Congress Cover-Up: …and for Other Purposes.
Most people think our legislative branch wants our money and invades our lives. Too many people think Congress will give us everything we need if we vote enough of the ‘good’ ones in. And some realize it’s a mix of both and more.
Here is Congress’ General Orders of the last year:
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=senate_calendar&docid=sc007.pdf
I’ve also use the Thomas website to search and read the bills:
I found S. 692 interesting; a bill to waive information on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in certain circumstances. S. 942 is pretty interesting too; a bill to prevent abuse of Government charge cards. S. 806 sounds really bad; a bill to provide for the establishment, administration and funding of the Federal Executive Boards, and for other purposes. Maybe it’s their definition of of the terms -
‘…Federal Executive Boards, which are defined as interagency entities established in a geographic area with a high concentration of federal employees outside the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area to strengthen the management and administration of agency activities and coordination among local federal officers to implement national initiatives in that area.’ - Sept 22nd 2009
What happens when the national initiatives are against your best interests!? A federal organization of bullies. The hot button terms are Executive, management and national initiatives. The power of government should be the interests of the people, which in turn would not need a Federal Executive Board to ensure the national initiatives.
In addition, ‘and for other purposes’ is added to over half of the bills mentioned in the General Orders. That statement could mean anything. Most pork passed in Congress is added by ‘and for other purposes.’ We have a Congress and Administration who is using the word Transparency to lull people into believing what they say. And to lead the American voters away from the truth.
They show they lie when changes to healthcare reform include coverage for Illegal Aliens. When the jobless rate is at 9.8%. When taxes for the lowest wage earner raise at the same rate as the highest. We need to open our eyes to these breaches of trust. And present them to our representatives for them to correct. They are driving here and they need to follow the path they are sent!
October 7th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Yah, pork comes from both sides and South Dakota is way up there as one of the most guiltiest states of taking more than it’s fair share of pork from both Republican and Democratic Congressmen representing our state…So, Guy…be sure you remember that.
October 7th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
Guy, I’m very disappointed in this work. I give it an “F” and is not worthy of comment.
October 8th, 2009 at 12:43 am
We all know that “riders” have been the tool of corrupt politicians for decades. The sinister twist now is that the practice is being used to get liberty stealing legislation through in a stealth manner so the public is unaware that they’re being sold down the road to serfdom. Nothing transparent about this current lot, although it is easy to see through them.
October 8th, 2009 at 8:07 am
I don’t care where it comes from or who it goes to…shouldn’t it stop!? Transparency and clean government are not friends of politicians! Lobbyists are. This is a good case for smaller government.
Popalot, Comming from you, I think that’s a compliment!
shakey jake, Well, if they do get caught they can always contest the meaning of ‘is’, and such!
October 8th, 2009 at 9:31 am
Sure, you don’t care…NOW…where the money goes…but, you sure did not say anything for years when we in South Dakota were rolling in the dough and still do. So, please…save the typical sanctimonious attitude for another sucker. LOL
October 8th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Mac, You’re logic is stupid. Because I didn’t “say” anything before, I shouldn’t START!? What would be the definition of start, then?
What’s more important is money is only part of the problem. The issues Democrats couldn’t accomplish with a stacked Congress/Administration, they have to do with tricks and hiding the facts from their constituents. What a noble bunch of causes these must be to force them upon us!?
October 11th, 2009 at 10:41 am
The Republicans are just as much to blame or even more since the big hole we are in happened under them and Bush when they had consolidated power…he, he, he…
October 12th, 2009 at 12:54 am
tsk, tsk, #7. You cannot escape with deceptive misrepresentations here. Democrats ran the House and the Senate during the last years of the Bush Presidency. And your fav leaders Barney and Dodd blocked Republican, Fed Reserve and administration attempts to rein in the schemes over at Fannie and Freddie. While the Repos were limp wristed on forcing reform, the main bag is held by your buddies at Barney and Dodd housing, managed by Franklin Reins.
October 12th, 2009 at 1:03 am
Still, the GOP put us in the whole…pure and simple…
October 12th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Dems only had bit parts in this. History has been written, don’t try and rewrite it. You look like the liars you are when you do that.
