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1. #1
   On July 31st, 2009 at 7:38 am, JHSII said:

   The democrats will be sure to smear anyone who challenges Dodd right out of the race. Anyone remember whatever happened to Obama’s challenger for the US senate – Jack Ryan? This doesn’t even take into account ACORN or vote recounts until they can create a win.

   I still have hope, however. They can’t take that away from me.

2. #2
   On July 31st, 2009 at 7:38 am, twiggman said:

   How can anyone ever vote for these idiots?

3. #3
   On July 31st, 2009 at 8:12 am, 30 pcs of silver said:

   Tar and feathers. Stat!

4. #4
   On July 31st, 2009 at 8:29 am, BrianNY said:

   Connecticut politics exemplifies some of the most rampant, Democrat corruption and hypocrisy known to man.

   Aside from Chris Dodd’s (and his unethical dad’s too, for that matter) “record of accomplishment” over the years, Connecticut currently boasts a Democrat Attorney General (Richard Blumenthal) who distinguishes himself by going after corporate indiscretions (a la Elliot Spitzer)…while at the same time, actively campaigning for a “former” Latin, gang-banger Mayor of Hartford UNDER GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION for the same behavior that put a Republican ex-governor of Connecticut in jail. (This former gang-banger Mayor has since been charged, thus solidifying Blumenthal’s lack of ethical judgement.)

   How many times are Democrats going to excuse criminal behavior by their “Lions of the Senate” like Dodd and Kennedy by simply saying, “oh, but look at their record of accomplishment” and then walking away?

5. #5
   On July 31st, 2009 at 8:39 am, oldcollegeguy1980 said:

   Obama backing Dodd does not surprise me.

   Dodd is just the type of politician a Chicago marxist would love

6. #6
   On July 31st, 2009 at 8:39 am, Ragspierre said:

   Sandra Harris, an unaffiliated voter from West Hartford, told the Hartford Courant:
   

   “I’ve lost respect for him…It’s time for a change.”

   Funny, that’s what we should be hearing from Oba-mao…

7. #7
   On July 31st, 2009 at 8:52 am, Marshall Russ said:

   Give’m hell Michelle. You and Laura et al need to keep the pressure up on these weak kneed conservatives and RINO’s to not let Obama and the liberal congress off the hook and compromise.

8. #8
   On July 31st, 2009 at 9:16 am, GraniteMan said:

   Michelle you are a voice in the wilderness but keep yelling! You are starting to be heard and soon even the MSM will have to acknowledge the corruption in this administration. People like you help the great unwashed keep our sanity, thank God for you.

9. #9
   On July 31st, 2009 at 9:21 am, Savage24 said:

   It’s really time to throw all of the weasels that are coming up for re-election out of office. Every damned one of them.

10. #10
    On July 31st, 2009 at 9:38 am, Flyoverman said:

    I just love a traget-rich environment!

11. #11
    On July 31st, 2009 at 9:38 am, guitarplayer said:

    I wonder if any challenger to Dodd will be treated like Lieberman was.

12. #12
    On July 31st, 2009 at 9:39 am, no2pcbs1 said:

    the picture of corruption, two low life slime balls, zero and dudd.

13. #13
    On July 31st, 2009 at 9:50 am, cabrerski said:

    It’s time to bring back an old New England tradition (from allexperts.com)

    The Puritans believed that punishment should be humiliating. The most common New England punishment were the stocks and pillory. Stocks were heavy wooden frames with holes that held the guilty persons ankles and sometimes wrists. The pillory was similar, but was designed so the person held in it would be in a standing position with his or her head and wrists secured. Usually the pillory was reserved for members of the community with high social standing, as opposed to the stocks, which were used for lower class individuals. Usually, the stocks were accompanied by verbal abuse and rotten foods being thrown at you.

    Another form of public humiliation would be to have the criminal wear a large letter on their clothing. The letters would stand for the crime committed. A person with a T was a thief, with a D was charged with public drunkenness, and so on.

    Another form of punishment was the ducking stool. Reserved for women who gossiped or scolded their husbands, it was a teeter-totter like device, which had a stool attached to it where the woman would be tied. The woman would then be dunked in a lake or river, with the number of dunks depending on the judges ruling.

    Other, more brutal forms of punishment included whipping. Usually twenty to forty lashes were common, with one case of 117 lashes in the record book. The punishment did not stop with whipping. A hot awl was pierced through the tongue for a person who spoke against the religion. Sometimes ears were cut off. Occasionally, instead of just wearing a letter, the letter was brandedonto their forehead or other body parts.

    Execution was also a form of punishment in the colonies. Hanging was the most common form of execution, although burning at the stake was also used. One case in New York caused for the men to be “drawn and quartered,” meaning they were dismembered and brutally mutilated as they were executed.

    That takes care of the Puritans.

    In colonial America, the troublemakers were punished in the center of town for the entire public to see. Locked in wooden frameworks in the town square, they served their time while the town people scoffed at them. Two types of framework punishment were:

    · Pillory – this framework had holes for the criminal’s head and hands to stick through while they stood up. Once locked in they might get rotten fruit or other items thrown at them. The wrongdoer was condemned to carry out his punishment in rain or shine or freezing weather.

