NOVEMBER IS IMPEACHMENT REFERENDUM OF THE BUSH CRIME FAMILY...do your
part to save the USA and mankind.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/3/29/193445/904

http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache...t= clnk&cd=10
(the above link is the html version of a pdf file... please click on
the pdf link it brings up and download the form that lets you help in
getting Bush impeached... you need Adobe to read and print the pdf
form)

Note there are also clauses in the Constitution by which we can get
impeached all the corrupt judges that the impeached Bush has stacked
the courts with....

Do Not Give Up Hope.

-- Bush Crime Family Is the "Mountain of Corruption" on which all the
other molehills live(dating back to granpappy Prescott Bush's
patnership with Adolph Hitler) ... it is a symbiotic coupling, cut off
the head of the serpent and the culture of corruption surrounding and
supporting Bush Crime Family will fade. NOVEMBER IS A REFERENDUM ON
IMPEACHMENT OF THE BUSH CRIME FAMILY...do your part to save mankind...
vote Democrat (or if the Green Candidate is winning vote Green)

Karl Rove exposed, thus destroying, a legitimate undercover CIA
operation that was protecting the U.S. and the world from black market
nuclear weapons... WHY? because they had proven that Bush was lying
about WMD's in Iraq before the 2004 elections. Karl Rove, one of the
main people who tells Bush what to say(everyone knows Bush is dumb as a
rock) is guilty of TREASON.

================================================== =========


http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0610/S00294.htm


Thursday, 19 October 2006

LIKE THE MAFIA ONLY DUMBER

By William Rivers Pitt
t r u t h o u t | Perspective

Josh Marshall, who runs the excellent blog Talking Points Memo,
recently posted a reader's take on "The 5 Stages of Republican
Scandal."

As follows:

1. "I have not been informed of any investigation or that I am a
target."


2. "I am cooperating fully, but this whole thing is a political ploy by
the Democrats."

3. "I'm SHOCKED by the mistakes made by my subordinates."

4. "I'm deeply sorry for letting down my friends and family. I now
recognize that I am an alcoholic. I will be entering rehab immediately,
so I have no time for questions."

5. "Can I serve my time at Eglin Federal Penitentiary (aka Club Fed) if
I turn stoolie for you?"

We have seen a fair amount of this already, and will soon see a lot
more of it. The news media is all abuzz about Republican scandals, from
Foley to Abramoff, but simply hearing about it from the television does
not do the situation justice, if you'll pardon the bad pun. You have to
see it all in one place to understand the depths to which the GOP has
sunk.

Bear in mind, as you peruse the following roll call, that these guys
are getting busted for this stuff while their party has absolute
control over the House, the Senate, the White House and the Justice
Department.

Huffington Post columnist Stephen Elliot pegged it recently when he
wrote, "The fact is if you control the Senate, the White House, and the
courts, and you're still getting busted for bribery, stalking children,
and money laundering, then something is really sick at the Republican
core."

Indeed.

Thus, without further ado and in no particular order ...

Jack Abramoff: The disgraced "super-lobbyist" has been nailed for wire
fraud, and is cooperating in the investigation into the bribing four
Republican members of congress.

Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas): Once the most powerful man in the House of
Representatives, Texas congressman DeLay now stands indicted on three
counts of money laundering, charges stemming from his all-out attempt
to secure a permanent Republican majority in the House. His story isn't
finished; the Abramoff investigators have been sniffing around his door
for months now.

Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio): Ney has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from
Jack Abramoff. Ney pulled #4 out of the bag of GOP excuses above,
announcing that he has entered a rehab clinic for alcohol addiction.

Tony Rudy: Once the deputy chief of staff for Tom DeLay, Rudy has
pleaded guilty to bribing a Republican House member, said member widely
assumed to be Bob Ney. Rudy also pleaded guilty to accepting bribes
from Abramoff in return for favorable actions on Abramoff's behalf by
his former boss.

Mike Scanlon: Another Republican lobbyist and former DeLay press
secretary, Scanlon has pleaded guilty to stealing millions of dollars
from Native American tribes, on whose behalf he was supposed to be
lobbying Congress regarding casinos. Scanlon is also cooperating with
federal investigators.

Rep. Randy Cunningham (R-Calif.): The California congressman has
pleaded guilty to accepting $2.5 million in bribes, in exchange for
steering federal contracts to a number of defense firms. Cunningham is
currently staring down the barrel of eight years in prison.

Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.): There isn't much more to say about this
fellow, who has joined Rep. Ney in the I'm-an-alcoholic-going-to-rehab
club.

Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) : Long considered to be little more than
the mush-mouthed front man for Tom DeLay, Speaker of the House Hastert
has found himself swept up in the Foley scandal. Several fellow
congressmen have said that they warned Hastert about Foley's improper
behavior, but nothing was done about it until the Foley emails went
public. The watchword for today is "cover-up."

I. Lewis Libby: Cheney's former chief of staff, "Scooter" Libby, has
been indicted on five counts of lying to investigators regarding the
outing of deep-cover CIA agent Valerie Plame.

David Safavian: Once the head of the White House Office of Federal
Procurement, Safavian has been convicted of four counts of lying to
investigators regarding a bribe he took from Abramoff.

Claude Allen: Formerly a domestic policy advisor to the White House,
Allen was arrested for shoplifting thousands of dollars worth of
merchandise from various retail stores.

Brian Doyle: Formerly the Department of Homeland Security's deputy
press secretary, Doyle was arrested for attempting to seduce a
14-year-old girl over the internet.

James Tobin: Tobin, who served as the northeast field director for the
Republican Senate Campaign Committee, has been convicted on two counts
of conspiracy stemming from a phone-jamming scheme in New Hampshire
during the 2002 midterms. Tobin made dozens of phone calls during this
time to the White House political affairs office. He was sentenced to
ten months in prison.

Susan Ralston: An aide to White House political advisor Karl Rove,
Ralston resigned recently after her multiple meetings with Jack
Abramoff became public knowledge. Ralston was also in the habit of
accepting gifts, such as tickets to sporting events, from the disgraced
lobbyist.

Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.): Doolittle hasn't been convicted of
anything yet, but has rolled out the "not a target" line regarding the
investigation into Abramoff's bribery scheme.

Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.): Like Doolittle, Burns has deployed the
"not a target" line regarding the Abramoff probe. He is, however,
apparently a "target" of the probe, a fact that has his staffers
splitting rhetorical hairs at warp speed.

Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.): Rep. Dale Kildee, the only Democrat on the
House Page Board, dropped an interesting brick the other day. While
commenting on a conference call between page board members regarding
"other allegations" beyond those directed at Rep. Foley, Kildee said,
"It was about other allegations and I'd like to leave it at that. Let
me just say, not about Mr. Foley." These "other allegations" appear to
be augering towards Rep. Kolbe, who took two former pages on a camping
trip several years ago. A federal investigation has been opened to look
into the matter.

Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.): The senate majority leader is currently
under investigation by the SEC for seemingly taking advantage of
insider information to make a killing on stocks, the company attached
to said stocks being owned by his family.

