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C Street has rigged it for Ensign in the Sen. Ethics Committee, blame Sen. Mark Pryor by: MinistryOfTruth Mon Oct 05, 2009 at 06:49:53 PDT ( - promoted by buhdydharma ) Crossposted at Daily Kos     Sen. Barbara Boxer, who heads the committee, told CNN that there is a preliminary investigation of Ensign's actions. "We will look at all aspects of this case, as we do whenever there is a case before us, and try to get to the bottom of it as quickly as we can in fairness to all," said Boxer, D-Calif. huffingtonpost.com     John Ensign, of C Street and extramarital affair infamy, will get off scot free here, because the game is rigged. What a surprise, the Select Senate Committee on Ethics is Unethical.     Regarding C Street and The Family, Senator Mark Pryor is up to his eyeballs in this scandal. Who sits on the Senate Ethics Committee? Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) Mark Pryor (C-Street) (D-AR) Sherrod Brown (D-OH) Vice chair Johnny Isakson (R-GA) Pat Roberts (R-KS) Jom Risch (R-ID)     My bet, Ensign walks away without a slap on his wrist, 2 -4 bipartisan vote in favor of corruption and sex scandals.     More on this and a call to action below the fold There's More... :: (5 Comments, 552 words in story)

30+ C Street Fascists in Gov. I'm naming Names. Biblical Capitalism IS ChristoFascism by: MinistryOfTruth Sun Oct 04, 2009 at 07:58:21 PDT ( - promoted by buhdydharma ) Crossposted at Daily Kos       "You guys," David said, "are here to learn how to rule the world." ~snip~     "It's called a covenant. Two, or three, agree? They can do anything. A covenant is . . . powerful. Can you think of anyone who made a covenant with his friends?" We all knew the answer to this, having heard his name invoked numerous times in this context. Andrew from Australia, sitting beside Doug, cleared his throat: "Hitler." "Yes," Doug said. "Yes, Hitler made a covenant. The Mafia makes a covenant. It is such a very powerful thing. Two, or three, agree." harpers.org Jeff Sharlet's "Jesus + Nothing"      What Douglas Coe is talking about is fascism, Christofascism, where a few powerful dominate the masses despie their collective will and against their interests.     Go below the fold. I'm Naming Names. There's More... :: (20 Comments, 2158 words in story)

DeMint violates Logan Act, BETRAYS American interests to a Foreign Power. Will he pay for it? by: MinistryOfTruth Sat Oct 03, 2009 at 07:51:48 PDT ( - promoted by buhdydharma ) Crossposted at Daily Kos     With all the uproar over Republican gloating over American failures, this bit of news has been almost totally overlooked, but it trumps any posturing over the Olympics by a long shot.     Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) has announced that he will be visiting Honduras today to meet with the de facto regime of acting Honduran President Roberto Micheletti in sheer defiance of the position taken by the US government and (the) international community . . .  Bold added by diarist thinkprogress.org       Senator DeMint (R-SC) has been revealed as a member of the C-Street Family, a fundamentalist Christian group that admires Hitler and believes in the Supremacy of a Free Market supporting Jesus, and has just violated the Logan Act, a law that states that ONLY unauthorized citizens are forbidden from negotiating with foreign Governments. As of now, DeMint is acting against American interests.       And that makes him a traitor.       More below the fold There's More... :: (10 Comments, 1358 words in story)

The Family: The Old Boys Club Meets Jesus and Militancy. by: thethinveil Fri Jul 10, 2009 at 14:27:11 PDT (10:00AM EST - promoted by Nightprowlkitty) What do Hillary Clinton, John Ensign, Mark Sanford, Bill Nelson, and Tom Coburn have in common?   They are either members or friends of the Elitist Christian Right group The Family. The family holds weekly prayer meetings or "advisory" meetings where members discuss their problems, both personal and political, and give each other veto power over each others lives. The Family has operated under various names since its formation in 1935. They have gone under the names: National Committee for Christian Leadership, International Christian Leadership, the National Leadership Council, Fellowship House, the Fellowship Foundation, the National Fellowship Council, the International Foundation They hold their prayer meetings at the Defense Department, the Pentagon and have their own little cul de sac of houses called Ivanwald where they groom future leaders. They also have a house in Washington where senators and congressmen live called C street. Residents of the C street house include Brownback, Coburn and Ensgin, including both Democrats and Republicans. The Family has connections to the CIA as well as to governments around the world including the former Suharto dictatorship, the current dictator in Uganda,Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the former president of Honduras, Ricardo Marudo and The Family has been involved with coups in Fiji, of all places.   There's More... :: (28 Comments, 1729 words in story)

My Itchy Nose: The Sanford Affair by: Joy B. Thu Jun 25, 2009 at 10:33:57 PDT As I've been basking in the drama of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford's epic Fail, my curiosity was peaked by some comments on the FDL post, How Stupid Does Erick Erickson Feel Today? As well as posts on TPM, DU, Kos and other sources, all of which make vague connections and toss flimsy innuendo, but none of which actually make the suggested connections overtly. Having spent a little over 30 years in news/publishing (and having done a bit of investigative journalism in my prime), I found it all just so... fascinating! There are things here that need some firmly supported answers. Disjointed factoids garnered thus far: Sanford, sans written statement or even notes, appears late to his own press conference, also sans wife (now said to be with kids at beach house) and personal assistant. Sanford began with a rambling extemporaneous exposition on the joys of hiking, as if he intended to defend that story, not realizing that the press corps already knew where he'd been (and who he was with). He didn't begin apologizing and whimpering until ~4 minutes in. When he asked for that female personal assistant, realized she wasn't there, knew he was busted.  A pitiful performance. MSNBC reported that an SC newspaper has been sitting on "the" story (the emails of love) for months. Because The State newspaper is a right-wing rag, it's not hard to figure why they sat on the info, though it also makes me wonder about who the anonymous person who forwarded them to the newspaper might be. Mrs. Sanford? She managed his campaigns, may have access to his emails. His personal assistant who abandoned him yesterday? These two might also have access to his personal email, at least via forwards he may have sent them and a basic knowledge of his range of rememberable passwords. Someone else in the office?   There's More... :: (5 Comments, 445 words in story)