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To: elmatador who wrote (51795)	6/28/2009 2:56:00 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Respond to of 219848

Obviously Brazilian newspapers only report the sex related scandals in America. Plenty of American politicians have been caught with the bags of money. But it is true that sexual indiscretion is far more frequent than theft. One recent one was Republican Congressman "Duke" Cunningham who resigned from the House on November 28, 2005 after pleading guilty to accepting at least $2.4 million in bribes. Among the many bribes Cunningham admitted receiving were the house sale at an inflated price, the free use of the yacht, a used Rolls-Royce, antique furniture, Persian rugs, jewelry, and a $2,000 contribution for his daughter's college graduation party. On March 6, 2006 this former Naval flying ace was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for taking kick-backs from defense contractors. He was also required to pay back everything he and his wife owned, which was only $1.8 million. en.wikipedia.org

To: elmatador who wrote (51795)	6/28/2009 3:56:59 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219848

Another more recent politician taking bribes was the Republican Senator from Alaska, Ted Stevens. Although his October 27, 2008 guilty verdict was set aside due to prosecutorial misconduct, he was forced to resign after the FBI charged him with accepting renovations to his home and alleged gifts worth $250,000 from VECO Corporation, a small oil company.

To: elmatador who wrote (51795)	6/28/2009 4:03:56 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Respond to of 219848

So far no one has charged Dick Cheney for giving billions of dollars in contracts without any competitive bids to Halliburton, the company he was CEO of prior to becoming Vice-President. Bush family investments in the Carlisle Group have also done well because of a pretend war in Iraq. The explanation has been that favoritism is not a crime unless the politician profits from it directly. Can Bush help the fact that his family was heavily invested in ammunition manufacturers? .

To: elmatador who wrote (51795)	6/28/2009 4:17:55 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219848

Did Brazilian newspapers provide even a sniff of the indictment of Chicago Mayor Rod "Blago" Blagojevich? On December 9, 2008 he was indicted for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and solicitation of bribery. On December 9, the state house voted to impeach Blagojevich. On January 29, 2009, all 59 state senators voted to find Blagojevich guilty and remove him from office. In a separate vote, the Illinois Senate voted unanimously to bar Blagojevich from ever holding office again in Illinois. en.wikipedia.org Brazilian newspapers didn't report this? You see Brazilian newspapers only report crimes of American politicians when they're related to sex. There's obviously some sort of wayo going on in Brazilian news agencies. .