Culture of corruption alert: The Sanchez sisters
From the most ethical Congress ever, yet another investigation into Democrat cronyism. Sister, sister (via Roll Call):
The House ethics committee is reviewing whether the chamber’s rules were broken when Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.) put three of Rep. Loretta Sanchez’s (D-Calif.) aides on her own payroll in late 2006 because of a budget shortfall in her sister’s office.
The shortfall, as the OC Register reported, was caused by one of Loretta’s aides, who used the congresswoman’s credit card to embezzle funds for pizza, groceries, and cab fare. Members cannot pay aides to work for offices other than their own, the paper notes.
Fun fact: The Sanchez sisters published a book together on how they have changed the way the Washington old boys’ network is run. The book features a forward by corruptocrat Nancy Pelosi. Cronies in skirts are still cronies.
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Why do you hate Sanchezes, Michelle?
Both look like they fell off the Roseanne Barr tree (and hit every branch on the way down).
I bet this gets covered on UNIVISION… (insert chirping crickets here) Yeah right! What else can you expect from corruptocrats. I swear in must be in their genes or something.
How come you can’t figure her point of view out?
Between the half naked chicas on Sabado Gigante and the half naked chicas on El Gordo y la Flaca, there is simply no time to cover silly old congresspeople.
How come you are oblivious to sarcasm?
How true, how true…They simple don’t have the time for real news. They just have way too many tv novelas to cover the Sanchez story.
Wouldn’t they be aptly called the Dirty Sanchez Sisters?
What a quaint book cover.
Might be because MOST people who are being sarcastic use “/sarc” after their comments.
That takes all the fun out of it and ruins the mood. Like putting “Let’s Get It On” on your “After Date/Back in Your Place” mix tape.
It’s absolutely not a tired cliché to put /sarc after sarcastic comments. It makes the sarcasm all the more witty and humorous.
/sarc
/sarc tags are used for the benefit of the slower members of the herd/mob.
Hey zero.
I am feeling punchy (read: drunk). I was hoping you could stir up a conversation about either evolution or abortion, cause boy do I have some things I want to get off my chest.
…no one is worried about your chest…
Good morning Aloha.
Did I miss anything? I’ve been pretty busy recently and about to sign off for awhile anyway…
According to Chris Berman Aloha means “goodbye”.
And we all know this is a lie. All Hawaiians do is lounge on the beach, eat spam and smoke ice. Or at least according to “Dog the Bounty Hunter”.
Dream in Color?
Color me a thief and dream about what I can get for me.
But, lets get real! Pizza, a couple of plane tickets, some groceries and a taxi ride. How is that going to add up to the salaries of three congressional aids? Do they really work for a couple thousand dollars a year? I wonder!
Some unaccounted for cash has gone missing from the Sanchez budget account. I’ll get some money from my sister and cover the deficit. We’ll create a cover story, and we need someone to fall on her sword.
Don’t worry, your legal bills will be paid and we’ll make sure you only get a short probation at most. We’ll take care of your family and you’ll get a letter of recommendation when this all blows over. Maybe I can even bring one of your family members onto my staff and we’ll put money in an account for you. You’re young, you still have your whole life ahead of you, you’ll recover. But, you must never breath a word.
Aah, the dream, the dream. Next time I’ll be more careful. I sure don’t want to end up back in Garden Grove.
Chap:
LOL! That’s a good one. Since you added the “drunk” portion it’s incredibly hard to tell if you are being sarcastic or not.
Chap:
It’ll have to wait for tommorrow either way. Wife is giving me the “get off the computer” look. She graduated today, so it’s her day! TTYL. Have one for me.
Are yo sure that’s not the “go ahead and have a few and stay up arguing with people you’ve never met over issues you will never convince them of until 2 in the morning” look? Cause in my experience those two looks are remarkably similar.
Hope and change. Prettier corruptocrats.
Well played, simcoe. An accurate summation of these two leftist, racist crooks, if ever there was one.
Well Chappy if you can’t hate a Sanchez who can you hate? Certainly not a Nunez!
