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Lib111
08-13-2010, 11:47 AM
White House Ethics Initiatives At A Crossroads.

The Obama White House's ambitious push for accountability and open government has lost steam, and the imminent departure of reform champion Norm Eisen is making some good-government groups anxious about the future.

Bob Bauer, is to take the lead ...

"Our priorities are different," said Ellen Miller, executive director of the Sunlight Foundation. "This is not a man whose DNA is built on an ethics, openness and a transparency agenda. It's the opposite," she said. ....

Miller fired off a public anti-Bauer salvo in the form of a blog post titled "A Setback in the Commitment from the White House".

Gary Bass, executive director of OMB Watch, said some of his fellow watchdogs are despairing that Bauer is too busy to effectively take on Eisen's portfolio, and worry that Croley will have no clout

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/13/white-house-ethics-initia_n_680386.html


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The 15 Most Corrupt in Congress.

http://www.crewsmostcorrupt.org/report


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Look at ALL those Israeli military aircraft!!!!!!! ... that you paid for.

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?58508-Israeli-Air-Force-Pics


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List of United States defense contractors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_defense_contractors

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_contractor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military-industrial_complex

http://www.fool.com/investing/value/2010/07/09/meet-hewlett-packard-the-defense-contractor.aspx

http://www.fool.com/investing/value/2010/07/01/boeing-evades-competition-puts-defense-etfs-in-foc.aspx


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In races for Congress, some Jewish incumbents at risk. http://tiny.cc/0676m

Un-elect Barbara Boxer !!!!!


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'GOP destroyed U.S. economy'

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/reagan-insider-gop-destroyed-us-economy-2010-08-10?pagenumber=1


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Double Vendetta — The Insanity of the Iran Confrontation.

YouTube - Double Vendetta — The Insanity of the Iran Confrontation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhp3kJv1H9I&feature=player_embedded)


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Jewish Groups Slam Obama's Honoring Anti-Israel Leaders

Two pro-Israel American organizations and the Republican Jewish Coalition lashed out at U.S. President Barack Obama for awarding a Presidential Medal of Freedom to Mary Robinson. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) called on the administration to “firmly, fully and publicly repudiate her views on Israel and her long public record of hostility and one-sided bias against the Jewish state.” ....

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/132738

AIPAC owns our government ..... Our Democracy has been hijacked .....


AIPAC Mourns 'Friend of Israel' - 'Uncle Ted' Stevens

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/139063