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- royceguy, on 10/12/2007, -12/+79Just so we're clear, most Democrats think Micheal Moore is a tool, too.
Just think of him as our Ann Coulter, only less manly. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -28/+95A couple of facts for you:
1) Bill Clinton gave Haliburton, no bid contracts for years before Cheney was in the picture. Haliburton is not a Cheney invention.
2) The split between Cheney and Haliburton was less than amicable
3) Micheal Moore has made more money from owning Halliburton stock, than Cheney ever did. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -24/+71This is much worse than anything the lefties could accuse Dick Cheney of.
This woman undermined our military while helping to line her husband's pockets. She should resign from the Senate all together. It will be interesting to see if the mainstream media runs with this, or pushes it under the carpet. - R0am3r, on 10/12/2007, -13/+59From the Metroactive article: “You would think that, considering all the money Feinstein's family has pocketed by waging global warfare while ignoring the plight of wounded American soldiers, she would show a smidgeon of shame and resign from the entire Senate, not just a subcommittee.” Now we see Feinstein’s true colors.
Where is the mainstream media on this? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+49Where is the mainstream media on this?
I searched on "Feinstein" at CNN.com and the most relevant article was about AG Gonzales:
http://search.cnn.com/pages/search.jsp?query=feinstein - thoolou, on 10/12/2007, -10/+45Hey chuckles,
You know Michael Moore has Haliburton stock, right? - RuffRidr, on 10/12/2007, -7/+41Wow, some congress this is.
- onyxraven1979, on 10/12/2007, -14/+45This is nothing new for ol' "Do as I say and not as I do" Dianne. She still have her concealed carry permit, while not wanting others to have guns?
BTW Dick Cheney does not own any Halliburton stock, but Michael Moore and George Soros do. - rebrad, on 10/12/2007, -5/+35So much for the most ethical congress. What hate filled greedy hypocrites.
- Ribald_Jester, on 10/12/2007, -8/+32Mainstream media like CNN is a joke. Seriously - you expect them to report anything like this? We'd sooner see stories about bunnies that can burp the national anthem then anything substantial. Since our ever vigilant FCC said it would be OK for corporations to own ungodly amounts of media companies, there are about 6 major companies that control most mainstream news...and this is what happens.
- RuffRidr, on 10/12/2007, -9/+33Yes good research. However it still does not change the fact that Sen. Dianne Feinstein linked her votes to the financial well-being of her husband's companies. More from the most ethical congress ever.
- hipnerd, on 10/12/2007, -4/+28I saw this pop up a few times in upcoming stories. I was waiting to see this story from a credible source before I Dugg it. It's WorldNetDaily quoting an even more obscure partisan blog. I'm not saying the story is untrue, just that I'd like to read about it from a source that isn't rubbing its hands together and cackling with glee because the ethics charges are against a Democrat for once.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -11/+33No he is not. Perhaps you would like to present some proof? It is easy to make wild accusations based on popular belief, regardless of how irrational that may be. And please, don't insult my intelligence by claiming to be a conservative.
- geekee, on 10/12/2007, -3/+24"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss."
- Robotsu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19Meet the New Congress, same as the Old Congress..
- Vestrit, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20@lettruthout
All I can say is Cheney was very thorough about removing his ties from Halliburton specifically because he was going to run as VP of the United States. Not only is the payment he currently has been receiving from Halliburton part of a 'deferred payment' plan (in order to avoid heavy tax penalties, which is nothing new, its pretty common behavior and certainly not criminal), Cheney also took out an insurance policy which states regardless of if Halliburton literally goes *bankrupt*, he will still be paid his deferred compensation. That effectively removes his ties to the companies financial well being. Almost. Dick Cheney then went on to sign over the profits of his stock options in Halliburton to several charities. 1)University of Wyoming, 2)George Washington University's medical faculty, 3)Capital Partners for Education. The terms of this agreement are "irrevocable and may not be terminated, waived or amended." Currently this stock amounts to roughly $8 million.
http://www.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Election%20Form.pdf
http://www.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Cheney%20Insurance%20Agreement.pdf
http://www.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Cheney%20Gift%20Trust%20Agreement.pdf
http://www.factcheck.org/article261.html - 3tcp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15The fact that she did in fact resign from the committee because of what she was caught doing pretty much proves that it actually happened. WTF are you trying to defend?
- Nighttime, on 10/12/2007, -4/+19Can you say Culture of Corruption? I guess this should be totally ignored, because she is a Democrat? Didn't the new congress come into power because of the corrupt republicans? It doesn't matter to me if someone is republican or democrat....corruption doesn't follow party lines.
- badfrog, on 10/12/2007, -8/+23Yeah, a lot sure has changed since the democrats took over...
