Posted on 02/24/2009 12:47:16 PM PST by Nachum
It looks like 3 times will not be a charm when it comes to getting someone - anyone - honest enough and subservient enough to run the Department of Commerce for President Obama.
First, it was Bill Richardson who somehow slipped under the radar of Obama's super sharp vetters, having problems with cronies back in New Mexico. Then it was Judd Gregg who withdrew his name after Obama blindsided him by politicizing the census.
Now it's Gary Locke - former Governor of Washington and now lobbyist for a firm that does a lot of business in China - who may have to be thrown under the bus.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
There he goes again...
Hey, I thought the “O” wasn’t going to hire any lobbyists?
Can’t Mr. Obama’s staff read?
You had me at "former Governor of Washington"!
This d-bag is a walking contradiction.
Lock will be confirmed. His ties with chicoms will be overlooked by the china loving GOP.
McLaim is working hard to try to figure out who he will bend over for..
Pingaling
President Obama's 5th week in office:
Obama's 3rd appointee for Dept. of Commerce Secretary is being held up for scrutiny for taking money from the Chinese. Gary Locke - former Governor of Washington is now lobbyist for a firm that does a lot of business in China.
The United States (Obama) plans to pledge more than $900 million to help rebuild Gaza after Israel's offensive against Hamas and strengthen the Palestinian Authority, a U.S. official said on Monday.
Vice President Joe Biden's Son and Brother Marketed Hedge Fund Through Stanford Company: The fund was marketed exclusively by companies controlled by Texas financier R. Allen Stanford, who is facing Securities and Exchange Commission accusations of engaging in an $8 billion fraud. The $50 million fund was jointly branded between the Bidens' Paradigm Global Advisors LLC and a Stanford Financial Group entity and was known as the Paradigm Stanford Capital Management Core Alternative Fund
Obama’s Homeless Woman Is Actually Real Estate Investor
New information about Henrietta Hughes has come to light. It appears that the desperate homeless woman owns real estate she shifted into the name of her son to avoid taxes and acquire government aid. Henrietta Hughes also apparently sold real estate at a significant profit in 2005.
In response to the backlash against the bailout for failing home owners, triggered in part by Rick Santelli on CNN's rant on the floor of the Chicago stock exchange, Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan responded publicly; "the Obama administration's efforts to help struggling homeowners will aid "responsible" borrowers, not deadbeats or speculators."
Obama gives his blessing to Sheik Sharif Ahmed's appointment as President in Somalia. The UIC was viewed as a terrorist organization by the Bush administration, but is viewed as moderate by the new US Obama administration.
President Barack Obama now likes to talk at commissions" and summits” after making fun of Sen. John McCain for proposing a commission to look at the economic crisis facing the country. In the "Fiscal Responsibility Summit" at the White House, the President listens "to the best and the brightest on the subject of the budget as well as the larger issues related to the economy".
Among the eight members named Friday to the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry and the 10 senior policy aides who will assist them in their work, two own American models. Add the Treasury Department's special adviser to the task force and the total jumps to three.
Barack Hussein Obama will propose a massive business tax on greenhouse gases in his FY 2010 federal budget to be presented this week.
The massive tax increase and power grab was buried at the end on article on Obama's forthcoming budget proposal in The New York Times:
Obama Upholds Detainee Policy In Afghanistan:
The Obama administration told a federal judge military detainees in Afghanistan have no legal right to challenge their imprisonment there, embracing a key argument of former President Bush’s legal team
Obama appoints "The Vacuum Cleaner" to be the new US ambassador in London. Obama has been embroiled in a cronyism row after reports that he intends to make Louis Susman, one of his biggest fundraisers, the new US ambassador in London.
Obama's administration attended four full days of negotiation at the "Durbin II" conference. During that time his people sat and passively watched the following: the failure to adopt a proposal to act against Holocaust denial, a new proposal to single out Israel, which will now be included in the draft without brackets, broad objections to anything having to do with sexual orientation, vigorous refusal by many states to back down on references to "Islamophobia" (the general allegation of a racist Western plot to discriminate against all Muslims), and numerous attacks on free speech.
(rest of list at my profile)
An “Obama’s-super-sharp-vettors”-Pepsi-thru-my-nose moment.
I’d respectfully suggest a change for the Harriette Hughes story.
Instead of “real estate ^investor^”, I suggest “housing flipper” or the equivalent.
It is an idea :)
No trouble. No problem. Amerika dudden care. Chuckie Shoemer said we don’t care.
Hmm.
Where can I find someone even crookeder than the last one?
I challenge ANYONE to show me an honest democrat.
They no longer exist, to the extent that if someone told me they were a democrat, I’d hang onto my purse!
Great info! You should include links or references, though, or it’s just a list.
"There is no controlling legal authority." - Algore
now there's an oxymoron
Each item on the list is from a source linked here at FR. The list is built on the articles from publications here.
Eventually I will post links as my technical skills grow. I have always had trouble making a link on FR and need to learn how again. I am working on a website for all of this. Each item will be linked to the original source of information. Right now, this list is eleven "word" pages long.
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