Scott Ward
2013-07-29 08:41:12 UTC
Born Robert Earl Filner
September 4, 1942 (age 70)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Political party Democratic
Alma mater Cornell University (BA, PhD)
University of Delaware (MA)
Occupation college professor
Religion Judaism
http://www.usatoday.com/story/onpolitics/2013/07/19/filner-san-
diego-mayor-resign-pelosi/2569379/
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi declined to say whether San
Diego Mayor Bob Filner should resign amid allegations that he
sexually harassed women.
"What goes on in San Diego is up to the people of San Diego,"
Pelosi, D-Calif., said Friday.
Filner has rebuffed calls to step down. He has apologized for
his behavior and has acknowledged that he has at times
"intimidated" women. Donna Frye, a former council member and
Filner supporter, has said the mayor is "tragically unsafe for
any women to approach."
Filner served in the U.S. House from 1993 until last year, when
he became the first Democrat elected mayor of San Diego in 20
years.
Reps. Susan Davis and Scott Peters, Democrats who represent San
Diego in Congress, have been among the local and state lawmakers
who have called on Filner to step aside.
Nancy "Inside Trader" Pelosi, Democrat scumbag.
Born Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro
March 26, 1940 (age 73)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Political party Democratic Party
esidence Cannon H.O.B. (Official)
San Francisco, California (Private)
Alma mater Trinity Washington University
Religion Roman Catholicism
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/pelosi-stock-insider-
60minutes/2011/11/13/id/417848
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi bought stock in initial public
offerings (IPOs) that earned hefty returns while she had access
to insider information that would have been illegal for an
average citizen to trade with even though its perfectly legal
for elected officials, CBSs "60 Minutes" reported Sunday night.
In a piece relying on data collected from the conservative
Hoover Institution, "60 Minutes" revealed that elected officials
like Pelosi are exempt from insider trading laws regulations
that carry hefty prison sentences and fines for any other
citizen who trades stocks with private information on companies
that can affect their stock price.
In the case of elected officials this secret information
ranges from timely details on lucrative federal contracts to
legislation that can cause companies stocks to rise and fall
dramatically.
How do they get away with it? Lawmakers have exempted themselves
from the laws that govern every other citizen.
Pelosi, D-Calif., and her husband have participated in at least
eight IPOs while having access to information directly relating
to the companies involved. One of those came in 2008, from Visa,
just as a troublesome piece of legislation that would have hurt
credit card companies, began making its way through the House.
Undisturbed by a potential conflict of interest the Pelosis
purchased 5,000 shares of Visa at the initial price of $44
dollars. Two days later it was trading at $64. The credit card
legislation never made it to the floor of the House, Steve
Kroft of "60 Minutes" reported.
Kroft confronted Pelosi at a regular press conference after she
declined an interview.
Kroft: Madam Leader, I wanted to ask you why you and your
husband back in March of 2008 accepted and participated in a
very large IPO deal from Visa at a time there was major
legislation affecting the credit card companies making its way
through the through the House.
Nancy Pelosi: But
Kroft: And did you consider that to be a conflict of interest?
Pelosi: The y I I don't know what your point is of your
question. Is there some point that you want to make with that?
Kroft: Well, I I I guess what I'm asking is do you think
it's all right for a speaker to accept a very preferential,
favorable stock deal?
Pelosi: Well, we didn't.
Kroft: You participated in the IPO. And at the time you were
speaker of the House. You don't think it was a conflict of
interest or had the appearance--
Pelosi: No, it was not
Kroft: of a conflict of interest?
Pelosi: it doesn't it only has appearance if you decide that
you're going to have elaborate on a false premise. But it it
it's not true and that's that.
Kroft: I don't understand what part's not true.
Pelosi: Yes sir. That that I would act upon an investment.
The Hoover Institutions Peter Schweizer stressed that what
Pelosi did was completely legal.
There are all sorts of forms of honest grafts that congressmen
engage in that allow them to become very, very wealthy. So it's
not illegal, but I think it's highly unethical, I think it's
highly offensive, and wrong, he told Kroft.
Insider trading on the stock market. If you are a member of
Congress, those laws are deemed not to apply, Schweizer added.
The fact is, if you sit on a healthcare committee and you know
that Medicare, for example, is is considering not reimbursing
for a certain drug that's market moving information. And if you
can trade stock on off of that information and do so legally,
that's a great profit making opportunity. And that sort of
behavior goes on.
Pelosis office issued a statement Sunday saying, It is very
troubling that 60 Minutes would base their reporting off of an
already-discredited conservative author who has made a career
out of attacking Democrats.
