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Old 07-09-2014, 11:18 AM
 
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Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for bribery, money laundering and other corruption that spanned his two terms as mayor -- including the chaotic years after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. U.S. District Judge Helen Berrigan handed down the sentence Wednesday morning.



Nagin was convicted Feb. 12 of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars from businessmen who wanted work from the city or Nagin's support for various projects. The bribes came in the form of money, free vacations and truckloads of free granite for his family business.
Link: Ex-New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin gets 10 years for bribery, money laundering | Fox News

Now we need to start putting Democrats in this administration behind bars.
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Old 07-09-2014, 11:30 AM
 
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Yes because you know there's never any Republicans charged with the same thing.

List of American federal politicians convicted of crimes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nice partisan whining though.
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Old 07-09-2014, 12:25 PM
 
Location: Louisiana
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Yes because you know there's never any Republicans charged with the same thing.


Wow, that didn't take long.
Only one post to: "Well, the other guys do it, too."
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Old 07-09-2014, 12:30 PM
 
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Yes because you know there's never any Republicans charged with the same thing.

List of American federal politicians convicted of crimes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nice partisan whining though.
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Wow, that didn't take long.
Only one post to: "Well, the other guys do it, too."
to tell the truth, i dont agree with much of what remoddahouse says, but in this case he is right. there are criminals on both sides of the isle that need to be in jail as bubbas girlfriends, and should NEVER hold ANY kind of government job ever again.
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Old 07-09-2014, 12:33 PM
 
Location: Annandale, VA
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Wow, that didn't take long.
Only one post to: "Well, the other guys do it, too."

Barack will have a press conference and declare "If I were the Mayor of New Orleans, I would look just like Ray.".
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Old 07-09-2014, 12:33 PM
 
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Wow, that didn't take long.
Only one post to: "Well, the other guys do it, too."
What you mean for someone to post reality?

Flip the coin, that will be the party committing crimes today. I post this on both the R did this, and the D did this threads. because they're foolish partisan hackery.
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Old 07-09-2014, 12:39 PM
 
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What you mean for someone to post reality?

Flip the coin, that will be the party committing crimes today. I post this on both the R did this, and the D did this threads. because they're foolish partisan hackery.
well said my friend.
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Old 07-09-2014, 12:59 PM
 
Location: Sinkholeville
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"Everybody else does it" didn't work as an excuse when I was a kid.
Why should it work now for a grown up who should know better?

In the immortal words of future inmate and former mayor Ray Nagin:"New Orleans will be chocolate again."

Former inmate and former mayor Marion Barry sends his regards from the original chocolate city.
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Old 07-09-2014, 01:08 PM
Status: "everybody getting reported now.." (set 24 days ago)
 
Location: Pine Grove,AL
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Wow, that didn't take long.
Only one post to: "Well, the other guys do it, too."
The OP has a history of one sided arguments, so why is it wrong to point out that corruption happens on both sides ?
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Old 07-09-2014, 01:10 PM
Status: "everybody getting reported now.." (set 24 days ago)
 
Location: Pine Grove,AL
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Barack will have a press conference and declare "If I were the Mayor of New Orleans, I would look just like Ray.".
because killing a child is equal to corruption ?
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