WATT HAPPENED?? THERE'S A FOXX IN THE HENHOUSE??

This week we learn that POTUS is tapping two black politicians from North Carolina to go run the machine in D.C.  One of them was Anthony Foxx, Mayor of Charlotte, who will be running the Federal Department of Transportation.  That could be amusing when you consider the nonsensical Trolley Car (streetcar) controversy in Charlotte.  One of those cute bauble projects that was rejected by City Council (I believe), but wouldn't die because the Mayor and the leftists think a Trolley Car is the answer to transportation issues in the "uptown" area of Charlotte.  Trolley Cars and bicycles...those are the new modes of transportation for "uptown" Charlotte, along with light rail, of course.  However, there seems to be some ongoing competing theory regarding Trolley Car vs. light rail and financing of one over the other.  I've seen one of those inner city Trolley Cars in Greenville, South Carolina, running around the streets mostly empty all day long.  And the ones in San Francisco that ferry tourists all over the city for the quaint experience factor.  Mayor Foxx was all in for the light rail, too, so you can bet the Federal Department of Transportation will be writing checks for these projects in Charlotte ASAP now that the POTUS' favored Mayor will be the arbiter of transportation dollars.  You can look forward to watching the "blue" Democrat cities suck up transportation money faster than a growing teenage boy can suck up a chocolate milkshake.  And, gee, I suppose this appointment has nothing to do with Mayor Foxx hosting the Democrat Convention last year in Charlotte.  Nah...nothing to see there.  Quid pro quo is just fiction, right?

Back in 2010 I posted a story on Congressman Mel Watt and his gerrymandered district.  You can read that here.  Now POTUS has named Mel Watt the new head of Fannie MAE and Freddie MAC

In that article I cited Mel Watt's campaign contributors:

Watt’s largest contributors included American Express (NYSE: AXP), Wachovia, Bank of America and the American Bankers Association. Altogether the financial industry donated over $217,109 to Watt, which was over 35 percent of the overall contributions he received.

Wachovia is now Wells Fargo, but the name change hasn't changed the political contribution schemes.   

Here  is a more recent run down on campaign contributions  for Mel Watt's political career:

Since he entered Congress in 1992, Watt has received $1.33 million in campaign contributions from the finance, real estate and insurance industries, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonprofit research group that tracks money in politics. 
That’s almost a quarter of the total $5.47 million in total contributions he’s received through his career.
Watt’s biggest donors were commercial banks, with the finance and securities industries following at number five, according to CRP. During the last election cycle, the political action committees of Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and Wells Fargo each gave Watt’s campaign $10,000. Bank of America and Goldman each gave an additional $5,000 to Watt’s leadership PAC.

 The fact that Mel Watt has been a Chairman of the Black Caucus in the House should tell you all you need to know, since that group is made up completely of black Socialists.  Can you say "Redistribution of wealth?" 

Where in the Constitution is there direction for the Federal government to be in the home financing industry?  Or the transportation industry?  These two picks of POTUS are par for the course, like-minded men who believe the Federal government should be in charge of all things.  The banks have been co-opted, willingly or not, into a public-private-partnership with the Federal government to do the government's bidding.  Banks are now forced into policy decisions based on the whims of big government politicians.  They do it ...or else.  That in itself is a tragedy and an affront to all Americans.  

(Note: I will also say that my Republican Congressman, Patrick McHenry, receives lots of banking money and also sits on the Finance Committee in the House of Representatives.  The campaign contribution game is for high rollers and when it comes to D.C. the stakes are high.)  

I could remark on the relief aspect of getting these two POTUS sycophants out of the Charlotte area, but I can't say it is any relief at all since I know Charlotte is stuck with the Blue Dems for the long haul.   Watt's district is gerrymandered for black democrats, and Charlotte, from all I can tell, is going down the Blue Democrat road like Detroit and Atlanta.  So sending these guys off to D.C. doesn't solve the big issue of concern which is out of control, unconstitutional, government spending.  

Every dictator has his collaborators.  These are just two of the newest names on the current POTUS list.  Watt.  Foxx.  Now you know a little more about them.

Sources:

Atlantic Cities article on Foxx 

Net Right Daily on Watt

WHAT HAPPENED TO AUDIT THE FED?? WATT HAPPENED

I was initially researching the subject of gerrymandering, a subject that crosses my mind periodically when I ponder how career politicians keep getting elected in spite of voters dissatisfaction with them.  Despite what we were all taught in school on the subject of gerrymandering, it is alive and well and has been manipulating our electoral system for years.  2010 being the year of the census, the drawing of district lines is on the table again.  I wonder what our chances are of ever having a truly impartial district apportionment.  The Democrats and Republicans are both culpable in skewing the districts to their favor in one area of the country or another, at different times, and for different reasons.  With our current capability of computer math programs, it seems to me that something could be done to assure a more fair and equal distribution of districts which would favor neither party, but give the voters the equal and individual say in the matter of electing whomever they wish.  This may be a pipe dream on my part, but hope springs eternal, as they say.

My research, not surprisingly, led to our local gerrymandered, snake shaped, district belonging to Mel Watt.  Up popped the article below regarding the "Audit the Fed" bill initiated by Ron Paul last year.  The public would like transparency of the Fed, but as long as Mel Watt has anything to say about it, we'll be in the dark.

American Banking News

With most Americans outraged over the behavior of the Federal Reserve and the part it has played in the bailouts of huge institutions in the financial and automotive industries, Ron Paul introduced H.R. 1207, which would have required a full audit of the Federal Reserve and its activities, which crosses international lines.