Lester Crawford: Once the Bush administration's FDA commissioner,
Crawford has been charged in federal court for conflict of interest,
and for making false statements related to his investments. He recently
pleaded guilty to the charges.

Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.): The home of Weldon's daughter was raided by
federal investigators on Monday. The investigators are looking hard at
her lobbying firm, and whether her well-connected father improperly
steered business her way. Weldon has pulled out #2 above, laying the
whole thing off on a Democratic plot to destroy him.

Tom Noe: A four-star Republican fund-raiser in Ohio, Noe has just gone
on trial for stealing millions from a fund for injured workers and
spending it on himself.

Here's the best part:

George W. Bush has officially declared that this is now National
Character Counts Week.

Seriously.

You can't make this stuff up.

"America's strength is found in the spirit and character of our
people," reads the Bush proclamation.

"During National Character Counts Week, we renew our commitment to
instilling values in our young people and to encouraging all Americans
to remember the importance of good character."

Someone apparently forgot to circulate the "Character Counts" memo
among the ranks of the Republican Party, it seems.

At the end of it, you have to think of this crew as being like the
Mafia, only a lot dumber.

Think about it.

The Mafia's criminal enterprises operate under heavy scrutiny from
local, state and federal officials, all of whom have subpoena power,
not to mention the ability to tap phones and kick down doors.

The Republican criminal enterprise that is currently unraveling in all
directions, on the other hand, operated virtually free from restraint
or scrutiny.

They own the government, from the Oval Office to the FBI to the Capitol
Dome, and yet somehow they are managing to get busted left and right.

And, of course, the really serious criminal behavior - lying about
weapons of mass destruction to initiate a war of conquest that has
enriched White House allies while killing untold tens of thousands of
people, including almost three thousand American soldiers, for starters
- continues to operate with impunity.

For now.

Rumor has it there is an election in November.

Depending on how it shakes out, things might get really interesting
after the New Year.

These people above got nailed even though their allies are running the
show.

If that should change, several dozen varieties of Hell are likely to
break loose.

__________________________________________________ _____

The Bush Crime Family's gonna see to it that they're all gonna be
sleeping wid da fishes.

Harry
(see all of Harry Hope's excellent posts as they break, put this link
in your browser, use it, this is a search on google groups, on the
author Harry Hope sorted by date... nothing fancy):
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=&s...Rsqjc7uC t1A&


With history moving so fast these days you might also want to sort
Harry Hope's posts by "relevance" particulary if the lies and
misdirection that we are all being sujected to by the extensive Bush
Crime Family Propagand machine are confusing you. Using the "sort by
relevance" option has a way of letting you take in the big picture.
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=&s...Rsqjc7uC t1A&

Please stop spamming this ng.

Thank you.

