[BREITBART] Sen. Diane "Senator" Feinstein's husband Richard Blum won a construction contract for Caliphornia's high-speed rail project, reports the Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, Political Review.
Author Laer Pearce says Perini-Zachary-Parsons, a construction group partially owned by Blum's investment firm, Blum Capital, and their investors, bagged the nearly billion dollar contract:
The Perini-Zachary-Parsons bid was the lowest received from the five consortia participating in the bidding process, but 'low' is a relative term. The firms bid $985,142,530 to build the wildly anticipated first section of high speed rail track that will tie the megopolis of Madera to the global finance center of Fresno. Do the division, and you find that the low bid came in at a mere $35 million per mile.
This is not the first time Feinstein has come under scrutiny for cronyism using taxpayer dollars.
A recent study by the Reason Foundation found that the Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, High-Speed Rail System will lose between $124 million to $373 million a year.
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Question: If you could get big fat juicy government contracts like Richard here does - would you marry Diane (Pardon "Her Ladyship the thoroughly dishonorable Senator") Feinstein?
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Ah, Blum Capital! Formerly Richard Blum and Associates - and the lynch pin of how Diane Feinstein handles her Chinese bribe money *completely legally.*
Here's how it works:
1) DiFi does the Chinese government a favor on Capitol Hill.
2) A seemingly private Chinese company hires Richard Blum (Notice how they have different last names?) as a "consultant" to do well, nothing in particular really. He advises them on their investment strategies. Because, you know, the Chinese arent good at that sort of thing.
3) The seemingly private company pays him by check via the Shanghai Commercial Bank at 231 Sansome in San Francisco. The amounts are large, but not *really* large, if you know what I mean. Hundreds of thousands, not millions or anything stupid like that.
3) A check is picked up from said bank and taken to his office at 909 Montgomery. (It used to be at 433 California - but 909 Moe more upscale. Thats where Melvin Belli used to have his offices, after all.)
4) A deposit slip is returned to bank acknowledging receipt of said bribe mon er, payment for services rendered. All nice and legal; Duke Cunningham could have learned a thing or three from Diane and Richard!
And, how may you ask, does Secret Master know all of these things? Because back in the day Secret Master was a top-of-the-line, 40-tag-a day San Francisco bike messenger: seen but not heard, and supposedly not smart enough to read the correspondence of his betters. But very trusted. Secret Master has read the correspondence of the Tides Center (1014 Torney Ave in the Presidio; very nice). Hes been inside the Ninth Circuit while it was in session (95 Seventh Street; not nice at all). Hes been to the private penthouse apartment of Gavin Newsom (Cant remember the exact address, but also very nice. On Nob Hill. Had a lobby guard that looked like an ex-Marine.) and that of Willie Brown (Back when it was on Yerba Buena Island; hip and industrial). Hes been in Storefront Political Media more times than he can count (Currently at 250 Sutter, used to be at 115 Sansome. The Sansome building is classier IMO.)
(And that is how Secret Master learned that he was a conservative Republican. Not because he believes in drug laws or cares about gay marriage, but because he got to see how evil and corrupt the Democratic Party is up close and personal. Very personal.)
Last night in Washington, Joe Biden stated that abused women fear getting "raped again by the system." He also made the push that Washington, D.C. should be its own state, with two U.S. senators.
"By the way, there should be two senators from the state of D.C.," he said to hoots and hollers. I have a better idea, lets combine all those tiny northeastern states which are already far-overrepresented in the Senate (Deleware, Connecticut, Rode Island, Not sure about New Jersey) and of course that tiny spec of dust called Washington D.C. into a single state. Call it Bidenville or something. Biden is living proof that our Founders got one thing wrong: not every small state has two qualified citizens to serve in the Senate...
Two new U.S. senators from Washington, D.C. would almost surely be Democrats. In the last presidential election, President Obama picked up 91.4 percent of the vote in Washington, D.C.; Mitt Romney picked up only 7.1 percent.
Biden also made comments about women coming of age:
He spoke of the wonders of having granddaughters: "All you women out there: Daughters are wonderful. Granddaughters are betters." He lamented, though, that they grow up.
