http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/cultureofcorruption/ en-us Wed, 1 Jul 2009 20:09:34 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283520/posts Planned Parenthood Internal Probe Follows Abortion-Sexual Abuse Coverup Birmingham, AL -- The Planned Parenthood abortion business in Alabama has responded to new video footage showing one of its staff members hiding a potential case of sexual abuse. The video also shows the Planned Parenthood employee telling a woman posing as a teenager how she can evade the state's parental consent law. See http://www.LifeNews.com/state4271.h LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283520/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 20:09:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283444/posts Rush just brought up the Frank Lombard story and will be talking about it in this half hour. You can listen here on the internet. www.wrva.com  http://www.rushlimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283444/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 18:27:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283228/posts ~ EXCERPT ~ In front of a run-down shack in north Houston, federal agents step from a government sedan into 102-degree heat and face a critical question: How can the woman living here buy four high-end handguns in one day? The house is worth $35,000. A screen dangles by a wall-unit air conditioner. Porch swing slats are smashed, the smattering of grass is flattened by cars and burned yellow by sun. >>> snip <<< Among other things, the agents are combing neighborhoods and asking people about suspicious purchases as well as seeking explanations as to how their guns ended up... Houston Chronic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283228/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:51:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282611/posts Al Franken confirmed to MN senate by MN supreme court. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282611/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:11:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281526/posts Pelosi Won't Give Public a Week to Review Text of Health-Care Bill Before House Votes on It SNIPPET: "At her press briefing on Thursday, Pelosi was asked whether the health-care bill would be handled differently than the stimulus bill, which came up in February. The 1,071-page final text of that bill was posted on the House Appropriations Committee’s Web site late on a Thursday night and then voted on the next day. “When the stimulus bill came out earlier this year, members and citizens had less than two days to review the final version that came out of the conference... CNS NEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281526/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:26:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282183/posts CLEVELAND -- Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora on Monday accused the U.S. Department of Justice of launching its local public corruption probe two years ago in a conspiracy with Republicans to undermine the Democratic turnout for Barack Obama. • Earlier version of story.Dimora said he and his lawyers will ask the Justice Department and Congress to investigate the motives behind the corruption probe, which became public last July when FBI agents raided the commissioner's home and office and the home and office of political ally Frank Russo, the county auditor. "This is a Republican-driven prosecution," Dimora said during a late-afternoon... The Cleveland Plain Dealer Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282183/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:26:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281858/posts President Barack Obama won many admirers for his pledge to have the most transparent administration in history. (AP photo) Writing and rewriting Michael Jackson’s obituary distracted the media from the latest draft of its preferred death notice — that of the Republican Party.But now that we are down to the sad minutiae of Jackson’s life and death, some of the cameras have swung back around to the tale of the terminally weird Gov. Mark Sanford.Sanford’s midlife meltdown pales in comparison with Jackson’s lifelong soap opera. But for political journalists, the Sanford affair is too perfect to pass up. The... Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281858/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:37:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281818/posts The prosecution in the corruption trial of former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill and others gave jurors a tantalizing glimpse of what authorities called a web of intrigue in which black leaders solicited bribes from white developers because, they said, it was time for those developers to pay. “The game has done changed,” defendant Darren Reagan is heard saying on an audio tape played during opening statements by the prosecution. Defense opening statements were taking place this afternoon. In a surprising development, Hill's attorney, Ray Jackson, said his client would take the stand during the trial. Prosecutors say Reagan... DMN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281818/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:56:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281815/posts "Rennie, 38, was the successful chief executive of LGBT Youth Scotland, an organisation dedicated to helping young gay people. A former secondary school teacher, he regularly spoke out in public on gay issues, particularly how they affected young people. He was charged and ultimately convicted of molesting a child over a number of years, starting at the age of three months. And in an online conversation with another accused, he even expressed a wish to see children with Down's Syndrome or a learning disability sexually abused. Operation Algebra officers found that Rennie had links with paedophiles in the US and... http://www.youtube.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281815/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:52:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2281609/posts Next on Senate agenda? 