Comments on: OLC: Is Ben Nelson Using Dawn Johnsen’s Nomination To Fish For A Prize? http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/05/15/olc-is-ben-nelson-using-dawn-johnsens-nomination-to-fish-for-a-prize/ 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: sptatt http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/05/15/olc-is-ben-nelson-using-dawn-johnsens-nomination-to-fish-for-a-prize/#comment-11567 sptatt Sat, 16 May 2009 01:03:12 +0000 http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/05/15/olc-is-ben-nelson-using-dawn-johnsens-nomination-to-fish-for-a-prize/#comment-11567 <p>I’ve lived in Nebraska for the last 14 years here’s the key to this he was a Republican before he was a Democrat he just didn’t want to wait his turn so he switched parties.</p> I’ve lived in Nebraska for the last 14 years here’s the key to this he was a Republican before he was a Democrat he just didn’t want to wait his turn so he switched parties.

]]> By: maeme http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/05/15/olc-is-ben-nelson-using-dawn-johnsens-nomination-to-fish-for-a-prize/#comment-11565 maeme Sat, 16 May 2009 00:00:15 +0000 http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/05/15/olc-is-ben-nelson-using-dawn-johnsens-nomination-to-fish-for-a-prize/#comment-11565 <p>If you think the mortgage industry had a racket going - wait until your kids get to college. The entire system corrupts just about the entire financial services departments by offering bonuses for loans written. At least that has been my experiences at the three universities that I have dealt with in obtaining Stafford Loans here in Florida. Nelson is on the gravy train and needs to go.</p> If you think the mortgage industry had a racket going – wait until your kids get to college. The entire system corrupts just about the entire financial services departments by offering bonuses for loans written. At least that has been my experiences at the three universities that I have dealt with in obtaining Stafford Loans here in Florida. Nelson is on the gravy train and needs to go.

]]> By: earlofhuntingdon http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/05/15/olc-is-ben-nelson-using-dawn-johnsens-nomination-to-fish-for-a-prize/#comment-11561 earlofhuntingdon Fri, 15 May 2009 21:54:10 +0000 http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/05/15/olc-is-ben-nelson-using-dawn-johnsens-nomination-to-fish-for-a-prize/#comment-11561 <p>Who inside the Obama administration wants Johnsen and who opposes her? She would be a forceful voice for the rule-of-law. That contradicts what many in the administration are now advocating, such as the continued use of woefully flawed military commissions. The Johnsen nomination is a test Obama, a revelation to a wider public of who he is under the rhetoric. We already know what Bush, Cheney, Gingrich and Newt are.</p> Who inside the Obama administration wants Johnsen and who opposes her? She would be a forceful voice for the rule-of-law. That contradicts what many in the administration are now advocating, such as the continued use of woefully flawed military commissions. The Johnsen nomination is a test Obama, a revelation to a wider public of who he is under the rhetoric. We already know what Bush, Cheney, Gingrich and Newt are.

]]> By: robspierre http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/05/15/olc-is-ben-nelson-using-dawn-johnsens-nomination-to-fish-for-a-prize/#comment-11560 robspierre Fri, 15 May 2009 20:17:36 +0000 http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/05/15/olc-is-ben-nelson-using-dawn-johnsens-nomination-to-fish-for-a-prize/#comment-11560 <p>I don’t know where to get the data, but I’m betting it is out there. </p> <p>My thinking is that crooked Congressional pork pulling always looks like a deal to the folks back home until someone shows them that it always benefits someone on the know at their expense.</p> <p>How many college kids from Nebraska get student loans and how much do they cost? Figure the average difference in cost between a government-funded bankster loan and a direct loan. Multiply by the number of Nebraska students. Compare the lost education benefits to the “benefit” of those 1000 Nebraska jobs, the subsidy to the Nebraska and multinational banks, and Nelson’s campaign contributions. Publicize the results in Nebraska. </p> <p>On a nationwide basis, calculate the difference between the amount of loan funding available with direct loans and the amount available with bankster loans, after the subsidized, windfall profit are subtracted. Suggest making up the difference by:</p> <p>* repurposing money currently used for agriculture subsidies, government subsidized irrigation projects, and the like. </p> <p>* repurposing money currently being used to subsidy corn-based ethanol production</p> <p>* closing old Offut Air Force Base, which no longer has a core mission now that SAC no longer exists (Nelson failed to get it either the Strike Command or the new Ciberspace Command)</p> I don’t know where to get the data, but I’m betting it is out there.

My thinking is that crooked Congressional pork pulling always looks like a deal to the folks back home until someone shows them that it always benefits someone on the know at their expense.

How many college kids from Nebraska get student loans and how much do they cost? Figure the average difference in cost between a government-funded bankster loan and a direct loan. Multiply by the number of Nebraska students. Compare the lost education benefits to the “benefit” of those 1000 Nebraska jobs, the subsidy to the Nebraska and multinational banks, and Nelson’s campaign contributions. Publicize the results in Nebraska.

On a nationwide basis, calculate the difference between the amount of loan funding available with direct loans and the amount available with bankster loans, after the subsidized, windfall profit are subtracted. Suggest making up the difference by:

* repurposing money currently used for agriculture subsidies, government subsidized irrigation projects, and the like.

