Vote all of these %$#@s out of office! Republicans, Democrats–are most of them thieves?!
By John Cheves
McConnell marks funds for contractor
FIRM UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR BRIBERY
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Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is pushing $25 million in earmarked federal funds for a British defense contractor that is under criminal investigation by the U.S. Justice Department and suspected by American diplomats of a “longstanding, widespread pattern of bribery allegations.”
McConnell tucked money for three weapons projects for BAE Systems into the defense appropriations bill, which the Senate approved Oct. 3. The Defense Department failed to include the money in its own budget request, which required McConnell to intercede, said BAE spokeswoman Susan Lenover.
BAE is based in Great Britain but has worldwide operations, including a Louisville facility that makes naval guns and employs 322. McConnell has taken at least $53,000 in campaign donations from BAE’s political action committees and employees since his 2002 re-election. United Defense Industries, which BAE purchased two years ago, pledged $500,000 to a political-science foundation the senator created, the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville.
In June, BAE confirmed that the Justice Department is investigating possible corruption in its Saudi Arabian deals. According to British media reports, BAE set up a slush fund with hundreds of millions of dollars in a Washington, D.C., bank to bribe Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan in order to win weapons contracts. Bandar, who heads the Saudi National Security Council, has denied the allegation.
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Mitch prepares to vote against children.
His entire face collapses in on itself as if it were 800 fathoms below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. This is only a interim view as the actual implosion is too difficult to view.
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Mitch smells a contribution.
Notice how the eyes open wide, the ears expand and the nostrils flare as the mouth is engorged in blood and begins to salivate uncontrolably.
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