Tuesday, March 19, 2013

If possible I like to end the day on an upbeat note. Nothing is more gratifying to me this day then the possibility that FINALLY Don Young will face justice.

Courtesy of Politico:  

The House Ethics Committee will launch full-scale investigations into two veteran lawmakers, Reps. Don Young (R-Alaska) and Rob Andrews (D-N.J.) in its first major probes of the 113th Congress. 

Reps. Michael Conaway (R-Texas) and Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.), the chairman and ranking member of the Ethics Committee, announced on Tuesday that investigative subcommittees will be created to handle the Andrews and Young probes. 

Rep. Pat Meehan (R-Pa.) and Mike Capuano (D-Mass.) will oversee the Young investigation, while Reps. Reps. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) and Pedro Pierlusi (D-P.R.) will handle the Andrews probe. 

There is more at the link about Congressman Andrews but I am far more interested in the probe into unethical behavior by Don Young. It is not a partisan thing, rather it is an Alaskan thing.

Young was a target of federal investigators in an Alaska corruption case but has never faced any criminal charges. 

However, the Ethics Committee has been reviewing since 2011 whether Young violated contribution limits for the legal defense fund associated with that criminal probe. 

Conaway and Sanchez acknowledged in their statement announcing the Young investigation that the Ethics Committee “received a referral from the Justice Department regarding Representative Young’s expenses and travel costs for certain trips which were the subject of the Committee’s ongoing review. The Committee has received the referral without prejudice or presumption of as the merit of the allegations.” 

I have a list of Alaska politicians that I want to see indicted and sent to federal prison. It, of course, contains Sarah Palin, Ted's son Ben Stevens, and Don "Coconut Road" Young. 

Honestly I don't expect Palin to EVER face federal charges (Rumor has it she made a deal to avoid them) and I don't think the Feds even care about Stevens anymore.

It is also apparent that Young somehow managed to squirm out of the grasp of the FBI, which is why the Justice Department sent this to the Ethics Committee, so I guess I will just  have to be satisfied with the possibility of watching Congressman Young getting nailed on ethics charges which hopefully will lead to him finally losing his position as Alaska's sole Congressman.

And I know that by saying that I speak for a whole lot of my fellow Alaskans.

52 comments:

  1. Anonymous5:08 PM

    I hope the Young ethics investigation has a satisfying end.

    But your good news is far outweighed by the downer of Sarah's apparent triumph. If she did get away with something illegal, I expect her to flaunt it to the regret of whomever let her off the hook.


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    1. Anonymous6:27 PM

      "(Rumor has it she made a deal to avoid them)"
      ****
      Its hard to see Sarah prosecuted in Alasssska.
      But I'm hoping you are not talking about the investigations into tawdry and his pimping?

      I think the FEDS are going to busting up that National pimp ring and what ever else is involved.Blackmail,murder any and all.
      State of Alaska IT dept has been implicated in a DDos of a blog. The FBI knows. As recent as 2010 which shows sarah power.Dept of Homeland Security all the Senators the Congress and the committee know about Todd Palins pimping?
      I don't see if there is a FED sweep how she is going to "squirmish" out of it. Just sayin'.
      When the whip comes down....
      Well it will come down!

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  2. Anonymous5:22 PM

    It is just a RUMOR about Sarah. The RUMOR I hear is that her PAC is under serious investigation as are one or two other things. So she may think she "made a deal" because she is SO DANG SMART, but deals are made with ONE department. And not everyone deals. A felony is a felony is a felony.

    Her husband has a very good chance of being accused, tried and convicted.

    And this is more than a rumor.

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    1. Anonymous6:29 PM

      WooHoo! Thanks 5:22 that is good news indeed!

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    2. Anonymous7:06 PM

      The only way anyone, including Sarah, deals is to offer something of value in exchange. So, who did Sarah throw under the bus, if indeed, she worked a deal? Inquiring minds want to know.

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    3. Cracklin Charlie7:20 PM

      Cool!

      Could explain Rove's comment about "not living off his PAC.

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    4. Anonymous8:07 PM

      Because of her mouth and her bots, when it comes down on her, it will down hard and fast,will be ironclad and very public. She will fall fast. There will be no mistakes made in taking her down. She has set the stage for Obama to be her fall guy for anything that anybody does to her and the truth is that she has done it all to herself.

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    5. Anonymous6:59 AM

      The other big thing coming down the wire is Boys Will Be Boys is about to secure a movie deal! This is big money we are talking about.

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    6. Anonymous7:32 AM

      Whaaat? All that postage money wasn't supposed to be for Sarah to buy sparkly things? Well how was she supposed to hobnob with the power elite looking like a hockey mom from Wasilla? This news makes me happy, very happy.

