Ex-Louisiana US Representative Democrat William Jefferson Sentenced to 13 years in prison in Corruption Case

Former Democrat US Representative William Jefferson was sentenced to 13 years and prison and to ordered Jefferson to forfeit the $470,653.47 for his role in the “most extensive and pervasive pattern of corruption in the history of Congress.”

Former Rep. William Jefferson was sentenced Friday to serve 13 years in prison for what the lead prosecutor described as “the most extensive and pervasive pattern of corruption in the history of Congress.”

While the sentence by federal Judge T.S. Ellis III fell well short of the 27 to 33 years recommended by the government, it is by the far the stiffest jail term ever imposed on a member or former member of Congress for crimes committed while in office.

Jefferson, 62, was found guilty Aug. 6 on 11 charges, including soliciting bribes, depriving citizens of honest service, money laundering and using his office as a racketeering enterprise.  

He was acquitted of five other charges in a case that famously featured the revelation that he had hidden $90,000 in the freezer of his home, marked bills from the FBI that prosecutors said was going to be used as a bribe.

As Michelle Malkin states, “Justice is Serviced”.

Better yet, just call disgraced William Jefferson … “Dollar Bill”.   Everyone remembers this case where $90,000 of cold hard cash was found in the Congress man’s freezer.

 Pelosi’s Culture of Corruption … Is it the Botox that allows Nancy Pelosi to make such comments about the GOP and not look in the Democrat mirror?

Wonder how San Fran Nan feels about Charlie Rangel and her House Ethics?

You will remember that Nancy Pelosi stated that she would have an ethical Congress, not like when Republicans were in charge. Yet, Jefferson was only relieved of his committee assignments until after his trial.

What a Joke, Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize Before Actually Accomplishing Anything

So now we are giving Peace Prizes for Hope? How about one actually does something before they win something? Not when it comes to the Obamamessiah. Beam me up Scottie.

What an absolute joke. President Barack Obama has wins the Nobel Peace Prize for giving the world “hope for a better future” and striving for nuclear disarmament. The Nobel Peace Prize committee, if they had not already done so with previous choices like Yasser Arafat and Jimmy Carter, has all but discredited the award. It now means nothing. Who knew that accomplishing nothing, absolutely nothing gained one the Nobel Peace Prize.

U.S. President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for giving the world “hope for a better future” and striving for nuclear disarmament, in a surprise award that drew criticism as well as praise.

The decision to bestow one of the world’s top accolades on a president less than nine months into his first term, who has yet to score a major foreign policy success, provoked gasps of surprise from journalists at the announcement in Oslo.

You win awards for accomplishments, NOT HOPE!!!

Simply stunning.  I hope Barack’s humility will allow him to win such a well deserved award. Flopping Aces might have stated it the best … “No, this is not a joke. Sadly, this is not a piece from the Onion.”

It gets even better for those who think that those on the right just have sour grapes because Obama won. Maybe some one can explain how in the hell a sitting president who had only been in office less than two weeks before the Nobel Peace Prize deadlines won? Hmm?

The stunning choice made Obama the third sitting U.S. president to win the Nobel Peace Prize and shocked Nobel observers because Obama took office less than two weeks before the Feb. 1 nomination deadline. Obama’s name had been mentioned in speculation before the award but many Nobel watchers believed it was too early to award

H/T: Stop the ACLU – Obama joins Carter and Arafat as Nobel winner

Town Hall asks the same question, Isn’t this, at least, a bit premature? I mean, shouldn’t you at least do something before winning such a prestigious award? Barack Obama has been in office less than one year and has done what exactly?

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ACORN, ACORN, ACORN … The Scandals Keep on a Coming … They Hired Convicts, Good Grief

Vanderbilt – ‘09

ACORN rears it’s massive crime ridden presence right in the middle of the raid
on our Public Trust. Barry must try to quickly distance himself or be damaged
greatly by this Juggernaut. Everything “He” (he) has been aligned with is coming
back home to roost. Perfect timing!

How come we do not hear Barack Obama singing the praises of ACORN these days like he did during the 2008 Presidential elections?

More ACORN scandals via The Gateway Pundit:

• Obama’s White House ACORN Operative Fined $775,000 For Election Violations- Used Rapists & Burglars in Door-to-Door Registration Drives
• ACORN Hired People “Still In Prison” Convicted of Identity Theft For Canvassing Voters

Of course there is always more at Big Government.com when it comes to ACORN.

Why Isn’t President Barack Obama Interested in Child Sex Slaves and Human Trafficking or Find it Important?

MMM, mmm, mmm, Barack Hussein Obama: Why does President Barack Obama not think that child prostitution and human trafficking is an important issue?

How many posts and radio shows have we devoted to sex crimes and child sex crime and the heinous crime of human trafficking?

