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1. #1
   On March 16th, 2009 at 1:14 pm, Stillwaiting said:

   No accountability (or accounting) in Congress! Thoes rules are for peasants.

2. #2
   On March 16th, 2009 at 1:17 pm, pueblo1032 said:

   Talk about the POT and the KETTLE… The problem I have is FRANK says it with a straight face…

3. #3
   On March 16th, 2009 at 1:19 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

   Barney Frank is either:

   the poster child for incompetence
   (if you actually believe he intends well and is failing miserably),

   or

   the poster child for competence
   (if you believe he is a Democratic Socialist Communist who is deliberately trying to destroy capitalism, and doing a good job of it)

4. #4
   On March 16th, 2009 at 1:23 pm, AlohaGuy said:

   The problem I have is FRANK says it with a straight face…

   Well no actually…

5. #5
   On March 16th, 2009 at 1:23 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

   They make me sick.

6. #6
   On March 16th, 2009 at 1:25 pm, Craig said:

   “These bonuses are going to people who screwed this up enormously.”

   Barney…you horse’s ass. [And with apologies to all horses.]

7. #7
   On March 16th, 2009 at 1:26 pm, Doctor Hook said:

   “These bonuses are going to people who screwed this up enormously.”

   The whole so-called stimulus and the mortgage bailout together are one giant reward paid to those who screwed up.

   I am utterly amazed at the shortsightedness and hypocrisy of these morons. They are either incredibly stupid, or know what they are doing and using it to secure their positions and power.

   If so, this is pure and unadulterated evil.

8. #8
   On March 16th, 2009 at 1:30 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

   Mr. Frank the pimp meister? That Mr. Frank? My my. And to think honest people live in a country united with Massachusetts. They are Queer, they are Here and they head the Banking Committee.
   Our once Great Massachusetts-now home to Queers, Queens, child molesters Honored and a whole mess of Kennedys.

   Hopefully they have some honest folk to take it back-hopefully.
   Their citizens are but subjects, Overview of Massachusetts Firearm Laws, but the Queers, Queens, child molesters Honored are safe. Paul Revere-you are needed.

   —
   Keep the change-I’ll keep my guns

9. #10
   On March 16th, 2009 at 1:35 pm, cicerokid said:

   They screwed this up ginormously under your watch Bawney Fwank. Their supervisor should be fired, too.

10. #11
    On March 16th, 2009 at 1:37 pm, cabrerski said:

    Get a rope…

11. #12
    On March 16th, 2009 at 1:41 pm, sonofdy said:

    Thank you Michelle, now I know what to do to get a rasie. I just need to screw up. Be back in a sec. after slapping my boss in the face…..

    (10 minutes pass)

    …I got fired, who would have thunk it???? I need to run for office for that to work I guess.

    

12. #14
    On March 16th, 2009 at 1:46 pm, OregonGrapeVine said:

    On March 16th, 2009 at 1:17 pm, pueblo1032 said: The problem I have is FRANK says it with a straight face…

    On March 16th, 2009 at 1:23 pm, AlohaGuy said: Well no actually…

    I just fell out of my chair laughing..

13. #15
    On March 16th, 2009 at 1:47 pm, denver republican said:

    ArizonaNeanderthal, can you knock it off with the “Queers and Queens” crap?

14. #16
    On March 16th, 2009 at 1:50 pm, Yashmak said:

    If I read it correctly, AIG was contractually obligated to pay the bonuses.

    Barney, don’t let the facts get in the way of your daily whine now, ‘kay?

    But yeah, hearing about AIG giving bonuses, contractually obligated or not, rankles more than a little.

15. #17
    On March 16th, 2009 at 1:51 pm, sonofdy said:

    If I read it correctly, AIG was contractually obligated to pay the bonuses.

    How dare you bring the truth into this????

    

16. #18
    On March 16th, 2009 at 1:54 pm, emjem24 said:

    So does this mean that Barney is gonna give back his “pay raise” or resign his seat?

17. #19
    On March 16th, 2009 at 1:59 pm, lottadawg said:

    Well Massachusetts Rep. Barny Frank, you certainly have surpassed all benchmarks of incompetence you set previously.
    In your hurry to pass your culpability in the Fannie , Freddie, debacle back to the Bush administration and smoke the sky you forgot to write anything about limits. So now Treasury has complete control. You gave it. Quit pointing your finger at everyone else and man up. Uh , or something like that.

18. #20
    On March 16th, 2009 at 1:59 pm, corona said:

    .. and let’s not forget an idiotic idea pushed by a Republican governor / Presidential candidate …

19. #21
    On March 16th, 2009 at 1:59 pm, tiredofit08 said:

    congress need to look no further than themselves…when was the last time you were able to automatically vote yourself a raise?? frankly congress hasn’t earned a raise in years

20. #23
    On March 16th, 2009 at 2:11 pm, RedDog said:

    Congress is out of control. The best thing for the country is to suspend Congress for at least two years. If that works well, then suspend it permanently. It would be a model for countries the world over.

    Prosecute the subprime congressional ring leaders and we would be in fat city.