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  3. Anonymous5:37 PM

    I want to see democrats in DC face the music and be made to tell the whole truth regarding why they're the least transparent, most manipulative, and most deceptive in history of the Presidency. How many VPs lock reporters in closets at benefits? I've only read about Biden doing this.

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    1. Anonymous6:30 PM

      Wow! You really have your head up your ass. On the day when proof that Bush and Nixon's respective deceptions go even deeper than we thought, you have the nerve to say that about our current president?

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    2. Anonymous6:30 PM

      Krusty STFU you idiot! @5:37

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    3. Anonymous6:34 PM

      Sarah's a whore. How's that for transparency? Who dresses like she's headed to work a fucking street corner every time she walks out of her house?
      #SarahPalinDoes

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    4. Cracklin Charlie7:21 PM

      Is that all you got?

      Really? After all this time. Why don't you tell us about all those lies, and quit telling Gryphen to do it?

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    5. Anonymous7:53 PM

      5:37,

      chuck_tard jr,

      go fuk yer whiny fatass griftin' no nuthin' self

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    6. Anonymous6:49 AM

      Didn't Joe Miller try and get a reporter arrested, Asshat?

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    7. Anonymous4:54 PM

      Just because you let democrats slide on their lies doesn't make the lies nonexistent and them honest people.

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  4. Anonymous5:38 PM

    What I want to see? Liberals to stop kissing Obama ass and report the cold hard truth about him and his out and open lies. Gryphen?

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    1. Anonymous6:28 PM

      To paraphrase GW, who cares what you want to see?

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    2. Anonymous6:31 PM

      5:38 Links please.
      Buck up or get off the truck goes for you also krusty, ram, chuckles jr. whomever STFU!

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    3. Anonymous6:38 PM

      What do I NOT want to see?

      Sarah Palin, with her pair of fucking Florida oranges stuffed in a bra on her bony, emaciated chest. She's not fooling anybody. Honestly, nobody wants to fuck THAT!!!

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    4. Anonymous7:24 PM

      5:38 PM Your Drunken Stupor is no excuse for your Ignorance.

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    5. Anonymous9:41 AM

      What is an 'open lie' ?

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  5. Anonymous5:40 PM

    Because the internet needs more rumors and slander on the net coming from biased liberal blogs.

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    1. Anonymous6:48 PM

      Rumor: Palin quit before her term as WGE was up.

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    2. Anonymous7:22 PM

      5:40 PM Take your Meds, Fool. The TOAD and His Stupid Wife are going down soon. Your Idiotic Postings won't make a difference. Just like Al Capone and Wesley Snipes,Prosecution for income tax evasion is not avoidable. Sarah and TOAD can't explain their Excessive Payouts for 'POSTAGE'. Even you, TROLL, may have been paid to post here.

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    3. Anonymous7:47 PM

      Yep like Bonny & Clyde they will go down and krusty's stupid rantings won't stop it.

      Fuck off Kristy Patullo!

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    4. Anonymous9:42 AM

      How do you really feel?

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  6. Anonymous5:44 PM

    Hahaha Yon Dung might be in deep doo doo? Say it ain't so Joe!

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  7. Anonymous5:51 PM

    There's a really good reason why the whole lot of them need to be charged. If they are not, it basically sends the message that this crap is okay. Maybe we should start writing our representatives demanding that crooked pols be brought to justice.

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    1. Anonymous6:46 PM

      In the old days, they'd read letters. Now, not so much especially if critical.

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  8. Anonymous6:12 PM

    Holy shit, Gryphen, the trolls friggin' POUNCED on this thread. You must have stirred something, because this particular troll is posting like a maniac. LOL! It's so much fun when you poke the hornets nest and they come out all mad and projecting their bad habits. Must be something they're really nervous about that is on the horizon or they wouldn't do their blog attack like this.

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    1. Anonymous8:10 PM

      Actually, it is pretty obvious it is just ONE sad little troll who hits the thread with one-two-three rapid/vapid comments and never back her words up.

      Sort of like Sarah...

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  9. Anonymous6:37 PM

    What? Who would Sarah make a deal with, and what kind of deal, to avoid charges? Inquiring minds want to know.

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  10. Anonymous6:38 PM

    @5:22 - tell us more, please

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  11. Anonymous6:41 PM

    Oh fuck! We can't get the FEDS to investigate Palin and Co. yes CBS has the breaking new Joe Arpaio
    says the POTUS birth cert is fake.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh37rWmUL9Q&feature=player_embedded
    How the fuck don't these people get it? Joe arapio? Why isn't he in jail? I know AZ like AK.
    They didn't prove shit.

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    1. Anonymous4:52 PM

      The media cant even report democrats fairly and discuss the REAL facts in international affairs and the fuckups.

