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Officials lambast NJ corruption after 44 arrested
Yahoo News ^
| Fri Jul 24, 8:47 am
| DAVID PORTER
Posted on 07/24/2009 9:08:58 AM PDT by Jersey Republican Biker Chick
NEWARK, N.J. – Officials are decrying political corruption in New Jersey after more than 40 people, among them rabbis and elected officeholders, were arrested in an investigation in which some were accused of laundering tens of millions of dollars and of black-market trafficking of kidneys and fake Gucci handbags.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Israel; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: agenda; corruption; cultureofcorruption; democrats; democratscandals; israel; momzers; nj; organtransplants; rabbis; sellingorgans
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To: sfvgto
reminds me of a joke: Rita and Vinnie are making out in a car.
Rita: Vinnie, kiss me where it stinks.
So Vinnie drove her to NJ.
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posted on
07/24/2009 9:30:41 AM PDT
by
BarbM
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
Happened under Corzine,Lautenberg and Menendez. They should resign!!!!
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posted on
07/24/2009 9:32:14 AM PDT
by
CPT Clay
(Pick up your weapon and follow me.)
To: BarbM
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posted on
07/24/2009 9:33:57 AM PDT
by
sfvgto
(Dear Congress, my name is Jimmie....gimmie, gimmie, gimmie)
To: SuperSonic; Jersey Republican Biker Chick
Missed that. Okay 9 Democrats and 1 fig-leaf Republican to provide political cover. My next guess is that the charge against the Republican is totally bogus, not because Republicans aren't capable, but when this many Democrats are caught red-handed with their grubby fingers in the cookie jar, then prosecutorial staff always need a Republican fish to counter any bias claims.
This also gives the state-run media cover to ID the Republican in all stories and omit any references to Democrats.
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posted on
07/24/2009 9:35:04 AM PDT
by
Obadiah
(Obama: Chains you can believe in!)
To: Radl
ALL BUT ONE OF THE OFFICEHOLDERS WERE DEMOCRATS!!!
I’m shocked I tell ya.
Sheesh, culture of corruption.
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posted on
07/24/2009 9:35:14 AM PDT
by
CPT Clay
(Pick up your weapon and follow me.)
To: Radl
“All but one of the officeholders are Democrats.” What a shock.So that's why their party affiliation is being kept secret by the media. If they were all Republicans, this "Republican scandal" would fill the news cycle 24/7 for at least a year.
Gawd I have no respect for the media. What a bunch of losers.
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
We're number one! We're NUMBER ONE!
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posted on
07/24/2009 9:46:40 AM PDT
by
Rodebrecht
(If everybody just left everybody else alone, everybody would be a lot happier.)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
I have a penny (the proverbial “red cent”) that says the rabbis in this case are Liberal Democraps.
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posted on
07/24/2009 9:49:24 AM PDT
by
GladesGuru
(In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
"Corruption is a cancer that is destroying the core values of this state." This guy has it all wrong.
Corruption IS the core value of this state.
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posted on
07/24/2009 9:53:01 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
(God is great, beer is good . . . and people are crazy.)
To: cubreporter
NJ is a beautiful state. Stayed with my sister and totally enjoyed riding the train from Morristown to NYC. The little towns were so charming. I wanted to stop at every one to walk around.
Still NJ is a little weird with no left turns and no pumping your own gas...
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posted on
07/24/2009 10:00:24 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(Do we have a Plan B?)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
New Jersey, the very definition of a blue state, corrupt?
I’m shocked, SHOCKED!
Convict the perps, and send them to be hired by the Obamaloon for his cabinet.
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
Took nine paragraphs before we get to this
“Among the 44 people arrested were the mayors of Hoboken, Ridgefield and Secaucus, Jersey City’s deputy mayor, and two state assemblymen. A member of the governor’s cabinet resigned after agents searched his home, though he was not arrested. All but one of the officeholders are Democrats.”
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posted on
07/24/2009 10:10:34 AM PDT
by
Ace the Biker
(I wasn't born in Texas but I got here as fast as I could.)
To: Ace the Biker
In defense of the media on that one, it's worth noting that many local elected offices in New Jersey are "non-partisan." No party primary system at all in these places . . . candidates gather signatures on a petition to get on the ballot, and they're listed on the ballot with no party affiliation at all.
This is how Republican Bret Schundler ended up getting elected in a Democratic stronghold like Jersey City some years ago. He was the lone Republican on the ballot with a bunch of different Democrats.
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posted on
07/24/2009 10:21:02 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
(God is great, beer is good . . . and people are crazy.)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
It wasn't their fault, 'the Devil' made them do it!
The Jersey Devil:
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posted on
07/24/2009 10:27:03 AM PDT
by
Condor51
(The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits)
To: sfvgto
11 out of 21 counties in new jersey have always been the scum pit of america
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posted on
07/24/2009 10:55:08 AM PDT
by
divine_moment_of_facts
("Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket?")
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
In other news, the White House referred to the New Jersey politicians as, “amateurs.”
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posted on
07/24/2009 11:01:57 AM PDT
by
sig226
(Real power is not the ability to destroy an enemy. It is the willingness to do it.)
To: Ace the Biker
All but one of the officeholders are Democrats.”
Thanks - it needs to be said again.
To: SuperSonic
All but one of the officeholders are Democrats.
Hey, RNC, are you going to hammer this?
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
Why can’t we see photos of each of the 44?
Oh.
To: grellis; AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
accused of laundering tens of millions of dollars and of black-market trafficking of kidneys and fake Gucci handbags
Kinda puts Monica Conyers and Detroit area "government" into perspective, eh?
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posted on
07/24/2009 6:49:29 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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