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By: The Unfit President v32.5.78.03 « Obi’s Sister

The Unfit President v32.5.78.03 « Obi’s Sister — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:04:57 +0000

[...] Billions of dollars have been squandered, unaccounted for, in order to advance his radical agenda. Even my own little county, $23,433,243 was blown to “create” .54 jobs. Let’s see, the county unemployment is around 9% and the current population is around 92,174, so approximately 8295.66 are presently without a job. So alllllll that money supposedly reduced the number of unemployed in this sleepy Atlanta suburb to 8295.12. In reality, it probably went to line the pockets of his local minions “supporters”. A county is certainly cheaper than an entire state, along with their senator. [...]

By: jon

jon — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:06:07 +0000

I remember the AzScam incident at the Arizona Legislature. The longest-lasting consequence wasn’t the corrupt politicians going to prison or the existence of payoffs getting highlighted, but the fact that the FBI was too free with their money and raised the bar for what it took to buy off politicians in Arizona. The usual crooks who gave away a weekend in Vegas for a land deal suddenly had to comp those jokers some good tickets to see Tom Jones or Wayne Newton to keep up with the G-Men bribes. And pay for the five-dollar tables, too.

By: Prologue

Prologue — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:52:26 +0000

Monica Conyers, city councilwoman in Detroit, sold her vote for a lousy 3 thousand dollars. But, of course, Detroit is an impoverished city. Even graft is feeling the pinch.

By: Gary Ogletree

Gary Ogletree — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:36:01 +0000

Corruption in Louisiana?

By: richb313

richb313 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:19:29 +0000

If Mary Landrieu thinks she will get some cover by this deal she is sadly mistaken. New Orleans is the ONLY area of the state that will buy this BS. Where I live in Thibodaux, which is only about 60 miles from the Big Easy, we think a little differently. The Northern area of the state is fed up with all the Money going to New Orleans anyway. She will sign her own pink slip if she votes for this mess.

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By: tim maguire

tim maguire — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:05:13 +0000

I just read the article. There’s another old favorite there–not just in politics but in many areas regulated by government. You want to do something specific but can’t get away with it. No problem–you appear to do something general but define it in such a way that only the one you want qualifies.

I used to do immigration work, employment visas, specifically. Companies were required to conduct an extensive job search before they could import the worker they wanted and they had to provide an explanation why no domestic worker was qualified.

Despite the hoops, it really wasn’t so hard. They’d just write the job description so that only the person they want qualifies, and then they’d perform the governmentally required task of wasting the time of several dozen job seekers.

By: tim maguire

tim maguire — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:57:06 +0000

That’s the way with politicians. I don’t which is worse: that they sell us out, or that they sell us out so cheaply.

By: Charlie (Colorado)

Charlie (Colorado) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:51:58 +0000

GFE?