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"Tubes" Senator Being Investigated For Corruption

Posted by kdawson on from the cozy-relationships dept.

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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  1. Why is this posted on slashdot? by krygny · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What does this have to do with what most /.ers are interested in? Or did I miss it when /. declared itself just another tool of the political left. We already know that it is, but you don't have to be as obvious about you bias as FOX or the NY Times (which is where I go to read this kind of crap; and I never go there; hence, I don't read this kind of crap).

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    Research shows that 67% of those who use the term "research shows", are just making shit up.
  2. Re:Earmarks are good? by E++99 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    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".

    And what liberals mean when they say "compassion" and "hope" is "non-whites are too dumb to make a living and support themselves, so give us $10,000 so we can hire 9 dumb people for $1,000 each to figure out how to give your other $1,000 to some other dumb person. Then we will all soon be living in nirvana, and there will be no war."