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  • Visit Our New Blogs! These Are Visit Our New Blogs! These Are Closed!

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      Hello MyFOX Community members ... We are changing to a new Community and Blogging System. We know a lot of you will be upset by change, but once you get used to the new website you'll like it more than ever before.

      You'll still be able to upload blogs, videos, and photos, and you can still create friends lists... message friends... and create groups. The new blogs will let you comment under news stories on MyFoxHouston as well. The layout is just a bit different.

      For those of you who registered before Dec. 15, 2009 ... We have transfered over your old username, you just have to activate it using the e-mail address you first signed up with.

          * Go to http://community.myfoxhouston.com
          * Click on “Forgot Password”
          * Enter your registered username OR email
          * We will send you a temporary password for you to sign in and finish setting up your account

      If you do not currently have an account on our site, you can sign up for a new one using the link above.

      For the time being, you can still visit the old blogs to save your old posts, photos, and videos. Do this soon as the old blogs may go offline by the second week of January. Visit the old blogs at http://community2.myfoxhouston.com/

      If you need assistance, e-mail mytechguy@fox26.com

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  • Bengals suck! Bengals suck!

    • From: just1man2009
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      Was it me or did the game last night: Bengals vs jets, look like someone was told" this is the last game for this stadium" lets just not play and let the jets walk all over us.  The Texans are out because the Bengals didn't want to play a team that was starting to look as good as the Texans going into the play-offs good luck next year and thanks for the first winning season in franchise history we still have Dallas but it would have been nice to have had both teams make it to the big games 

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  • Just in time for super bowl Just in time for super bowl

  • Winter Precipitation on Wednes Winter Precipitation on Wednesday Night

    • From: FatBoie
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      so i was looking at the special weather statement and i read that there was a chance of sleet/snow northwest of 59. now is there a possibility some of that winter precip will fall by the airport. if it does fall at all. help, i need a meteorologist.lol

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  • Source: Pacers Plan to Trade F Source: Pacers Plan to Trade Ford

    • From: markberman
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      NBA sources told FOX 26 Sports Sunday the Indiana Pacers told point guard T.J. Ford they plan to trade him.

      Ford is in his second season with the Pacers and is averaging 9.9 points and 3.6 assists per game during the 2009-10 season.

      He has played in 31 games, starting 25.

      During Ford's six-year career he is averaging 12. 1 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game.

      Ford, a number one draft pick out of Texas by Milwaukee in 2003, played two years for the Bucks.

      He missed the 2004-05 season recovering from a neck injury.

      Ford has also played two years with the Toronto Raptors.

      Ford was an All-American at Texas where he was named college basketball's Player of the Year after his final season with the Longhorns.

      Ford is a former high school star from the Houston area where he led Willowridge to a 75-1 record and a pair of Texas Class 5-A state championships during his last two years there.

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  • Kubiak to Return in 2010 Kubiak to Return in 2010

    • From: markberman
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      Houston Texans owner Bob McNair ended all of the speculation about head coach Gary Kubiak's status with the team.

      After the Texans 34-27 win over the New England Patriots Sunday McNair said Kubiak would continue as his head coach during the 2010 season.

      "He's our coach," McNair said in an interview with FOX 26 Sports. "I've said all along he's our coach.

      "That if I decided to make a change I would let people know. He's our coach. We're not making a change. He'll be here next year."

      Kubiak has one year left on his original five-year contract with the Texans.

      McNair said Kubiak will play a big role in helping the team get ready for the 2010 season.

      "We're going to have a planning session where (general manager) Rick Smith, Cal McNair (Bob's son), and Gary and I get together and we"ll plan for next year and he'll be part of that planning."

      Kubiak was pleased to hear that his owner had publicly said he will continue to coach the Texans.

      "It means a great deal," Kubiak told FOX 26 Sports Sunday night. "After what we've been through, working our way out of a touch stretch, that means a great deal.

      "It makes me feel really good. It's very important to me that I get to fulfill my contract. Everyone knows how I feel about Bob and I'm glad I am going to continue to be here."