Chap:
*nod* Either of which are not unlike the “Go ahead and charge the hooker to the company expense report” look. I often get that when she drops me off at the airport OTW to a business trip.
Anyhow, she’s asleep and I couldn’t help myself but check for what I had little doubt would be a witty reply.
Touché.
So, are we going to hijack this thread or what? I am loathe to start it myself but feel free to get the ball rolling. Unfortunately, I don’t have any alcohol in the house currently, so you are going to have to drink for both of us.
Just a bunch of good ol’
boysgirls.zeroangel,
I believe chap has either passed out, or is reliving a rather sordid incident involving a hot tub and his socialist tennis coach…and Reaganomics.
All I have to say is that evolution is not digital. It is analog. And I am pretty sure that evolution should be available for at least 12 weeks.
What’s this article about anyway? A pair of corrupt politicians?
Color me surprised.
Am I allowed to make a racist or sexist joke right now? Did I ever tell you guys about how my grandpa died at Auschwitz?
…he fell off his guard tower.
Chap:
I’m glad someone gets it! Perhaps now I should restate how infinite regress explains first cause… or something.
I think the real tragedy is that taxpayer funds were embezzled for PIZZA. And since it is in DC, one can safely hypothesize that it was really bad pizza. If my tax dollars were going toward embezzeling Lombardi’s or Ray’s Famous…I’d probably turn a blind eye. But you just know, being in DC they were freaking ordering Dominos or, at best, Papa Johns.
Chap:
Yes, honestly what a waste. If you are going to embezzle at least have the decency to get the good stuff.
It’s hard to summon up the proper level of outrage without some kind of deviant sexual behavior and some really hard drugs. At the very least I would expect some kind of expensive holiday or something.
All these two cows can manage is pizza, groceries and some light nepotism? F’ing amatuers.
Where are the $1000 bottles of champagne and high-priced escorts at the suite in the Ritz Carlton?
Just lock them in a closet with 30 boxes of pizza and don’t let them out until they finish them all. Justice served.
Chap
Maybe they flew in the pizza guy and his staff from St. Louis on Scare Force One.
Don’t be so harsh. Only “old boys” can be cronies, just like only whites can be racists. The sisters were just being compassionate with tax dollars. That’s what democrats do. It was all done with the “good intentions” of stimulating the local economy. Somebody has to keep the pizza companies in business, don’t they?
Corruption and theft aren’t reason enough chap?
Oh that’s right, you’re a democrat, those are virtues to You People.
Sorry, Chap, they don’t pay me enough to read your mind…its below my pay grade ya know.
I’m tired and will go to bed now…
The chap is back, I see;
In case you haven’t noticed, chappy, Michelle, like most of us, hates all DC corruption.
Birds of a feather…
I seem to remember the first Sanchez sister getting elected courtesy of lots of illegal aliens voting for her, which was discovered AFTER the election somehow, but nothing was ever done about it. Illegals voting? Corrupt congresswoman? Democrat? Nothing to see here folks, move along…
I’m still trying to figure out exactly what is so wrong about all the half-naked chichas on Univision…
These two cronies are only interested in one thing – getting money and power for Hispanics.
Loretty Sanchez ( the first one in Congress) was my congressperson. A lovely person. She praised Iraq and its currupt leaders- heard her at the Arabic Fair in Garden Grove do so( when ole Saddam was in power in 2001). She also declared love for Castro (with proof of it- she was kissing him) AND THIS:She was no where around when Pornography was in the Anaheim Union High School District in 2000 and 2001 ( more than likely still there due to a weak school board- caved in to ACLU). OH She just LOVED CLINTON….Oh another thing when she won the first time ( over Dornan) she made use of the illegal Votes( not just the dead but illegal immigrants) in Santa Ana, CA- there is a currupt precinct there that registers illegals on a regular basis- it went to court but I guess there was too much corruption there to make the case…Oh I don’t miss Orange County or Sanchez- good grief, they almost elected a judge that was involved in Child porn before we left….( conservatives had to do a write in vote to prevent that from happening)…Orange County is not really conservative anymore- has gone down hill fast due to disintrest by conservatives. Let that be a warning to the conservative states…
and here is part of the problem- a strong Conservative ran against her( couple of times) but the Republican party BARELY supported her ( too conservative for themyou knoow)- last name was Coronado- great lady- fought corruption at Anaheim Union HIGH SCHOOL district as well. Was there, saw it in action. we deserve the garbage candidates (sanchez sisters) we get when we don’t fight the good fight.
