Abramoff Put White House Contacts at 400

Abramoff Put White House Contacts at 400

By Susan Schmidt
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, September 29, 2006; Page A12

Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his colleagues billed their clients for more than 400 contacts with White House officials between 2001 and 2004, according to a report released yesterday by the House Government Reform Committee. The report did not determine how many of those contacts -- referenced in e-mails and Abramoff's often falsified client bills -- actually occurred.

The 93-page report was jointly issued by the committee's chairman, Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.), and its ranking Democrat, Rep. Henry A. Waxman (Calif.). They wrote that their investigation found the current reporting requirements "failed to protect public officials from the ethical undertow generated by Abramoff's claims of access to executive branch deliberations, particularly at the White House." blah blah
"The only thing this report demonstrates is what a lot of us already know: Jack Abramoff had a penchant for exaggerating and charging his clients for minor contacts with government officials," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said.

Really......

That is not what has been reported!

Abramoff Put White House Contacts at 400

Everyone knows what's up in Iraq, execpt the US population

Card Urged Bush to Replace Rumsfeld, Woodward Says

By William Hamilton
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, September 29, 2006; 1:50 PM

Former White House chief of staff Andrew Card on two occasions tried and failed to persuade President Bush to fire Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, according to a new book by Bob Woodward that depicts senior officials of the Bush administration as unable to face the consequences of their policy in Iraq.

On the Diane Rehm show, on NPR Lt. Gen. William Odom, U.S. Army-Ret., former director of the National Security Agency and senior fellow at the Hudson Institute says that every European spy agency has done analysis on the state of Al Qaida.

Prior to 2002 the general state of this organization was diminishing. After we invaded Iraq the recruitment, live fire training and all the other benefits waging war fell into Al Qaida lap. It seems that this is common knowledge every where but the US Media outlets.Link Windows Media.


Think about this, we are strong because no one is going to come over here and invade our land. Well even if we can defeat someone on paper, taking a country has since the time of Gilamesh, Is hard!

The President even himself said on camera, "Some are trying to say we provoked Al Qaida this is false" Hay if this is false what is true? That is our question.

If our establishment is happy with the current state of our military and the outcome of our involvement in Iraq they need to be fired. No questions asked. We don't need a book from Woodward to know this and he is not the first one to write about it. The American media is not talking about what others are talking about. There is a dereliction of Duty.
State of Al Qaida. Iraq, Bob Woodward.
Card Urged Bush to Replace Rumsfeld, Woodward Says

Challenger Seeks Probe of Rep. Foley's E-Mails to Boy, 16

Challenger Seeks Probe of Rep. Foley's E-Mails to Boy, 16

By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, September 29, 2006; Page A07

The Democratic opponent of Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) is calling for an investigation into an e-mail exchange that Foley conducted last year with a 16-year-old boy who had worked as a congressional page.

Foley, 52, has served in the House for six terms and is seeking reelection. He said that the five e-mails he wrote to the boy were harmless and that their publication is part of an attempt by Democrats to smear him.

DUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Let me get this straight, he sends and email and it the Dems fault. I dont think so. Even in FLA they can figure out this is unacceptable behavior from our elected official's.

Challenger Seeks Probe of Rep. Foley's E-Mails to Boy, 16

Rep. Foley resigns over e-mails to male page

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Rep. Foley resigns over e-mails to male page - Politics - MSNBC.com Rep. Foley resigns over e-mails to male pages Florida Republican had been considered a shoo-in for re-election

WASHINGTON - Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., abruptly resigned from Congress on Friday in the wake of questions about e-mails he wrote a former teenage male page.

"I am deeply sorry and I apologize for letting down my family and the people of Florida I have had the privilege to represent," he said in a statement issued by his office.

Tim Russert final breaks the glass on the rite of going after the hords of Interns that come to Washington, DC every day of the year.

Like this is big news. Having worked on the Hill wayyyy back when I watched this happen every day. These people are no different that other groups and this has been going on for far too long.

At least he is an equal oppt stocker.

Wowwwwww,





Rep. Foley resigns over e-mails to male page

Out going DC AG say not having Sovern Immunity hurts us

The Spangitti, outgoing Attorney General of the District, say that not having Sovern Imunity is a deterrent to the people of DC.

Also having the detailing of the AG office from remote area of the Justice Deptment to serve in the District as our advocates. This means that the people representing us are not from DC. That does not make sense.

Annual budget 183,000,000.00.