       

       

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  • John Wayne John Wayne

    • From: Chassan
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      A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty "Hi Yo Silver!" The Lone Torch. "Hi Yo Silver, away!" With his faithful multi-blogger companion names, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains, led the fight for lawlessness and disorder in the early west. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. The Lone Torch rides again!

      Actually, John Wayne, or Torch, has left the building by hitting delete on his last blog.


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  • Author, Speaker, Life Coach Author, Speaker, Life Coach

    • From: Nicholaski
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      Author, Speaker, Life Coach

      My writings have been published in the TEXAS Senate Journal and various magazine and news publications across the country. My photography and prize-winning art have been published locally.

      My speaking performances across the country include cruise venues, live audiences of over 6,000, radio station broadcasts, and national TV programs. I hold Honor Distinction with Pi Kappa Delta, a forensics honor society.

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  • Songs Appreciated in 2009 Songs Appreciated in 2009

    • From: TripleG25
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      "Uprsing" by Muse

      The group made its voice heard in late 2009. After developing a reputation as the best band to see perform live, Muse served opening act for U2 during the group's Houston appearance at Toyota Center, but really caught my attention at the MTV Video Music Awards  when everybody was preoccupied with Beyonce and Lady Gaga.

      "Poker Face" by Lady GaGa

      Speaking of the Lady, she released several hit songs between 2008 and 2009, but "Poker Face" was the epitome of popular electronic dance music for the masses and the lyrics made a reference to Texas Hold'em Poker, so everybody wins.

      "You Belong to Me" by Taylor Swift

      Carrying over success into 2009 from release of 2008 album "Fearless" and the single "Love Story", Swift won success beyond her wildest expectations at such a young age with significant category wins in almost every music awards show throughout the year.

      "Savior" by Rise Against

      "Halo" by Beyonce

      "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" by A.R. Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger

      While 2008 was the year of 'the Slumdog' with the success of the independent motion picture "Slumdog Millionaire," the Indian soundtrack song "Jai Ho" was given new life in the U.S. with an English version with help from the Pussycat Dolls and is now a favorite at high school dances.

      "New Divide" by Linkin Park

      For the second time, Linkin Park was chosen to deliver the lead soundtrack single for an installment of the blockbuster "Trans-Formers" motion picture series. This is a song where I increase all the settings when I hear it in my truck. It is melodic but aggressive. Whether or not you are a fan of the movie series, the soundtrack CD never fails with Linkin Park leading the way.

      "Party in the U.S.A." by Miley Cyrus

      Just when it looked like Miley Cyrus' fame time was expired with the gradual end of "Hannah Montana," the teen surprised with the touching ballad "The Climb" and then really made her mark by throwing "Party in the U.S.A." into the popular dance music mainstream. Though the lyrics are not strong, the anthematic nature of the song overrules and makes it a party favorite.

      "Run This Town" by Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West

      While I'm not a fan of the Jay-Z. returning from retirement, he is brilliant when it comes to collaborating and the release of "Run This Town" with Rihanna and Kanye West, both of whose career he helped develop. The timing couldn't be any better. The track helped resurrect the interrupted career of Rihanna, who suffered a very publicized domestic violence incident with former Chris Brown, and West, who is best known in 2009 less for his music and more for his antics at the MTV Video Music Awards.

      "Good Girls Go Bad" by Cobra Starship Featuring Leighton Meester

      A surprise of a popular song featuring a collaboration with the doubly-talented Meester, known before the track for her role on the show "Gossip Girl." The released of the song also coincided with what was supposed to be the discovery of a sex video that featured her, but it appears that was a hoax. Not only has she overcome the brief scandal with her flourishing acting career, but she released her own CD before the end of 2009 and will likely be succeeding on the radio and downloads as well.

      "Empire State of Mind" by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys

      With the end of the first decade of the 2000s approaching, the two native New Yorkers released a song of great homage to the city devastated in 2001 by the 9-11 attacks. The song was given the ultimate honor when the duo performed the song during the 2009 Major League Baseball World Series, which was eventually won by the New York Yankees.

