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Ted "A Series of Tubes" Stevens Found Guilty
techmuse writes "According to a series of tubes sites, Senator Ted Stevens has been found guilty of lying about free home renovations that he received from an oil contractor. He faces up to 5 years in jail, and the outcome of his current reelection bid is now in doubt. 'The conviction came after a tumultuous week in the jury room. First there were complaints about an unruly juror, then another had to be replaced when she left Washington following the death of her father. Finally, jurors on Monday discovered a discrepancy in the indictment that had been overlooked by prosecutors. Jury deliberations in this historic trial have at times been as contentious as some of the proceedings The Justice Department indicted Stevens on July 29, and the Alaska Republican took a huge legal gamble and asked for a speedy trial in order to resolve the charges before Election Day. Judge Emmet Sullivan complied with Stevens' request, and in less than three months from the time of his indictment, Stevens was found guilty.'"
Yeah - they can knock him on his arse anytime now too.
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An Invisible Entity of Vast Power whose existence must be taken on faith alone: Liberal Media
Yep!
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
> Oh get off of it. The reason for the economic meltdown has little to do with Freddie and Fannie.
It had everything to do with Freddie and Fannie. Where do you think those mortage backed securities came from? Who do you think established the lending rules for what paper could go into a Freddie/Fannie/US Fedgov guaranteed securiy? Who was pushing Freddie, Fannie, banks in general to 'make home ownership easier for people in redlined communities'?
No, this was not a problem caused by deregulation. This was a problem caused by Congressional meddling in the marketplace. This was caused by 'community organizers' like ACORN sending mobs to bank president's houses. This was caused by ignoring the multiple warnings from Democrats, Republicans, Regulators, Independent accountants, everybody. Anybody with a functioning brain saw that giving out loans to people, who by definition, had almost no chance to repay them was going to end up in an epic fail. Some people knew the risk and didn't care. See Cloward-Piven Strategy
Democrat delenda est