Bad Deeds for 11-06-2007

Oh, The Irony: White House Tells Pakistan To Never ‘Restrict Constitution’ To Fight Terror – Question at Press Briefing concerning Pakistan: Is it ever reasonable to restrict constitutional freedoms in the name of fighting terrorism? Ms. Perino (White House Press Secretary): In our opinion, no. The Bush administration never suspended the U.S. Constitution; instead, it interpreted the document so broadly as to provide all the powers they desired.

Tom Delay’s Buddy Guilty in Republican Conspiracy, Bribery, Money Laundering and Wire Fraud – Brent Wilkes is guilty for his role in engineering the biggest bribery scheme in congressional history, a verdict that closed another chapter in the scandal surrounding former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham. The defense contractor was convicted of conspiracy, bribery, money laundering and honest services wire fraud. Wilkes and his friends donated heavily to Tom DeLay. For example, by mid-April 2002, Wilkes, his executives and ADCS had donated $45,000 to DeLay’s ARMPAC so that one of their executives could play golf with DeLay, Federal Election records show. AP reported that “Wilkes has been subpoenaed in the money-laundering case against former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. Prosecutors want to hear from Wilkes about a contribution to a DeLay fundraising committee at the center of the investigation that led to indictments that pushed the GOP leader from office”. Additionally, Wilkes’ company, Group W Advisers, hired the Alexander Strategy Group that employed DeLay’s wife to lobby for acoustic technology for the Navy.
DeLay and Doolittle
Connections to Tom DeLay money laundering case

U.S. Contractor Leaves Iraqi Police Barracks In Disarray, Human Waste Dripping From Ceilings – More than a year after the Parsons Corporation, the American contracting giant, promised Congress that it would fix the disastrous plumbing and shoddy construction in barracks the company built at the Baghdad police academy, parts of the structures are crumbling and sections of the buildings are unusable because the toilets are filthy and nonfunctioning. The project, where United States inspectors found giant cracks snaking through newly built walls and human waste dripping from ceilings, became one of the most visible examples of a $45 billion American reconstruction program that is widely seen as a failure.

Rush Limbaugh Attacks Alaskan Youth Who Testified to Congress About Global Warming – An 18-year-old Inuit from Alaska sobbed through her congressional testimony before Edward Markey’s committee this morning as she described Global Warming’s disastrous effects on her community. Of course, Rush Limbaugh didn’t hesitate to attack her on his radio show. Audio:

Lynne Cheney Visits Exclusive Dallas Country Club With Controversial Race Record – The club, which was founded in 1896, is a “haven for whites.” Cheney’s appearance at the traditionally exclusive club came in the same week that her husband visited a hunting lodge in upstate New York that hangs the Confederate flag.

Republican Ad On Eve Of Virginia Election Features Anti-Muslim, Anti-Gay Undertones – The Republican Party of Virginia sent out an anti-gay, anti-Muslim mailer.

Big Coal’s Xenophobic Slime Campaign – Sunflower Electric Power Corp., which wants to build two 700-megawatt coal-burning power plants in Kansas, funded ads that contend that the state’s decision to reject the coal-fired power plants in western Kansas will help Russia, Iraq and Venezuela.

Pat Boone Plays the Republican Gay Card in Kentucky Election – Boone is warning Kentuckians that if they vote for Democrat Steve Beshear against Republican incumbent Governor Ernie Fletcher, Kentucky will turn into another San Francisco.

George Bush’s Criminal Conspiracy of Torture

Harris County Commissioner Jerry Eversole Gets Big Bucks for Mostly Nothing – Are you paying Harris County commissioner Jerry Eversole $144,000 a year to go shopping? Going to Starbucks? Fixing his golf club? Going to Starbucks? Working out? Or just staying home? Did we mention going to Starbucks?

Regards,

Jim