      "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" by Pitbull

      I am biased as an American of Cuban heritage to appreciate the music of Cuban-born rapper Pitbull. He delivers great dance music and did not disappoint in 2009. He had other hits with "Krazy" with Lil' Jon and "Hotel Room Service," but "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" is the one that entranced dance music fans throughout the year. Pitbull almost always delivers the great combination of Spanish and English lyrics and danceable Latin beats.

      "The Fixer" by Pearl Jam

      I have never been a fan of Pearl Jam since the group first made its musical impact during the early 1990s. Of course, I recognize their role in making alternative rock music the music of the people along with Nirvana, Soundgarden and Stone Temple Pilots, but I was never a fan. To be honest, I'm still not really a fan of the group, but I appreciated "The Fixer" because, simply put, it sounds nothing like the music Pearl Jam has released before. It was honest fan-driven rock music with a popular twinge to it, Pearl Jam fooled me in 2009, but let's see if other singles can have the same effect in 2010.

      The following songs were actually released in 2008, but made their best impacts during 2009, so I included them in the list as honorable mentions:

      "Second Chance" by Shinedown

      "Show Me What I'm Looking For" by Carolina Liar

      "Blame It" by Jamie Foxx featuring T-Pain

      What were the songs you appreciated most in 2009 and which ones released in 2009 do you think will successfully carry over into 2009?

      So far, I would have to say "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga.

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  • My top 100 songs of the decade My top 100 songs of the decade part 2

    • From: ruben_dominguez
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      As maddening as compiling this list turned out to be, it reinforced much of what I know and love about music. If beauty is in the eye of the beholder then a great song to one person is a load of crap to another (or something like that). When I finally finished this thing I immediately wanted to start making changes. But it's only a list and not a final testament carved into stone on the side of a mountain somewhere so why screw with it too much? In the end it's just for fun so tell me what you think and by all means let me know what your top 10,25,50 or 100 songs of the decade list looks like. 

       

      51. Obstacle #1 - Interpol (2002)

      52. Buried Myself Alive - The Used (2002)

      53. 100 Days, 100 Nights - Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings (2007)

      54. Off the Record - My Morning Jacket (2005)

      55. Hey Ya - Outkast (2003)

      56. Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah (2003)

      57. Cause = Time - Broken Social Scene (2003)

      58. Whatever Happened to my Rock and Roll - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (2001)

      59. Change in the House of Flies - Deftones (2000)

      60. Stuck Between Stations - The Hold Steady (2008)

      61. Renegades of Funk - Rage Against the Machine (2000)

      62. Time is Running Out - Muse (2003)

      63. Down Boy - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2007)

      64. Bleed - Meshuggah (2008)

      65. A Favor House Atlantic - Coheed and Cambria (2003)

      66. Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa - Vampire Weekend (2008)

      67. Get Ur Freak on - Missy Elliot (2002)

      68. Special K - Placebo (2001)

      69. Hang You from the Heavens - The Dead Weather (2009)

      70. Sugar We're Going Down - Fall Out Boy (2003)

      71. Nice to Know You - Incubus (2001)

      72. Diabolic Scheme - The Hives (2004)

      73. My Girls - Animal Collective (2009)

      74. Cochise - Audioslave (2002)

      75. Is There a Ghost - Band of Horses (2007)

      76. Big Pimpin - Jay Z (200)

      77. Love Song - Sara Bareilles (2008)

      78. No Key, No Pain - Okkerville River (2005)

      79. 99 - The Haunted (2004)

