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Graham says watchdog agency something out of the Stalinist era
This consumer bureau that they want to pass is under the Federal Reserve; no appropriation oversight; no board. It is something out of the Stalinist era, Graham said on NBCs Meet the Press. The reason Republicans dont want to vote for it is we want a board, not one person making all of the regulatory decisions. And theres no oversight of this person. He gets a check from the Federal Reserve; we want him under the Congress so we can oversee the overseer.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/2chambers/post/graham-says-watchdog-agency-something-out-of-the-stalinist-era/2011/12/11/gIQAdlsLnO_blog.html
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
Abraham Lincoln
16th president of US (1809 - 1865)
Stalin killed somewhere between 2 and 10 million people in the Ukraine in the 1930s with his policies
and yet Graham talks about a pro consumer agency being Stalinist.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)He couldn't even get that right.
gtar100
(4,192 posts)"Meet The Press" indeed. A bunch of worthless, overpaid shills for Repugs.
otohara
(24,135 posts)and what do we get....birds chirping...
SHRED
(28,136 posts)Seriously though, this guy and the rest of his cohorts on the Republican side cook some strange shit up on a constant basis.
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Turbineguy
(37,285 posts)Idiot. Dickhead.
LuvNewcastle
(16,834 posts)They'll do anything to distract people from what the bureau does and why it is needed. The sad thing is, that approach works all too often.
annabanana
(52,791 posts)one of these mofo's?
Looking out for the citizens is STALINIST?.. jeezaloo. .
MisterP
(23,730 posts)BOG PERSON
(2,916 posts)its a photograph of two russian boys, taken in 1922 by one Fridtjof Nansen, who died in 1930.
see here. http://www.artukraine.com/famineart/famine10.htm
Botany
(70,442 posts)I remember reading about Stalin's acts against the Ukrainian people years ago and for
Graham to compare a consumer protection agency to what Stalin did shows a real lack
of knowledge and or tact.
I look forward to the media pointing out Graham's ham handed speech.
spanone
(135,778 posts)Yavin4
(35,414 posts)MF Global.
That is all.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,391 posts)to include "Stalinist", "Socialist", "Communist", etc.
All these are are buzzwords IMHO basically designed to destroy/prevent legitimate debate and the people using them often have no idea what the words actually mean other that they are something "bad", "awful" and/or most certainly "un-American".
Rex
(65,616 posts)How do these people keep finding WORK?
11 Bravo
(23,925 posts)You stupid, stupid, man.