~Deborah

zoro robin hood wrote:
> NOVEMBER IS IMPEACHMENT REFERENDUM OF THE BUSH CRIME FAMILY...do your
> part to save the USA and mankind.
>
> http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/3/29/193445/904
>
> http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache...t= clnk&cd=10
> (the above link is the html version of a pdf file... please click on
> the pdf link it brings up and download the form that lets you help in
> getting Bush impeached... you need Adobe to read and print the pdf
> form)
>
> Note there are also clauses in the Constitution by which we can get
> impeached all the corrupt judges that the impeached Bush has stacked
> the courts with....
>
> Do Not Give Up Hope.
>
> -- Bush Crime Family Is the "Mountain of Corruption" on which all the
> other molehills live(dating back to granpappy Prescott Bush's
> patnership with Adolph Hitler) ... it is a symbiotic coupling, cut off
> the head of the serpent and the culture of corruption surrounding and
> supporting Bush Crime Family will fade. NOVEMBER IS A REFERENDUM ON
> IMPEACHMENT OF THE BUSH CRIME FAMILY...do your part to save mankind...
> vote Democrat (or if the Green Candidate is winning vote Green)
>
> Karl Rove exposed, thus destroying, a legitimate undercover CIA
> operation that was protecting the U.S. and the world from black market
> nuclear weapons... WHY? because they had proven that Bush was lying
> about WMD's in Iraq before the 2004 elections. Karl Rove, one of the
> main people who tells Bush what to say(everyone knows Bush is dumb as a
> rock) is guilty of TREASON.
>
> ================================================== =========
>
>
> http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0610/S00294.htm
>
>
> Thursday, 19 October 2006
>
> LIKE THE MAFIA ONLY DUMBER
>
> By William Rivers Pitt
> t r u t h o u t | Perspective
>
> Josh Marshall, who runs the excellent blog Talking Points Memo,
> recently posted a reader's take on "The 5 Stages of Republican
> Scandal."
>
> As follows:
>
> 1. "I have not been informed of any investigation or that I am a
> target."
>
>
> 2. "I am cooperating fully, but this whole thing is a political ploy by
> the Democrats."
>
> 3. "I'm SHOCKED by the mistakes made by my subordinates."
>
> 4. "I'm deeply sorry for letting down my friends and family. I now
> recognize that I am an alcoholic. I will be entering rehab immediately,
> so I have no time for questions."
>
> 5. "Can I serve my time at Eglin Federal Penitentiary (aka Club Fed) if
> I turn stoolie for you?"
>
> We have seen a fair amount of this already, and will soon see a lot
> more of it. The news media is all abuzz about Republican scandals, from
> Foley to Abramoff, but simply hearing about it from the television does
> not do the situation justice, if you'll pardon the bad pun. You have to
> see it all in one place to understand the depths to which the GOP has
> sunk.
>
> Bear in mind, as you peruse the following roll call, that these guys
> are getting busted for this stuff while their party has absolute
> control over the House, the Senate, the White House and the Justice
> Department.
>
> Huffington Post columnist Stephen Elliot pegged it recently when he
> wrote, "The fact is if you control the Senate, the White House, and the
> courts, and you're still getting busted for bribery, stalking children,
> and money laundering, then something is really sick at the Republican
> core."
>
> Indeed.
>
> Thus, without further ado and in no particular order ...
>
> Jack Abramoff: The disgraced "super-lobbyist" has been nailed for wire
> fraud, and is cooperating in the investigation into the bribing four
> Republican members of congress.
>
> Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas): Once the most powerful man in the House of
> Representatives, Texas congressman DeLay now stands indicted on three
> counts of money laundering, charges stemming from his all-out attempt
> to secure a permanent Republican majority in the House. His story isn't
> finished; the Abramoff investigators have been sniffing around his door
> for months now.
>
> Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio): Ney has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from
> Jack Abramoff. Ney pulled #4 out of the bag of GOP excuses above,
> announcing that he has entered a rehab clinic for alcohol addiction.
>
> Tony Rudy: Once the deputy chief of staff for Tom DeLay, Rudy has
> pleaded guilty to bribing a Republican House member, said member widely
> assumed to be Bob Ney. Rudy also pleaded guilty to accepting bribes
> from Abramoff in return for favorable actions on Abramoff's behalf by
> his former boss.
>
> Mike Scanlon: Another Republican lobbyist and former DeLay press
> secretary, Scanlon has pleaded guilty to stealing millions of dollars
> from Native American tribes, on whose behalf he was supposed to be
> lobbying Congress regarding casinos. Scanlon is also cooperating with
> federal investigators.
>
> Rep. Randy Cunningham (R-Calif.): The California congressman has
> pleaded guilty to accepting $2.5 million in bribes, in exchange for
> steering federal contracts to a number of defense firms. Cunningham is
> currently staring down the barrel of eight years in prison.
>
> Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.): There isn't much more to say about this
> fellow, who has joined Rep. Ney in the I'm-an-alcoholic-going-to-rehab
> club.
>
> Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) : Long considered to be little more than
> the mush-mouthed front man for Tom DeLay, Speaker of the House Hastert
> has found himself swept up in the Foley scandal. Several fellow
> congressmen have said that they warned Hastert about Foley's improper
> behavior, but nothing was done about it until the Foley emails went
> public. The watchword for today is "cover-up."
>
> I. Lewis Libby: Cheney's former chief of staff, "Scooter" Libby, has
> been indicted on five counts of lying to investigators regarding the
> outing of deep-cover CIA agent Valerie Plame.
>
> David Safavian: Once the head of the White House Office of Federal
> Procurement, Safavian has been convicted of four counts of lying to
> investigators regarding a bribe he took from Abramoff.
>
> Claude Allen: Formerly a domestic policy advisor to the White House,
> Allen was arrested for shoplifting thousands of dollars worth of
> merchandise from various retail stores.
>
> Brian Doyle: Formerly the Department of Homeland Security's deputy
> press secretary, Doyle was arrested for attempting to seduce a
> 14-year-old girl over the internet.
>
> James Tobin: Tobin, who served as the northeast field director for the
> Republican Senate Campaign Committee, has been convicted on two counts
> of conspiracy stemming from a phone-jamming scheme in New Hampshire
> during the 2002 midterms. Tobin made dozens of phone calls during this
> time to the White House political affairs office. He was sentenced to
> ten months in prison.
>
> Susan Ralston: An aide to White House political advisor Karl Rove,
> Ralston resigned recently after her multiple meetings with Jack
> Abramoff became public knowledge. Ralston was also in the habit of
> accepting gifts, such as tickets to sporting events, from the disgraced
> lobbyist.
>
> Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.): Doolittle hasn't been convicted of
> anything yet, but has rolled out the "not a target" line regarding the
> investigation into Abramoff's bribery scheme.
>
> Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.): Like Doolittle, Burns has deployed the
> "not a target" line regarding the Abramoff probe. He is, however,
> apparently a "target" of the probe, a fact that has his staffers
> splitting rhetorical hairs at warp speed.
>
> Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.): Rep. Dale Kildee, the only Democrat on the
> House Page Board, dropped an interesting brick the other day. While
> commenting on a conference call between page board members regarding
> "other allegations" beyond those directed at Rep. Foley, Kildee said,
> "It was about other allegations and I'd like to leave it at that. Let
> me just say, not about Mr. Foley." These "other allegations" appear to
> be augering towards Rep. Kolbe, who took two former pages on a camping
> trip several years ago. A federal investigation has been opened to look
> into the matter.
>
> Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.): The senate majority leader is currently
> under investigation by the SEC for seemingly taking advantage of
> insider information to make a killing on stocks, the company attached
> to said stocks being owned by his family.
>
> Lester Crawford: Once the Bush administration's FDA commissioner,
> Crawford has been charged in federal court for conflict of interest,
> and for making false statements related to his investments. He recently
> pleaded guilty to the charges.
>
> Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.): The home of Weldon's daughter was raided by
> federal investigators on Monday. The investigators are looking hard at
> her lobbying firm, and whether her well-connected father improperly
> steered business her way. Weldon has pulled out #2 above, laying the
> whole thing off on a Democratic plot to destroy him.
>
> Tom Noe: A four-star Republican fund-raiser in Ohio, Noe has just gone
> on trial for stealing millions from a fund for injured workers and
> spending it on himself.
>
> Here's the best part:
>
> George W. Bush has officially declared that this is now National
> Character Counts Week.
>
> Seriously.
>
> You can't make this stuff up.
>
> "America's strength is found in the spirit and character of our
> people," reads the Bush proclamation.
>
> "During National Character Counts Week, we renew our commitment to
> instilling values in our young people and to encouraging all Americans
> to remember the importance of good character."
>
> Someone apparently forgot to circulate the "Character Counts" memo
> among the ranks of the Republican Party, it seems.
>
> At the end of it, you have to think of this crew as being like the
> Mafia, only a lot dumber.
>
> Think about it.
>
> The Mafia's criminal enterprises operate under heavy scrutiny from
> local, state and federal officials, all of whom have subpoena power,
> not to mention the ability to tap phones and kick down doors.
>
> The Republican criminal enterprise that is currently unraveling in all
> directions, on the other hand, operated virtually free from restraint
> or scrutiny.
>
> They own the government, from the Oval Office to the FBI to the Capitol
> Dome, and yet somehow they are managing to get busted left and right.
>
> And, of course, the really serious criminal behavior - lying about
> weapons of mass destruction to initiate a war of conquest that has
> enriched White House allies while killing untold tens of thousands of
> people, including almost three thousand American soldiers, for starters
> - continues to operate with impunity.
>
> For now.
>
> Rumor has it there is an election in November.
>
> Depending on how it shakes out, things might get really interesting
> after the New Year.
>
> These people above got nailed even though their allies are running the
> show.
>
> If that should change, several dozen varieties of Hell are likely to
> break loose.
>
> __________________________________________________ _____
>
> The Bush Crime Family's gonna see to it that they're all gonna be
> sleeping wid da fishes.
>
> Harry
> (see all of Harry Hope's excellent posts as they break, put this link
> in your browser, use it, this is a search on google groups, on the
> author Harry Hope sorted by date... nothing fancy):
> http://groups.google.com/groups?q=&s...Rsqjc7uC t1A&
>
>
> With history moving so fast these days you might also want to sort
> Harry Hope's posts by "relevance" particulary if the lies and
> misdirection that we are all being sujected to by the extensive Bush
> Crime Family Propagand machine are confusing you. Using the "sort by
> relevance" option has a way of letting you take in the big picture.
> http://groups.google.com/groups?q=&s...Rsqjc7uC t1A&

