Capt. JG wrote:
"Stephen Trapani" wrote in message
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Capt. JG wrote:
"Stephen Trapani" wrote in message
More than enough money to supply all that stuff disappeared into the
companies run by Cheney's chums. Twice as much of our money was
spent to
give the USCG the equipment they need and they didn't get so much as a
usable RIB out of it.
Any clue why a politician would want to risk life in prison to make
their "chums" rich? People spout this so much and never stop to think of
how ridiculous it is. These are bad, evil people taking huge risks for
someone else?? It doesn't make a bit of sense.
Huh? People risk jail time all the time for profit motive. They do it for
themselves and for others, which is not mutually exclusive.
Let's try again. The popular contention is that all these politicians are
making decisions so that their *friends* can profit, not themselves. As we
all know, high profile politicians like presidents and vice-presidents
have their finances highly scrutinized until the day they die. Any large
influx of money would shortly be obvious to the entire world, so we all
know they can't get any significant kickbacks or profit of any sort
remotely related to any companies who profited while the politician was in
office.

Really? After they leave office? Bill Clinton, to use the counter example,
made $100M last year. Do you know all the details?

I know he made close to that before he got in office and he makes a
great deal on the speaking circuit. I also know that there are
multitudes of reporters investigating him in hopes of a big story, just
like there are for every ex-president.

So the kooks, who have to come up with some motive for their contention of
corruption, are then relegated to claiming the politician is doing it all
for their friends. As if there is or ever has been any type of criminal
who does such a thing. I've never heard of any criminal who wasn't going
to profit from his crime if he succeeded. Has anyone else?

You're right. Cheney is a criminal, and he will profit. So will Bush and his
oil buddies. Certainly, they won't be glad to ensure his cushy life after he
leaves office. He only netted them billions.

Do you repeat this so many times in gets imprinted in your brain? Like I
said, if you want it to stay there, don't actually think about it for
more than five seconds or you will see how dumb it is. So you think they
will secretly be much richer? Or you think they will obviously be much
richer and no one will care? Which insane theory do you subscribe to?

Stephen