The ACORN “pimps and prostitutes” scandal and videos have been plastered all over the Internet even before the MSM decided to cover the story. The underlying content and crime related to these videos were that Acorn employees were providing advice to facilitate federals crimes including but not limited to child prostitution, under age sex slave trafficking, child porn, illegal immigration and defrauding the US Government.

The result of these videos where ACORN workers are providing tax advice to a pimp and prostitute played by filmmakers James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles have been the non-profits defunding by the House and Senate. The US Census and IRS have also severed all ties with ACORN.

However, what is some of the most disturbing,  heinous and over the top were the actions of ACORN employees that had no problem and condoned the notion that they were providing advice to a child prostitution ring and the human trafficking of under age girls into the United States. The ACORN employees even went so far as to provide advice to say that the underage sex slaves could be used as dependents when filing taxes. Folks, this is the human trafficking of underage girls to be sex slaves. Does anyone think that is important? Does anyone not think that human trafficking is not an issue?

We now digress back to the summer of 2007 where we questioned why the Reverend Wright and Trinity Church’s most famous pew sitter had issues with a missing white girl …

In August 2007 we asked the question, “What Does Barack Obama, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. & Trinity United Church of Christ Have against Natalee Holloway?” The post came from comments that were made by Barack Obama’s pastor for 20 years Reverend Jeremiah Wright who for some reason could not see that we are all God’s children, but instead would rather break it down by race instead.

For some reason Wright had an issue with a missing American high school girl, Natalee Holloway who went missing in Aruba in 2005, be a news story. Sadly, Obama’s pastor made the story of missing Natalee Holloway who would never been seen again alive, a  racially divisive story. Did it not matter that any American individual went missing and was murdered in for foreign country?

Wright on the disappearance of Natalee Holloway: “Black women are being raped daily in Africa. One white girl from Alabama gets drunk at a graduation trip to Aruba, goes off and gives it up while in a foreign country and that stays in the news for months.” (News Max)

We flash forward to 2009 and President Barack Obama’s comments regarding the importance he places on underage child prostitution and the human trafficking of sex slaves …

 It’s not something that I followed closely … It’s not something that I am paying attention to. Afghanistan is a big issue, that is worth talking about.

We reference the above post because it is rather peculiar that the following comments came from Barack Obama’s mouth recently on a Sunday talk show with reference to the recent ACORN video scandals. We referred to the story of Natalee Holloway, not because we think she was a victim of human trafficking, but because Wright/Obama made an issue that there were other news stories that should have been covered of people of color.

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Yosi Sergant Resigns after (NEA) National Endowment for the Arts Conference Call Scandal Reported by BigGovernment.com

Chalk up another one for the good guys at Big Government.com

Big Government.com, Big Hollywood.com and Andrew Breitbart strike again, this time it’s the NEA scandal. Yosi Sergant submitted his resignation from the National Endowment for the Arts. Where was the MSM in the initial states of this story? Where was their investigative journalism?

Embattled former National Endowment for the Arts communications director Yosi Sergant is out of a job.  Late this afternoon, the NEA released a short statement saying, “This afternoon Yosi Sergant submitted his resignation from the National Endowment for the Arts. His resignation has been accepted and is effective immediately.”  The agency provided no further details.

Sergant had been under scrutiny after leading a controversial conference call on August 10, where he encouraged artists to create work to promote the Obama administration’s agenda.  Sergant was initially removed from his post as communications director, but continued to work at the NEA.

So who will be next? Who in the White House acted in consort with the NEA? Maybe the MSM would like to investigate that. As many speculate, is Buffy Wicks next?

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Mistake, Big Mistake … ACORN Sues James O’Keefe, Hannah Giles & Andrew Breitbart for Secretly Taping in Maryland

How could anyone be so ignorant as to fall for this trap? I guess if ACORN could be brought down by two young filmmakers, James O’Keefe, Hannah Giles, dressed in bad stereo-typical pimp and prostitute outfits, ACORN is willing to fall for anything.

ACORN looks to sue those that exposed their corrupt and illegal fraud. Have they people never heard of civil case discovery? So you really want to go down this path ACORN? O’Keefe, Giles and Breitbart think they uncovered scandals, wait until discovery occurs … Let the games begin.

BRING IT ON!!!

Once colossal blunder, deserves another. After being caught red handed with video in a scandalous fraud by filmmakers James O’Keefe, Hannah Giles posing as a pimp and prostitute, ACORN now looks to make matters worse and sue.

ACORN filed suit today in Maryland against conservative filmmakers James O’Keefe, Hannah Giles and conservative Web site Breitbart.com for secretly taping the organization’s employees at its Baltimore office.