    · Stocks – it had holes in it which the troublemaker’s ankles were locked while setting down.

    · Whipping posts – where a criminal might be whipped before the whole town

    Dodd in the pillory…music to my ears! After all, it’s just good old fashioned New England values and a good place to start.

14. #14
    On July 31st, 2009 at 9:59 am, Marc said:

    Sadly, Dodd’s corruption won’t hurt him in the end. Dodd’s political career is based solely on the fact that his father was a former US Senator from Ct. named Thomas Dodd. Tom Dodd’s Senate career was ended when he was caught in a scandal involving using campaign contributions for personal items and double dipping for travel expenses, among other things. In any state but Connecticut, this corruption would be fatal. But in Connecticut, it only added to the elder Dodd’s popularity. Connecticut is a state where the Republican governor Jody Rell and the Democratic Senate Leader compete for who can raise taxes the most. Rell bragged that she will raise corporate taxes by 10%. The Democrats in the Legislature topped her by seeking a 15% surcharge. So Dodd is reasonably safe. And he is already carpet bombing the state with television commercials in which he takes credit for everybody’s health care. The commercials are paid for by the pharmaceutical industry, something Dodd does not mention. There is another scandal brewing involving Jackie Clegg Dodd, Chris Dodd’s spouse. After marrying Chris, she suddenly became a “go to” lobbyist, racking up huge fees from pharmaceutical companies. In addition, Jackie Dodd suddenly got put on the board of directors of a pharmaceutical company. She has no background in that industry and is not a scientist. So it was surely suspicious that she is now indispensable.

15. #15
    On July 31st, 2009 at 10:16 am, 7thson said:

    President Obama – agent of the “new politics,” erstwhile Breath of Fresh Air, guarantor of all that is good and clean in Washington

    “President Obama”
    “new politics”
    “fresh air”
    “good and clean in Washington”

    Wow, four oxymorons in one phrase! LOL!

16. #16
    On July 31st, 2009 at 10:24 am, Misscheryl said:

    OT but someone’s gotta say it. It’s the little things at the White House that matter:

    W.H. makes CEOs pay for lunch
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    POLITICO 44

    Four of the most powerful business leaders in America arrived at the White House one day last month for lunch with President Barack Obama, sitting down in his private dining room just steps from the Oval Office.

    But even for powerful CEOs, there’s no such thing as a free lunch: White House staffers collected credit card numbers for each executive and carefully billed them for the cost of the meal with the president.

    The White House defended the unusual move as a way to avoid conflicts of interest. But the Bush administration didn’t charge presidential guests for meals, one former official said, and at least one etiquette expert found the whole thing unseemly – suggesting it was a serious breach of protocol.

    Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25627.html#ixzz0MqZLNFGB

17. #17
    On July 31st, 2009 at 10:25 am, vickisoup said:

    Just heard from Amazon that my copy of your book shipped yesterday, Michelle. Can’t wait to dig in!
    

18. #18
    On July 31st, 2009 at 10:26 am, TC said:

    The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise.

19. #19
    On July 31st, 2009 at 10:31 am, moonsbreath said:

    I don’t see how we can continue like this for another 3 1/2 years.

20. #20
    On July 31st, 2009 at 10:33 am, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    #18

    The criminal enterprise is a side venture to the main mission of destroying America as a capitalist country, under constitutional rule, with a Republican style representative democracy.

    Like the Hell’s Angels were a motorcycle club that liked to fight before they started selling methamphetamine…

21. #21
    On July 31st, 2009 at 10:37 am, J.J. Sefton said:

    Chris Dodd is a man who based his entire political career on clearing the name of his corrupt father, Senator Tom Dodd, but instead has managed to make his father look like a rank amateur by comparison.

22. #22
    On July 31st, 2009 at 10:41 am, walterc said:

    Misscheryl said:

    OT but someone’s gotta say it. It’s the little things at the White House that matter:

    W.H. makes CEOs pay for lunch
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    POLITICO 44

    Four of the most powerful business leaders in America arrived at the White House one day last month for lunch with President Barack Obama, sitting down in his private dining room just steps from the Oval Office.

    But even for powerful CEOs, there’s no such thing as a free lunch: White House staffers collected credit card numbers for each executive and carefully billed them for the cost of the meal with the president.

    The White House defended the unusual move as a way to avoid conflicts of interest. But the Bush administration didn’t charge presidential guests for meals, one former official said, and at least one etiquette expert found the whole thing unseemly – suggesting it was a serious breach of protocol.

    Kind of makes you wonder how much that cop got charged for his beer. I’m thinking OB picked up the tab for his friend.

23. #23
    On July 31st, 2009 at 10:44 am, no2pcbs1 said:

    the dudd family contribution to this country is more of the same, corruption, unethical behavior, and down right gutter trash credentials. the dudd’s add new meaning to the term garbage.

