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| Posted: Wed Jan 6th, 2010 03:47 am |
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Neo Head Loon - Original M.A.I.M. 
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http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/264840 Published January 05 2010 UPDATE: Dorgan announces he won't seek re-election to Senate seat (Dodd, Ritter announce they're not seeking re-election! GASP!) WASHINGTON (AP) — North Dakota Democrat Byron Dorgan said Tuesday he will not seek re-election to the Senate in November, a surprise announcement that dealt another blow to Democrats already struggling to protect their Senate majority. By: Ken Thomas, Associated Press Writer, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — North Dakota Democrat Byron Dorgan said Tuesday he will not seek re-election to the Senate in November, a surprise announcement that dealt another blow to Democrats already struggling to protect their Senate majority. Dorgan, a moderate who was first elected to the Senate in 1992 after serving a dozen years in the House, said he reached the decision after discussing his future with family over the holidays. Dorgan, 67, said he "began to wrestle with the question of whether making a commitment to serve in the Senate seven more years was the right thing to do." "Although I still have a passion for public service and enjoy my work in the Senate, I have other interests and I have other things I would like to pursue outside of public life," he said in a statement. Dorgan's decision stunned members of his party, who control the Senate but are facing spirited challenges from Republicans in several states. Democrats were confident heading into the new year that Dorgan would run for re-election even as rumors intensified that Republican Gov. John Hoeven would challenge him in November. Early polling showed Dorgan trailing Hoeven in a hypothetical contest, and Democrats expected a competitive race if the matchup materialized. Hoeven has not announced a candidacy but national Republicans expect he will. Democrats insist they will field a strong candidate to run in Dorgan's place, and recruitment already was under way Tuesday. Democratic Rep. Earl Pomeroy, who was first elected to the House in 1992, could be interested in seeking the Senate seat, along with Heidi Heitkamp, a former state attorney general and tax commissioner who was defeated by Hoeven in the 2000 gubernatorial race. In a statement, Pomeroy praised Dorgan's long service to North Dakota and the nation. "His extraordinary influence in the United States Senate, particularly as a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, will be sorely missed in North Dakota," Pomeroy said. Dorgan's announcement could complicate efforts by Democrats to maintain their advantage in the Senate, where they hold an effective 60-40 majority, including two independents who align themselves with Democrats. That's just enough to break Republican filibusters if all 60 stick together. Many Democratic incumbents could face challenges in 2010 amid high unemployment rates, concerns about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and anger at incumbents. At least four Democrats, including Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and five-term Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd, are in serious trouble. Dorgan's decision means Democrats now will have to defend open seats in three states. The others are Delaware and Illinois, where Sens. Ted Kaufman, who has Vice President Joe Biden's old seat, and Roland Burris, who has President Barack Obama's old seat, aren't running for full terms. Republicans, for their part, are defending six open seats, in Ohio, Florida, Missouri, New Hampshire, Kentucky and Kansas. Electoral politics aside, Dorgan's decision also could have ramifications for another of Obama's top priorities — climate and energy legislation. With no re-election race and nothing to lose, Dorgan could be even more of a wild card on the issue than he already has been. There's no telling how the moderate Democrat will vote if the Senate takes up the legislation this year. Representing a large oil and coal-producing state, Dorgan opposes the bill backed by the White House and Democratic leaders that would put a limit on heat-trapping pollution and would allow companies to swap valuable emissions permits. Dorgan instead has pushed an energy bill that would boost renewable energy production and oil drilling and wait to tackle global warming pollution. Dorgan said his decision "does not relate to any dissatisfaction that I have about serving in the Senate. Yes, I wish there was less rancor and more bipartisanship in the U.S. Senate these days. But still, it is a great privilege to serve and I have the utmost respect for all of the men and women with whom I serve."   (wish they had a "knee-slapper" emo!)Dorgan is chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee and leads his party's policy committee as a member of the Senate Democratic leadership team. He has been advocate for farmers and ranchers in his home state and secured funding for renewable energy sources such as wind, solar and biofuels. Comment: Another one bites the dust....note....he's 30 pts behind the Governor of his state who hasn't even declared for the seat. Can we say "I read the writing on the walls"?   Wait, by this summer, it will look like a rat conference on the Titanic as all the Dumbo's in questionable seats either retire, or bail on "The Won".
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| Posted: Wed Jan 6th, 2010 04:22 am |
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AO...LOL...10 months until da Great Purge O' '10 is finished! I'm looking for most incumbents to be returned to actually having to earn an honest living, for a change...
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| Posted: Thu Jan 7th, 2010 04:46 pm |
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he no doubt prolly got millions stashed away from the theft of the "stimulus" and will retire in the bahamas
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| Posted: Thu Jan 7th, 2010 11:50 pm |
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Neo Head Loon - Original M.A.I.M.
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YOGI wrote: AO...LOL...10 months until da Great Purge O' '10 is finished! I'm looking for most incumbents to be returned to actually having to earn an honest living, for a change... Returned to? Making a "WHAT?" kind of living? Change I recognize, looks like these fella's have lost the "Hope" part of the equation nes pa? Bwhahahahahahaha!
