmarks for 2010.</strong> DemocRATs CBS News has learned that this month, Murtha is steering new earmarks toward 10 companies that recently donated to his campaign.

Murtha wants $8 million for Argon ST, a defense contractor whose CEO gave Murtha the maximum allowed by law – $2,400 by an individual. He’s directing a $5 million earmark toward Advanced Acoustic Concepts, which also gave the max – $5,000 for a political action committee – to his campaign. In all, 10 recent Murtha donors are slated to receive $31 million in Murtha earmarks for 2010.

DemocRATs

]]> By: RealityCheck http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/comment-page-1/#comment-5607803 RealityCheck Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:28:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/#comment-5607803 What dstankass...no answer for what I posted on #35? Looks like your Anti-American...Liberal Politicians are at it again. Just crooks is all they are. What dstankass…no answer for what I posted on #35? Looks like your Anti-American…Liberal Politicians are at it again. Just crooks is all they are.

]]> By: Yankeluh http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/comment-page-1/#comment-5607723 Yankeluh Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:37:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/#comment-5607723 More like a 60 something year old liar. More like a 60 something year old liar.

]]> By: RealityCheck http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/comment-page-1/#comment-5607562 RealityCheck Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:29:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/#comment-5607562 <strong>MEANWHILE.............</strong> On the day the new Congress convened this year, Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation to route $25 billion in taxpayer money to a government agency that had just awarded her husband's real estate firm a lucrative contract to sell foreclosed properties at compensation rates higher than the industry norms. Mrs. Feinstein's intervention on behalf of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was unusual: the California Democrat isn't a member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs with jurisdiction over FDIC; and the agency is supposed to operate from money it raises from bank-paid insurance payments - not direct federal dollars. MEANWHILE………….

On the day the new Congress convened this year, Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation to route $25 billion in taxpayer money to a government agency that had just awarded her husband’s real estate firm a lucrative contract to sell foreclosed properties at compensation rates higher than the industry norms.

Mrs. Feinstein’s intervention on behalf of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was unusual: the California Democrat isn’t a member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs with jurisdiction over FDIC; and the agency is supposed to operate from money it raises from bank-paid insurance payments – not direct federal dollars.

]]> By: PFWoody488 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/comment-page-1/#comment-5607518 PFWoody488 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:47:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/#comment-5607518 Jane Harmon or Alberto Gonzales. I don't know who is the bigger scumbag in this situation. And politicians wonder why people are so disgusted by politics and Washington deal making. I think that the city planners knew exactly what the were doing when they built Washington on the site of a stinking and fetid swamp. Jane Harmon or Alberto Gonzales.
I don’t know who is the bigger scumbag in this situation.
And politicians wonder why people are so disgusted by politics and Washington deal making.
I think that the city planners knew exactly what the were doing when they built Washington on the site of a stinking and fetid swamp.

]]> By: Game of Life http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/comment-page-1/#comment-5607503 Game of Life Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:51:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/#comment-5607503 What she and OUR government did was aiding in a crime, it's worse than what blago did. This pisses me off, she is a israeli spy. Gawd, get the f with it. I checked, Israel is not our 51st state. How in hell can they manipulate our government? GTFOOH israel. We must hold gonzo, harman and our government accountable for their manipulation and playing games with israel. israel had better change for the better or they will be their own destruction. Invasion, lying, stealing, basically, the chimpy doctrine is a dangerous and out date. What she and OUR government did was aiding in a crime, it’s worse than what blago did.

This pisses me off, she is a israeli spy. Gawd, get the f with it.

I checked, Israel is not our 51st state. How in hell can they manipulate our government? GTFOOH israel.

We must hold gonzo, harman and our government accountable for their manipulation and playing games with israel.

israel had better change for the better or they will be their own destruction. Invasion, lying, stealing, basically, the chimpy doctrine is a dangerous and out date.

]]> By: Brain From Planet Arous http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/comment-page-1/#comment-5607445 Brain From Planet Arous Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:44:51 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/#comment-5607445 Look at the stats. AIPAC and Israel are running the Middle East US foreign policy, and may just be running the Obama economic team. Look at who was arrested on 9/11/01. <a href="http://911research.wtc7.net/sept11/israelispys.html" rel="nofollow"></a> http://911research.wtc7.net/sept11/israelispys.html Just a side note, I have not seen that NeoLiberal wanna-be Trotsky-ite dunce Dr Hussein Matt or what ever his name is, spilling garbage, now that there are dents appearing in Obama's armor. Look at the stats. AIPAC and Israel are running the Middle East US foreign policy, and may just be running the Obama economic team.

