HOW DEMOCRATS DO BUSINESS... INSIDER INFORMATION?
Amazing how a little mention in the New York Post’s serious gossip feature Page Six can highlight how Senators, and in particular, Chuck Schumer do the people’s business?
September 27, 2008 -- Page Six Sightings …
“SEN. Chuck Schumer and taxi tycoon Andrew Murstein traipsing up four flights of stairs at '21' to meet Mario Cuomo and several other US senators for a briefing on the federal bailout plan . . . "
Is this how inside information is conveyed to “friends of friends” who may potentially use the information for their own purposes: power, prestige or profit?
Considering that media-mad Schumer single-handedly brought down IndyMac bank with the media disclosure of a leaked letter to IndyMac ’s regulators, perhaps someone should investigate whether or not any of the meeting participants was in a position to receive or use “insider” information.
Perhaps someone should notify Christopher Cox at the Securities and Exchange Commission …
“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it!
"Acta non verba" -- actions not words
“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw
“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”
“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS "The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius “A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell “Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar “Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS