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To: Slagle who wrote (5272)	4/4/2006 2:42:17 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218632

I also worked for a home building corporation, who like many other corporations, paid bribes (aka large campaign contributions) to a certain Mayor of San Diego by the name of Pete Wilson. He used this money to become governor of California. But Pete developed quite a reputation for taking bribes and not doing what he promised. As a consequence, when he explored the possibility of running for U.S. President, he discovered there were virtually no donors. He had not accomplished anything decent that made anyone want to support him and he had burned all the people who had made contributions as bribes. californiagovernors.ca.gov He did however create the system which split off electrical generation from utility companies which led to the California energy crisis and created "reforms" in the Workman's Compensation Fund which led to insurance rates for employers to increase rapidly. This system of bribery did not ultimately benefit either Pete Wilson the politician or the companies willing to pay bribes to him. Its interesting to note, that like most evil people, Pete Wilson wraps himself in talk of decency, respectability and "family values". In his book titled "People of the Lie" M. Scott Peck, a psychiatrist and priest, lays out the hypothesis that evil people are drawn to positions of respectability and put a lot of energy into "looking respectable" primarily because they are trying to hide their true nature from themselves, more than they are trying to hide their corruption from others. amazon.com If you want to find a really evil person, look to a person who craves respectability and talks about "family values." Ex-military "straight-arrow" ex-top-gun Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham is a perfect recent example in the news. nytimes.com nctimes.com .