24. #24
    On July 31st, 2009 at 10:44 am, 7thson said:

    Like his father and everyone in Washington, Dodd was hooked on his first whiff of power. Like all addicts, he will lie, steal and hurt everyone in his path to get more.

25. #25
    On July 31st, 2009 at 10:48 am, robhic said:

    I so hope they vote him out … and I live nowhere near Connecticut.

    I’m just so tired of seeing his always angry, reptilian, condescending face on my TV! The man is a slime and a weasel.

    GET THIS PIECE OF CRAP OUT OF OFFICE. NOW!

26. #26
    On July 31st, 2009 at 10:50 am, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    Rag on Dodd if you want, but in his day, he and that other pro-abortion, pro-adultery Irish Catholic senator from New England, Ted “DWI Killer” Kennedy, really liked to paint the town red, as they killed bottle after bottle of Chivas and groped and fondled many an unwilling restaurant or bar waitress.

    Like ‘Animal House’, or ‘Porkys’, but on the taxpayer’s dime.

27. #27
    On July 31st, 2009 at 11:02 am, oldcollegeguy1980 said:

    Dodd is clearly comprimised

    Ol big ear barry and his cronies know it

    So they pull him close and offer some cover, but the pay back for even a smidge of that cover always comes at a high price…

    Dodd is now even deeper in the pocket now and he can’t come out…

28. #28
    On July 31st, 2009 at 11:04 am, Misscheryl said:

    Dodd sold his soul years ago.

29. #29
    On July 31st, 2009 at 11:11 am, Flyoverman said:

    On July 31st, 2009 at 11:04 am, Misscheryl said:

    Dodd sold his soul years ago.

    His father probably sold it for him, when young Chris was a child. That would explain many things.

30. #30
    On July 31st, 2009 at 11:17 am, rocketman said:

    ***
    The news gets more surreal every day. The stench from our so called “representatives” and our president (PBUH) is overpowering–worse than a “flyover space” outhouse with a dead skunk in it!
    ***
    And as far as the guy with the “clunker” Mazda RX8 sports car–WAY TO GO! A lot better ride than the Messiah has.
    ***
    John Bibb
    ***

31. #31
    On July 31st, 2009 at 11:26 am, Misscheryl said:

    Fly – that and his father dropped him on his head when he was a kid.

32. #32
    On July 31st, 2009 at 11:35 am, Flyoverman said:

    On July 31st, 2009 at 11:26 am, Misscheryl said:

    Fly – that and his father dropped him on his head when he was a kid.

    LOL

    Misscheryl, OT, but check this out just posted on Drudge. Oh the natives are getting restless even in Wackoland.

    Police called on retirees at Senator’s LA office

33. #33
    On July 31st, 2009 at 11:41 am, Sea_Dog said:

    It’s bad when an Op-Ed in Pravda notes that “The United States is in a free fall towards Marxism”.

34. #34
    On July 31st, 2009 at 11:42 am, spaceycakes said:

    They’re laughing in that pic because they’re watching the Constitution being burned at the stake.

35. #35
    On July 31st, 2009 at 11:45 am, oldcollegeguy1980 said:

    We need to face some facts, the people who voted this corrupt piece of human debris into office knew he was corrupt

    They are ok with his corruption

    They largely benefit in some way from his corruption and connections, or at least they think that they do

    Some may simply be happy that it is not a republican who is their senator, changing from years of nepotism and cronyism is hard

    Most municipalities have some variation of the crony game, largely they ignore it because they imagine some relative or friend would loose their position if actual work were required. Besides many of these positions are held by individuals who have been educated/baby sat by the public education system

    These individuals are in essense receiving welfare, although they are required to show up to get it. So for them actually coming in, they get a seat in some government office building, are actually responsible for nothing, and produce nothing.

    Look at the performance review ratings these bureaucrats give each other. No one dares to critically review another because then you are potentially liable to get a review as a trouble maker. Do not rock the boat.

    Show up long enough, and we will give you a government pension and a COLA increase into perpetutity

    Besides all this is paid for by the idiots who are not smart enough to get a government job. Suckers…

36. #36
    On July 31st, 2009 at 11:56 am, Misscheryl said:

    Fly said:

    You know you’ve gone too far when the senior citizens are camped out in your conference room! Keep poking the hornet’s nest and see what happens.

    You gotta love it!

37. #37
    On July 31st, 2009 at 12:03 pm, Regulus said:

    Donkey corruption is building up like a pus-filled boil that they refuse to lance. But instead of going away, it only keeps getting bigger.

    Say that you will about the fecklessness of the Republicans, at least they have a better record of taking out their trash.

38. #38
    On July 31st, 2009 at 12:14 pm, Teddy Kennedy said:

    Errah, Photo Caption “We’re asz spelunking the American Taxpayer and wouldn’t even extend them the courtesy for a decent reach around!”

39. #39
    On July 31st, 2009 at 12:15 pm, Misscheryl said:

    Dodd thinking: “I hate this black SOB”

    Obama: “Yeah, I know you hate me cracker – heh, I won”

40. #40
    On July 31st, 2009 at 12:30 pm, Atlanta Media Guy said:

    ALERT! POLITICO – Hartford-Courant reporting that Dodd has early stages of prostate cancer.

