One Utah

The Trib:
Utah senator disappointed in colleague’s convictions
After Monday’s conviction, Hatch released this statement: “It is very disappointing to see this verdict today. In my dealings with Sen. Ted Stevens, I have always found him to be very honest and straightforward. My prayers are with the senator and his wife and family at this difficult time.” [...]

Breaking news from Associated Press:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has been convicted of lying about free home renovations and other gifts he received from a wealthy oil contractor.
The Senate’s longest-serving Republican, Stevens was found guilty on all seven counts of making false statements on Senate financial documents.

One of the worse lies perpetrated by Republicans for DECADES is that Corporate taxes in the US are among the highest in the world and they continue to heap this lie on top of so many others.
I think Larry said it best to paraphrase, you can always tell when a republican is lying by when [...]

According to the LA Times, veteran Republican operative Mark Jacoby has been arrested for voter registration fraud.
But this is not the first time, according to the St. Petersburg Times, the Republican party in 2004 hired Mr. Jacoby through another firm and he ran the same scam then–and they knew about it and hired him again [...]

While we are having a conversation about whether Obama is secretly trying to overthrow the government, we are not having a conversation about how corrupt John McCain is…
BECAUSE WE ALREADY KNOW!

Senator McCain’s genius political consultants are trying to steer the presidential campaign away from the economy and its down-spiraling fundamentals. Instead, they want to talk about “past associations” of the candidates.
Well, let’s talk. How about Senator McCain’s long friendship with Ahmed Chalabi, the crooked Iraqi politician and former exile who played a leading [...]

Not funny.

My good friend Ken Bingham, is the kind of guy you want on your side in any battle. Unfortunately, he is on the ‘other’ side. But his disciplined and reliability in bringing us the latest right-wing canard hot off the starting line is appreciated and welcome.
This gem has spread like fire across the [...]

I finally found what appears to be a thorough list of Republican indictments and convicted felons. Of course the list is huge.
There are so many corrupt and criminal Republicans, that people were becoming bored, or used to it.
Just wait till the Democrats control Justice. I imagine you will see the number [...]

From his blog:
1. The government (i.e. taxpayers) gets an equity stake in every Wall Street financial company proportional to the amount of bad debt that company shoves onto the public. So when and if Wall Street shares rise, taxpayers are rewarded for accepting so much risk.
2. Wall Street executives and directors of Wall Street [...]

ILLUSTRATION: Barry Blitt

Palin was elected governor just as the corruption scandal broke, and quickly took the opportunity to proclaim herself a reformer.

From The New Yorker

The oilman at the center of the corruption scandal, Bill Allen, had agreed to testify against Stevens. The two men had once shared ownership of a racehorse, and had counted themselves [...]

Last night, Bill Moyers interviewed Andrew Bacevich, author of The Limits of Power. It’s worth the time to read the whole transcript. In particular I was struck by this exchange - it began with Moyers reading a quote from Bacevich’s book:
BILL MOYERS: I was in the White House, back in the early 60s, [...]