subject changed back so Bush supporters can learn the sickness of their
ways
Deborah2 wrote:
> Please stop spamming this ng.
>
> Thank you.
>
> ~Deborah
>
> zoro robin hood wrote:
> > NOVEMBER IS IMPEACHMENT REFERENDUM OF THE BUSH CRIME FAMILY...do your
> > part to save the USA and mankind.
> >
> > http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/3/29/193445/904
> >
> > http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache...t= clnk&cd=10
> > (the above link is the html version of a pdf file... please click on
> > the pdf link it brings up and download the form that lets you help in
> > getting Bush impeached... you need Adobe to read and print the pdf
> > form)
> >
> > Note there are also clauses in the Constitution by which we can get
> > impeached all the corrupt judges that the impeached Bush has stacked
> > the courts with....
> >
> > Do Not Give Up Hope.
> >
> > -- Bush Crime Family Is the "Mountain of Corruption" on which all the
> > other molehills live(dating back to granpappy Prescott Bush's
> > patnership with Adolph Hitler) ... it is a symbiotic coupling, cut off
> > the head of the serpent and the culture of corruption surrounding and
> > supporting Bush Crime Family will fade. NOVEMBER IS A REFERENDUM ON
> > IMPEACHMENT OF THE BUSH CRIME FAMILY...do your part to save mankind...
> > vote Democrat (or if the Green Candidate is winning vote Green)
> >
> > Karl Rove exposed, thus destroying, a legitimate undercover CIA
> > operation that was protecting the U.S. and the world from black market
> > nuclear weapons... WHY? because they had proven that Bush was lying
> > about WMD's in Iraq before the 2004 elections. Karl Rove, one of the
> > main people who tells Bush what to say(everyone knows Bush is dumb as a
> > rock) is guilty of TREASON.
> >
> > ================================================== =========
> >
> >
> > http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0610/S00294.htm
> >
> >
> > Thursday, 19 October 2006
> >
> > LIKE THE MAFIA ONLY DUMBER
> >
> > By William Rivers Pitt
> > t r u t h o u t | Perspective
> >
> > Josh Marshall, who runs the excellent blog Talking Points Memo,
> > recently posted a reader's take on "The 5 Stages of Republican
> > Scandal."
> >
> > As follows:
> >
> > 1. "I have not been informed of any investigation or that I am a
> > target."
> >
> >
> > 2. "I am cooperating fully, but this whole thing is a political ploy by
> > the Democrats."
> >
> > 3. "I'm SHOCKED by the mistakes made by my subordinates."
> >
> > 4. "I'm deeply sorry for letting down my friends and family. I now
> > recognize that I am an alcoholic. I will be entering rehab immediately,
> > so I have no time for questions."
> >
> > 5. "Can I serve my time at Eglin Federal Penitentiary (aka Club Fed) if
> > I turn stoolie for you?"
> >
> > We have seen a fair amount of this already, and will soon see a lot
> > more of it. The news media is all abuzz about Republican scandals, from
> > Foley to Abramoff, but simply hearing about it from the television does
> > not do the situation justice, if you'll pardon the bad pun. You have to
> > see it all in one place to understand the depths to which the GOP has
> > sunk.
> >
> > Bear in mind, as you peruse the following roll call, that these guys
> > are getting busted for this stuff while their party has absolute
> > control over the House, the Senate, the White House and the Justice
> > Department.
> >
> > Huffington Post columnist Stephen Elliot pegged it recently when he
> > wrote, "The fact is if you control the Senate, the White House, and the
> > courts, and you're still getting busted for bribery, stalking children,
> > and money laundering, then something is really sick at the Republican
> > core."
> >
> > Indeed.
> >
> > Thus, without further ado and in no particular order ...
> >
> > Jack Abramoff: The disgraced "super-lobbyist" has been nailed for wire
> > fraud, and is cooperating in the investigation into the bribing four
> > Republican members of congress.
> >
> > Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas): Once the most powerful man in the House of
> > Representatives, Texas congressman DeLay now stands indicted on three
> > counts of money laundering, charges stemming from his all-out attempt
> > to secure a permanent Republican majority in the House. His story isn't
> > finished; the Abramoff investigators have been sniffing around his door
> > for months now.
> >
> > Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio): Ney has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from
> > Jack Abramoff. Ney pulled #4 out of the bag of GOP excuses above,
> > announcing that he has entered a rehab clinic for alcohol addiction.
> >
> > Tony Rudy: Once the deputy chief of staff for Tom DeLay, Rudy has
> > pleaded guilty to bribing a Republican House member, said member widely
> > assumed to be Bob Ney. Rudy also pleaded guilty to accepting bribes
> > from Abramoff in return for favorable actions on Abramoff's behalf by
> > his former boss.
> >
> > Mike Scanlon: Another Republican lobbyist and former DeLay press
> > secretary, Scanlon has pleaded guilty to stealing millions of dollars
> > from Native American tribes, on whose behalf he was supposed to be
> > lobbying Congress regarding casinos. Scanlon is also cooperating with
> > federal investigators.
> >
> > Rep. Randy Cunningham (R-Calif.): The California congressman has
> > pleaded guilty to accepting $2.5 million in bribes, in exchange for
> > steering federal contracts to a number of defense firms. Cunningham is
> > currently staring down the barrel of eight years in prison.
> >
> > Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.): There isn't much more to say about this
> > fellow, who has joined Rep. Ney in the I'm-an-alcoholic-going-to-rehab
> > club.
> >
> > Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) : Long considered to be little more than
> > the mush-mouthed front man for Tom DeLay, Speaker of the House Hastert
> > has found himself swept up in the Foley scandal. Several fellow
> > congressmen have said that they warned Hastert about Foley's improper
> > behavior, but nothing was done about it until the Foley emails went
> > public. The watchword for today is "cover-up."
> >
> > I. Lewis Libby: Cheney's former chief of staff, "Scooter" Libby, has
> > been indicted on five counts of lying to investigators regarding the
> > outing of deep-cover CIA agent Valerie Plame.
> >
> > David Safavian: Once the head of the White House Office of Federal
> > Procurement, Safavian has been convicted of four counts of lying to
> > investigators regarding a bribe he took from Abramoff.
> >
> > Claude Allen: Formerly a domestic policy advisor to the White House,
> > Allen was arrested for shoplifting thousands of dollars worth of
> > merchandise from various retail stores.
> >
> > Brian Doyle: Formerly the Department of Homeland Security's deputy
> > press secretary, Doyle was arrested for attempting to seduce a
> > 14-year-old girl over the internet.
> >
> > James Tobin: Tobin, who served as the northeast field director for the
> > Republican Senate Campaign Committee, has been convicted on two counts
> > of conspiracy stemming from a phone-jamming scheme in New Hampshire
> > during the 2002 midterms. Tobin made dozens of phone calls during this
> > time to the White House political affairs office. He was sentenced to
> > ten months in prison.
> >
> > Susan Ralston: An aide to White House political advisor Karl Rove,
> > Ralston resigned recently after her multiple meetings with Jack
> > Abramoff became public knowledge. Ralston was also in the habit of
> > accepting gifts, such as tickets to sporting events, from the disgraced
> > lobbyist.
> >
> > Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.): Doolittle hasn't been convicted of
> > anything yet, but has rolled out the "not a target" line regarding the
> > investigation into Abramoff's bribery scheme.
> >
> > Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.): Like Doolittle, Burns has deployed the
> > "not a target" line regarding the Abramoff probe. He is, however,
> > apparently a "target" of the probe, a fact that has his staffers
> > splitting rhetorical hairs at warp speed.
> >
> > Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.): Rep. Dale Kildee, the only Democrat on the
> > House Page Board, dropped an interesting brick the other day. While
> > commenting on a conference call between page board members regarding
> > "other allegations" beyond those directed at Rep. Foley, Kildee said,
> > "It was about other allegations and I'd like to leave it at that. Let
> > me just say, not about Mr. Foley." These "other allegations" appear to
> > be augering towards Rep. Kolbe, who took two former pages on a camping
> > trip several years ago. A federal investigation has been opened to look
> > into the matter.
> >
> > Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.): The senate majority leader is currently
> > under investigation by the SEC for seemingly taking advantage of
> > insider information to make a killing on stocks, the company attached
> > to said stocks being owned by his family.
> >
> > Lester Crawford: Once the Bush administration's FDA commissioner,
> > Crawford has been charged in federal court for conflict of interest,
> > and for making false statements related to his investments. He recently
> > pleaded guilty to the charges.
> >
> > Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.): The home of Weldon's daughter was raided by
> > federal investigators on Monday. The investigators are looking hard at
> > her lobbying firm, and whether her well-connected father improperly
> > steered business her way. Weldon has pulled out #2 above, laying the
> > whole thing off on a Democratic plot to destroy him.
> >
> > Tom Noe: A four-star Republican fund-raiser in Ohio, Noe has just gone
> > on trial for stealing millions from a fund for injured workers and
> > spending it on himself.
> >
> > Here's the best part:
> >
> > George W. Bush has officially declared that this is now National
> > Character Counts Week.
> >
> > Seriously.
> >
> > You can't make this stuff up.
> >
> > "America's strength is found in the spirit and character of our
> > people," reads the Bush proclamation.
> >
> > "During National Character Counts Week, we renew our commitment to
> > instilling values in our young people and to encouraging all Americans
> > to remember the importance of good character."
> >
> > Someone apparently forgot to circulate the "Character Counts" memo
> > among the ranks of the Republican Party, it seems.
> >
> > At the end of it, you have to think of this crew as being like the
> > Mafia, only a lot dumber.
> >
> > Think about it.
> >
> > The Mafia's criminal enterprises operate under heavy scrutiny from
> > local, state and federal officials, all of whom have subpoena power,
> > not to mention the ability to tap phones and kick down doors.
> >
> > The Republican criminal enterprise that is currently unraveling in all
> > directions, on the other hand, operated virtually free from restraint
> > or scrutiny.
> >
> > They own the government, from the Oval Office to the FBI to the Capitol
> > Dome, and yet somehow they are managing to get busted left and right.
> >
> > And, of course, the really serious criminal behavior - lying about
> > weapons of mass destruction to initiate a war of conquest that has
> > enriched White House allies while killing untold tens of thousands of
> > people, including almost three thousand American soldiers, for starters
> > - continues to operate with impunity.
> >
> > For now.
> >
> > Rumor has it there is an election in November.
> >
> > Depending on how it shakes out, things might get really interesting
> > after the New Year.
> >
> > These people above got nailed even though their allies are running the
> > show.
> >
> > If that should change, several dozen varieties of Hell are likely to
> > break loose.
> >
> > __________________________________________________ _____
> >
> > The Bush Crime Family's gonna see to it that they're all gonna be
> > sleeping wid da fishes.
> >
> > Harry
> > (see all of Harry Hope's excellent posts as they break, put this link
> > in your browser, use it, this is a search on google groups, on the
> > author Harry Hope sorted by date... nothing fancy):
> > http://groups.google.com/groups?q=&s...Rsqjc7uC t1A&
> >
> >
> > With history moving so fast these days you might also want to sort
> > Harry Hope's posts by "relevance" particulary if the lies and
> > misdirection that we are all being sujected to by the extensive Bush
> > Crime Family Propagand machine are confusing you. Using the "sort by
> > relevance" option has a way of letting you take in the big picture.
> > http://groups.google.com/groups?q=&s...Rsqjc7uC t1A&

