{"article":{"id":139940,"heading":"Craigslist Planning To Shake Up \r\nJournalism","author":"jhiuykjiop","created":"2005-11-25 19:36:54","modified":"2005-11-30 21:41:11","last_modified":"Thu, 01 Dec 2005 05:41:11","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><html><body><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/news\/story.asp?guid=3D%7B3832A144%2D060D%2D4F3=\">http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/news\/story.asp?guid=3D%7B3832A144%2D060D%2D4F3=<\/a> <br>  <br> A <br>  <br> %2DA255%2D06F40844BC4E%7D&amp;siteid=3Dmktw <br><br> WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The San Francisco Web  <br>  <br> entrepreneur who's shaken the <br>  <br> classified ad business has plans to expand into  <br>  <br> journalism, too. Speaking at an <br>  <br> Oxford University business school forum, Craig  <br>  <br> Newmark said his news project will <br>  <br> be introduced within three months. <br><br> He made it clear his new Web site will have a  <br>  <br> bottom-up approach to news stories <br>  <br> and presentation, with readers play the role of  <br>  <br> editors. <br><br> \"Things do need to change,\" he told the audience  <br>  <br> in Oxford, England, The Guardian <br>  <br> reported. \"The big issue in the U.S. is that  <br>  <br> newspapers are afraid to talk truth <br>  <br> to power. The White House press corps don't speak  <br>  <br> the truth ... they are <br>  <br> frightened to lose access they don't have  <br>  <br> anyway.\" <br><br> Newmark said his news project will involve Web  <br>  <br> technology to let readers decide <br>  <br> which news stories are the most important. At  <br>  <br> least one Web site is already <br>  <br> working this field. Digg.com invites readers to  <br>  <br> submit stories to be posted on its <br>  <br> Web site. \"Once a story receives enough (votes)  <br>  <br> from (the site's visitors) it will <br>  <br> be promoted to the front page,\" the site  <br>  <br> explains.=20 <br><br> \n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"The San Francisco Web \r\nentrepreneur who's shaken the\r\nclassified ad business has plans to expand into \r\njournalism, too. Speaking at an\r\nOxford University business school forum, Craig \r\nNewmark said his news project will\r\nbe introduced within three months.","numcomment":15,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2005\/11\/139940.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":139948,"heading":"Should Indy Get Into Classifieds","article":"Just wondering - do readers here want classified ads?","author":"johnk","parent_id":139940,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-11-26 02:47:27","modified":"2005-11-26 02:47:27","fileurl":""},{"id":139950,"heading":"What?","article":"I don't know if that's a good idea, johnk.\r\nI see the possibility for endless spam and denigration from our 'friends' to ridicule this forum.\r\nYou mean like :\r\nMen looking for women\r\nwomen looking for men\r\netc\r\netc.\r\n?\r\nWhat kind of classified adds are you thinking about?\r\nAnd why do we need them for a newswire?","author":"Sheepdog","parent_id":139940,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-11-26 03:07:46","modified":"2005-11-26 03:07:46","fileurl":""},{"id":139951,"heading":"Oh, hot damn diggety...","article":"Oh, hot damn diggety...Craigslist, home of the phony job ads posted by recruiters, home of the dumbassess offering designers $100 to design their companies' &quot;corporate identity&quot; campaigns, home of the personal ads full of flakes and fakes and the ever-ubiquitous &quot;Craigslist Whores&quot;, is getting into _news_?\r\n\r\nHell, if the fact-checking and QC at Craigslist News is anything like Wikipedia*, we're all in huge trouble.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n*Wikipedia, for all your Star Trek trivia needs.","author":"Mike Flugennock","parent_id":139940,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-11-26 03:33:18","modified":"2005-11-26 03:33:18","fileurl":""},{"id":139955,"heading":"I dunno...","article":"I brought the issue up a few years ago, and some folks were baffled, and others thought they were talking about personals.  I was thinking of people advertising free stuff they're giving away, or, maybe stuff they're selling or crafts they're selling.  I guess personals too.\r\n\r\nMaybe not.  Maybe this idea is played out.","author":"johnk","parent_id":139940,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-11-26 08:56:27","modified":"2005-11-26 08:56:27","fileurl":""},{"id":139957,"heading":"Heh","article":"I guess Mike's got a point.  