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ancestor of Karl Rove.
Same MO.
I happen to writing a book right now about his family. He was descended from one of King Charles II’s illegitmate children.
Rove is decended from a royal bastard?
Rove IS a royal pain-in-the-ass bastard but there’s nary a trace of blueblood in any of Turd Blossom’s dna. The boy was straight up political Geek full of daddy issues from an early age. And any fan of Colbert knows that processed over-salted grade-D pork parts Ham Rove is more worthy of respect that Bush’s Brain evah.
Recapping yesterday, the inspector general now believes the GSA managers conducted bribery and kickback schemes modeled on those developed by government workers in Louisiana and Chicago.
Source CBS
I understand the desire to try and minimize it as it will hurt Obama’s image as a competent administrator. And for the political operatives, they definitely should do anything they can to minimize it.
But for those of us who don’t work for a campaign, for an elected official, and/or for the federal government (all 3 of us here), we should talk about it honestly. And the details are looking pretty bad.
the AP story, David. They paint a slightly different picture than does the tadpole.
This guy is a bonehead, some of his supervisors were on to him, knew he was being investigated, and moved to deny an annual bonus until the investigation was complete.
He is on administrative (or some such) leave until the investigation is done.
I am relatively certain the issue was never brought up to the President, except perhaps, as a note that others were handling the situation. There would be no reason to advise the President that he should become personally involved.
Obama Derangement Syndrome…no mas.
oh…it was party, Tad…not parties.
Don’t be a pollyanna, Dave. Scandals ALL need to be viewed objectively, and frankly, not all of them reflect poorly on the administration in charge.
I’ll give you an example. I recently googled “Bush scandals,” and this link tops the list. Exactly 400 enumerated instances of Bush-era corruption, dirty tricks, and cronyism. And frankly, many of them didn’t deserve to be listed.
Out there, somewhere, some wingnut is busy compiling a similar list of “Obama scandals,” many of which will be phony (like the birth certificate) and exaggerated (Rahm Emmanuel). Where will this one rate? Time will tell, but given the propensity for the right to hypocritically blow these things way out of proportion, it’s really incumbent on us on the left to counter that as much as we can.
No one is perfect. The government is HUGE, and if Obama or any other president is to do something about it, then they need to take “Big Picture” kinds of action. This GSA thing is very small potatoes to an entity whose budget is measured in the trillions.
Even when the message comes from ‘tad, which ought to be a great big heads up that perhaps one should look before leaping on board.
Source http://www.washingtonpost.com
What I disagree on is because it’s our guy in the White House, we then downplay it as much as possible. We don’t need to make it larger than it warrants, but neither should we minimize it.
I think we’re countering GOP hype, and trying to show it in proper perspective.
I’m hardly screaming Judas and nobody is downplaying anything. In fact, heads are rolling, investigations are moving forward, there is no hint of foot dragging, excuse making or stonewalling on the part of anyone speaking for Obama, any Democratic pol or anyone here on this site. Compare and contrast with anything similar during the Cheney/Bush administration.
In order to see anything resembling downplaying, excusing or looking the other way, a person would have to be buying the same crap ‘tad lines up to buy every day.
Then I call bullshit.
You government loving freaks are in denial!
http://www.fbi.gov/washingtond…
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…
http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/16/…
This is a personal matter with Libertad, and his continued inability to prove HIS assertions, not an open invitation for his likeminded friends to jump in.
I’ve already read the news, thanks.
So, do you still believe Trayvon could have killed you with a single blow?
I KNOW HE COULD!
http://www.jsonline.com/news/c…
http://www.irishexaminer.com/w…
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new…
http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-50…
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/new…
Some people are capable of that, but attributing that ability to a boy with no such training is just sad, and speaks volumes of the prejudice and fear that grip you.
Are you fucking serious? Shithead.
It is called a sucker punch you dillweed and it happens all the time. No special training or prejudice required. Have you ever watched UFC? Most kids have, TV is thy teacher.
Even if you do not die, concussion is minimum, and long term brain damage is likely. Not to mention broken nose, orbital and facial bones.
What rock do you live under when you are not behaving immaturely here at POLS?
Have fun backpedaling, you tool…
If you perceive any backpedalling to you, that’s a result of your wishful thinking.
Trayvon Martin was incapable of killing anyone with a single blow. Full stop.
You’re a racist cretin for assuming he could do that from looking at a single photograph.
The GSA needs cleaning up, and Libertad needs to remember that it’s incumbent on him (and not his dingleberry friends) to provide them.
“Them” being links.
by calling them Nocks, Ari.
Oh and BTW, that FBI link is not “the news”, rather a previous GSA corruption case in which the FBI convicted many people of much wrong doing. Good thing the FBI is trying to save government face otherwise the entire group would be laughed out of town.