41. #41
    On July 31st, 2009 at 12:31 pm, Tennyson said:

    My Connecticut friends tell me Dodd keeps getting elected because he delivers the government $.

    I hate to think the voters are okay with his corruption but they may be. We’ll find out for sure in the next election.

42. #42
    On July 31st, 2009 at 12:43 pm, tiredofit08 said:

    Dodd has announced he has prostate cancer..gee if he was on the public option what would be his prognosis???

43. #43
    On July 31st, 2009 at 12:50 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    Most of us here are pretty well informed about political corruption thanks to Michelle Malkin’s very hard work. Send this article to everyone and anyone interested (particularly those you know in Connecticut)in getting these bums out, and that’s true of ALL incumbents. Some people who vote don’t know if Dodd is “bringing home the bacon or not”. They are voting for him because they are not informed. Let’s make THIS a teaching moment.

44. #44
    On July 31st, 2009 at 1:05 pm, oldcollegeguy1980 said:

    The obam-a-tolla will take care of Dodds prostate

    See he already owns it..

45. #45
    On July 31st, 2009 at 1:06 pm, Flyoverman said:

    On July 31st, 2009 at 12:43 pm, tiredofit08 said:

    Dodd has announced he has prostate cancer..gee if he was on the public option what would be his prognosis???

    Since he is over 55, a toe tag in the mail.

46. #46
    On July 31st, 2009 at 2:02 pm, oldcollegeguy1980 said:

    Early stage prostate cancer, is that the new get out of jail free card?

47. #47
    On July 31st, 2009 at 2:10 pm, J S Ragman said:

    I know that I have not spent a long time learning the ways of Washington,

    Au contraire, mon frere.

48. #48
    On July 31st, 2009 at 2:21 pm, BayStateRepublican said:

    Timing of the announcement is suspect especially with all the bad press about his lying about Countywide. 1 in 6 his age get this, so this is merely the politics of diversion and distraction.

    Dodd’s examination revealed an abnormality? His Urologist deserves combat pay for digging around in there, I’d puke.

49. #49
    On July 31st, 2009 at 2:27 pm, Wayfaring Stranger said:

    On July 31st, 2009 at 2:02 pm, oldcollegeguy1980 said:

    Early stage prostate cancer, is that the new get out of jail free card?

    I was out for awhile and heard the news on the radio. My reaction was much like yours.

    Don’t mistake that for coldheartedness; I wouldn’t wish ill health on anyone (I’ve even breathed a prayer for Teddy – I don’t want him to kick without giving Mary Jo’s family the apology they’ve been waiting for in vain all these years).

50. #50
    On July 31st, 2009 at 2:40 pm, Wayfaring Stranger said:

    On July 31st, 2009 at 9:50 am, cabrerski said:

    It’s time to bring back an old New England tradition…

    I’m in favor of bring back the scold’s bridle – with the caveat that it be applied equally to male and female scolds. Barney Frank would be the first, with Queen Nan (Pelosi) next.

51. #51
    On July 31st, 2009 at 2:48 pm, cabrerski said:

    On July 31st, 2009 at 2:40 pm, Wayfaring Stranger said:

    Hear hear!

52. #52
    On July 31st, 2009 at 2:50 pm, Teddy Kennedy said:

    Errah
    

    Wayfaring Stranger said:
    . . . . Barney Frank would be the first, with Queen Nan (Pelosi) next.

    Caught yer typo, That would be Queen Barney and Nan Pelosi . . . .

53. #53
    On July 31st, 2009 at 2:57 pm, cabrerski said:

    Do you think we can accessorize the Scold’s Bridle with a neon sign flashing “I am a lying sack o’ crap”?

54. #54
    On July 31st, 2009 at 3:10 pm, Wayfaring Stranger said:

    On July 31st, 2009 at 2:57 pm, cabrerski said:

    Do you think we can accessorize the Scold’s Bridle with a neon sign flashing “I am a lying sack o’ crap”?

    Sounds like a plan to me.
    

    On July 31st, 2009 at 2:50 pm, Teddy Kennedy said:

    Errah

    . . . . Barney Frank would be the first, with Queen Nan (Pelosi) next.

    Caught yer typo, That would be Queen Barney and Nan Pelosi . . . .

    SPORFFLE!

    My monitor would appreciate a little warning.

55. #55
    On July 31st, 2009 at 3:28 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Dodd just announced that he will be taking time off to be treated for very early symptoms of cancer. Timing. Just sayin’.

56. #56
    On July 31st, 2009 at 3:34 pm, happyscrapper said:

    LOL

    Misscheryl, OT, but check this out just posted on Drudge. Oh the natives are getting restless even in Wackoland.

    Police called on retirees at Senator’s LA office

    I heard about that. How can they kick these people out? What about our constitutional right to peaceful assembly and freedom of speech? Are those rights only reserved for the code pinkers? This is wrong on so many levels. Just wait until their August “break”. They are going to hear plenty from the people they are supposed to be serving. They won’t know what hit them.