I thought the ranters on here were nuts, but Craigslist is a whole other level of insane.  I try to filter out the bad and see the good side of it.  It's helped me earn some of my living gettling odd gigs here and there.","author":"johnk","parent_id":139940,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-11-26 08:59:37","modified":"2005-11-26 08:59:37","fileurl":""},{"id":139982,"heading":"Ripping off CL","article":"We just ripped off their spam reporting buttons :)  (Except imc's won't automatically remove posts.)","author":"johnk","parent_id":139940,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-11-27 00:11:49","modified":"2005-11-27 00:11:49","fileurl":""},{"id":139984,"heading":"Spam reporting buttons","article":"you mean the: \r\n-Report this post as-\r\nside dialogue?\r\nThey're not active links on my system,\r\nWhat do they do?","author":"Sheepdog","parent_id":139940,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-11-27 00:49:53","modified":"2005-11-27 00:49:53","fileurl":""},{"id":139987,"heading":"Johnk's idea has some merit","article":"Most IMCs are operated on a shoe string budget and depend on unpaid volunteers, fundraisers and grants to keep going.  Maybe it should stay that way but I don\u2019t see how the network can hope to expand and reach more people without more money.  Some kind of revenue stream that does not compromise the anti-capitalist stance of the IMC network may be the way to help IMC grow.  Classifieds or co-opt adverts with allies of IMC might be a way to achieve this without violating the IMC mission statement.\r\n\r\nThere are many examples of good independent media outlets that do have ads.  The ads are typically for locally owned, non-corporate folks who own some shop in the community.  Often they provide products or services that are part of the culture of the global justice movement.  An ad for a sale at 33-1\/3 Books for example or the planned opening of Sandpaper Books in the old Flor y Canto space would not conflict with the IMC mission.\r\n","author":"I want IMC to grow","parent_id":139940,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-11-27 02:14:12","modified":"2013-11-11 00:36:48","fileurl":""},{"id":140087,"heading":"free","article":"I don't think john was talking about charging for ads, and I don't think IMC should. that would defeat the purpose of providing a free venue for exchange.\r\n\r\nsecond: I don't know about sexy or romantic personals ads, but I've always thought it would be cool to provide a venue for ads about stuff for sale, barter fairs, potluck exchanges, activities, and something I've always wanted: roommate and rental ads. I've dried my eyeballs out looking at craigslist rental ads and being &quot;interviewed&quot; by little powermongers trying to find a place to live and it sucks! it's all a bunch of little hipster jerks who pull power trips on people looking to rent a room etc. I've always wished there was some venue for more &quot;progressive&quot; leftist types looking for roommates and stuff like that. ideally, the leftist community would be so tight and integrated that we wouldn't need something like this, we'd already have networks in place. unfortunately, this is LA, and I think we could use something like this.\r\n\r\nas for the sexy personals and stuff, I don't know. whatever. I somehow don't envision too many leftists hooking up for casual encounters. the left is a little too Puritanical for that kind of stuff. maybe if you had an ascetic, self-flaggelation category or something. but it's fun to imagine what leftist romantic ads would look like. we'd have to have our own set of abbreviations: V=vegetarian, VN=vegan, A=anarchist, PV=party vanguardist, BAA=born-again aztec, BBKP=black bloc krusty punk...   \r\n\r\n&quot;SWVNABBKPM seeks SVNABBKPF\/M for long walks on the streets breaking shit, smashing state...&quot;","author":"kjweroiweut","parent_id":139940,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-11-28 20:51:32","modified":"2005-11-28 20:51:32","fileurl":""},{"id":140109,"heading":"Classifrieds","article":"People are into that personals idea.  Maybe that's something to pursue.  I'm mostly inspired by the old penpal ads in Flipside and MRR.  That was like personals, but, kind of different.  People did meet up through them, though.\r\n\r\nAnother idea that's got some legs is to add birth, death, and marriage announcements to the site.  