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Dennis Hastert - came in with Reagan and

Posted: May 28, 2015

wonder what the hush money was for? Republican Speaker of the House from 1999 to 2007....hmmm.

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Did Hastert pull a Clinton? The news said he - did some structuring to

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cover up a misconduct. What the misconduct is was not specified.

Hastert was the one who made a point of defending William Jefferson, D-LA, when he was indicted. He's also a big amnesty shill.

I bet Illinois politicians lead the way in corruption. - I thought structuring has to do

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with avoiding taxes on deposits.

Yeah, that Abe Lincoln sure was corrupt. - Blaming the state is absurd! JSug (nm)

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An FBI agent in the Chicago field office said "if it - isn't the most corrupt state in the

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United States, it's certainly one $%ll of a competitor.

I guess that FBI agent never heard of (Detroit?) Michigan. Or Kentucky. - Julia Sugarbaker

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Dude, I live in central Kentucky, my senators are Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul - didn't you ever wonder how such a podunk state got 2 of the biggest powerhouses in Washington?

You want to talk about good 'ole boy network and dirty local politicians and corruption, we can talk, but it'd take all day.
There used to be a national saying in the 30s and 60s that if if something wasn't level, like a wood beam or tree - "that's as crooked as a Kentucky politician".

In fact, though all of my paternal family are Republicans, his father's side were cops or sheriffs and his mothers' side were insurance salesmen and politicians.

I'm ashamed to say it, but in the 1930s, the politicians and insurance salesmen side of the family used to stand outside the voting polls with $2 and a bottle of whiskey to anyone that voted Republican.

And then my sheriff grandfather either drove them away or busted them all and helped clean up the force from all the dirty deputies on the take by the coal mining companies.

(He subsequently moved to Louisville later because that's just a problem in that area that will never go away.)

If you've ever watched the show "Justified", that's about right for that area, and coal money is big money that runs a lot more than you might think - why you think the Senators from my state are such powerhouses?

So do you really want to talk about political corruption, drug money and illegal arms being sold by many of our local politicians?
Probably not - because in my state, they're mostly Republicans.

Corruption that slips under the radar because no one suspects it of our backwoods state - but now you know how we produce some of the biggest powerhouse senators in Washington, and it ain't just horse farm, basketball and whiskey money, or even coal money, I guarantee ya;)

And still, not the state's fault nor even all politicians - some individual choices within it, and in my state, that's Republican.

Obama's DOJ instructed banks to report any withdrawals amounting to - $5000 or more, it used to be $10,000

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and not just cash withdrawals, all withdrawals, and remember, any repeated transfers or withdrawals of less than $5K or $10K, are considered suspicious “structured” transactions designed to mislead law enforcement, and/or avoid taxes.

The Fed has nailed a lot of innocence people for “structuring”and confiscated entire bank accounts of businesses and individuals.

Incorrect information....... again. - sm

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Do you have any proof whatsoever of that claim?

I can answer that for you: Absolutely not. I found that baseless claim on a few right-wing fringe websites but absolutely nowhere else. Why do you suppose that is? Because it is a lie. Time and time again, it doesn't take much looking at all to find out that those rules were put into place long before the Obama administration. The PATRIOT act also altered a lot of the rules for reporting. These laws were implemented long before Obama took office (see link, Federal Register 02-16-1996), and they actually keep records of those things for people who value truth to check out the actual facts.

Obviously it's easier to believe the right-wing fringe rags, but they're chock full of lies and misinformation, even if it does sound true and fits a person's worldview.

Truth. :)

Was something he did while he was a teacher and - wrestling coach. Not too hard to figure.

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I hope they also indict the blackmailer, because it's pretty obvious this was some kind of extortion.

yeah, never mind the insidious implication - here....?????

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Which is your implication. I have no idea when he did whatever he is trying to cover up.

Read the full indictment and the reportage that has - already been done.

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Pay attention to the timeline, and also to the amount of money paid, which bears some witness to the nature of the "bad deeds."

Inference? Sure. Stretch? Hardly.

Looks like that "insidious implication" was right. - Apology accepted.

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He should have started a "foundation" to launder the money like - the Clintons. nm

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