SEE HERE. http://www.fbi.gov/washingtond…
WASHINGTON-A General Services Administration (GSA) customer service manager was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for his role in a bribery scheme related to payments he received for awarding GSA contracts to various government contractors, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, GSA Inspector General Brian D. Miller and Assistant Director in Charge James W. McJunkin of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
In addition to Minor, each of the following 10 individuals pleaded guilty to federal offenses relating to bribery and kickback schemes in the award and administration of GSA contracts, and each has been sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Urbina for their illegal activities:
On Feb. 19, 2008, James Fisher pleaded guilty to one count of bribery related to his work as a planner and estimator for GSA at the White House Property Management Center in the District of Columbia. Fisher was sentenced on May 13, 2008, to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay $40,000 in restitution.
On Aug. 19, 2008, William Dodson pleaded guilty to one count of bribery related to his work as a building manager for GSA at the Potomac Annex in the District of Columbia. Dodson was sentenced on Sept. 10, 2009, to 15 months in prison and ordered to pay $26,200 in restitution.
On Oct. 6, 2008, Daniel Money pleaded guilty to one count of bribery related to his work as a government contractor at the U.S. Tax Court in the District of Columbia. Money was sentenced on Feb. 5, 2009, to 30 months in prison and ordered to forfeit $95,000.
On Aug. 14, 2008, Fred Timbol pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States related to his work as a facilities services officer at the U.S. Tax Court in the District of Columbia. Timbol was sentenced on March 5, 2009, to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay $24,143 in restitution.
On June 23, 2008, Oscar Flores pleaded guilty to one count of bribery related to his work as a government contractor at the U.S. Tax Court in the District of Columbia. Flores was sentenced on April 12, 2010, to six months of home confinement, three years of probation, and 300 hours of community service and was ordered to pay a $40,000 fine.
On May 12, 2008, Raj Singla pleaded guilty to one count of bribery related to his work as a mechanical engineer at the Wilbur J. Cohen Building in the District of Columbia. Singla was sentenced on May 27, 2010, to five years of probation and six months of home confinement and was ordered to perform 100 hours of community service. He was also ordered to pay a $75,000 fine and restitution of $74,000.
On Feb. 18, 2010, Suresh Malhotra pleaded guilty to one count of bribery related to his work as a general engineer and project manager for GSA in the District of Columbia. Malhotra was sentenced on May 27, 2010, to five years of probation and nine months of home confinement and was ordered to perform 100 hours of community service. He was also ordered to pay a $60,000 fine and restitution of $57,060.
On June 30, 2010, Tarsem Singh pleaded guilty to one count of bribery related to his work as a consultant for a government contractor working at GSA facilities in the District of Columbia. Singh was sentenced on Nov. 1, 2010, to five years of probation and six months of home confinement and was ordered to pay a $30,000 fine.
On Dec. 16, 2010, Narsinh J. Patel pleaded guilty to one count of bribery related to his work as a government contractor at GSA facilities in the District of Columbia. Patel was sentenced on March 10, 2011, to three years of probation, and was ordered to perform 250 hours of community service and pay a $10,000 fine.
On Jan. 29, 2009, Gary Thompson pleaded guilty to one count of bribery related to his work as a building manager for GSA at the Metropolitan Service Center in Maryland. Thompson was sentenced on Aug. 2, 2011, to nine months in prison, and was ordered to perform 100 hours of community service and forfeit $55,000.
does this list extend back, beyond Feb. of 2008?
Corruption is ubiquitious in government at all levels. How many employees does the GSA have?
Trying to tie corruption at the lower levels of govt. to the President is weak politics at best.
Grasping at straws it’s called.
where is the justice?
you, Nock, are idiotic in the extreme
When did the investigation against any of these people start? When were they arrested?
It’s nice that you’re willing to give Obama credit for bringing corrupt workers to justice for crimes they committed under the Bush administration, but really it’s not necessary. You see, this happens all the time. It even happens in the private sector. Would you believe that the courts are absolutely FULL of people who have committed crimes? Amazing. Just amazing.
Personally, I don’t want the president down int he weeds of gov’t doing the FBI’s or Inspector General’s job.
I want him in the Oval or on AF 1 doing his job.
Bin Laden is dead.
GM isn’t.
Should we pillory GW because his cronies were living it up at the Mineral Management Service in Lakewood during his term ?
A thief is a thief… so what?
That brings Wall Street to mind…
let’s talk about that …OK?
what the inspector general believes…how?
Where’s that link Ari mentioned?
estimated $60 billion dollars that went missing in Afghanistan/Iraq under the previous administration? $600,000, while disgusting, is small potatoes in the grand scheme of things.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…
NBC news last night reported that this scandal was from the Bush Administration and that it was the Obama Administration which was trying to clean it up. Right?
Also ask him about that bonus he was entitled to according to the former GSA director.
Heck maybe you can discuss setting up the Jeff Neely Legal Defence Fund
Right after we set up the “Libertad Learn to Spell Fund”
and OK, maybe I am trying to change the subject too. 🙂
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-50…
I watched the live feed. Atop the 747, the Discovery looked so small to have accomplished so much.
For those who missed it (and it WAS inspiring but sad in a way), the Shuttle Enterprise will be flown to New York next week (April 23, weather permitting).
Google NASA TV to find the coverage.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…
evil in the world, Cheney surely embodies it.
Source: LA Times
to get this idiot censured?