retard


<robbbinhoodzorrro@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1161356226.040205.203310@i42g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> subject changed back so Bush supporters can learn the sickness of their
> ways
> Deborah2 wrote:
>> Please stop spamming this ng.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> ~Deborah
>>
>> zoro robin hood wrote:
>> > NOVEMBER IS IMPEACHMENT REFERENDUM OF THE BUSH CRIME FAMILY...do your
>> > part to save the USA and mankind.
>> >
>> > http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/3/29/193445/904
>> >
>> > http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache...t= clnk&cd=10
>> > (the above link is the html version of a pdf file... please click on
>> > the pdf link it brings up and download the form that lets you help in
>> > getting Bush impeached... you need Adobe to read and print the pdf
>> > form)
>> >
>> > Note there are also clauses in the Constitution by which we can get
>> > impeached all the corrupt judges that the impeached Bush has stacked
>> > the courts with....
>> >
>> > Do Not Give Up Hope.
>> >
>> > -- Bush Crime Family Is the "Mountain of Corruption" on which all the
>> > other molehills live(dating back to granpappy Prescott Bush's
>> > patnership with Adolph Hitler) ... it is a symbiotic coupling, cut off
>> > the head of the serpent and the culture of corruption surrounding and
>> > supporting Bush Crime Family will fade. NOVEMBER IS A REFERENDUM ON
>> > IMPEACHMENT OF THE BUSH CRIME FAMILY...do your part to save mankind...
>> > vote Democrat (or if the Green Candidate is winning vote Green)
>> >
>> > Karl Rove exposed, thus destroying, a legitimate undercover CIA
>> > operation that was protecting the U.S. and the world from black market
>> > nuclear weapons... WHY? because they had proven that Bush was lying
>> > about WMD's in Iraq before the 2004 elections. Karl Rove, one of the
>> > main people who tells Bush what to say(everyone knows Bush is dumb as a
>> > rock) is guilty of TREASON.
>> >
>> > ================================================== =========
>> >
>> >
>> > http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0610/S00294.htm
>> >
>> >
>> > Thursday, 19 October 2006
>> >
>> > LIKE THE MAFIA ONLY DUMBER
>> >
>> > By William Rivers Pitt
>> > t r u t h o u t | Perspective
>> >
>> > Josh Marshall, who runs the excellent blog Talking Points Memo,
>> > recently posted a reader's take on "The 5 Stages of Republican
>> > Scandal."
>> >
>> > As follows:
>> >
>> > 1. "I have not been informed of any investigation or that I am a
>> > target."
>> >
>> >
>> > 2. "I am cooperating fully, but this whole thing is a political ploy by
>> > the Democrats."
>> >
>> > 3. "I'm SHOCKED by the mistakes made by my subordinates."
>> >
>> > 4. "I'm deeply sorry for letting down my friends and family. I now
>> > recognize that I am an alcoholic. I will be entering rehab immediately,
>> > so I have no time for questions."
>> >
>> > 5. "Can I serve my time at Eglin Federal Penitentiary (aka Club Fed) if
>> > I turn stoolie for you?"
>> >
>> > We have seen a fair amount of this already, and will soon see a lot
>> > more of it. The news media is all abuzz about Republican scandals, from
>> > Foley to Abramoff, but simply hearing about it from the television does
>> > not do the situation justice, if you'll pardon the bad pun. You have to
>> > see it all in one place to understand the depths to which the GOP has
>> > sunk.
>> >
>> > Bear in mind, as you peruse the following roll call, that these guys
>> > are getting busted for this stuff while their party has absolute
>> > control over the House, the Senate, the White House and the Justice
>> > Department.
>> >
>> > Huffington Post columnist Stephen Elliot pegged it recently when he
>> > wrote, "The fact is if you control the Senate, the White House, and the
>> > courts, and you're still getting busted for bribery, stalking children,
>> > and money laundering, then something is really sick at the Republican
>> > core."
>> >
>> > Indeed.
>> >
>> > Thus, without further ado and in no particular order ...
>> >
>> > Jack Abramoff: The disgraced "super-lobbyist" has been nailed for wire
>> > fraud, and is cooperating in the investigation into the bribing four
>> > Republican members of congress.
>> >
>> > Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas): Once the most powerful man in the House of
>> > Representatives, Texas congressman DeLay now stands indicted on three
>> > counts of money laundering, charges stemming from his all-out attempt
>> > to secure a permanent Republican majority in the House. His story isn't
>> > finished; the Abramoff investigators have been sniffing around his door
>> > for months now.
>> >
>> > Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio): Ney has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from
>> > Jack Abramoff. Ney pulled #4 out of the bag of GOP excuses above,
>> > announcing that he has entered a rehab clinic for alcohol addiction.
>> >
>> > Tony Rudy: Once the deputy chief of staff for Tom DeLay, Rudy has
>> > pleaded guilty to bribing a Republican House member, said member widely
>> > assumed to be Bob Ney. Rudy also pleaded guilty to accepting bribes
>> > from Abramoff in return for favorable actions on Abramoff's behalf by
>> > his former boss.
>> >
>> > Mike Scanlon: Another Republican lobbyist and former DeLay press
>> > secretary, Scanlon has pleaded guilty to stealing millions of dollars
>> > from Native American tribes, on whose behalf he was supposed to be
>> > lobbying Congress regarding casinos. Scanlon is also cooperating with
>> > federal investigators.
>> >
>> > Rep. Randy Cunningham (R-Calif.): The California congressman has
>> > pleaded guilty to accepting $2.5 million in bribes, in exchange for
>> > steering federal contracts to a number of defense firms. Cunningham is
>> > currently staring down the barrel of eight years in prison.
>> >
>> > Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.): There isn't much more to say about this
>> > fellow, who has joined Rep. Ney in the I'm-an-alcoholic-going-to-rehab
>> > club.
>> >
>> > Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) : Long considered to be little more than
>> > the mush-mouthed front man for Tom DeLay, Speaker of the House Hastert
>> > has found himself swept up in the Foley scandal. Several fellow
>> > congressmen have said that they warned Hastert about Foley's improper
>> > behavior, but nothing was done about it until the Foley emails went
>> > public. The watchword for today is "cover-up."
>> >
>> > I. Lewis Libby: Cheney's former chief of staff, "Scooter" Libby, has
