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well of course you hand out

Richard Day — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 01:02:05 +0000

well of course you hand out bribes on the floor of the House Miguel, that is where the repub reps are. I mean during vacations and stuff they scatter like ants after the hill is burned up. hahahah

BTW, here's Bob Herbert's

miguelitoh2o — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:31:32 +0000

In reply to I'm reading Edward

BTW, here's Bob Herbert's piece from today's NYAT on Boehner and his own special approach to graft:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/opinion/05herbert.html?ref=opinion

I'm reading Edward

miguelitoh2o — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:18:16 +0000

In reply to KING PERRY

I'm reading Edward Rutherford's "New York" right now, and the graft seems no different than in the colonial days when the King's representatives sold public contracts for their own personal gain. Unfortunately, I think Perry has plenty of company from the Democratic side of the aisle right now, and the problem will only be exacerbated by the Citizens United case and the advent of 501c nonprofits which are popping up now like weeds before the election, as they're not required to disclose the source of their contributions. It feels like we're at the beginning of an intelligence test for the American people, and so far we're not acing it.

Yep, thanks for the Walker

quinn esq — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:45:40 +0000

In reply to Did you ever read my baseball

Yep, thanks for the Walker story. Has a hockey player's attitude.

As for Posterous, at least we're not troubled by Jew Fatigue over there. Ha!

Going further on a direction

Austin Train — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:06:26 +0000

In reply to Honest graft? I am writing

Going further on a direction not related to Plunkitt - thus, it gets its own reply...

I grew up on the West Side of Chicago, during the mayoral terms of Daley the Elder. For most of my life there, he was the only mayor the city had.

(I suggest "Boss" by Mike Royko as an outstanding overview of Daley's time as mayor.)

In January of 1967, Chicago was effectively paralyzed by a massive blizzard, getting close to three feet of snow in the course of one day. On the second night, my mother woke us and called us to the front window. There, at about 2 AM, a front-end loader was clearing our little one-way side street.

In other parts of town, arterial streets were still nearly waist-deep in snow.

We lived in Ward 31, represented in the City Council by Thomas Keane. Chicagoans of a certain age will need no reference beyond his name. For the rest of you, Google is your friend.

That is today's illustration of the value of connections in politics - and life.

Thus endeth the lesson.

https://secure.wikimedia.org/

Austin Train — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:58:18 +0000

In reply to Honest graft? I am writing

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/George_Washington_Plunkitt

He made most of his money through land purchases, which he knew would be needed for public projects. He would buy such parcels, then resell them at an inflated price. (This was "Honest Graft". "Dishonest Graft" according to Plunkitt, would be buying land and then using influence to have a project built on it.)

Honest graft? I am writing

Richard Day — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:47:20 +0000

In reply to “If I owned Texas and Hell, I

Honest graft? I am writing this one down.

932 grand to one company that gave him 130 grand. hhahaah

Lawyers get a third so I suppose 1/9th or so aint that bad. hahaa

I would give anything to have a tape of the conversation between the rep of that company and the governor's aide that led to the 'contribution'. I mean how exactly was the supplication phrased?

“If I owned Texas and Hell, I

Austin Train — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:36:28 +0000

In reply to KING PERRY

“If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent Texas and live in Hell”

(General Philip Henry Sheridan)

I've been in Texas multiple times now. Conferences, live events, even worked on a movie there once. (Wasn't too bad, either, for a low-buck direct-to-DVD'er!) If I'm paid to go to Texas, I'll do it. I won't bother going voluntarily.

Most of me wishes they would secede. As long as some Hill Country friends get to emigrate, that is. You can have the rest of that mess of a state.

Perry isn't doing anything other than what George Washington Plunkitt of the long-gone Tammany machine of New York described as "honest graft" - most of the time. It's those other times when he needs adult supervision. And the late, great, much-lamented Molly Ivins did say he had good hair. That's important, isn't it?

Did you ever read my baseball

we are stardust — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:46:05 +0000

In reply to "Jew Fatigue." I'm just gonna

Did you ever read my baseball memory I sent you on DD's other blog? Or did you ignore me because I dissed your fatwad Posterous? :oP

And wasn't it "Ted Koppelganger"? Pretty funny, altogether.

Pursuant to the treaties

Richard Day — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:44:57 +0000

In reply to Now imagine that you are a

Pursuant to the treaties leading up to Texas becoming part of the Union, Governor Perry opined that slavery was never that bad anyway and that he is bringing it back so that Texans can enjoy 100% 'employment', the Texas way. hahahaha