      80. Club Foot - Kasabian (2005)

      81. Wolves at Night - Manchester Orchestra (2006)

      82. Belief - John Mayer (2006)

      83. Foundations - Kate Nash (2007)

      84. Country Grammar - Nelly (2000)

      85. Chop Suey - System of a Down (2001)

      86. Fell in Love with a Girl - White Stripes (2002)

      87. Babylon - David Gray (2000)

      88. Paper Airplanes - M.I.A. (2007)

      89. Life on a Chain - Pete Yorn (2000)

      90. The Rat - Dead Confederate (2008)

      91. What Would Wolves Do? - Les Savy Fav (2007)

      92. Impossible Germany - Wilco (2007)

      93. My Mistakes were Made for You - Last Shadow Puppets (2008)

      94. Turn Cold - Cut Off your Hands (2009)

      95. Still Tippin - Mike Jones (2005)

      96. Cape Canaveral - Conor Oberst (2008)

      97. Geraldine - Glasvegas (2009)

      98. Saved - Electric Touch (2008)

      99. Helena - My Chemical Romance (2004)

      100. Harder to Breathe - Maroon 5 (2002)

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  • shows where their alligences l shows where their alligences lay

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  • their heart is definately in t their heart is definately in the wrong place

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  • Black/white an illusion. Black/white an illusion.

    • From: just1man2009
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      When we were younger,we took things for face value. If we could see it, and touch it, it was real. life was black and white. Then we learned about god, and started to believe in things we could not see. now here in this day and age we have learned that people are the same way. when they say it we believe it. We all have secrets some bigger then others but secrets all the same... NOTHING IS BLACK AND WHITE.                                                                                            What we see is not always real. We have judges that will smile and go to all the church functions and then quietly resign when caught with two lobbyists in bed or another one who tries to make a deal on a d.w.i. charge and she turns him in. Wonder how many others there were before her. But this is just a couple that got caught what about all the ones out there that are still smiling, still shaking hands, and still waiting for us to turn around so they can.... ... .. ... ...we have the family next door, that has driven your kids to school, plotting to do harm to anothers mother and her child over a cheerleaders position.or a women that for two decades without anybody finding out sold her children and her children's children even her grandsons wife into America from Mexico on a million dollar green card scam By: Maria Refugia Camarillo(currently serving time at the federal medical center in fort worth.)                  This is a blog about the illusion we call life and what we chose to believe and not believe .We all can agree on the fact that man lies. the real question we have to ask our self is why? are they trying to protect you or just trying to hide something. or was it an agreement with someone else not to say anything. One of the reasons that most people will not look at you straight in the eye is that their pupil will dilate when they are lying. (Just a little fact) and Just about everyone has a thing that they do that gives them up, unless their habitual liar in which case they will tell the story with so much conviction they will start to believe their own lies. We all know at least one person like this.                                                                                                                                                                        I guess what I'm trying to say is that everything is not always as it seems. We even have bloggers here that lie to us by changing their names so often to hide the fact they are agitators and when they piss enough people off they change there name and start over again.. Have you out there in blogger land been a part of one of these lies or has someone told you a story that you know was a lie. What did you do. Tell your stories expose the lies of this world. they have gotten away with it long enough its time to start letting people know about it and if if it make them angry,  o well! life's a bitch and then you die. middle your living your own don't even bother. randy torch is only one My count is in the twentys some even carry a male and female version of themselves.  

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  • Top News Stories for 2009 Top News Stories for 2009

    • From: sassy1111
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      What were the top news stories or events in Houston, the nation or Harris County for 2009?
       
      2009 brought out the worst and the best.  Feel free to list and share your thoughts.
      Two major ones top off the list:
      1.  Escape of Arcade Comeaux
      2.  Early snowfall - The earliest recorded snowfall in more than 100 years on Dec. 5.
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  • Judicial Watch Announces List Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington's "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians" for 2009

    • From: toadie800
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      Washington, DC

      Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released its 2009 list of Washington's "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians." The list, in alphabetical order, includes:

      1. Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT): This marks two years in a row for Senator Dodd, who made the 2008 "Ten Most Corrupt" list for his corrupt relationship with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and for accepting preferential treatment and loan terms from Countrywide Financial, a scandal which still dogs him. In 2009, the scandals kept coming for the Connecticut Democrat. In 2009, Judicial Watch filed a Senate ethics complaint against Dodd for undervaluing a property he owns in Ireland on his Senate Financial Disclosure forms. Judicial Watch's complaint forced Dodd to amend the forms. However, press reports suggest the property to this day remains undervalued. Judicial Watch also alleges in the complaint that Dodd obtained a sweetheart deal for the property in exchange for his assistance in obtaining a presidential pardon (during the Clinton administration) and other favors for a long-time friend and business associate. The false financial disclosure forms were part of the cover-up. Dodd remains the head the Senate Banking Committee.

