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The 912 Project - Glenn Beck

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[We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money. --Ronald ReaganAl Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warmingThe welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - CamusThe person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect. --Hayek]

'FIT' FOR OFFICE
RANGEL'S SECRET WORKOUT ROOM

By DAPHNE RETTER

WASHINGTON - Welcome to Charlie Rangel's personal gym.

It may look cramped, but while members of Congress are forced to shoehorn office staff and equipment into windowless closets and other tiny corners of the Capitol complex, Rep. Rangel's taxpayer-funded workout room is just another example of the trappings of his power and seniority in Washington.

The tiny office space holds everything a busy chairman needs to shed a few pounds in comfort - a flat-screen television, an exercise machine, a mirror, a small refrigerator and a telephone.

The room is just steps away from Rangel's well-appointed suite of offices, and staffers have observed the powerful Ways and Means chairman and his staff using the office multiple times over the last two months.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/12012008/news/nationalnews/fit_for_office_141658.htm

[We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money. --Ronald ReaganAl Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warmingThe welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - CamusThe person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect. --Hayek]

The article doesn't tell you....so I assume he is a Democrat...

Feds unseal 101-count indictment charging Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford, William Blount and Al LaPierre

Posted by Val Walton -- Birmingham News

A 101-count federal indictment unsealed today charges Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford, Montgomery investment banker William Blount, Blount Parrish and Co. and longtime Langford friend Al LaPierre with a series of crimes in connection with Jefferson County bond transactions and swap agreements.

The indictment charges the three men and Blount Parrish and Co. with conspiracy, bribery, fraud, money laundering, and filing false tax returns in connection with a long-running bribery scheme.
 

"Former Commission President Langford owed a duty of loyalty to Jefferson County in the administration of the county's financial affairs. He sold out his public office to his friends Blount and LaPierre for about $235,000 in expensive clothes, Rolex watches and cash to pay his growing personal debt. All the while, Blount was paid fees topping $7 million," said U.S. Attorney Alice H. Martin. "Through a web of financing agreements, Langford required many institutions to use Blount as a consultant so Blount would make fees and in turn payoff Langford. It was a classic pay to play scheme."

According to the indictment, in June 2003, Blount, Blount Parrish and LaPierre gave Langford cash and checks totalling $69,000. The money was intended to influence and reward Langford in connection with the bond transactions, the indictment said.

Prosecutors say Langford used some of the money from the bribery to buy audio equipment and to buy luxury clothing items at Shai's in Homewood.

Prosecutors are seeking forfeiture of $69,000 by Langford, and also the same amount from Blount, Blount Parrish and Al LaPierre.

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/12/feds_unseal_101count_indictmen.html

[We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money. --Ronald ReaganAl Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warmingThe welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - CamusThe person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect. --Hayek]

The article doesn't tell you (surprisingly??), but everyone involved in the sting are....wait for it....Democrats.


An elaborate FBI sting snares politicians in Mass.

By STEVE LeBLANC, Associated Press Writer …

BOSTON – The meeting appeared routine — a businessman and politician stopped at a sandwich shop to chat about plans to develop a nearby parcel of land. But this get-together had an unusual twist: The state senator allegedly got $10,000 in bribe money and authorities left with more evidence in the most elaborately orchestrated public corruption sting in decades in Massachusetts.

For 18 months, the operation targeting former state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson played out in upscale restaurants and scruffy eateries, through the marbled halls of the Massachusetts Statehouse and Boston City Hall.

Along the way, the probe dragged in dozens of unwitting side players, from the mayor and City Council president to Wilkerson's Senate colleagues. It also led to corruption charges against a five-term city councilman.

Wilkerson, who resigned last month after being indicted on eight federal counts of attempted extortion, has maintained her innocence.

It all started with a businessman's frustration over a liquor license. Since the investigation became public, he has identified himself as Ron Wilburn, a 69-year-old former Wilkerson backer with strong ties to the community.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081202/ap_on_re_us/boston_corruption

[We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money. --Ronald ReaganAl Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warmingThe welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - CamusThe person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect. --Hayek]

And WE are considered the racist ones?  In lefty logic, up is down, night is day, but left is still left.

Congressman: Obama's Senate Replacement Must Be Black
As Barack Obama takes over the White House, he leaves in his wake a host of vacancies, and some are becoming the focal points for fresh political battles

FOXNews.com

The race to replace Barack Obama as Illinois' junior senator heated up Tuesday as Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., called on Gov. Rod Blagojevich to name a black man or woman to the seat.

By invoking race, Rush, who is black, drove a potential wedge between the prospective white and black contenders for the seat. Rush said it would be a "national disgrace" if Obama's seat were not filled by an African American.

Illinois isn't the only state with a seat to fill. As Barack Obama takes over the White House, he leaves in his wake a host of vacancies, and some are becoming the focal points for fresh political battles.

