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AZRedhawk44

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Chawlay Wrangle - Convict
« on: November 16, 2010, 02:04:48 PM »
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/129407-house-ethics-panel-convicts-rangel-on-multiple-counts

Three possible resolutions:
1 - Censure.  Whooptidoo.
2 - Reprimand.  Another Whooptidoo.
3 - Expulsion.

Evidently the House ethics panel can also impose fines or strip him of seats on committees.

Fines?  Seriously?

Can he pay those out of his PAC funds? ;/

Or maybe his savings from not paying income taxes?   :mad:

Censure and Reprimand do nothing.  They set no precedent or example.

Expulsion is the only responsible option.

Takes 2/3 of the House agreeing on that, though.
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Re: Chawlay Wrangle - Convict
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2010, 02:28:51 PM »
Censure and Reprimand do nothing.  They set no precedent or example.

Oh, they'd set a precedent alright, just not one you like.

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Re: Chawlay Wrangle - Convict
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2010, 02:25:45 PM »
is someone confused about the difference between the hill panels report and a real court action? i hope we see him convicted but expect him to stall long enough to croak
It is much more powerful to seek Truth for one's self.  Seeing and hearing that others seem to have found it can be a motivation.  With me, I was drawn because of much error and bad judgment on my part. Confronting one's own errors and bad judgment is a very life altering situation.  Confronting the errors and bad judgment of others is usually hypocrisy.


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Re: Chawlay Wrangle - Convict
« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2010, 05:53:24 PM »
Rangel croaks every time he opens his mouth.  =)
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Re: Chawlay Wrangle - Convict
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2010, 04:36:53 PM »
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/130001-rangel-gets-emotional-in-speech-before-ethics-panel

Censure.  Whooptido.

However, I think the House is in a hurry to do this now before the swing in leadership in January, when the Tea Party Republicans take over.  They would go beyond Censure, I think, but won't touch the matter if the Dems "already addressed it."

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Short of expulsion, censure is the most serious sanction the ethics panel can recommend.

Forgot to add:  ... that has no repercussions.
"But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist."
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Re: Chawlay Wrangle - Convict
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2010, 08:46:32 PM »
"I'm not corrupt!"

"No, you're an F'ing thief!"

Sorry. He's a thief. And a politician; but I repeat myself!

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Re: Chawlay Wrangle - Convict
« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2010, 09:47:43 PM »
They are going to give him a firm dressing down in front of his peers. And he's asking for mercy like it's a death sentence.

And we wait to see if he has to pay seventeen years worth of penalties and interest.  =D  =D  =D  :lol:  :lol:  =|  =(  :'(

That was just too funny.

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Re: Chawlay Wrangle - Convict
« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2010, 10:48:19 PM »
seeing rangel on tv, has been bringing a Psalm to mind. >:D i'll leave any translating to those that are better at it. :angel:

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Psa 5:1  To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
Psa 5:2  Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
Psa 5:3  My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
Psa 5:4  For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
Psa 5:5  The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
Psa 5:6  Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
Psa 5:7  But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
Psa 5:8  Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
Psa 5:9  For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
Psa 5:10  Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
Psa 5:11  But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
Psa 5:12  For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

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Re: Chawlay Wrangle - Convict
« Reply #8 on: November 19, 2010, 05:15:14 PM »
OMG, i holyed a thread. =(

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Re: Chawlay Wrangle - Convict
« Reply #9 on: November 20, 2010, 11:21:25 PM »
Did any of Rangle's "mistakes" rise to the level of criminal activity. If so what are the odds of any prosecution?

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