Ted Stevens found guilty in corruption case

News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:16 PM EDT

Article Source: Associated Press - Google

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has been convicted of lying about free home renovations and other gifts he received from a wealthy oil contractor.
The Senate's longest-serving Republican, Stevens was found guilty on all seven counts of making false statements on Senate financial documents.

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Ken Pac NW

Now let's see if the people of Alaska reelect Stevens next week. I don't think he'll be allowed to serve... but then again, he IS a Republican and it seems that they play by different rules.

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#1 - Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:18 PM EDT

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Rhys M. Blavier

We learn as children the saying

Money is the root of all evil

I however do not agree with it, mainly because there is evil that is obviously and provably not tied to money. So, I thought, what could the meaning of the saying had been. I think that there is a word / concept which could be understandably 'translated' as "evil" but which gives an entirely different meaning to the saying:

Money is the root of all CORRUPTION

The reason I think that "evil" was substituted for "corruption" is that it allows people to justify what they do that is tired to money because they can tell themselves that neither they nor their actions are evil and are therefore ok. In the end, NO system is going to work or last until we figure out how to deal with the money issue.

P.S. -- Please read my articles on government and politics. I would appreaciate comments and votes. Thank you.

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#2 - Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:29 PM EDT

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AMERICANA2

Take his pension and remove him from the Senate NOW

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#3 - Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:16 PM EDT

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helen-574623

Well, he will be given time to appeal..Althoough unless the judge commited legal error in a ruling or the higher court thinks the jury instructions were faulty---But that justice demands he lose that pension just like other public servants cannot even be a question

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#3.1 - Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:35 PM EDT

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