So people can put those important events into some public place, and memorialize their friends.","author":"johnk","parent_id":139940,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-11-29 04:37:41","modified":"2005-11-29 04:37:41","fileurl":""},{"id":140167,"heading":"announcemts","article":"dude, that's a great idea about the announcements! I like it a lot. & I was just joking about the personals, I think it'd be i-ight and fun to look at. the only thing is, it doesn't take long to get to know most people in the movement around here, so I think probly a lot of us would be looking at ads trying to guess who it is. hey how about &quot;missed encounters&quot;? &quot;9\/24 anti-war march. I was the one wearing black, holding protest sign. So were you. You said something to me but I couldn't hear you over the chanting. second chance at the next rally?&quot;","author":"twertyrtjghjmfghd","parent_id":139940,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-11-30 05:43:41","modified":"2005-11-30 05:43:41","fileurl":""},{"id":140176,"heading":"Heh","article":"I think that's a pretty good idea, actually.\r\n\r\nAlso, the roomates idea's good too.\r\n\r\nSomeone told me about Leftists Lounges in Boston and Oakland.  Maybe we need one here.  It's just a regular nightclub, but with an atmosphere that would drive away right-wingers.","author":"johnk","parent_id":139940,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-11-30 07:25:23","modified":"2005-11-30 07:25:23","fileurl":""},{"id":140205,"heading":"LOOK WHAT I FOUND!!!!!!!!","article":"STATE BY STATE GOP SCANDAL SCORECARD\r\n\r\nState\r\n\t\r\n\r\nInvestigation Target\r\n\t\r\n\r\nDisposition\r\nAlabama \tSen. Richard Shelby\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nGov. Robert Riley\r\n\tRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff. Received contributions from. DeLay\u2019s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff\r\nAlaska \tSenate President Ben Stevens (son of US Senate Pro Tem President Ted Stevens)\r\n\r\nSen. Ted Stevens\r\n\tProbed for accepting consulting fees from oil services firm Veco. Subject to a recall petition.\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\nArkansas \tArkansas Republican Party \tReceived contributions from. DeLay\u2019s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff\r\nArizona \tRep. J. D. Hayworth\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. Rick Renzi\r\n\tRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\nCalifornia \tGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. Randy &quot;Duke&quot; Cunningham\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. Dana Rohrabacher\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. Doug Ose\r\n\r\nRep. Richard Pombo\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. John Doolittle\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. Ed Royce\r\n\tEthics probe for accepting salary from two men\u2019s fitness magazines while governor, possible kickback from American Media publisher to Schwarzenegger charity and silence money to a woman who had an extramarital affair with Schwarzenegger. This probe may go criminal.\r\n\r\nProbed for bribery regarding financial ties with and favors for defense firm MZM. Pleaded guilty to tax evasion, conspiracy, Nov. 28, 2005.\r\n\r\nTied to Abramoff scandal on loan papers. Recipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff, including Indian casino money\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\nColorado \tColorado Republican Party \tReceived contributions from. DeLay\u2019s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff\r\nConnecticut \tGov. John Rowland\r\n\r\nRep. Rob Simmons\r\n\r\n \r\n\tConvicted, imprisoned 2004\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\nDelaware \tAttorney General Jane Brady \tAccused of helping MBNA Bank of Wilmington skirt campaign finance laws.\r\nDC \tJack Abramoff, GOP lobbyist\r\n\r\nAdam Kidan, DC Dial-a-Mattress franchise in DC and Abramoff associate\r\n\r\nMichael Scanlon, former chief of staff to Tom DeLay\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSteve Rosen, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nKeith Weismann, AIPAC\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nLarry Franklin, Colonel, USAF Reserves, Dept. of Defense\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nLewis &quot;Scooter&quot; Libby, Vice President\u2019s Chief of Staff\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nWhite House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nDavid H. Safavian, Head of Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget, former Chief of Staff, General Service Administration\r\n\r\nEx-Corporation for Public Broadcasting Chairman and current Broadcasting Board of Governors member Kenneth Tomlinson\r\n\r\nPatricia Harrison, President Corporation for Public Broadcasting\r\n\r\nVice President Dick Cheney\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nPresident George W. Bush\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nJ. Steven Griles, former Interior Deputy Secretary\r\n\tIndicted, wire fraud, conspiracy\r\n\r\nIndicted, wire fraud, conspiracy\r\n\r\nBeing probed for involvement in Indian casino scandal with Abramoff, Kidan, and DeLay. Indicted Nov. 18, 2005 for conspiracy to defraud Indian tribes. Pleaded guilty Nov. 21.