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Another Coorked GOP in Shady Land Deal ala Duke Cunningham: Jim Ryun (R, Scum) |
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/000197.php
Congressman Got Sweet Real Estate Deal from DeLay-Buckham Front Group
By Paul Kiel - March 27, 2006, 5:43 PM
Recently, the Washington Post and TPMmuckraker.com have been reporting
on the DeLay-Buckham front group, U.S. Family Network. Ed Buckham,
you'll remember, was Tom DeLay's Chief of Staff until he left the Hill
to open up his lobby shop, Alexander Strategy Group. USFN purported to
be a grassroots activist group pushing causes dear to social
conservatives. In fact, it functioned as a slush fund and all-purpose
political favor mill through which Jack Abramoff clients (Russian
tycoons, Marianas sweatshop owners and the Mississippi Choctaw Indian
tribe) funneled money to Buckham, his lobbying shop and other DeLay
causes.
One thread of the USFN story was the townhouse it bought near Capitol
Hill. Called the "Safe House" by former Majority Leader Tom DeLay's
aides, it was the headquarters for DeLay's ARMPAC, Buckham's lobby
shop, Alexander Strategy Group, and of course it even had a little
office for the USFN itself.
By 2000 the FEC was starting to look into the USFN, and the USFN's
Capitol Hill neighbors had begun to complain that it was a business
operating in a residential area in violation of local zoning laws. In
their big piece on the U.S. Family Network yesterday, the Washington
Post reported that when Buckham's USFN had to part with the beloved
"Safe House" in late 2000 it took a $19,000 loss.
Now, that got us to wondering. A loss of that scale is far from Duke
Cunningham territory. But the DC housing market was pretty hot back
then and the USFN held the property for just about 2 years.
So who got such a good deal?
The buyer was Rep. Jim Ryun (R-KS).
D.C. property records show that the townhouse was sold to Ryun for
$410,000 on December 15, 2000. According to the Post, the USFN
purchased the townhouse for $429,000; the deed was signed January 12,
1999.
(To confirm that this was the same Jim Ryun, we found this 2004 FEC
contribution listing in which a Jim Ryun who identifies his profession
as "congressman" lists the former "Safe House" address, 132 D Street,
as his place of residence. Roll Call, it turns out, briefly noted
Ryun's purchase on June 4th 2001, but long before the scope of
Buckham's and Abramoff's bad acts had come to light.)
Property sold to a member of Congress at substantially under market
value can, in some instances, be construed as a de facto gift. In this
case, that would be from the Buckham-controlled and
Abramoff-client-funded front group USFN to Rep. Ryun.
Naomi Seligman of CREW told TPMmuckraker.com that Ryun's house deal
should prompt a House Ethics Committee investigation. "Who else in
America has lost money on a real estate transaction except [Cunningham
contractor felon] Mitchell Wade?"
According to Ryun spokesperson Michelle Schroeder, Rep. Ryun was on a
plane Monday and unavailable for comment.
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a.a. pastor #-273.15, the most frigid church of Celcius nee Kelvin
EAC Econometric Forecast and Sorcery Division
Proudly plonked by Lani Girl and Crazyalec (aka aka Yang's little poltregeist *****)
The Bush 'balanced' budget: 2 trillion and worsening
The Bush 'economic' policy: 12.5 million FEWER jobs than Clinton and counting
The Bush Iraq lie: -2322 GIs, one friend's co-worker's son and mounting
Having Bush ***** up my country: Worthless
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-duke (duckgumbo@cox.net), aka PedophilEarl J Weber, 59
year old mateless, heirless biological failure
of Afton Oaks Apartment, Baton Rouge,who pussied
out of the Vietnam draft, showing his gay side
despite his avowed anti-gay bigotry
Contact duke's priest and ask
him why duke is such a racist:
http://www.stpatrickbr.org/
Father Gerard "Jerry" Martin
stpatrickbr<AT>bellsouth<DOT>net
Saint Patrick Catholic Church
12424 Brogdon Lane
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70816
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28 Mar 2006 01:15:55 PM |
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Congressman Loses Appeal in Phone Taping
Mar 28 1:34 PM US/Eastern
By MATTHEW DALY
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Rep. Jim McDermott violated
federal law by turning over an illegally taped telephone call to reporters
nearly a decade ago.
In a 2-1 opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
upheld a lower court ruling that McDermott violated the rights of House
Majority Leader John Boehner, who was heard on the 1996 call involving
former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
The lower court had ordered McDermott to pay Boehner more than $700,000 for
leaking the taped conversation. The figure includes $60,000 in damages and
at least $600,000 in legal costs.
