Republican snakes' nest. by Molly Ivins, Once again she gets it right

[madokie]

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Hastert, Lewis, Homeland Security latest to find hot water

AUSTIN, Texas -- Gee, the Republicans seem to have lost their moral compass since Tom DeLay quit. Who knew it could get worse without that pillar of rectitude from Texas? What a snakes' nest of corruption and nastiness.

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Hastert had sold to a developer a 69-acre portion of a 195-acre farm that had been purchased in his wife's name. The developer also purchased an adjacent plot of roughly equal size owned in trust by Hastert and two of his "longtime supporters." The area of west of Chicago is growing madly, and Hastert -- through an earmark appropriation process -- dedicated $207 million in taxpayer dollars as the first appropriation on the Prairie Parkway, which will run 5.5 miles from the Hastert land. Went through in the fall of 2005. Three months later, Hastert and his partners sold the land for a $3 million total profit, $1.8 million to Hastert.

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Meanwhile, back on the Jack Abramoff-and-related fronts (lest we forget good old Dusty Foggo, ex-No. 3 at the CIA), a letter had been found, despite initial denials by the Department of Homeland Security, from the now-convicted ex-Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham recommending that the government use the limo firm that allegedly ferried whores to the poker parties given by defense contractors who were paying off Cunningham.

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I carry no special brief for government -- many years of studying the Texas Legislature will disenchant anyone. But if you are put in charge of government, the least you can do is run it well. Bill Clinton took government seriously -- he was interested in how to make it work better, interested in government policy. Clinton declared the era of Big Government over and indeed pruned the federal structure and finished with a surplus. Bush is giving us fat, bloated, inefficient, corrupt government, all of it running on a huge deficit -- not counting the expense and growing body count in Iraq.

As the man said -- "2,500 is just a number."

[acmejack]

1. Gotta love Molly, she is a National treasure of Texas!

That's for all the Texas haters on this board. We have a hell of a lot of good things here too. A place as big as Texas has room for a lot of bad things, I'll readily admit, but by God, give us our due,we have plenty of room for a lot of great things as well!

[JitterbugPerfume]

2. how could anyone hate Texas

as long as MOLLY is there? She is a national Texas born and bred treasure

[leftyladyfrommo]

3. So is that Independent running for governor in Texas.

What's his name? He is histerical.

[madokie]

5. would that be Kinky Friedman by any chance

:rofl:

[leftyladyfrommo]

6. That would be him!

[madokie]

4. In fact it is time to email Molly and remind her I still LOVE her.

I like Texas too. I'm from OK and if I want to see some pretty and damn good hi ways I go see my Texas friends because we don't have 'em here, our senators are too cheap, they just give their votes away. And that is just one of the many things I like about Texas, but then again I like most all places, might have a problem with one certain pig farm though. I guess I'm a 'like' kinda' guy.
peace bro
:hi:
As a matter of fact a Texas omelet with biscuits and gravy is my next stop this morning.

[malaise]

7. Molly always gets it right n/t