Read all about it in Forbes.
Rep. Issa's media image as a bare-knuckled brawler certainly is part of the truth about him. And we don't at all disbelieve his alleged youthful indiscretions which may have included felonies. But Rep. Issa is a far more complex character than the New York Times would have you believe. And sometimes, as in the SOPA/PIPA case outlined in the Forbes article, he's a principled crusader, reaching across the aisle to find allies to fight for what's right against powerful interests.
And then sometimes he goes along with the majority and the President and votes to allow the indefinite detention of Americans without trial.
Do not Re-elect anyone.....
ReplyDeleteamen to that!
ReplyDeleteIsn't ISSA the guy who wasted his money and our money for the California Gubernatorial recall? He's a colossal ass....
ReplyDeleteGray Davis needed to go. He spiked statewide pensions and salaries much like our 2005-2012 city councils did in Encinitas.
DeleteThe recall was good. Just too bad we got Schwarzenegger as a replacement.
WCV
Those were telling times.Remember the phony brown-outs brought to you by the republican brown shirts.I find it interesting that Gov. Moonbeam basically exposed Arnie as an amateur. He proves that progressives can rule well as moderate conservatives.
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Bengahzi, Benghazi, Benghazi.
DeleteIssa is one of the few seeking answers to hold accountable failed policies and the cover up of lies.
Encinitas Navy Seal murdered, US ambassador Murdered and raped, American consulate over run, flag of freedom burned while flag of Islamic hate, jihad an intolerance raised.
Susan Rice lies to American people blaming a video and is promoted to NSA, Hillary Clinton tells America "what does it matter", President Obama lies and blames a video.
CNN Presidential debate rigged, President Obama tells Candy Crowly "get the transcript Candy" how did he know she had one? Michelle Obama and her group of community organizers violate the debate rules and stand and clap drowning out Romney's response to hold President Obama accountable. State controlled press Brian Williams, Bob Shiffer, Andrea Mitchell begin rehabbing Crowly's image the next day when Crowley says "Romney was right in the main" President Obama tells America the lie "AQ is on the run" and the state controlled propagandists NY Times, NBC, ABC, CNN, CBS, PBS all promote the lie rather than report the truth.
One year later the AQ terrorists who brazenly murdered our middle east ambassador on the same day 3,300 Americans died 11 years earlier remain uncaptured.
One year later the White House and President Obama still won't make available for congressional interview more than 30 survivors on Benghazi- why? Why are they being silenced and intimidated? What is President Obama hiding? Was President Obama running guns to AQ in Syria? Did those guns make it into the hands of AQ in Iraq? AQ in Afghanistan? AQ in Mali? AQ in Niger? AQ in Somalia?
One year later AQ is on the rise, AQW is stronger.
Thank goodness there are a few brave souls like Mr. Issa willing to take on the White House and seek answers we should know.
Why the Benghazi cover up President Obama?
Well the Brown outs were phony but brought to you courtesy of Gray Davis, once again revisionist history.
DeleteBrownouts were courtesy of Enron, whose executives were friends of George W. Bush and advised by Paul Krugman.
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In one January 2001 telephone tape of an Enron trader the public utility identified as Bill Williams and a Las Vegas energy official identified only as Rich, an agreement was made to shut down a power plant providing energy to California. The shutdown was set for an afternoon of peak energy demand.
"This is going to be a word-of-mouth kind of thing," Mr. Williams says on the tape. "We want you guys to get a little creative and come up with a reason to go down."
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Previous tapes released by the district last summer showed Enron officials joking about how they were "stealing" more than a $1 million a day from California and fleecing "Grandma Millie" while bringing Enron record profits.
Agree with 10:44 on Benghazi. Also Fast & Furious, IRS, spying on journalists... Issa's committee is the only watchdog in town when journalists aren't doing their jobs.
WCV
And it was the GW admin that brought charges against Lay and Enron. Telling only half of the story doesn't serve any purpose, but you seem to be under the Lynn influence.
