Tag: "Corruption"
Six Billion Temptations
Daniel Henninger, writing in today’s Wall Street Journal, hits on a theme I explored back in February. You say Sarah Palin doesn’t have enough “experience” to run Washington? Washington is barely fit to be run. The problem isn’t standard political corruption. The problem is that the $2.8 trillion federal budget is a vast ocean of [...]
Eric Cantor and His Jewish Power Sandwich
The Democratic National Committee spent 660 words trying to tie conservative Republican Senator Eric Cantor to long-departed criminal and lobbyist Jack Abramoff. That’s to be expected. Abramoff is the Dems bogeyman du jour, the political Freddy Krueger they use to scare their gullible voters into believing that only the Republicans are up to their eyeballs [...]
Two Tales of 50 Million Dollars.
Last year, authorities arrested a woman named Harriette Walters for allegedly stealing somewhere in the area of $50 million over a period of 20 years from the taxpayers of Washington, DC. Walters is accused of using her position in the tax office of the DC government to issue a number of fake property tax refund [...]
Give Him A Fair Trial, Then Put Him in Prison for A While.
We can not get rid of this guy fast enough. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Sen. Ted Stevens pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges of concealing more than $250,000 in gifts from an oil services company, and his lawyer asked for a quick trial in an effort to clear his name before the November election. [...]
Pelosi Breaks More Promises, Ho Hum
Nancy Pelosi, typical lying politician. Considering she has already driven Congress’ approval ratings below that of the President, which pretty much assures that she’ll be known as the worst Speaker of the House ever. She’s broken every campaing promise she made on her party’s behalf. The Democrats have proven they can’t run Congress any better [...]


















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