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Congresswoman Waters has no ethics violations
San Francisco Bay View ^ | August 6, 2010 | by Joseph Debro, President, Bay Area Black Builders

Posted on 08/07/2010 9:33:08 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Because Maxine Waters and I are very good friends, I have gotten many calls regarding the story in the press about a possible ethics violation. The press is doing the work of its right wing owners. There was no ethics violation.

This story when run opposite the Charlie Rangel story makes good theater. It makes the Democrats look corrupt. There are more than eight ethics investigations being pushed against members of the Congressional Black Caucus. This is 20 percent of the Black Caucus. If there were justice in the application of the Office of Congressional Ethics, the number of white members being investigated would be 80. There is in fact only one such investigation.

Such investigations erode confidence and make our Black politicians even more reluctant to help Black people.

The case that is being made against Congresswoman Maxine Waters should have been dismissed long ago. It has nothing to do with conflict of interest. It is a case about race.

The Black point of view can seldom find public expression except in the Black press. White people own and dominate both the print and electronic media. The talk shows seldom allow honest expressions of the Black point of view. Editors who fear for their jobs control Blacks who work for the white print media.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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Joseph Debro is president of Bay Area Black Builders, co-founder of the National Association of Minority Contractors, a general engineering contractor and a bio-chemical engineer. He can be reached at transbay@netzero.com.
1 posted on 08/07/2010 9:33:09 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Waters has a criminal violation. There’s a difference.


2 posted on 08/07/2010 9:35:49 AM PDT by Libloather (Teapublican, PROUD birther, mobster, pro-lifer, anti-warmer, enemy of the state, extremist....)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Whitey’s fault. Maxine didn’t give no money to her husband’s bank, that be a lie.


3 posted on 08/07/2010 9:36:25 AM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The press is doing the work of its right wing owners. There was no ethics violation.

Bush's Fault!

4 posted on 08/07/2010 9:39:42 AM PDT by b4its2late (Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Da Man puttin’ da heel of his expensive Italian boots on da neck of a good woman who ain’t done no hurt to nobody. I got a pain from dis, brothas!

/sarcasm


5 posted on 08/07/2010 9:40:14 AM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
It has nothing to do with conflict of interest. It is a case about race.

Of course it is, it's always about race with these people.

6 posted on 08/07/2010 9:41:03 AM PDT by Domandred (Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

racist


7 posted on 08/07/2010 9:42:53 AM PDT by dalebert ( an)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
I can't take these clowns seriously.....they've lived their lives expecting their indiscretions to be overlooked and they're weaknesses tolerated. And that's what they get from the Dem party which as a result has put them back in the plantation model.
8 posted on 08/07/2010 9:43:23 AM PDT by AlphaOneAlpha
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To: Frank_2001

If ‘da ethics do’n fit,
Din ya must aquit.


9 posted on 08/07/2010 9:45:09 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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Shouldn't this posted under humor? ;-) Bwa-ha-ha-ha-haaaaaaaaaaaaaa! What right wing owners? Bwa-ha-ha-ha-haaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Bwa-ha-ha-ha-haaaaaaaaaaaaaa! They ARE corrupt. It's a prerequesite to being a Democrat.

Then 80 percent are getting away with something. Bwa-ha-ha-ha-haaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

The Conservative Black point of view can seldom find public expression except in their own personal blogs.

I'm just waiting for the cry of "Da Joooooos! Da Joooooos!" (maybe that comes up in the linked part of the article, of which I'm not interested in clicking)
10 posted on 08/07/2010 9:46:52 AM PDT by CounterCounterCulture (RINOs: the cancer within the GOP)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If yu iz black, yu gits da sack...if yu iz white, everything b allright. /s


11 posted on 08/07/2010 9:49:18 AM PDT by JPG (Reincarnation is a myth. This Is It.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Strike the work “violations” from the title.


12 posted on 08/07/2010 9:49:46 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (Obama makes me miss Jimmah Cahtah!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Congresswoman Waters has no ethics violations
13 posted on 08/07/2010 9:50:44 AM PDT by SouthTexas
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To: CounterCounterCulture

Just like Daniel Simpson Day had no GPA. She has no ethics violations because she has no ethics.


14 posted on 08/07/2010 9:51:00 AM PDT by Clemenza (Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The press is doing the work of its right wing owners.

Hahahahahahahahahahahah(gasp)hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah(gasp)hahahahahahahahahahahah!

15 posted on 08/07/2010 9:52:37 AM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How nutty.

I have no idea if Waters is quilty or not ... she’s presumed innocent until found guilty IMO

But the idea that people will commit crimes or ethics violations in exact proportion to their numbers of a particular group in a larger body of persons is preposterous!

Debro is an idiot ... and there is no presumption of innocence there.


16 posted on 08/07/2010 9:53:51 AM PDT by Lorianne (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. ___ George Orwell)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“The press is doing the work of its right wing owners.” ...Please! You kick over a media rock, and nothing but leftest maggots and commie cockroaches scatter. Maxine Waters is as corrupt as they come. Joseph sounds like the sort of guy who would know first hand about favors and corrupt money from backroom deals. He is fighting for his sleazy partner.


17 posted on 08/07/2010 9:54:55 AM PDT by pallis
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To: CounterCounterCulture
Shouldn't this posted under humor? ;-)

"The press is doing the work of its right wing owners."

In San Francisco the press is right of them.

18 posted on 08/07/2010 9:55:47 AM PDT by ThomasThomas (Isn't enough always enough?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I can’t really tell if he is serious or not.

He seems to defend ol’ Maxine but his logic and facts are so 180 degrees out of phase that he sounds like he must be talking “tongue in cheek”.

How could he say that the Ethics Committee is 50/50 Republican/Democrat but that the Democrats are less active and effective than the Republicans. My experience is that Democrats jump and shout to cover up any (ANY) wrong doing one of their members has supposedly committed.

When it comes to ethics I would imagine that they would be yelling race race race at the top of their lungs and not quietly sitting by letting the evil white Republicans rule that committee.

Is this Joe Debro actually serious, is he totally out of phase with reality (seeing opposite reflections of reality) in “His” party of choice, or is he just having a good laugh at Maxine’s expense?


19 posted on 08/07/2010 9:57:35 AM PDT by jongaltsr (It)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
There are more than eight ethics investigations being pushed against members of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Hmmm? Do these blacks feel entitled?

20 posted on 08/07/2010 10:06:15 AM PDT by rawhide
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