Thread: bye bye Jack....

Abramoff gets 4 years in prison

'Broken man' Abramoff gets 4 years in prison - Yahoo! News

WASHINGTON - Broken and disgraced, lobbyist Jack Abramoff will spend four years in prison for his role in a corruption scandal that upended Washington politics and contributed to the Republicans' loss of Congress in 2006.

The once powerful Washington insider, at times choking back tears during his sentencing hearing Thursday, appeared crestfallen as a judge handed down a longer sentence than prosecutors had sought.

Over the past three years, Abramoff has come to symbolize corruption and the secret deals cut between lobbyists and politicians in back rooms or on golf courses or private jets. The scandal shook Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House to Capitol Hill.

"I come before you as a broken man," Abramoff said at his sentencing before U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle. "I'm not the same man who happily and arrogantly engaged in a lifestyle of political and business corruption.


AT LEAST HE ADMITS IT.

I guess that makes him more of a man than George W Bush.

One of the things that came out during this trial, is that Abramoff tried to charge the President of Gabon 17 million dollars for an audience with Bush.

Influence peddling? You bet!

Good riddance. I'd like to see Bush behind bars too. What say you?

Originally Posted by nonsqtr

I'd like to see Bush behind bars too. What say you?

I think the death penalty is due process for traitors in this country.
We could have a lottery.... $10 a ticket, winner gets to pull the lever.
That would pay off the deficit BushCo created. (and leave one hell of a surplus)

Democrats recieving Abramoff and Tribal Client Money:

40 Of The 45 Members Of The Senate Democrat Caucus:

* Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) Received At Least – $22,500
* Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) Received At Least – $6,500
* Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE) Received At Least – $1,250
* Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) Received At Least – $2,000
* Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) Received At Least – $20,250
* Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Received At Least – $21,765
* Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) Received At Least – $7,500
* Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) Received At Least – $12,950
* Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND) Received At Least – $8,000
* Senator Jon Corzine (D-NJ) Received At Least – $7,500
* Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) Received At Least – $14,792
* Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) Received At Least – $79,300
* Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) Received At Least – $14,000
* Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Received At Least – $2,000
* Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) Received At Least – $1,250
* Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) Received At Least – $45,750
* Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) Received At Least – $9,000
* Senator Jim Jeffords (I-VT) Received At Least – $2,000
* Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) Received At Least – $14,250
* Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) Received At Least – $3,300
* Senator John Kerry (D-MA) Received At Least – $98,550
* Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Received At Least – $28,000
* Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT) Received At Least – $4,000
* Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) Received At Least – $6,000
* Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) Received At Least – $29,830
* Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) Received At Least – $14,891
* Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) Received At Least – $10,550
* Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) Received At Least – $78,991
* Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) Received At Least – $20,168
* Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) Received At Least – $5,200
* Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) Received At Least – $7,500
* Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR) Received At Least – $2,300
* Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) Received At Least – $3,500
* Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) Received At Least – $68,941
* Senator John Rockefeller (D-WV) Received At Least – $4,000
* Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO) Received At Least – $4,500
* Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) Received At Least – $4,300
* Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Received At Least – \b{$29,550}
* Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Received At Least – $6,250
* Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) Received At Least – $6,250

National Republican Senatorial Committee

Bush isn't the only one.

Originally Posted by Professor Peabody

Bush isn't the only one.

Duh! So now you see why CHANGE is important, yes?

Just out of curiosity, where's the list for the Republicans?

And, is McCain's name on it?

Originally Posted by Professor Peabody

Bush isn't the only one.

LOL! This totals less than $750,000.
Let's talk about profits on illegal wars, shall we?

Originally Posted by Inkslinger

LOL! This totals less than $750,000.
Let's talk about profits on illegal wars, shall we?

Sure!

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 2004--Perini Corporation (NYSE:PCR) announces the award on July 19 of a second design-build project for Afghanistan National Army (ANA) brigade facilities by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The project consists of the design and construction of brigade facilities at Gardez in eastern Afghanistan. This project is in addition to a similar project awarded for Mazer-e-Sharif, which was announced on July 14. The award value of each individual project is $52 million, for a total of $104 million.

The projects were competitively awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Programs Center on behalf of the Afghanistan Engineer District. Perini was one of three U.S. contractors who submitted bids for the Gardez Task Order under previously awarded Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contracts.

The facilities at each site will support a regional brigade and will each include a water treatment, storage and distribution system; a sewage collection system; a prime power plant and site distribution system; a dining facility; administrative buildings and barracks, and associated site work. The scope of work also includes the development of a master plan for each base to include training ranges and additional facilities for future expansion.

http://www.businesswire.com/webbox/b.../242085879.htm

October 13, 2005 12:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Perini Receives $185 Million in Awards for Force Protection in Iraq

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 2005--Perini Corporation (NYSE:PCR), a leading building and civil construction company, announced today that it has received two Task Order awards to design and construct overhead coverage systems at 55 locations across Iraq in support of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' construction programs. The structures will provide additional protection for existing base facilities.

One award is for $119,283,840, and the second award is for $65,236,916. Both awards were competitively made under an existing contract to provide design-build construction related services within the Central Command (CENTCOM) Area of Operations.

Perini has been contributing to the reconstruction process in Iraq, continuously over the past two years. The majority of projects have been in the electrical generation, transmission and distribution sector. The company has also been supporting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Afghanistan, for the past three years, with construction of Afghan National Army Bases.

Perini Receives $185 Million in Awards for Force Protection in Iraq

Senator Feinstein's Iraq Conflict

As a member of the Military Construction Appropriations subcommittee, Sen. Feinstein voted for appropriations worth billions to her husband's firms

By Peter Byrne

As chairperson and ranking member of the Military Construction Appropriations subcommittee (MILCON) from 2001 through the end of 2005, Feinstein supervised the appropriation of billions of dollars a year for specific military construction projects. Two defense contractors whose interests were largely controlled by her husband, financier Richard C. Blum, benefited from decisions made by Feinstein as leader of this powerful subcommittee.

Each year, MILCON's members decide which military construction projects will be funded from a roster proposed by the Department of Defense. Contracts to build these specific projects are subsequently awarded to such major defense contractors as Halliburton, Fluor, Parsons, Louis Berger, URS Corporation and Perini Corporation. From 1997 through the end of 2005, with Feinstein's knowledge, Blum was a majority owner of both URS Corp. and Perini Corp.

While setting MILCON agendas for many years, Feinstein, 73, supervised her own staff of military construction experts as they carefully examined the details of each proposal. She lobbied Pentagon officials in public hearings to support defense projects that she favored, some of which already were or subsequently became URS or Perini contracts. From 2001 to 2005, URS earned $792 million from military construction and environmental cleanup projects approved by MILCON; Perini earned $759 million from such MILCON projects.

News & Culture in CA | Dianne Feinstein: A Question of Ethics

There's plenty more if you need them?

Originally Posted by Professor Peabody

Sure!

There's plenty more if you need them?

But you forgot the Carlyle Group.....
Or how about Silverstein?
Ah, and Cheney's exclusive contracts to Haliburton.
I can list many more coincidental affilations to the republican elites if you like.....