57. #57
    On July 31st, 2009 at 3:39 pm, happyscrapper said:

    Early stages of prostate cancer…very treatable and curable. I don’t wish ill of anyone. But it would be nice if illnesses like these would cause early retirement. Maybe he needs to re-think his priorities and decide to stop and smell the roses. Life is too short. I’m just saying….

58. #58
    On July 31st, 2009 at 3:40 pm, happyscrapper said:

    Or we could just fire his a$$. Either way.

59. #59
    On July 31st, 2009 at 3:51 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    happyscrapper: when all else fails, tug on the victim strings. He opting for nuclear treatment on early signs of cancer to exaggerate the problem and make us feel sorry for him. What a weasel.

60. #60
    On July 31st, 2009 at 3:54 pm, nail49 said:

    Life is too short.

    happyscrapper: Yes, but he NEEDS to stay in office to further line his pockets! There is so little time and so much $$$$ to be made for * appropriated to his family and friends. Besides he has a LEGACY to protect!

    * FIFM (Fixed It For Myself)

61. #61
    On July 31st, 2009 at 3:58 pm, DougT said:

    “He just has an extraordinary record of accomplishment, and I think the people of Connecticut will come to recognize that.”

    emphasis added

    This is Obama’s go to word when he needs to put something meaningless inbetween “a” or “an” and the noun. It’s like idiots that drop the f-bomb without context in every other sentence.

    What a verbal tic. It is worse than McCain’s aspirated “s” or the effeminate whine of Bush Sr or even the gravelly faux-gravitas of William Jefferson.

    None of this, of course, is as bad as listening to KO or Maxine Waters, but they’re not as ubiquitous as the president.

62. #62
    On July 31st, 2009 at 4:03 pm, Wayfaring Stranger said:

    On July 31st, 2009 at 3:40 pm, happyscrapper said:

    Or we could just fire his a$$. Either way.

    I wish the voters in the Bog State would hurry up and do that with a whole slew of pols. The problem is, we’ve reached the point that Thomas Jefferson predicted:
    

    The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.

    Though I think TJ mislabeled it; the constitutional republic has fallen victim to the rule of the many who now benefit from the public largess – the mob rule that is almost always the result of un-bridled democracy. That’s why the Founding Fathers crafted something other than a pure democracy (a la the Greeks) or a pure republic (a la the Romans).

    And we’ve still managed to mess it up.

63. #63
    On July 31st, 2009 at 4:10 pm, cabrerski said:

    On July 31st, 2009 at 3:40 pm, happyscrapper said:
    Or we could just fire his a$$. Either way.

    ‘Scrapper,

    I love it when you get scrappy – Midwest style!

64. #64
    On July 31st, 2009 at 4:12 pm, tiredofit08 said:

    breaking news….pinhead waxman tells Cavuto that congress will be exempt from joining the health care package as they will shove down our throats….

    that must be a question that is asked over and over at townhalls across the country…why are you exempt, if it’s good enough for us your employers, it’s good enough for you the employee?

65. #65
    On July 31st, 2009 at 4:12 pm, nail49 said:

    And we’ve still managed to mess it up.

    Wayfaring Stranger: Actually, we have allowed some to take advantage by using the system to pit one side (the providers) against the other (the takers). The current Administration is doing a pretty good job of demonizing the providers to gain the votes of the takers. Eventually, the providers will tire of this and “go Galt” leaving those who play both ends against the middle to try to sustain the takers who will NOT like having their ‘freebies’ end.

66. #66
    On July 31st, 2009 at 4:29 pm, prendad said:

    I have written and re-written comments today and I just cannot get the words right to express my absolute disgust at this administration. Thank you for doing it for me Michelle. I am going to print this piece and hang it over my desk until this gang of idiots is run out of D.C. and we can get our country (what is left of it) back again and get to work rebuilding the miracle.

67. #67
    On July 31st, 2009 at 4:41 pm, ScottyDog said:

    The biggest crook in the Senate is Diane Feinstein holding the record for the largest dollar amount of stealing from the taxpayers without being prosecuted and not being disciplined by her fellow Senators.

    She basically was broke when she was elected Senator and now she and her husband are worth billions.

    “On the day the new Congress convened this year, Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation to route $25 billion in taxpayer money to a government agency that had just awarded her husband’s real estate firm a lucrative contract to sell foreclosed properties at compensation rates higher than the industry norms.”

    Then there is this:
    URS in deal to acquire Washington Group
    The $2.6-billion union of the engineering and construction firms would give it more heft.
    By Evelyn Iritani, Times Staff Writer
    May 29, 2007

    San Francisco-based URS Corp. is buying Washington Group International Inc. for $2.6 billion in a corporate marriage that would create one of the country’s top engineering and construction powerhouses, the companies announced Monday.

    Directors of both companies unanimously approved the deal, which calls for Washington Group stockholders to receive $43.80 in cash and 0.772 of a share of URS stock for each share in Boise, Idaho-based Washington Group.
    **SNIP**
    The combined company, to be called URS, would have an order backlog of more than $11 billion in more than 50 countries. The two companies currently have 54,500 employees worldwide.