>> > been indicted on five counts of lying to investigators regarding the
>> > outing of deep-cover CIA agent Valerie Plame.
>> >
>> > David Safavian: Once the head of the White House Office of Federal
>> > Procurement, Safavian has been convicted of four counts of lying to
>> > investigators regarding a bribe he took from Abramoff.
>> >
>> > Claude Allen: Formerly a domestic policy advisor to the White House,
>> > Allen was arrested for shoplifting thousands of dollars worth of
>> > merchandise from various retail stores.
>> >
>> > Brian Doyle: Formerly the Department of Homeland Security's deputy
>> > press secretary, Doyle was arrested for attempting to seduce a
>> > 14-year-old girl over the internet.
>> >
>> > James Tobin: Tobin, who served as the northeast field director for the
>> > Republican Senate Campaign Committee, has been convicted on two counts
>> > of conspiracy stemming from a phone-jamming scheme in New Hampshire
>> > during the 2002 midterms. Tobin made dozens of phone calls during this
>> > time to the White House political affairs office. He was sentenced to
>> > ten months in prison.
>> >
>> > Susan Ralston: An aide to White House political advisor Karl Rove,
>> > Ralston resigned recently after her multiple meetings with Jack
>> > Abramoff became public knowledge. Ralston was also in the habit of
>> > accepting gifts, such as tickets to sporting events, from the disgraced
>> > lobbyist.
>> >
>> > Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.): Doolittle hasn't been convicted of
>> > anything yet, but has rolled out the "not a target" line regarding the
>> > investigation into Abramoff's bribery scheme.
>> >
>> > Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.): Like Doolittle, Burns has deployed the
>> > "not a target" line regarding the Abramoff probe. He is, however,
>> > apparently a "target" of the probe, a fact that has his staffers
>> > splitting rhetorical hairs at warp speed.
>> >
>> > Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.): Rep. Dale Kildee, the only Democrat on the
>> > House Page Board, dropped an interesting brick the other day. While
>> > commenting on a conference call between page board members regarding
>> > "other allegations" beyond those directed at Rep. Foley, Kildee said,
>> > "It was about other allegations and I'd like to leave it at that. Let
>> > me just say, not about Mr. Foley." These "other allegations" appear to
>> > be augering towards Rep. Kolbe, who took two former pages on a camping
>> > trip several years ago. A federal investigation has been opened to look
>> > into the matter.
>> >
>> > Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.): The senate majority leader is currently
>> > under investigation by the SEC for seemingly taking advantage of
>> > insider information to make a killing on stocks, the company attached
>> > to said stocks being owned by his family.
>> >
>> > Lester Crawford: Once the Bush administration's FDA commissioner,
>> > Crawford has been charged in federal court for conflict of interest,
>> > and for making false statements related to his investments. He recently
>> > pleaded guilty to the charges.
>> >
>> > Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.): The home of Weldon's daughter was raided by
>> > federal investigators on Monday. The investigators are looking hard at
>> > her lobbying firm, and whether her well-connected father improperly
>> > steered business her way. Weldon has pulled out #2 above, laying the
>> > whole thing off on a Democratic plot to destroy him.
>> >
>> > Tom Noe: A four-star Republican fund-raiser in Ohio, Noe has just gone
>> > on trial for stealing millions from a fund for injured workers and
>> > spending it on himself.
>> >
>> > Here's the best part:
>> >
>> > George W. Bush has officially declared that this is now National
>> > Character Counts Week.
>> >
>> > Seriously.
>> >
>> > You can't make this stuff up.
>> >
>> > "America's strength is found in the spirit and character of our
>> > people," reads the Bush proclamation.
>> >
>> > "During National Character Counts Week, we renew our commitment to
>> > instilling values in our young people and to encouraging all Americans
>> > to remember the importance of good character."
>> >
>> > Someone apparently forgot to circulate the "Character Counts" memo
>> > among the ranks of the Republican Party, it seems.
>> >
>> > At the end of it, you have to think of this crew as being like the
>> > Mafia, only a lot dumber.
>> >
>> > Think about it.
>> >
>> > The Mafia's criminal enterprises operate under heavy scrutiny from
>> > local, state and federal officials, all of whom have subpoena power,
>> > not to mention the ability to tap phones and kick down doors.
>> >
>> > The Republican criminal enterprise that is currently unraveling in all
>> > directions, on the other hand, operated virtually free from restraint
>> > or scrutiny.
>> >
>> > They own the government, from the Oval Office to the FBI to the Capitol
>> > Dome, and yet somehow they are managing to get busted left and right.
>> >
>> > And, of course, the really serious criminal behavior - lying about
>> > weapons of mass destruction to initiate a war of conquest that has
>> > enriched White House allies while killing untold tens of thousands of
>> > people, including almost three thousand American soldiers, for starters
>> > - continues to operate with impunity.
>> >
>> > For now.
>> >
>> > Rumor has it there is an election in November.
>> >
>> > Depending on how it shakes out, things might get really interesting
>> > after the New Year.
>> >
>> > These people above got nailed even though their allies are running the
>> > show.
>> >
>> > If that should change, several dozen varieties of Hell are likely to
>> > break loose.
>> >
>> > __________________________________________________ _____
>> >
>> > The Bush Crime Family's gonna see to it that they're all gonna be
>> > sleeping wid da fishes.
>> >
>> > Harry
>> > (see all of Harry Hope's excellent posts as they break, put this link
>> > in your browser, use it, this is a search on google groups, on the
>> > author Harry Hope sorted by date... nothing fancy):
>> > http://groups.google.com/groups?q=&s...Rsqjc7uC t1A&
>> >
>> >
>> > With history moving so fast these days you might also want to sort
>> > Harry Hope's posts by "relevance" particulary if the lies and
>> > misdirection that we are all being sujected to by the extensive Bush
>> > Crime Family Propagand machine are confusing you. Using the "sort by
>> > relevance" option has a way of letting you take in the big picture.
>> > http://groups.google.com/groups?q=&s...Rsqjc7uC t1A&
>