Paying people to do what exactly? “Just because”?
Democrats have learned or relearned how to steal money from those who work, then give it to their mobs who do not work. Their mobs do their dirty work of killing and intimidating good citizens, then pay them off.
Nice. /sarc
Don’t you know pizza is a gateway drug? It’s a little known fact that the FBI posing as arabs bought Murtha a pizza to open their negotiations with him during Abscam.
Can’t we talk about the legalization of marijuana? Where do you stand, zero?
Mig
Not if you are Chap. Most of his comments are sarcasm. We are used to it by now. You either “get” him or you don’t. I knew he was kidding right away.
Sanchez’s? We donn need no steenkin’ Sanchez’s…….
John et al.:
Touché.
It seems this thread has morphed into a “let’s mock Zero and his wacky atheist-libertarian views whilst completely misunderstanding Chap’s sarcasm” thread.
That’s kewl. It was a boring thread anyway. I am totally open to a thread-jack. All you guys need to do is bring up something sufficiently scandalous that we haven’t already discussed.
Hint:
If it will piss off god but actually not hurt anyone I’m usually for it.
I still think the democrats should do their recuiting in the prisons, they’ll get a better quality of criminal.
I was just having a little fun. Granted, it was at your expense. But , in all fairness, chap did it first. He’s a bad influence.
Chap is sarcistic? Wow, that came out of nowhere.
/sarc if needed.
cailfornia crooks writing books. california seems to have an over abundance of unethical corrupt garbage in political circles. must be the california welfare mentality, get paid without working, the politicians way.
Why do you hate Asian women, chapoutier?
Yep, that was the House election for CA (47th?) in 1996 against Bob Dornan. She [supposedly] won by 980 votes or so. Dornan challenged the results implying that large numbers of voting irregularities occurred (as in illegal aliens voting in US Federal Elections – eg. felonies). Of course, nothing was done about it… sigh.
Sanchez sisters records from ABI (Americans for Better Immigration): F-, F respectively.
Paul Begala thinks Nancy Pelosi is telling the truth.
John:
Ahh no harm no foul man. I can take a joke. I see there are still posters that don’t get that Chap was joking. *sigh*
Chap, you there? Hungover?
When you’re family, you know whats coming then Uncle Joe says “Pull my finger…”
Theres probably very few of my own posts that aren’t sarcastic so I dont even bother with the /sarc.
Do I have to tag /irony /nuance /clueless also?
oh sorry all, my bad…… /sarc
Well Zero…if you “piss off” God, you actually do hurt someone…yourself…big time. I continue to pray for you.
happyscrapper:
Sweet! Happy gets the prize for the inevitable thread-jack!
In what way will I hurt myself if I piss off “god?”
Which “god” are we talking about? Yahweh presumably? How do you know you aren’t pissing off allah right now?
Yikes! Yahweh and Allah are vengeful gods. Obviously they havent been to diversity training.
Personally, Im more worried about Zeus and Shiva, because I dont know how to repent to them. So Im screwed in every religon.
Wait for it….. wait for it….. /sarc /irony /nuance /arcane_religeous_reference /personal_reference
RS:
Excellent! Someone here knows how to play! I wonder if it’s possible to maintain the light hearted “let’s take pod-shots at one another’s religious or lack of religious beliefs and still not insult one another too strongly” banter. I have heard it’s best to hedge your bets; perhaps I should admonish myself to all the major deities on a daily basis?
Chap:
Take some tylenol and get out of bed! It seems your much anticipated thread-jack is upon us. What did you want to get off your chest?