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      2. Senator John Ensign (R-NV): A number of scandals popped up in 2009 involving public officials who conducted illicit affairs, and then attempted to cover them up with hush payments and favors, an obvious abuse of power. The year's worst offender might just be Nevada Republican Senator John Ensign. Ensign admitted in June to an extramarital affair with the wife of one of his staff members, who then allegedly obtained special favors from the Nevada Republican in exchange for his silence. According to The New York Times: "The Justice Department and the Senate Ethics Committee are expected to conduct preliminary inquiries into whether Senator John Ensign violated federal law or ethics rules as part of an effort to conceal an affair with the wife of an aide…" The former staffer, Douglas Hampton, began to lobby Mr. Ensign's office immediately upon leaving his congressional job, despite the fact that he was subject to a one-year lobbying ban. Ensign seems to have ignored the law and allowed Hampton lobbying access to his office as a payment for his silence about the affair. (These are potentially criminal offenses.) It looks as if Ensign misused his public office (and taxpayer resources) to cover up his sexual shenanigans.

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      3. Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA): Judicial Watch is investigating a $12 million TARP cash injection provided to the Boston-based OneUnited Bank at the urging of Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank. As reported in the January 22, 2009, edition of the Wall Street Journal, the Treasury Department indicated it would only provide funds to healthy banks to jump-start lending. Not only was OneUnited Bank in massive financial turmoil, but it was also "under attack from its regulators for allegations of poor lending practices and executive-pay abuses, including owning a Porsche for its executives' use." Rep. Frank admitted he spoke to a "federal regulator," and Treasury granted the funds. (The bank continues to flounder despite Frank's intervention for federal dollars.) Moreover, Judicial Watch uncovered documents in 2009 that showed that members of Congress for years were aware that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were playing fast and loose with accounting issues, risk assessment issues and executive compensation issues, even as liberals led by Rep. Frank continued to block attempts to rein in the two Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs). For example, during a hearing on September 10, 2003, before the House Committee on Financial Services considering a Bush administration proposal to further regulate Fannie and Freddie, Rep. Frank stated: "I want to begin by saying that I am glad to consider the legislation, but I do not think we are facing any kind of a crisis. That is, in my view, the two Government Sponsored Enterprises we are talking about here, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, are not in a crisis. We have recently had an accounting problem with Freddie Mac that has led to people being dismissed, as appears to be appropriate. I do not think at this point there is a problem with a threat to the Treasury." Frank received $42,350 in campaign contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac between 1989 and 2008. Frank also engaged in a relationship with a Fannie Mae Executive while serving on the House Banking Committee, which has jurisdiction over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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      4. Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner: In 2009, Obama Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner admitted that he failed to pay $34,000 in Social Security and Medicare taxes from 2001-2004 on his lucrative salary at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), an organization with 185 member countries that oversees the global financial system. (Did we mention Geithner now runs the IRS?) It wasn't until President Obama tapped Geithner to head the Treasury Department that he paid back most of the money, although the IRS kindly waived the hefty penalties. In March 2009, Geithner also came under fire for his handling of the AIG bonus scandal, where the company used $165 million of its bailout funds to pay out executive bonuses, resulting in a massive public backlash. Of course as head of the New York Federal Reserve, Geithner helped craft the AIG deal in September 2008. However, when the AIG scandal broke, Geithner claimed he knew nothing of the bonuses until March 10, 2009. The timing is important. According to CNN: "Although Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told congressional leaders on Tuesday that he learned of AIG's impending $160 million bonus payments to members of its troubled financial-products unit on March 10, sources tell TIME that the New York Federal Reserve informed Treasury staff that the payments were imminent on Feb. 28. That is ten days before Treasury staffers say they first learned 'full details' of the bonus plan, and three days before the [Obama] Administration launched a new $30 billion infusion of cash for AIG." Throw in another embarrassing disclosure in 2009 that Geithner employed "household help" ineligible to work in the United States, and it becomes clear why the Treasury Secretary has earned a spot on the "Ten Most Corrupt Politicians in Washington" list.