'Pedophile Protection Act' 'Hate crimes' law definitions would protect 547 sex 'philias' The leader of a pro-family organization says families across the nation need to contact their U.S. senators now to try to derail a legislative plan that already has passed the U.S. House and is being awaited by President Obama – after a Democrat confirmed it would protect "all 547 forms of sexual deviancy or 'paraphilias' listed by the American Psychiatric Association." WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2281609/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:18:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281421/posts The New Culture of CorruptionDemocrats step up their corruption game By ROBERT A. GEORGE Updated 7:45 PM EDT, Fri, Jun 26, 2009 New joke going around Washington: "Republicans hike the Appalachian Trail; Democrats hike your taxes. Either way, someone's getting screwed." As, the old saying goes -- some of the truest things are said in jest. Washington Republicans -- more in the minority than they have been in decades -- are somewhat haplessly hoping that the Democrats mess up their own policies, rather than figure out how to stop them themselves. So, in the meantime, they keep themselves busy by... NBC Philadelphia.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281421/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:27:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280247/posts Detroit, MI (AHN) - Detroit City Council Pro-Tempore Monica Conyers, wife of one of the most powerful Democrats in the U.S. Congress, pleaded guilty on Friday to accepting bribes from a recyler in return for supporting its bid for a $1.2 billion contract to haul sludge from the city's wastewater. According to the Detroit News, Conyers entered a plea agreement saying she had twice received "an envelope containing cash" from an associate of businessman Rayford Jackson. The Council Pro-Tempore was the deciding vote that allowed Synagro Technologies to win the sludge contract, which was awarded in 2007. Jackson, as a... All Headline News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280247/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:22:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280216/posts <p>Unreal. Congressman Barton pointing out that current bill is missing 300 pages and he is asking if they can actually vote on a bill that is not present.</p> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280216/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:16:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280233/posts "We're not going to win this case, but that's okay. Once we get 'hate crime' laws on the books, we're going to go after the Scouts and all the other bigots." This was a remark made in the gallery by the Clinton White House liaison for "gay" issues during U.S. Supreme Court hearings on the Boy Scouts case in 2000. She had whispered it to the Rev. Rob Schenck, whom she mistakenly thought was one of those liberal clerics who think God is still making up His mind about sexual morality. The point is that the proposed federal "hate crime"... One News Now http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280233/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:49:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280165/posts WASHINGTON — A Duke University official has been arrested and charged with offering his adopted five-year-old son for sex. Frank Lombard, the school's associate director of the Center for Health Policy, was arrested after an Internet sting, according to the FBI's Washington field office and the city's police department. According to an affidavit by DC Police Det. Timothy Palchak, an unnamed informant facing charges in his own child sex case led authorities to Lombard. Authorities said that Lombard tried to persuade a person — whom he did not know was a police officer — to travel to North Carolina to... pioneer depressed/ap http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280165/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:48:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279918/posts House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. has backed off his plan to investigate purported wrongdoing by the liberal activist group ACORN, saying the "powers that be" put the kibosh on the idea. Mr. Conyers, Michigan Democrat, earlier bucked his party leaders by calling for hearings on accusations the Association of Community Organization for Reform Now (ACORN) has committed crimes ranging from voter fraud to a mob-style "protection" racket. "The powers that be decided against it," Mr. Conyers told The Washington Times Wednesday. The chairman declined to elaborate, shrugging off questions about who told him how to run his committee... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279918/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:20:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279852/posts The House Ethics Committee is investigating Caribbean trips paid for by corporate lobbyists Rangel and several other members went on, in apparent violation of House rules.........more than nine months after the trips were disclosed by The Post. Not that the committee will ever do more than slap Rangel's wrist -- if that. Speaker Pelosi declared the initial probe into Rangel's tortured personal finances would be finished last January...... Rangel for nearly a decade enjoyed free luxurious Carib trips paid for by corporate lobbyists who bundled their sponsorships through a small Carib newspaper in NY. The paper's owner bragged publicly the... NY POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279852/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:01:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279547/posts House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. has backed off his plan to investigate wrongdoing by the liberal activist group ACORN, saying "powers that be" put the kibosh on the idea. Mr. Conyers, Michigan Democrat, earlier bucked his party leaders by calling for hearings on accusations the Association of Community Organization for Reform Now (ACORN) has committed crimes ranging from voter fraud to a mob-style "protection" racket. "The powers that be decided against it," Mr. Conyers told The Washington Times. The chairman declined to elaborate, shrugging off questions about who told him how to run his committee and give the... Wash. Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279547/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:15:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279653/posts Former Queens Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio faces 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to taking secret payments from Jamaica Hospital officials. In a booming voice, the tough-on-crime Democrat put the finishing touches on a 30-year legislative career with three words: "Guilty, your honor." "I knew that my conduct was illegal and wrong, your honor," Seminerio told Manhattan Federal Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald on Wednesday. Seminerio, 74, resigned his seat representing Queens' 38th District Tuesday. Manhattan federal prosecutors say he pocketed more than $1 million in consulting fees by promising hospitals, nonprofits and others inside access in Albany. NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279653/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:51:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279327/posts The House ethics committee has launched a formal investigation into two trips Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) took to the Caribbean in 2007 and 2008. The committee voted Wednesday to establish an investigative subcommittee to look into the matter and issued a release late that night. “The subcommittee will have jurisdiction to conduct a full and complete inquiry into allegations that have arisen regarding the sponsorship of the travel in 2007 and 2008,” the release stated. “At the conclusion of its inquiry, the subcommittee is to report its findings, conclusions and recommendations... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279327/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:50:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278178/posts The National Republican Senatorial Committee spent almost $1 million last month on Republican Norm Coleman's attempt to win last year's U.S. Senate race. Coleman is attempting to overturn Democrat Al Franken's slender lead. The former senator's appeal of a trial court's decision that Franken won is awaiting a ruling from the Minnesota Supreme Court. That ruling could be issued any day. Last month, the NRSC spent $937,917 to help Coleman in that effort. Minneapolis law firm Dorsey & Whitney, home to Coleman attorney Jim Langdon, received $350,171 of that and Washington, D.C., law firm Patton Boggs, Coleman legal spokesman Ben... Twin Cities Pioneer Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278178/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:21:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277584/posts The infamous Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now, more commonly known as ACORN, is changing its name. The new moniker, Community Organizations International (COI), is the nefarious organization’s attempt to change its thuggish image.  ACORN is under investigation for voter registration fraud in at least 14 states, the result of widespread allegations during the 2008 presidential campaign.  There are also mounting charges from a growing list of current and former ACORN employees with allegations ranging from threats and intimidation to systemic fraud and financial mismanagement. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), who has been battling for accountability from ACORN, reacted to... HumanEvents.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277584/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:05:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277759/posts Cop taped beating Chicago bartender gets probation By DON BABWIN Associated Press Writer CHICAGO (AP) -- An off-duty Chicago police officer convicted of pummeling a female bartender half his size was sentenced Tuesday to two years probation and anger management classes for the videotaped attack that appeared worldwide on the Internet and cable news channels. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277759/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:42:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277657/posts In a clearly coordinated exchange, President Obama called on the Huffington Post's Nico Pitney near the start of his press conference and requested a question directly from Iran. [snip] Reporters typically don’t coordinate their questions for the president before press conferences. And it was a departure from White House protocol by calling on The Huffington Post second, in between the AP and Reuters. CBS Radio's Mark Knoller, a veteran White House correspondent, said over Twitter it was "very unusual that Obama called on Huffington Post second, appearing to know the issue the reporter would ask about." Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277657/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:25:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277463/posts A Republican lawmaker accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and congressional Democrats of "shutting down the process" in the House of Representatives to block his effort to investigate the national community organizing group ACORN. Rep. Steve King, Iowa Republican, said in an interview on The Washington Times' morning radio show "America's Morning News" that Mrs. Pelosi and the Democratic majority had recently authorized an unprecedented change in House rules to curb the right of the minority to offer amendments to appropriations spending bills. The debate over the new rules governing how bills are dealt with sparked a bitter partisan clash in... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277463/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:09:27 GMT