Posted on 05/07/2010 9:40:00 AM PDT by fight_truth_decay
Thomas the Tank Engine must be in bad shape after hitting that.
This was a typical political homicide in Chicago. Dead men tell no tales.
I’m sure his widow will continue to get 280k a year retirement benefit no matter what happens in the investigation of his corruption.
Yes Chicagocide. It’s sure good that we don’t have any former Chicago politicians in places of critical national importance. /s
Is there any arena in this nation that is not corrupt?
Anyone care to speculate on the number of recent telephone calls between the “sources” who say that Pagano committed suicide and members of Dick Durbin’s staff?
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OBAMA AND HIS CRONIES LINED-UP TO PROFIT FROM THE OLYMPICS This needs to be investigated (but don't hold your breath).
David Axelrod's Chicago PR firm did all the upfront work to prepare Chicago’s losing Olympic bid presentation to the IOC (Axelrod is a top WH aide).
Four of the five co-chairs of Obama’sinaugural committee continue to have unpaid leadership roles in Chicago Olympics 2016: Pat Ryan, the chairman and CEO of Chicago 2016; John Rodgers, treasurer and director of Chicago 2016 (once married to WH social secy Desiree Rodgers who was ousted over the Sahali incident); Bill Daley, former Clinton administration commerce secretary and brother of the Chicago mayor; and Penny Pritzker, the Chicago businesswoman and Hyatt hotel heiress who led Obama’s meteoric presidential campaign fundraising.
Pritzker’s family also owns or manages other hotels named by Chicago 2016 as the accommodations for Olympic workers, press and family members.
Ryan and Priztker each contributed $100,000 or more to Chicago Olympics 2016. As did WH Social Secretary Desiree Rogers, an Obama family friend, who also served on the Chicago committee. It still counts Obama confidant and vacation companion Eric Whitaker among its members.
The Obama insider in the WH, Valerie Jarrett, a Chicago slumlord, owns Chicago property she apparently planned to turn into Olympic Villages (she flew to Copenhagen for the losing effort). Jarrett was replaced as Chicago Olympics 2016 vice-chair by Martin Nesbitt, treasurer of Obama’s campaign, and another Obama family insider.
ASK Public Strategies, the Chicago-based corporate public relations company founded by Obama political guru David Axelrod and owned and run by some of Obama’s top presidential campaign consultants, was paid “in the tens of thousands” of dollars by Chicago Olympics 2016 to do “communication management [and] planning,” said former Axelrod partner Eric Sedler, who did not work for Obama's campaign, but was in Copenhagen, along with Pritzker and Jarrett.
“ASK Public Strategies worked on the bid for three years and for 2/3 of that time our work was pro bono,” said Sedler, who would not speculate on whether the company would be in line for more Olympic work if the IOC picked Chicago (duh).
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CONCLUSIONS Obama's cronies have too much influence over the office of the President of the United States. That they can literally compel him to expend millions of tax-payer dollars to use two US govt planes, govt personnel, and other govt resources, to make a personal appeal to the IOC, speaks of a terrible, systemic corruption. Also makes one wonder if Obama was getting a cut of the deals.
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"In an ominous sign of a still-spreading political scandal, federal officials are probing potential misuse of U.S. funds by exiled Metra chief Phil Pagano (who killed himself)." U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill. called on the inspector general of the US Department of Transportation to "investigate whether any federal funds were misused or spent in any unauthorized way."
BTW, did you know that Sen Dick Durbin went to Denmark with the Ohaha's and the Chicago Olympics 2016 Committee?. They Ohaha's were so sneaky as to who went. They took two govt planes---musta been quite a crowd. Videos aired from Denmark showed a few unfamiliar faces. Oprah was kept under wraps. Mrs Ohaha was shown getting off the plane alone. Only the Ohaha's were supposed to "shine"......er, ah, make that, bomb. LOL.
No, but I was thrown recently and arm suffering for it.
Just these suicides of government Chicago bosses of 2-3 decades taking their lives instead of prison..under suspicion always seemed strange.
Meanwhile, Blago [Blagojevich] copes by going the talk circuit and Reality shows.
Good point. The disturbing unanimity of the story line is a dead give-away. No mention of a suicide note, no speculation about foul play: just “he committed suicide, he will be missed”
Well, I think there is corruption and then there’s corruption.
If you’re asking if some corruption doesn’t take place just about everywhere, I’d have to say that from very infrequently to quite frequently would be the case. So yes, you could say just about everywhere.
Now, are politicians jumping in front of rail cars everywhere? Ah, not really. Are people thinking someone may have shoved their elected officials in front of a rail car in most areas? Not really.
Since it’s a Chicago style agency, we’ll have to see if he will continue to collect his paid administrative leave salary after today, since the meeting to fire him was canceled. And he will probably continue to vote for a few more elections as well.
I commuted on that Metra line for some years. They used to have a "safety" poster in the cars that read:
"Ever meet anyone who was hit by a train? ... Didn't think so."
I wonder if Terra Cotta Road and the enormous field next to it were going to play a big part in the Chicago Olympics?
Which verb tense: “Throws” or “was thrown”?
Personally, I think he got railroaded.
Pushing oneself from behind must be a bit awkward.
Gee, I'm so relieved (/snix).
Hows the train?
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