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      5. Attorney General Eric Holder: Tim Geithner can be sure he won't be hounded about his tax-dodging by his colleague Eric Holder, US Attorney General. Judicial Watch strongly opposed Holder because of his terrible ethics record, which includes: obstructing an FBI investigation of the theft of nuclear secrets from Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory; rejecting multiple requests for an independent counsel to investigate alleged fundraising abuses by then-Vice President Al Gore in the Clinton White House; undermining the criminal investigation of President Clinton by Kenneth Starr in the midst of the Lewinsky investigation; and planning the violent raid to seize then-six-year-old Elian Gonzalez at gunpoint in order to return him to Castro's Cuba. Moreover, there is his soft record on terrorism. Holder bypassed Justice Department procedures to push through Bill Clinton's scandalous presidential pardons and commutations, including for 16 members of FALN, a violent Puerto Rican terrorist group that orchestrated approximately 120 bombings in the United States, killing at least six people and permanently maiming dozens of others, including law enforcement officers. His record in the current administration is no better. As he did during the Clinton administration, Holder continues to ignore serious incidents of corruption that could impact his political bosses at the White House. For example, Holder has refused to investigate charges that the Obama political machine traded VIP access to the White House in exchange for campaign contributions – a scheme eerily similar to one hatched by Holder's former boss, Bill Clinton in the 1990s. The Holder Justice Department also came under fire for dropping a voter intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party. On Election Day 2008, Black Panthers dressed in paramilitary garb threatened voters as they approached polling stations. Holder has also failed to initiate a comprehensive Justice investigation of the notorious organization ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), which is closely tied to President Obama. There were allegedly more than 400,000 fraudulent ACORN voter registrations in the 2008 campaign. And then there were the journalist videos catching ACORN Housing workers advising undercover reporters on how to evade tax, immigration, and child prostitution laws. Holder's controversial decisions on new rights for terrorists and his attacks on previous efforts to combat terrorism remind many of the fact that his former law firm has provided and continues to provide pro bono representation to terrorists at Guantanamo Bay. Holder's politicization of the Justice Department makes one long for the days of Alberto Gonzales.

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      6. Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL)/ Senator Roland Burris (D-IL): One of the most serious scandals of 2009 involved a scheme by former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to sell President Obama's then-vacant Senate seat to the highest bidder. Two men caught smack dab in the middle of the scandal: Senator Roland Burris, who ultimately got the job, and Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, emissaries for Jesse Jackson Jr., named "Senate Candidate A" in the Blagojevich indictment, reportedly offered $1.5 million to Blagojevich during a fundraiser if he named Jackson Jr. to Obama's seat. Three days later federal authorities arrested Blagojevich. Burris, for his part, apparently lied about his contacts with Blagojevich, who was arrested in December 2008 for trying to sell Obama's Senate seat. According to Reuters: "Roland Burris came under fresh scrutiny…after disclosing he tried to raise money for the disgraced former Illinois governor who named him to the U.S. Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama…In the latest of those admissions, Burris said he looked into mounting a fundraiser for Rod Blagojevich -- later charged with trying to sell Obama's Senate seat -- at the same time he was expressing interest to the then-governor's aides about his desire to be appointed." Burris changed his story five times regarding his contacts with Blagojevich prior to the Illinois governor appointing him to the U.S. Senate. Three of those changing explanations came under oath.

