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Museum of Political Corruption Planned For New York (npr.org)
McGruber writes: In Albany, NY, Bruce Roter has secured approval to build the Museum of Political Corruption, dedicated to the state's long history of scandal. In the last decade alone, more than 30 state officeholders have either been accused or convicted of wrongdoing. On Monday, the former Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, was found guilty of taking nearly 4 million dollars in bribes and kickbacks. He was convicted on charges of conspiracy, fraud and extortion. The former Senate majority leader continues to face separate corruption charges in court. "I tell people, quite frankly, I want to institutionalize corruption," Roter says. "I want to put it in this museum. I want it to be laughed at, and I want people to learn about it." New York leads the list of states Americans view as having the most political corruption, according to a poll by New Jersey's Monmouth University.
Aside from having the most corrupt politicians in the country, what else do these states have in common?
Where is the money for this coming from?
... from the U.N. building that they already have?
Chicago paid them to put it in NY..
> more than 30 state officeholders have either been accused or convicted
Because those two are totally equivalent, right?
Lots and lots of room.
Please, please, please have a banquet/meeting space called Tammany Hall. That would be awesome.
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...finds NY with the most corruption? I wonder how New Jersey managed to put the shade on New York, given their own history?
The Smithsonian should open up a National Museum of Political Corruption right on the Mall in Washington D.C, between the Capitol and the White House. There is plenty of source material there, and more coming daily. Maybe some public shaming would actually get these twits to...oh, I don't know, WORK FOR THE PEOPLE!
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Don't they already have this building? I believe it goes by the name "City Hall"
Just put docents and exhibits in the NY capital building. No need for a separate museum.
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
Shouldn't it be in Chicago?
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Shortest book in the world: the directory of honest politicians!
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New York state has an area of 54,555 square miles. That's not nearly enough area for such a museum.
Note that Washington DC is listed as #6 in "perceived political corruption" among US States.
DC is not a State.
"I tell people, quite frankly, I want to institutionalize corruption," Roter says. "I want to put it in this museum. I want it to be laughed at, and I want people to learn about it."
So let me get this straight. A state in our union has been identified as having so much corruption in its past and present that you want to enshrine this activity in a fucking museum so we can laugh at it, while getting fucked over by the results of this corruption.
Quite frankly, I'd rather we create laws strong enough to actually deter corrupt fuckers from repeatedly getting rich off it and walking away with a slap in the wrist if they get caught. It's clear we haven't learned a fucking thing from history to actually deter this criminal activity, which is either represented as stupidity on a grand level, or mass corruption.
Since we're enacting a fucking shrine for the latter, I'd say the answer is obvious enough to guarantee the Museum of Corruption fresh content for decades.
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Here's something you can put in a display at the Museum of Political Corruption:
https://www.opensecrets.org/or...
You are welcome on my lawn.
So we are going to spend taxpayer money to celebrate corruption? What am I missing here.
What you're missing is that no taxpayer money is being spent. From the links in the summary, the museum will operate as a non-profit, accepting "bribes" (their cheeky name for donations and admission fees.)
If it weren't for deadlines, nothing would be late.
Fascinating article over at City detailing how Silver's legislative agenda was to support corrupt government because he benefited from corruption personally, including this nugget:
Ceci n'est pas une signature.
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If it weren't for deadlines, nothing would be late.
"Museum of Politicians" is sufficient.
For Anthony Weiner's selfies?
He he... you said Weiner.
He he ... he said selfie.
That's probably all Anthony Weiner's getting nowadays.
If it weren't for deadlines, nothing would be late.
Eh? They should have just mothballed city hall.
I read it as we're about to get a museum for political CORRECTNESS. For a moment I was happy, thinking we finally put that crap in a museum and be done with it.
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Not the worst idea. Lots of fossils are already there in ultimate storage.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Why not? There is a Creationist museum. Where you can laugh at the follies of people who have an imaginary friend while at the same time having your laws being fucked up by them regardless.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
The three slimmest books in existence:
The British book of great dishes
The Italian book of war heroes
The American book of honest politicians.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
So who did they have to pay off to get this approved? ;)
Is 1005 respondents to the poll sufficient for so many conclusions about 50 states and 3 political variations (R, D, and I)? The report offers NO margins of errors. It's just useless buzz.
That would require leveling 3/4 of the city for the NYPD wing.