"Tubes" Senator Being Investigated For Corruption

DragonTHC writes "Senator Ted Stevens, Republican of Alaska, is being investigated in a federal corruption probe that has implicated his son Ben. Part of the case involves a fishing co-op whose members allegedly paid Ben Stevens $500,000 to get a federal bailout from his father." The other Alaskan senator, also a Republican, is under a cloud as well.

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Re:A little balance Keith?

[SnapShot]

It's a free market, start your own damn web site. How about "CrossNetwork.com :: News for Christian, Republican Nerds. Stuff that Matters to Haliburton." You can talk about how many angels can dance on a Intel Core 2 Dual and whether Moore's Law was foretold in Isaiah.

Re:we need to call BS on "small government"

[mrsbrisby]

About 85% of the population considers themselves Christian

Oddly enough, about 85% of the population thinks that 90% of those who self-identify as christian aren't.

People can refer to themselves as christian only when they want to confuse people about what they believe, because those who call themselves christian believe wildly different things.

Christians are in the minority. The batshit loony always have been. Some believe in a zombie overlord that eats sins, and others believe in a definition of "love" that turns women's heads into salt. The guy who thinks wrapping his feet in wax paper prevents satan from controlling him isn't any less crazy- just necessarily less functional.

This country wasn't founded by christians, but by humanists. The only thing that christians have in common is hate; some hate jews, some hate women, some hate other people that call themselves christian. Christians couldn't create something as awesome as America: only destroy it.

Now that's not entirely true: There are a few people who call themselves christian who think that all they're doing is believing in something, and that how can that be bad? They are in the super minority: They're crazy enough to have an irrational belief, but not so crazy that they feel like hurting other people who lack that irrational belief.

Re:we need to call BS on "small government"

[E 99]

OTOH, regulation of morals is overstepping the proper bounds of government. (Fuck you, Christian Right.)

As it is apparently your express fantasy to rape Christian conservatives, I suppose it is understandable you think it is "overstepping the proper bounds of government" to outlaw things such as rape.

Re:we need to call BS on "small government"

[E 99]

Generally speaking I'm with you, but I don't think the GOP is going to come crashing down. What I'm really praying for is a schism, where the religious right casts out the libertarian non-believers.

I really do think this split is inevitable, I just can't tell if it is going to happen by 2012 or 2020.

Ah, yes. Part of the world-view that believes that as soon as we leave Iraq, all the mujahadeen will apologize and go home, and Al Qaeda will disband.

I think we could have a respectable debate between three parties, where O'Bama and Paul have a intelligent discourse, and ignore the rantings of Brownback.

I can see it now. "And Sen. Obama, what's your view on constitutional constructionism vis. the 9th and 10th amendments?" "Hope. Hopitty-hope-hope-hope. And I'm the only one not afraid to say it. Carbon-neutral hope to save the planet. Vote your hopes, not your fears. George Bush only votes his fears, but I'll be a president of ALL the people. Amen, and God bless America, because I'm very religious. Thank you."