McDermott, D-Wash., leaked to The New York Times and other news
organizations a tape of a 1996 cell phone call The call included discussion
by Gingrich, R-Ga., and other House GOP leaders about a House ethics
committee investigation of Gingrich. Boehner, R-Ohio, was a Gingrich
lieutenant at the time and is now House majority leader.
A lawyer for McDermott had argued that his actions were allowed under the
First Amendment, and said a ruling against him would have "a huge chilling
effect" on reporters and newsmakers alike.
Lawyers for 18 news organizations _ including ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, The
Associated Press, The New York Times and The Washington Post _ filed a brief
backing McDermott.
But Boehner's lawyers said McDermott's actions were clearly illegal.
By leaking the tape McDermott "chilled the free speech of others," namely
Boehner and Gingrich, lawyer Michael Carvin said.
A spokesman for McDermott said Tuesday the congressman had just received the
ruling and was studying it.
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| Title: Re: Another Coorked GOP in Shady Land Deal ala Duke Cunningham: Jim Ryun (R, Scum) |
28 Mar 2006 11:19:10 AM |
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On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 08:26:25 -0800, "Yang, AthD (h.c), Kicking AWOL's
Cocaine Snorting *****" <eacmole@/*AWOLBUSH*/mail.com> wrote in message
<hooi225146p43fppu27rgcs26v5bsc30oo@4ax.com>
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/000197.php
Congressman Got Sweet Real Estate Deal from DeLay-Buckham Front Group
By Paul Kiel - March 27, 2006, 5:43 PM
Recently, the Washington Post and TPMmuckraker.com have been reporting
on the DeLay-Buckham front group, U.S. Family Network. Ed Buckham,
you'll remember, was Tom DeLay's Chief of Staff until he left the Hill
to open up his lobby shop, Alexander Strategy Group. USFN purported to
be a grassroots activist group pushing causes dear to social
conservatives. In fact, it functioned as a slush fund and all-purpose
political favor mill through which Jack Abramoff clients (Russian
tycoons, Marianas sweatshop owners and the Mississippi Choctaw Indian
tribe) funneled money to Buckham, his lobbying shop and other DeLay
causes.
One thread of the USFN story was the townhouse it bought near Capitol
Hill. Called the "Safe House" by former Majority Leader Tom DeLay's
aides, it was the headquarters for DeLay's ARMPAC, Buckham's lobby
shop, Alexander Strategy Group, and of course it even had a little
office for the USFN itself.
By 2000 the FEC was starting to look into the USFN, and the USFN's
Capitol Hill neighbors had begun to complain that it was a business
operating in a residential area in violation of local zoning laws. In
their big piece on the U.S. Family Network yesterday, the Washington
Post reported that when Buckham's USFN had to part with the beloved
"Safe House" in late 2000 it took a $19,000 loss.
Now, that got us to wondering. A loss of that scale is far from Duke
Cunningham territory. But the DC housing market was pretty hot back
then and the USFN held the property for just about 2 years.
So who got such a good deal?
The buyer was Rep. Jim Ryun (R-KS).
D.C. property records show that the townhouse was sold to Ryun for
$410,000 on December 15, 2000. According to the Post, the USFN
purchased the townhouse for $429,000; the deed was signed January 12,
1999.
(To confirm that this was the same Jim Ryun, we found this 2004 FEC
contribution listing in which a Jim Ryun who identifies his profession
as "congressman" lists the former "Safe House" address, 132 D Street,
as his place of residence. Roll Call, it turns out, briefly noted
Ryun's purchase on June 4th 2001, but long before the scope of
Buckham's and Abramoff's bad acts had come to light.)
Property sold to a member of Congress at substantially under market
value can, in some instances, be construed as a de facto gift. In this
case, that would be from the Buckham-controlled and
Abramoff-client-funded front group USFN to Rep. Ryun.
Naomi Seligman of CREW told TPMmuckraker.com that Ryun's house deal
should prompt a House Ethics Committee investigation. "Who else in
America has lost money on a real estate transaction except [Cunningham
contractor felon] Mitchell Wade?"
According to Ryun spokesperson Michelle Schroeder, Rep. Ryun was on a
plane Monday and unavailable for comment.
What is it with all these "family" networks & "christian" coalitions?