yawn

<robbbinhoodzorrro@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1161356226.040205.203310@i42g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> subject changed back so Bush supporters can learn the sickness of their
> ways
> Deborah2 wrote:
>> Please stop spamming this ng.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> ~Deborah
>>
>> zoro robin hood wrote:
>> > NOVEMBER IS IMPEACHMENT REFERENDUM OF THE BUSH CRIME FAMILY...do your
>> > part to save the USA and mankind.
>> >
>> > http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/3/29/193445/904
>> >
>> > http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache...t= clnk&cd=10
>> > (the above link is the html version of a pdf file... please click on
>> > the pdf link it brings up and download the form that lets you help in
>> > getting Bush impeached... you need Adobe to read and print the pdf
>> > form)
>> >
>> > Note there are also clauses in the Constitution by which we can get
>> > impeached all the corrupt judges that the impeached Bush has stacked
>> > the courts with....
>> >
>> > Do Not Give Up Hope.
>> >
>> > -- Bush Crime Family Is the "Mountain of Corruption" on which all the
>> > other molehills live(dating back to granpappy Prescott Bush's
>> > patnership with Adolph Hitler) ... it is a symbiotic coupling, cut off
>> > the head of the serpent and the culture of corruption surrounding and
>> > supporting Bush Crime Family will fade. NOVEMBER IS A REFERENDUM ON
>> > IMPEACHMENT OF THE BUSH CRIME FAMILY...do your part to save mankind...
>> > vote Democrat (or if the Green Candidate is winning vote Green)
>> >
>> > Karl Rove exposed, thus destroying, a legitimate undercover CIA
>> > operation that was protecting the U.S. and the world from black market
>> > nuclear weapons... WHY? because they had proven that Bush was lying
>> > about WMD's in Iraq before the 2004 elections. Karl Rove, one of the
>> > main people who tells Bush what to say(everyone knows Bush is dumb as a
>> > rock) is guilty of TREASON.
>> >
>> > ================================================== =========
>> >
>> >
>> > http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0610/S00294.htm
>> >
>> >
>> > Thursday, 19 October 2006
>> >
>> > LIKE THE MAFIA ONLY DUMBER
>> >
>> > By William Rivers Pitt
>> > t r u t h o u t | Perspective
>> >
>> > Josh Marshall, who runs the excellent blog Talking Points Memo,
>> > recently posted a reader's take on "The 5 Stages of Republican
>> > Scandal."
>> >
>> > As follows:
>> >
>> > 1. "I have not been informed of any investigation or that I am a
>> > target."
>> >
>> >
>> > 2. "I am cooperating fully, but this whole thing is a political ploy by
>> > the Democrats."
>> >
>> > 3. "I'm SHOCKED by the mistakes made by my subordinates."
>> >
>> > 4. "I'm deeply sorry for letting down my friends and family. I now
>> > recognize that I am an alcoholic. I will be entering rehab immediately,
>> > so I have no time for questions."
>> >
>> > 5. "Can I serve my time at Eglin Federal Penitentiary (aka Club Fed) if
>> > I turn stoolie for you?"
>> >
>> > We have seen a fair amount of this already, and will soon see a lot
>> > more of it. The news media is all abuzz about Republican scandals, from
>> > Foley to Abramoff, but simply hearing about it from the television does
>> > not do the situation justice, if you'll pardon the bad pun. You have to
>> > see it all in one place to understand the depths to which the GOP has
>> > sunk.
>> >
>> > Bear in mind, as you peruse the following roll call, that these guys
>> > are getting busted for this stuff while their party has absolute
>> > control over the House, the Senate, the White House and the Justice
>> > Department.
>> >
>> > Huffington Post columnist Stephen Elliot pegged it recently when he
>> > wrote, "The fact is if you control the Senate, the White House, and the
>> > courts, and you're still getting busted for bribery, stalking children,
>> > and money laundering, then something is really sick at the Republican
>> > core."
>> >
>> > Indeed.
>> >
>> > Thus, without further ado and in no particular order ...
>> >
>> > Jack Abramoff: The disgraced "super-lobbyist" has been nailed for wire
>> > fraud, and is cooperating in the investigation into the bribing four
>> > Republican members of congress.
>> >
>> > Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas): Once the most powerful man in the House of
>> > Representatives, Texas congressman DeLay now stands indicted on three
>> > counts of money laundering, charges stemming from his all-out attempt
>> > to secure a permanent Republican majority in the House. His story isn't
>> > finished; the Abramoff investigators have been sniffing around his door
>> > for months now.
>> >
>> > Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio): Ney has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from
>> > Jack Abramoff. Ney pulled #4 out of the bag of GOP excuses above,
>> > announcing that he has entered a rehab clinic for alcohol addiction.
>> >
>> > Tony Rudy: Once the deputy chief of staff for Tom DeLay, Rudy has
>> > pleaded guilty to bribing a Republican House member, said member widely
>> > assumed to be Bob Ney. Rudy also pleaded guilty to accepting bribes
>> > from Abramoff in return for favorable actions on Abramoff's behalf by
>> > his former boss.
>> >
>> > Mike Scanlon: Another Republican lobbyist and former DeLay press
>> > secretary, Scanlon has pleaded guilty to stealing millions of dollars
>> > from Native American tribes, on whose behalf he was supposed to be
>> > lobbying Congress regarding casinos. Scanlon is also cooperating with
>> > federal investigators.
>> >
>> > Rep. Randy Cunningham (R-Calif.): The California congressman has
>> > pleaded guilty to accepting $2.5 million in bribes, in exchange for
>> > steering federal contracts to a number of defense firms. Cunningham is
>> > currently staring down the barrel of eight years in prison.
>> >
>> > Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.): There isn't much more to say about this
>> > fellow, who has joined Rep. Ney in the I'm-an-alcoholic-going-to-rehab
>> > club.
>> >
>> > Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) : Long considered to be little more than
>> > the mush-mouthed front man for Tom DeLay, Speaker of the House Hastert
>> > has found himself swept up in the Foley scandal. Several fellow
>> > congressmen have said that they warned Hastert about Foley's improper
>> > behavior, but nothing was done about it until the Foley emails went
>> > public. The watchword for today is "cover-up."
>> >
>> > I. Lewis Libby: Cheney's former chief of staff, "Scooter" Libby, has