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    2. Anonymous8:10 PM

      Krusty, are you a "Chatty kathy doll"? Or a Parrot? No, sorry a parrot can actually respond to situations and say different things.
      You on the other hand, say the same old stupid bullshit.
      Fuck off!
      Sarah/todd going down.

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  12. Anonymous6:45 PM

    Of course $arah made a "deal," their records are sealed and why she can do the dumb@ss junior high crap she's famous for at damn near 50. Why DUD is still a pimp.

    One at a time, Gryph, one at a time. Behind you in the lower 48!

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    1. Anonymous4:51 PM

      Jr high crap? Trying to better country by NOT falling for DC tricks is Jr high crap?

      Go educate yourself. Your sheer ignorance is unsettling.

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  13. Anonymous6:46 PM

    It has been a long time coming. Don's hands have been dirty for years.

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  14. Anonymous7:11 PM

    I've lived in Alaska since 1950 and have NEVER voted for Don Young. He has always struck me as a total jerk and perhaps the proof will finally come to light for all to see. Alaskans could be so much better represented!

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  15. Anonymous7:22 PM

    I am not so excited of this news as this will be at least the 3rd time Congressman Young has been the subject of an investigation. Remember the House of Reps check kite and mail funds manipulating, then the Coconut Road thing, the fact he was able to change the written legislation after it had been signed and never challenged to any extent about it and the big investigation just before his last re-election he had to spend almost $1million of campaign funds and still gotta away clean. This man has a charmed life to say the least. I do get a good chuckle when you get an "Its Obamas fault" conservative/republican posting here. They blame our president for everything an its getting to be hilarious!!!

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    1. Anonymous7:51 PM

      Really, the DC FEDS need to come up there and arrest the whole gov including whore payme's and instill some honest peeps to run AK.

      Since oil came its been corrupt and worse with payme at the helm.

      Its just a nest of snakes now. The whole Leg and SOA gov has to GO to JAIL do not pa$$ go!

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  16. Anita Winecooler7:23 PM

    HA HA! Andrews was on my list, pretty hard to argue what he did as ethical, but I love his canned response.
    And this post got the trolls wee wee'd up, it's like a trifecta!

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  17. Anonymous8:33 PM

    Stephen Colbert’s Sister Wins S. Carolina Dem Primary

    http://www.mediaite.com/online/elizabeth-colbert-busch-wins-south-carolina-dem-primary-mark-sanford-advances-to-gop-runoff/

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  18. Anonymous10:10 PM

    Hopefully this bunch will get a gig on the Reality Show "LockUp"

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  19. Anonymous11:09 PM

    I"ve never understood a state with basically a one-party, corrupt system, which milks the Federal government for all its worth, while becoming a hotbed of AIP and "Don't Tread on Me."
    Sarah, drink your big gulp and shoot your AK-47. Just don't accept U.S. subsidies for anything in your state, and prosecute the corrupt politicians who let you play fast and loose with the Federal budget and the Federal constitution.

    Maybe we made a big mistake in letting Alaska become a state half-a-century ago. You want to iive on your oil reserves? Do so without an Air Force base, roads, bridges, subsidies of every sort. Pay your own way. Then apply for citizenship when you know how to live within the law.

    I wouldn't cry a tear if the whole state of Alaska became its own corrupt oil kingdom, like Nigeria or Venezuela. We'll buy your oil on the open market. You can pay for everything with your own revenues. Just don't expect one drop of help from our democratically elected citizens in the rest of the real country.

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    1. Anonymous8:13 PM

      I would cry only for the loss of the beautiful National parks there and the wholesale slaughter of wolves/bears and well pretty much any animal walking.
      Otherwise fuck alasska!

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  20. Anonymous4:06 AM

    And the House Ethics Committee and the House will find the Republican innocent as the driven snow and the Democrat evil as can be. Just wait. This is a GOP-owned House of Representatives dedicated one and all to the destruction of the country. They will never sacrifice one of their own on the altar of public scrutiny.
    Beaglemom

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  21. Anonymous7:33 AM

    There seems to be a lot of hot tips in this comment section. Wonkette is one of the only media sources willing to address the taboo things about the Palins. They did a piece on Boys Will be Boys, and they commented yesterday on Sarah Palin not giving birth to her son. Perhaps those of you here who have inside info would go report it to Wonkette's tipline? Lets get this out in the open. Here is a link to the Tripp, Boys Will Be Boys. http://wonkette.com/464916/todd-palins-alleged-prostitute-releasing-exciting-book-about-sex-with-todd-palin on the right side is a tip submit button.

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    1. Anonymous4:04 PM

      Wonkette was mocking the book, not supporting it.

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