September 4, 1942 (age 70)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Political party Democratic
Alma mater Cornell University (BA, PhD)
University of Delaware (MA)
Occupation college professor
Religion Judaism
http://www.usatoday.com/story/onpolitics/2013/07/19/filner-san-
diego-mayor-resign-pelosi/2569379/
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi declined to say whether San
Diego Mayor Bob Filner should resign amid allegations that he
sexually harassed women.
"What goes on in San Diego is up to the people of San Diego,"
Pelosi, D-Calif., said Friday.
Filner has rebuffed calls to step down. He has apologized for
his behavior and has acknowledged that he has at times
"intimidated" women. Donna Frye, a former council member and
Filner supporter, has said the mayor is "tragically unsafe for
any women to approach."
Filner served in the U.S. House from 1993 until last year, when
he became the first Democrat elected mayor of San Diego in 20
years.
Reps. Susan Davis and Scott Peters, Democrats who represent San
Diego in Congress, have been among the local and state lawmakers
who have called on Filner to step aside.
Nancy "Inside Trader" Pelosi, Democrat scumbag.
Born Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro
March 26, 1940 (age 73)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Political party Democratic Party
esidence Cannon H.O.B. (Official)
San Francisco, California (Private)
Alma mater Trinity Washington University
Religion Roman Catholicism
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/pelosi-stock-insider-
60minutes/2011/11/13/id/417848
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi bought stock in initial public
offerings (IPOs) that earned hefty returns while she had access
to insider information that would have been illegal for an
average citizen to trade with even though its perfectly legal
for elected officials, CBSs "60 Minutes" reported Sunday night.
In a piece relying on data collected from the conservative
Hoover Institution, "60 Minutes" revealed that elected officials
like Pelosi are exempt from insider trading laws regulations
that carry hefty prison sentences and fines for any other
citizen who trades stocks with private information on companies
that can affect their stock price.
In the case of elected officials this secret information
ranges from timely details on lucrative federal contracts to
legislation that can cause companies stocks to rise and fall
dramatically.
How do they get away with it? Lawmakers have exempted themselves
from the laws that govern every other citizen.
Pelosi, D-Calif., and her husband have participated in at least
eight IPOs while having access to information directly relating
to the companies involved. One of those came in 2008, from Visa,
just as a troublesome piece of legislation that would have hurt
credit card companies, began making its way through the House.
Undisturbed by a potential conflict of interest the Pelosis
purchased 5,000 shares of Visa at the initial price of $44
dollars. Two days later it was trading at $64. The credit card
legislation never made it to the floor of the House, Steve
Kroft of "60 Minutes" reported.
Kroft confronted Pelosi at a regular press conference after she
declined an interview.
Kroft: Madam Leader, I wanted to ask you why you and your
husband back in March of 2008 accepted and participated in a
very large IPO deal from Visa at a time there was major
legislation affecting the credit card companies making its way
through the through the House.
Nancy Pelosi: But
Kroft: And did you consider that to be a conflict of interest?
Pelosi: The y I I don't know what your point is of your
question. Is there some point that you want to make with that?
Kroft: Well, I I I guess what I'm asking is do you think
it's all right for a speaker to accept a very preferential,
favorable stock deal?
Pelosi: Well, we didn't.
Kroft: You participated in the IPO. And at the time you were
speaker of the House. You don't think it was a conflict of
interest or had the appearance--
Pelosi: No, it was not
Kroft: of a conflict of interest?
Pelosi: it doesn't it only has appearance if you decide that
you're going to have elaborate on a false premise. But it it
it's not true and that's that.
Kroft: I don't understand what part's not true.
Pelosi: Yes sir. That that I would act upon an investment.
The Hoover Institutions Peter Schweizer stressed that what
Pelosi did was completely legal.
There are all sorts of forms of honest grafts that congressmen
engage in that allow them to become very, very wealthy. So it's
not illegal, but I think it's highly unethical, I think it's
highly offensive, and wrong, he told Kroft.
Insider trading on the stock market. If you are a member of
Congress, those laws are deemed not to apply, Schweizer added.
The fact is, if you sit on a healthcare committee and you know
that Medicare, for example, is is considering not reimbursing
for a certain drug that's market moving information. And if you
can trade stock on off of that information and do so legally,
that's a great profit making opportunity. And that sort of
behavior goes on.
Pelosis office issued a statement Sunday saying, It is very
troubling that 60 Minutes would base their reporting off of an
already-discredited conservative author who has made a career
out of attacking Democrats.