Zero…I won’t be engaging you in this today. And I didn’t mean to insult your non-belief. I only stated my opinion and my fear for your eternal soul. Since you don’t believe you have one, I will just continue to pray for you. But I don’t want to argue the point. It gets us nowhere. And you are right…threadjacking is not a good move. Have a good day.
By the way, Zero…I wasn’t technically threadjacking by my comment. Godlessness and corruption do go hand in hand. I’m not saying YOU are corrupt. But I do believe that Christians in general are more honest and less likely to be corrupted.
Happy:
You didn’t insult me Happy. That was the point of my previous post; I was making a sarcastic joke about the whole thing.
On some level, I can appreciate the fact that you fear for my eternal soul.
I think perhaps it’s worth noting: if this god does in fact exist and he is as nice and loving a being as some folks claim he is; then I have absolutely nothing to fear.
Additionally, there’s probably no need for you to waste any time praying about me to him. After all, he already knows everything you have to say and doesn’t need your input.
Junior could use diapers though (after his imminent birth), $5 to my paypal account would be most welcome and probably a far more kind gesture than prayers *smile*.
Happyscrapper:
…and we were doing so well! This argument is false. The idea that people are more “good” because of fear of eternal damnation is pretty weak. After all, is the only reason you don’t commit a crime because the police will be after you? Of course not.
There is such a thing as empathy and just being good for goodness sake.
Besides, I can point to plenty of instances when “belief” has led to evil deeds. Are we going to go down the route of the “no true Scotsman” logical fallacy now?
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My Mexican ranch girl wife (now a U.S. Citizen) still enjoys watching the Mexican Novelas and other programs–Sabado Gigante (giant saturday) and El Gordo y La Flaca (the fat man and the skinny lady) are on the list. She also watches the Hispanic news channels.
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If you think the U.S. “MSM” is in the tank for President Obama (PBUH) you ain’t seen nuttin yet until you watch the A** KISSING on the Mexican and Hispanic T.V. The wife chides me when I make the “smooching noises” during his speeches!
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As far as the half dressed overweight and silicon enhanced babes on the Mexican T.V. channels–the sponsors know what sells–they give the public what they want. No sophistication needed here–appeal to the lowest common denominator.
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As far as the skinny FLACA lady–she is entertaining to watch–and fairly bright.
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John Bibb
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I can’t give you any money, but prayers for your child’s health and safety will go out. I have had too many direct and immediate answers to prayers not to believe. But I understand…you either believe or you don’t. God has offered to open the eyes of His people. Some take Him up on that offer and some don’t.
Actually, I didn’t mean that at all. Christians are not good because of “fear of eternal damnation”! Jesus came to this earth to save us from that. As humans, we will continually sin and do wrong. But we are forgiven. All I am saying is that Christians don’t want to disappoint their God and Savior and try to do the right thing. We fail quite often. But we are definitely NOT afraid of eternal damnation. Just the opposite!
Happyscrapper:
I was just teasing you. I didn’t expect any money at all, I wouldn’t want to take your money anyway; not that I wouldn’t appreciate the kind gesture (I would); it’s just that I would feel like I was bilking you out of cash and that would be unethical.
As far as answers to prayers, I would say one must consider the idea that you unconsciously only notice when prayers are answered and rationalize when they aren’t. I am quite certain it has never been objectively proven that prayer has any effect beyond a “placebo” effect (which can be quite powerful).
What is the offer again exactly? That I should accept that the creator of the universe made himself incarnate as a human being and sacrificed himself to himself thereby forgiving me of any sins I had committed including those that I was born with?
You said a good deal more that than. You said:
and
It doesn’t matter that you quantified it with:
You basically said that you think atheists in general are corrupt. There is no evidence of this, it is just based on a prejudicial feeling you have toward those that don’t share your belief. On what do you base this idea? What makes you think “godless” people are more prone to corruption?
Most atheists don’t want to disappoint their
God and Saviorfellow human beings and try to do the right thing.Yes.
