Peter Brackney's blog http://unity08.com/blog/121 en Guest Blogger: Lobbyists and Extremists http://unity08.com/node/129 <script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript"> <!-- function MM_openBrWindow(theURL,winName,features) { //v2.0 window.open(theURL,winName,features); } //--> </script><p><a href="http://unity08.com/bio/peterb" onclick="MM_openBrWindow('http://unity08.com/bio/peterb','peterb','toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,scrollbar=yes, width=740,height=500'); return false;"><img src="/assets/2006/06/18/brackney_bio.jpg" alt="Peter Brackney" width="55" height="90" border="0" align="left"></a>Frequently we hear of the "culture of corruption" that is afflicting both of the major parties in Washington and around the country. Lobbyists like Jack Abramoff have become household names, as have relatively obscure politicians like Duke Cunningham and Bob Ney. Now Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid has <a href=" http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/30/reid.ethics.ap/">pushed the ethics envelope</a> by accepting free boxing tickets. </p> <p><a href="http://unity08.com/node/129">read more</a></p> http://unity08.com/node/129#comments Sun, 18 Jun 2024 19:34:00 -0700 Peter Brackney 129 at http://unity08.com