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Comrades, I am bursting with pride at the latest advancements made by my home state of New Jersey towards the perfect People's progressive utopia. Allow my friends at Reuters to do some boasting for me....
Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:31pm EDT
* Three New Jersey mayors arrested in corruption case
* Several rabbis, local politicians also among 44 arrested
* Case found bribery, money laundering, human kidney sales
By Edith Honan
NEWARK, July 23 (Reuters) - Dozens of New Jersey politicians, officials and prominent rabbis were arrested on Thursday in a sweeping federal probe that uncovered political corruption, human organ sales and money laundering from New York to Israel, officials said.
The 10-year investigation, dubbed "Operation Bid Rig," exposed influence-peddling and bribe-taking among a network of public officials and a separate multimillion dollar money-laundering ring that funneled funds through charities operated by local rabbis, said the U.S. Attorney's office in Newark, New Jersey.
The cast of the 44 arrested featured Hoboken, New Jersey, Mayor Peter Cammarano, who took office three weeks ago in the industrial city visible across the Hudson River from New York.
Others accused were mayors of nearby Secaucus and Ridgefield, state Assemblymen, a deputy mayor, city council members, housing, planning and zoning officials, building inspectors and political candidates.
"New Jersey's corruption problem is one of the worst, if not the worst, in the nation," said Ed Kahrer, assistant special agent in charge of the FBI's white collar crime and public corruption program in New Jersey, who has worked on the investigation since it began in July 1999.
"It has become ingrained in New Jersey's political culture," he said, calling corruption "a cancer."
Central to the investigation was an informant who was charged with bank fraud in 2006 and posed undercover as a real estate developer and owner of a tile business who paid off officials to win project approval and public contracts in northern New Jersey, according to documents in the case.
The public officials stand accused of taking bribes for pledging their help getting permits and projects prioritized and approved or steering contracts to the witness.
"CULTURE OF CORRUPTION"
In scenes that could have been lifted from the hit TV series "The Sopranos," about New Jersey organized crime, they met in diners, parking lots, even bathrooms, officials said.
"The politicians willingly put themselves up for sale," said Acting U.S. Attorney Ralph Marra. "The victims are the average citizens and the honest business people in this state. They don't have a chance in this culture of corruption."
Continued at http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN2340189320090723
Friends, not only has NJ rapidly adopted the progressive example of new politics as practiced by our Dear Leader and his apostles in the People's Democratic Republic of Chicago, but we have also gotten a head start on Obama's health care reform by creating a new system for distributing transplant organs!
It is also a tribute to the diversity of this great state that the clergy was also invited to participate in the new open government style we have achieved!
And we are so CLEAN here, too! We LAUNDER our money before using it! What other government organization, outside of perhaps the US Congress, can make that claim?
I have to say there were times I was a bit, well, ashamed to be living in this people's paradise. Comrades from New York would often say to me, "You from Joisey? What exit?" along with similar trite cliches. But NOW.... I'll bet Obama gives us a medal or something the next time he comes here to campaign for his BFF Governor Jon Corzine, who should win re-election this year in a landslide because of the great job he is doing and because he is also alimosine liberal man of the people. Gov. Jon didn't want to accept any credit for today's wonderful news and our great progressive US Senators Lautenberg and Menendez declined same also, but here is a picture of them all with one of the principals in today's festivities:
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What a bunch of happy progressive leaders, eh? We're so blessed here to have folks like these here in theGarbage Garden State. Arizona may have the Grand Canyon and Colorada may have the Rocky Mountains, but New Jersey has Great Leadership!
Comrades, I'm sorry to be so boastful here but until you live in a state like this, you can't understand how justifyably proud I am. But please don't all of you try to come here to live, - as much as we'd love to have you - because it is a small state and there just isn't the room (and don't come here if you still have both kidneys either, if you know what's good for you.)
