Al Franken...is this for real?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Stevens was in congress for 40 years, and like most (all?) of those long-timers he felt he was entitled to any perks he could get away with. It's very hard to prosecute these clowns because of the power and connections they have. Witnesses are intimidated, and usually covering their own ass, so to build a case prosecutors usually have to nail the witness and offer a plea bargain to get them to testify. That frustration on the part of the prosecutors sometimes makes them over zealous feeling the end justifies the means, and that's not right either.

If the damn voters would do their job we wouldn't have this problem.

[TGRR]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Stevens was in congress for 40 years, and like most (all?) of those long-timers he felt he was entitled to any perks he could get away with. It's very hard to prosecute these clowns because of the power and connections they have. Witnesses are intimidated, and usually covering their own ass, so to build a case prosecutors usually have to nail the witness and offer a plea bargain to get them to testify. That frustration on the part of the prosecutors sometimes makes them over zealous feeling the end justifies the means, and that's not right either.

If the damn voters would do their job we wouldn't have this problem.

It's Alaska. They voted for Palin. What do you expect?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Palin certainly wasn't ready for prime time but for Alaskans she was the lesser evil. She did OK by them for the most part, as they weren't affected by her very much in their day to day lives. Alaskans have daily concerns that make crooked politicians pale by comparison.

[TGRR]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Palin certainly wasn't ready for prime time but for Alaskans she was the lesser evil. She did OK by them for the most part, as they weren't affected by her very much in their day to day lives. Alaskans have daily concerns that make crooked politicians pale by comparison.

Volcanoes, for example?

TGRR,
Reasonable certain Bobby Jindal isn't "Mr Popularity" around Mount Redoubt.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I think I'd be safe in saying, to Alaskans, Mt Redoubt is orders of magnitude more of a concern than Jindal.

[TGRR]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I think I'd be safe in saying, to Alaskans, Mt Redoubt is orders of magnitude more of a concern than Jindal.

Kind of. Jindal wanted to cancel the volcano monitoring that saved lots of lives around Mt Redoubt. He said it was a boondoggle, a day or two before the first warnings went out.

[xoxoxoBruce]

OK, I'd missed that, thanks.