According to Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, the House Financial Service Committee’s panel on domestic monetary policy, Rep. Mel Watt, D-N.C., essentially stripped the bill of just about everything that would have required transparency, and pretty much is now worthless as to its original purpose of letting the American people and Congress see what their secretive dealings have entailed.

After Watt got hold of the bill, it no longer includes the communications reports between the reserve banks and its various workers, and also the Board. What was especially wanted to be seen was what types of deals were made with foreign central banks and how recent bailout money was spent and what banks received it and how much. Paul asserts those loopholes, which had been closed in the original language of the bill, are now reopened.

Citing a telephone interview with Paul, Bloomberg reported Paul said about the revised bill: “There’s nothing left; it’s been gutted. This is not a partisan issue. People all over the country want to know what the Fed is up to, and this legislation was supposed to help them do that.”

Especially troubling about the gutting of the bill is the connections the Democrat Watt has with the banking industry. Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) has its headquarters in his congressional district, which is based in Charlotte, but worse, the majority of contributions to Watt’s campaign has come from corporations in the real estate, finance and insurance industry.

Watt’s largest contributors included American Express (NYSE: AXP), Wachovia, Bank of America and the American Bankers Association. Altogether the financial industry donated over $217,109 to Watt, which was over 35 percent of the overall contributions he received.

Paul’s bill had widespread support, with over 300 co-sponsors in the house. Per Bloomberg, Paul says he plans on introducing an amendment to the bill which would bring it back to the original language it included at the time it comes to the floor of the House to be voted on.

NO SURPRISES - 70 SOCIALISTS IN CONGRESS

When did Americans start voting for Socialists?  I mean deliberately putting Socialists into positions of power in our government.  Was it during the era of Woodrow Wilson who proclaimed himself a "progressive?"  Was it during FDR whose economic policies were Socialist programs?  Maybe a better question is why would Americans vote for known Socialists.  Is it because Socialists have been calling themselves Democrats and/or Progressives, so that Americans are clueless on the ideology of the candidates?  What is Mel Watt?  Is he a "Progressive" or is he a "Socialist."  There is no difference between the two, so who cares?  He is listed as a member of the Democrat Socialist Caucus, The Progressive Black Caucus, or the Socialist Party of America, or any of the names associated therein.  

That being said, it has just recently hit a few news blogs that the Socialist Party of America has revealed that 70 of their members are in the United States Congress.  American Thinker is one  No surprise to me.  I discovered that information last year as I went looking for help in understanding where in the world Congress is getting these anti-American Marxist wing-nuts.  The official name of the group at the time was the Congressional Progressive Caucus.  

A question that seems so obvious that I don't see anyone asking is this, "Since each of the 70, members of the Socialist Party of America, Congresspersons is sworn to uphold the U.S. Constitution, why does anyone believe for one minute that a Marxist / Socialist is interested in doing just that?" And since 70 are known, how many exist that are unknown to us?  (Please come back, Joe McCarthy!) Does anyone now who has watched Obama for the last 19 months think he is really interested in upholding the U.S. Constitution?  As Nancy Pelosi laughed and asked, "Are you serious?" at the question, "Where is that found in the Constitution?" Does anyone think anyone in Congress is really interested in the oath they took?  I wonder how they look in the mirror or sleep at night.

Back and forth, round and round, spinning we go.  Used to be Liberals are sometimes Progressives and now they are Socialists.  The last few years I've heard pundits and politicians saying it just isn't nice to call someone unAmerican because of their political beliefs.  When I hear that I want to do a "Glenn Beck" and imagine blood shooting out of my eyes.  My reaction is, "Say what?"  If someone believes in Marxism / Socialism, sorry Charlie, but they are NOT Americans.  Americans don't believe in social justice, redistribution of wealth, the end justifies the means, or any of the other insane tenets of Marxism / Socialism.  

I guess the big news since Obama was elected and Newsweek proclaimed us all Socialists, that it just seems ducky to admit that there are Socialists all over our government, and in our academies, and taking over our churches and institutions.  Mainstreaming Socialism is the 'cause du jour.'  Americanizing Socialism once and for all?  Out of the closet and into the mainstream of America?  I don't think so.  Please say it isn't so.  While Obama's ratings plummet and Americans catch on that he is implementing anything but American values, this attempt at mainstreaming Socialism is not going down well with the rest of America. 

Mel Watt has been elected to nine terms in Congress.  That's 9 terms already.  An admitted socialist,  he is opposed to oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the bottomless pits of taxpayer funded mortgages.  He is opposed to auditing the Federal Reserve or any transparency connected to that.   He has voted lockstep with Nancy Pelosi's and Obama's agenda of bankrupting the country, taking over our health care, taking over banks, taking over car companies, the financial reform bill, all the bidding of Socialists.  Yet Charlotteans have continually voted this guy into office.  Has Charlotte turned into a Marxist State?  Is it a race thing?  Just exactly what makes people vote for an anti-American Socialist? 

By the way, as the American Thinker article points out, " the Progressive Caucus works hand in glove with George Soros funded 'Progressive Challenge,' which is a project of the hard left Institute for Policy Studies." Soros funds a litany of Socialist projects and groups targeting America, yet has made billions as a capitalist hedge fund manager.  If Mel Watt knows from where his bread is buttered, knows the Socialist funding is mainly from Soros, (and one would assume that he does.) what makes Charlotte think he is voting for American principles or for the people of Charlotte?  Maybe that is a stupid question...maybe Charlotte doesn't really care about that....maybe 70 outright Marxists / Socialists in Congress is no big deal.  

Maybe I'll go mop the blood off my eyes now...and think nice thoughts of Glenn Beck who seems to be doing the best job in major media of blowing the whistle on Obama's Crime, Inc., the Soros connections, and the Marxist attempt at wrecking our nation.