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You forgot more jails
Augusta Free Press ^ | March 5, 2009 | Max Friedman

Posted on 03/06/2009 8:23:33 PM PST by Interesting Times

Edited on 03/08/2009 9:29:35 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Somewhere in the more than $700 billion stimulus bill just passed by both houses of Congress must be a reference to building more jails, if only as a means of increasing employment. If not, it should have been added as a “rider” when the bill was worked out between the two houses, because they are gonna need one.

When the Democrats won control of the House of Representatives in 2006, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) became the first woman speaker, she said that she was going to drain “the swamp of corruption” and end “the culture of corruption” in Washington, and by implication, corruption around the country.

A little over two years later, the swamp has not been “drained” but has expanded in size and depth. The “corruption” among politicians, in this case, mainly Democrats, has also expanded to near-flood conditions, overflowing the swamps and riverbanks of many national, state and local Democratic parties.

Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m for throwing the Republican crooks out too, and this includes Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska). Rep. Foley (R-Fla.) was thrown out of Congress by his own party even before there was an indictment or trial (neither of which occurred). Rep Vitter (R-La.), got caught up in the “D.C. Madame” scandal and apologized for it, and still has his seat. No charges were brought against him and despite Democrats calling for his head, or other body parts, this was largely a private matter between himself and his family. I won’t even begin to name the Democrats who have cheated on their wives. I haven’t got enough space for it.

No, wait! I will, for just a few.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democratcorruption; maxfriedman
A devastating compendium of Democrat corruption by researcher Max Friedman.
1 posted on 03/06/2009 8:23:33 PM PST by Interesting Times
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To: Howlin; eddie willers; cajungirl; wirestripper; Southflanknorthpawsis; Peach; prairiebreeze; ...

“Laws are just for the little people...”


2 posted on 03/06/2009 8:24:37 PM PST by Interesting Times (For the truth about "swift boating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
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To: Interesting Times

I saw that seed rolling away...


3 posted on 03/06/2009 8:26:18 PM PST by allmost
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To: Interesting Times

The only thing that Pelosi has done is to turn the swamp of corruption into a lake of corruption.


4 posted on 03/06/2009 8:26:31 PM PST by txnativegop (God Bless America! (NRA-Endowment))
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To: txnativegop
The only thing that Pelosi has done is to turn the swamp of corruption into a lake of corruption.

Please allow me to make a correction for you

The only thing that Pelosi has done is to turn the swamp of corruption into a lake an ocean of corruption.

5 posted on 03/06/2009 8:36:03 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: bamahead

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6 posted on 03/06/2009 8:39:45 PM PST by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
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To: Interesting Times

Excellent synopsis.


7 posted on 03/06/2009 8:43:39 PM PST by abner (I have no tagline, therefore no identity.)
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To: Interesting Times

Thanks for the ping!


8 posted on 03/06/2009 8:43:56 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: Interesting Times

“Laws are just for the little people...” and Republicans of all sizes.


9 posted on 03/06/2009 9:22:10 PM PST by zot
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To: Interesting Times

The “little people” will awake soon enough, IT. It’s never too late. We do have a Constitution, at least I think we do.


10 posted on 03/06/2009 9:36:38 PM PST by Slip18
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To: Interesting Times

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Source: http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/31617_Obama_Gave_Bill_Ayers_Book_a_Rave_Review/comments/#ctop
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From The Weekly Standard, 'Barack Obama's Lost Years', 08/11/2008:

"Ayers opposes trying even the most vicious juvenile murderers as adults. Beyond that, he'd like to see the prison system itself essentially abolished. Unsatisfied with mere reform, Ayers wants to address the deeper 'structural problems of the system.' Drawing explicitly on Michel Foucault, a French philosopher beloved of radical academics, Ayers argues that prisons artificially impose obedience and conformity on society, thereby creating a questionable distinction between the 'normal' and the 'deviant.' The unfortunate result, says Ayers, is to leave the bulk of us feeling smugly superior to society's prisoners. Home detention, Ayers believes, might someday be able to replace the prison. Ayers also makes a point of comparing America's prison system to the mass-detention of a generation of young blacks under South African Apartheid. Ayers's tone may be different, but the echoes of Jeremiah Wright's anti-prison rants are plain."

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/386abhgm.asp?pg=2

11 posted on 03/06/2009 9:48:46 PM PST by ETL (ALL the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Interesting Times

Even Knowing all the corruption he mentions, the article still makes compulsive reading. Nice attribute to FReerepublic as well!


12 posted on 03/06/2009 9:51:22 PM PST by JDoutrider
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To: Interesting Times
No, wait! I will, for just a few.

I knew that meant it was gonna be a long story.

13 posted on 03/06/2009 11:14:46 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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To: Interesting Times
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14 posted on 03/07/2009 12:57:04 AM PST by Tex Pete (Obama for Change: from our pockets, our piggy banks, and our couch cushions!)
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To: Interesting Times
Somewhere in the more than $700 million stimulus bill...

$700M sounds huge, but it's low by a factor of 1,000 compared to the actual $700B of waste that Pelosi/Obama pushed through.

15 posted on 03/07/2009 1:49:57 AM PST by TurtleUp (Turtle up: cancel optional spending until 2012, and boycott TARP/stimulus companies forever!)
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To: Interesting Times

BTTT


16 posted on 03/07/2009 3:15:33 AM PST by E.G.C.
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To: TurtleUp
$700M sounds huge, but it's low by a factor of 1,000 compared to the actual $700B of waste that Pelosi/Obama pushed through.

Good catch. I'll see if Max can get that corrected.

17 posted on 03/07/2009 7:25:39 AM PST by Interesting Times (For the truth about "swift boating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
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To: Interesting Times; devolve; ntnychik; PhilDragoo
Thanks I.T.
Pelosi didn't only NOT drain the swamp but requested $30 million for her 'wetlands mouse'.

 


18 posted on 03/07/2009 2:42:01 PM PST by potlatch
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