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Showing posts with label Corruption. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Corruption. Show all posts

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Heh heh... You Said "Taint"

The Blag... Blago... Blagoy... Blagoya... The Governor of Illinois scandal in repetition:

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via Tammy Bruce

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

How Sweet It Would Be...

Jesse Jackson Jr. Denies Wrongdoing In Governor's Corruption Case
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. denied any wrongdoing Wednesday in the corruption case against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, after his lawyer acknowledged that the Illinois congressman was likely the "Senate Candidate 5" named in the FBI complaint. [...]

Senate Candidate 5 is listed in the FBI complaint, which includes a compendium of wiretapped conversations involving Blagojevich and his allies, as being named by the governor as an option for Obama's Senate seat because he would pay or raise money to Blagojevich's re-election campaign.

According to the affidavit, in a Dec. 4 recording of Blagojevich with an unnamed adviser and unnamed fundraiser, the governor says he may be able to cut a deal with Senate Candidate 5 that provides Blagojevich with something "tangible up front."

If Blagojevich ran for re-election, Senate Candidate 5 would "raise money" for the campaign, the affidavit alleges.
I didn't think this could get any better, but my goodness wouldn't a Jesse Jackson Jr. indictment just be the whipped cream topping on this whole corruption case?

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Tuesday, December 9, 2008

A F-cking Entertaining Thing!

The criminal complaint filed today against Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich contains a remarkable section detailing the Democratic politician's alleged attempt to cash in on his ability to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. Attached to the U.S. District Court complaint is an FBI affidavit, excerpted below, alleging that Blagojevich was caught on wiretaps noting that the Senate seat "is a fucking valuable thing, you just don't give it away for nothing." He was also recorded saying that unless "I get something real good," he would appoint himself to the vacancy. "I'm going to keep this Senate option for me a real possibility, you know, and therefore I can drive a hard bargain. You hear what I'm saying. And if I don't get what I want and I'm not satisfied with it, then I'll just take the Senate seat myself."
What a dick. Speaking of Dicks, Sen. Durbin wasted no time in making sure to throw out the "presumption of innocence" line that's always quickly and repeatedly bleated by Democrats when one of their own is caught red f-cking handed, but quickly forgotten when a Republican is being charged with a crime. Conservatives might be smelling the first blood in the water for 2010 if we can get our act together.

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Sunday, December 7, 2008

Excellent Choice

Louisiana Voters Oust Indicted Rep. William Jefferson
Voters in Louisiana ousted indicted Democratic Rep. William Jefferson on Saturday, instead electing a Republican attorney who will be the first Vietnamese-American in Congress.

Unofficial results showed Anh "Joseph" Cao denying Jefferson a 10th term. Republicans made an aggressive push to take the seat from the 61-year-old incumbent, who has pleaded not guilty to charges of bribery, laundering money and misusing his congressional office.

Cao, 41, won a predominantly black and heavily Democratic district that covers most of New Orleans.
Now Jefferson can concentrate on his trial and further development of his "cold cash" refrigeration technology, and the citizens of his district can hopefully have an effective (and honest) leader representing them in Congress.

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Sunday, October 5, 2008

Don't Let Barney Frank Touch Your Dice

Wise words in any context, but especially when it comes to Fannie and Freddie. Here's some - hopefully more, and more well known - quotes from Democrats about the two government mortgage giants:
House Financial Services Committee hearing, Sept. 10, 2003

Rep. Barney Frank (D., Mass.): I worry, frankly, that there's a tension here. The more people, in my judgment, exaggerate a threat of safety and soundness, the more people conjure up the possibility of serious financial losses to the Treasury, which I do not see. I think we see entities that are fundamentally sound financially and withstand some of the disaster scenarios. . . .

Rep. Maxine Waters (D., Calif.), speaking to Housing and Urban Development Secretary Mel Martinez: Secretary Martinez, if it ain't broke, why do you want to fix it? Have the GSEs [government-sponsored enterprises] ever missed their housing goals?

House Financial Services Committee hearing, Sept. 25, 2003

Rep. Frank: I do think I do not want the same kind of focus on safety and soundness that we have in OCC [Office of the Comptroller of the Currency] and OTS [Office of Thrift Supervision]. I want to roll the dice a little bit more in this situation towards subsidized housing...

Senate Banking Committee, Oct. 16, 2003

Sen. Charles Schumer (D., N.Y.): And my worry is that we're using the recent safety and soundness concerns, particularly with Freddie, and with a poor regulator, as a straw man to curtail Fannie and Freddie's mission. And I don't think there is any doubt that there are some in the administration who don't believe in Fannie and Freddie altogether, say let the private sector do it. That would be sort of an ideological position.

Mr. Raines: But more importantly, banks are in a far more risky business than we are.
A Washington joke making the rounds in 2006: What's the difference between Enron and Fannie Mae? The guys at Enron have been convicted. More here.

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Monday, September 15, 2008

A Fine Example Of Democrat Hypocrisy

More Errors For Rep. Rangel; Hires New Account
A new set of potential problems in Rep. Charles Rangel's financial papers has prompted the tax-writing lawmaker to decide to hire a forensic accounting expert to try to unravel the mess.

Rangel, chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, is already the subject of ethics committee investigations on several fronts, including unreported income and unpaid taxes on his beach house in the Dominican Republic.

Despite Republican calls for Rangel to be stripped of his Ways and Means Committee chairmanship, a spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told CBS 2 HD it is not going to happen.
And we all know what Pelosi would be saying if this were a Republican on the Ways and Means Committee. It's the typical Democrat tactic when one of their own is caught with a hand in the cookie jar: defend, defend, defend, deny, deny, deny... even if they're marched off to the slammer. The New York Times (yes the New. York. Times.) disagrees with Pelosi and rightly takes Rangel to task calling for him to at least temporarily surrender the gavel until his alleged improprieties are sorted out.

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Wednesday, August 6, 2008

What Happened To "Provide For The Common Defense?"

Mexico Invades The United States... Again:
A U.S. Border Patrol agent was held at gunpoint Sunday night by members of the Mexican military who had crossed the border into Arizona, but the soldiers returned to Mexico without incident when backup agents responded to assist.

Agents assigned to the Border Patrol station at Ajo, Ariz., said the Mexican soldiers crossed the international border in an isolated area about 100 miles southwest of Tucson and pointed rifles at the agent, who was not identified.
This is an act of war right? The Mexican military taking an officer of the United States federal government hostage after violating our territory does count as an invasion doesn't it?

I'm telling you our corrupt, third world "neighbor" to the south is leaving us no other choice but to secure our border by force. We should occupy about 1 mile of Mexican territory south of our border and build the fence and a "no man's land" there, and also remind them that if they've grown fond of Veracruz or Guadalajara they may want to back the fuck off and get their house in order.

via Michelle Malkin

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Sunday, July 22, 2007

Careful What You Wish For Senator Reid

It seems that Harry Reid wants a "full airing" of the Vitter Affair. Not to defend what Senator Vitter did, I still find it horribly hypocritical that marital infidelity has suddenly become bad since Bill Clinton left office. Not to mention that Senator Reid has more dirty laundry to air than your local coin operated laundromat. For example:
1) The Las Vegas land deal in which he pocketed a cool $1.1 million for the sale of property he hadn't personally owned for years.

2) Illegally using campaign money to mete out Christmas bonuses for staffers.

3) Receiving money from Abramoff.

4) Using his power and influence to "grease the palms" of his family members and their businesses in exchange for Dirty Harry's help with legislation.
How about it Senator Reid, is that enough airing for you? You have a log in your eye Harry, get that out before you go tweezing for sawdust in someone else's.

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