Posted on 03/18/2010 7:57:58 AM PDT by SmithL
Another funny thing happened in what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi promised would be "the most ethical Congress in history." Monica Conyers, the wife of House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, pleaded guilty last year to a federal charge of conspiracy to commit bribery that prompted her to resign from the Detroit City Council last year. This month, she was sentenced to 37 months in prison.
One could argue that his wife's felony conviction should not reflect on Conyers' chairmanship of the committee that has jurisdiction over federal courts, in that U.S. Attorney Terrence Berg announced that the evidence in the case "offered no suggestion" that John Conyers "had any knowledge or role in Mrs. Conyers' illegal conduct." But now come reports that despite her husband's $174,000 annual salary, Monica Conyers has obtained a taxpayer-funded court-appointed attorney to appeal her own plea-bargained deal.
When she entered her plea, Mrs. Conyers signed an affidavit that stipulated the "defendant waives any right to appeal her conviction or sentence" if the sentence does not exceed five years. The former Detroit council member also admitted to accepting "cash payments" before and after her tie-breaking vote to grant a $47 million sludge-hauling contract to Synagro Technologies in 2007.
Hmmm: 2007, that's when Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, tried to renege on his guilty plea to disorderly conduct after he had a too-close encounter with a police officer in a Minneapolis airport men's restroom. Many critics - and I was one - hit Craig for trying to go back on a deal that, as a lawmaker, he must have understood.
Well, surely the wife of the Judish chairman knew what she was doing when she pleaded guilty.
Just as surely, Conyers can help pay his wife's legal bills. He makes too good a living to stick taxpayers...
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
What else can the Dems say? His wife was a crooked politician - but he didn't know it?...or he hasn't gotten caught, yet!
I thought diversity was our strength!
And as John and Monica don’t want to spend any of the money they’ve stolen from taxpayers over the past several decades, Monica is claiming “indigent” status and will be provided an attorney free of charge!! Some mighty classy folks, huh!!!
Funny, but I haven’t seen Monica excoriated by the MSM as of yet. But Justice Thomas’ wife is enduring all sorts of media attacks for opening a conservative web site!!! Apparently it is a FAR greater criminal offense to be a CONSERVATIVE than a CRIMINAL!!!!
Conyers is the wrong guy to even chair an easter egg hunt
Guess what else Conyers is up to? He is sponsoring HR3335 to restore VOTING RIGHTS to FELONS!! Sorry for shouting but I am outraged.
Conyers just brought this Bill to committee on March 16th. Do you suppose this is why Obama is not worried about his re-election?
So far this Bill is flying under the radar screen.
I needed a good laugh! OK, FRiends, a new red alert, and this is more loony than an outhouse rat! No seriously, this is dangerous, but ... well ...
Hungry for new voters, Conyers is pushing for Prison Inmates to vote
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=131313
Last week, a House subcommittee heard testimony on H.R. 3335, the “Democracy Restoration Act.” The bill seeks to override state laws, which vary in how they restrict when convicted felons released from prison can vote.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich. [snip]
[Is his wife in prison yet over the Sewage bribe?]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2473164/posts
“Monica Conyers, a former Detroit City Council member, pleaded guilty this past June to accepting cash bribes in exchange for her vote on a $1.2 billion sewage sludge contract [snip]
[Conyers hasn’t resigned yet? He called for Nixon to resign. Now he wants to help his wife vote from prison.]
Conyers is the wrong guy to chair Judiciary Committee [He’s perfect]
San Fran Chronicle: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi promised would be “the most ethical Congress in history.”
OK, now for Zero-care
[Stacy in Atlanta on Rush] Healthcare industry is already on verge of meltdown:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2437390/posts?page=2625#2625
[I feel like a Russian laughing at Stalin]
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Other links coming up ...
Obama skips signing executive order on abortion [We’re all “shocked”] Stupak bribed with airport funds?
FoxNews offers some truth about Slander-Gate
2 More Videos Surface Of John Lewis Walking Through - NO Racial Slur
JustPiper: “BEWARE of Acorn offshoots: ACCE, NY Communities for change, New England united for justice”
IRS will police health care (Commiecare™ fine print)
U.S. Immigration Opposes Asylum Decision (US Cites International Law in German Homeschool Case)
Remember Hillary’s short sale of drug stocks? Blast from the past
One Grand Deal Too Many Costs (pharma) Lobbyist (Billy Tauzin) His Job
Inspector General Slams Obama Foreclosure-Prevention Drive
Obese Man ‘Too Heavy to Lift Into Ambulance’
Obama skips signing executive order on abortion [We’re all “shocked”]
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=131353
Stupak deflects criticism with comparisons to Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation
Stupak bribed with airport funds?