DeleteGood Ol' Kenny Boy Lay died 'mysteriously' and was buried without an open casket, no autopsy.............natural causes- so they say.
DeleteJust saying, check out the movie smartest men in the room to what a bunch of self-serving punks Lay, Shilling and the others are.
Mr Leucadia must be a democrat. When I don't get my my way call soemone a name. That helps
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Issa is the guy who rocks "Fox News" jackets as standard travel apparel when he flies back and forth to DC.
ReplyDeleteShows his vew of the world.
11:08 way to comment on the Benghazi cover up of one year ago perpetrated by the same Islamic jihadist who are now burning Christian villages, marking Christian homes and looting Christian churches. Islam, the cult of intolerance and hate. Issa is one of a handful of americans seeking the truth. You would rather people think hmmm, what kind of jacket does Mr. Issa wear, rather than why did President Obama, Hillary Clinton and Susan Rice lie to the American people.
DeleteLast week AQ in Syria beheaded 27 people. Last week AQ in Syria stopped a bus, asked everyone what religion they were, and then executed the 5 people who said they believed in the Lord Jesus Christ. Today come reports of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, yes that same Muslim Brotherhood President Obama, Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice and Joe Biden support, the Muslim botherhood is now implementing sharia law by taxing Coptic Christians daily to live.......that's right, if you are a Christian who won't bow down to the false idol of hate calling itself Mohammaded then you can either get your head cut off or pay a tax.
Your comment 11:08 reveals your view of the world, self obsessed, ideological and partisan.
If you want to experience terrorism, move to rural Alabama or Mississippi and let it be known you're either Catholic or Jewish. Christian extremist are no different than any other religious extremists.BTW- Issa doesn't care about the truth. He has a sociopathic/criminal history.
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DeleteWith all respect you ignore the post and rather than comment on the atrocities and hatred being forced on others by Islamic Jihadist you actually attempt to equate bigotry by narrow minded southerners with beheading humans- you ignore the actions of these Islamic Jihadists of hate and intolerance and then have the temerity to claim Issa is a sociopath while condemning not the beheading, murder, rape, and stoning of innocents at the hands of Islamic Sociopaths. Does silence make one complicit?
It appears to me that it is you who doesn't care about the truth.
Buddha says,anger is poison you drink the poison and yet expect the other person to die.This blog is becoming poison.
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ReplyDeleteI have to disagree.
I think WCV has done good things for our city and in so doing has done good things for the State and the Country. A debate of ideas is positive. These things are happening in our world. This post is about our Congressman. Finally, somebody somewhere invites the public to share their opinions.
Issa has been on of a few looking to get the facts on Benghazi and why the White House lied and did nothing, why one year later nothing has been done. Issa is also trying to find out why the White House used its office of the IRS to harass people who had an opposing view- like city manager Gus Vina's list.
Keep up the good work WVC, it is important.
Yes,pointing the angry finger always works so well Bush Chenry and 9/11,Nixon and watergate JFK and Monroe Clinton and what's her name.I think its called the blame game and we really learn nothing.
ReplyDeleteissa is corrupt
ReplyDeleteWelcome Fox news viewers. There have been a multitude of embassy attacks under Reagan and Bush. Back then they were "unfortunate incidences". Issa's only interest is to link Obama to any thing he can for POLITICAL reasons(re-the Clinton blow job).So called non-profit "for the social good" tea party groups don't exist and should never get tax exempt status. They are purely political and their purpose is to funnel money from the stupids.
DeleteUm, you do know Obama's own Organizing for America and hundreds of other left-wing groups have the same 501c4 status that you'd deny conservatives, right?
DeleteYou're not representing enlightened liberals very well.
WCV
I didn't mean to leave out any 501c4 status groups who's primary purpose is political. I would also like to see any religion that promotes any political party or candidate lose tax exempt status.
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DeleteHere here.
