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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-19-07 02:08 PM
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OH BOY! Feinstein now in the Senate and Thom Hartmann today.
Sen. Feinstein has been speaking on the Senate floor for about 1/2 hour, reviewing the timeline and multiple explainations from the AG for firing the 8 US Attorneys. About 10 minutes ago,she began explaining some of the cases these atty's were working on. It seems 7 of the 8 were working on public corruption cases, and Carol Lam was fired 2 days after she notified the DOJ that she was filing new inditments on Fogo and Wilkes!

In the backgrround, I've been streaming Thom Hartmann's show. He read an article from Think Progress.org that ties DICK CHENEY into the Cunningham/Fog/Wilkes case!!!!

http://thinkprogress.org/

To recap, the White House awarded a one-month, $140,000 contract to an individual who never held a federal contract. Two weeks after he got paid, that same contractor used a cashier’s check for exactly that amount to buy a boat for a now-imprisoned congressman at a price that the congressman had pre-negotiated.

That should raise questions about the White House’s involvement.


The contract with the WH was for furniture and computer equipment for DICK CHENEY'S office, and ws for exactly $140,000! Two weeeks later that same contractor buys a boat for Cunningham for....$140,000!

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Oilwellian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-19-07 02:11 PM
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1. There's no such think as coincidence
Their gall is stunning.
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tinfoilinfor2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-19-07 02:11 PM
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2. Big deal. Shrub's bar bill for one week.
:)
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-19-07 02:15 PM
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7. You miss the link! The contract to redo Cheney's office was for the
exact same $ amount as the cost of the boat, and the boat was purchased2 weeks after Wilkes got the contract, AND A CASHIERS CHECK FOR $140,000!

i don't believe in coincidences either!

Maybe Carol Lam wasgetting too close to indicting Cheney too! Even ThomHartmann said "why do I have visions of Spiro Agnew in my head right now!"
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tinfoilinfor2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-19-07 09:46 PM
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13. Woops, forgot the sarcasm sign
Edited on Mon Mar-19-07 09:48 PM by tinfoilinfor2005
:sarcasm:

Yes, I know $140,000 was Cheney's bill and the cost of the boat to Duke Cunningham was the same. I was being funny averaging the estimate of shrub's bar bill to come out to the same amount. Actually, it's probably much higher, considering the price of Condi's peanuts.
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BayCityProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-19-07 02:12 PM
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3. sickening
One Market Under God. That is what this country is and will be, until all money is thrown out of politics. Rats and parasites ALL...ruun them ALL out of town!
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-19-07 02:12 PM
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4. But bush wants to maintain the dignity of the white house
by not letting karl and harriett talk to congress about such matters. Isn't he great?
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Greeby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-19-07 02:13 PM
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5. Cheney doesn't have furniture in his office
He needs room for his coffin to sleep in :evilgrin:
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seemslikeadream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-19-07 02:13 PM
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6. Buh bye dick
Edited on Mon Mar-19-07 02:15 PM by seemslikeadream
The contract with the WH was for furniture and computer equipment for DICK CHENEY'S office, and ws for exactly $140,000! Two weeeks later that same contractor buys a boat for Cunningham for....$140,000!

BANDULU
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BayCityProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-19-07 02:17 PM
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8. Please
The Democrats don't have the guts to do ANYTHING, let alone get rid of Cheney. Half of them probably serve him.
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IWantAChange Donating Member (974 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-19-07 02:18 PM
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9. Sorry Repukes - Gonzogate is NOT going to fall off the radar...
there is simply too much there - Duke Cunningham, Hookergate, 600million + of DOD 'contracts' - it's all going to come back into the light of day. And of course we all know what happens to Repukes when they are in the light of day AKA Oversight Committee's and the 'outing' of truth and facts - THEY DON'T LOOK SO GOOD DO THEY???????
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-19-07 02:30 PM
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10. Offer Cunningham a deal - a reduced sentence if he cooperates
I think Cunningham is serving such a long sentence (8 1/2 years) he may very well die in prison. I'd offer him a chance to rehabilitate himself and shorten his time served if he knows anything about the Cheney connection and can provide prosecutors with the details. Of course, we'd probably need some real US Attorneys in the Department Of Justice for that, perhaps a fairer AG who might replace Gonzo if he resigns.
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johnnydrama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-19-07 03:23 PM
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11. why
Why is a defense contractor being paid $140k to furnish the VP's office with furniture?

The whole thing is fishy from beginning to end.
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-19-07 03:28 PM
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12. If they dare to engage in these shenanigans in the United States
just imagine what's going on in Iraq and whose pockets that missing $9 billion might have made its way into.
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