The Illinois governor has said he plans to name the replacement by the end of the year. That person would serve out the remaining two years of Obama's term.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/02/congressman-obamas-senate-replacement-black/

[We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money. --Ronald ReaganAl Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warmingThe welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - CamusThe person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect. --Hayek]

So...who is more corrupt; the Democrat politicians or the constituents who elect them time and time again?



Jefferson likely to beat Obama-backed rival in Louisiana
Kara Rowland

In a message on his campaign Web site, Louisiana Democrat Rep. William Jefferson says he looks forward to "working in tandem with President Obama," whose election bid, he also says, he was proud to support.

But President-elect Barack Obama, who recorded a radio ad on behalf of another Louisiana Democrat, Paul Carmouche, has avoided a similar display of support for incumbent Mr. Jefferson, who, like Mr. Carmouche, is participating in a runoff election Saturday.

The snub is hardly surprising given Mr. Jefferson's pending trial on charges that he accepted bribes to promote business deals in Africa. According to the FBI, the lawmaker was videotaped accepting $100,000 from an informant before authorities later found $90,000 hidden in the freezer of his Washington home.

Nevertheless, the embattled congressman - who more than two years ago was stripped of his seat on the powerful Ways and Means Committee - is favored to win a 10th term Saturday in the heavily Democratic 2nd Congressional District, which includes New Orleans.

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/05/jefferson-likely-to-beat-obama-backed-rival-in-lou/

[the all-Democrat city government.]

TB: I think this one beats all yours combined...


Atlantic City: casinos, boardwalk and now sex tape

A hooker and a Baptist minister having sex in a seedy motel room, where a camera was hidden in a clock radio. A videotape delivered to a radio talk show host by someone wearing oversized glasses, a fake beard and surgical gloves.
....

Levy (the Mayor) resigned in October 2007. Four of his eight predecessors also had been arrested on corruption charges....

Some council members haven't fared much better. As recently as 2006, one third of the nine council members were either in prison or on their way.....

Callaway had come to dominate the all-Democrat city government.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081206/D94TE1T80.html

[mastered the technique of soliciting and collecting absentee ballots in poor neighborhoods.]

That's quite a story Counter, of democracy, Democrat style.  And I'm betting the media have played a major role, by ignoring enough of it that the people keep electing these losers.

Callaway had come to dominate the all-Democrat city government. His network of family and friends mastered the technique of soliciting and collecting absentee ballots in poor neighborhoods.

I believe this is the favorite play in the Democrat playbook going forward.

[We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money. --Ronald ReaganAl Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warmingThe welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - CamusThe person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect. --Hayek]

Either Rowland (from my previous post) is a Democrat in wishful thinking mode, or yet another dumb journalist.  OK...both.

Louisiana voters oust indicted Rep. Jefferson

By CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press Writer Cain Burdeau, Associated Press Writer

Republican Anh 'Joseph' Cao waves as he holds his daughter Betsy Cao, 4, with AP – Republican Anh 'Joseph' Cao waves as he holds his daughter Betsy Cao, 4, with his wife Kate Hieu Hoang

NEW ORLEANS – In a year when national Republican fortunes took a turn for the worse, Louisiana delivered the GOP two seats in Congress in elections delayed by Hurricane Gustav.

Indicted Democratic U.S. Rep. William Jefferson was ousted Saturday from his New Orleans area district, while Republicans narrowly held on to the seat vacated by a retiring incumbent.

The wins followed Republicans' reconquest of another House seat earlier this fall that had been lost to Democrats.

In the 2nd Congressional District, which includes most of New Orleans, Republican attorney Anh "Joseph" Cao won 50 percent of the vote to Jefferson's 47 percent and will become the first Vietnamese-American in Congress. His only previous political experience was an unsuccessful 2007 bid for a seat in the state legislature.

In the 4th Congressional District in western Louisiana, Republican John Fleming squeaked past Democrat Paul Carmouche in the race to replace retiring 10-term Rep. Jim McCrery, R-La. Only a few hundred votes separated the two.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081207/ap_on_el_ho/louisiana_congress

[We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money. --Ronald ReaganAl Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warmingThe welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - CamusThe person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect. --Hayek]

$1M SLAP AT SPITZER DAD OVER RACIAL BIAS

By PILAR CONCI and TODD VENEZIA

The father of disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer suffered his own disgrace yesterday, when a Bronx jury found he discriminated against four black employees and ordered him to pay more than $1 million in penalties.

The jurors took about four hours to decide that racism prompted Bernard Spitzer, 84, to improperly fire a doorman and three porters in 1999 from a building he owned at 150 E. 57th St. in Manhattan.

The jurors ordered him to pay a total of $1.3 million to Anthony Haydenn, 34, Akim Rodriguez, 38, Leanard Boyce, 71, and Treavor Morris, 32.

The men originally filed suit nearly a decade ago, and were hoping to get $8 million from the ex-governor's millionaire dad.

Still, the four men said they were pleased.

