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Censure: How the Other Half Punishes
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| November 19, 2010
| Mychal Massie
Posted on 11/20/2010 7:18:07 AM PST by Kaslin
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posted on
11/20/2010 7:18:11 AM PST
by
Kaslin
To: Kaslin
Rangel should be expelled from the House and put in jail.
To: Kaslin
DemocRATS are what is wrong with politics.
"Censure". ROTFL! All the politicians get to stand up and call Charlie the crook a "gunky". They act just like a bunch of school kids.
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posted on
11/20/2010 7:25:55 AM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(He that casts the ballot decides nothing. He that counts the ballots decides everything. - Stalin)
To: Kaslin
There are one set of laws for the Nobles and another for the Serfs.
Pray for America
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posted on
11/20/2010 7:26:34 AM PST
by
bray
(A November to Remember)
To: Kaslin
If the Republicans had half of Hillary’s balls, they would make this a campaign issue. They would bring this up every time taxes are mentioned.
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posted on
11/20/2010 7:28:56 AM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(Judas Iscariot - the first social justice advocate. John 12:3-6)
To: Kaslin
What a sham. James Trafficant committed lesser crimes and they booted him out ! Rangle ought to be booted out straight into jail !
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posted on
11/20/2010 7:29:55 AM PST
by
CORedneck
To: Kaslin
In the REAL world, out in public, it's called "Embezzlement", and you would be in jail. There's NOTHING in here about $$$$ penalties, paying money back, etc., nor is their a "criminal record", so to speak.
You just stand up and get called names by your "peers" (fellow travelers in the lobbyist/favored kickback schemes).
Is this a great Country, or what? (That is, if you're a politician or live on the public dole).
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posted on
11/20/2010 7:30:05 AM PST
by
traditional1
("Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
To: Kaslin
...and in the distance the sound of thunder....
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posted on
11/20/2010 7:34:45 AM PST
by
freebilly
(No wonder the left has a boner for Obama. There's CIALIS in soCIALISt....)
To: traditional1
He didn’t embezzle anything. In the real world, it is called “influence-peddling,” “tax fraud” and “concealing assets” and you are fined and go to prison, especially if your have evaded paying taxes on certain income for 17 years. Proof positive that Americans are NOT equal under the law. Black politicians are held to a different, much lower standard.
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posted on
11/20/2010 7:37:11 AM PST
by
La Lydia
To: Kaslin
Not only is he a crook, but he was a powerful one at that. More should be expected of him. I guess Dems grade on a curve.
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posted on
11/20/2010 7:38:56 AM PST
by
PghBaldy
(Like the Ft Hood Killer, James Earl Ray was just stressed when he killed MLK Jr.)
To: Kaslin
In other words, Rangel must stand in the well of Congress and have the members tell him he behaved poorly. No, really. So, he's going to be scolded like a child??
Lock the tax cheating bustard up, one year for each one he "forgot" to pay his taxes.
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posted on
11/20/2010 7:43:13 AM PST
by
Las Vegas Ron
(Moderates manipulate, extremists use violence, but the goal is the same.)
To: Kaslin
instead of a spank on the wrist, he gets a spank on the azz... feh
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posted on
11/20/2010 7:46:47 AM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: La Lydia
"He didnt embezzle anything"Oops. Sorry; not a student of the legal definitions, but it seems converting certain monies (not your personal assets) to use for personal gain (getting elected/securing more "donations") would be similar to helping yourself to the bank's money drawer contents, if you were a teller.
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posted on
11/20/2010 7:50:36 AM PST
by
traditional1
("Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
To: La Lydia
Black politicians are held to a different, much lower standard.Particularly by their own black voters. Rangel will be reelected by his constituents in 2012 by a larger margin than in 2010.
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posted on
11/20/2010 7:53:01 AM PST
by
Spartan79
(Malo periculosam libertatem quam quietam servitutem.)
To: traditional1
He simply isn’t smart enough to have embezzled anything. But he is profoundly dishonest and has an enormous sense of entitlement. What you describe is influence peddling.
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posted on
11/20/2010 7:53:48 AM PST
by
La Lydia
To: Kaslin
Rangel is about to get what appears to be a complete pass for actions that, as I have previously written, were they committed by you or me, we would be getting our affairs in order prior to a long jail sentence.
Charlie Rangel got a pass only, I repeat, only because the electorate gives him a pass. There are two (2) sets of laws in America only, I repeat again, only because the electorate allows two (2) sets of laws to exist.
When and IF the electorate somehow manages to pry themselves away from the tee vee and phone, fax or write their elected representatives in the House and in the Senate, only then, will there be change.
There should be NO EXEMPTIONS whatsoever for any federal employee or any congressional or senate representative from any law or regulation. None. Zero. Ziltch. Zippo. Nada. Not a one.
And until there are NO EXEMPTIONS from any law or regulation for the RULING CLASS and their federal employee pets, America will have two (2) sets of laws. One set of laws and regulations for the electorate at large and one set of laws and regulations for the likes of Charlie Rangel.
Justice is NOT blind. Justice sees quite well, thank you very much.
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posted on
11/20/2010 7:54:29 AM PST
by
pyx
(Rule#1.The LEFT lies.Rule#2.See Rule#1. IF THE LEFT CONTROLS THE LANGUAGE, IT CONTROLS THE ARGUMENT.)
To: Kaslin
Is he immune from criminal charges? Does he have to make restitution of the money he stole with interest? What happens with his four illicit apartments?
To: Kaslin
It is a formal, open reprimand given to a member of Congress for going against its standards of ethics and behavior. Why use this on Rangel, then? Since when did Congress have standards of ethics and behavior???
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posted on
11/20/2010 7:59:59 AM PST
by
ssaftler
("Politically Correct" is neither!)
To: AdmSmith; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; Delacon; ...
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posted on
11/20/2010 8:00:32 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: Kaslin
Yeah Charlie loved being in power so much he tried to take much of it with him.
If life was fair he would get the following
1) Eviction from the rent controlled apartments he uses, Why this wasnt done immediately defies logic. Those are for the poor
2) Removal from office today
3) Add up all Charlies indiscretions and the investigations and make him pay the taxpayers back with interest.
4) Stop all government benefits including Health care, retirement accounts, paychecks with the exception of anything earned while in the Armed Forces. He violated the public trust. In other words broke the contract with the American people, so we do not need to honor that contract.
5) Banned from any public service or government job or any private entity that accepts public funds.
6) Agree to the above terms unconditionally to avoid a 40 year (Time Severed) jail sentence.
Unfortunately life is not fair
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posted on
11/20/2010 8:01:02 AM PST
by
shoff
(Cuomo is going to change the NY state motto from Excelsior to elixir (cause we bought it))
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