"When they're 12 to 14, a dad puts his beautiful little daughter to bed. And then the next morning, there's a snake in the bed." Does anyone else see that statement as kind of 'creepy'?
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Ok. How about also two senators each from the "state" of Fort Drum, the "state" of Fort Bliss, the "state" of Fort Bragg, the "state" of Fort Campbell, the "state" of Fort Irwin, etc., all of which, IIUC, are bigger than D.C. in terms of land area. Nevermind that this debate was had, and settled, 230+ years ago: the New Jersey Plan vs. the Virginia Plan.
But, silly me, we're on Planet Joe. I'll just remember to fire my shotgun through closed doors, to avoid being raped by the system.
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...Okay, in fairness, the Veep has a point(albeit VERY poorly stated) that women who have been assaulted often feel that they are badly handled by 'the System'. Duly noted, Mister Vice President.
But regards the State of DC, his ignorance is not only showing but it is threatening to drag him into an alley, take his wallet, and knock him about the skull. As a lifelong politician does he not realize what a state run by the most fanatically liberal idiots they could find would do if the Feds didn't give it everything it wanted? The idea of a Federal district was created EXACTLY so no one state could hold any kind of power over a national capital. A state of DC, though, would (IMHO) have no compunction whatsoever about harassing USG employees and Congress itself if it wanted something...
Mike
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I suppose it's redundant to state that D.C. stands for District of Columbia, it's NOT a STATE, therefore NO Senators.
Yup "Slow Joe" has brain damage.
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[THEHILL] Former Bush adviser and GOP strategist Karl Rove says Republicans have a good chance of taking the Senate from Democrats in 2014 if they avoid nominating the types of candidates who stumbled badly in once competitive 2012 races. I have a good chance of becoming slender and svelte if I avoid pie. ...and if you avoid telling everyone that you're really not a witch...
"Republican success will depend on having quality Senate candidates," Rove wrote in The Wall Street Journal on Thursday. "Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock self-destructed last fall, and other candidates squandered important opportunities."
Former Rep. Todd Aiken (R-Mo.) lost his Senate challenge to vulnerable incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) after controversial comments about "legitimate rape" sunk his campaign.Similarly, Tea Party favorite Richard Mourdock (R-Ind.) lost to Rep. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) in a red state after numerous gaffes, including a comment about pregnancy from rape being "something that God intended."
Republicans would need to net six seats in 2014 to take control of the upper chamber. Democrats presently hold the Senate 55 to 45, but will be defending 21 seats versus Republicans who will only be defending 14.
Rove said he's optimistic the GOP will hold all 14 of its seats, "unless a candidate ill-suited for the general election sneaks through the primary." He pointed to more than a dozen pick-up opportunities for Republicans in states where incumbent Democrats are retiring, where GOP nominee Mitt Romney won in 2012, or where strong candidates have already been identified as strong challengers in a winnable race.
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I'm willing to lose a race or two if it means more Senators like Cruz, Lee and Rand.
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"Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock self-destructed last fall, and other candidates squandered important opportunities."
Considering that we have current legislators of all stripes saying stupid things (and getting a pass), it would seem that the differences are:
1. What party the candidate belongs to. Party affiliation also affects how the candidate will be perceived and treated by the media, but there's more. Democrats will not let just anyone off the street run for office as a Democrat. The Democrats in California for example, have a farm-team system where they find, select, and groom people for higher office. The Republicans generally don't; they'll let new people run and let them succeed and fail on their own. We won't talk about Libertarians.
2. Who the candidate's handlers and campaign management team are and much much experience they have. A candidate can be coached on how to act at a press conference or media event (it isn't easy for amateurs).
3. Whether or not there is a local media willing to give a rank amateur candidate the benefit of the doubt. Again, Party affiliation affects how the candidate will be perceived and treated by the media.
4. Lastly, whether or not the candidate's party at all levels is willing to go to bat for that candidate once they become the frontrunner. Again, the Democrats tend to not let just anyone run in the first place. For the Republicans, when it comes to Tea Party or non GOP-selected candidates, the answer appears to be "no".
What it means is the system tends to discourage average citizens from running for office and encourage 'professional politicans'.
