<[email protected]>: Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 3:15 AM Date Subject: NTPA Alert: BREAKING: Chicago Politicians are Corrupt
BREAKING: Chicago Politicians are Corrupt We are just as shocked as you to hear that Chicago political "fixer" "Tony' Rezko has been sentenced to over 10 years in prison for his corrupt kickback scheme. Rezko, a Chicago businessman, was convicted for trying to make $7 million in kickbacks from companies trying to do business with former Illinois Governor Blagojevich. If the name "Rezko" sounds familiar, it should. That's because Mr. Rezko, a notorious Chicago slumlord, helped a little-known Chicago-area State Senator (who incidentally had just published a book) get a sweetheart deal on a house in Chicago's ritzy Hyde Park (unofficial slogan: "Home of the One-Percenters!"). (Story here): The (then) junior senator from Illinois has been answering questions on Rezko's involvement in the house purchase since news of it broke in 2006. In the 2005 deal, Obama purchased a house for $300,000 less than its owners were asking, and Rezko simultaneously bought the adjacent lot from the same seller at full price. Obama denies there was anything unusual about the price disparity. He says the price on the house was dropped because it had been on the market for some time but that the price for the adjacent land remained high because there was another offer. Obama called it "bone-headed" to have engaged in financial dealings with the wealthy Chicago political operative, particularly as federal agents were reported to have been investigating Rezko for alleged corruption. He has also said he was "confident that everything was handled ethically and above board." The new revelations appear to indicate Obama had involved Rezko at an earlier stage of his home buying process than was previously known, and left many wondering why he had not shared the information sooner. Perhaps we are being a tad unfair to Mr. Rezko as it's not as if he's Mr. Obama's only questionable friend. The exclusive "Friend of Barrack's" club includes terrorist (and ghostwriter) Bill Ayers, rabid anti-Semite and racist Louis Farrakhan, anti-American Communist "poet" Frank Marshall Davis, radical professor and Palestinian apologist Rashid Khalidi, radical Chicago priest Michael Pfleger, Sacramento Mayor (and former NBA star) Kevin Johnson (who embezzled $800,000 from AmeriCorps) and many more. There is an Aesop's fable which taught us, "you are known by the company you keep" and Mr. Obama's friends speak volumes about the kind of man that he is. . This message was intended for: [email protected] You were added to the system April 14, 2011. For more information click here. Update your preferences | Unsubscribe -- Always remember and never forget. Competition is the catalyst that allows capitalism to work?" Rich Martin -- To join RichsRants, send email to: [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/richsrants?hl=en
