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"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.
right down the tubes!
The corruption goes way higher than that. But THAT is a state secret.
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
Clearly the Senator has acolytes who check the content on these so called 'tubes'. You've made a powerful enemy today my friend...
"Get off the cross - we need the wood" - Tori Amos
Its about a bridge, and where do trolls live? DUH!
Some people encrypt by using rot-13 twice. I prefer the more secure method of using rot-1 a total of twenty six times.
Why do we investigate politicians for corruption *AFTER* they fuck things up, instead of investigating politicians for competence *BEFORE* they fuck things up?
Knowing Google's lust for data collection, the Soviet Union is still alive and well inside the psyche of Sergey Brin....
Did they use dumptrucks full of cash, or a series of money tubes?
"If I had to choose between a Senator who hires prostitutes or one who was elected by dead people, I'd choose the former."
I choose the latter. I will be dead one day, and I would like someone to represent me.
Personally, I find your lack of sensitivity towards the special needs of the metabolically interrupted people... Disturbing.
Are politicians getting worse or do we just hear about it more often today?
I think we just hear about it more often. Remember, we now have a series of tubes that can be used to instantly transmit any negative information around the planet.
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
If he was a good man, he wouldn't be a politician now would he?
To boldly use to and too two times and get it right too! They're not gonna believe their eyes when they see it there!
The phrase "series of tubes" is easier to make fun of, but the bigger display of stupidity is when Stevens talked about one of his staffers sending him an "Internets" (e-mail message) on a Friday and Stevens not receiving it until Monday because of how clogged the tubes were.
Looks like old Senator Stevens might get to find out that prison is full of tubes, too. Unfortunately they might dump heavy loads into his "truck" and cause some gridlock, but that's to be expected.
Actually, what the neocons mean when they say "smaller government" is "those stupid poor people deserve to die because they're poor, why should we help them avoid it". (I'm drawing a distinction here between BushCo and the GOP in general.. Guys, toss this retard out on his ass and save your party. In order to have an effective bipartisan government both sides need to be willing to compromise, and BushCo operates under the assumption that to compromise would be un-American. Nothing could be further from the truth.)
Reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw on the way in this morning: 'Annoy a conserative, help somebody'.
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
It's a big dump truck. Full of money. And hookers.
I enjoy watching the fights that occur in other country's congressional houses.
To quote Robin Williams, "British Parliament is like Congress with a two drink minimum."
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O'Bama
Has the guy changed his nationality to Irish?
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I saw a bumper sticker that said, "The only bush I trust is my own" :)
Please, for the good of Humanity, vote Obama.