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More Leaks, Please Questioning the Iraq Intel Report

Robert Kagan - More Leaks, Please - washingtonpost.com

For instance, what specifically does it mean to say that the Iraq war has worsened the "terrorism threat"? Presumably, the NIE's authors would admit that this is speculation rather than a statement of fact, since the facts suggest otherwise. Before the Iraq war, the United States suffered a series of terrorist attacks: the bombing and destruction of two American embassies in East Africa in 1998, the terrorist attack on the USS Cole in 2000, and the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Since the Iraq war started, there have not been any successful terrorist attacks against the United States.

Robert Kagan clearly has his head in the sand if he thinks American's are now safer because of Iraq. What country is it now safer for American to travel too. Correct me if I am wrong, during the last Olympic games American's were told to not wear the flag or USA logos and our althetes traveled in nondiscript buses to and from events.

Not only that! The whole state of terrisom has changed from coordinated cells with a central command and control structure to one in which any two or three individuals can plan and launch an attack with the credit going to "terrorist" as a whole. Which only casues others to do the same.

Kagen goes on to make a couple of statments that remind me of a duck on water --while they are one way above water what is going on below is a whole lot different. What is his agenda with the article, parrot the Administraton or created some real crital thinking about our current actions. Besides we are not fighing a war! Since we are not fighting a country. We are fighting a collection of people that for what ever reason they have chosen do not like the United States.

Which with Iraq's pourous borders allows anyone entry to the field of battle thus allow any and all to make contacts with like minded individuals and get combat experience. All the while keeping us from focusing on future efforts on how to go about conducting military operations against unaligned forces which is our greatest threat now and in the future.

As for what will make us safer, how about stop doing preemptive strikes against countries that have not attacked us.


More Leaks, Please Questioning the Iraq Intel Report

Bush Tells Group He Sees a 'Third Awakening

Bush Tells Group He Sees a 'Third Awakening' - washingtonpost.com

Bush Tells Group He Sees a 'Third Awakening'

By Peter Baker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, September 13, 2006; Page A05

President Bush said yesterday that he senses a "Third Awakening" of religious devotion in the United States that has coincided with the nation's struggle with international terrorists, a war that he depicted as "a confrontation between good and evil."

Bush told a group of conservative journalists that he notices more open expressions of faith among people he meets during his travels, and he suggested that might signal a broader revival similar to other religious movements in history.

Well having studied the Second Awakening which happened in the US back around 1810is -32 Bush better hope that this latest one has more teeth. As for whom he meet while traveling- seeing how this Administration screens every and all people that Heir Bush comes in contact with I am not suprised that he is meeting those that only think and hopefully do not act as he does.

Why I say do not act is because he is a very frighting fellow with regard to the rights to life after birth. With not one pardon as the Governor or President plus the use of preemptive force his record on this commandment is very poor.

Bush Tells Group He Sees a 'Third Awakening

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Rep. Ney Admits Selling Influence and that is he crooked.

Rep. Ney Admits Selling Influence - washingtonpost.com

Rep. Ney Admits Selling Influence
Republican to Enter Plea in Abramoff Case

By James V. Grimaldi and Susan Schmidt
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, September 16, 2006; Page A01

Rep. Robert W. Ney (R-Ohio) agreed yesterday to plead guilty to corruption charges after admitting to performing a variety of official acts for lobbyists in exchange for campaign contributions, expensive meals, luxury travel, sports tickets and thousands of dollars in gambling chips. He is the first elected official to face prison time in the ongoing influence-peddling investigation of former GOP lobbying powerhouse Jack Abramoff.

After fiercely proclaiming his innocence for more than a year, Ney signed a two-count plea agreement Wednesday that the Justice Department filed in federal court yesterday

Sure the Dems have a bad apple, but the Republican have a whole apple basket of bad fruit.

