Welcome to Funeralgate?
I forget who continues to repeat the meme, but I’ve heard that there are about a dozen low-level scandals connected to the Bush administration just waiting for something to launch them into the limelight. This current story about a hunting accident may be just that.
What the American public needs to take away from this entire fiasco is that Republicans are so constantly surrounded by cronies that if a tree falls in the woods and Cheney is within hearing distance, it probably will hit a lobbyist. This guy that just happened to be unlucky enough to get injured in a hunting accident with Cheney also happens to be lucky enough to get a Katrina no-bid contract for his funerary services company that had previously been embroiled in controversy¹.
The story is this: we now know where that “undisclosed location” is: on a corporate crony sponsored junket. Cheney and the Republicans have been using “security” as an excuse to cover up their dirty incestuous corporate relations, and this is a lucky accident that gives us glimpse at what is really going on.
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¹: This guy ran a company called Service Corporation International that settled a lawsuit involving digging up Jewish graves and feeding the carcasses to pigs. Apparently a Texas state employee was fired while investigating the case during Bush’s term as governor. Also known as Funeralgate.
What the American public needs to take away from this entire fiasco is that Republicans are so constantly surrounded by cronies that if a tree falls in the woods and Cheney is within hearing distance, it probably will hit a lobbyist. This guy that just happened to be unlucky enough to get injured in a hunting accident with Cheney also happens to be lucky enough to get a Katrina no-bid contract for his funerary services company that had previously been embroiled in controversy¹.
| Area surrounding Dick Cheney as viewed by satellite |
The story is this: we now know where that “undisclosed location” is: on a corporate crony sponsored junket. Cheney and the Republicans have been using “security” as an excuse to cover up their dirty incestuous corporate relations, and this is a lucky accident that gives us glimpse at what is really going on.
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¹: This guy ran a company called Service Corporation International that settled a lawsuit involving digging up Jewish graves and feeding the carcasses to pigs. Apparently a Texas state employee was fired while investigating the case during Bush’s term as governor. Also known as Funeralgate.
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