Every year, federal subsidies put billions into pockets of sugar cane magnates. Flush with cash, they spend millions buying politicians & blunting reform efforts to halt the continuing destruction of the unique environment in the Florida Everglades.

The FBI is investigating allegations that veteran NBA referee Tim Donaghy bet on basketball games over the past two seasons, including ones in which he officiated. - One more instance of Capitalism in action! Opportunity + Immorality = Criminality

Former Russian pres Boris Yeltsin dies at 76; came to power in 1991. Washington Post "Yeltsin launched war against Chechnya in 1994, causing more violent deaths than anyone since Stalin. His system as corrupt & morally adrift as the one it replaced."

A British court ordered govt of Zambia to pay "vulture fund" company Donegal Intl $15.5 million. Donegal owned by US Debt Advisory Intl. Justice Department to open bribery investigation that could lead to an indictment. John Conyers raises stink!

This Post was too important to become INVISIBLE by the end of November because of Blog-City's "Last 25 Posts Only" RULE, if I published it November 13th. http://tabacco.blog-city.com/legislator_to_lobbyist_corporate_turnstiles_conflict_of_inte.htm

"ROVING" defined: Karl Rove's updating of the Adolf Hitler technique that if you tell a lie often enough and forcefully enough, people are dumb enough to believe it because you say it, regardless of how ridiculous it is.

1995 Congress passed Deep Water Royalty Relief Act: "holiday" to oil & gas cos..2004 Gale A. Norton, interior secretary, gave royalty incentives to shallow-water producers..2005 Bush signed energy bill $2.6 billion new tax breaks for drillers

While George W. & papa Bush, VP Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld make $-billions from War Crimes, Bush nominee for US Court of Appeals, a “Rising Star” in Republican Party ripped off Target Stores for $5,000.00. Wait till you see his ethnicity!

Slavet to Govt Whistleblowers "would advise them not to report matter..subject to retaliation..taking away job duties.. put in a closet..criticizing everything whistle-blower does that would pass muster if the work was done by someone else"

President Bush was notified 10 days after 9/11 attacks. U.S. intelligence had no evidence linking Iraq to al Qaeda or attacks. According to several current and former government officials, little evidence has emerged to contradict assessment

The bill would also limit the power of community or citizen groups, because if they filed a lawsuit to challenge the location of a refinery, they would be required to pay an oil company’s legal costs whether they win or lose the lawsuit.

“What will it take for Republicans to stop goose-stepping in perfect unison? With all the lies, bloodshed, thievery, incompetence, corruption & flat-out treason, you would think someone's conscience would get the best of them.” It gets better!

This little piece of literature goes under the heading of "I Wish I'd Said That". I didn't write it, and I don't know who did.... If anyone knows the author, please advise this Blog.

Bill Frist, Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Karl Rove, Michael Brown, David Safavian, J. Steven Griles, Tom DeLay, John Colyandro, Jim Ellis, Jack Abramoff, Ralph E. Reed, Grover Norquist, Michael Scanlon, Conrad Burns, Bob Ney, Bob Taft, Adam Kidan

With all the things Bush has done wrong, you’d think the American public would wake up and throw the bums out of office, not just Bush, but every Republican in Congress..But getting rid of DeLay and Bush is only a temporary solution at best