\r\n\r\nIndicted for criminal conspiracy involving classified national security information\r\n\r\nIndicted for criminal conspiracy involving classified national security information\r\n\r\nIndicted for criminal conspiracy involving classified national security information\r\n\r\nProbed for illegal disclosure of CIA classified information. Indicted on 5 counts: Obstruction of justice, making false statements and perjury\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nProbed for illegal disclosure of CIA classified information.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nArrested by FBI for making false statements about helping Jack Abramoff acquire two Federal properties in DC and Maryland.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nUnder investigation for violating the Public Broadcasting Act\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nProbed for violating Public Broadcasting Act\r\n\r\nInvestigated for criminal conspiracy in divulging the identity of covert CIA agent\r\n\r\nProbed in Abramoff scandal for accepting bags of illegal campaign cash from Seminole casino interests in Florida\r\n\r\nProbed for links to Abramoff\r\nFlorida \tRep. Katherine Harris, US Senate candidate\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. Tom Feeney\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. Ric Keller\r\n\r\n \r\n\tProbed for campaign donations from MZM, Inc. (related to Duke Cunningham probe)\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff. Probed for corporate ties to Yang Enterprises, involved in over billing state of Florida. Feeney was Jeb Bush\u2019s 1994 running mate for Lt. Gov.\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff and Kidan.\r\nGeorgia \tRalph Reed, candidate for Lt. Gov.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSen. John Isakson\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSen. Saxby Chambliss\r\n\r\nRep. Phil Gingrey\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. Jack Kingston\r\n\tProbed for involvement in Abramoff, Kidan, DeLay Indian casino money laundering.\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\nGuam \tGov. Felix Camacho \tProbed for ties to Abramoff and demoting Acting US Attorney for Guam Frederick Black\r\nHawaii \tNew Hawaii PAC and House GOP PAC\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nDalton Tanonaka, former Lt. gubernatorial and congressional candidate\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nState Rep. and House Minority Leader Galen Fox\r\n\tCampaign violations filed against a number of GOP candidates for the state legislature and US House for skirting spending limits.\r\n\r\nUnder FEC investigation for disguising and failing to report campaign loans. Also investigated for possible illegal foreign funding from Hong Kong and Japan.\r\n\r\nConvicted on federal charges of fondling a woman on a Honolulu to Los Angeles commercial flight\r\nIdaho \tRep. Michael Simpson\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. Butch Otter\r\n\tRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\nIllinois \tHouse Speaker Dennis Hastert\r\n\r\nRep. Jerry Weller\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRepublican National Treasurer Bob Kjellander\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nFormer House Leader State Rep. Lee Daniels (Elmhurst)\r\n\tProbed for accepting money from Turkey.\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff (Weller is married to the daughter of Guatemalan dictator and mass murderer [300,0000 Guatemalans] Efrain Rios Montt).\r\n\r\nUnder Federal probe for steering investment contracts to Illinois Teachers Retirement Fund.