Today's rant on Hillary AND her latest attack as IMPERIUM QUEEN before election



The Next BIGGEST World Leader??

Hilary Clinton Rant of the Day

Or, Don't look now
but your feet are showing

The sheClinton is falling from her self-imposed IMPERIAL pedestal.

What happened? She's the new Woman of the Day for the mainstream media and for WALL STREET. Woman with an eye to seeing a woman in the White House, a leader of the alleged Free World, were so intent on seeing HiLIARy come to POWER, that she could do no wrong for many months.

Hillary may not be the politician that her husband is but she does have access to his direction, and people seemed to like the two-for-one aspect of the joint chiefs of the Executive Branch of the US government. It seemed like MUKANS could go to bed at night and get a good night's REST knowing that those two would avert any nuclear crisis, keep the troops morale up, handle the crisis-riddent medical/insurance system which is bankrupting millions, keep the roofs over their heads as the mortgage crisis grinds down everyone to silly, ensure their kidz got a good education, not spend MORE than George W, Buzh, get those terrorists bitchslapped back into line at a moment's notice, make nice to Zionist and arab sheiks alike, eat Chinese food with the top Chinese officials without slobbering while keeping the lead out of the toys,

You know, restore a little FDR fervor to the White House, while making the rest of the world think AMERICA was somehow back on track. WoW! SUPERWOMAN! Supermom! Superlawyer! Superdiplomat! Super-reformer! and she wears her plastic surgery so WELL, too.

In hindsight to those not in the know, Bill Clinton looks like a popular president. He was well educated. He was SLICK.

His huge economic blunders on behalf of "America" lay buried under worries people had about college tuition fees and CONSUMING. He had plenty of time to come up with an alternative energy plan for the US, but that lack of enduring environmentalism bothered no one; no one even put proper insulation into their homes, although his VP, Al Gore, had ample opportunity to help him out on this. Instead they set up consultancies in computer sales to the Chinese who know hack America's defense secrets and figure out ways that the team can make money off everyone trading carbon credits. But Hills and Billy keep on being The Couple.

He had the ever-faithful HiLIARy to rely on when his critics attacked him for his "indiscretions" as well as his lies. THEY played well to the Audience. They had choices which they blew to make America a better place but instead America was given Waco, Ruby Ridge, the attacks on honestly recovering drug addicts .fostering an outlandish attack on citizens known as the War on Drugs.

Sounds like their simple yet complicated life as a married couple could make people feel some identification as their common goal of raising a daughter, maintaining their power dreams and residences and electabllity would carry them through. Hillary's coronation as IMPERIUM QUEEN had been planned for over two decades. Now, that appears to be DEDICATION, doesn't it?

Ah, but the best-laid plans often come to NAUGHT.

Her bid for the throne has been shown to have WEAKNESS, which is not so cool if you campaign, not as a concerned wife and mother, but as an ICON of the Big Boys, the rough tough MURKAN Big Boys. She simply does not have the Oval Office experience. She has SECOND HAND power lust. Claiming that she can stump up the contacts to make her win her bid is not working out for her. She's just a fly on the wall in the White House, not the POWER.

The US executive class women who could SO easily get behind the sheClinton are not doing that. She takes questionable donations (Norman Hsui, Chinese busboys are bamboozled into contributing), but her Natural Audience goes begging. Where are the spiels to Rotary Club women, to Mothers Against Drunk Drivers? Woman executives in local governments? Women in Hollyweird? To women lawyers, for god's sake?? The picture of the male peacock has been criticized - but isn't that the role she decided to play??

Blessed with intelligence, she doesn't appear to be using it. She's run her campaign as if she was The Nominee -- everyone one else was merely playing their roles as Good Little Subjects - yet time and again, The Queenly touch has failed to touch love in their hearts of her minions

Unlike the Queen of England (or some other Crown state), she's gotten herself in HOT WATER. She's used America's military might to place an IMPERIAL Supreme Commander's hat, rather than wearing a crown of DECENCY.

She misses her cues . and the brittle face of authentic MURKAN authoritarianism and baffling COLDNESS comes to the fore, in place of HONEST ANSWERS. She waffles, she ducks, she votes for the wrong damned bills like the Kyl-Leiberman amendment, which threatens us all with WWIII implications!! The Queen hands out more wiretaps, more torture of foreigners, voting in an Attorney General who thinks WATERBOARDING is okay -- even IF it's not a tactic that elicits true information from a US detainee. She goes along with TORTURE.