    The deal is designed to give the companies additional heft in a competitive global arena. In April, URS led the Engineering News-Record’s annual ranking of top 500 design firms.

    Federal contracting would be key for the new company, whose combined 2006 revenue is $7.6 billion, the fourth-highest among . publicly-traded engineering and construction companies.

    The new company would be one of the top five providers of defense technical services. This month, URS was one of two companies that won a contract to help manage post-disaster housing inspection services for the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency.

    This year, activists attacked Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) for having an alleged conflict of interest because she held key positions on the Senate’s military construction appropriations subcommittee while her husband, Richard Blum, had financial interests in URS. Feinstein’s office denied any ethical problems

    My question is this, where is the DOJ when a Senator is guilty of stealing billions of dollars in contracts for her husband? This case far exceeds a charge of grand theft and makes a mockery of our judicial system when senators are elected and then steal money with impunity.

68. #68
    On July 31st, 2009 at 4:52 pm, Misscheryl said:

    My question is this, where is the DOJ when a Senator is guilty of stealing billions of dollars in contracts for her husband? This case far exceeds a charge of grand theft and makes a mockery of our judicial system when senators are elected and then steal money with impunity.

    They are busy picking on Oklahoma for wanting to make english it’s official language…busy doing stuff like that.

69. #69
    On July 31st, 2009 at 4:57 pm, ScottyDog said:

    It is pathetic that the federal government has become so out of control that tyranny is putting it mildly-IMHO

70. #70
    On July 31st, 2009 at 5:04 pm, purealchemy said:

    Hey, there you rogue bloggers!

    Wanna help crack the 4,000 posting mark on the “Don’t Taze Me Bro’”thread?

    It’s two pages back on previous entries now.

71. #71
    On July 31st, 2009 at 7:00 pm, tiredofit08 said:

    On July 31st, 2009 at 4:52 pm, Misscheryl said:

    My question is this, where is the DOJ when a Senator is guilty of stealing billions of dollars in contracts for her husband? This case far exceeds a charge of grand theft and makes a mockery of our judicial system when senators are elected and then steal money with impunity.

    They are busy picking on Oklahoma for wanting to make english it’s official language…busy doing stuff like that.

    misscheryl you from OK?? me too….I’m defintely voting yes to make English our Official State Language…

    United States Naturalization Requirements

    If you are not a US citizen by birth, you can apply for citizenship through naturalization. The term naturalization refers to the process of an immigrant becoming a citizen of the United States. The following are the basic requirements for becoming a naturalized citizen.

    Age:
    You must be at least 18 years of age or older to fill the ‘Application of Naturalization’ (Form N-400). Children younger than 18 years use “Application for a Certificate of Citizenship” (Form N-600), and naturalize automatically when their parents become citizens. Adopted children who acquired citizenship from parent(s) use the “Application for a Certificate of Citizenship on Behalf of an Adopted Child” (Form N-643).

    Residency:
    You have been a lawful permanent resident (green card holder) for at least 4 years and 9 months. Your time as a permanent resident begins from the date you were granted the permanent resident status (the date given on your green card).

    You are married to a US citizen and have been a lawful permanent resident for 2 years and 9 months (and continue to be married to the same person).
    Residence and Physical Presence:
    You are eligible to apply for naturalization if you:
    Bullet Point Have resided continuously as a lawful permanent resident in the U.S. for at least 5 years prior to filing with no single absence from the United States of more than one year;
    Bullet Point Have been physically present in the United States for at least 30 months out of the previous five years (absences of more than six months but less than one year shall disrupt the applicant’s continuity of residence unless the applicant can establish that he or she did not abandon his or her residence during such period). OR you have been physically present for 18 months out of the 3 years and have not left the US for more than 6 months on any trip.
    Bullet Point Must have been residing in the state you are applying in for at least three months.

    Good Moral Character:
    You must be able to demonstrate that you have been a person of ‘good moral character’, have paid your taxes, have no criminal record, have not been involved in any illegal acts.

    An applicant is permanently barred from naturalization if he or she has ever been convicted of murder. An applicant is also permanently barred from naturalization if he or she has been convicted of an aggravated felony as defined in section 101(a)(43) of the Act on or after November 29, 1990.

    A person also cannot be found to be a person of good moral character if during the last five years he or she:
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    Bullet Point Is or has earned his or her principal income from illegal gambling
    Bullet Point Is or has been involved in prostitution or commercialized vice
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    Bullet Point Is or has been a habitual drunkard
    Bullet Point Is practicing or has practiced polygamy
    Bullet Point Has willfully failed or refused to support dependents
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    An applicant must disclose all relevant facts to the Service, including his or her entire criminal history, regardless of whether the criminal history disqualifies the applicant under the enumerated provisions.

    Language:
    You must be able to speak, read, write, and understand basic English; unless you are at least fifty (50) years of age and have been a lawful permanent resident for at least twenty (20) years; or you are at least fifty-five (55) years of age and have been a lawful permanent resident for at least fifteen (15) years; or you have a permanent physical or developmental disability or mental impairment making it impossible for you to meet the English language requirement.

