Rangel case just gets more disgusting

Some of us were cheering (quietly) when we heard that Charlie Rangel was being charged with ethics violations (again).
Now it comes out that lobbyists and unions are spending big bucks to defend him.
Rangel's legal fees were $2.16M in 2009 and savvy contributers to his campaign coffers know they are funding his legal defense.
In the first two quarter, 35% of Rangel's campaign reciepts were spent on legal defense.
If he were a Republican and large corporations and lobbyists were funding his legal defense, it would be the daily headline for weeks!

Google links to White House would be bad news if Bush were Prez

Google's close ties to the White House are apparently at a level that not only clearly breaks ethics rules, but would be front page headline news for weeks if Bush were the president.
White House Deputy Chief Technology Officer Andrew McLaughlin is supposed to be barred from even being in his position since he is a former Google lobbyist.
Add to that his communications with current Google lobbyists and avoidance of official email channels in an apparent attempt to avoid federal record keeping regulations and you have a huge scandal (if they president was not a Democrat).


Halliburton anyone?

America for sale (again)

Foreign banks are picking the bones of American institutions being shut down by the feds.
Lobbyists and money are apparently flooding Washington in a financial feeding frenzy.

One explanation for their success and the ignorance of lawmakers and bureaucrats is in this quote:
“They’re taking advantage of the fact that they’re not thought of as Wall Street. They’re below the radar screen because nobody’s ever heard of Barclays or Deutsche Bank.”

So, millions of dollars are flowing and our banks will be owned by foreigners after being closed due to the decisions of people affected by the politicians that not only caused this mess, but are now profiting from its effects.