Sorry you took it that way. I meant that having a religious belief structure makes a person more conscious of doing wrong…that old “conscience” thing. If you were to compile statistics of just politicians, say, I believe you would find a VAST majority of the corrupt ones are non-believers. I am not sure how you can prove someone is a non-believer, however, since many profess to be Christian, but actually are hypocrites. Obama immediately comes to mind. He says he is Christian, but is completely corrupt. I don’t believe for one minute he is really a Christian.
I am sorry I started this topic and I need to stop now…I am leaving for an appointment. Feel free to respond if you want, and I will read it when I get back. But we might want to end the conversation so that we don’t get our wonderful host, MM, ticked off!!
Happy:
Well, why not then accept that the creator of the universe throws lightning bolts and requires human sacrifices?
How else should I take it?
So, atheists do not have a conscience? What? Why not? I have one, it revolves around trying to not make other people suffer and empathy in general.
You would be hard pressed to do so since IIRC there is only one admitted atheist in the whole of the federal government. Besides, you are basing this on absolutely nothing except your prejudices.
Ah hah! The aforementioned “no true Scotsman” logical fallacy. Do you understand what I mean by that? Here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman
I have come to the conclusion that nothing ticks off MM. The TOU is seldom (if ever) enforced as far as I can tell. We are off-topic, yes, but at least we are being polite. The same cannot be said of many posters here. Heck, I have even seen blatant advertisements for someone’s blog or product and they get a pass.
Uhh… we may have reached our limit on Vince Foster conspiracy theories/jokes. Let hope no one else “related” to Obama mysteriously dies.
Some friends of mine went to a Latino lawyers meeting some years ago and heard Loretta speak. First, she spoke in Spanish (don’t lawyers understand English?) and then spent the whole time running down “white people.” They said it was really ugly. They walked out.
So how come gringos get the brunt of how bad Europeans are, but it was the Spanish that really committed massive amounts of genocide in both North AND South America in addition to having slaves? And the Spaniards raped/pilaged the resources to send back to Spain, which is why we are still uncovering sunken treasure ships to this day.
Plus we English/Northern Euros wouldnt even be here if it wasnt for the the Spanish/Italians.
I think Spain has gotten off too easily for all of these centuries – and they need to reimburse us for our illegal immigrantion costs.
(do I really need to add a /sarc? or are we past that now?)
RS:
Am I allowed to make racist comments if I follow it with a /racist tag? Can I make fun of fat people as long as I place a /jerk tag? Is it possbile to combine them? For example:
<racist><jerk>These two sisters are corrupt, taco-bending cows.</jerk></racist>
This could open up whole new realms of postings from me. Cartman would be proud.
We don’t any more dirty sanchezes in Congress: we have too many already.
sweet!!! how did you get the xml tags to print???
ive been trying (not really all that hard) to do that for like forever….
RS:
Copy and paste the following (it was even more of a pain to make it come out like this so you could copy and paste).
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<cool>This opens up a whole new world for me!</cool>
The earlier posts about spending taxpayer money ONLY on pizzas, cab fares, etc, rather than stuff like champagne really irked me. I don’t give a tinker’s damn what they spent the money on. IT WAS STILL STEALING! Geez, these politicians and their staffs are robbing the country blind and we just keep letting them do it?!!! These two are just power hustling money grubbers, like the other 99% of Congress. Please, voters, support term limits, prosecution of elected officials, and vote ALL of these incumbents out.
You can thank the GOP for not standing up for Bob Dornan who had proof that Loretta Sanchez registered over 3000 illegal aliens to vote for her.
Our wonderful RNC would not help B1 Bob beat Loretta because they were afraid to alienate the Hispanic Lobby. They gave up the seat and Bob Dornan to be Polically Correct.
BTW Loretta Sanchez is an anchor baby.
RabbidSquirrel :
Be careful, these are dangerous tools not meant for the faint of heart and/or careless.
<hypocrite>One runs the very real danger of over using them.</hypocrite>
FirstSkirt:
<sarc>I see you totally got the sarcasm too</sarc>
Wait, are we being doubly sarcastic? Are you joking about not understanding the joke? Oww… my head, I’m so confused!
Moreover, they are Harpy cronies.