Reader an item that has come to your author’s attention cannot be ignored and it is pertinent that you give it some scant attention. Trust your author, this is far more important than who will win American Idol.

There is an alarming trend in Congress that for whatever reason the big media machine are unable or refuse to take note. Some publications considered ‘right wing’ by conventional thinking self described liberal groups are taking note. Why every American isn’t outraged over this trend or at least clued in is beyond your author’s understanding.

Senator Dianne Feinstein Democrat from California and former Mayor of San Francisco has suddenly stepped down from her post on the Military Appropriation Appropriations subcommittee (MILCON). The subcommittee oversees the construction projects for military base and other entities. Here is a list of recent contracts awarded by MILCON with other relevant details.

Feinstein’s husband is the ultra rich Richard Blum. Through a series of investment partnership he and Feinstein own an estimated $1billion of the outstanding stock for these three companies. In the case of *CB Richard Ellis Blum is considered a major shareholder owning 7.5 million of the company's 227 million outstanding shares. These astute investments have allowed Feinstein to claim the title the fifth most wealthiest Senator.

Also note the absence of the non-bid factor in some of these contracts. Where is the American Left with their cries of such nuggets? These were the same ones that cried foul when Haliburton and the Iraq War were mentioned in the same sentence

To date not a single major publication has picked up on this story. It wasn’t until MetroActive News, a regional news web page focused on California’s Silicon Valley, reported on this obvious conflict of interest. However the LA Times was more than willing to publish this Feinstein penned rant against the President defending his Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez..

Senator Feinstein isn’t the only one with a conflict of interest issue. There is Democrat Congressman Allan B. Mollohan of West Virginia who watched his net worth ramp up after he appropriated funds to his home state where his business partners benefitted. There is also House Republican power figure Dennis Hastert from Illinois whose son Joshua lobbies on behalf of biotech giant Amgen and Lockheed Martin. There is also the favorite war hero for the American Left, Democrat Congressman Jack Murtha from Pennsylvania and Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. Murtha’s brother is Robert "Kit" Murtha, an employee of KSA Consulting, which is a lobby group specializing in representing defense contractors among other industries. And finally there is Senator Hillary Clinton , Democrat Senator from New York and humiliated First Lady during the Clinton Administration. While she ripped the Bush Administration over the Dubai Ports incident because a company from the Arab Emirates would manage several US ports; it was uncovered that her husband and former President Bill Clinton was actually charging a fee to speak with the country’s officials and addressed the ports issue specifically, thereby allowing the Clintons to play both sides of the issue.

Many within the Congressional Democrats team have set about to destroy the Bush Administration. At every corner taken by the President, words such as ‘impeachment’ have been thrown around and have become acceptable sound bites for many in the big media machine. From Haliburton to the Patriot Act to Attorney General Gonzalez, they have been relentless in their attempt to cause what is nothing more than static or haze and in the end a complete waste of time. Maybe they wish to deflect the attention from their own questionable closets? Thus far it is working.