September 1, 2006
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Innocent Until Proven Guilty
I must continue to remind myself of our legal system’s presumption of
innocence. It is ‘way too tempting to just assume these corrupt
bastards are really corrupt bastards.Yesterday, when FBI and IRS agents raided congressional offices in
Juneau and Anchorage, and also served a search warrant in Girdwood,
where the Stevens family has a residence, the items listed on the
warrant included, hats or garments labeled “Corrupt Bastards Club” or “Corrupt Bastards Caucus.”.Just about everyone I know assumes that both Ben Stevens, the President
of our State Senate, and his father, U.S. Senator Ted Stevens, are
corrupt. Many Alaskans take pride in Ted Stevens’s power in
Washington DC and the monetary benefits he brings to the state, and
some of them don’t care how much money he may be socking away privately
in the process.Ben Stevens earned a lot of enmity around here a year or two ago for
the response he made to an email from a woman who called him a “whore”
for his practice of taking money from corporations with interests in
the legislation he and his co-conspirators in Juneau enacted.
Stevens emailed back to the woman, saying something like, “What would
you know about anything? You’re just more Valley trash.”He apologized for the words, and many people saw that as an
acknowledgement of how he views those of us who live here in this
valley that’s approximately the size of the state of
Pennsylvania. Local entrepreneurs made some money for a while,
selling “Proud to be Valley Trash” t-shirts.The agents involved in yesterday’s raids instructed people not to talk
about the raids, and news has been sketchy. The “Corrupt
Bastards” clothing has the sound of a joke, but you never know.
There are still people who don’t believe in the existence of the Skull
and Bones Club, too. It’s not completely unbelievable, if some of
us are proud to be Valley trash, that those other guys might be equally
proud of their profitable corruption.
Comments (5)
Well, I haven’t heard this news before coming here. But it sounds like it is ‘way too tempting to just assume these corrupt bastards are really just corrupt bastards.
btw, while writing my last post – out of nowhere – I began thinking of you. Surprised -yet not surprised- to see that you were the first to comment.
The government does the craziest things.
he called her valley trash and then then just apologized?
cripes.
speaking of corrupt government…
i read an article tonight about a man who’s been a fugitive for over 20 years now. when he, age 19, and his then girlfriend, age 18, were flying from one part of canada to another, they somehow ended up in montana (must be related to me somehow with a sense of direction like that). the plane he was flying crashed into a lake. he reported it but wasn’t there when they authorities arrived. however, they found her in the plane at the bottom of the lake. of course they’ve been looking for him to charge him with negligent homicide and/or second degree murder. found him in texas. ah, the irony. another crook in texas.
anyway. made me think of another young lady who was left to drown in a vehicle in the bottom of a body of water. all her murderer got a handslap and a lifetime pass to re-election.
it’s all in who you know. you know?
Have you read queen picky’s site. Her family has been victimized for years by the government and IRS. Whoops, she is protected. Maybe I can have her email you or comment here.
unbelievable. In a way it’s good to see what they are uncovered.