21. #24
    On March 16th, 2009 at 2:13 pm, Oink said:

    Thanks for linking to that Michelle. I’ve been waiting for the opportunity to opine…

    Barney Frank, you are a despicable, disgusting, crooked hypocrite! If your constituents have a brain at all, they’ll get rid of you at the next opportunity.

    Folks, Barney Frank’s comments are proof-positive to me that they have completely lost track of what they’re doing in DC and how they got there. Furthermore, they obviously think we’re stupid.

22. #25
    On March 16th, 2009 at 2:17 pm, Oink said:

    On March 16th, 2009 at 2:11 pm, RedDog said:
    Congress is out of control. The best thing for the country is to suspend Congress for at least two years. If that works well, then suspend it permanently. It would be a model for countries the world over.

    Prosecute the subprime congressional ring leaders and we would be in fat city.

    And that would make Obama our King and we obviously don’t need that.

23. #26
    On March 16th, 2009 at 2:30 pm, CW4_KGP said:

    On March 16th, 2009 at 1:23 pm, AlohaGuy said:
    The problem I have is FRANK says it with a straight face…
    Well no actually…

    Bravo Zulu AG!!!

    That one made me spew a Frostie Blue Cream Soda all over my desk! Thanx, you thilly thavage!

24. #28
    On March 16th, 2009 at 3:02 pm, mikeg said:

    hey barney, maybe you should have looked into all this before you gave AIG all that money. Also you say they should be fired for incompetence, You should be the first to go!!!

25. #30
    On March 16th, 2009 at 3:08 pm, Yashmak said:

    .. and let’s not forget an idiotic idea pushed by a Republican governor / Presidential candidate …

    – corona

    Healthcare spending per capita increases have outpaced the national average by 7% since enactment of comprehensive coverage in Mass.? Who would’ve thunk it!

    I can only shake my head. And then it’s topped off with:

    “The state expects to spend $595 million more on its health insurance programs this year than in 2006, a 42 percent increase.”

    Nice.

26. #31
    On March 16th, 2009 at 3:11 pm, malkin_fan said:

    Barney Frank is a disgusting POS.

27. #32
    On March 16th, 2009 at 3:42 pm, d1carter said:

    Barney is just shoving the other pigs away from the trough…

28. #33
    On March 16th, 2009 at 3:54 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    This, after the Senate refused to give up automatic pay increases for themselves and Nancy Pelosi refused to give the measure a hearing.

    This coming from hypocrite millionaire Nancy Pelosi who doesn’t even allow her vineyard/restaurant to unionize.

29. #36
    On March 16th, 2009 at 4:27 pm, davidcaskey said:

    I don’t understand what they are worried about. They gave AIG the money, AIG gave out bonuses, the government taxes the money and gets it back. What’s the big deal? Perhaps if we were able to keep some of our wages then there would be an issue.

30. #37
    On March 16th, 2009 at 5:07 pm, zyzzyg said:

    Nothing new about hypocrisy in Congress. How many of them damned earmarks, yet made sure theirs was still in the omnibus bill?

31. #38
    On March 16th, 2009 at 5:40 pm, Room 237 said:

    Twice during the Depression Congress cut their pay.

32. #39
    On March 16th, 2009 at 5:45 pm, WarTip said:

    Pot, meet Kettle.

33. #40
    On March 16th, 2009 at 6:19 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    What! You mean these clowns have the temerity to cash their paychecks? I guess there really is no shame left in America.

    Is this what Obama was speaking of when he used the word “audacity?”

34. #41
    On March 16th, 2009 at 7:19 pm, maisy said:

    DO AS I SAY….NOT As I DO…should be the slogan for the democratic party from here on in…..
    And as for Barneys outrage at bonuses…didn’t his boyfriend at Freddie Mac walk away with MILLIONS????

35. #42
    On March 16th, 2009 at 8:46 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    How about the “bonuses” that Dodd, Obama, Frank, etc. received in return for their cover-up of the fraud at Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac?

36. #44
    On March 16th, 2009 at 9:42 pm, right_on said:

    “These people may have a right to their bonuses, they don’t have a right to their jobs forever,”

    Out of touch, much, Barnacle Frankenfurter? Wasn’t it your crowd that was recently talking about the Pork in the Budget being such a small amount of the over all total? Well, what percentage of $178 Billion, is the $165 Million in bonuses? Yet, you’re all up in the a$$ about the AIG bonuses, but public outcry over the amount of earmarking in the budget is misplaced anger?

    Didn’t your butt-buddy, Schumer tell us we should ignore the “small stuff,” and the inconsequential? So, when is doling out $168,000,000 in bonuses any different than doling out the same amount in taxpayer money to the F.O.D.’s?

    Franks has the audacity to proclaim “accountability for thee, but not for me!” Of course he can’t be voted out, because to do so would be anti-gay, right?

37. #45
    On March 17th, 2009 at 1:55 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    Let’s not forget that the majority of so-called “elected” representatives are taking bribes from lobbyists, PACs, and a myriad of special interest groups. Tom Daschle was a two-bit lawyer from South Dakota,but when he left Congress some years later (felt like a hundred years to me), he was a millionaire. How does that happen when they make approximately $165K a year? Remember, next time–NO INCUMBENTS!