\r\n\r\nUnder Federal investigation for misuse of state employees for political activity and state contract kickbacks\r\nIndiana \tRep. Dan Burton\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nGov. Mitch Daniels\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThomas Sharp, INDOT Commissioner\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nJim Kittle, GOP state chairman\r\n\r\nRep. Chris Chocola\r\n\tRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nUnder investigation for soliciting campaign donations in return for INDOT (Indiana Dept. of Transportation contracts)\r\n\r\nUnder investigation for soliciting campaign donations in return for INDOT (Indiana Dept. of Transportation contracts)\r\n\r\nUnder investigation for soliciting campaign donations in return for INDOT (Indiana Dept. of Transportation contracts)                     Received DeLay ARMPAC money. FEC investigating\r\nIowa \tSen. Charles Grassley \tRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\nKansas \tRep. Jim Ryun\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSen. Sam Brownback\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAdam Taff\r\n\tRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\n2004 congressional candidate (KS-3), indicted for campaign violations amnd wire fraud.\r\nKentucky \tGov. Ernie Fletcher\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nTransportation Commissioner Dan Druen\r\n\r\nDeputy Personnel Secretary Bob Wilson\r\n\r\nDarrell Brock, Chairman of Kentucky GOP\r\n\r\nGov. Personnel Adviser Basil Turbyfill\r\n\r\nTransportation Secretary ill Nighbert\r\n\r\nDick Murgatroyd, Gov. Deputy Chief of Staff\r\n\r\nJim Adams, Deputy Transportation Secretary\r\n\r\nCory Meadows, Executive Director, Transportation Dept.\r\n\r\nEnvironmental Protection Commissioner Lloyd Cress\r\n\r\nSen. Jim Bunning\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nLt. Gov. Stephen Pence\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nDave Disponett\r\n\tCriminal probe in a state employees\u2019 merit system scandal. Received contributions from. DeLay\u2019s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nMerit system scandal, witness tampering. Indicted.\r\n\r\nMerit system scandal. Indicted\r\n\r\nMerit system scandal. Indicted.\r\n\r\nMerit system scandal. Indicted\r\n\r\nMerit system scandal. Indicted\r\n\r\nMerit system scandal. Indicted\r\n\r\nMerit system scandal. Indicted.\r\n\r\nMerit system scandal. Indicted.\r\n\r\nProbed in merit system scandal\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nReceived contributions from. DeLay\u2019s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff  \r\n\r\nIndicted for violation of Kentucky civil service law                         \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\nLouisiana \tSen. David Vitter \tLinked to Abramoff in a case involving a Louisiana Indian tribe.\r\nMaine \tMaine Republican Party \tReceived contributions from. DeLay\u2019s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff\r\nMaryland \tJoseph Steffen, aide to Gov. Bob Ehrlich\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nGov. Bob Ehrlich\r\n\tResigned for starting a rumor campaign against Baltimore Mayor Martin O\u2019Malley.\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\nMassachusetts \tGov. Mitt Romney\u2019s Executive Office of Environmental Affairs\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nLawrence Novak, Vice Chair, state GOP\r\n\tUnder ethics cloud for awarding a $10,000 contract to conservative Boston Herald columnist to write columns supportive of Romney\u2019s policies.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nArrested by FBI for drug money laundering\r\nMichigan \tRep. Dave Camp\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAttorney General Mike Cox\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. Candice Miller\r\n\tRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nFailed to pursue felony pollution charges against Graceland Fruit after a major Department of Environmental Quality investigation.\r\n\r\nInvestigated by House Erthics Committee for accepting campaign contributions in return for her yes vote on the 2004 Medicare bill.\r\nMinnesota \tRep. Gil Gutknecht \tRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\nMissouri \tSen. Christopher Bond\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSen. Jim Talent\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nGov. Matt Blunt, son of Roy Blunt\r\n\r\nRep. Roy Blunt, House Majority Leader\r\n\tRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nReceived contributions from. DeLay\u2019s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff\r\n\r\nInvestigated for trading illegal PAC money with DeLay through Blunt's Rely on Your Beliefs Fund. Received Indian casino money from tribes represented by Abramoff.