Rangel, Pelosi, Baucus and other Democrats consort with the enemy; become the next Liebermans of the Party

... and the party just ended for the Democratic Party on THIS Blog. I am sick and tired of governance by a shadow government. Anyone else fed up with this shit yet? We won't know for certain if the results of Pelosi's back-door maneuvering is good, bad, or just plain ugly for the average American worker or not until the terms of their deal with Satan [reads: BushCo] are revealed to the light of day.

But what I DO know is that I am tired of their METHODS. I want Government BY and FOR the PEOPLE. And what I am seeing is not it. It's just more of the same old bullshit.

To learn what the hell I'm goin' on about ya gotta check in on David Sirota's Blog, here:  http://www.workingassetsblog.com/2007/05/timeline_the_secret_bushdemocr_1.html

and again here: http://www.workingassetsblog.com/2007/05/k_street_vs_middle_america_bat.html

Then read the COMMENTS below the post here on The Huffington Post here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sirota/timeline-the-secret-bush_b_48200.html

In "ultra secret" negotiations with Bush, Charlie Rangel (D-NY), Max Baucus (D-MT) and Speaker of the House Nancy "I must be drunk with power" Pelosi MAY have royally hosed the average American worker. The other UNFAIR-Trade advocates who participated in this agreement will be named and listed here as the facts are revealed. There will be a whole new "Wall of Shame" posted if they got it wrong. But for now, let's go with a list of SUSPECTS as provided by MyDD [tip-of-the-hat]:

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) ......................................Phone:  (202) 225-4965
Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr.
U.S. Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab
Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus .........................Phone:  (202) 224-2651
House Ways & Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel .........Phone:   (202) 225-4365
House Ways & Means Ranking Member Jim McCrery
New Democrat Coalition Leadership:
Rep. Ellen Tauscher, Chair, New Democrat Coalition .....Phone:  (202) 225-1880
Rep. Adam Smith, Vice-Chair, New Democrat Coalition .....Phone: (202) 225-8901
Rep. Ron Kind, Vice-Chair, New Democrat Coaltion ........Phone: (202) 225-5506
Rep. Artur Davis, Vice-Chair, New Democrat Coalition ....Phone: (202) 225-2665
Rep. Joe Crowley, Vice-Chair and Whip, New Democrat C.Phone: (202) 225-3965

[SOURCE] 

Sure, details on this topic have been kept under such tight wraps that it's difficult to know the precise terms of this back-room deal. But, I don't give a damn. It is the FACT that it was handled in SECRET ... in the shadows ... it is that fact alone that causes me to take an immediate, albeit preliminary position of opposition. Opposition not only to the terms of the agreement, but to those who consorted with the Bush administration in making it by such secretive methods.

Here is a trailing "ADDENDUM" from the bottom of a SirotaBlog e-newsletter I received:

ADDENDUM: In the interest of full transparency, let's remember: It's not totally clear who has seen the actual legislative language of this deal as of now. What we do know is that while many "summaries" have been released, the actual language of the supposedly "reformed" Peru, Panama, South Korea and Colombia Free Trade Agreements have not been made public. We also know that the websites of the U.S. Trade Representative, the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee only posted summaries of the deal 24 hours after the press conference, not the actual legislative language. Additionally, we know that the ongoing negotiations in pursuit of this deal were kept 100 percent concealed from rank and file members of Congress (including Congress's most veteran fair traders), reporters and the public, meaning the entire process has been shrouded in secrecy. Public Citizen's Todd Tucker has more on Public Citizen's blog about how the press summaries being released by congressional Democratic leaders and the Bush administration deliberately refuse to include the actual legislative language of the trade deals in question, and that these summaries could very easily be very different from the final language - as they were during NAFTA.

I don't care AS MUCH about whether or not the "actual legislative language" turns out to be good, bad, or ugly in this instance, as I do the ongoing secret methodology applied to the process. These clowns have forgotten who they work for and need a reminder. And, if the results are bad or ugly for American labor ... then the fun REALLY begins. As it stands, I'm calling, writing AND faxing my reminders, and I hope many others will as well.

Scorched-earth response? You bet, and it's overdue. This crop of assholes have betrayed my confidence with their secret-sauce crap. They have betrayed our Nov. '06 vote and the honeymoon just ended. My patience has run out, and I am abandoning their lame asses TODAY. Screw 'em and the donkey they rode in on. They could come out on Monday morning and report an agreement that organizes the whole planet under an AFL-CIO labor agreement and increases the minimum wage to an NBA salary level and it won't matter to me. Did I mention that I'm fed-up with the SECRET deals and the back room maneuvering? To hell with 'em all.

And of course, while Bloggers like MyDD and SirotaBlog, the main-streamed-media hacks don't published anything substantive until FRIDAY in the NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/11/business/11trade.html and REUTERS: http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSWBT00695620070511

How this has helped my own selection process for a presidential nominee:

I'm STILL pissed at Joe Biden's vote on the bankruptcy bill. I haven't forgotten his shit. If a miracle bagged the nomination for Biden, I'd vote for a write-in before I'd cast my vote for that whore.

And NOW, after this secret bullshit, it's gonna take a friggin' miracle for ANY candidate to win my support for '08. But if the primary in my state were held TONIGHT, my vote goes to JOHN EDWARDS. I damn sure ain't gonna vote for Mrs. Special-Interest-Money-Bags Clinton and the wife of Mr. NAFTA himself, and I damn-sure won't vote for a Republican, so YEE-HA EDWARDS or, some 3rd party candidate should Edwards step on his thing along the way. As for Barack ... Mr. Money Bags Obama has been too careful to avoid the UNFAIR Trade issues that are screwing the American labor force, and I don't care much for slippery fence sitters. EDWARDS took a position. Besides, Man-Coulter hates Edwards, that's endorsement enough for me! ;-) That's it, "BLOGGERRADIO ENDORSES JOHN EDWARDS for PREZ." Sure, Edwards WAS in the Senate for a short time, but I'm going to overlook that shortcoming and support his candidacy anyway! I supported Edwards EARLY in his first run, and now I'm back onboard again.

Here's my selection criteria now: support the candidate with the least exposure to the corruption-club known as Congress and who has the best chance of winning with the least amount of campaign Graf raised. Oh sure, Edwards has money ... but nothing like the piles of "I want a favor, when this is over" of Clinton. As for Obama ... I want more in a leader than simply the novelty of his name and skin color ... like I've said, it is clear where Edwards stands on the issues, it is not with Obama who seems nearly as evasive as his "gee, we might as well be running mates" politico-pal Clinton.

Scorched-earth response? You bet, and it's overdue. This crop of faker assholes have betrayed my confidence with their secret-sauce crap. They have betrayed our Nov. '06 vote and the honeymoon just ended. My patience has run out, and I am abandoning their lame asses TODAY. Screw 'em and the donkey they rode in on. They could come out on Monday morning and report an agreement that organizes the whole planet under an AFL-CIO labor agreement and increases the minimum wage to an NBA salary level and it won't matter to me. Did I mention that I'm fed-up with the SECRET deals and the back room maneuvering? Screw 'em.

American labor is already a wounded casualty of Bush's failed Iraq occupation.  By overlooking this issue, just because all the  news is focused upon that cluster, American labor becomes K.I.A. --DA

Comments

[Peaches]

I don't believe that there even are any terms to the agreement, much less any legislation. Nevertheless, I did call one of my Senators and Nancy Pelosi.