Look at who was arrested on 9/11/01.

http://911research.wtc7.net/sept11/israelispys.html

Just a side note, I have not seen that NeoLiberal wanna-be Trotsky-ite dunce Dr Hussein Matt or what ever his name is, spilling garbage, now that there are dents appearing in Obama’s armor.

]]> By: AlexLawyer http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/comment-page-1/#comment-5607329 AlexLawyer Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:21:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/#comment-5607329 Not to worry, Obama and Pelosi will rush to the rescue. You can curse God, bash Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln, blaspheme Jesus, parody the pledge of allegiance and urinate on the Constitution, but you'd better not criticize AIPAC. Not to worry, Obama and Pelosi will rush to the rescue. You can curse God, bash Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln, blaspheme Jesus, parody the pledge of allegiance and urinate on the Constitution, but you’d better not criticize AIPAC.

]]> By: ElBruce http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/comment-page-1/#comment-5607256 ElBruce Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:16:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/#comment-5607256 Except that the wiretap caught her discussing direct quid-pro-quo, using her Congressional powers to benefit an outside party who could lobby to increase her Congressional position. That's called being a mole. It's worth noting that the wiretap on here was court-approved, and that the investigation followed all of the appropriate rules established for separation of powers. Except that the wiretap caught her discussing direct quid-pro-quo, using her Congressional powers to benefit an outside party who could lobby to increase her Congressional position. That’s called being a mole.

It’s worth noting that the wiretap on here was court-approved, and that the investigation followed all of the appropriate rules established for separation of powers.

]]> By: mamzic http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/comment-page-1/#comment-5606912 mamzic Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:53:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/#comment-5606912 As a former Security Manager in the military, according to DOD Instructions (which are guided by executive branch instructions), any time you SUSPECT someone has mishandled classified material or SUSPECT someone of being a SECURITY RISK their security clearance and access to classified material should be revoked. Can anyone claim Harman isn't at least one if not both? Pull her clearance and take away her access. And get her off any security related committes. As a former Security Manager in the military, according to DOD Instructions (which are guided by executive branch instructions), any time you SUSPECT someone has mishandled classified material or SUSPECT someone of being a SECURITY RISK their security clearance and access to classified material should be revoked.
Can anyone claim Harman isn’t at least one if not both?
Pull her clearance and take away her access.
And get her off any security related committes.

]]> By: mary lacewing http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/comment-page-1/#comment-5606899 mary lacewing Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:47:35 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/#comment-5606899 <em>Seemingly wary of what she had just agreed to, according to an official who read the NSA transcript, Harman hung up after saying, “This conversation doesn’t exist.”</em> Didn't she support Bush's warrantless wiretapping program? Seemingly wary of what she had just agreed to, according to an official who read the NSA transcript, Harman hung up after saying, “This conversation doesn’t exist.”

Didn’t she support Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program?

]]> By: fergus http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/comment-page-1/#comment-5606882 fergus Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:42:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/#comment-5606882 Winddancer, the unfortunate thing about the conference is that the only people who get the headlines are the extremists, be they Israeli, Palastinian, Arabic, Persian or, sadly, American. No low-key, rational thinkers ideas will get the time of day in the U.N., so it's just a big waste of time and money. Winddancer, the unfortunate thing about the conference is that the only people who get the headlines are the extremists, be they Israeli, Palastinian, Arabic, Persian or, sadly, American. No low-key, rational thinkers ideas will get the time of day in the U.N., so it’s just a big waste of time and money.

]]> By: winddancer http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/comment-page-1/#comment-5606859 winddancer Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:35:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/#comment-5606859 <em>Fergus - For many, many years I believed in Israel’s right to exist in the Middle East, however, after seeing their treatment of the Palastinian people, I’m not so sure, anymore</em> I, too, supported Israel for a long time. But over the years, I'm not sure either. Frankly, I also feel that they have become like the very people who threatened their own existence. I really don't know why so many members of Congress continue to have this overwhelming loyalty to Israel, and it appears to be equal on both sides of the aisle. And next Monday, the first U.N. conference in 8 years to address the issue of racism will NOT have a delegation from the U.S. And why? Because of criticism of Israel for their treatment of the Palestinians in the draft document. This article was in this morning's NYT on page A-7. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/20/world/20nations.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=concerns%20keep%20u.s.%20from%20talks%20on%20racism&st=cse And today delegates from the E.U. walked out of the meeting in protest of statements made by the Iranian President regarding Israel. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/world/21geneva.html?hp There will NEVER be peace between Israel and Palestine or in the rest of the middle-east until the truth is addressed honestly and people act as honest brokers in the situation. Fergus – For many, many years I believed in Israel’s right to exist in the Middle East, however, after seeing their treatment of the Palastinian people, I’m not so sure, anymore

