[heroineworshipper]

Natural gas may not be a fossil fuel anymore, but Nancy Pelosi is a fossil.

[Lanthanide]

I guess the whole "natural" part of "natural gas" makes her think it's somehow a "green" fuel or something?

[chris-h]

peak oil will be the death of democracy.

it will be replaced by eltocracy

wait . it has already happened.

less than 5 mil personal worth and getting elected is almost impossible.

[Quinny]

You ignoramuses just don't understand!

She's absolutely right.

I'm only 48 and no way can you class me as a fossil.

But my production of natural gas is plentiful.

..and I actually won the fart lighting contest at Uni at tender age of 19!

[Plantagenet]

Nancy means well, but like most lawyers she is essentially a scientific illiterate.

[Roccland]

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[Plantagenet]

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[Roccland]

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[Plantagenet]

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[Roccland]

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')Nancy lied about troop withdrawals, about impeachment, and now she has been exposed as a dumbass.

[Cashmere]

Pelosi is not smart.

People tend to conflate "successful" with "smart".

They forget, as shown by Hillary and Nancy, that simply being extremely determined and cut throat will get you there must more assuredly than simply being smart.

In any event, I have no doubt that anybody who rises to speaker of th house stature is a very hard worker.

[Plantagenet]

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[Roccland]

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Nancy Pelosi is a smart, successful woman.

[rdsaltpower]

you are right Rocco, shes a well qualified dumbass!

[Maddog78]

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Pelosi orders wide Wall Street probe
By: Mike Allen
September 16, 2008 08:33 PM EST

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has ordered a broad, swift investigation of Wall Street and will demand testimony from Bush administration officials and captains of finance, congressional officials said.

House Democrats plan to aggressively look at the administration’s role in the meltdown over the weekend and to explore further regulation and government structures that would be taken up under the new president.

Republican aides accused Democrats of trying to shift blame with a series of “show trials,” but acknowledged that key officials will wind up cooperating.

The hearings will take place over the next few weeks, the officials said. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, who regularly appears on Capitol Hill, will be called to testify as part of the investigation.

As the main event, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House oversight committee, wrote to Richard Fuld, chief executive of the imploded Lehman Brothers, to ask him to appear on Capitol Hill on Sept. 25.

“The hearing will examine the regulatory mistakes and financial excesses that led to yesterday's bankruptcy filing by Lehman Brothers,” Waxman wrote. “The committee will also explore the impacts of the Lehman bankruptcy on financial markets and the United States economy.”

Separately, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, plans a forward-looking hearing with economists on Wednesday to “begin a conversation about where we go with the capital markets,” a House aide said.

Frank plans “oversight of what happened this weekend with the Treasury and Federal Reserve,” and will look at “how bad the capital markets are, and what may be needed.”

“The markets are not self-correcting,” the aide said. “If they continue to not self-correct over the next several months, is there a federal response? There might be more federal intervention that’s needed. We’ll proceed cautiously, and that would be next year."

Both chairmen are acting at the direction of Pelosi, who told them to figure out what happened and demonstrate that they are on top of the situation, the officials said.

Pelosi said Tuesday on MSNBC that she expects a “restructuring” of the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac “in the next Congress with a new president.”

“Are they quasi-governmental organizations, are they quasi-nongovernmental organizations? Should they just be share hold private institutions?” she said. “We have to examine that. And I've asked the chairmen — Chairman Frank and the Chairman Waxman, the chairman of our Oversight and Reform Committee, to take a look at both of those.”

[threadbear]

Tough talk. I'm sure they're shaking in their boots. The closest Pelosi has gotten to the bottom of anything is kissing neo-con and neo-lib a**.

[killJOY]

NANCY PELOSI IS OFF THE TABLE.

[AlexdeLarge]

Botox Pelosi wont do squat. She is just shooting off her mouth until she gets another fix.

I hope someone will call for a special prosecutor!!! But they won't because both sides of the aisle are up to their ears in this crap. You can't investigate the Republicans without bringing in the Dems. So they will agree to cover each others arse!!

[Jotapay]

She's a worthless bag of political hot air.

[Dreamtwister]

Well I know *I* feel better, knowing that Nancy is on the job...