* repurposing money currently being used to subsidy corn-based ethanol production

* closing old Offut Air Force Base, which no longer has a core mission now that SAC no longer exists (Nelson failed to get it either the Strike Command or the new Ciberspace Command)

]]> By: ubetchaiam http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/05/15/olc-is-ben-nelson-using-dawn-johnsens-nomination-to-fish-for-a-prize/#comment-11558 ubetchaiam Fri, 15 May 2009 19:54:30 +0000 http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/05/15/olc-is-ben-nelson-using-dawn-johnsens-nomination-to-fish-for-a-prize/#comment-11558 <p>One HAS to ask, why doesn’t oBama take advantage of the upcoming recess to just appoint her? Is it because HE needs Nelson for SS ‘reform’?</p> One HAS to ask, why doesn’t oBama take advantage of the upcoming recess to just appoint her? Is it because HE needs Nelson for SS ‘reform’?

]]> By: John Anderson http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/05/15/olc-is-ben-nelson-using-dawn-johnsens-nomination-to-fish-for-a-prize/#comment-11555 John Anderson Fri, 15 May 2009 18:06:00 +0000 http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/05/15/olc-is-ben-nelson-using-dawn-johnsens-nomination-to-fish-for-a-prize/#comment-11555 <p>Christy,</p> <p>Give us the numbers to call again. It’s time. Again. </p> <p>Pitiful excuse for leadership. </p> <p>Time too to sack Harry and bring on Dick Durbin. </p> <p>Thanks for all that you’ve been doing on Dawn Johnsen’s behalf. We need a real leader at OLC.</p> Christy,

Give us the numbers to call again. It’s time. Again.

Pitiful excuse for leadership.

Time too to sack Harry and bring on Dick Durbin.

Thanks for all that you’ve been doing on Dawn Johnsen’s behalf. We need a real leader at OLC.

]]> By: oldtree http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/05/15/olc-is-ben-nelson-using-dawn-johnsens-nomination-to-fish-for-a-prize/#comment-11554 oldtree Fri, 15 May 2009 17:45:40 +0000 http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/05/15/olc-is-ben-nelson-using-dawn-johnsens-nomination-to-fish-for-a-prize/#comment-11554 <p>another senator dressed as a dog, taking handouts in green and white. Stealing from the very people that elect him. Move along.</p> another senator dressed as a dog, taking handouts in green and white. Stealing from the very people that elect him. Move along.

]]> By: sporkovat http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/05/15/olc-is-ben-nelson-using-dawn-johnsens-nomination-to-fish-for-a-prize/#comment-11549 sporkovat Fri, 15 May 2009 16:34:29 +0000 http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/05/15/olc-is-ben-nelson-using-dawn-johnsens-nomination-to-fish-for-a-prize/#comment-11549 <blockquote><p> Because the rule of law ought not be a trinket for sale. Ideas?</p></blockquote> <p><em>everything</em> is a trinket for sale to these politicians, and corporate special interests can always bring more cash to bear than diffuse grass roots.</p> <p>for Democrats it is an easy win-win: take all the lobbyist money they can get, and enact the legislation they are <strike>bribed</strike> paid to enact.</p> <p><em>then</em> get voted back into office by the complicit, co-dependent, and complacent Democratic Base, who vote on tribal affinity rather than on issues, and who will vote Democratic <em>no matter what</em>.</p> <p>so here is an idea - change the equation, and stop voting against your own interests and enabling (D) politicians who do nothing but sell you out, hmmmm?</p>

Because the rule of law ought not be a trinket for sale. Ideas?

everything is a trinket for sale to these politicians, and corporate special interests can always bring more cash to bear than diffuse grass roots.

for Democrats it is an easy win-win: take all the lobbyist money they can get, and enact the legislation they are bribed paid to enact.

then get voted back into office by the complicit, co-dependent, and complacent Democratic Base, who vote on tribal affinity rather than on issues, and who will vote Democratic no matter what.

so here is an idea – change the equation, and stop voting against your own interests and enabling (D) politicians who do nothing but sell you out, hmmmm?

]]> By: alank http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/05/15/olc-is-ben-nelson-using-dawn-johnsens-nomination-to-fish-for-a-prize/#comment-11547 alank Fri, 15 May 2009 16:27:02 +0000 http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/05/15/olc-is-ben-nelson-using-dawn-johnsens-nomination-to-fish-for-a-prize/#comment-11547 <p>Obama’s selection of RE as chief of staff early on was a harbinger of bad tidings to come. If you try to pin down where the president is ideologically, he’s a Hillary conservative — the type who, for one, would never encourage serious debate about single-payer health care.</p> Obama’s selection of RE as chief of staff early on was a harbinger of bad tidings to come. If you try to pin down where the president is ideologically, he’s a Hillary conservative — the type who, for one, would never encourage serious debate about single-payer health care.

]]> By: cbl2 http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/05/15/olc-is-ben-nelson-using-dawn-johnsens-nomination-to-fish-for-a-prize/#comment-11545 cbl2 Fri, 15 May 2009 14:55:37 +0000 http://christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com/2009/05/15/olc-is-ben-nelson-using-dawn-johnsens-nomination-to-fish-for-a-prize/#comment-11545 <p>p.s. per Reality Track - there are 68,510 foreclosed properties in Nelson’s home county (Lancaster) only 244 have been sold YTD.</p> <p>currently 1350 in “pre foreclosure”</p> p.s. per Reality Track – there are 68,510 foreclosed properties in Nelson’s home county (Lancaster) only 244 have been sold YTD.

currently 1350 in “pre foreclosure”

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