    United States Government and History Knowledge:
    You must be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of U.S. history and principles of government; unless you have a permanent physical or developmental disability or mental impairment making it impossible for you to meet the civics requirement. Or you qualify for “special consideration” because you are at least sixty-five (65) years of age and have been a lawful permanent resident for at least twenty (20) years.

72. #72
    On July 31st, 2009 at 7:20 pm, Spencer said:

    Support Peter Schiff — Republican and fiscal conservative — in his bid to get rid of Chris Dodd. Schiff called the housing bubble, and has always opposed the bailout.

    http://www.schiffforsenate.com/

73. #73
    On July 31st, 2009 at 7:58 pm, Laree said:

    http://youhavetobethistalltogoonthisride.blogspot.com/2009/07/zombieland-there-are-worse-things-than.html

    Zombieland catchy title you know I think I just one upped MTPundit’s Zombie posts.

    http://mtpundit.com/2009/01/19/zombie-democrat-muuuuust-con-suuuuuume-zombie-democrat/

    Not that I am competing or anything Competition is Bad just give me my participation award and I will be on my way LOL!

74. #74
    On July 31st, 2009 at 8:35 pm, Teddy Kennedy said:

    Errah, Just a Friday night photo drop nothing to see here. I guess we’ll know when we’re really screwed and they really want us to take our eyes off the ball. They’ll do a daytime or primetime drop and probably release DNA tests results proving they found Amelia Earhart’s bra and panties on some remote island or pictures from inside Area 51′s bathroom with Barney Frank, Larry Craig and some ET in a menage et tois (sic).

75. #75
    On July 31st, 2009 at 8:38 pm, Teddy Kennedy said:

    Errah . . . wrong page.

76. #76
    On July 31st, 2009 at 8:39 pm, Dimsdale said:

    Anyone notice how Dodd is using his prostate cancer to 1) sell Obamacare, and 2) garner sympathy to offset his nosediving poll numbers? He knew for six weeks, but chose now to reveal it.
    I wonder how would Dodd like it if his cancer was used against him politically as it was John McCain in the media?

77. #77
    On July 31st, 2009 at 8:50 pm, no2pcbs1 said:

    dudd needs to spend some time in the slammer with the general population, sure he’ll be popular, prostate and all.

78. #78
    On July 31st, 2009 at 9:24 pm, Surveyor said:

    Traitors.

    nuff said

79. #79
    On July 31st, 2009 at 10:01 pm, Dimsdale said:

    I look at that picture and I think of Ebony and Ivory…

    “Ebony and ivory work together to ruin our economy
    Side by side in a photo op, oh lord, criminally…..”

    My apologies to Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder.

80. #80
    On July 31st, 2009 at 10:08 pm, jangar said:

    Regulus said:
    Donkey corruption is building up like a pus-filled boil that they refuse to lance. But instead of going away, it only keeps getting bigger.

    Relax. One day it will explode for all to see.

    dudd needs to spend some time in the slammer with the general population, sure he’ll be popular, prostate and all.

    He can bunk with Bawney Fwank

81. #81
    On July 31st, 2009 at 10:10 pm, jangar said:

    He can bunk with Bawney Fwank

    Correction… Elmer Fudge.

    Sorry, my bad.

82. #82
    On August 1st, 2009 at 12:51 am, Joy said:

    Has anyone seen THIS??? Michelle O has 22, that’s TWENTY-TWO servants… all highly paid, by the US Taxpayers, of course!

    Note who wrote the story; not the U.S. press, but the Canadian Free Press.

    Culture of Corruption anyone???

83. #83
    On August 1st, 2009 at 1:33 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

    Guess who said the following words:

    I remain distressed that the White House during this confirmation process, which overall went smoothly, failed to provide critical documents as part of the record that could have provided us with a better basis to make our judgment with respect to the nomination. This White House continues to stymie efforts on the part of the Senate to do its job. I hope with the next nominee who comes up for the Supreme Court that the White House recognizes that in fact it is its duty not just to the Senate but to the American people to make sure we can thoroughly and adequately evaluate the record of every single nominee who comes before us.

    Who said that?

    Barack Hussein Obama. Yes, really.

    I hope the Obama White House recognizes that in fact it is its duty not just to the Senate but to the American people to make sure we can thoroughly and adequately evaluate the record of Barack Obama.

    Where’s your birth certificate, Barry?

    Where are your college records, Barry?

    Where are your passport records, Barry?

    Before the Senate can confirm your Supreme Court nominee, the Senate must first put to rest the questions about your eligibility by:

    1) Inspecting an official copy of your original birth certificate, delivered under seal directly from the State of Hawaii, and

    2) Asking the Supreme Court to clarify the definition of “natural born citizen” so that the senate can support and defend the Constitution (relevant sections include Article II Section 1, and the 12th, 14th, and 20th Amendments).

    It is your duty to the American people to make sure we can thoroughly and adequately evaluate your record and your eligibility to hold the office of President.

    Sowing and reaping, Barry, sowing and reaping.

