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Tag: WALL OF SHAME

Nixon: 39 Years Later - $18 Billion Underwater

By Corinthian Scales, Section News
Posted on Tue May 22, 2012 at 09:53:30 AM EST
Tags: Richard Nixon, Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, Environment Protection Agency, Clean Air Act of 1970, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, National Environmental Policy Act, FEMA, WALL OF SHAME, Republicans, Debt Increases, Congress, Dan Benishek, Bill Huizenga, Dave Camp, Fred Upton, Tim Walberg, Mike Rogers, Candice Miller, Thaddeus McCotter (all tags)

Candice got this one right. Well, partially right, up until she decided it's smart to start blathering for a Federal catastrophic fund to 'fleece' e-v-e-r-y-o-n-e into gummint subsidy.

Yessirree, it was Richard "I Never Met A Big Government Program That I Didn't Like" Nixon who mandated National Flood Insurance in 1973, further entangling folks to bureaucracy created floodplain schemes if you'd like a mortgage.

So, who were the Michigan Republicans that kicked the fleecing can down the road? Benishek, Camp, Huizenga, McCotter, Rogers, Upton, and Walberg voting in lockstep with nanny government entitlement Democrats Clarke, Conyers, Dingell, Kildee, Levin, and Peters.

And they still get their nose all out of joint with wondering why they end up in places like here? Go figure.

Anywho, a 'shout out' thanks to Representative Amash, for the much appreciated consistency. Candice, nice try, but thanks for your NO vote anyway.

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Oink Oink, Candi

By Corinthian Scales, Section News
Posted on Wed Feb 08, 2012 at 01:53:12 PM EST
Tags: WALL OF SHAME, Republicans, Debt Increases, Congress, Earmarks, Candice Miller (all tags)

via Big Government

Rep. Candice S. Miller (R-MI): obtained a $486,000 earmark that helped add a 14-foot bike lane within walking distance of her house. "People earmark for all kinds of things," Rep. Miller said when asked about the project. "I'm pretty proud of this; I think I did what my people wanted. Should I have told them, 'We can never have this bike path complete because I happen to live by one section of it'? They would have thrown me out of office."

Hey Leon, can ya send Mr. Perk's over to CD-10?

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A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

Who Loves Ya, Freddie?

By Corinthian Scales, Section Multimedia
Posted on Tue Jan 03, 2012 at 09:20:49 PM EST
Tags: Fred Upton, WALL OF SHAME, Whirlpool Trust Fund Baby, Howard Wolpe, Mainstreet, Centrists, Abortion, Health Care, Sebelius, Waivers, Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, Incandescent Light Bulb Ban, Thomas Edison, Global Warming, August 2012 Primary, Jack Hoogendyk, Conservative (all tags)

All I can say about this August in CD-6 is, Go Jack!

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The Wall

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Thu Oct 06, 2011 at 09:09:49 AM EST
Tags: WALL OF SHAME, Republicans, Debt Increases, Congress, Dan Benishek, Bill Huizenga, Dave Camp, Fred Upton, Tim Walberg, Mike Rogers, Candice Miller, Thaddeus McCotter (all tags)

The wall of shame has served its purpose.

There isn't a Republican congressman who occupied its space who was not made aware of it often by supporters or those who wanted to put it in their face as a means of showing disapproval.

The wall is now empty for the time being, yet the violation of principle must be acknowledged in a more permanent way. As a means of keeping more permanently the record of the occupiers and their decision to saddle our future with more debt, I am making it into a post (this post) that will be searchable forevermore. As I wrote:

"This wall is not because we hate you guys, but because we respected and counted on you. Conservatives expect bad legislation out of progressives and the Democrats. Getting along just cannot cut it anymore. Shape up and "know your power."

And now it resides below the line.

There is still opportunity for those described here to self reflect. There is still time for those who are considering primaries to file and declare their principled ideas and solutions. Let the debate begin.

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