\r\nMississippi \tRep. Charles Pickering\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. Roger Wicker\r\n\r\nSen. Thad Cochran\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSen. Trent Lott\r\n\tRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nReceived funds from casino Indian tribes represented by Abramoff\r\nMontana \tSen. Conrad Burns\r\n\r\nRep. Dennis Rehberg\r\n\tProbed for links to Abramoff\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\nNebraska \tFormer Rep. Jon Christensen\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. Jeff Fortenberry\r\n\tRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nReceived tainted money from DeLay. Refused to return it.\r\nNevada \tSen. John Ensign\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. Jon Porter\r\n\tRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nReceived $25,000 from DeLay's ARMPAC\r\nNew Hampshire \tSen. John Sununu\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. Jeb Bradley\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHouse Speaker Gene Chandler\r\n\r\nJames Tobin, Northeast political director National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee\r\n\r\nChuck McGee, former Exec. Dir. New Hampshire Republican Party\r\n\r\nAllen Raymond, GOP Marketplace President\r\n\tProbed for receipt of money from DeLay tainted PAC\r\n\r\nProbed for receipt of money from DeLay tainted PAC\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nCampaign contributions violations\r\n\r\nIndicted, conspiracy, GOTV phone line jamming, Sununu 2002 campaign\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nPleaded guilty, conspiracy, GOTV phone line jamming, Sununu 2002 campaign\r\n\r\nPleaded guilty to conspiracy, GOTV phone line jamming, Sununu 2002 campaign\r\nNew Jersey \tGOP State Chairman Tom Wilson\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. Jim Saxton\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. Frank LoBiondo\r\n\r\nRep. Mike Ferguson\r\n\tProbed for his firm receiving $2.7 million from the Burlington County Bridge Commission\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff, may have laundered money from DeLay through his &quot;MIKEPAC&quot; to GOP candidates in Texas and other states\r\nNew Mexico \tRep. Heather Wilson \tRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\nNew York \tWestchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro and US Senate candidate \tProbed for campaign donations from mobsters. Her husband served a year in prison for tax evasion.\r\nNorthern Marianas \tGov. Froilan Tenorio \tGrand Jury probe, ties to Abramoff\r\nNorth Carolina \tRep. Charles Taylor\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHayes Martin, Taylor Campaign Treasurer\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. Walter Jones\r\n\tProbed for ownership of shady Russian bank \u2013 whose other major investor is a former KGB general. Recipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nIndicted, fraud and money laundering\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\nNorth Dakota \tRichard Clayburgh, House candidate \tReceived contributions from. DeLay\u2019s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff\r\nOhio \tGov. Bob Taft, Misuse of state funds\/ethics violations\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThomas Noe, Bush-Cheney 04 campaign chair, NW Ohio; Turnpike Commissioner; University Regent\r\n\r\nBernadette Noe, Thomas Noe\u2019s wife; chair Lucas County GOP; chair Lucas Co. Board of Elections\r\n\r\nBrian Hicks, Taft chief of staff, member Ohio University Board of Trustees\r\n\r\nCherie Carroll, Taft Chief of Staff Executive Secretary\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. Bob Ney\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. Jean Schmidt\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. Ralph Regula\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nDouglas Moormann, Gov. Taft's Executive Assistant for Business and Industry\r\n\tConvicted, four first degree misdemeanors, pleaded no contest (admission of guilt). $4000 fine and public apology, two Federal Grand Juries, one state Grand Jury still investigating Taft.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nMisuse of state funds for rare coin fund. Indicted by Federal grand jury, arrested in Florida.\r\n\r\nMisuse of state funds\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nConvicted\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nConvicted\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nBeing probed for involvement with Abramoff, Kidan, and DeLay, Indian casino money laundering. Recipient of contributions from Abramoff and Kidan. Indictment may be imminent.