October 13th, 2009 at 7:58 am
Banks were forced to loan to people who couldn’t afford loans, because they needed a house. This wasn’t done because they needed housing, they wanted a house. Barney Frank and Chris Dodd profited off of this legislation. Can you say Platinum Parachute?
It seems these issues elude your cat-like Political knowledge…of a country you don’t live in…of an issue you have no experience in. Popalot, I’m all for kids playing with the adults. But the kids need to understand, they need to learn their material before they can make a plausable political critique. Otherwise it’s just babbling.
October 13th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
That is not the major reason for your problems. I bet you think it was the poor Blacks getting homes but you are too afraid to publicly say that.
There just is not any hope for you, you think it’s that simple? You could go and see Moore’s movie which by all accounts is pretty fair (goes after Barney and Chris and Clinton) but you wont, FOX told you he is a Liberal and anything that guy has to say has to be wrong. Stay in your world of ignorance.
October 13th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Blacks??? Don’t you think Whites got loans they couldn’t afford? Don’t be foolish! Banks gave them to all who wanted them and weren’t allowed to refuse on basis of not being able to pay back the loan.
Moore is an simpleton! He makes things less complicated than they really are; and stirs everyone up with self-hate. When you get a loan based on your intensions, you can’t rely on your intensions to pay the loan.
Just because he goes after Barney and Company doesn’t make him fair minded. He doesn’t place the responsibility on the person for repaying the loan! The next Moore movie will probably blame Gravity for people falling down. Twisted logic, that is all that man is!
I see with whom you share a brain!
October 13th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
Calm down Guy…and quit obsessing over Obama because he does not even think about little people and blogs like yours. He doesn’t even know you and you spend all your time and energy on this stuff and I can tell it just agravates the hell out of you. lol…
October 13th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
If Moore makes it too simple, Guy, explain to me what a derivative is? Or why did every other country have it’s banks have a certain amount in cash to cover themselves in bad times and American Banks where allowed to have almost nothing in reserve. How is that the fault of the couple who were signed up by an institution. An institution BTW that KNEW that couple would be in trouble down the road.
The little guy with his mortgage was just a pawn in the ravenous appetite of your out of control financial sector. And it got there mostly with the help of the Republican deregulation mindset.
Again, you are the one who is trying to make it simple (people who should not have bought a house). That’s simple and wrong. Now, I have to get back to my nightly emails I have with Barak. Bye for now.
October 13th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
Slow down buddy, a derivative, is ‘ordering concert equipment before the concert.’ If you don’t have the band, stadiium and equipment ordered before the date, they won’t be there in time for the event, then you can’t sell any tickets. Banks had the money invested in the real estate based on those couples paying back their loans. When large numbers of unqualified couples stopped paying their mortgages the homes fell into forclosure, which they agreed to pay when they signed the paperwork(yes, there’s lots of paperwork.) The banks reserve was cut out from under them by the couple not paying like they said they would. Because banks usually lose around 10% of the value of the loan, processing a forclosure. The banks are far from blameless but the fault is not capitalism. It was the governmental ‘trying to help the needy’ that mandated the poor to recieve housing loans.
The Fair Housing laws put up regulations for the banks to give out loans on the basis of intent to repay the loan, not financial evidence. It is ultimately the fault of the couple because they bought a house they couldn’t afford. But the legislation, meant to house the poor, actually got the poor(and the whole country) into a lot of trouble. But I guess Michael Moore made his money.
October 13th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Mac, BTW this topic had nothing to do with Obama until you brought him up. Why don’t you stop hitting yourself?
October 14th, 2009 at 12:26 am
What a coincident, Hannity says this very thing.
October 14th, 2009 at 8:24 am
Guy, why don’t you stop hitting yourself? lol…Obama still gets to you, huh? ha, ha…he remains the center of your attention and existence.
October 14th, 2009 at 10:09 am
Wow, Popalot, two people who know what’s going on! I don’t really have time to listen to/watch Hannity. But I did spend 5 years in Real Estate and my wife has been in it twice as long!
Maybe you should listen to people with experience over people with only hate!?
OK, Mac, if you say so.
October 14th, 2009 at 10:50 am
I don’t have to say so, but, thanks!
October 14th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Oh, gees realtors, the lowlife overpaid useless high-school drop out realtors are smarter than economists. Insane you are.