headsup: the blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
A defensive lapse at Wichita gives the annoying weasel Todd Tiahrt a free shot at his opponent's fusebox. Let's have a look, in case something similar crops up around the country. The problem isn't the story , which manages to note in the second graf that Rep. Tiahrt is lying. It's a little too long, which is a natural consequence of having to chase down some communist phone numbers on the fractional...
Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
? NY-23 : Well, it didn't take long for Doug Hoffman to start bringing the crazy. (Maybe his new mentor Glenn Beck is already rubbing off on him.) First came the unconceding (and un-unconceding, as the absentee count wasn't getting him any closer), but now he's sending around a fundraising letter saying that "ACORN, the unions, and the Democratic Party" "tampered" with the election...
Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
? CT-Sen : Linda McMahon has picked up a major critic in her Senate run: one of her former employees, in the form of 66-year-old former pro wrestler Superstar Billy Graham. Graham is a physical wreck from his days in the WWF, thanks to steroid abuse and a number of hip replacements, with no pension or health care from WWE. He plans to keep dogging the McMahon campaign as McMahon keeps trying to sanitize...
Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
This is what one-party rule begats. Governor Pat Quinn and Senator Dick Durbin, both Democrats, not only favor holding transferring Guantanamo Bay terrorists to a prison in Thomson, Illinois. They claiming "Gitmo North" will be an economic boon for the state. There is a perfect place for these inmates--Guantanamo Bay. It has a state-of-the-art medical facility. Unless one is built for Thomson,...
Naval Open Source INTelligence (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Two U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday said they had written to Defense Secretary Robert Gates to oppose any negotiations by the U.S. military to buy light attack planes from Brazil's Embraer. Senator Sam Brownback and Representative Todd Tiahrt, both of Kansas, asked Gates on a letter dated Nov. 9 to confirm whether the U.S. government had held or planned to hold any discussions with Brazil about buying or...
American Power (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Pamela Geller's the first to come up with that pithy (and withering) acronym, "DIABLOs." That stands for " Democrats In All But Label Only ." I actually saw it last night at Atlas Shrugs," The Death of the RINO: Dede Republican Rat Droppings -- Backs Democrat Owens ." But Pamela's got a new piece up today at American Thinker , " Bye-Bye, RINO " (via Memeorandum...
GovIntegrity (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
The Washington Post caused a little stir reporting on an inadvertantly leaked House Ethics Committee report revealing that over 30 lawmakers and aides are being investigated for financial dealings and campaign donations. The document, the Committee's "Weekly Summary Report," names seven members serving on the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee in its ongoing investigation into the...
Tony's Kansas City (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Here are some of the most important Saturday Links I'm waking up to . . . The Northeast Buzz Blog Offers A Personal Story On COMBAT Funding Crime Across The River Too: Guilty plea in two Northland slayings Water infrastructure Hot Mess: Untreated Sewage Spills Into Weatherby Lake Digital Age Helps Catch Crooks: Text Message Leads To Bust In Drive-By Shooting Tragedy not so far away: 3 Teens Drown In...
Dad29 (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Ethics problem-list : John Murtha , D-Pa., and Democratic members Jim Moran of Virginia and Peter Visclosky of Indiana had previously surfaced in connection with the inquiry. The document adds the names of Norm Dicks , D-Wash.; Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio; ranking subcommittee Republican C.W. Bill Young of Florida and Todd Tiahrt , R-Kan . That list is only about 520 members short. By the way, Murtha, a member...
DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Not a Halloween montage, but no lobbying allowed in these families I'd be more interested in knowing how the Justice Department investigations into the most corrupt members of Congress-- like the 3 Inland Empire crooks, Jerry Lewis, Ken Calvert and Gary Miller-- are progressing, but yesterday the Washington Post published a leak showing that more than 30 House members are being looked at by the largely...
Kansas City Star (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
A case of “cyberhacking” led to the unofficial release Friday of the names of more than two dozen House members in connection with an ethics inquiry into defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling. The disclosure shows that the secret ethics probe is wider than originally believed. Among the names listed was Rep. Todd Tiahrt of Kansas, a Wichita Republican and a 2010 U.S....
Chlorinated Liberty (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
“This leadership team will create the most honest, most open, and most ethical Congress in history” – Speaker-Elect Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Press Release, November 16, 2006 Yet again, evidence has surfaced that shows Pelosi and other Democrats remain on shaky ground with their continuing claims that they are running the House with what she termed ‘great openness and transparency.’...
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
All three network morning shows on Friday skipped a Washington Post report revealing that powerful congressional Democrats such as John Murtha, James Moran and others on a defense panel are the subject of an ethics investigation for a relationship with a lobbying firm. The Democrats, and some Republicans are under intense scrutiny for steering over $200 million in earmarks to clients of a company...
Corruption Chronicles (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Under fire for failing to act against corrupt lawmakers, the notoriously remiss House Ethics Committee is in fact scrutinizing dozens of legislators, according to a highly confidential memorandum that mysteriously appeared this week. Washington D.C.’s largest newspaper reports that an internal memo, inadvertently placed on a publicly accessible computer network, indicates that the ethics committee...
Magic Negro Watch (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
From Michelle Malkin: Readers of this blog are quite familiar with the corruption scandals involving California Democrats Maxine Waters and Laura Richardson. Back in March 2009 , I spotlighted Waters, her husband, and their smelly involvement with minority-owned bank called OneUnited. And dating back to May 2008 through July 2009 , this site chronicled the financial shenanigans of Richardson, who defaulted...
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