Using Public Money For Personal Gain

There is no doubt the MAIN reason people run for office in the U.S. is to get rich quickly.  This explains people's willingness to spend 10's of Millions of personal funds running for the Senate.  The "height" of the office is such that the benefits far out weigh the cost.  Additionally, people lobby hard to be "appointed" to political positions for the very same reason.  Look at all the CZARs. 


A far more sinister reason to run or seek political appointment is the promise of using tax payers monies to accomplish the same goal.

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That wonderful Nobel Laureate and so earth-lovin' Al Gore admitted this weekend, during a speech to a "Green Energy Conference", that he supported public subsidies for corn-based ethanol solely to help him get elected president.  Now boo-hoo Al admits all these subsidies including the $7.7 Billion (with a B) given away last year to the companies producing this snake oil was a bad idea.  Really AL?  Where was Peg to advise you when you needed it?  Guess you've seen the price of Corn Flakes lately.


Said Al
"One of the reasons (only ONE?) I made that mistake is that I paid particular attention to the farmers in my home state of Tennessee, and I had a certain fondness for the farmers in the state of Iowa because I was about to run for president."


SharkyandSharky is sure this Snake Oil Salesman is not supporting "Global Warming" to become exceedingly earth shatteringly wealthy.


Thank god we wiped our feet on the door mat before going into the voting booth.


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Airports across the U.S. have installed, are in the process of installing or will soon install a wonderful device called RAPISCAN.  (The "A" is phonetically long)  Feel safer now?  If you're not guilty, you have nothing too worry about.


Put simply - this device is to keep you safe.  Isn't everything these days?


Presumably, the RAPISCAN system is to prevent "underwear bombers" from blowing their balls off.  But wait - it won't prevent that sort of event.  Notice that SharkyandSharky did not say attack in the previous sentence because exploding devices are not attacks.  The Japanese "attacked" Pearl Harbor.


Well if the RAPISCAN won't benefit the flying public, who will it benefit?


Remember a former Secretary for the Department Of Homeland Security (CZAR) one Michael Chertoff?  He now runs a private firm - one of ONLY two that can sell body scanners to U.S. airports!  And the $160 Million (with an M) contract doesn't hurt him either.

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