Check this out. Dems were already talking about bringing us back to 1992, or more likely, way back to 1976. So here we are:
Payback Time: Who the Democrats Will Target
November 08, 2006 8:24 AM
Rhonda Schwartz Reports:
Halliburton, the CIA and big tobacco companies are among the early targets identified by top Democratic staff to ABC News as likely targets for investigation once the Democrats take control of the House at the beginning of next year.
Sure! Target the same old class enemies of the Dems. They gotta start their terror purges with something everyone recognises.
The staffers say Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), now expected to become speaker, has told top Democratic donors there is a "100-hour agenda" she wants to push through -- taking on the minimum wage, drug and energy prices and corruption.
Sweet! Raise the minimum wage, which nobody gets paid, and screw small business. Lower drug prices and screw big business and the millions of workers who'll get laid off. Lower energy prices and guarantee shortages a la 1973. And corruption? Who's on the chopping block first? Congressman Jefferson?
Here's a look at who's in line to take over the most powerful committee chairmanships and the investigations they are likely to pursue:
Yes, let's see who's part of the NKVD this time round. Huh! Looks like the same Frankensteins back in 1992!
In the House:
Henry Waxman (D-Calif.): Described as "a pit-bull with a fantastic staff," Rep. Waxman is in place to take over as chairman of the powerful House Government Reform Committee. Insiders look for this to become the powerhouse investigating committee "where the action is at." Expect Rep. Waxman to start by issuing subpoenas for top Halliburton and KBR executives. Others issues will include Iraq war contracting and Katrina and Gulf Coast re-building. The last time executives from tobacco companies were called to testify was when Congressman Waxman was Chairman of the Health and Environment Subcommittee of Government Reform in 1994.
What? He ain't finished squeezing Big tobacco like a lemon? I guess he wants to put all these companies out of business, along with the 5 million workers they employ in all their other non-tobacco businesses!
Jane Harman (D-Calif.): As a possibility for Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Harman is eager to pursue the ties between convicted Congressman Duke Cunningham and defense contractors. But she is far from assured of taking over as chair of the committee due to long-standing opposition by the Congressional Black Caucus and Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) who wants the job himself. Insiders say the job most likely goes to Sylvester Reyes (D-Texas).
Regardless of who is chairman, one of the first issues most likely will be the Cunningham scandal. Also on the agenda is pre-war intelligence: Who forged the Niger documents?
Joe Wilson forged the documents! Damn. Didn't they solve this problem like years ago? Oh, I forgot. They got no new ideas. Only the same old crap to rehash and rehash.
George Miller (D-Calif.): Rep. Miller is slated to take over the Education and the Workforce Committee. Expect a full rehearing of allegations involving convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, the Northern Marianas Islands and Tom Delay.
He'll be beating this dead horse into soup for the millions of unemployed drifters the Dems promise to feed in this terrible, war-ruined, depressed, poverty-stricken dump of a country they've inherited!
John Conyers (D-Mich.): Rep. Conyers is in line to take over the Judiciary Committee. While one top hill staffer says, "His appetite for true investigation is untested," his new book takes on President Bush for violating the law on Iraq and secret prisons. Internet blogs are hyperventilating about possible impeachment hearings.
Another one flashing back to the early 1970s! And I thought the anti-war hippies on my street corner were disoriented and lost!
John Dingell (D-Mich.): In line for the Chairman of the House Commerce Committee, Rep. Dingell's office says he plans to hold oversight hearings on Medicare and energy policies. His first goal would be to push through a bill aimed at lower prescription drug prices for Medicare.
Dingell? Nice name! Go ahead and investigate! And then, which company will invest in life-improving medications once you take away their will to do business?
Jurched
Payback Time: Who the Democrats Will Target
November 08, 2006 8:24 AM
Rhonda Schwartz Reports:
Halliburton, the CIA and big tobacco companies are among the early targets identified by top Democratic staff to ABC News as likely targets for investigation once the Democrats take control of the House at the beginning of next year.
Sure! Target the same old class enemies of the Dems. They gotta start their terror purges with something everyone recognises.
The staffers say Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), now expected to become speaker, has told top Democratic donors there is a "100-hour agenda" she wants to push through -- taking on the minimum wage, drug and energy prices and corruption.
Sweet! Raise the minimum wage, which nobody gets paid, and screw small business. Lower drug prices and screw big business and the millions of workers who'll get laid off. Lower energy prices and guarantee shortages a la 1973. And corruption? Who's on the chopping block first? Congressman Jefferson?
Here's a look at who's in line to take over the most powerful committee chairmanships and the investigations they are likely to pursue:
Yes, let's see who's part of the NKVD this time round. Huh! Looks like the same Frankensteins back in 1992!
In the House:
Henry Waxman (D-Calif.): Described as "a pit-bull with a fantastic staff," Rep. Waxman is in place to take over as chairman of the powerful House Government Reform Committee. Insiders look for this to become the powerhouse investigating committee "where the action is at." Expect Rep. Waxman to start by issuing subpoenas for top Halliburton and KBR executives. Others issues will include Iraq war contracting and Katrina and Gulf Coast re-building. The last time executives from tobacco companies were called to testify was when Congressman Waxman was Chairman of the Health and Environment Subcommittee of Government Reform in 1994.
What? He ain't finished squeezing Big tobacco like a lemon? I guess he wants to put all these companies out of business, along with the 5 million workers they employ in all their other non-tobacco businesses!
Jane Harman (D-Calif.): As a possibility for Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Harman is eager to pursue the ties between convicted Congressman Duke Cunningham and defense contractors. But she is far from assured of taking over as chair of the committee due to long-standing opposition by the Congressional Black Caucus and Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) who wants the job himself. Insiders say the job most likely goes to Sylvester Reyes (D-Texas).
Regardless of who is chairman, one of the first issues most likely will be the Cunningham scandal. Also on the agenda is pre-war intelligence: Who forged the Niger documents?
Joe Wilson forged the documents! Damn. Didn't they solve this problem like years ago? Oh, I forgot. They got no new ideas. Only the same old crap to rehash and rehash.
George Miller (D-Calif.): Rep. Miller is slated to take over the Education and the Workforce Committee. Expect a full rehearing of allegations involving convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, the Northern Marianas Islands and Tom Delay.
He'll be beating this dead horse into soup for the millions of unemployed drifters the Dems promise to feed in this terrible, war-ruined, depressed, poverty-stricken dump of a country they've inherited!
John Conyers (D-Mich.): Rep. Conyers is in line to take over the Judiciary Committee. While one top hill staffer says, "His appetite for true investigation is untested," his new book takes on President Bush for violating the law on Iraq and secret prisons. Internet blogs are hyperventilating about possible impeachment hearings.
Another one flashing back to the early 1970s! And I thought the anti-war hippies on my street corner were disoriented and lost!
John Dingell (D-Mich.): In line for the Chairman of the House Commerce Committee, Rep. Dingell's office says he plans to hold oversight hearings on Medicare and energy policies. His first goal would be to push through a bill aimed at lower prescription drug prices for Medicare.
Dingell? Nice name! Go ahead and investigate! And then, which company will invest in life-improving medications once you take away their will to do business?
Jurched
