White House Petition To Investigate Dodd For Bribery

Walkingshark writes "Chris Dodd's recent statements complaining that congressmen who receive donations from the RIAA and MPAA should toe the line has spawned a firestorm of anger on the internet. Among the bits of fallout: a petition on the White Houses "We the People" site to investigate him, the RIAA, and the MPAA for bribery! This petition gained more than 5000 signatures in 24 hours and is still growing. When the petition reaches 25,000 signatures the White House is obligated to respond to it in an official capacity."

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Re:Lobbying vs Bribery

[zippthorne]

Alan Greenspan created the recession of 2000 that Bush 43 campaigned on (and was lambasted for "down talking the economy" and also subsequently blamed for...) with his inexplicable rate hikes in the middle of the dot-com bubble burst, and in the face of no indications of inflation. If this wasn't for the purpose of sabotaging a presumed Gore presidency to set the stage for a 2004 Hillary run, then it remains inexplicable to me, at least.

Anything Greenspan says, including snarky comments, is suspect. For instance, that particular comment presupposes that in addition to "assuming the banks would make good decisions for themselves," the fed (and other quasi-governmental banking authorities) wasn't actively meddling in a way that encouraged bad decisions.