Rep. Ney Admits Selling Influence

USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

USGS Earthquake Hazards Program » Latest Earthquakes M3.0+ in the USA - Past 7 days

Update time = Mon Sep 4 13:00:01 UTC 2006

MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s LAT
deg LON
deg DEPTH
km LOCATION
MAP 3.3 2006/09/04 07:18:09 52.235 -182.921 1.0 431 km (268 mi) W of Adak, AK
MAP 3.7 2006/09/04 02:24:43 31.660 -115.639 7.0 29 km ( 18 mi) NNE of Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico

MAP 4.6 2006/09/03 15:30:07 52.011 -185.123 34.7 (no nearby locations in database)
MAP 3.2 2006/09/03 08:00:10 46.196 -122.187 0.0 1 km ( 0 mi) SW of Mount St. Helens Volcano, WA

MAP 3.6 2006/09/02 19:54:59 42.434 -111.533 0.2 15 km ( 9 mi) WSW of Georgetown, ID
MAP 3.6 2006/09/02 16:29:41 33.954 -116.374 9.5 12 km ( 8 mi) E of Desert Hot Springs, CA
MAP 3.2 2006/09/02 09:32:26 57.702 -157.595 180.0 16 km ( 10 mi) N of Pilot Point, AK
MAP 4.4 2006/09/02 09:11:38 52.187 -175.019 33.1 55 km ( 34 mi) W of Atka, AK
MAP 3.1 2006/09/02 07:30:49 56.472 -163.971 70.0 161 km (100 mi) NNW of Cold Bay, AK
MAP 4.0 2006/09/02 07:30:11 53.156 -156.078 15.0 365 km (227 mi) SE of Perryville, AK
MAP 3.1 2006/09/02 06:23:05 19.221 -66.637 22.9 84 km ( 52 mi) N of Carrizales, PR
MAP 4.0 2006/09/02 02:27:05 19.625 -63.670 12.3 121 km ( 75 mi) NE of Settlement, British Virgin Islands
MAP 3.9 2006/09/02 02:12:05 19.638 -63.565 33.4 128 km ( 80 mi) NE of Settlement, British Virgin Islands

MAP 4.7 2006/09/01 23:44:44 66.780 -141.746 9.7 88 km ( 55 mi) E of Chalkyitsik, AK
MAP 3.3 2006/09/01 22:12:54 58.950 -154.925 100.0 55 km ( 34 mi) S of Kokhanok, AK
MAP 3.0 2006/09/01 19:09:07 58.749 -150.482 1.0 102 km ( 63 mi) SE of Port Graham, AK
MAP 3.0 2006/09/01 13:44:33 32.261 -115.275 6.0 16 km ( 10 mi) WSW of Guadalupe Victoria, Mexico
MAP 5.9 2006/09/01 12:04:22 53.997 -166.366 78.1 16 km ( 10 mi) NE of Unalaska, AK
MAP 3.2 2006/09/01 08:27:07 19.119 -64.633 15.7 54 km ( 34 mi) NW of Settlement, British Virgin Islands
MAP 3.2 2006/09/01 06:38:43 20.090 -155.402 6.2 6 km ( 4 mi) NNW of Paauilo, HI
MAP 4.5 2006/09/01 06:17:28 51.459 -180.887 36.2 296 km (184 mi) W of Adak, AK

What is wrong with this?

D.C. denies water to Libyan embassy - U.S. Life - MSNBC.com

Squatters allegedly lived in embassy
The United Arab Emirates took control of the embassy property after the Libyans left. And, according to the suit, squatters stayed there for several years without permission from Libya or UAE.

There were squatter in an embassy. With the rent being charged in the captiol this sounded like the best deal going.

Friends of Earth Environmental Forum, Washington

You'll never guess who showed up an 1.2 hours late. Mr. Fenty made his Friends of Earth forum appearance just in time for the last questions. He and his staff made so much noise with all of his phones, etc.

Since he stepped all over Ms Johns that come Aug 12 he better be prepared. Well! Even if he was this look will not be there afterwards.

environmental forum, dc

James S. Brady Press briefing Room retired?

Media Pull Out of One Combat Zone

Media Pull Out of One Combat Zone
White House to Be Free of Embedded Press During Rebuilding

By Peter Baker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, August 3, 2006; Page A25

As on the closing night of a long-running play, a lot of the old stars came out for the White House briefing rooms finale. There were press secretaries for five of the last six presidents, and reporters who have haunted the building since John F. Kennedy. The current tenant stopped by. And for old times' sake, Sam Donaldson showed up to shout questions again.

After 13,271 days of constant spinning, the broken-down, rat-infested firetrap officially known as the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room was retired yesterday.

During the Clinton Admin. I had the pleasure of helping White House Communication Director George Caudall place the plague before the dedication of the room and which included the upgrade to Handicapped access. We will be watching to see if once the room reopens will it be ADA compliant and do they call it the same name.

Breifing room

How hot is it in DC

This picture was taken at 9AM and the sidewalk was hot enough to cook eggs.

