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maddezmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-05 05:30 PM
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Bush Names Tyco Lawyer As No. 2 at Justice
WASHINGTON - President Bush on Tuesday named Timothy E. Flanigan, a senior lawyer for Tyco International Ltd., to be deputy attorney general, the No. 2 position at the Justice Department.


Flanigan has been Tyco's general counsel for corporate and international law since November 2002. Before that, he was deputy counsel at the White House under Bush.

Tyco, which has about 250,000 employees and $36 billion in annual revenue, makes electronics and medical supplies and owns the ADT home security business. Nominally based in Bermuda, its operations headquarters are in West Windsor, N.J.

~snip~
more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050524/ap_on_go_pr_wh/deputy_attorney_general
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-05 05:50 PM
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1. I'm beginning to see a pattern here...
How to get a high-paying job in the Bush Administration:

1. Be a bigger crook than Bush himself is. Bush has set the bar high, but with perseverance and a moralsectomy, one can achieve this.

2. Send $10 million to the Republican National Committee.

If Manuel Noriega wasn't in jail, he'd be in line to be the deputy director of DEA in charge of kingpin tracking. And why not? He certainly knows how they operate.
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pnorman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-05 05:56 PM
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2. Here's some more from that Tyco crowd:
Edited on Tue May-24-05 05:57 PM by pnorman
http://edition.cnn.com/2002/BUSINESS/asia/09/12/us.tyco/ File all this stuff away, and use sparingly, but to maximum effect. The mantra should be "Corporate-friendly Administration". And keep the phrase "Perp Walk" always in mind.

pnorman
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FlemingsGhost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-05 06:18 PM
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3. ... and America slumbers, safe and sound, in their blanket of denial
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ...
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Champion Jack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-05 08:57 PM
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4. kick
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progressivebydesign Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-05 08:59 PM
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5. Geez another fucking company ripping off tax money from us!
How lovely!! Nice offshore tax operations..

Wasn't Tyco involved in a huge Enron type fraud??
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MisterP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 10:47 AM
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12. bankruptcy while the CEO held orgies for his wife (who was being carried
around by six guys in togas) including an ice sculpture of David, weeing vodka.
Just another day at Deke House.
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jayfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-05 09:12 PM
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6. You've Got To Be Fucking Kidding!
Well on the upside there are going to be some awesome parties in the WH's future.:banghead:

Jay
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 07:27 AM
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7. Kicking so the morning folks can be outraged too (nt)
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Lindsay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 07:58 AM
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8. Like it's not 24/7 outrage
anyway.

But thanks for the kick.
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tabasco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 08:07 AM
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9. I'm so glad they are restoring integrity to Washington.
At least they are keeping the swindlers and crooks off unemployment.

Where are they going to put Kenny Boy? They probably had Kenny Boy lined up for Sec. of Energy before Enron collapsed, and GWB "forgot" who he was.
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mandomom Donating Member (327 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 08:52 AM
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10. There's still time
on the Bush pre-armageddon calendar to appoint the mighty Reverend Dobson to SCOTUS. Onward Republichrists.
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 01:20 PM
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13. Hi mandomom!!
Welcome to DU!! :toast:
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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 10:36 AM
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11. cronyism is alive and well in Bush Country
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Danmel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 01:31 PM
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14. "Nominally based in Bermuda"???
Let me guess....some tax shelter scheme perhaps?
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livinginphotographs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 02:23 PM
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15. Ya think?
:)

I really wish there was a head-exploding emoticon, because that's the best way to describe my reaction to this news.
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