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      7. President Barack Obama: During his presidential campaign, President Obama promised to run an ethical and transparent administration. However, in his first year in office, the President has delivered corruption and secrecy, bringing Chicago-style political corruption to the White House. Consider just a few Obama administration "lowlights" from year one: Even before President Obama was sworn into office, he was interviewed by the FBI for a criminal investigation of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's scheme to sell the President's former Senate seat to the highest bidder. (Obama's Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and slumlord Valerie Jarrett, both from Chicago, are also tangled up in the Blagojevich scandal.) Moreover, the Obama administration made the startling claim that the Privacy Act does not apply to the White House. The Obama White House believes it can violate the privacy rights of American citizens without any legal consequences or accountability. President Obama boldly proclaimed that "transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency," but his administration is addicted to secrecy, stonewalling far too many of Judicial Watch's Freedom of Information Act requests and is refusing to make public White House visitor logs as federal law requires. The Obama administration turned the National Endowment of the Arts (as well as the agency that runs the AmeriCorps program) into propaganda machines, using tax dollars to persuade "artists" to promote the Obama agenda. According to documents uncovered by Judicial Watch, the idea emerged as a direct result of the Obama campaign and enjoyed White House approval and participation. President Obama has installed a record number of "czars" in positions of power. Too many of these individuals are leftist radicals who answer to no one but the president. And too many of the czars are not subject to Senate confirmation (which raises serious constitutional questions). Under the President's bailout schemes, the federal government continues to appropriate or control -- through fiat and threats -- large sectors of the private economy, prompting conservative columnist George Will to write: "The administration's central activity -- the political allocation of wealth and opportunity -- is not merely susceptible to corruption, it is corruption." Government-run healthcare and car companies, White House coercion, uninvestigated ACORN corruption, debasing his office to help Chicago cronies, attacks on conservative media and the private sector, unprecedented and dangerous new rights for terrorists, perks for campaign donors – this is Obama's "ethics" record -- and we haven't even gotten through the first year of his presidency.

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      8. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA): At the heart of the corruption problem in Washington is a sense of entitlement. Politicians believe laws and rules (even the U.S. Constitution) apply to the rest of us but not to them. Case in point: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her excessive and boorish demands for military travel. Judicial Watch obtained documents from the Pentagon in 2008 that suggest Pelosi has been treating the Air Force like her own personal airline. These documents, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, include internal Pentagon email correspondence detailing attempts by Pentagon staff to accommodate Pelosi's numerous requests for military escorts and military aircraft as well as the speaker's 11th hour cancellations and changes. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also came under fire in April 2009, when she claimed she was never briefed about the CIA's use of the waterboarding technique during terrorism investigations. The CIA produced a report documenting a briefing with Pelosi on September 4, 2002, that suggests otherwise. Judicial Watch also obtained documents, including a CIA Inspector General report, which further confirmed that Congress was fully briefed on the enhanced interrogation techniques. Aside from her own personal transgressions, Nancy Pelosi has ignored serious incidents of corruption within her own party, including many of the individuals on this list. (See Rangel, Murtha, Jesse Jackson, Jr., etc.)

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      9. Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) and the rest of the PMA Seven: Rep. John Murtha made headlines in 2009 for all the wrong reasons. The Pennsylvania congressman is under federal investigation for his corrupt relationship with the now-defunct defense lobbyist PMA Group. PMA, founded by a former Murtha associate, has been the congressman's largest campaign contributor. Since 2002, Murtha has raised $1.7 million from PMA and its clients. And what did PMA and its clients receive from Murtha in return for their generosity? Earmarks -- tens of millions of dollars in earmarks. In fact, even with all of the attention surrounding his alleged influence peddling, Murtha kept at it. Following an FBI raid of PMA's offices earlier in 2009, Murtha continued to seek congressional earmarks for PMA clients, while also hitting them up for campaign contributions. According to The Hill, in April, "Murtha reported receiving contributions from three former PMA clients for whom he requested earmarks in the pending appropriations bills." When it comes to the PMA scandal, Murtha is not alone. As many as six other Members of Congress are currently under scrutiny according to The Washington Post. They include: Peter J. Visclosky (D-IN.), James P. Moran Jr. (D-VA), Norm Dicks (D-WA.), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), C.W. Bill Young (R-FL.) and Todd Tiahrt (R-KS.). Of course rather than investigate this serious scandal, according to Roll Call House Democrats circled the wagons, "cobbling together a defense to offer political cover to their rank and file." The Washington Post also reported in 2009 that Murtha's nephew received $4 million in Defense Department no-bid contracts: "Newly obtained documents…show Robert Murtha mentioning his influential family connection as leverage in his business dealings and holding unusual power with the military."

