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(49,052 posts)Nunes is out of his depth attempting to participate in a coverup and is thereby inflicting himself with a thousand cuts, which leads to political and judicial _______ (fill in the blank).
marble falls
(57,370 posts)Soylent Henry
(32 posts)I think he was talking about the equivalent of hiring a veterinarian to do your plumbing. And, for the record, farmers and fishers are the two occupations I personally admire the most, because they feed us!
If you, by chance happen to be a farmer of any kind, my hat is off to you, and please keep doing your very necessary work!
marble falls
(57,370 posts)Too bad Al Franken didn't stick to comedy, you know what mean - carpenters and plumbing?
Minority members
Democrats
Dianne Feinstein - California
Ron Wyden - Oregon
Martin Heinrich - New Mexico
Angus King - Maine
Joe Manchin - West Virginia
Kamala Harris - California
Other than none of them are dairy farmers - what makes them qualified for their seats?
For that matter what makes any member of this committee Democratic or Republican specifically qualified for this committee??
Soylent Henry
(32 posts)You're obviously a very angry person, and would probably react with rage if I told you that puppies are cute! Goodbye, and I hope you can develop a more upbeat attitude on things.
marble falls
(57,370 posts)one shouldn't make thoughtless insulting comments about other peoples professions.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,052 posts)It's just that a dairy farmer does not have as much experience in investigation and questioning as do lawyers or scientists (damn few of those in Congress) or other professions represented in Congress.
I suspect Nunes was chosen because he is a compliant stooge. He could have taken over the powerful Ways & Means Committee when Ryan left it to become Speaker, but Ryan asked him to stay on at Intell.
Nunes investigated Benghazi for two years and was forced to issue a report debunking the outrageous claims against Obama and Clinton. Forced by Democrats who held the line against the Republicans.
marble falls
(57,370 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,052 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,534 posts)and defend the constitiution of the united states and not u and u swore to that oath before you came into office , mr trump
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,496 posts)if and how elected officials can be held accountable for violating their oaths. McConnell has be violating his for many years with his hundreds of lies.
I also feel the CongressCritters that signed Grover Norquist's "Taxpayer Protection Pledge" violate their oaths with that signature.
AllaN01Bear
(18,534 posts)oaths and codes . " otherwise i feel that this contry is moot.
rainin
(3,011 posts)in supporting Trump, but I haven't forgiven how enthusiastically he supported Trump during the election. Even after the election, he kept acting like Trump would pivot any day to act Presidential. Day after day, he kept acting surprised when Trump wouldn't pivot.
I remember several times, when Trump wasn't HORRIBLE, Joe would declare how presidential he was. It made me sick.
Finally, after Trump went after both he and Mika on twitter, he decided that Trump had "changed". Joe decided that Trump wasn't the same person he was when they were all friends for many decades.
How did Trump change, I wondered? I've heard that New Yorkers knew what a horrible person Trump was, but apparently, Joe was ok with all of it.
Don't forget that. Joe is part of the reason Trump is where he is. It was knowable to democrats that Trump would make a terrible CIC, so Joe should have known. He just didn't care.
Hayduke Bomgarte
(1,965 posts)Morning Joke.
marble falls
(57,370 posts)Soylent Henry
(32 posts)Therefore, exactly the kind of committee chair the Republicans like: a man who has no clue what he's doing!
marble falls
(57,370 posts)What other classes do you care to share your bigotry about, my inquiring mind would like to know.
ProfessorGAC
(65,251 posts)It's a job, not a class.
I believe your pique to be misdirected.
marble falls
(57,370 posts)suits.
http://www.classactionrebates.com/settlements/northeast-dairy-farmer/
in which dairy farmers as a class sued milk distributors for price fixing.
I suspect you might have little respect for dairy farmers.
ProfessorGAC
(65,251 posts)Try again!
On edit: class action suits? That's all you have? Ridiculous
marble falls
(57,370 posts)Insults? Is THAT all you got? Pathetic.
ProfessorGAC
(65,251 posts)There was NOTHING in my post that could be taken as an insult! You got whooped and you don't like it.
BTW: You do realize that the "class" in that lawsuit was the plaintiffs, meaning the consumer. The aggrieved party was an entire class of people, in this case any consumer who paid too much for milk to to collusion.
The dairy farmers weren't the class in this class suit. Especially, (read the whole complaint), since they sued caries too.