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| Posted: Fri Jan 8th, 2010 12:36 am |
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Did I mention that Senator Dodd (D) Conneticutt announced his retirement yesterday along with current Democrat Governor of Colorado Bill Ritter? Neither will run for re-election (Dodd being a five termer and Ritter being a 1 termer) citing "ahem" (take your pick here): Wanting to pursue other opportunities; wanting to spend more time with ones family; realizing that they had (collectively even) a "snow balls" chance in HELL of getting re-elected. Ok, the last one was just me cutting through the bullshit they threw up for consumption. If anyone watched the Dodd "retirement " announcement, you'd have noticed that the people around him looked like they were at a funeral. Perhaps they were as he's been D.O.A. since he took a couple of sweetheart real estate deals while Chair of the Banking & Finance Committee and the good folks "learnt of it". What I find fascinating is that Charlie "The Hustler" Rangle is STILL getting a free pass.... Nevermind, I forgot, he represents Harlem.....it's a "Bro" thing gnomesian? (NTAO) And the blacks say it's the whites that are racists......... Either way, the Dems are dropping like mosquitoes at an "OFF" Convention!
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| Posted: Fri Jan 8th, 2010 01:12 am |
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Neo wrote: ...What I find fascinating is that Charlie "The Hustler" Rangle is STILL getting a free pass.... Do da name Adam Clayton Powell ring any bells?
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| Posted: Fri Jan 8th, 2010 03:23 am |
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AgentOregon wrote: Neo wrote:...What I find fascinating is that Charlie "The Hustler" Rangle is STILL getting a free pass.... Quite honestly A.O., I must profess my ignorance on the subject. I gotta feeling it travels along a parallel path though for some odd reason...
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| Posted: Fri Jan 8th, 2010 04:31 am |
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He preceded Charlie Rangel in Coongress. He and our president, Obongo, have a lot in common, gnomesain? Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 18th district In office 1945 – 1971 Preceded by Walter A. Lynch Succeeded by Charles B. Rangel Born November 29, 1908 (1908-11-29) New Haven, Connecticut Died April 4, 1972 (1972-04-05) (age 63) Miami, Florida Political party Democratic Religion Baptist The Rev'd and Hon. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (November 29, 1908 – April 4, 1972) was an American politician and pastor who represented the Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City in the United States House of Representatives between 1945 and 1971. He was the first African-American elected to Congress from New York. He became chairman of the Education and Labor Committee in 1961. As committee chairman he supported the passage of important social legislation, but was eventually removed from his seat by the Democratic members-elect of the 90th Congress following allegations of corruption. Early years Powell was born in New Haven, Connecticut. His father, Adam Clayton Powell, Sr., was a Baptist minister and headed the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York. Powell attended public school at Townsend Harris High School. He studied at the City College of New York and Colgate University as an undergraduate. In 1931 he received an MA degree in religious education from Columbia University. He was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established by African Americans. During the Depression years, Powell, a handsome and charismatic figure, became a prominent civil rights leader in Harlem, New York, where he succeeded his father in 1937 as pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church. He developed a formidable public following in the Harlem community through his crusades for jobs and housing. As chairman of the Coordinating Committee for Employment, he organized mass meetings, rent strikes and public campaigns, forcing companies and utilities, and Harlem Hospital to hire black workers. Powell organized a picket line during the 1939 New York World's Fair at the Fair's executive offices in the Empire State Building; as a result, the number of black employees was increased from about 200 to 732.[1] A bus boycott in 1941 led to the hiring of 200 black workers by the transit authority. Powell also led a fight in 1941 to have drugstores in Harlem hire Negro pharmacists.[2] In 1937 he succeeded his father as pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church. In 1941 he was elected to the New York City Council as the city's first Black council representative with the aid of New York City's use of the Single Transferable Vote.[1] He received 65,736 votes, the third best total among the six successful council candidates [3] "Mass action is the most powerful force on earth," Powell once said, adding, "As long as it is within the law, it's not wrong; if the law is wrong, change the law." He was elected to Congress in 1944. In 1944 Powell was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the 22nd congressional district, which included Harlem. He was the first black Congressman from New York, and the first from any Northern state other than Illinois in the Post-Reconstruction Era.  Powell addressing a citizens' committee mass meeting As one of only two black Congressmen, Powell challenged the informal ban on black representatives using Capitol facilities reserved for white members only. He took black constituents to dine with him in the "whites only" House restaurant. He clashed with the many segregationists in his own party. In 1956 Powell broke party ranks and supported Dwight D. Eisenhower for reelection, saying that the Democratic platform's civil rights plank was too weak. In 1958 he survived a determined effort by the Tammany Hall machine to oust him in the Democratic primary election. In 1960, Powell forced Bayard Rustin to resign from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) by threatening to discuss Rustin's "immoral" homosexuality in Congress. He was concerned that questions about Rustin adversely affected the reputation and effectiveness of the SCLC.