Tuesday, September 27, 2005
WHEN CONNECTED TURNS INTO CORRUPTED
"CRONY CAPITALISM is the name of the Republican game. Their slogan is 'take care of your friends and leave the risks of the free market for the suckers.' That would be John Q. Public. From Halliburton's overcharging in Iraq to Enron's manipulation of the California energy crisis and now the emerging hurricane reconstruction boondoggle, we witness what happens when the federal government is turned into a glorified help desk and ATM machine for politically connected corporations." The exerpt above is the first paragraph in Robert Scheer's column in today's Los Angeles Times. He goes on to detail "the defining case study on the deep corruption of the Bush administration and the GOP" which involves Jack Abramoff who is under federal indictment on wire fraud and conspiracy charges, and who also is the subject of congressional and FBI investigations.
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Arthur, Mr. Scheer's view of reality could help explain why the Los Angeles Times and other old-line mainstream media are rapidly losing audience to talk radio and the Internet blogosphere, where truth and balance are more likely to be found.
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