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UPDATE 3-Mayors, rabbis arrested in NJ corruption probeThu Jul 23, 2009 4:31pm EDT
* Three New Jersey mayors arrested in corruption case
* Several rabbis, local politicians also among 44 arrested
* Case found bribery, money laundering, human kidney sales
By Edith Honan
NEWARK, July 23 (Reuters) - Dozens of New Jersey politicians, officials and prominent rabbis were arrested on Thursday in a sweeping federal probe that uncovered political corruption, human organ sales and money laundering from New York to Israel, officials said.
The 10-year investigation, dubbed "Operation Bid Rig," exposed influence-peddling and bribe-taking among a network of public officials and a separate multimillion dollar money-laundering ring that funneled funds through charities operated by local rabbis, said the U.S. Attorney's office in Newark, New Jersey.
The cast of the 44 arrested featured Hoboken, New Jersey, Mayor Peter Cammarano, who took office three weeks ago in the industrial city visible across the Hudson River from New York.
Others accused were mayors of nearby Secaucus and Ridgefield, state Assemblymen, a deputy mayor, city council members, housing, planning and zoning officials, building inspectors and political candidates.
"New Jersey's corruption problem is one of the worst, if not the worst, in the nation," said Ed Kahrer, assistant special agent in charge of the FBI's white collar crime and public corruption program in New Jersey, who has worked on the investigation since it began in July 1999.
"It has become ingrained in New Jersey's political culture," he said, calling corruption "a cancer."
Central to the investigation was an informant who was charged with bank fraud in 2006 and posed undercover as a real estate developer and owner of a tile business who paid off officials to win project approval and public contracts in northern New Jersey, according to documents in the case.
The public officials stand accused of taking bribes for pledging their help getting permits and projects prioritized and approved or steering contracts to the witness.
"CULTURE OF CORRUPTION"
In scenes that could have been lifted from the hit TV series "The Sopranos," about New Jersey organized crime, they met in diners, parking lots, even bathrooms, officials said.
"The politicians willingly put themselves up for sale," said Acting U.S. Attorney Ralph Marra. "The victims are the average citizens and the honest business people in this state. They don't have a chance in this culture of corruption."
Continued at http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN2340189320090723
Friends, not only has NJ rapidly adopted the progressive example of new politics as practiced by our Dear Leader and his apostles in the People's Democratic Republic of Chicago, but we have also gotten a head start on Obama's health care reform by creating a new system for distributing transplant organs!
It is also a tribute to the diversity of this great state that the clergy was also invited to participate in the new open government style we have achieved!
And we are so CLEAN here, too! We LAUNDER our money before using it! What other government organization, outside of perhaps the US Congress, can make that claim?
I have to say there were times I was a bit, well, ashamed to be living in this people's paradise. Comrades from New York would often say to me, "You from Joisey? What exit?" along with similar trite cliches. But NOW.... I'll bet Obama gives us a medal or something the next time he comes here to campaign for his BFF Governor Jon Corzine, who should win re-election this year in a landslide because of the great job he is doing and because he is also a
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[/center]What a bunch of happy progressive leaders, eh? We're so blessed here to have folks like these here in the
Comrades, I'm sorry to be so boastful here but until you live in a state like this, you can't understand how justifyably proud I am. But please don't all of you try to come here to live, - as much as we'd love to have you - because it is a small state and there just isn't the room (and don't come here if you still have both kidneys either, if you know what's good for you.)
Your "neck of the woods" wins over mine for local progressiveness, comrade.
On all reports I heard today there was not one mention of the Party (or caption) indicating the affiliation of these upstanding Progs.
On all reports I heard today there was not one mention of the Party (or caption) indicating the affiliation of these upstanding Progs.
Room 101
Your "neck of the woods" wins over mine for local progressiveness, comrade.On all reports I heard today there was not one mention of the Party (or caption) indicating the affiliation of these upstanding Progs.How would you rate this over the Progs and the Frankenstien monster in Minnesota?
The People's Republic of New Jersey...
I believe...yes....that is a tear in my eye....my beloved home state.
New State Seal of New Jersey
I believe...yes....that is a tear in my eye....my beloved home state.
New State Seal of New Jersey
Comrades,
I'm with Room 101: He's got the winner for in-your-face progressivism!
I'm with Room 101: He's got the winner for in-your-face progressivism!