[citation needed] In 1961, after 15 years in Congress, Powell became chairman of the powerful Education and Labor Committee. In this position he presided over federal programs for minimum wage increases, education and training for the deaf, vocational training and standards for wages and work hours, as well as aid to elementary and secondary education. He orchestrated passage of the backbone of President John Kennedy's "New Frontier" legislation. He also was instrumental in the passage of President Lyndon B. Johnson's "Great Society" social programs. Powell's committee passed a record number of bills for a single session, a record which still stands as of 2008.[citation needed] Powell steered some 50 bills through Congress. He was instrumental in passing legislation that made lynching a federal crime, as well as bills that desegregated public schools. He challenged the Southern practice of charging Blacks a poll tax to vote, and stopped racist congressmen from saying the word "nigger" in sessions of Congress. By the mid-1960s Powell was being increasingly criticized for mismanagement of the committee budget, taking trips abroad at public expense (including travel to his retreat on the Bahamian isle of Bimini), and missing sittings of his committee. He was also under attack in his district, where his refusal to pay a slander judgment made him subject to arrest. He spent increasing amounts of time in Florida. Following allegations that Powell had misappropriated Committee funds for his personal use and other charges including evading a subpoena in New York and failing to appear on a post judgment hearing involving the slander case he lost, in January 1967 the House Democratic Caucus stripped Powell of his committee chairmanship. The full House refused to seat him until completion of an investigation by the Judiciary Committee. Powell urged his supporters to "keep the faith, baby" while the investigation went on. On March 1 the House voted 307 to 116 to exclude him. Powell said "On this day, the day of March in my opinion, the end of the United States of America as the land of the free and the home of the brave."[4] Powell won the special election in April to fill the vacancy caused by his exclusion, but did not take his seat. He sued in Powell v. McCormack to retain his seat. In June 1969 the Supreme Court ruled that the House had acted unconstitutionally when it excluded Powell, a duly elected member. He returned to the House, but without his seniority and was ordered to pay a fine over repayment of misappropriated funds. Again his absenteeism was increasingly noted.[5] In June 1970 Powell was defeated in the Democratic primary by Charles B. Rangel. In fall 1970, he failed to get on the ballot for the November election as an Independent. He resigned as minister at the Abyssinian Baptist Church and moved to Bimini. Rangel has continued to represent the district, as of 2009. Death In April 1972, Powell became gravely ill and was flown to a Miami hospital from his home in Bimini. He died there on April 4, 1972, at the age of 63, from acute prostatitis, according to contemporary newspaper accounts. A few days later, his ashes were carried aloft by a plane and scattered over his beloved Bimini.  Adam Clay Powell, Jr. State Office Building at Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard and 125th Street in Harlem. His first wife was nightclub entertainer Isabel Washington (sister of actress Fredi Washington). Her son Preston, from a previous marriage, was adopted by Powell. Powell and his second wife, the singer Hazel Scott, had a son, Adam Clayton Powell III. Adam Clayton Powell III is Vice Provost for Globalization at the University of Southern California and one of the world's leading authorities on the use of the Internet for journalists. He named his son Adam Clayton Powell IV. Powell and his third wife, Puerto Rican Yvette Diago Powell, had a son Adam Clayton Powell Diago. This son changed his name to Adam Clayton Powell IV when he became a member of the New York State Assembly. (This caused confusion because his nephew, only 8 years younger than he, already was named Adam Clayton Powell IV.) A. C. Powell IV, the politician, named his son Adam Clayton Powell V. He is a champion swimmer at Columbia University in New York. Family Scandal In 1967 Yvette Diago, the mother of Adam Clayton Powell IV and third wife of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. made national headlines when she was subpoenaed by a U.S. Congressional committee with respect to her theft of state funds.[6][7] Yvette Diago admitted to the committee that she had been on the congressional payroll of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. from 1961 until 1967, even though she had left the U.S. and moved back to Puerto Rico in 1961.[8][9] As reported by Time Magazine, Yvette Diago continued living in Puerto Rico and "performed no work at all" yet remained on the payroll, where her salary climbed to $20,578 until she was exposed, and fired, in January 1967.[10][11][12][13] Powell was the subject of the 2002 cable television film Keep the Faith, Baby, starring Harry Lennix as Powell and Vanessa L. Williams as his second wife, jazz pianist Hazel Scott. The film debuted on February 17, 2002 on premium cable network Showtime and was a production of Showtime and Paramount Network Television. It garnered three NAACP Image Award nominations for Outstanding Television Movieelevision Actor in a TV Movie (Lennix) and Outstanding Television Actress in a TV Movie (Williams). It won two NAMIC Vis
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| Posted: Fri Jan 8th, 2010 11:16 pm |
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Neo Head Loon - Original M.A.I.M.
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Well, thanks for the read...fascinating. First thing I noticed in the dudes photo was that he must have been a "mulatto" (1/2 black/white). Ironic that Rangle got his seat and has had a somewhat parallel rise to power in the same seat and is just as corrupt. I KNEW there had to be a parallel. Somethings just never change where Democrats are involved and the black ones are gaining on the white ones in cleverness and chicanery in our Congress. Do me a favor A.O., wake me up when this kind of shit stops happening.......never mind, I'd NEVER wake up then, would I?...... 
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