We Can’t Spell His Name But He Sucks
Aside from that guy on “Jon & Kate Plus 8″ punking out, this year’s biggest “Hawaiian disappointment” has to be U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye, whose name we have to focus on incredibly hard if there’s even going to be a chance of spelling it correctly.
Inouye, Inouye, Inouye … you are getting veeeeeery sleepy … your eyelids are getting veeeeeery heavy.
Anyway, Inouye is in hot water today (and rightfully so) after basically strong-arming the FDIC into pumping $135 million of federal bailout money into an “ailing” Hawaiian bank where he just so happens to have his personal fortune stockpiled.
From The Washington Post:
Many lawmakers have worked to help home-state banks get federal money since the Treasury announced in October that it would invest up to $250 billion in healthy financial firms. But the Inouye inquiry stands apart because of the senator’s ties to Central Pacific. While at least 33 senators own shares in banks that got federal aid, a review of financial disclosures and records obtained from regulatory agencies shows no other instance of the office of a senator intervening on behalf of a bank in which he owned shares.
Inouye (D-Hawaii) declined a request for an interview but acknowledged in a statement that an aide had called the FDIC to ask about Central Pacific’s application. Inouye said he was not attempting to influence the outcome. The statement did not address Inouye’s personal role in the inquiry, including whether he directed the aide to make the call or knew at the time that it had been made.
Oh, and if all that wasn’t shady enough, prior to Inouye intervening the bank was not slated to receive any bailout funds.
Amazing. So basically what we have here is a hold-up, except the “perp” is a U.S. Senator so instead of jail time he’ll probably get an airport named after him.
As with Dianne Feinstein’s latest scandal a few months back – the fact that Inouye isn’t facing a friggin’ firing squad over this $135 million heist shows just how whacked out this country is.
You pretty much can’t get fired in Washington, D.C. for anything these days.
Which is too bad, because if we’re going to show Mark Sanford the door for (maybe) blowing a few taxpayer twenties on seeing his mistress, it seems Feinstein and Inouye should probably be impaled.
Comments
By Rick on July 2nd, 2009 at 8:32 am
Marks failure is in thinking small. This Washington crowd is thinking big…and stealing big usually gets you home free….unless your Madoff and have pissed off some powerful people with your big steal.
By Toyota Kawaski on July 2nd, 2009 at 9:09 am
I love hearing the roll call Sen. Ah-Cock-Eye
By roofus on July 2nd, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Typical Democrat crook.
By Dj on July 2nd, 2009 at 3:38 pm
He isn’t the only one who does things like this. I am willing to bet that “insider” information and strongarming/hooking up is pretty common up there in Washington. The stories are a dime a dozen every week. We are too apathetic to take notice because its so commonplace in the media and worst we arent willing to do do anything about so……lets move on, nothing to see here.
By CNSYD on July 2nd, 2009 at 3:48 pm
If there was wrong doing then action needs to be taken. But you need to know something about Inouye. After the ban on Japanese-Americans was lifted in 1943 he left college where he was in premed to enlist. He received a battlefield promotion to the officer ranks. He was wounded and lost his right forearm to a grenade. His actions earned him several medals including the Medal of Honor. Since the loss of the arm meant he could not become a surgeon, he went into politics as did his friend he met in the hospital during WWII, Bob Dole.
By Toyota Kawaski on July 2nd, 2009 at 4:29 pm
very nice CNSYD good stuff
By Dj on July 4th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
I know his history, it is honorable. It doesn’t give him the right to do whatever he wants though, he is still a man, an American citizen, and a elected official held accountable and serving his constituents and the Constitution of the United States.