I, too, supported Israel for a long time. But over the years, I’m not sure either. Frankly, I also feel that they have become like the very people who threatened their own existence. I really don’t know why so many members of Congress continue to have this overwhelming loyalty to Israel, and it appears to be equal on both sides of the aisle. And next Monday, the first U.N. conference in 8 years to address the issue of racism will NOT have a delegation from the U.S. And why? Because of criticism of Israel for their treatment of the Palestinians in the draft document.

This article was in this morning’s NYT on page A-7.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/20/world/20nations.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=concerns%20keep%20u.s.%20from%20talks%20on%20racism&st=cse

And today delegates from the E.U. walked out of the meeting in protest of statements made by the Iranian President regarding Israel.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/world/21geneva.html?hp

There will NEVER be peace between Israel and Palestine or in the rest of the middle-east until the truth is addressed honestly and people act as honest brokers in the situation.

]]> By: tokin librul http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/comment-page-1/#comment-5606822 tokin librul Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:08:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/#comment-5606822 The Non-denial denial LIVES! My gawd, what a feculent bag of reeking, lying, venal, traitorous piece of shit... nothing about her record or her politics inspires confidence that she could actually be telling anything resembling the truth... The Non-denial denial LIVES!

My gawd, what a feculent bag of reeking, lying, venal, traitorous piece of shit…

nothing about her record or her politics inspires confidence that she could actually be telling anything resembling the truth…

]]> By: Doodlebug Shayne http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/comment-page-1/#comment-5606810 Doodlebug Shayne Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:03:22 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/#comment-5606810 Her district includes Venice Beach and Torrance. I think they vote for her because she's the Democrat. She's considered one of the few blue dog Democrats not from the south. Her district includes Venice Beach and Torrance. I think they vote for her because she’s the Democrat. She’s considered one of the few blue dog Democrats not from the south.

]]> By: Wayne Ant Schneider http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/comment-page-1/#comment-5606794 Wayne Ant Schneider Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:49:46 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/#comment-5606794 ThinkProgress, Would you consider adopting a policy of identifying which district Representatives come from when mentioning them in any thread? The district number would be good enough. In this case, you could identify her as "(D-CA 36)". It would save us the trouble of looking it up. Thanking you in advance, WAS. ThinkProgress,

Would you consider adopting a policy of identifying which district Representatives come from when mentioning them in any thread? The district number would be good enough. In this case, you could identify her as “(D-CA 36)”. It would save us the trouble of looking it up. Thanking you in advance, WAS.

]]> By: Doodlebug Shayne http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/comment-page-1/#comment-5606790 Doodlebug Shayne Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:44:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/#comment-5606790 And about Rep. Harman. That byatch has got to go. Does anybody know where her district is? And about Rep. Harman. That byatch has got to go. Does anybody know where her district is?

]]> By: Doodlebug Shayne http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/comment-page-1/#comment-5606788 Doodlebug Shayne Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:43:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/#comment-5606788 <blockquote>stateofthedivision Says: Emanuel took Obama to last years AIPAC meeting. </blockquote> This thread is about Jane Harman not about President Obama or Rahm Emanual.

stateofthedivision Says:

Emanuel took Obama to last years AIPAC meeting.

This thread is about Jane Harman not about President Obama or Rahm Emanual.

]]> By: Bozo The Neocootiebug http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/comment-page-1/#comment-5606777 Bozo The Neocootiebug Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:37:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/#comment-5606777 buu..buuttt...but israel is our good friend: whose government sends spies to spy on us. sweeeeeeettttt! buu..buuttt…but israel is our good friend: whose government sends spies to spy on us. sweeeeeeettttt!

]]> By: Megaloptera McWars http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/comment-page-1/#comment-5606769 Megaloptera McWars Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:33:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/harman-respons-cq/#comment-5606769 WHOA! Time for someone to call it a career! WHOA! Time for someone to call it a career!

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