7:47,
DeleteThen your point is irrelevant to the IRS scandal. The scandal is that groups were targeted based on ideology. That you would prefer different laws treating people of all ideologies fairly doesn't excuse the outrageous IRS targeting of enemies.
WCV
Oh great, bush vs Clinton vs Reagan vs Obama. This blog was more fun when we all ganged up on Lynn.
ReplyDelete3:39 I not only voted for President Obama I sent him money.
ReplyDeleteThis was when he told us there were no red or blue states only the united states- he then went on in my opinion to divide the country as no other president has, he loves the politics of race, class and anger to scare up votes as he was trained to as a community organizer.
President Obama also told me there was too much money in politics and if given the nomination he would take federal funds for the election- then he didn't, a lie of course to get himself elected, America be dammed. President Obama also told me that if I liked my health plan I could keep it, turns out that I am losing my Blue Cross plan and Aetna is pulling out of California- so much for the promise and the 'market exchange competition'. Turns our Sarah Palin with her death panel statement was right- of course she was mocked by Brian Williams and the NBC, CBS, PBS Palace Guards but just a few months ago Howard Dean he of the DNC came out and said the Affordable Care Act will create Independent Payment Advisory Boards (IPAD) that will decide who does and does not get treatment.
President Obama also said he would restore America's image in the world, to me it seems he has made it worse. Putin just shipped more arms to Sryia and Iran, no wonder Putin is smiling.
President Obama also said he would lower the deficit, he has added about $8 trillion in new debt- another lie
President Obama also Benghazi happened because of a video- turns out he and the White House knew for weeks and months the embassy and our ambassador were in harms way. When our brave Navy seal asked to go save people in Lybia President Obama's white house told him to stand down. After Benghazi Susan Rice lied to America on 5 shows blaming a video- her reward was being appointed to the NSA, now she is telling us the Sryian government us at fault- why should we believe her? Hillary Clinton told congress "what does it matter " that americans died in Benghazi, now she is testing running for office.
Today when you speak the truth of these facts what seem like fascist democratic ideologues call you a racist because they have not other argument.
Do you have any arguments based on facts of President Obama's failed policies to share with the group 3:29 or are you only capable of being a parrot?
I voted for President Obama, it was a horrible choice. Please take off your blinders and join me in seeing things as they are today. We can't ignore the truth of today.
Anon4:50- everything you wrote doesn't make you a conservative nor republican what you wrote makes you a realist. Well come to the club. We realists have a lot of work ahead of us to take back this country from the loonies on the left and right. Work hard, it won't be easy.
DeleteI'm reminded of what an old hippie said to us young 'uns at one of my first Dead shows: "Welcome home, kids."
DeleteIt's gratifying to see thinking folks beginning to reject the corrupt and hypocritical sideshow of the two party distinction without a difference.
Welcome home, kids!
WCV
4:50- You make some good points. I voted for Obama twice because it was the least horrible choice. Where were you and the tea party during the previous administration. Could you imagine the reaction if a black democrat had been pres. during the bail-out to "save" capitalism ?
Delete7:53- Are you suggesting 4:50 is a 'racist' because you have no facts? 4:50 is writing about today, why are you writing about yesterday?
DeleteIt turns out Sarah Palin was right, the Affordable Care Act creates death panels called the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAD) that will determine who does and does not get treatment. Turns out the claim that Howard Dean now admits there is an unelected board of non-medical professionals who will ration health care is also true. Also turns out Palin was right about candidate Obama being likely to increase national debt and lacked foreign policy leadership- hey, I might not like Palin but if she's right she's right. And why are all these inside government cronies getting exemptions from the affordable care act except private workers? Congressional staffer's are exempt, most government and public and non public union employees are exempt. Did you know SeaWorld just cut the hours of thousands of employees due to The Affordable Care Act. What happened to all the promises President Obama, Harry Reid, Pelosi, and our own Congressman told us? Why did they lie? Why did Brian Williams at NBC and Anderson Cooper and Steve Kroft and Andrea Mitchell infer that anyone who had a different view then President Obama on the Affordable Care Act was a racist? who holds then accountable when they are back on every night spreading more misinformation, lies and state sponsored Propaganda?
