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To: STARWISE

What a bunch of crap. Unqualified people get by all the time because they are the right color.


5 posted on 06/21/2009 4:30:18 PM PDT by The Good Doctor (Democracy is the only system where you can vote for a tax that you can avoid the obligation to pay.)
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To: The Good Doctor; penelopesire; seekthetruth; television is just wrong; jcsjcm; BP2; Pablo Mac; ...

Federal Inquiry Into Blagojevich Turns to University Admissions

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By KAREN ANN CULLOTTA
Published: June 18, 2009

CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors are trying to determine if former Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich and his allies used political muscle to influence student admissions at three state universities.

United States Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald issued subpoenas .........

The request was related to Mr. Blagojevich and three of his co-defendants on criminal corruption charges, William Cellini, Christopher Kelly and Alonzo Monk.

The investigation also seeks records related to Antoin Rezko, .......

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investigate accusations that hundreds of students at the University of Illinois had been admitted because of their families’ political connections.

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The Chicago Tribune has reported that as many as 800 applicants to the university had been admitted because of political patronage.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/us/19donors.html?ref=us


6 posted on 06/21/2009 5:19:49 PM PDT by STARWISE (The Art & Science Institute of Chicago Politics NE Div: now open at the White House)
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To: The Good Doctor

Yes it happens all the time. With the great Kenya as President, Affirmative Action has no standing.


11 posted on 06/21/2009 9:04:08 PM PDT by Orange1998
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