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Support the troops (but not their education)! The administration is fighting efforts by Democrats to provide 100% free schooling to Iraq war veterans. The bill, which resembles the original G.I. Bill, would cover all expenses, including tuition, boarding and books. Current legislations covers approximately 75% of the veteran's tuition. Support the troops. (ABC's The Blotter)
The troubles just keep coming for Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA). Doolittle is being sued by one of his constituents for spamming her email account. The woman claims that she received about 8,000 emails from Doolittle over six weeks. Via Dump Doolittle. (Sacramento News 10)
You know the scandal is official when someone makes a bio of the key players. Check out this one-stop shop for your background on your favorite corrupt Alaskan politicians. (Anchorage Daily News)
A Justice Department program that has ex-officers follow up complaints of lewd Internet content (read: a program where ex-cops surf pornography) has so far produced not a single prosecution, despite the fact that the program has received over 67,000 referred complaints. (NY Times)
Lockheed Martin has announced that it has slightly overbilled the government for the past five years in connection with a Defense Department joint strike fighter program. Lockheed has agreed to cut the Department a check for the missing $256 million. (Wall Street Journal)
Jurors in the Jose Padilla case will be instructed by the judge that a conviction should not be prevented even if Padilla "may have believed that the conduct was religiously, politically or morally required, or that ultimate good would result." In doing so, the judge has effectively barred the defense's strategy of "defensive jihad," which is meant only to combat anti-Muslim aggression and does not advocate the harming of innocents. (Associated Press)
Comments (8)
mac2151 wrote on August 10, 2007 10:36 AM:The Wolf earmarks to Rogers fits right in, since Walt Rogers is with Don Upson's(Rep(R-Va) Tom Davis's) lobbying firm ICG.
Snarl wrote on August 10, 2007 10:56 AM:Try again. The woman suing Doolittle claims she received 8,000 pieces *of spam*, *among which* were newsletters from Doolittle. She is not claiming "that she received about 8,000 emails from Doolittle."
Snarl wrote on August 10, 2007 10:57 AM:Try again. The woman suing Doolittle claims she received 8,000 pieces *of spam*, *among which* were newsletters from Doolittle. She is not claiming "that she received about 8,000 emails from Doolittle."
Nelly Bly wrote on August 10, 2007 11:03 AM:The Alaska Daily News on Don Young:
"...One of Young’s aides has pleaded guilty in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, and Young himself has ties to the lobbyist. Young has come under political attack for adding earmarks to transportation legislation that would benefit a Wisconsin trucking company and a Florida real estate mogul, both of whom contributed to his campaigns..."
Is Mark Zachares the Young aide that pleaded guilty in the Abramoff Scandal? From the 4/04 Zachares plea agreement:
"In early 2004, ZACHARES met and coordinated with Abramoff and others to advance passage of a multi-million dollar highway development project benenfittng a businessman."
Could the businessman be Daniel Aronoff and the highway project be the Coconut Exchange?
Nosybody wrote on August 10, 2007 11:16 AM:Maybe something here, maybe not.
Anthony M. D'Amato, former president of Eagle Building Technologies, has been moved from a South Carolina prison to the Miami Federal Detention Center, according to BOP.gov.
D'Amato (no relation to Senator Al) could just be appealing his well-deserved nine-year sentence or he could be cooperating with the Feds if they have re-opened the Eagle Building case.
If the Eagle Building case is re-opened, that could spell trouble for a host of Dems and Repubs including Charles Gargano, Robert Molinari, Sam Gejdenson, Gary Ackerman and Robert Wexler.
mike wrote on August 10, 2007 5:19 PM:the goverment spends 150,000. so ex cops can surf the net and look at porn. I've got a better one. It seems like dallas texas spend about as much sending undercover cops to topless bars to get table dances. They have to make sure the dancers stay the prescrided distance away and no touching. Also the cops are allowed to drink so they look like real customers. TELL ME WHERE I CAN APPLY FOR A JOB LIKE THAT.
mike wrote on August 10, 2007 5:19 PM:the goverment spends 150,000. so ex cops can surf the net and look at porn. I've got a better one. It seems like dallas texas spend about as much sending undercover cops to topless bars to get table dances. They have to make sure the dancers stay the prescrided distance away and no touching. Also the cops are allowed to drink so they look like real customers. TELL ME WHERE I CAN APPLY FOR A JOB LIKE THAT.
parrot wrote on August 13, 2007 1:33 AM:I think it behooves Congressman Waxman to investigate what did happen to the 67,000 complaints that were deemed legitimate by the NGO. I seem to recall being referred to that NGO by the FBI itself to register complaints of pornographic and abusive spam. Naturally, I didn't expect much from that and it seems I was right. Now that we're heading left, let's get to the bottom of precisely what has happened to all the child pornography complaints, etc...at the FBI and DOJ. Methinks it smells...let's start with the Foley thing and work on from there...oh, sorry, that was killed by the House itself...guess it's not an issue. Nothing to see here.