Even you feel the need to play 'the race card' when no one on this blog has mentioned race - except you.
What do you propose we do about the Unaffordable Care Act? What do you propose we do to learn what really happened at Benghazi? What do you propose we do to reduce out national debt? What do you propose to do to see that the hard working people at SeaWorld get their hours back?
Not a big Palin fan either, but she can see Russia from her house.
DeleteFred you reveal your ignorance and your bias. Sarah Palin never said that. Tina Fey of the state run propaganda station NBC made that sstatement to influence the election and negatively paint Palin. The rest of the palace guards, Brian Williams, Andrea Mitchell, Anderson Cooper of CNN, Candy Crowley, Stiffer, Rose, Kroft, IInfill.........each and every one of them then used their primetime broadcasts to replay the clip to paint Palin negatively to ?push their collective non reporting political agenda to get Obama elected.
DeleteThat's the problem Fred. Spoon fed sheeple repeat untruths because they don't want to look at the facts, which are these............Palin said Obamacare would create death panels.....it does, Palin said obamacare would cause people to lose their insurance.....they are, Palin said Obamacare would lead to a rise in rates........they have, Palin said Obama would be bad in foreign policy, russiRussia is shiiping arms to Iran, AQ is beheading christian.....
Youd rather repeat an untruth becuase it makes you feel good, the facts are not round about, they are simply the truth
Lighten up. I repeated it for the same reason everyone else did. It's funny - and the statement was not too far from what Palin said to a reporter: "you can actually see land in Russia from here in Alaska." Besides, "Hillary" was right along side "Palin" in that same skit and was just as spoofed playing a jealous, less attractive power hungry opponent.
Deletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdDqSvJ6aHc
Fred with all respect they are not the same thing at all. This is often what propagandist do when they are called on their lies and BS, they say lighten up. I repeat for you and all my fellow countryman who watched as Brian Williams, NBC, KroftKraft, Mitchell, Cooper, Crowley and all the other palace guards mocked Palin . Have your health inusranceinsurance gone up, do you know people whpwhip have had hours cut, have you read news stories of people who have had work hours cut, do you know a new board of non medical people named IPAD will now decide who does and does not get heath care? Turns out Palin was right on everything she said................so why won't NBC ABC or the other palace guards report that.? Could it be to keep their man elected?
DeleteLighten up, ypu mean look the other way. Every thing Palin said would happen has happened, everything Obama said would not happen has happene These are the facts
Not choosing sides at all. Just sayin some people leave themselves wider open for critque than others - no matter what their politics. Not unlike Obama when he got the number of states in the US wrong. Or the many Bush faux pas. "We want to put food on your family". But some roll with it better than others. Obama's made many a joke about himself being born in Kenya. Likewise, Palin was a good sport by appearing with Tina Fey on SNL. There's always plenty to disagree with anyone about and it's obvious Americans are more and more decieved no matter who's in charge. No, I don't pretend great problems don't exist. But aim at the things I can locally and sometimes continentally.
DeleteIssa's definitely no hero, but he is the wealthiest person in the House. Making tons of money on our cooked book bogus wars and a corrupt defense industry.
ReplyDeleteBoth sides of congress are bought lock stock and barrel and most have become millionaires while they pathetically represent the people.
Exactly.... and anyone who voted for Obama or Romney in the last election or Bush before that are part of the problem not the solution..... all sheep with No brain of their own.... sad.
ReplyDeleteIn brighter news, the City Council unanimously voted to design phase 1 of the streetscape and the La Costa Roundabout. They also directed staff to bring back a report so City Council can have a discussion about parking on the East side and pedestrian crossing of the railroad. The City Council acted perfectly. It was a good night for Encinitas.
