My instinct was good — the execution was not. When I first heard Congressman Kagen’s latest claim that his wife and Laura Bush are now close buds ["they converse, they go to tea together, they go to White House functions together"], I said to my colleagues on the KagenWatch blog ‘let’s call the campaign and demand to know exactly how many times Gayle Kagen has had tea with Laura Bush’. The response? ‘Wouldn’t go there Todd. She’s the chair of the Freshman class spouse’s hospitality committee. Chances are she has been to the White House for tea. Focus on the fact he’s changing his story…again.’ And the matter died. That is, until Mark Belling picked it up later that day…
Time to get the band back together?
My earlier post about Congressman Kagen really has me hacked off and I’m thinking it’s time to get kagenwatch.com going again. To be quite honest, I never thought there’d be a need for kagenwatch.com after the last election but Gard for Congress 2.0 didn’t get the job done and we’ve been giving him a pass since the election. If you’re a competent writer or blogger and have a passion for tracking and exposing the things that Congressman Kagen is doing, contact me here. I’d like to talk with you about kagenwatch.com 2.0…
For it is light that makes everything visible…
Congressman Kagen questions Governor Doyle about what he plans to do with all the money that he’s going to receive from the new Obama Oligarchy. It’s interesting to watch the body language between these two as they prepare to send us ‘down the river’ — it’s seems to me they can barely keep a straight face as they ‘dance’ in a congressional hearing. You’ll have to click the link if you want to see for yourself and that’s what bothers me most about this particular video — a technical issue that I hope I can explain easily…
Congressman Kagen has a YouTube ‘channel’ where he uses taxpayer dollars to post his propaganda videos. Under normal circumstances a YouTube video as two options that people can use to share that video with others; one is a URL or a web address, the other is embed code. Embed code is what I use throughout this blog to bring the video directlly to you. Congressman Kagen and his team have gone out of their way to make it difficult for me and others like me to share this video with you by disabling the embedding of this video. As you can see it clearly says ‘Embedding disabled by request’ — as a publisher of videos I know that you have to purposely select this option so that your video cannot be shared as easily.
You might say ‘C’mon, Todd — isn’t that a little nitpicky?’ Maybe, but that video, and the right to embed and distribute it were paid for by my tax dollars and are part of the free and open flow of information in a democracy. The fact that Congressman Kagen has chosen to deny us that basic right speak volumes about him, who he is, and what he does. I can’t help but think of something I read at a bible study last night: “for it is light that makes everything visible” — apparently Congressman Kagen wants to keep his activities out of the light. Call Congressman Kagen at his office in Appleton (920) 380-0061 or Green Bay (920) 437-1954 and ask him why he wants to avoid accountability…
Another Shameful Indicator…
…of Congressman Kagen’s position. He refused to fill out the survey sponsored by the Wisconsin Family Council. How long will the 8th Congressional District be taken for the fool by Kagen?
Congressman Kagen! Come Clean on your FDA Case…
Day six and Representative Kagen has yet to clear the air and explain his case with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Kagen still refuses to come clean.
This, nearly two years after Kagen’s allergy clinics were under investigation by the FDA for which Kagen never told his constituents of the alleged wrongdoing nor did he explain how the issue was resolved, if at all.
Back in December 2006, the FDA issued a letter to Kagen stating that his clinic had “manufactured polymerized ragweed and polymerized grass allergen vaccines from commercially distributed pollen, and you have administered these products to patients in your clinic” and in at least 24 other states. The FDA letter further stated that Kagen’s shipments of the vaccines “represent violations of the [Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic] FD&C Act and/or the PHS [Public Health Service] Act.” Read the full article