tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15986597.post114832025102354779..comments2023-11-07T08:12:05.520-05:00Comments on The 5th Estate 2009: The Jefferson: A Piece Of The Pie Hole5th Estatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14918749316906295703noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15986597.post-1148506495151409722006-05-24T17:34:00.000-04:002006-05-24T17:34:00.000-04:00Now RT, I'm not sure your'e being fair...it's perf...Now RT, I'm not sure your'e being fair...it's perfectly possible that all politicians have $90,000 cash in their freezers--after all who would risk investing in the US economy these days? <BR/><BR/>More seriously I personally haven't investigated whether Jefferson exploited government resources for his own ends during Katrina but it wouldn't shock me to discover your assertation as being closer to the truth than Jefferson's account. I do note that Jefferson lost one home, but not his only home to Katrina--unlike the majority of his constituents. So much for public service! Could he not have helicoptered in and then released his government assets, to be called upon later--one chopper or one truck or boat to get him out? COuld he not have stayed a while in concert with his constituents? And so on. <BR/><BR/>As to Carl's point...and other bloggers have noted this too, why indeed is a raid on a Congressmna's office, backed by probable cause, somehow possibly unconstituional where the raid on private communications and records of ordinary citizens, without probable cause, is not? <BR/><BR/>There may be a case to be made that Jefferson has been singled out for an extraordinary action , but his case higlights a few non-partisan and highly significant points: elected officials are not above the law, corruption is endemic to politics, we are ruled, not represented by idiots and there are yet some civil servants still prepared to act in the larger public interest.5th Estatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14918749316906295703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15986597.post-1148500304994655242006-05-24T15:51:00.000-04:002006-05-24T15:51:00.000-04:00Oh, and now, Congressmen of BOTH stripes are makin...Oh, and now, Congressmen of BOTH stripes are making noise about the FBI raid on Jefferson's office...suddenly the separation of powers <I>matters</I>????Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03664920037425489644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15986597.post-1148499288283120022006-05-24T15:34:00.000-04:002006-05-24T15:34:00.000-04:00Jefferson is a disgrace to his namesake and a worl...Jefferson is a disgrace to his namesake and a world-class asshole. He claims “there are two sides to every story” or some such nonsense. Well, I can hardly wait to see what the “other side of the story” is for hiding $90,000 in your freezer! Good grief, have you ever heard of anything so moronically incompetent? I remember him abusing his privilege last year to go back to his home and retrieve certain things all the while keeping the police and rescue services from doing more worthwhile things for hours on end and thinking at the time what a pathetic dork he was, but never thought to tie it to him possibly recovering stuff from his house that was more potentially damning than his daughter’s laptop (cough). <BR/><BR/>One nice thing about our system up here is that Members of Parliament who fall into disgrace like this can be kicked out of caucus; that is, banished from the party. What a pity you don’t seem to have the same option down there.Red Toryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00422305796158017027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15986597.post-1148470530167878452006-05-24T07:35:00.000-04:002006-05-24T07:35:00.000-04:00T's mom....I'm not sure Louisiana pols are any wei...T's mom....<BR/>I'm not sure Louisiana pols are any weirder than any other state's, though it often appears that the least urbanized/more economically challenged/more religious states produce more weirdly behavings pols ( as opposed to simply crooked ones, which all states have.5th Estatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14918749316906295703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15986597.post-1148428047555185852006-05-23T19:47:00.000-04:002006-05-23T19:47:00.000-04:00Louisiana has always had strange politicians, why ...Louisiana has always had strange politicians, why hell, Earl K Long shacked up with a stripper, Blaze Starr in the 60's, and before that, Richard Leche was convicted of mail fraud in 1939. That's just the tip of the jambalaya bowl.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15986597.post-1148415438842481722006-05-23T16:17:00.000-04:002006-05-23T16:17:00.000-04:00Hey, he was just o/~ a-movin' on up, to the East S...Hey, he was just o/~ a-movin' on up, to the East Side, to that deeluxe apartment in the sky-y-y-yo/~Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03664920037425489644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15986597.post-1148355888405719912006-05-22T23:44:00.000-04:002006-05-22T23:44:00.000-04:00docboogaloos: if they all looked like you with you...docboogaloos: if they all looked like you with your trusty moustache the world would surely be a better place5th Estatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14918749316906295703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15986597.post-1148351708493460442006-05-22T22:35:00.000-04:002006-05-22T22:35:00.000-04:00COLD hard cash. Yowza.I remember watching this gu...COLD hard cash. Yowza.<BR/><BR/>I remember watching this guy, desperate to remove stuff from his house. Like most, I thought it was fishy and wondered when we'd be hearing a little more about this esteemed member of Congress.<BR/><BR/>Seems like they all have a 'For Sale' sign on their backs.Doctorboogaloohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16013212472210043953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15986597.post-1148336692206732962006-05-22T18:24:00.000-04:002006-05-22T18:24:00.000-04:00elderta,,, they do seem to suck don't they? The wh...elderta,,, they do seem to suck don't they? The whole lot of them. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that, unlike actual working stiffs,they get to give themselves pay increases regardless, they get to make the rules, break the rules, suffer minimum jail-time when caught, have no problems getting re-employed for as good if not more money and maintain all their health and retiremnent privileges. As Churchill almost said, "Never have so many done so much for so few"5th Estatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14918749316906295703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15986597.post-1148328655103864242006-05-22T16:10:00.000-04:002006-05-22T16:10:00.000-04:00Louisiana politicians suck. In fact, all politicia...Louisiana politicians suck. In fact, all politicians suck. I'm in such a politician-hatin' mood right now.Eldertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615608319962629848noreply@blogger.com