(note: that is sarcasm) - pickypg, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17@foxifiednutjob
And how does any of that change any of the things you are responding to? "Alright, I see those facts, NOW LOOK OVER THERE" is what your post amounts too. The article amounts to the fact that there was a dirty Democrat (who has been known for being a horrible senator) who will MAYBE be in the news for a week while personally profitting from her decisions. On the other hand, Cheney, who has removed himself as much as he can from Haliburton who is getting no-bid contracts for jobs that ONLY their subsidiary company can do (KBR) as well as they do them, gets thrown in the news every time funding of the war is mentioned. It's fine though because he's a Republican, I guess.
- Abramoff was a lobbyist. Not an elected official. Has anyone ever heard of a lobbyist that WASN'T up to no good (even if doing it all legally)?
- Tom DeLay has yet to be convicted. I love how it's innocent until proven guilty, unless it's a Republican. Not to mention that unlike Democrat's, Republican's RESIGN when they do something wrong, let alone something illegal.
- I've heard a whole lot of how it could be bad, but honestly I don't really see that it is bad. Of course, I am not wearing a tin foil hat believing my government is the enemy; I just tend to take a bit of salt with whatever they say, not throw it out and watch the Iranian TV to see what they're really up to.
- What cover up? That was on the news for weeks. Of course every republican wanted it off the news because it's BAD PRESS and looks horrible. Not to mention it was shown later the guy he was being gay with was 18. Again, of course, being gay goes against conservative values. And again, even he resigned.
- I've never seen anything substantial on the missing billions. Also, I wouldn't put it past either party to make up these claims to hide what was really in the bill, or to just misquote a statistic such as "$9 billion used for covert projects" becomes $9 billion unaccounted for. Again, I am also putting a slight assumption that our government DOES look out for us, and while there are bad seeds (read: democrats... just kidding), I think overall we are a good country and there is an explanation other than John Doe just lined his pockets with $9 billion.
- This from the guy supporting the Illinois voting tampering that has gone on for years now? Felons and dead people voting numerous times over, and no one cares. I'll maybe blink an eye when I hear something on that scale versus a few localized bad eggs doing.
- A state governor? Who cares except tax payers in Kentucky. This is no different than New Jersey. It sucks, but other than that, it was politicized to make one party look bad (and I'm not even going to bother to paint who got it worse).
- Ohio? Again, local issue dealing with an obviously corrupt bunch of leaders (going on what all is going on IN Ohio across the board, they need to just boot /everyone/ out and start over).
- Florida? Laughable.
- Now you're accusing the CIA of being a wing of the Republicans? Also a laughable accusation (even ignoring the Republican link) to anyone that has a clue. You, being a nutjob, do not.
- Attempted murder? Wow. Yep, they caught Cheney's CoS right outside their door before he was about to pull the trigger. Good thing the police got there in time, and every witness in the trial had a /different/ story about how everything happened, but that's okay to ignore because it's a Republican; he's obviously guilty.
@Oldfart2
You gave yourself so much credibility there.
@vestrit
How dare you bring logic, reasoning, and proof to a Democratic pow-wow. - gmason08, on 10/12/2007, -8/+22Forgot to add; please continue irrelevant republicans good/democrats bad or if your preference is democrats good/republicans bad minutiae proliferation exercise as it's usefulness in distracting from what is really important is yet to be surpassed.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+18A wifey in the Senate channeled billions of dollars of taxpayers' money to her hubby's companies (of which she owns 50%;). Who said the Democrats have no family values?
- CourtesyFlush, on 10/12/2007, -7/+21It looks very much as if all those "culture of corruption" quotes are going to bite some people squarely on the ass.
It's going to take a lot more than, "but...but....but....CHENEY!" to cover up this rather stinky mess. - f4st4word, on 10/12/2007, -7/+21In other World Net Daily news, soy makes you gay:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53327
I am with hipnerd - I'm waiting for a non-insane media outlet to verify this
story. - InsaneGeek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13*cough* Democrat William J. Jefferson was found with $90k in freezer from a corruption probe before the 2004 election and is still in congress.
- ryanlive, on 10/12/2007, -9/+22Democrats pledge to make this the most honest, ethical, and open Congress in history
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1114/p09s01-coop.html
Is it just me or are the Democrats on a ethical avalanche lately? - olik, on 10/12/2007, -4/+16Ok. I voted for her, I'm $*%#$#+ pissed off, and feel betrayed. If it's true she should resign. period.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -11/+23The silence from the lambs on this matter will be deafening.
- geekee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Why does this link keep getting modded down as fast as up? I believe this reporter is the one who broke the story.
Here's more
http://metroactive.com/metro/03.21.07/dianne-feinstein-resigns-0712.html - flink405, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13If it was a Republican, they would already have a Special Prosecutor investigating this, Senate hearings would already be scheduled, Democrats would be calling for resignation of the Senator, it would be issue one in the press (Why hasn´t this scandal even been reported on the main stream press?). But since it is a Democrat it is ignored.
- dreicher, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13"Truly, a person holding a sub-committe posistion from 2001 to 2007 as a member of the minority party would wield enormous power and influence, right?"
