(yeah...I know that my headline is a little "Tabloid" but I was trying to get out there what I see.)
There's some delicious irony and karma in this latest Bomb from "Raw Story." So, I thought it deserved it's own post down here where those of us who have been thinking about how all this fits into Astrological, Mayan, Spiritualist, etc.. I find it really incredible that it could possibly be the "Indian Gambling" that finally cracks open the "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy" with it's tentacles into all of our lives and that has funded the "Bush Takeover."
But I'm not sure how it will play out...just find it interesting. Here's the scoop:
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UNPAID BILLS
Bush Florida 2000 recount committee still owes lobbyist's former firm $314k
White House directs queries to RNC
By John Byrne | RAW STORY Editor
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Abramoff was a member of the Republican National Committee executive body from 1981-1985. The tribal lobbyist advised the Interior Department—which oversees Indian affairs—during the Bush transition in 2001. His tribal clients gave more than $300,000 to a conservative environmental group founded by Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton.
A lawyer for the Saginaw Chippewa tribe, one of the clients allegedly bilked by Abramoff, told Newsweek Monday that tribal leaders had "three or four" meetings at the White House—including one with Bush and a second with Rove—after making a $25,000 donation to Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform at Abramoff's request. Norquist’s group later confirmed that he had arranged White House meetings for tribal leaders.
Another tribe, the Louisiana Coushattas paid Greenberg Traurig $1.76 million in the latter half of 2001. According to the New York Times, a month after Greenberg received the payment, the Bush White House blocked a rival tribe's attempt to construct a gaming facility near the Coushatta casino.
A Coushatta official told the Times he thought the administration’s decision was a direct result of Abramoff’s fees.
A third tribe, Abramoff’s former client the Mississippi Choctaws, gave $25,000 five days after the inauguration to the Bush inaugural committee.
http://rawstory.com/exclusives/byrne/abramoff_florida_recount_bush_505.htm