It is business as usual for the Congressional Democrats: Long-term Illinois Congressman and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, the honorable John Conyers has stepped up and pronounced the following: He asked, what good would it do to read the bills such as the Cap and tax, stimulation fiasco bills, and the Obama bill to nationalize medicine? He said they would have to have a couple of lawyers on hand to tell them what the bills mean.......I am speechless. Practically every fat cat bureaucrat in Washington is a lawyer. Still upset about the Clinton impeachment, Conyers, who devoted most of the last eight years trying to find a way to impeach President Bush, has served in Congress since 1965. He is actually recommending that our government representatives vote on bills without reading them.
Democrats that control the Franking Committee have warned the Republican Congressmen they would refuse to grant them franking privileges is they voted against the health nationalization bill.
Countrywide Corporation was instrumental in the sub-prime mortgage loan business that handed out many bad loans that started the domino effect of bringing down our economy. Democrat politicians Chris Dodd, Barney Frank, Maxine Waters, and others defended such companies and protected them from congressional inspection. Because of VIP loans that the Countrywide Corporation gave to congressmen Chris Dodd and Kent Conrad, House Republicans have requested that the banking committee subpoena the company's records to determine if it had made shady preferential treatment loans to any other government bureaucrats. House Democrats, who now control everything, refused to do that. They claimed they had other more important things to do - probably to scope out new ways to get their hands in our pockets.
The "cash for clunkers" plan that the Obamaites concocted has collapsed after only 1 week - disorganized, uncoordinated, and running out of money already. It seems the 135 pages of rules the government gave the car dealers was still inadequate. I understand those bringing in their clunkers in return for $4500 on a better car had to sign an agreement to return the car if the government reneged on payment. Try to imagine handing over our huge complex health system to the bureaucratic bunglers.
One Guy's Opinion on the Political Scene By: Jim Herndon
