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Old 04-03-2013, 11:41 AM
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When will they learn?
Especially if you are a black politician....you are going to be severely tested.

http://www.heavy.com/regions/2013/04...malcolm-smith/

BTW I never did like this guy. He always gives me the feeling that he was in a movie.
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Old 04-03-2013, 12:37 PM
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Seems to me this is about lack of ethics regardless of skin color. The article said nothing about the skin color of any of the politicians it referenced.
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Old 04-03-2013, 12:53 PM
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On the Republican side were two Italians and two blacks. Not a race issue at all. Just typical gotta get mine before he gets his.
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Old 04-03-2013, 12:56 PM
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Italians AND black folks? Whoo boy, we're in for it now

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Old 04-03-2013, 12:58 PM
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Naw. You guys only get the hard working ones. Obviously.
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Old 04-03-2013, 01:49 PM
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Right. One Democrat and four Republicans arrested for conspiracy and the headline only mentions the Democrat....

I guess coming from an ideology based on the notion that greed is good, taking a bribe is fine, just don't pay one out.

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Governor Ultrasound is in trouble too.
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Old 04-03-2013, 02:13 PM
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But I thought SCOTUS said bribery is legal?
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Especially if you are a black politician....you are going to be severely tested.

http://www.heavy.com/regions/2013/04...malcolm-smith/

BTW I never did like this guy. He always gives me the feeling that he was in a movie.
Smith was the door through which the FBI entered.
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Old 04-03-2013, 08:26 PM
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New Yawk politicians are corrupt? Who woulda thunk it?
Teapot Dome revisited?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teapot_Dome_scandal
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