Soylent Henry
(32 posts)marble falls
(57,370 posts)Committee and Subcommittee Assignments
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP)
Subcommittees:
Employment and Workplace Safety (Ranking Member)
Children and Families
Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittees:
Privacy, Technology, and the Law (Ranking Member)
Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights
The Constitution
Crime and Terrorism
Immigration and the National Interest
Few have any experience in their committee posts and it doesn't mean they are competent or not. Al Franken did great work on his committees: we are losing a great man.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,052 posts)marble falls
(57,370 posts)if you do you are seriously mistaken. Charles Grassley earned a B.A. an M.A. in education. Also during the 1950s, Grassley farmed and worked in factories in Iowa, first as a sheet metal shearer and then as an assembly line worker. He pursued a Ph.D. in political science at the University of Iowa, but ultimately did not complete the degree. From 19671968, Grassley taught at Charles City College, and both he and Kevin Nunes who has an associate of arts degree from the College of the Sequoias, and graduated from Cal Poly with a bachelor's degree in agricultural business and a master's degree in agriculture are both dismal jackasses and don't hold a candle anywhere near Al Franken's depth of ability and work ethic.
Al Franken would make a very good President.
My point is that being a dairyman precludes no-one from being a good man and elected official anymore than being a profession comedian and comedy writer meant that Al Franken was at sea over women's rights or immigration policy or over judicial appointments cause he surely had a grasp on all that and more. And from the examples of Nunes and Grassley education and degrees are no certain indication of competency in even being a mindful human beings, another place where Al Franken has to rate in the 99 percentile.
Al Franken will be effective no matter where he choses to go. Governor sounds good. Maybe back to the Senate if the opportunity presents itself. Or even dairy farming. But Nunes? Doesn't matter where he goes, what he does, he's mediocre - even as a dairy farmer.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,052 posts)Nunes was obviously chosen for compliancy rather than investigative skill or Intell expertise.
He's clearly not a thinker and is more reactive than proactive.
marble falls
(57,370 posts)dairy farmer. Dairy farmers have made good elected officials and I know of at least one, even if he was a Republican.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cullen_Adams
Another Dairyman elected to Congress:
Henry Cullen Adams
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1903 July 9, 1906
Born November 28, 1850
Verona, New York
Died July 9, 1906 (aged 55)
Chicago, Illinois
Political party Republican
Henry Cullen Adams (November 28, 1850 July 9, 1906) was an American farmer, public official, and U. S. Congressman from Wisconsin, best known for his support of pure food laws.
Adams grew up on a farm in southern Wisconsin. He attended the University of WisconsinMadison, but withdrew for health reasons before earning a degree. After marrying Anne Burkley Norton in 1878, he operated a successful dairy and fruit farm and served as president of the Wisconsin Dairymen's Association. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1883 and served until 1887, when he became a member of the Wisconsin Board of Agriculture (188795). He also held the offices of Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Property (188991) and Food and Dairy Commissioner (1898-1902).
In 1902, Adams was elected to the United States House of Representatives from the 2nd District of Wisconsin to the 58th United States Congress and was reelected to the 59th Congress serving until his death (March 4, 1903 - July 9, 1906). He was a progressive Republican and supporter of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. He worked for passage of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act. He died of intestinal illness in 1906 in Chicago, while en route from Washington D.C. to his home in Wisconsin. He is buried in Madison, Wisconsin.
From back in the day when Republicans wrote legislation for regulations for public safety and broke up trusts and monopolies.
ProfessorGAC
(65,251 posts)That's the complete opposite of your "point"!
Here's a tip: read what you wrote before Post!
You clearly didn't
UCmeNdc
(9,601 posts)1. Nunes was at the meeting with Michael Flynn and the Turkish agents with plans to kidnap a US citizen.
2. Nunes was at the GOP convention meeting with the Soviet Spymaster.
3. Nunes was part of the Donald Trump transition team along with Mike Pence.
marble falls
(57,370 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,052 posts)marble falls
(57,370 posts)and in front of a grand jury.
CK_John
(10,005 posts)Zambero
(8,976 posts)I wouldn't rule out another run at some point. In addition to the "where" aspect, I'm wondering if he would choose to run as an independent, a newly cast Dem a-la Charlie Crist, or return to the fold as an establishment / anti-Trump Republican?
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)He could milk that job for a decade ....