84. #84
    On August 1st, 2009 at 8:02 am, graysonret said:

    I see dear leader is now speaking of the “spirit of innovation” as the key to the future. Now innovation to me means something new. So, I suppose he’s talking about new socialist programs, and maybe a totally new government, with him and his cronies in permanent charge, of course. We will have a “new” U.S., by the time 2012 comes around. Questions are…will the people agree?…will the government permit anything else but agreement?

85. #85
    On August 1st, 2009 at 8:45 am, happyscrapper said:

    On August 1st, 2009 at 8:02 am, graysonret said:
    I see dear leader is now speaking of the “spirit of innovation” as the key to the future. Now innovation to me means something new. So, I suppose he’s talking about new socialist programs, and maybe a totally new government, with him and his cronies in permanent charge, of course.

    It is very interesting how often these lefties demonize private industry and businesses who actually make profit. Pelosi came out this week and called insurance companies “immoral” for their profits. Profits are immoral? REALLY?If anyone is immoral…it is Pelosi!! But she and Obama and Reid, et al are too STUPID to see how hypocritcal that statement is. Not only that, but by continually vilifying profit-making private industry, they are showing their true socialist/communist ideology for all the world to see. Finally, some transparency!!

86. #86
    On August 1st, 2009 at 9:02 am, whotnaught said:

    I Senator Dodd a DEMOCRAT? Michelle, yikes you forgot to mention! Hopefully, more than just those “in the know” will be reading your column and need to see Dodd(DEMOCRAT) every paragraph.

    Also, how exactly does one “resist subpbeana” ?

87. #87
    On August 1st, 2009 at 2:13 pm, thejim said:

    OK, Yes I’m cynical, but Dodd announcing to the voting constituents that (poor, ill) Dodd has prostrate cancer at this point in his challenged political career sound suspicious. Anything to stay in power! And NO, I don’t wish cancer on anybody!

88. #88
    On August 1st, 2009 at 3:10 pm, love2rumba said:

    So is Dodd going to Canada, the UK for his surgery?

89. #89
    On August 1st, 2009 at 3:11 pm, love2rumba said:

    Dodd is just pulling an Arlen Spector-no pity from me.

90. #90
    On August 1st, 2009 at 3:54 pm, WarTip said:

    When it comes to feathers, it seems they know no political party affiliation boundaries. This corruption is going on with equal aplomb on both sides of the political aisle.

    On July 31st, 2009 at 9:38 am, Flyoverman said: I just love a traget-rich environment!

    Surrounded? We are surrounded you say? Good! That means we can’t miss when we start shooting!

    Just a thought …

91. #91
    On August 1st, 2009 at 3:56 pm, WarTip said:

    On August 1st, 2009 at 3:10 pm, love2rumba said: So is Dodd going to Canada, the UK for his surgery?

    Michael Moore has some inside connections in Cuba I hear. Maybe there is hope for some change there?

92. #92
    On August 1st, 2009 at 7:20 pm, NC BLUE said:

    #81 Jangar said Elmer Fudge. Bwaney Fwank thinks of himself as royalty, so Sir Joust-A-Lot is more fitting.

93. #93
    On August 1st, 2009 at 10:20 pm, Lifeofthemind said:

    Maybe now the poor working class waitresses that would get molested by Chris Dodd and Ted Kennedy “making a sandwich” will be safer. It was a specialty of theirs. An odd construction for a sandwich, the fat and ham were on the outside and the sweet icing was in the middle.

94. #94
    On August 1st, 2009 at 10:48 pm, almiller said:

    Don’t think that this is mean spirited but Dodd needs to demonstrate his commitment to public healthcare by refusing anything more than what a Medicaid patient would get today.

    He’s wishing it on all of us so I say Doddbutt, show us the way!

95. #95
    On August 2nd, 2009 at 2:26 pm, Bruce said:

    In any state but Connecticut, this corruption would be fatal

    .

    I guess you forgot New Jersey:)

    As a prostate cancer survivor myself (just last year) I have the absolute moral authority to state that if Dodd’s urologist is recommending surgery to treat early term cancer – he is an unqualified moron. Mine – with a PSA of 7.5 – was treated with IGRT radiation. A year later my PSA is 0, without many of the problems associated with surgical intervention. In Dodd’s case, perhaps an orchiectomy is a better choice.

96. #96
    On August 2nd, 2009 at 5:55 pm, purealchemy said:

    Yo, girlfriends! That means happy, spacey and misscheryl

    Was hoping to engage you in the Sandwich-Gate topic. Figuring only the women folk would care.
    Mainly happy as she and I are a couple of old DAR broads.
    Charging invited guests for sandwiches
    at the White House????
    Jackie O. is rolling over in her grave.

97. #97
    On August 3rd, 2009 at 2:55 am, mattm said:

    As A CT resident I can say that most of the people I hear talking about Dodd are not happy with him, his supporters seem to only mention the amount of fed dollars he brings in and not the corruption.

    I read recently hat a large portion of his campaign contribution are from out-of-state.

    CT AG Blumentahol(sp?)is not doing too good now, but better than Dodd IMHO.