Bad Deeds for 1-28-2012

Ron Paul Signed Off on Racist Newsletters in the 1990s, Associates Say – Ron Paul, well known as a physician, congressman and libertarian , has also been a businessman who pursued a marketing strategy that included publishing provocative, racially charged newsletters to make money and spread his ideas, according to three people with direct knowledge of Paul’s businesses. The Republican presidential candidate has denied writing inflammatory passages in the pamphlets from the 1990s and said recently that he did not read them at the time or for years afterward. Numerous colleagues said he does not hold racist views.

Welfare Drug Testing Bill Withdrawn After Amended To Include Testing Lawmakers – A Republican member of the Indiana General Assembly withdrew his bill to create a pilot program for drug testing welfare applicants Friday after one of his Democratic colleagues amended the measure to require drug testing for lawmakers.

The Rich Pay to Have Laws Written That Give Them Every Advantage and You Get Nothing – The [Mitt] Romneys gave $100 million to their sons and paid not one penny of gift tax. They were able to take assets they have that are producing enormous income and, under the law, give that money to their children and not pay any taxes on it. They have not paid a penny of gift tax. That’s because Congress allows a very tiny group of people—the Romneys by their income are in the top 1 percent of the top 1 percent—to not count as having any value the real source of their income, something called carried interest, if they give it to their children. Can you do that?

Rifle Crosshairs Put on Doors of Five Missouri Democrats – Five Democratic state senators in Missouri discovered large, orange crosshair stickers over their office nameplates on Tuesday in the Capitol Building in Jefferson. The targets included all four Democratic women in the state Senate, as well as the Democratic minority leader.

Arizonia Police Sgt Took Photo of Teens Posing With Guns and Obama T-shirt With Bullet Holes – Peoria, Arizonia police Sgt. Pat Shearer admitted that he took a photo of several young men — possibly minors — posing with guns and an Obama “Hope” T-shirt that had been destroyed by gunfire. Two of the young men are holding what appears to be assault rifles and another is sporting a pistol. “Another trip to the ranch,” read the caption on the photo, according to Phoenix New Times. Comments on the photo included, “Damn it feels good to be a gangsta,” and, “They look like Gangsta’s huh?” The photo went viral after Shearer posted it to his Facebook page. Shearer told ABC 15 that “he stands by President Barack Obama and would sacrifice his own life for the President’s.”

Regards,

Jim