As I've shown, she thinks she should be running any manner of things right down to the videogames, rather than relying on the Justice Department. Yesterday she got annoyed at OBVIOUS cronyISM in the Department of Homeland Security, but she voted for the Patriot Act.

For someone who graduated from law school, she doesn't seem to understand the US Constitution or know how to read case law on US Citizen's RIGHTS.

And this just highlights the difficulties she would have running the biggest military in the world, the biggest EMPIRE in the world, shouting out her message of FREEDOM around the world, and commanding respect. She isn't liked much anymore and certainly the respect is slipping by the day. Her experience packing lunches for Bill while he was President isn't standing her in stead as she tries to create her image.

Who is she running AGAINST? The Democrats or George BuZh? The American people?

The field of support she has is looking more threadbare by the day. Her campaigners make enemies at the debates and at political rallies as they elbow their way around and try to prevent other campaigners from having any ground to stand on. She's been accused of PLANTING proHilary forces in the stands .. this doesn't look too good for future leadership; if she were SECURE why would she be doing this ridiculously immature behavior and not trusting in her message? Because there is no message except this

I AM HILLARY! ELECT ME!

The people are quickly getting fed up. With a campaign strategy that thin, who wants her running the WORLD? BuZh may be mesmerized, but WE are not.

Whatever base of enthusiasm in a base she COULD have built up is quickly drifting away ... the moms, the executive-class woman who hit the glass ceiling, the would be academic, the lawyer in a mid-sized law firm aghast she cannot be made partner - to them she doesn't offer much of a HOPE at all.

The women journalists who might have been her BIGGEST fans of all, are not defending her nor writing those WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONderfulling articles about her High Highness expected to see.

The peacock feathers of being Bill's wife, just couldn't hold the attention of those who are now looking at her feet.

And the funeral notices beginning to pour in ...

I could not care less.

Hillary Clinton: Senator Clinton Calls for Investigation of Homeland Security Contractor Bonuses

November 26, 2007 -- Washington, DC – Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton today called on the Inspector General of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to expand an investigation of federal contracting practices to investigate the practice of award fees by DHS, especially when it comes to no-bid contracts.

Senator Clinton’s call comes in light of a recent report by DHS Inspector General Richard Skinner that DHS improperly awarded a $475 million no-bid contract to Chenega Technology Services Corporation, which according to the report “likely did not provide the government the best value” and that DHS "did not comply with federal regulations".

According to the IG’s office, the agency also provided award fees to the company as part of its contract. In calling for the investigation, Senator Clinton underscored that despite federal law requiring DHS to link award fees with successful acquisition outcomes, there have been a number of reports of DHS providing award fees regardless of performance.

“This disconnect between performance and award fees appears to be part of a troubling pattern,” said Senator Clinton. “In too many cases, DHS appears to be awarding bonuses without evaluating work or, even worse, despite poor performance. Failing contractors should be rooted out not rewarded.”

The following is Senator Clinton’s letter to DHS Inspector General Richard L. Skinner requesting an investigation:

November 26, 2007

Mr. Richard L. Skinner
Inspector General
United States Department of Homeland Security
Washington, D.C. 20528

Dear Mr. Skinner:

I write regarding a disturbing report you issued last month that raises serious questions about contracting practices at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The report – Customs and Border Protection Award and Oversight of Alaska Native Corporation Contract for Enforcement Equipment Maintenance and Field Operations Support (OIG-08-10) – details how DHS improperly awarded a $475 million, no-bid contract to Chenega Technology Services Corporation to maintain X-ray, radiation and other screening machines at U.S. border checkpoints. Your report concludes the contract “award likely did not provide the government the best value” and that DHS "did not comply with federal regulations."

Additionally, your staff informs me that award fees were given to Chenega as a part of its contract with DHS. Given that your report did not focus on award fees to Chenega, the details of these fees are unclear. However, taken together with your conclusion that the Department improperly awarded the underlying contract to Chenega, it is disturbing to hear that DHS has provided an award fee to this corporation.

