The Founders Warned Us About Some One Some Time...Could Be Right About Now.

"The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation on the ruins of public liberty.
It serves always to distract the public councils and feeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection. It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which find a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions.
It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration to confine themselves with in their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in the exercise of the powers of one department to encroach upon another. The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all departments in one and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism.
If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed."

…George Washington’s Farewell Address…

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FLAHR in, the name of a gold coin first made in Florence in the 1200's. The name comes from the Latin word for flower. The florin bore the imprint of a lily on one side, and the figure of Saint John the Baptist on the other side. The first English florin was issued as a six-shilling gold coin in the reign of Edward III (1327-1377). A Silver English florin worth two shillings was first coined in 1849.
[The World Book Encyclopedia]
A USA Silver ten cent coin, bore the imprint of a lily on one side, and the figure of Franklin D. Roosevelt (USA Pres. 1933-1945) on the other side (Dime).

May 23, 2011

You Need Me. Pelosi Told Boehner

Posted by TS/WS at 11:01 PM

Pelosi is wrangling for a seat at the table for the budget cuts-Aka: Debt Ceiling ascendency.

May 22, 2011

Insurance Companies Brokers And Agents Political Donations At A glance

Posted by TS/WS at 5:42 PM

Name	Amount Received
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R, AK]	$71,600
Sen. David Vitter [R, LA]	$58,950
Sen. Robert Portman [R, OH]	$33,300
Sen. Charles Grassley [R, IA]	$31,500
Sen. Roy Blunt [R, MO]	$30,900
Sen. Richard Burr [R, NC]	$27,500
Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC]	$24,500
Sen. John Thune [R, SD]	$23,800
Sen. John Isakson [R, GA]	$22,000
Sen. Michael Crapo [R, ID]	$20,500

Rep. Eric Cantor [R, VA-7]	$23,500
Rep. Dan Boren [D, OK-2]	$21,250
Rep. Joe Barton [R, TX-6]	$20,500
Rep. John Boehner [R, OH-8]	$20,250
Rep. Cynthia Lummis [R, WY-0]	$20,000
Rep. Doc Hastings [R, WA-4]	$19,650
Rep. Al Green [D, TX-9]	$16,400
Rep. Michael McCaul [R, TX-10]	$15,500
Rep. Jim Matheson [D, UT-2]	$15,500
Rep. Kevin McCarthy [R, CA-22]	$15,500

Major (Mulitinational) Oil And Gas Producers Political Donations At A Glance

Posted by TS/WS at 5:26 PM

Name	Amount Received
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R, AK]	$71,600
Sen. David Vitter [R, LA]	$58,950
Sen. Robert Portman [R, OH]	$33,300
Sen. Charles Grassley [R, IA]	$31,500
Sen. Roy Blunt [R, MO]	$30,900
Sen. Richard Burr [R, NC]	$27,500
Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC]	$24,500
Sen. John Thune [R, SD]	$23,800
Sen. John Isakson [R, GA]	$22,000
Sen. Michael Crapo [R, ID]	$20,500

Rep. Eric Cantor [R, VA-7]	$23,500
Rep. Dan Boren [D, OK-2]	$21,250
Rep. Joe Barton [R, TX-6]	$20,500
Rep. John Boehner [R, OH-8]	$20,250
Rep. Cynthia Lummis [R, WY-0]	$20,000
Rep. Doc Hastings [R, WA-4]	$19,650
Rep. Al Green [D, TX-9]	$16,400
Rep. Michael McCaul [R, TX-10]	$15,500
Rep. Jim Matheson [D, UT-2]	$15,500
Rep. Kevin McCarthy [R, CA-22]	$15,500

May 14, 2011

Teacher Unions Political Donations At A Glance

Posted by TS/WS at 10:21 PM

Name	Amount Received
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY]	$20,000
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]	$19,832
Sen. Michael Bennet [D, CO]	$12,000
Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV]	$12,000
Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]	$12,000
Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D, MD]	$12,000
Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA]	$7,500
Sen. Al Franken [D, MN]	$5,750
Sen. Mark Kirk [R, IL]	$2,500
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT]	$2,500

Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8]	$119,302
Rep. Mark Critz [D, PA-12]	$34,860
Rep. Judy Chu [D, CA-32]	$27,500
Rep. John Garamendi [D, CA-10]	$22,500
Rep. Ted Deutch [D, FL-19]	$20,000
Rep. William Owens [D, NY-23]	$17,500
Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D, CA-8]	$15,000
Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D, HI-1]	$15,000
Rep. Joe Courtney [D, CT-2]	$15,000
Rep. Steny Hoyer [D, MD-5]	$13,500

Labor Unions Political Donations At A Glance

Posted by TS/WS at 10:17 PM

Name Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV]	Amount Received $8,000
Sen. Robert Menéndez [D, NJ]	$7,500
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY]	$6,000
Sen. Al Franken [D, MN]	$5,000
Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]	$5,000
Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA]	$3,750
Sen. Robert Casey [D, PA]	$1,000
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]	$1,000
Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D, MD]	$1,000
Sen. Carl Levin [D, MI]	$0

Rep. Steny Hoyer [D, MD-5]	$16,000
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D, VA-11]	$12,250
Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D, CA-8]	$10,000
Rep. Donna Edwards [D, MD-4]	$6,000
Rep. Larry Kissell [D, NC-8]	$5,000
Rep. Mark Critz [D, PA-12]	$5,000
Rep. Shelley Capito [R, WV-2]	$5,000
Rep. James Clyburn [D, SC-6]	$5,000
Rep. Nick Rahall [D, WV-3]	$5,000
Rep. Melvin Watt [D, NC-12]	$5,000

Trial Lawyers and Law Firms Political Donations At A Glance

Posted by TS/WS at 10:10 PM

Name	Amount Received
Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV]	$458,739
Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]	$141,462
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]	$92,660
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY]	$46,608
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT]	$39,731
Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA]	$33,300
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI]	$27,500
Sen. Mark Begich [D, AK]	$26,000
Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR]	$24,950
Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL]	$24,250

Rep. Mike Quigley [D, IL-5]	$61,900
Rep. Bruce Braley [D, IA-1]	$46,771
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D, TX-25]	$41,000
Rep. William Owens [D, NY-23]	$24,600
Rep. Patrick Meehan [R, PA-7]	$23,200
Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9]	$21,750
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]	$20,350
Rep. Charles Rangel [D, NY-15]	$19,600
Rep. Corrine Brown [D, FL-3]	$19,400
Rep. John Barrow [D, GA-12]	$17,800