151 Congressmen Profit From War

Well if you were to listen to the anti war crowd and liberals it would be Bush, Cheney and only Republicans.

Seems once again the anti war crowd and liberals have been caught lying again.

Oh forgot to add, I even used a far far left source so people like TSG wouldn't run in here whining about bias right wing source.

Well, all I can say, beyond the fact that I seem to have become your personal obsession, is that if the people who, on balance, have more invested in defense industries and therefore stand to profit more from the Iraq war, are also the ones who, on balance, are more likely to oppose it, that means they are more politically virtuous than I ever would have guessed.

Wait -- the Democrats in Congress are politically virtuous? That makes only a little more sense than to say that about the Republicans.

Are you SURE about these statistics, LS?

LS - Can you please provide a link to the story. The link you provided is to the home page of the news site, from which I can't locate the story you refer to.

151 Congressmen Profit From War

Try this one.

Thanks for the new link.

I am concerned though that the Report in question cites 151 members of Congress as having profited from the war, yet it only singles our the Dem politicians.

The report says this in the 4th paragraph:

151 Congressmen Profit From War
The list quoted in the OP says that Kerry received a min of $3 million+. In other words, the news story contradicted itself. The politician that the report itself says received the hightest income from the war is actually a Republican, but the fact that it saves its partisan attacks for the Dems says enough.

All in all, a report that ignores the fact that a GOP politician earned more; a report that contradicts itself (by saying Kerry earned one amount, then subsequently listing another amount); and the fact that it states that 151 members of Congress have profited, but chooses to only list 10 Dems,is enough for me to dismiss the report without having any merit. Still, it's "news" stories like this without reliable factual merit that confuses voters on facts and encourages them to vote based on false, or misleading information.

Here, this may explain the perceived contradictions [emphasis mine]: Are there enough "R"s and "Republican" words now? [edit] It's 2008, now. [/edit]

If true, it seems both parties need to shape up in the ethics department.

The Executive Branch employees have very strict ethics which include very strict rules on investments, conflict of interest, and perceived conflict of interest (GWB tightened those ethics rules up considerably, and there has been much house-cleaning because of it.)

The Legislative Branch should do the same and tighten ethics up.

Who really profits from the war in Iraq?
Someone should point out that the oil companies are making the largest profits of any company ever in the history of the world.

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My apologies, with all of the "D's" listed I missed the three "R's". Thank you for pointing them out so politely.

I was also responding to the commentary added to the OP in which the poster appeared to ignore the Republican references and focus solely on the "liberal" (which he equates to Democrats) politicians.

Yeah, in our wonderful political system it's the scum that rises to the top, not the cream.

And it seems to me that the Dems are no less scummy than the Repubs, given their wont to posture as being genuinely opposed to the fascist elements in our society.

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--Hunter S. Thompson

Just as I thought, the wrong people and their friends are making the money, just like in Nam..

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I listed only democrats and liberals because democrats and liberals were the one claiming only republicans were profiting from this war which this article says otherwise.

If you liberals don't want to be singled out, maybe before you start pointing fingers you should look at your own party first who might be doing exactly what your are accusing others of. You think? Maybe it shows mostly democrats because they are the biggest offenders or because they were the ones telling everyone that Bush and Cheney were becoming rich off the war when in fact they were also.

BTW, I guess you didn't take the time to go to the actual site? It is a very anti war and heavy left leaning. Maybe if your sight wasn't so clouded with LS and partisan hate you could see this for yourself.

You seem to have ignored the fact that I did go to the original link you provided, and couldn't find the article so asked you for another link, which you provided. You seem to have this fixation that I don't like you, and as such choose to ignore the obvious. Still, I can't change that, but it would be nice if you could cease making incorrect assumptions about me.

Well, whats the solution here. Should politcians be forbidden from having any financial conflict of interest?

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-Thomas Jefferson

I agree with jviehe, the problem here is not the assholes making money off the war, the problem is the American people's continued complete unwillingness to investigate how their leaders are profiting off of the deaths of U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civillians. People are kind of vaguely against the wall, but then they trust the politicians who profit from it to end the war. Ridiculous. If people would quit whining about corrupt politicians and start holding them accountable by not VOTING for their asses. Or if they do, by keeping tabs on them and making sure they're actually carrying out their will we wouldn't be here. But people would much rather the MSM inform them of what congress is doing and villify independent sources like thsi website as "left wing nut jobs." This is what you call journalism, doesn't matter if its pro or anti-one particular party. Americans are to blame for how their politicians act. Period.

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Only if you ingore facts (or are simply unaware of them) and lack a basic understanding of finance and economics. The fact is, the oil companies have been working in and with the Iraqis for free for a very long time. The recent contracts they received from Iraq were, in part, due to their generosity. Were they hoping to get those contracts by playing nice? Of course, but they never had a guarantee and put their investment at risk. And "largest profits ever" is misleading and typical of left-wing ignorance of business. Coca Cola makes more money on gross revenue than Exxon. Let me use your "understanding" this way. GWB got more votes in the 2004 election than any President in history so therefore, in 2004, GWB was the most popular President ever in the history of the world.

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Conservative by the grace of God.

Still sore about the war of northern aggression.