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=131341
Democrat blasts GOP claims of ‘backroom deal’ prior to vote
[Stacy in Atlanta on Rush] Healthcare industry is already on verge of meltdown:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2437390/posts?page=2625#2625
Slander-Gate [the three congress critters who slandered 0-care protesters]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2437390/posts?page=2596#2596
[Caught in a web of lies]
2 More Videos Surface Of John Lewis Walking Through Protesters, NO Evidence of Any Racial Slur
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2478373/posts
JustPiper: “BEWARE of Acorn offshoots: ACCE, NY Communities for change, New England united for justice”
IRS will police health care (Commiecare™ fine print)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2478257/posts
U.S. Immigration Opposes Asylum Decision (US Cites International Law in German Homeschool Case)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2478201/posts
[More eager to enforce foreign tyranny than to uphold the US Constitution.]
Remember Hillary’s short sale of drug stocks? Blast from the past:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2437390/posts?page=2673#2673
One Grand Deal Too Many Costs (pharma) Lobbyist (Billy Tauzin) His Job
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2450632/posts
Inspector General Slams Obama Foreclosure-Prevention Drive
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2478320/posts
Obese Man ‘Too Heavy to Lift Into Ambulance’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2478371/posts
You should be outraged. But darn it’s funny. Please note post 10. It reminds me of the chocolate bar scene in Dumb and Dumberber.
I’m adding this to a couple archive threads:
THUG-O-CRAT hit list
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2464640/posts?page=5
Close Encounter with the Loony Left [link-list]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2464035/posts
OH my! What a list of news items.
LOL - the last one.
Thanks for the ping.
I shouldn’t have pinged without checking Drudge first. Links coming ...
Indian military to weaponize world’s hottest chili...
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100323/D9EKA7GG1.html
Three Guantanamo inmates transferred to Georgia...
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.14550d38949dfe334ce5001df099c351.441&show_article=1
‘TREMENDOUS OUTPOURING [of support]’ FOR LAWMAKER WHO SHOUTED ‘BABY KILLER’...
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0310/Neugebauer_Outpouring_of_support_since_baby_killer_outburst.html?showall
Drudge: Ann Coulter Ottawa speech shut down... 2000 protesters surrounding building with rocks and sticks — pulled fire alarm in building. Cops shut it down! Blogs calling for Coulter to be hurt. MPs were banned from going, Coulter denounced by an MP in the Parliement.
Israel’s survival at stake, Clinton warns...
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e5e4a218-35b4-11df-963f-00144feabdc0.html
Venezuela arrests Chavez critic for ‘conspiracy’...
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62M2UL20100323
That was before checking Drudge. [I goofed.]
OK, Infowars next. Tinfoil hat triple strength ...
Kerry Exploits Obamacare Passage to Propose Carbon Tax
http://www.infowars.com/kerry-exploits-obamacare-passage-to-propose-carbon-tax/
Kurt Nimmo | Kerry has teamed up with Lindsey Graham and Joseph Lieberman in an effort to foist a carbon tax scheme on the American people.
The Cost Of Defying Obamacare: $2,250 a Month And IRS Goons Pointing Guns At Your Family
http://www.infowars.com/the-cost-of-defying-obamacare-2250-a-month-and-irs-goons-pointing-guns-at-your-family/
Paul Joseph Watson | 16,500 new tax collectors with “combat training” and pump action shotguns will enforce “the change we seek.”
Geithner says Fannie, Freddie overhaul must wait
http://www.infowars.com/geithner-says-fannie-freddie-overhaul-must-wait/
AFP | US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Tuesday swatted aside pressure for a swift reform of troubled government-backed mortgage giants as data pointed to a still struggling real estate market.
Underemployment At Record 20% According To Gallup
http://www.infowars.com/underemployment-at-record-20-according-to-gallup/
Zero Hedge | Unlike the Dept of Labor’s arcane voodoo which lately is based more on executive confidential memos and snowfall observations, Gallup’s underemployment measure is based on more than 20,000 phone interviews.
Health-Care Stocks Up After House OK’s Obamacare [that will change]
http://www.infowars.com/health-care-stocks-up-after-house-oks-obamacare/
Dow Jones Newswires | Health-care stocks led the stock market higher Monday after the U.S. House Sunday approved a historic health-care.
US may try Sheehan for anti-war campaign
http://www.infowars.com/us-may-try-sheehan-for-anti-war-campaign
Press TV | US authorities have arrested a number of anti-war protesters, including high-profile activist Cindy Sheehan, during a demonstration in Washington DC.
Wow - additional amazing news headlines. I will have to check then out individually later on today.
Thanks for them all and don’t worry about the Drudge thing.
Coulter told the Ottawa Citizen newspaper: “Now that the provost has instructed me on the criminal speech laws he apparently believes I have a proclivity (to break), despite knowing nothing about my speech, I see that he is guilty of promoting hatred against an identifiable group: conservatives.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2478388/posts?page=5
Yes ... !
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