Can we please compare and ask why

[anarchy1999]

Traficant Expelled - Sentenced
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Rep. Traficant of Ohio expelled from House for ethics violations

Update: 07/30/02

Traficant Sentenced to 8 Years
Less than week after being expelled from the U.S. House of Representatives, former Congressman James Traficant of Ohio was sentenced today to eight years in federal prison for his April 11 conviction on charges of bribery, corruption and tax evasion

http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa072502a.htm

Why is Delay being allowed to get away now with far more?

[fertilizeonarbusto]

1. Ahem

Because he's a GODLY SAINT. Honestly, get with the program! :crazy:

[anarchy1999]

2. Here is one of my favorite speeches he gave on the floor of the House!

Even if he was a little "looney", he sure did know how to rock the boat. I still contend, if the House could expel him for "Ethics" violations, why in the hell can't the House expel Tom Delay NOW? The many and varied charges against Mr. Tom are far more serious, IMHO.



The United States Is In Deep Doodoo!

United States Congressional Record - March 17, 1993 - Vol. #33, page H-1303 - Speaker- Rep. James Traficant, Jr. (Ohio) addressing the House:
"Mr. Speaker, we are here now in chapter 11. Members of Congress are official trustees presiding over the greatest reorganization of any Bankrupt entity in world history, the U.S. Government. We are setting forth hopefully, a blueprint for our future. There are some who say it is a coroner's report that will lead to our demise."



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Imagine for a moment that someone inherits a farm. Let's say that the farm has good topsoil, a good well, good breeding stock, good seed, and excellent farm equipment in good repair. Prior to passing into the control of the present owner the farm did a good business selling vegetables, meat, and dairy products to the local market, and it made a small profit.
But let us suppose for a moment that the present owner of the farm doesn't understand farming, or isn't even really interested in learning. The present owner has no objection to standing around looking good, so he stays at the farm, standing in front of it, looking good to passers by.

snip to the end:

Our nation is in trouble. We don't make many of the products we used to make. Consequently we don't have the products to sell that we used to. We don't even make most of the products we need ourselves (like that computer you're staring at this very moment). Result: we have a massive trade imbalance. Cash is flowing out of the nation, and it's not coming back in anywhere near as fast. There's no way to spin it; that is a major problem. Our nation is becoming poorer, it is hopelessly in debt, and all the artificial escalation of stock prices cannot conceal that.

And as the artificially pumped up stock market continues to decline, the true scale of the economic horror which is the product of decades of government corruption, will become apparent to all.


http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/ARTICLE2/doodoo.html

Keep in mind he said all this, on the floor of the House in 1993. I miss him. I hope everyone will take the time to read this speech, and then wonder why he's in jail and Delay is not!