It's amazing to see them trotting out all the same lame "explanations" that were used in the eighties.  And acting like they are totally novel ideas. While, at the same time, trying to discredit anyone who draws comparison to virtually identical events in the eighties.  Or makes any political analysis.

And, also like the eighties, the press is doing everything they can to stir up racial tensions.  It's really quite shameless.

And, if past is prologue, and it always is, this will play right into the Tories hands.  And it really shouldn't.  It just shouldn't.

Former Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella Jr. was sentenced Thursday to 28 years in federal prison for taking $1 million in bribes from the builder of a pair of juvenile detention centers in a case that became known as "kids-for-cash."

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How many kids does it take to generate a million dollar bribe ?  And the A-hole judge is still claiming the bribe was legal and had no effect on his judgment.  

"Schultz, who earned a doctorate after writing a dissertation on the proper role of a university president's spouse..." (LINK)

Jim Clyburn, Chris Van Hollen and Xavier Becerra.

Her statement:

"The Joint Select Committee has a golden opportunity to take its discussions to the higher ground of America's greatness and its values. It must meet the aspirations of the American people for success and keep America number one.

"The thrust of the committee must be to grow an American prosperity enjoyed by all Americans. It must:

• Focus on economic growth and job creation that reduces the deficit;
  
• Make decisions regarding investments, cuts and revenues and their timing to stimulate growth while reducing the deficit; and
  
• Increase demand by offering recommendations that ensure that wages grow with productivity and reduce America's families' dependence on credit.

"The work of the Congress must go beyond the deliberations of the committee. Without waiting for the committee to complete its work, we should pass legislation for sustainable job creation. Congress should send to the President the long delayed highway and FAA bills, which generate hundreds of thousands of American jobs; and Congress should approve a national Infrastructure Bank to create jobs and improve our competitiveness.

"We must achieve a `grand bargain' that reduces the deficit by addressing our entire budget, while strengthening Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. Our entire Caucus will work closely with these three appointees toward this goal, which is the goal of the American people.

"Because the work of this committee will affect all Americans, I called last week for its deliberations to be transparent; the committee should conduct its proceedings in the open."