Sunday, March 26, 2006
Former DeLay Aide Enriched By Nonprofit
Former DeLay Aide Enriched By Nonprofit
A good article by the Washington Post detailing the mechanism used to obtain contributions from clients of Jack Abramoff and funneling the funds to Delay controlled non-profit entities. In this case the entity was the U.S. Family Network ("USFN"). "DeLay's former chief of staff, Edwin A. Buckham, and his wife Wendy, were the principal beneficiaries of the groups $3.02 million in revenue, collecting payments totaling $1,022,729 during a five-year period ending in 2001".
What is becoming clear that the motivation wasn't simply political aggrandizement but personal aggrandizement as well. According to the post the USFN only had a "tiny staff" that barely registered an impact on Capitol Hill. As the Post noted "[t]he Group appears to have served mostly as a vehicle for funneling corporate funds to DeLay's advisers and financing ads that attacked Democrats."
This looks like the unraveling still continues.
A good article by the Washington Post detailing the mechanism used to obtain contributions from clients of Jack Abramoff and funneling the funds to Delay controlled non-profit entities. In this case the entity was the U.S. Family Network ("USFN"). "DeLay's former chief of staff, Edwin A. Buckham, and his wife Wendy, were the principal beneficiaries of the groups $3.02 million in revenue, collecting payments totaling $1,022,729 during a five-year period ending in 2001".
What is becoming clear that the motivation wasn't simply political aggrandizement but personal aggrandizement as well. According to the post the USFN only had a "tiny staff" that barely registered an impact on Capitol Hill. As the Post noted "[t]he Group appears to have served mostly as a vehicle for funneling corporate funds to DeLay's advisers and financing ads that attacked Democrats."
This looks like the unraveling still continues.
# posted by Strange Anomaly : 9:49 AM
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Not posting anything lately because you've been watching hockey?
Yep, that's what I thought. You are a closet hockey fan and knock that which you secretly enjoy. Which teams would you like to see in the Stanley Cup finals?
Yep, that's what I thought. You are a closet hockey fan and knock that which you secretly enjoy. Which teams would you like to see in the Stanley Cup finals?
# posted by 
: 7:55 AM
: 7:55 AM
The Stanley Cup Finals is the Superbowl of hockey, the NBA Finals of basketball, the World Series of baseball, silly Anomaly. But I'm sure you knew that because you appear to be very intelligent. About most things, anyway.
# posted by : 7:02 PM
: 7:02 PM
You mean they actually bother having a hockey world championship? I can't imagine anyone watching such a thing. Oh well, no telling what people find interesting.
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