>> > been indicted on five counts of lying to investigators regarding the
>> > outing of deep-cover CIA agent Valerie Plame.
>> >
>> > David Safavian: Once the head of the White House Office of Federal
>> > Procurement, Safavian has been convicted of four counts of lying to
>> > investigators regarding a bribe he took from Abramoff.
>> >
>> > Claude Allen: Formerly a domestic policy advisor to the White House,
>> > Allen was arrested for shoplifting thousands of dollars worth of
>> > merchandise from various retail stores.
>> >
>> > Brian Doyle: Formerly the Department of Homeland Security's deputy
>> > press secretary, Doyle was arrested for attempting to seduce a
>> > 14-year-old girl over the internet.
>> >
>> > James Tobin: Tobin, who served as the northeast field director for the
>> > Republican Senate Campaign Committee, has been convicted on two counts
>> > of conspiracy stemming from a phone-jamming scheme in New Hampshire
>> > during the 2002 midterms. Tobin made dozens of phone calls during this
>> > time to the White House political affairs office. He was sentenced to
>> > ten months in prison.
>> >
>> > Susan Ralston: An aide to White House political advisor Karl Rove,
>> > Ralston resigned recently after her multiple meetings with Jack
>> > Abramoff became public knowledge. Ralston was also in the habit of
>> > accepting gifts, such as tickets to sporting events, from the disgraced
>> > lobbyist.
>> >
>> > Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.): Doolittle hasn't been convicted of
>> > anything yet, but has rolled out the "not a target" line regarding the
>> > investigation into Abramoff's bribery scheme.
>> >
>> > Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.): Like Doolittle, Burns has deployed the
>> > "not a target" line regarding the Abramoff probe. He is, however,
>> > apparently a "target" of the probe, a fact that has his staffers
>> > splitting rhetorical hairs at warp speed.
>> >
>> > Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.): Rep. Dale Kildee, the only Democrat on the
>> > House Page Board, dropped an interesting brick the other day. While
>> > commenting on a conference call between page board members regarding
>> > "other allegations" beyond those directed at Rep. Foley, Kildee said,
>> > "It was about other allegations and I'd like to leave it at that. Let
>> > me just say, not about Mr. Foley." These "other allegations" appear to
>> > be augering towards Rep. Kolbe, who took two former pages on a camping
>> > trip several years ago. A federal investigation has been opened to look
>> > into the matter.
>> >
>> > Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.): The senate majority leader is currently
>> > under investigation by the SEC for seemingly taking advantage of
>> > insider information to make a killing on stocks, the company attached
>> > to said stocks being owned by his family.
>> >
>> > Lester Crawford: Once the Bush administration's FDA commissioner,
>> > Crawford has been charged in federal court for conflict of interest,
>> > and for making false statements related to his investments. He recently
>> > pleaded guilty to the charges.
>> >
>> > Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.): The home of Weldon's daughter was raided by
>> > federal investigators on Monday. The investigators are looking hard at
>> > her lobbying firm, and whether her well-connected father improperly
>> > steered business her way. Weldon has pulled out #2 above, laying the
>> > whole thing off on a Democratic plot to destroy him.
>> >
>> > Tom Noe: A four-star Republican fund-raiser in Ohio, Noe has just gone
>> > on trial for stealing millions from a fund for injured workers and
>> > spending it on himself.
>> >
>> > Here's the best part:
>> >
>> > George W. Bush has officially declared that this is now National
>> > Character Counts Week.
>> >
>> > Seriously.
>> >
>> > You can't make this stuff up.
>> >
>> > "America's strength is found in the spirit and character of our
>> > people," reads the Bush proclamation.
>> >
>> > "During National Character Counts Week, we renew our commitment to
>> > instilling values in our young people and to encouraging all Americans
>> > to remember the importance of good character."
>> >
>> > Someone apparently forgot to circulate the "Character Counts" memo
>> > among the ranks of the Republican Party, it seems.
>> >
>> > At the end of it, you have to think of this crew as being like the
>> > Mafia, only a lot dumber.
>> >
>> > Think about it.
>> >
>> > The Mafia's criminal enterprises operate under heavy scrutiny from
>> > local, state and federal officials, all of whom have subpoena power,
>> > not to mention the ability to tap phones and kick down doors.
>> >
>> > The Republican criminal enterprise that is currently unraveling in all
>> > directions, on the other hand, operated virtually free from restraint
>> > or scrutiny.
>> >
>> > They own the government, from the Oval Office to the FBI to the Capitol
>> > Dome, and yet somehow they are managing to get busted left and right.
>> >
>> > And, of course, the really serious criminal behavior - lying about
>> > weapons of mass destruction to initiate a war of conquest that has
>> > enriched White House allies while killing untold tens of thousands of
>> > people, including almost three thousand American soldiers, for starters
>> > - continues to operate with impunity.
>> >
>> > For now.
>> >
>> > Rumor has it there is an election in November.
>> >
>> > Depending on how it shakes out, things might get really interesting
>> > after the New Year.
>> >
>> > These people above got nailed even though their allies are running the
>> > show.
>> >
>> > If that should change, several dozen varieties of Hell are likely to
>> > break loose.
>> >
>> > __________________________________________________ _____
>> >
>> > The Bush Crime Family's gonna see to it that they're all gonna be
>> > sleeping wid da fishes.
>> >
>> > Harry
>> > (see all of Harry Hope's excellent posts as they break, put this link
>> > in your browser, use it, this is a search on google groups, on the
>> > author Harry Hope sorted by date... nothing fancy):
>> > http://groups.google.com/groups?q=&s...Rsqjc7uC t1A&
>> >
>> >
>> > With history moving so fast these days you might also want to sort
>> > Harry Hope's posts by "relevance" particulary if the lies and
>> > misdirection that we are all being sujected to by the extensive Bush
>> > Crime Family Propagand machine are confusing you. Using the "sort by
>> > relevance" option has a way of letting you take in the big picture.
>> > http://groups.google.com/groups?q=&s...Rsqjc7uC t1A&
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