where do you get this regurgitated trip. Murtha has been dead for a while.
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Where does your favorite politician fall? > > 10. *Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY):* Rangel, the man in charge of writing tax > policy for the entire country, has yet to adequately explain how he could > possibly "forget" to pay > taxes<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/10/AR2008091003462.html>on > $75,000 in rental income he earned from his off-shore rental property. > He > also faces allegations that he improperly used his influence to maintain > ownership of highly coveted rent-controlled apartments in Harlem, and > misused his congressional office to fundraise for his private Rangel Center > by preserving a tax loophole for an oil drilling company in exchange for > funding. On top of all that, Rangel recently amended his financial > disclosure reports, which doubled his reported wealth. (He somehow "forgot" > about $1 million in assets.) And what did he do when the House Ethics > Committee started looking into all of this? He apparently resorted to making > "campaign contributions" to dig his way out of trouble. According to > WCBS TV<http://wcbstv.com/local/charles.rangel.ethics.2.1160326.html>, > a New York CBS affiliate: "The reigning member of Congress' top tax > committee is apparently 'wrangling' other politicos to get him out of his > own financial and tax troubles...Since ethics probes began last year the > 79-year-old congressman has given campaign donations to 119 members of > Congress, including three of the five Democrats on the House Ethics > Committee who are charged with investigating him." Charlie Rangel should not > be allowed to remain in Congress, let alone serve as Chairman of the > powerful House Ways and Means Committee, and he knows it. That's why he felt > the need to disburse campaign contributions to Ethics Committee members and > other congressional colleagues. > > 9. *Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) and the rest of the PMA Seven:* Rep. John > Murtha made headlines in 2009 for all the wrong reasons. The Pennsylvania > congressman is under federal investigation for his corrupt relationship with > the now-defunct defense lobbyist PMA Group. PMA, founded by a former Murtha > associate, has been the congressman's largest campaign contributor. Since > 2002, Murtha has raised $1.7 million from PMA and its clients. And what did > PMA and its clients receive from Murtha in return for their generosity? > Earmarks -- tens of millions of dollars in earmarks. In fact, even with all > of the attention surrounding his alleged influence peddling, Murtha kept at > it. Following an FBI raid of PMA's offices earlier in 2009, Murtha continued > to seek congressional earmarks for PMA clients, while also hitting them up > for campaign contributions. According to *The > Hill<http://thehill.com/index.php?as_q=murtha+pma&Itemid=315&option=com_gsearch&btnG.x=16&btnG.y=11> > *, in April, "Murtha reported receiving contributions from three former PMA > clients for whom he requested earmarks in the pending appropriations bills." > When it comes to the PMA scandal, Murtha is not alone. As many as six other > Members of Congress are currently under scrutiny according to *The > Washington > Post<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/29/AR2009102904699.html> > *. They include: Peter J. Visclosky (D-IN.), James P. Moran Jr. (D-VA), Norm > Dicks (D-WA.), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), C.W. Bill Young (R-FL.) and Todd Tiahrt > (R-KS.). Of course rather than investigate this serious scandal, according > to *Roll Call <http://www.rollcall.com/news/33974-1.html>* House Democrats > circled the wagons, "cobbling together a defense to offer political cover to > their rank and file." The Washington Post also reported in 2009 that > Murtha's nephew received $4 million in Defense Department no-bid > contracts<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/11/AR2009051101695.html>: > "Newly obtained documents show Robert Murtha mentioning his influential > family connection as leverage in his business dealings and holding unusual > power with the military." > > 8. *Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA):* At the heart of the corruption problem in > Washington is a sense of entitlement. Politicians believe laws and rules > (even the U.S. Constitution) apply to the rest of us but not to them. Case > in point: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her excessive and boorish > demands<http://www.judicialwatch.org/news/2009/mar/judicial-watch-uncovers-documents-detailing-pelosis-repeated-requests-military-travel>for > military travel. Judicial Watch obtained documents from the Pentagon > in > 2009 that suggest Pelosi has been treating the Air Force like her own > personal airline. These documents, obtained through the Freedom of > Information Act, include internal Pentagon email correspondence detailing > attempts by Pentagon staff to accommodate Pelosi's numerous requests for > military escorts and military aircraft as well as the speaker's 11th hour > cancellations and changes. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also came under fire > in April 2009, when she claimed she was never briefed about the CIA's use of > the waterboarding technique during terrorism investigations. The CIA > produced a report documenting a briefing with Pelosi on September 4, 2002, > that suggests otherwise. Judicial Watch also obtained documents, including a > CIA Inspector General > report<http://documents.nytimes.com/c-i-a-reports-on-interrogation-methods#p=1>, > which further confirmed that Congress was fully briefed on the enhanced > interrogation techniques. Aside from her own personal transgressions, Nancy > Pelosi has ignored serious incidents of corruption within her own party, > including many of the individuals on this list. (See Rangel, Murtha, Jesse > Jackson, Jr., etc.) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:319524 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