"I'm happy," Hayden said. "It's a decision that was long overdue."

"I feel vindicated," Rodriguez added. "We worked hard, we should have [what] we were entitled to."

The elder Spitzer was not in court. His lawyer declined to comment, but a spokesman said the fight wasn't over.

"We are more than disappointed," said Lloyd Kaplan. "There was no evidence showing any discriminatory behavior by Mr. Spitzer."

http://www.nypost.com/seven/12062008/news/regionalnews/manhattan/1m_slap_at_spitzer_dad_over_racial_bias_142882.htm

[We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money. --Ronald ReaganAl Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warmingThe welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - CamusThe person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect. --Hayek]

Report: Rangel paid his son nearly $80K for 'poorly designed' websites

The Politico reports that Rep. Charles Rangel, the New York Democrat, paid his son nearly $80,000 for two "poorly designed" campaign websites.

That's not illegal, but it does raise questions about whether the powerful Ways and Means Committee chairman was using campaign funds to enrich a relative, the paper says.

"Steven Rangel’s design for his father’s National Leadership PAC site appears to have been slapped together in a hurry, intermittently updated and never spell-checked," the paper says.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/12/report-rangel-p.html

[We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money. --Ronald ReaganAl Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warmingThe welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - CamusThe person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect. --Hayek]

Guess what today is?

It's Not Fitzmas   [Jonah Goldberg]

It's International Anti-Corruption Day. No really. It is. Seriously. Stop laughing.  I baked a cake and everything.

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NjY4ODU0YTZlNDI4YTM3OTlhMzYyYzNiMmRlOGVkZjg=

[We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money. --Ronald ReaganAl Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warmingThe welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - CamusThe person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect. --Hayek]

Re: Name That Scandal!   [Mark Krikorian]

Wow, I don't think I've ever gotten this much mail. Well, here are some suggested names for the Blagojevich imbroglio, in no particular order:

Blago Affair, Blagopalooza, Blago-Rahma, Blago-Bama-Rahma, Bling4Blago, Seatwater, Grand Theft Blago, Blago-Grab (like Abu-Ghraib), Blagola (like payola), an attempt at a Blagopoly, Blag-mire, Blag-pro-quo, Blago-ditch, Blag-out, Blagobamanation, Blagobamamania, Blagobama, Grab-Blag, Dem-Blago, BlagoMart, Blagorama, Blagodrama, Blaygo (or Blago-paygo), P2PGate (Pay to Play Gate), Blagojevich 5, Senat-Ebay, E-Blago-bay gate, Blago-auction, ChiBlagoScam, Chicago's ethical Blag Hole, Just-a-governor-from-the-neighborhood-gate, the Crackpot Dome-hair Scandal.

Or, of course, just "Chicago politics."

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MDVkOTM5YTZlYjNhYmM4ZjQyNjkzMmI5YTI3NDdjZTM=

[We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money. --Ronald ReaganAl Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warmingThe welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - CamusThe person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect. --Hayek]

Union-founded nonprofit spent zero on its charitable purpose in two years

By Paul Pringle

A nonprofit organization founded by California's largest union local reported spending nothing on its charitable purpose -- to develop housing for low-income workers -- during at least two of the four years it has been operating, federal records show.

The charity, launched by a scandal-ridden Los Angeles chapter of the Service Employees International Union, had total expenses of about $165,000 for 2005 and 2006, and all of the money went to consulting fees, insurance costs and other overhead, according to its Internal Revenue Service filings.

Charity watchdogs say that nonprofits should never have zero program expenses in two successive years and that well-performing charities direct at least 70% of their annual spending to their charitable purpose.

"Of the 5,000-plus charities we've looked at, I don't think we've ever seen one that didn't spend anything on its charitable programs," said Sandra Miniutti, vice president of Charity Navigator, an online rating service.


http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-union13-2008dec13,0,6257988.story?track=rss

[We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money. --Ronald ReaganAl Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warmingThe welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - CamusThe person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect. --Hayek]

This whole Blago scandal is just grand.  I wonder if Idiot Sceptic is calling for 0bama's impeachment now that we find he lied about his staff's contact with the Gov.

[We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money. --Ronald ReaganAl Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warmingThe welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - CamusThe person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect. --Hayek]

Barack Obama dogged by ethics doubts as education chief Arne Duncan named


A fresh ethics controversy threatened to further complicate Barack Obama's White House transition today as his cabinet neared completion with the nomination of his Education Secretary.

After a week in which Mr Obama's team has been sidetracked by the scandal over the Illinois governor's alleged attempt to sell his Senate seat, it emerged that a federal grand jury is investigating donations made to political action committees belonging to Bill Richardson, the New Mexico governor and the president-elect's pick as Commerce Secretary.

The grand jury in Albuquerque is trying to determine whether a financial firm was improperly awarded over $1.4 million in work from the state of New Mexico shortly after donating $100,000 to two of Mr Richardson's organisations.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5354760.ece