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      10. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY): Rangel, the man in charge of writing tax policy for the entire country, has yet to adequately explain how he could possibly "forget" to pay taxes on $75,000 in rental income he earned from his off-shore rental property. He also faces allegations that he improperly used his influence to maintain ownership of highly coveted rent-controlled apartments in Harlem, and misused his congressional office to fundraise for his private Rangel Center by preserving a tax loophole for an oil drilling company in exchange for funding. On top of all that, Rangel recently amended his financial disclosure reports, which doubled his reported wealth. (He somehow "forgot" about $1 million in assets.) And what did he do when the House Ethics Committee started looking into all of this? He apparently resorted to making "campaign contributions" to dig his way out of trouble. According to WCBS TV, a New York CBS affiliate: "The reigning member of Congress' top tax committee is apparently 'wrangling' other politicos to get him out of his own financial and tax troubles...Since ethics probes began last year the 79-year-old congressman has given campaign donations to 119 members of Congress, including three of the five Democrats on the House Ethics Committee who are charged with investigating him." Charlie Rangel should not be allowed to remain in Congress, let alone serve as Chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, and he knows it. That's why he felt the need to disburse campaign contributions to Ethics Committee members and other congressional colleagues
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  • HAPPY BIRTHDAY EDDIE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY EDDIE!

    • From: randythib
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      join me in wishing eddie, aka torch and most recently johnwayne an early birthday wish. january 12, 1940 we were blessed with this psychological case study. thats the poor little doggie he misplaced and rolled over with his car. Cry 

      no gifts please. he wouldn't remember receiving any. Surprised 

      donations to the alzheimers and senile geriatric foundation for the demented are preferred. Kiss

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  • Dear Taxpayer Dear Taxpayer

    • From: Chassan
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      Dear Taxpayer,

      Happy New Year!

      The good news is that you made it alive through another year.

      Now for the bad news. It's another election year. You'll have to spend time figuring out who to vote for among the sea of candidates in the March primaries and in the November general election.

      After losing the White House and nearly 70 congressional seats in the last two elections, Republicans are poised for a strong comeback in 2010, with significant gains likely in the House and a good chance of boosting their numbers in the Senate and statehouses across the country.

      All 435 House seats, 36 in the Senate and the governorships of 37 states will be on the ballot in November.

      Study, study, study and cast your votes in March and in November. Otherwise, you have no right to complain about what's wrong with government.

       

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  • Terrorist Ornament! Terrorist Ornament!

    • From: Chassan
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      Security for travel is extremely tight, so tight in fact that a Christmas ornament raised the security red flag.

      A Northwest Airlines flight from Detroit was briefly diverted to Tennessee after someone found a suspicious package that turned out to be a Christmas ornament.

      Delta Air Lines spokesman Carlos Santos wasn't sure who found the package midway through the flight to Orlando, Fla., or why they thought it was suspicious. He says the flight was diverted "out of an abundance of caution."

      The 75 passengers and five crew members on Northwest flight 2364 were taken off the plane in Nashville around 8 a.m. Friday while dogs searched it. They were allowed to reboard about two hours later. It was a Northwest flight from Amsterdam to Detroit that authorities say a Nigerian man tried and failed to blow up last week.

      I guess I'd better not carry anything Christmas-related on a commercial flight; I wouldn't want to be tagged as a terrorist.

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  • Should the US put Afgan's on o Should the US put Afgan's on our bases???

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      This is the second time that we (America) has allowed Afgans to guard our bases. This is the second time we have lost our American CIA/ troops. When are they going to learn that we need to guard our own?

       If you have 10 pounds of steak on the table do you let your dog guard it? Not if you want to eat it. What are our "big-wigs" thinking when they let the fox in the hen house? Do they really think any of those rag heads can be trusted with our security? I sure don't and some can call me racist all you want. This is my opinion and I have a right to it.

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