Blue Dogs and Greenbacks

Published: November 20, 2007, 12:05 am

Tags: bullshit on a stick, dinos, blue dogs

Reprinted from TomPaine.com-It's worth your time....this is why the Dem's are fast becoming my former party. Al MeyerhoffNovember 15, 2007 An attorney in Los Angeles, Al Meyerhoff is co-counsel for the class in the Enron shareholder litigation.Perhaps Ralph Nader was right.The leadership of the Democratic party recently had the rare opportunity to significantly recast the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It was a highly watched choice in certain quarters and in many boardrooms. Which Democrats would show up? Those favoring broad and systemic reform of our nation's markets? Or "Blue Dog" business Democrats, happy with shifting campaign contributions and seeming more like Republicans every day? Unfortunately for the country, it was the Blue Dogs by a mile.Created as part of the New Deal, the SEC, with future Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas as its Chairman, was the ultimate Depression era watchdog safeguarding the public from the fraud and dishonesty that so

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