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FBI, IRS Raid Home of Sen. Ted Stevens
A while back we discussed the corruption investigation aimed at Alaska Sen. Ted "series of tubes" Stevens. A number of readers sent us word that the home of Sen. Stevens was raided earlier today by agents of the FBI and the IRS. The focus of the raid was a remodeling project at Stevens's home and the involvement of VECO, an oil company.
No big deal. Ted's 86 years old. He's independently wealthy. This is just a stage show for the government to have something to feed to the media to quell the questions about complete and utter lack of ethics and the exploitation of loopholes for their own benefit.
Whatever they find on Ted they could just as easily find on 95% of Capitol Hill, from elected officials to appointed positions to chauffers to the FBI/CIA/NSA agents themselves.
We'll hear about Ted's little corner of the conspiracy theory, maybe he'll get sacked out of his office, and then he'll retire to his home, the population will be exhausted from the effort, and the other 95% will continue along their merry way to robbing us all blind.
Don't US Senators have an appreciable amount of immunity from any real criminal prosecution, anyway? I don't know for certain. That's only what I recall from $somewhere. That could be wrong.
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Oh the biting nerd humor! The wit!
It's pretty easy to make fun of an elderly man for not being totally up on the current lingo and getting it wrong by
saying tubes instead of pipes. Of course, when you are his age I doubt you'll be even close to that coherent or up on the current lingo. You'll probably be drooling and bed ridden because "YOU NO WANT GIRL -- YOU WANT HOT POCKET" and lil'smokies and comfortable computer chairs and such from which you can espouse your endless self-affirmation of intelligence. Don't let me stop you.
Can you tell I'm from Alaska? Can you tell I appreciate everything he has done for the state? Everything which majorly outweighs anything this federal probe could possibly uncover? Because that's what pisses me off -- people having no damned clue. Like you, for example.
Yea yea, you were just joking -- good job, nice Karma boost. And yea, I'm burning Karma doing this, because most people on Slashdot are just like you, and are here to crack jokes or boost their egos. Big fucking deal. I'm starting to get tired of people making fun of an old man for messing up the lingo of a younger generation when that sort of thing is expected out of the elderly.
But yes, very witty of you, by all means, please continue.
Let the modding begin.
I do not respond to cowards. Especially anonymous ones.
So now we have to see articles about everything and anything Ted Stevens? The only thing these articles provide for nerds are more opportunities for stale tubes jokes.
And this from the same bunch who defended Al Gore when he - and I quote - "took the initiative in creating the Internet." He was involved in plenty of scandals. Did we post every last one so we could make more Internet jokes?
Why don't we just change this site to "News for political trolls. Stuff nobody cares about."
Its ok, His buddy , MR. B., will give him a get out of jail free card.
-William
God is everything science has yet to explain.
Because you're a decent human being who cares about his fellow man?
Oh wait, you're not. Since you don't give a fuck about anyone but yourself, I really don't give a shit about you either.
I still have more fans than freaks. WTF is wrong with you people?