Comments on: Kudos To Sen. Byron Dorgan http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/03/26/kudos-to-sen-byron-dorgan/ Dip your toe in the legal waters and change politics as you know it. http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:06:02 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Mile23 http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/03/26/kudos-to-sen-byron-dorgan/#comment-7166 Mile23 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:49:04 +0000 http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/03/26/kudos-to-sen-byron-dorgan/#comment-7166 <p>What’s interesting here is that North Dakota is the place where usury laws were basically repealed after the Supreme Court decided Marquette. Sen. Dorgan was a tax comissioner there at the time, if wiki tells me right. So out of that climate comes a voice telling us to investigate the current situation.</p> <p>Which of course we should do.</p> What’s interesting here is that North Dakota is the place where usury laws were basically repealed after the Supreme Court decided Marquette. Sen. Dorgan was a tax comissioner there at the time, if wiki tells me right. So out of that climate comes a voice telling us to investigate the current situation.

Which of course we should do.

]]> By: SeattleSourceforPolitics http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/03/26/kudos-to-sen-byron-dorgan/#comment-7158 SeattleSourceforPolitics Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:00:07 +0000 http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/03/26/kudos-to-sen-byron-dorgan/#comment-7158 <p>This goes right back to the lobbyists and who OUR representatives are actually working for. When did the people elected to represent us stop asking themselves the question “Why do these people want me to change this law and who will it benefit?” If only 8 Senators voted against it the money must have been laid down like a heavy shag carpet. </p> <p>They should all be ashamed but I doubt they are. Being able to justify your behavior to yourself and others is an actual job requirement for the Senate.</p> This goes right back to the lobbyists and who OUR representatives are actually working for. When did the people elected to represent us stop asking themselves the question “Why do these people want me to change this law and who will it benefit?” If only 8 Senators voted against it the money must have been laid down like a heavy shag carpet.

They should all be ashamed but I doubt they are. Being able to justify your behavior to yourself and others is an actual job requirement for the Senate.

]]> By: ggmom http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/03/26/kudos-to-sen-byron-dorgan/#comment-7157 ggmom Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:21:27 +0000 http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/03/26/kudos-to-sen-byron-dorgan/#comment-7157 <p>Now this is the person who should be on the re-regulation of Banks and Wall Street! The Senator was spot on then, and would be the BEST person to set it straight now. I personally don’t believe that Summers is the right person, and don’t know enough about the current Secretary of Treasury. But Senator Dorgan should be actively involved.</p> Now this is the person who should be on the re-regulation of Banks and Wall Street! The Senator was spot on then, and would be the BEST person to set it straight now. I personally don’t believe that Summers is the right person, and don’t know enough about the current Secretary of Treasury. But Senator Dorgan should be actively involved.

]]> By: Leen http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/03/26/kudos-to-sen-byron-dorgan/#comment-7156 Leen Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:14:09 +0000 http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/03/26/kudos-to-sen-byron-dorgan/#comment-7156 <p>When I watched the Wall Street bailout hearings last fall I realized I was not the only one who did not know what the hell was going on with credit default swaps etc. Some of our Reps lack of knowledge and insights was frightening. The inability of the fat cats to explain in language the public could understand was also frightening. I think they may have liked it that way</p> When I watched the Wall Street bailout hearings last fall I realized I was not the only one who did not know what the hell was going on with credit default swaps etc. Some of our Reps lack of knowledge and insights was frightening. The inability of the fat cats to explain in language the public could understand was also frightening. I think they may have liked it that way

]]> By: Leen http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/03/26/kudos-to-sen-byron-dorgan/#comment-7155 Leen Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:09:24 +0000 http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/03/26/kudos-to-sen-byron-dorgan/#comment-7155 <p>The last few minutes of Rachels’ interview were the most critical . Rachel to Dorgan “can you be iu charge”</p> <p>Dorgan’s list of steps needed</p> The last few minutes of Rachels’ interview were the most critical . Rachel to Dorgan “can you be iu charge”

Dorgan’s list of steps needed

]]> By: mui1 http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/03/26/kudos-to-sen-byron-dorgan/#comment-7154 mui1 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:05:55 +0000 http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/03/26/kudos-to-sen-byron-dorgan/#comment-7154 <p>Oh well the new motto of the state of CT: We sacrifice public health and safety and the general good in order to make CT a great bedroom community for wall street where they don’t have to pay progressive income taxes and all that other nonsense.<br /> Give our governor a pat on the back. The busy worker drones will commute on dirty crowded trains, fainting before they get to work and catching who knows what illnesses. No maid service for them. And the corps will continue to get maid service.<br /> Is this a mirror reflection of DC insider thinking perhaps?</p> Oh well the new motto of the state of CT: We sacrifice public health and safety and the general good in order to make CT a great bedroom community for wall street where they don’t have to pay progressive income taxes and all that other nonsense.
Give our governor a pat on the back. The busy worker drones will commute on dirty crowded trains, fainting before they get to work and catching who knows what illnesses. No maid service for them. And the corps will continue to get maid service.
Is this a mirror reflection of DC insider thinking perhaps?

]]> By: Christy Hardin Smith http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/03/26/kudos-to-sen-byron-dorgan/#comment-7153 Christy Hardin Smith Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:58:01 +0000 http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/03/26/kudos-to-sen-byron-dorgan/#comment-7153 <p>Yeah, I’m totally near the bottom. And I do try hard not to be a butthead whenever possible. But fire away at the W types. *G*</p> Yeah, I’m totally near the bottom. And I do try hard not to be a butthead whenever possible. But fire away at the W types. *G*

]]> By: BlueCrow http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/03/26/kudos-to-sen-byron-dorgan/#comment-7152 BlueCrow Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:52:55 +0000 http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/03/26/kudos-to-sen-byron-dorgan/#comment-7152 <p>:-) I was referring to those who reached the tops of our political ladders. Sorry if that was unclear.</p> :-) I was referring to those who reached the tops of our political ladders. Sorry if that was unclear.

]]> By: dmac http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/03/26/kudos-to-sen-byron-dorgan/#comment-7151 dmac Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:43:19 +0000 http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/03/26/kudos-to-sen-byron-dorgan/#comment-7151 <p>i remember when bus drivers used to clean the inside of their own buses.</p> i remember when bus drivers used to clean the inside of their own buses.

]]> By: selise http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/03/26/kudos-to-sen-byron-dorgan/#comment-7150 selise Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:41:34 +0000 http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/03/26/kudos-to-sen-byron-dorgan/#comment-7150 <p>imo it is very complicated. that’s why i ended up having to put stuff in a time line - just could not keep it all straight in my head.</p> imo it is very complicated. that’s why i ended up having to put stuff in a time line – just could not keep it all straight in my head.

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