This disconnect between performance and award fees appears to be part of a troubling pattern. The Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) state clearly that cost-based award fee contracts are intended to motivate excellent contractor performance in areas such as quality, timeliness, technical ingenuity, and cost-effective management. Despite this guidance, during the course of the past several years there have been a number of reports documenting how award fees are being doled out by DHS to contractors regardless of performance:

• Evaluation of TSA’s contract for the installation and maintenance of explosive detection equipment at United States Airports (DHS Inspector General, September 2004) – TSA awarded a contract to Boeing for the installation and maintenance of explosive detection equipment at airports. TSA paid more than $44 million to Boeing without any evaluation of Boeing’s performance.

• Transportation Security Administration Review of the TSA Passenger and Baggage Screening Pilot Program (DHS Inspector General, September 2004) – TSA awarded four pilot program contracts to determine whether private companies could provide and maintain passenger screening performance at levels equal to or greater than the TSA screener force. The Inspector General found the award fee determinations lacked performance criteria, were highly subjective and based primarily on contractor self-assessments and input from TSA officials.

• Observations on the Department of Homeland Security’s Acquisition Organization and on the Coast Guard’s Deepwater Program (GAO-07-453T) (February 8, 2007) – GAO found that despite documented problems in schedule, performance, cost control, and contract administration throughout the first year of the Deepwater contract, the contractor had received a rating of 87 percent, which fell in the “very good” range and resulted in an award fee of $4 million.

In too many cases, DHS appears to be awarding bonuses despite poor performance, or worse, without even evaluating work. Failing contractors should be rooted out, not rewarded. Given your report of what appears to be noncompliant federal contracting practices on the part of the DHS and a pattern of providing award fees to contractors without justification, I request that you expand your investigation into the practice of award fees by the Department, especially when it comes to no-bid contacts. Specifically, I would ask that your investigation review the following questions:

• Section 3501 of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 (P.L. 110-28) states, “The Secretary of Homeland Security shall require that all contracts of the Department of Homeland Security that provide award fees link such fees to successful acquisition outcomes (which outcomes shall be specified in terms of cost, schedule, and performance).” DHS has engaged in a number of contracts in Fiscal Year 2007. How many of these contracts included award fees and were these award fees based on successful acquisition outcomes? What was the total amount of these award fees?

• Did the Department of Homeland Security violate P.L. 110-28 in providing award fees to contractors Fiscal Year 2007?

• Were award fees given to Chenega Technology Services Corporation justified and based on successful acquisition outcomes?

• What mechanisms are currently in place at DHS to ensure that award fees are awarded in a proper manner? Are these mechanisms enforced in providing award fees for DHS contracts? What can the Department of Homeland Security do to ensure that award fees are justified and based on successful acquisition outcomes?

Thank you for attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Source: Senator Hillary Clinton

Another one bites the dust: Trent Lott

Today's look at another crook

and it's not about the SEX,
and more than that it's what about David Vitter

It's the HYPOCRASY.
Having no feelings for others's living a good life,
but thinking your life is something that should
remain secretive while remaining
ARROGANT

Was Trent Lott Involved With a Gay Male Escort?

Posted by GottaLaff , Brave New Films at 4:56 AM on November 27, 2007.

GottaLaff: Could this be true? The escort in question denies it but how does that explain "the email and other records?"

This post, written by GottaLaff, originally appeared on Cliff Schecter's Brave New Films Blog

I've always been called fair-minded, so I'll post the update first:

It looks like a Washington DC-based blog called BigHeadDC is making claim that there was (or, is) a working relationship between myself and Senator Trent Lott. There are falsely pieced-together quotes that serve no purpose other than to sensationalize a completely fabricated scoop.

I will continue to offer a great sense of confidentiality to the people I see. I have not, nor have I ever seen or had contact with Senator Trent Lott. It's as simple as that. It never happened.

Benjamin Nicholas

What's up with that, Benjamin?

Now here's the allegation, via Daily Kos' lost (the BigHeadDC site is down due to traffic):

According to the post:

Once upon a time, there was a twentysomething boy-next-door type with reddish blond hair and a brilliantly white smile. Not one to shy away from attention, he wrote a blog called "Fifteen Minutes," and also became a freelance writer for various publications, including The Stranger in Seattle. He'd often focus on his non-traditional lifestyle as a gay male escort -- a topic that often fascinated his readers, which, in turn, helped him to garner a substantial amount of powerful business acquaintances through the years.