Bringing their pain to the streets of DC.

I don't think I have to add anything to this other than we should not forget that there is a price in human life on all side for this and any war.

Peace in the Middle East.

Better to know the District

This just has to make you laugh and then cry.

District of Columbia is the Nation’s Capital

D.C. Subcommittee Hearing on the Structural Imbalance of the District of Columbia: Testimony of The Honorable Tom Davis, Representative, U.S. House of Representatives BLAH BLAH BLA.. follow the link to read it all.

The city has been unable to make the type of IT investments that yield real financial and citizen-service returns. With the exception of the District’s Tax Office, the IT investment revolution that’s occurred in local governments across the country has bypassed D.C. Did not someone with the initials M. J. run a local telco that was supposed to be building out that library and school network. Do we have one today.

The District has taken care of its financial house. It has balanced its budget for seven consecutive years, without tricks or gimmicks, and it has a cash reserve that is the envy of every municipality in the Nation.

Fave part.


To further drive home the need for a federal investment, we are not here discussing some random city. The District of Columbia is the Nation’s Capital, and maintaining it, growing it and modernizing it – these are national responsibilities.


US SENATE HEARINGS & TESTIMONY Think about what others are saying and from both ears.

Ward 5 Endorsement

On Saturday July 22nd the Dems in Ward 5 held their strawpoll ballet on a number of elections. As no one is suprised Mr. Orange bussed in the troops every last one which added up to 34 % with Ms. Cropp coming in second with 31% showing that strong field opperation since the location change less then 30 hours before the event. Third and not least Mr. Fenty showed up, and only for 5 miniutes,with a wooping 21% Last everyone else Johns, Brown ect in single digits.Ward FIve Endorsement July 22, 2006

Some in Congress what to do more than just say no

Republican Rep. Frank R. Wolf, from Washington's Virginia suburbs, said he would support additional federal funding for crime control in the district.

Although officials cannot control the economic or cultural factors behind some crimes, they can focus on crimes of opportunity, like the Mall robberies.

"The people who did it … saw an opportunity that they thought would allow them to commit a crime and get away with it," McDonald said, adding that increased patrols can deter criminals by increasing their risk of getting caught.

D.C. Cracks Down During Crime Lull
By Heather Gehlert, Times Staff Writer
July 22, 2006

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Fenty has not Emerged from the DC Pack.


Fenty Emerges From D.C. Pack
The Washington Post is interested in making this race competitive by leaving out several of the following points in their analysis and this poll. Plus, why didn't they just ask registered voters since they are the only ones that count.

Here is the quote from the post:

Overall, voters say overwhelmingly that the District's economic revival has been good for the city as a whole, for the middle class, for neighborhoods, for local businesses and for people like them.


So this is what voters feel the state of the District is for them, as opposed to Mr. Fenty's "feelings" and sentiments during Mayoral debates where he's said that the whole city is a complete mess: I don't need to quote one since he has knocked on your door and told you his problems as well as his "vision" for the District. Right? So did he tell you what you wanted to hear or what he has done and will do later?

Like with his personal choices with regards to DCPS. Mr. Fenty's kids go to private schools,which I don't have a problem with. I do have a problem with him having promised to put his kids in public schools IF HE WINS. The bigger question is why are they not in public schools now? Gee! What do you think about kids being made into a political tool.

Mr Fenty, it seems has chosen to place them in private schools right! So I guess since he is one of them old fashioned dads he can simply chose to place them in public school. Who cares what they want. If we polled your house I bet there are a couple of shaky votes. Ms Cropp sent her kids to and taught in DCPS. Who is better prepared to deal with this issue then Cropp, with a lifetime of interaction with in and running our public schools or Fenty with none?

Once the voters realize the total package contained in the crime bill for which Mr. Fenty was the lone nay vote that he voted against more than the 3 things being reported. According to the WashPost "Although nearly three in four residents say they feel safe in their neighborhoods, they are worried about the city's ability to protect them"

So the most important issues identified in this campaign by the voter all seem to back up the Chariman and what the post forgot the mention it has stated and the DCBOEE records show that Ms. Cropp is the leading fund raiser. Overall, Cropp has collected the most: $1.77 million, Fenty $1.75 million is what the post reported the same day they allowed an aritcle to go out saying Mr. Fenty was leading in fund raising.

As to polls let the voters show on Sept. 12th who is the leader of the District.