WorldTraveller Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Well, we know that this administration takes Crony Capitalism to a whole new level, which is despicable as it is, then we find out that Jim Messina (Head of Obama's election campaign) most likely broke the law and cut deals with Big PHARMA in order to get their support in the Health Care law in 2009,2010 from his private Email accounts, now we find out that David Plouffe (Obamas right hand man) did business with a group that is under intense scrutiny for its persistent dealings with Iran and Syria. http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-associate-got-100000-fee-from-affiliate-of-firm-doing-business-with-iran/2012/08/05/5e6888a2-dda2-11e1-8e43-4a3c4375504a_story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary M Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 but I want to see Mitts TAXES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 A guy who wasn't an advisor to the President accepted a speaking fee from a company affiliated with a company that had a partnership with an Iranian telecom firm...and that's "news"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 No, but at least we know where Jim Messina went to. Anybody hear anything about where Kenny Loggins is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldTraveller Posted August 6, 2012 Author Share Posted August 6, 2012 A guy who wasn't an advisor to the President accepted a speaking fee from a company affiliated with a company that had a partnership with an Iranian telecom firm...and that's "news"? Substantively, I agree. However, this coming from the administration that has been pushing the "secrecy" line of attack and that calls itself the most transparent in history, is a story in itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Big Cat Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 A guy who wasn't an advisor to the President accepted a speaking fee from a company affiliated with a company that had a partnership with an Iranian telecom firm...and that's "news"? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Speaking of "shady," looks like Obama is sending Holder after another Romney backer. These people will stop donating...or else!!! WIcked. WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is investigating whether Las Vegas Sands Corp., owned by high-profile Republican donor Sheldon Adelson, broke federal law by failing to report millions of dollars of potentially laundered money transferred to its casinos by two high-rolling Las Vegas gamblers, according to the Wall Street Journal. The U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles is investigating deposits made in the mid-2000s by a Mexican pharmaceutical businessman, later indicted for drug trafficking in 2007, and a California executive with Fry's Electronics, who later pleaded guilty to taking illegal kickbacks, the newspaper said, citing lawyers and federal officials working on the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 A guy who wasn't an advisor to the President accepted a speaking fee from a company affiliated with a company that had a partnership with an Iranian telecom firm...and that's "news"? No, the bigger story out of the Plouffe speeches is that President Obama, who campaigned so passionately against what he called the ‘revolving door’ between the highest levels of government and the lobbying/influence business, has absolutely no problem with it when his friends do it. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 No, the bigger story out of the Plouffe speeches is that President Obama, who campaigned so passionately against what he called the ‘revolving door’ between the highest levels of government and the lobbying/influence business, has absolutely no problem with it when his friends do it. . Plouffe was a lobbyist? When did this happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldTraveller Posted August 7, 2012 Author Share Posted August 7, 2012 This may interest you DC Remember the auto bailout? You know, the one that was done with such a high level of benevolence - Emails obtained by The Daily Caller show that the U.S. Treasury Department, led by Timothy Geithner, was the driving force behind terminating the pensions of 20,000 salaried retirees at the Delphi auto parts manufacturing company. The move, made in 2009 while the Obama administration implemented its auto bailout plan, appears to have been made solely because those retirees were not members of labor unions. The internal government emails contradict sworn testimony, in federal court and before Congress, given by several Obama administration figures. They also indicate that the administration misled lawmakers and the courts about the sequence of events surrounding the termination of those non-union pensions, and that administration figures violated federal law. Delphi, a General Motors company, is one of the world’s largest automotive parts manufacturers. Twenty thousand of its workers lost nearly their entire pensions when the government bailed out GM. At the same time, Delphi employees who were members of the United Auto Workers union saw their pensions topped off and made whole. - Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/07/emails-geithner-treasury-drove-cutoff-of-non-union-delphi-workers-pensions/#ixzz22rpFVRmt