They're all run by crooks! Especially that little weasel, Ralph Reed.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/25/AR2006032500815.html
Ralph Reed, candidate for Georgia lieutenant governor and former
executive director of the Christian Coalition, has a standard line
when opponents link him to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. "The
Democrats, radical left, and dominant media have made numerous unfair
personal attacks against Ralph," his Web site declares.
Lately, however, it's becoming harder for Reed to dismiss his critics
as ideologically motivated. One of the toughest is Marvin Olasky, a
close associate of President Bush who helped developed the
administration's faith-based initiative and the concept of
"compassionate conservatism."
Olasky, a journalism professor at the University of Texas, is editor
in chief of World magazine, the mission of which "is to glorify God
and enjoy Him forever." Since Nov. 19, World has run 10 articles and
essays describing the $4 million in gambling money Abramoff paid to
Reed to lobby against casinos competing with Abramoff's clients. The
articles have highlighted incriminating e-mails and other disclosures
that have raised doubts about Reed's explanations of his activities.
Reed, Olasky wrote March 4, "has damaged Christian political work by
confirming for some the stereotype that evangelicals are easily
manipulated and that evangelical leaders use moral issues to line
their own pockets."
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| Title: Re: Another Coorked GOP in Shady Land Deal ala Duke Cunningham: Jim Ryun (R, Scum) |
29 Mar 2006 08:50:39 AM |
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Boy Toy wrote:
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 08:26:25 -0800, "Yang, AthD (h.c), Kicking AWOL's
Cocaine Snorting *****" <eacmole@/*AWOLBUSH*/mail.com> wrote in message
<hooi225146p43fppu27rgcs26v5bsc30oo@4ax.com>
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/000197.php
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Reed, Olasky wrote March 4, "has damaged Christian political work by
confirming for some the stereotype that evangelicals are easily
manipulated and that evangelical leaders use moral issues to line
their own pockets."
"Xian political work"?
Obvioulsy these nutballs and clowns can't spell and mistake
"separation" for "preparation of church and state".
Bob Dog
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"Easily the biggest challenge facing the ID community
is to develop a full-fledged theory of biological
design. We don't have such a theory right now, and
that's a real problem. Without a theory, it's very
hard to know where to direct your research focus."
- Paul Nelson, creationist
and anti-science advocate
"Maybe he needs a new version of the Ten Commandments
-- George W. Bush's Ten Commandments:
Thou shalt not steal...votes.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's...country.
Thou shalt not kill...for oil.
Thou shalt not take grammar...in vain."
- Margaret Cho
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| User: "Boy Toy" |
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| Title: Re: Another Coorked GOP in Shady Land Deal ala Duke Cunningham: Jim Ryun (R, Scum) |
29 Mar 2006 10:21:03 AM |
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On 29 Mar 2006 06:50:39 -0800, wrote in message
<1143643839.377496.177150@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>
Boy Toy wrote:
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 08:26:25 -0800, "Yang, AthD (h.c), Kicking AWOL's
Cocaine Snorting *****" <eacmole@/*AWOLBUSH*/mail.com> wrote in message
<hooi225146p43fppu27rgcs26v5bsc30oo@4ax.com>
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/000197.php
< < snip > >
Reed, Olasky wrote March 4, "has damaged Christian political work by
confirming for some the stereotype that evangelicals are easily
manipulated and that evangelical leaders use moral issues to line
their own pockets."
"Xian political work"?
Obvioulsy these nutballs and clowns can't spell and mistake
"separation" for "preparation of church and state".
? I see no reference to the word "Xian" or to the word "preparation"
in my post or in the two URLs provided. What are you referring to?
Bob Dog
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"Easily the biggest challenge facing the ID community
is to develop a full-fledged theory of biological
design. We don't have such a theory right now, and
that's a real problem. Without a theory, it's very
hard to know where to direct your research focus."
- Paul Nelson, creationist
and anti-science advocate
"Maybe he needs a new version of the Ten Commandments
-- George W. Bush's Ten Commandments:
Thou shalt not steal...votes.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's...country.
Thou shalt not kill...for oil.
Thou shalt not take grammar...in vain."
- Margaret Cho
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| User: "John Starrett" |
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| Title: Re: Another Coorked GOP in Shady Land Deal ala Duke Cunningham: JimRyun (R, Scum) |
28 Mar 2006 12:02:57 PM |
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Yang, AthD (h.c), Kicking AWOL's Cocaine Snorting ***** wrote:
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/000197.php
Congressman Got Sweet Real Estate Deal from DeLay-Buckham Front Group
But Clinton...
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John Starrett
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