You have to admire the audacity of someone who says “If you think I’m unethical, your definition of ‘unethical’ is wrong.”
The Boston Herald is on corruption patrol today:
U.S. Rep. Barney Frank admitted he helped his ex-lover land a lucrative post with Fannie Mae in the early 1990s while the Newton Democrat was on a committee that regulated the lending giant — but he called questions of a potential ethical conflict “nonsense.”
Well, duh! Barney’s a liberal Democrat. With most of the media, that ends the discussion. But the fascist Herald is unmoved so Barney adds:
“If it is (a conflict of interest), then much of Washington is involved (in conflicts),” Frank told the Herald last night.
This reminds us of the thief who attempted to palliate his act by telling the judge, “If stealing makes me a crook, then my whole gang are crooks, too!” Our sentiments exactly. Likely Barney recognized the flaw in that logic, for then he played his trump card (no, not the “raaaaaacist” one:)
“It is a common thing in Washington for members of Congress to have spouses work for the federal government. There is no rule against it at all.”
We don’t mean to quibble but it likely wouldn’t matter if there were such a rule. Don’t go by us, just ask New York Congressman Chuck Rangel whose wrist did not stop smarting for several minutes after he ran afoul of those vicious rules Congress makes.
And he’s not the only one who “suffered” the cruel wrath of Congressional ethics. Why, the complete list would fill a … Congress!
– Written by Bonfire of the Absurdities
Source: Boston Herald
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Question to me is just how compromised he was on 9/11/01 when convicted Israeli money launderer Menachem Atzmon and his Israeli Shin Bet boys of of ICTS International 'guarded' Logan Airport,Boston and allegedly allowed Mohamed Atta and his Saudi pals to board flights 11 and 175 en route to their WTC head on collision.I say alleged because although that is te U..S government official story Atzmon and his Shin Bet boys for all their high Israeli tech bragadoccia didn't even have decades old 7/11 convenience store video tech to see them board the plane.
In regards to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,Christopher Cox the Republican head of the SEC at the time of collapse of Fannie Mae shares in 2008 lied on the SEC website sec.gov that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shares were 'naked shorted' all to distract from the fact that these sick murderous prostituting scumbags can get away with murder and aid international billionaires and centi-millionaires to steal Americans dollars and plñace them in their own offshore accounts.Don't tell me any of them are better than Saddam Hussein or Osama bin Laden for that matter.
I place a quote and link to MARGARET CARLSON's Time 1989 article re Frank and his male brothel just as another example of the media being just what you say it is.Can you imagine she defends his male brothel scandal at the time and it was all 'kosher' ?!
http://www.indymedia.org.nz/article/76163/fannie-maecongessman-barnie-frank-goes-d
Fannie Mae:Congessman Barnie Frank Goes Down On Moses,Tim Mahoney
Pimps Mistress,SEC Chris Cox Cries 'Naked Shorts'
Submitted by Anonymous on 31 October 2008 - 5:35pm
in Right WingInternational
''This is -- an ownership society is a compassionate society.....
Another obstacle to minority homeownership is the lack of information.
You know, getting into your own home can be complicated. It can be a
difficult process. I had that very same problem. (Laughter and
applause.).........
Freddie Mae -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- I see the heads who are
here; I want to thank you all for coming -- (laughter) -- have
committed to provide more money for lenders. They've committed to help
meet the shortage of capital available for minority home buyers.......
Thank you for coming. May God bless your vision. May God bless
America. (Applause.) - George W.Bush,October, 2002
Fannie Mae:Congessman Barnie Frank Goes Down On Moses,Tim Mahoney
Pimps Mistress,SEC Chris Cox Cries 'Naked Shorts'
For those who would blame Democrats as a group - which is of course
what the right wing of the Republican Party would have you do for
Fannie Mae and the home speculation market - you would be partly
correct.Only problem is it is the Republican Party's money laundering
allies onshore and more so offshore who are responsible for the
massive looting that has occured using Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
shares to manipulate and wring dollars from, the U.S. economy and
Americans into their anonymous accounts.I wouldn't be surprised if
Bill and Hillary Clinton's Cayman account wasn't a beneficiary of this
massive fraud much bigger than Enron - but I KNOW that Republican
connected Americans and even Israelis have looted Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac and probably Dubai and Saudi and Kuwait 'allies' as
well.It's long since time for transparency and long past time to put
Chris Cox, Paulsen and Bernanke and even Barney Frank on thew witness
stand rather than in positions of power they don't deserve.
chris cox lies about naked short selling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50dp5YvEbrQ
Time Magazine 1989
A Skeleton in Barney's Closet
By MARGARET CARLSON;Robert Ajemian/Boston and Hays Gorey/Washington
On a scale of 1 to HUD, Frank's transgression is a low single digit: there is no suggestion that he used his public office for personal gain. In the eyes of some, however, private failings are far more serious: they go to a leader's judgment and character, as Gary Hart and John Tower learned. For many people, the fact that the scandal involves gay sex makes Frank's behavior more offensive; among others, tolerance of homosexuality has shielded Frank from sharper criticism.
At the least, Frank's judgment was appallingly naive. After an initial encounter in which he paid Steve Gobie $80 for sex, the Congressman says he tried to lift the younger man out of drugs and prostitution by hiring him to run errands. He wrote letters to Gobie's probation officer and paid his psychiatric bills. He allowed Gobie the use of a car and sometimes his apartment when he was out of town.
After 18 months, Frank says, he dismissed Gobie upon discovering that he was bringing clients to Frank's apartment. Two years later, Gobie tried unsuccessfully to sell his story to the Washington Post. He then gave the story to the Washington Times for nothing, in hopes of getting a book contract for the male version of The Mayflower Madam. This week Gobie will appear on Geraldo, discussing his prospects for a television mini-series.
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,958598,00.html#ixzz1NzunJ7A1
He is arrogant and flippant because he doesn't care. He knows he is not going anywhere and he is going to loose his position.
KQ. I hope you are right but remember, you cannot possibly overestimate the stupidity of the average voter.
Sorry about that, I meant to type he isn't going to loose his position. He isn't. That is why he is so arrogant. Sorry!
We need fire, lots of it.
If the opposite of "pro" is "con", then the opposite of "progress" is...
Awesome! Also, "con" by itself is a pretty good description of a lot of what goes on in the opposite of progress.
Uhh, yes!
Are we now living in some sort of Orwellian parallel universe, where up is down and the sun rises in the west?
...and is Frank such a sociopath that he really, truly believes that the rules for mere mortals do not apply to him? Does he think, like Rangel, that he is above all the laws, rules, and organizational norms that make the world work?
This fool is the epitome of corrupt. He's the poster child of warped sense of morality. And he wonders why he's hated so much...
Barney is the definition of corrupt...& angry...& abusive...& victimizing...& moronic.
His Elmer Fudd impression is spot on, though.
I would almost pay to hear Barney shout, "Kill the Wabbit"! I want to hear that...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxiv3CBMS4M
...but would Barney do it?
Ahhhh, to be a modern liberal: a lawyer for every scandal and double standards in every pot!
This is probably what it sounded like in the last days of the Roman senate just before the empire fell.
Excellent.