ReplyDeleteThe City Council acted perfectly - what? perfectly asinine? perfectly uncaring? perfectly ignorant?
DeleteIssa - Please investigate this Council.
DeletePerfectly uncaring are the 20,000 deaths at intersections in the US every year. Deal with it.
DeleteThe streetscape in Leucadia should have reverse angle parking. It's the only mistake SB made with their streetscape, that and they ADDED stop lights ( big mistake).
DeleteIf we don't get rid of this, the worst council ever, Encinitas is in for real trouble. Vina runs the show, city council marches to his tune at every whistle.
DeleteCan anyone explain what Ed Deane said regarding Streetscape resident input? He had four shells, one for each option.
ReplyDeleteWhoops veered off-topic!
ReplyDeleteI was told Marco was elected to board of directors of DEMA, is this true??
ReplyDeleteFollowing the death of a second cyclist at the Bow Roundabout on Friday evening (2011)
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DeleteThe Bow Roundabout in London is a 5 way roundabout that connects with a super highway. It looks like a nightmare requiring 5 minutes of lecturing before one can navigate through safely - there are so many options, lights and signs to digest. One of the two bicycle deaths was cause while one driver was texting on top of that. Our roundabouts are very low impact (no pun) compared to that. But thanks for looking far and wide for a bad example.
Over 200 cyclists are killed in US intersections annually. Couldn't find any cyclist deaths related to any of our 3000 roundabouts. Can you?
Bicyclist Killed While Riding In Central Truckee Roundabout (2012)
DeleteGood job, thanks. That's about the score. Roundabouts one; Intersections 200. Tragic nonetheless. Shame Trukee doesn't have bike lanes.
DeleteGod help us if Marco was elected President of DEMA. He is the one defending the developers in Olevenhein, even though an EIR was never done.
ReplyDeleteAnd king of the bar flies....
ReplyDeleteHow about "Lord of the Barflies?"
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Whatever Marco is, he is not to be trusted. This I do know to be true. You can't have it both ways. He says he is an environmentalist, but he is defending developers in Encinitas. He was also the original attorney that began the takedown of the San Diego Mayor. And, no matter what one thinks about FIlner, and he certainly was not a saint, plenty of people wanted this to be taken to a court of law, rather than a pubic lynching, which is what Gonzales, his sister, Lorena, and Cory Briggs did. It was a sham. Then he decides to get involved in the so called "Encinitas Hospitality Committee" and DEMA. First, does he barhop that much to know what is going on downtown, and second, he is not exactly a merchant, so why DEMA. You all can expect a different Marco in the future, in case you thought he was one of the good guys.
ReplyDeleteSo who pays for the maintenance on the roundabouts? The Bird Rock community formed an assessment district. Not all that cheap. Commercial property pays the most then single family residential. Why isn't this assessment district given as an example along with the Bird Rock roundabouts?
ReplyDeleteBird Rock:
The community formally approved the formation of the MAD via mail-in ballot in July 2005. The approval included the stipulation that the MAD be managed by the BRCC, under contract to the City, rather than be managed by City staff. The ballot also included approval of an initial maximum assessment of $90 per year per single family home, about $63 per year per condominium, and $460 per year per typical-sized commercial property. The maximum allowable assessment rate increases yearly, is determined by the City, and is tied to the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
City.
DeleteThat was simple.
Fancy landscaping like trees is up for grabs. What do you propose?
I say City.
The Bird Rock yearly maintenance district budget for those roundabouts is about $200,000 a year. Private property is assessed to pay the costs.
ReplyDeleteAre the thousand of homeowners and commercial property owners in Leucadia ready to pay additional money per year for the maintenance of the roundabouts?
Thats Birdrock.
ReplyDeleteSo far Encinitas will pick up the tab.
I would support an assessment district for a lot of improvements. but I know some don't spend more than one dime per month and limit washing their underwear to once a month to save on expenses.
Lynn can tell you about that one. KLCC is out in force.