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California Politician Guilty

Rep. Cunningham (R-CA) Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes
News stories like this really depress me:

SAN DIEGO - Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, an eight-term congressman and hotshot Vietnam War fighter jock, pleaded guilty to graft and tearfully resigned Monday, admitting he took $2.4 million in bribes from defense contractors to steer business their way.
"The truth is I broke the law, concealed my conduct, and disgraced my office," the 63-year-old Republican said at a news conference. "I know that I will forfeit my freedom, my reputation, my worldly possessions, most importantly, the trust of my friends and family." He could get up to 10 years in prison at sentencing Feb. 27 on federal charges of conspiracy to commit bribery and fraud, and tax evasion.
Investigators said Cunningham, a member of a House Appropriations subcommittee that controls defense dollars, secured contracts worth tens of millions of dollars for those who paid him off. Prosecutors did not identify the defense contractors.

I suppose that I could understand if the bribes were really, really enormous--but as a member of the House of Representatives, Cunningham gets an annual salary of $162,100, and a pretty spectacular pension. How many years of doing his job would it have taken to earn the $2.4 million in bribes? About fourteen years--maybe less, if you consider the pension.
To put it more conventional terms--would you risk loss of a pretty secure job (members of Congress are very seldom defeated), your retirement account, your home, and several years in prison for 14 years of your salary, knowing that there are government agencies whose job it is too look for corrupt politicians? A person of low morals might be strongly tempted by 100 years worth of salary, but 14 years? This is not only corrupt, but irrational.

Heads up to Clayton Cramer.

Speaking Of Crooked Politicians

Paul Martin's Liberal government has been defeated, as expected. Now it's time for a lot of liberal voters to do some soul searching and show this group of scoundrels that honesty is the best policy. I pity any Liberal coming to my front door looking for my vote!

Manitoulin Island has been a liberal stronghold since the times of Lester Pearson - I hope my neighbors have tired of this bunch after the recent scandal.

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