The boy happens to be real, and his "stage name" is Benjamin Nicholas. One of the politicos Big Head DC has learned he's alleged to have been involved with is the married Sen. Trent Lott, 66, who unexpectedly announced his retirement on Monday. Lott is well-known to have been against a plethora of gay rights issues throughout his terms in Congress. He was also good friends with Sen. Larry Craig throughout his time in Congress.

Nicholas told Big Head DC today via e-mail that he didn't want to go on the record to talk about his dealings with Lott, because, said Nicholas, "Trent is going through his fair share of scrutiny right now and I don't want to add to it." However, e-mail and other records confirm that the two have met on at least two occasions.

"All I can say at this point is no comment," Nicholas told us. "It's the professional thing for me to do."

It's speculated that Larry Flynt is working on the story. But Flynt will not comment on it.

Paddy posted on some Trent Lott/Larry Flynt speculation earlier, and I posted the original Larry Flynt story as well.

Could this be it? Not according to Nicholas. But how does that explain the email and other records.... ?

Now for the political picture .. from the Center for American
Progress

CONGRESS

A Lott Of Baggage

Yesterday, Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott (R-MS) announced he would resign from the Senate before the end of the year. Lott's departure was "stunning" for its timing, observed the Washington Post. Currently occupying the number two position in the Senate GOP leadership -- after enjoying a "political rehabilitation from allegations of racial insensitivity" -- Lott "cruis[ed] to his re-election" just last year. With this sudden resignation, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) said yesterday that he would "call a Special Election for United States Senator to be held on November 4, 2008," an election which may violate Mississippi state law. The resignation has sparked a "round of maneuvering inside the Republican conference," with Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) announcing he will run for the leadership position. While Lott has not yet clarified a specific motive for his retirement, the "decision will complete a two-year roller coaster ride for Lott and his emotional investment in the Senate."

THE LOBBYIST'S SENATOR: Lott has warmly embraced the entreaties of lobbyists while in the Senate. For example, he "tops the list" of "lawmakers who have most frequently been jetted around the country aboard the luxurious private jets of Corporate America." In 2006, he voted against establishing a Senate Office of Public Integrity. Lott, whose son is a lobbyist, was part of a small bloc of conservatives who voted against the ethics reform bill in August that included a two-year revolving door ban, reflecting his longtime opposition to lobbying reform. It is speculated that Lott is retiring so that he can avoid these new restrictions on former members entering the lobbying world, which kick in after 2008. Lott said yesterday that "he was going to move into the private sector after 35 years in Congress." NBC News reported that Lott may join the "lucrative world of lobbying Congress." He maintains the ethics restrictions "didn't have a big role" in his resignation.

HISTORY OF INTOLERANCE: Lott was forced out of his Majority Leader seat in disgrace in late 2002, after heralding the segregationist platform of former South Carolina senator Strom Thurmond. Speaking at a Thurmond's 100th birthday bash, Lott said, "When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years, either." Lott's history of intolerance is well-documented. In 1981, Lott declared, "Racial discrimination does not always violate public policy." In 1998, he likened homosexuality to "personal problems as alcoholism, kleptomania and 'sex addiction.'" He maintains an affiliation with the Council of Conservative Citizens, described as a hate group by the Anti-Defamation League. In June 2007, Lott likened securing America's borders to an "electrified goat fence," stating that "there's an analogy there" for immigration reform.

EARMARKING FRENZY: Lott has acquired a reputation for his zeal in pork spending. In his book, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) quoted Lott as stating, "Balancing the budget is a nice idea, but I got an election to win." "The way I do it is, I fold them into bills where you can't find it. ... I've been around here long enough to know how to bury it," Lott explained. In 2006, Lott cosponsored a notorious $700 million "Railroad to Nowhere" in the emergency supplemental bill, reportedly the largest earmark ever. "I'll just say this about the so-called porkbusters. I'm getting damn tired of hearing from them. They have been nothing but trouble ever since Katrina," Lott said about the opposition to his railroad. After Sens. Barack Obama (D-IL) and Coburn introduced legislation to create a public database "exposing hundreds of billions in annual spending" in 2006, Lott used Senate rules to "kill it on procedural grounds."