Yes, right. Feinstein was chairperson and ranking member of MILCON for six years. You can try and obfuscate it all you want or seek to minimize her role but why not just say she's too dumb to know how to utter the phrase "I recuse myself from these matters". That would at least hold some validity. You can't have righteous indignation for Cheney and Cunningham and indifference to this - it doesn't work. Do the political parties in this country use some sort of jedi mind tricks I'm unaware of or immune to that make people defend and indefensible act? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Make your list, if you are right I'll give you 90k in my freezer
- pirotess, on 10/12/2007, -13/+23This is only newsworthy if it was a republican senator.
- kingygk, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12I thought there was a new congress in town. Guess not.
- elisa72, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9This is from Feinstein's website:
Senator Feinstein is also a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee. She currently serves as the Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Interior Department and Related Agencies, and is a member of the Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies; Commerce, Justice, and Science; Defense; Energy & Water; and Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, Housing and Urban Development,
and Related Agencies. She previously served as the Ranking Member of the Military Construction and Veteran Affairs Subcommittee.
http://feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutDianne.Biography
All that proves, of course, is that she DID resign, not why. - gmason08, on 10/12/2007, -8/+17If you think the Iraq War is about fighting terrorism and that the border fence is intended to stem the flow of illegal aliens, then you probably also think gov is a "watchdog" over multi-national corps and there is a difference between Rep and Dem parties at the level that really matters. Don't believe me? Spend some time in the "Suites" at the two parties national conventions.
- elisa72, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9She is NOT still on the Military Construction Appropriations subcommittee: http://appropriations.senate.gov/members.cfm
Her current subcommittees are: Interior (Chairman), Agriculture, Rural Development, Commerce, Justice, Science, Defense, Energy and Water Development, Transportation/HUD
So she did resign, and with complete silence from the media about it. I'm not going to speculate on the reason for the silence right now. - macwisdom, on 10/12/2007, -10/+19responce to bjkwjk's a couple of facts
Halliburton ’s history of benefiting from government largesse goes back a ways. From 1962 to 1972 the Pentagon paid the company tens of millions of dollars to work in South Vietnam, where they built roads, landing strips, harbors, and military bases from the demilitarized zone to the Mekong Delta. The company was one of the main contractors hired to construct the Diego Garcia air base in the Indian Ocean, according to Pentagon military histories.
In the early 1990s the company was awarded the job to study and then implement the privatization of routine army functions under then-secretary of defense Dick Cheney. When Cheney quit his Pentagon job, he landed the job of Halliburton 's CEO, bringing with him his trusted deputy David Gribbin. The two substantially increased Halliburton 's government business until they quit in 2000, once Cheney was elected vice president. This included a $2.2 billion bill for a Brown and Root contract to support US soldiers in Operation Just Endeavor in the Balkans.
After Cheney and Gribbin departed, another confidante of Cheney, Admiral Joe Lopez, former commander in chief for U.S. forces in southern Europe, took over Gribbin's old job of go-between for the government and the company, according to Brown and Root's own press releases. - Deuterium, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9@mercymillenium
Cash in the freezer??????????????? Yeah this is a much better Congress. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9FiDi and the libs always get a pass from the MSM. Just like Dirty "Filthy" Harry Reid's sweetheart real estate dealing garnering over a million dollar deal for a paltry 100k.
- kazoolist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9@stepnw1f
Yeah, "lies" about something where THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF A CRIME. Very compelling counter-argument. - geekee, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12More on the story
http://www.metroactive.com/metro/01.24.07/dianne-feinstein-0704.html - Dewhead, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Heres the announcement from March 15 ----Progressive Democrats Sonoma County
Wonder why it wasn't reported?
http://www.pdsonoma.org/article/feinstein-resigns - krellor, on 10/12/2007, -5/+13Typical bigot.
- geekee, on 10/12/2007, -9/+17Not many war profiteering comments from the Digg peanut gallery. Oh wait, it's a Democrat. If it was a Republican, the liberal smug would be overpowering.
- elisa72, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/04/22/MN310531.DTL
URS Corp., a San Francisco planning and engineering firm partially owned by California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's husband, landed an Army contract Monday worth up to $600 million.
http://www.publicintegrity.org/wow/bio.aspx?act=pro&ddlC=45
Principal shareholder Richard Blum, who co-owns 75 percent of Perini's voting shares, is the husband of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat from California who serves on the Appropriations Committee and the Select Committee on Intelligence.
"We report, you decide." - tenrec, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9For a liberal the most important factor in determining right and wrong is the political party of those involved. This is just another of thousands of examples.
- Nighttime, on 10/12/2007, -9/+17If this was a republican it would have 1000 diggs by now. I'm not a republican and can see the bias on digg.
- kazoolist, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9quite. the first half of the comments on THIS story are attacks on Cheney. Geez.
- Jagdwulfe, on 10/12/2007, -6/+14Doesn't surprise me being the Democrats are really no different than the Republicans. Problem is the people are too stupid and too busy watching the March Madness and such too notice.
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