Posted on 01/26/2015 9:05:43 AM PST by Oldpuppymax
No words exist to fully describe the abject wickedness which has consumed Albany, NY as it fails in its sworn duty to protect and honor the public trust! “It is a cesspool unworthy of respect or trust and now stands naked in disgrace,” says NY POST editorial writer Michael Goodwin. (1) The “three-men-in-a-room” scenario of Governor, State Senate Majority Leader and Speaker of the State House has ruled for decades, often in total disregard of legislators and ordinary constituents.
But one man and one man alone in that room ruled New York, both state and city. His fiefdom of pay-to-play, show-me-the-money alleged foul play makes Sheldon “Shelly” Silver the guy who has pocketed millions from alleged scams so convoluted that trying to trace their rabbit warrens of corruption can become a near exercise in futility.
And now, this man must face the law’s sour notes in a five count, FBI indictment alleging four million dollars in bribe taking, influence pedaling, fraud, and misuse of honest service. Speaker of the New York House Sheldon Silver, “… monetized public office,” says Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara who heads up an 11 year investigation now bearing fruit. (2) From taxpayer money passing palms for whale watching in an upstate NY lake to thousands of lobbying dollars pouring in from Big Booze, Big Oil, Big Union, Big Real Estate, Big Pharma or Big whatever, if you did business in the world’s trade capital, you paid THE MAN or you didn’t play. “He would make money orders and just ask us to put our name on it,” said one woman who was part of the vast array of faceless shell givers who let their names be used for political gain. (3) And why did Governor Cuomo shut down his own investigation of corrupt politicians...
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“You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.” ~ Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi ;)
Who’d he piss off?
News that brings a smile to one’s face.
Someone didn’t get their payola.
It is almost like NY has become........well, another Chicago.
This reaches right up to the top with the disbanding of the Moreland Commission. We’ll see what deal Andy Cueball can cut to get out for this.
May we live to see Traitorobama, Traitorholder, Traitorkerry, and Traitorhillary led away in FBI handcuffs (or tazed while trying to escape). There will be dancing in the streets!
OPM:
“Most powerful” as determined by who?
Let me give you a hint: is it the NY media who has been the recipient of Silver’s “largess” (in the larger-sense)? How many journalists (OK, quotes around journalist are no longer meaningful!) have arranged for an audience with Shelly to get inside info or, at least, an expensive meal/drunk?
Now the media has a find another ^insider^ to buy them expensive wine and steak dinners, until the inevitable happens.
America says...meh.
NEXT!
Q: What do you call New York’s most powerful politician taken away in FBI handcuffs?
A: A good start.
If you are not a regular reader of NY Post editor Michael Goodwin, you are missing out. Big time.
What?
No orange jumpsuit ‘Frog March’ Video?.....................
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi, Have you been to Washington, D.C.?
I wouldn’t expect anything to come of this. He has too much on too many people, including judicial arena. Huey Long rides again...only in NY and not LA.
“Mayor de Blasio described Silver as “a man of integrity even on the DAY he was charged with taking bribes of nearly $4 million.””
And what’s Cuomo hiding?
Out instantly on a mere $200K bail. The MSM will ignore the story and by the time his trial/plea bargain comes around no one will be paying attention. Pay a fine, get probation and get back to business as usual.
It can neither stop nor help itself.
It is a self-ordained, built-in prophesy.
Who’d he piss off?
Who’d he piss off?
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He’s been pissing off people for decades.
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