In the complaint, ACORN alleges that the filmmakers entered into the organization’s offices in July with a “hidden camera and microphone” and taped employees Tonja Thompson and Shera Williams. Both employees are listed as plaintiffs on the complaint, filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City.

This is the same ACORN that the House andSenate has voted to defund? The same ACORN that the US Census has cut ties with and now the IRS has done the same? Damages? Acorn is the one who has caused damages and wasted tax dollars in the process.

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66% of Americans Angry at Government Policies and Now More Angrier Than Under President Bush

When “We the People” are not happy, politicians would be wise to listen.

In the wake of the present recession, high unemployment, government spending out of control, bailouts, pork barrel stimulus packages, socialized medicine … 66% of Americans are angry with government policies. Only 66%?

Sixty-six percent (66%) of voters nationwide say they’re at least somewhat angry about the current policies of the federal government. That figure includes 36% who are Very Angry. Sixty-six percent (66%) of voters nationwide say they’re at least somewhat angry about the current policies of the federal government. That figure includes 36% who are Very Angry.

Making matters even worse is the fact that 60% believe neither Republican nor Democratic political leaders have an understanding of what is needed today. Why? Because neither side listens, truly listens to “We the People”. They are more concerned with maintaining their power than they are proving any solutions where government can actually play a positive roll.

What is even more telling is the recent Rasmussen poll that shows that 59% of Americans says that they are angrier now than under President George W. Bush. So much for Obama’s “hope and change”.

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Quid Pro Art … Obama White House Scandal: The NEA, the White House, The Lies, the Cover-Up … Oh My

More scandals and where is the main stream media and their coverage?

Big Government.com and Andrew Breitbart strikes again, this time via BIG HOLLYWOOD!

Is Obamacare Waterloo or Watergate?

Is this the “Hope & Change” that Obama promised, political corruption? More from the most ethical and transparent White House in history. So much for rules.

The Obama White House caught red handed using the tax funded NEA for propaganda purposes. Just call it “QUID PRO ART”. The transcript that can be read HERE (full audio & transcript) is absolutely devastating. The White House used a government tax subsidized organization to do their bidding. Once again, the American tax payers trust has been broken by the Obama White House.

What this involves is White House employees actively recruiting artists to push Obama’s “aggressive agenda”, using the NEA and its funding as a both a carrot and a conduit.  At the top of their list for promotional propaganda, right about the time the Town Halls were having an effect?  Health Care. 

Once again, where was the MSM? Where was that great investigative, fact based journalists that Obama praised over the weekend. As Patterico’s Pontification wrote, the NEA is encouraging artists to create propaganda for a president’s policy initiatives. Patterico and Powelrine is a must read. By the way, doesn’t this smack of exactly what Obama had initially tried to do with his speech and lesson assignments to the school children that the parents and “We the People” shut down?

Some excerpt from Protein Wisdom:

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Obama Has Lost All Credibility … ACORN Scandal, “It’s Not Something I’ve Followed Closely”

The ACORN scandal of  “pimps, child prostitutes and Acorn, oh my” has been plastered all over the Internet, cable news and now old media has finally been forced into reporting it. The scandal is so big and widespread that both the House and the Senate passed measures to defund ACORN.

However, some how the President of the United States Barack Obama went on “This Week” with George Stephanopoulos and said that he was not following the scandal closely. You mean Obama missed ACORN video in Baltimore, video in Washington, DC, video in NY and the video in San Bernardino, CA? 

You Lie!

Does anyone really believe that Obama has not been following this scandal? Especially since his White House has looked to distance itself form ACORN? How dismissive could this President possibly be? So Barack Obama does not think its a big issue that tax payer money is going to a corrupt organization. If Acorn was Halliburton would he?

 The Audacity of Lack of Credibility

STEPHANOPOULOS:  How about the funding for ACORN?

OBAMA:  You know, if — frankly, it’s not really something I’ve followed closely.  I didn’t even know that ACORN was getting a whole lot of federal money.

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RUT-ROH, Andrew Breitbart Promising a Blockbuster This Week … Get Ready for the Next Bombshell

WHO SHALL BE THE NEXT SCANDAL?

Andrew Breitbart is promising yet another “blockbuster” scandal. Speculation is abound as to who will show up on the next video tape. Numerous names are being discussed at Hot Air.

Everything you needed to know about the unorthodox roll out of the now-notorious ACORN sting videos was hidden in plain sight in my Sept. 7 column, “Katie Couric, Look in the Mirror.” ACORN was not the only target of those videos; so were Katie, Brian, Charlie and every other mainstream media pooh-bah.

They were not going to report this blockbuster unless they were forced to. And they were. What’s more, it ain’t over yet. Not every hint I dropped in that piece about what was to come has played itself out yet.Stay tuned.

Part 1: Breitbart Interview with Michael Savage

H/T: Macsmind

Part 2

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