Room 101
Your "neck of the woods" wins over mine for local progressiveness, comrade.On all reports I heard today there was not one mention of the Party (or caption) indicating the affiliation of these upstanding Progs.
Comrade, the old maxim applies: Success has a thousand progressive fathers while failure is a conservative orphan.
Commissar_Elliott
How would you rate this over the Progs and the Frankenstien monster in Minnesota?
Is Frankenstein an imported idiot or a carpetbagger in the Hillary Clinton mode or was he originally hatched in Minnesota? Probably no matter, he learned his
The South will rise to meet any challenge to their down-home-grown corruption progressive achievements! My brother lived in Chocolate City, LA for 25 years where Mayor Ray Nagin made sure to keep everyone on the straight and narrow. My home state of NC is doing pretty good, and we have a right-smart amount of NJ transplants to stand arm-in-arm with us in the march to socialism.
"Damn Yankees" they used to be called, but I figure, "We're so backwoods/backwards, how could have we progressed so far as to become "Obama Country" without guidance from our comrades north of the Mason-Dixon line?" Why, in fact just this week, a local mall kicked out a kiosk that was selling subversive material like "Impeach Obama" bumper stickers! The nerve!! It's not selling korrekt "Bush/Hitler" or "Impeach Bush" stickers or anything. There was even anti-abortion material involved. Research confirms that the mall owner is definitely a comrade! I will have to research further to see if he is from NJ though. Hey, the story even made the Faux Noose channel!
Little blog piece on the local mall event
NOW, I want to state, for the record, that I Denounce all this bragging and boasting about one's "State!" There should come a day in the very near future with the help of the glorious UN and our Obama appointed leaders when we can also unite with our comrades to the north of us in Canada and the south of us in Mexico! Oh happy day when evil and devisive sovereignity is gone for good...then maybe we will be accepted as a comrade with all the world. As Walter Cronkite watches from the right hand of satan, I'm sure he is cheering on the effort for our One World Collective.
Unfortunately, that day has not yet arrived and our shining local liberaltoiletnewspapers are about to go belly-up. Thank goodness for bloggers keeping the communist spirit alive, well, and thriving.
(Love the "hammer and cycle" reference in the attached. What a maroon!!)
Show Me Progress!!
"Damn Yankees" they used to be called, but I figure, "We're so backwoods/backwards, how could have we progressed so far as to become "Obama Country" without guidance from our comrades north of the Mason-Dixon line?" Why, in fact just this week, a local mall kicked out a kiosk that was selling subversive material like "Impeach Obama" bumper stickers! The nerve!! It's not selling korrekt "Bush/Hitler" or "Impeach Bush" stickers or anything. There was even anti-abortion material involved. Research confirms that the mall owner is definitely a comrade! I will have to research further to see if he is from NJ though. Hey, the story even made the Faux Noose channel!
Little blog piece on the local mall event
NOW, I want to state, for the record, that I Denounce all this bragging and boasting about one's "State!" There should come a day in the very near future with the help of the glorious UN and our Obama appointed leaders when we can also unite with our comrades to the north of us in Canada and the south of us in Mexico! Oh happy day when evil and devisive sovereignity is gone for good...then maybe we will be accepted as a comrade with all the world. As Walter Cronkite watches from the right hand of satan, I'm sure he is cheering on the effort for our One World Collective.
Unfortunately, that day has not yet arrived and our shining local liberal
(Love the "hammer and cycle" reference in the attached. What a maroon!!)
Show Me Progress!!
Opiate of the People
Commissar_Elliott
How would you rate this over the Progs and the Frankenstien monster in Minnesota?Is Frankenstein an imported idiot or a carpetbagger in the Hillary Clinton mode or was he originally hatched in Minnesota? Probably no matter, he learned his
He was born in New York City, but came to Minnesota when he was two, this is why he is the
).I guess wherever you go, you will always have roots where you are born, i.e. good old New York progressivism.
I always figured the Northeast, New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey were what could only be described as the great (not last, that belongs to California) bastion of liberalism, so I don't thing "right-coaster" is an appropriate term.
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