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The GOP wins the Senate but loses or pars vee the House + State Governator-ships IS STILL A DEFEAT.
Iff one believes that the US is being non-electorally driven or committed toward subornment under OWG-NWO, "Globalism", Global Fed "Unions" + related then by extens one should expect that the Bammer's successor come Jan 2017 - GOP or DEM - M-U-S-T be another alleged Marxist-Anarchist-Globalist.
The US-World Economy will continue to suffer BY DESIGN/INTENT until such time the US is firmly entrenched under the above.
E.G. DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND, FREEREPUBLIC > US FEDERAL RESERVE BLAMES CONGRESS SEQUESTER CUTS [fiscal policies] FOR ECONOMIC WOES.
My bad vibes as per CHINA-VS-JAPAN-VS-DEBT/SEQUESTER-RIDDEN-USA just keeps getting worse.
* GLOBAL TIMES > OPED: "BIRTHER" LUNACY LEAVES ALL REPUBLICANS PAINTED AS [decadent wealthy capitalist elitist snobby]RACIST CROCKPOTS.
Apparently the GOP-Right + mainstream America = Amerika are crazy for thinking that under [post-2015?] OWG-NWO Americans may have to follow the diktat of OWG NAU, ETC. LEADERS WHOM HAVE LITTLE OR NO LINKS TO AMERICA, WERE NOT BORN, RAISED, OR NEVER RESIDED IN AMERICA, NOR EVAR! GAVE ALLEGIANCE + PLEDGE OF DUTY TO SAME,.....@ETC???
DEM LOONIES DEY ARE!
I'm telling Guam locals that iff China refuses to back down + a mil conflict breaks out in Asia andor East Asia, THAT IT MAY BE TOO LATE FOR THE PEOPLE OF GUAM TO EXERCISE ANY FORM = POLITICAL OPTION OF SELF-DETERMINATION [Statehood, Independence, Status quo, Free Association], AS SUCH WILL BE FINALLY DETERMINED BY WHOM WINS THE US-VS-CHINA, OR US-VS-CHINA-VS-NUCLEAR-ISLAM, STRUGGLE FOR DOMINATION + HEGEMONY IN ASIA-PACIFIC.
As illustrated by Pudgy = NOKOR's rants, CHINA is slowly but steadily getting ready to challenge the US position in Asia-Pacific, from East-SOuth Asia thru WESTPAC or CENTPAC.
RIGHT BEHIND THEM IS RADICAL ISLAM + NUCLEAR GLOBAL JIHAD, WHEN THEY ARE READY.
And thus, Virgina, we learn once again why, as it retreated or fell back across the Pacific, the USA decided to sink strategic Pacific Islands, etc. E.G. GUAM using "TECTONIC/
EARTHQUAKE BOMBS" IN ORDER TO DENY UTILITY TO ITS ENEMIES.
SILLY MORIARITY THOUGHT THE PHRASE "GUAM WILL CAPSIZE" WAS JUST SOMETHING A US CONGRESSCRITTER RANDOMLY SAID IN FUN.
[THEHILL] Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) says the Tea Party is the main reason why things are not getting done in Congress and views it as a party of modern-day anarchists.
Reid on Wednesday afternoon stood by comments he made on the Senate floor last week comparing Tea Party-affiliated Republicans to 19th century American anarchists.
I believe that, my experience with the Tea Party is that they are against government in any form. They throw monkey wrenches into the government, Reid said during an interview on the Rusty Humphries Show.
Its evident. We cant get things done. They dont want anything to happen in government, he continued. We pass laws. They fight funding the laws we pass. They dont want government to work. I want it to work."
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Would someone finally expose Reid's mob ties so he can die in prison as he deserves?
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Reid confuses the original with the modern. Is he a King's man? Why yes, do you need to ask?
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[BREITBART] Sen. Diane "Senator" Feinstein's husband Richard Blum won a construction contract for Caliphornia's high-speed rail project, reports the 
[THEHILL] Former Bush adviser and GOP strategist Karl Rove says Republicans have a good chance of taking the Senate from Democrats in 2014 if they avoid nominating the types of candidates who stumbled badly in once competitive 2012 races.
