Alaska, Home of the Corrupt Republician Politicians

Wow,

Can you believe it? So many corrupt / scandal laden politicians all coming from one state. I guess when it is that cold, all you can do is sit around and think of ways of screwing the system:

Let's make a list and summarize:

Governor Sarah Palin:
Mixed up in the wrongful firing of the Commissioner of Public Safety for not firing her ex brother-in-law a State Trooper who is embroiled in a nasty child custody case with Palin's sister.

Senator Ted Stevens:
Indicted on seven felony counts of making false statements on his financial disclosure forms.

Representative Don Young:
Young is under federal investigation for taking bribes, illegal gratuities or unreported gifts.

Senator Lisa Murkowski: Initially named to her position by her Father Governor Frank Murkowski after he became Governor in Alaska in 2002. Also, Lisa had an ethics complaint filed against her last year for a real estate deal.

Plus the whole cast of characters in the Alaska political corruption probe, lovingly known as the Corrupt Bastards Club.

All from the OIL laden state of Alaska

Stay cool for now!

Martin

Robert Novak announcement

So, here is my first attempt.

It seems that Mr. Robert Novak has had a strange twist of fate. He has announced today that he has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. Now, I would not wish this upon anyone, not even Mr. Novak but, it does show that if you believe in God, he must be bi-partisan. first Ted Robert Kennedy now Novak (Thanks Fernando). Now here is a bit of history on Novak that a friend asked me to explain.

Who is Robert Novak and how is he connected to the outing of a CIA agent:

Novak was the first journalist to "out" Valerie Plame in the pages of the Washington Post. Now, Im sure the next question is who is Valerie Plame and what did he "out" her from. Valerie Plame was an undercover CIA operative and the wife of Ambassador Joseph Wilson. Her main function was to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons. This outing ended her career.

The next question is why. Why was Plame outed and by who. Now of course like all things political, this is very long and complicated story. Here is a quick summary.

Ambassador Wilson was asked by the CIA to verify if Niger was selling uranium yellowcake to Iraq. Which Wilson did. It turns out that there was no deal between Niger and Iraq, but President George W. Bush used the connection in his 2003 State of the Union Address.

Subsequently members of the administration gave out the name of Wilson's wife to members of the media. Of all the individuals who were told of Plame's identity, Novak was the first to report it. Novak's report came out a week after Wilson wrote his Op/Ed in the New York Times stating the administration "exaggerated" the Iraq / Niger connection.

So, this is just a quick dirty summary of the Novak, Plame, Wilson, Bush, Iraq connection.

Until next time... or never again!!!

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