The rest of the article has got lots of internal emails. Btw, I have a new format and I don't see the options to Bold, Underline, Quote like the old format, maybe someone has an answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 This may interest you DC Remember the auto bailout? You know, the one that was done with such a high level of benevolence - Emails obtained by The Daily Caller show that the U.S. Treasury Department, led by Timothy Geithner, was the driving force behind terminating the pensions of 20,000 salaried retirees at the Delphi auto parts manufacturing company. The move, made in 2009 while the Obama administration implemented its auto bailout plan, appears to have been made solely because those retirees were not members of labor unions. The internal government emails contradict sworn testimony, in federal court and before Congress, given by several Obama administration figures. They also indicate that the administration misled lawmakers and the courts about the sequence of events surrounding the termination of those non-union pensions, and that administration figures violated federal law. Delphi, a General Motors company, is one of the world's largest automotive parts manufacturers. Twenty thousand of its workers lost nearly their entire pensions when the government bailed out GM. At the same time, Delphi employees who were members of the United Auto Workers union saw their pensions topped off and made whole. - Read more: http://dailycaller.c.../#ixzz22rpFVRmt The rest of the article has got lots of internal emails. Btw, I have a new format and I don't see the options to Bold, Underline, Quote like the old format, maybe someone has an answer. So what's the problem? If they weren't in a union they don't deserve a pension. And besides, BO SAVED GM! Saved it, I say. Saved it! (the formatting settings are at the top of the reply box) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 This may interest you DC Remember the auto bailout? You know, the one that was done with such a high level of benevolence - Emails obtained by The Daily Caller show that the U.S. Treasury Department, led by Timothy Geithner, was the driving force behind terminating the pensions of 20,000 salaried retirees at the Delphi auto parts manufacturing company. The move, made in 2009 while the Obama administration implemented its auto bailout plan, appears to have been made solely because those retirees were not members of labor unions. The internal government emails contradict sworn testimony, in federal court and before Congress, given by several Obama administration figures. They also indicate that the administration misled lawmakers and the courts about the sequence of events surrounding the termination of those non-union pensions, and that administration figures violated federal law. Delphi, a General Motors company, is one of the world's largest automotive parts manufacturers. Twenty thousand of its workers lost nearly their entire pensions when the government bailed out GM. At the same time, Delphi employees who were members of the United Auto Workers union saw their pensions topped off and made whole. - Read more: http://dailycaller.c.../#ixzz22rpFVRmt The rest of the article has got lots of internal emails. Btw, I have a new format and I don't see the options to Bold, Underline, Quote like the old format, maybe someone has an answer. What a...surprise... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldTraveller Posted August 7, 2012 Author Share Posted August 7, 2012 (edited) A guy who wasn't an advisor to the President accepted a speaking fee from a company affiliated with a company that had a partnership with an Iranian telecom firm...and that's "news"? -The Iran-tied telecom firm that paid White House adviser David Plouffe $100,000 in speaking fees is caught up in allegations that it led a campaign of bribery and influence-trading inside the Islamic Republic in order to "steal" a mobile-phone license. The "premeditated program of corruption" allegedly included efforts to arm Iran and secure favorable United Nations votes regarding its nuclear program. The claims were detailed in a lawsuit filed by a spurned competitor earlier this year in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. The claims surfaced in U.S. court years after Plouffe, who also served as President Obama's 2008 campaign manager, accepted the speaking fees from South African company MTN Group in late 2010. But the suit alleges that the "corruption" was well under way, dating back to 2004, though MTN has denied the accusations. That suit, filed by Turkish company Turkcell, is sure to get renewed attention following the revelation Monday that Plouffe accepted $100,000 in speaking fees from an MTN subsidiary shortly before joining the White House. Initial reporting noted that the Obama administration and outside groups have since scrutinized MTN's business deals inside Iran but did not focus on the Turkcell case. -http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/07/firm-that-paid-white-house-adviser-accused-securing-un-votes-arms-on-iran/ Edited August 7, 2012 by WorldTraveller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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