Cold busted Dianne Feinstein resigns committee post
SEN. Dianne Feinstein has resigned from the Military Construction Appropriations subcommittee. As previously and extensively reviewed in these pages, Feinstein was chairperson and ranking member of MILCON for six years, during which time she had a conflict of interest due to her husband Richard C. Blum’s ownership of two major defense contractors, who were awarded billions of dollars for military construction projects approved by Feinstein.
As MILCON leader, Feinstein relished the details of military construction, even micromanaging one project at the level of its sewer design. She regularly took junkets to military bases around the world to inspect construction projects, some of which were contracted to her husband’s companies, Perini Corp. and URS Corp.
Let’s be clear here: as opposed to Cheney and Halliburton, HER HUSBAND OWNED THE FUCKING JOINTS GETTING THE MONEY.
some guy over at St. Rusty of the “Bring the Jihad, Bitch!”:
This is genuine news. Political corruption on a scale as big as Duke Cunningham, and the mainstream press is worried about 8 US attorneys losing their jobs in a completely legal hard-ball political axing-session.
Someone wake me when this shows up in the press or any major media and the “Fifth Estate” starts tearing this story wide open.
I’ll even feed you pikers the lede:
“Senator deciding taxpayer funding directed it to hubby”
Nah, nuthin’ to see here. Move along, sheeple.
UPDATE: Captain Ed:
During the 2006 election, Feinstein’s party made a lot of hay out of non-competitve contracting by the government. Democrats railed especially about Halliburton, even though Halliburton won 95% of its contract dollars by full and open competition. Now we see that Feinstein herself had no problem with non-competitive practices, as long as it meant stuffing her own pockets with taxpayer money. Take a look at the percentages in the above. In 2005, CB Richard Ellis made $100 million in federal contracts, only half of which had been part of full and open competitive bidding.
When we talk about political corruption, this is exactly what we mean.
interestingly, i’d posted this
on a non-fascist message board
just yesterday
“i HAD a favorable impression of her
based on what i’d read
but not anymore, based on what i’ve learned of her
she’s just another cog in the machine”
and then i read THIS
“From the Center for Public Integrity:
http://www.publicintegrity.org/wow/bio.aspx?act=pro&ddlC=45
Quote:
Principal shareholder Richard Blum, who co-owns 75 percent of Perini’s voting shares, is the husband of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat from California who serves on the Appropriations Committee and the Select Committee on Intelligence.
End Quote”
mind you, this particular shitstorm was started
’cause she didn’t have the savvy to install staffers
who could respond to inquiries regarding iraq war vets
with any modicum of civility
so ithis will all be dealt with
and her particular district
will NEVER elect a rethug
so i hate to be the sand
in your vaseline
but NONE OF THIS excuses Halliburton
Cheney, or the real enemy within
so i hate to be the sand
in your vaseline…
dammit, hashman, get the swipe right!
“…sand in your vagina“
Why is it that Lala-Land has so many shrills. At least Waters was up front about her delusions when she called the thugish bands of murderers in LA patriots, and her party didn`t even flick an eyelash. Now Pilosi shrills about the culture of corruption and ignores Diane and her sweet financial deals. Or the other Senator, BB, who while condeming the oil company`s big profits held stock in them, and condemned a proposal to build oil rigs 40 miles out of view off the Pacific coast.
What about all this! It is gamesmanship when you do it, but criminal when the other party does it.
because “the other party” gets broken things fixed, without talk
your side denies that anything is going on at all
generally
And just how is this any different with the way we treat those of a Democratic “tilt” who violate the national security policies? Does the name Sandy Berger sound familiar? He’s the guy that WASN’T prosecuted for “lifting” classified documents from the National Archives and hiding them under construction trailer on a nearby job site so he could pick them up later.
Contrast this with the Scooter Libby media circus where a man who committed NO CRIME until he testified and made statements about the VAL “The Pal” PLAME case.
I’m just very curious what happens to those black brushes used on the Republicans…when it comes time to apply a fresh coat to their “dirty” Democratic counterparts.
All I ask is consistency…leaning towards following the laws on the books. IF the laws need changing…I’m all for that too.
See you on the high ground.
MajorDad1984