\r\n\r\nProbe of financial ties to Games, Inc., and proposal to put Ohio State Lottery on the Internet. Received contributions from. DeLay\u2019s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nUnder criminal investigation for accepting loan from Noe.\r\nOklahoma \tRep. Ernest Istook\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSen. James Inhofe\r\n\r\nSen. Tom Coburn\r\n\tRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\nOregon \tSen. Gordon Smith\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nState Rep. Dan Doyle\r\n\tRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nMisused campaign funds. Convicted.\r\nPennsylvania \tRep. Don Sherwood\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. Curt Weldon\r\n\r\nSen. Arlen Specter\r\n\r\nRep. Joe Pitts\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. Mike Fitzpatrick\r\n\tInvestigated by DC police for assaulting and choking a 29-year old Maryland woman\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nRecipient of money from DeLay's ARMPAC (subject of Federal indictments), money laundered from Abramoff sources.\r\nPuerto Rico \tPuerto Rican New Progressive Party (GOP affiliate party) \tPaid Abramoff $400,000 for lobbying for 1998 statehood referendum\r\nRhode Island \tFormer House candidate (2002) Mike Battles\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nProvidence Mayor Vince Cianci\r\n\tFirm, Custer Battles, disbarred from Iraq contracts after allegations of over charging and money laundering\r\n\r\nImprisoned in 2002 for 5 years.\r\nSouth Carolina \tRep. Joe Wilson\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. Gresham Barrett\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. Henry Brown\r\n\tReceived contributions from. DeLay\u2019s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff\r\n\r\nReceived contributions from. DeLay\u2019s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff\r\n\r\nReceived contributions from. DeLay\u2019s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff\r\nSouth Dakota \tSen. John Thune\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. Bill Janklow\r\n\tRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nGuilty, second degree manslaughter, imprisoned. Recipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\nTennessee \tRep. Van Hilleary\r\n\r\nSen. Bill Frist\r\n\tRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nUnder Securities and Exchange Commission investigation for insider trading on his Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) stock\r\nTexas \tRep. Tom DeLay, House Majority Leader\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nJim Ellis, Director Americans for a Republican Majority (ARMPAC) PAC tied to DeLay and Abramoff\r\n\r\nJohn Colyandro, Texans for a Republican Majority (TRMPAC), DeLay associate\r\n\r\nWarren RoBold, Lobbyist and DeLay associate\r\n\r\nHouse Speaker Tom Craddick\r\n\r\nSam Walls, candidate for Texas House\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nState Rep. Todd Baxter\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. Kevin Brady\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. Pete Sessions\r\n\tProbed for campaign finance fraud, ties to Abramoff\/Kidan, Saipan sweat shops. Grand Jury, Travis County prosecutor, and House Ethics Committee probing DeLay. Indicted by Travis County District Attorney for 1 count of criminal conspiracy and 2 counts of money laundering. Arrested and booked at Harris County jail October 20, 2005. Recipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nIndicted\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nIndicted\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nIndicted\r\n\r\nProbed for campaign violations involving TRMPAC and DeLay\r\n\r\nPhotos of him wearing women\u2019s clothes surfaced in the 2004 runoff campaign\r\n\r\nInvestigated for receiving ARMPAC and TRMPAC money from Republican National Committee. To resign from office on Nov. 1, 2005\r\n\r\nRecipient of $10,000 from ARMPAC in 2003. Arrested for DWI in South Dakota.\r\n\r\nProbed for receiving money from casino Indian tribes represented by Abramoff\r\nUtah \tRep. Chris Cannon \tRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\nVermont \tGov. Jim Douglas \tOpposition to universal health care in Vermont tied to huge contributions from insurance industry.\r\nVirginia \tRep. Virgil Goode\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nJerry Kilgore, gubernatorial candidate\r\n\r\nRep. Eric Cantor\r\n\r\nRep. Randy Forbes\r\n\r\nSen. George Allen\r\n\r\nRep. Tom Davis\r\n\r\n \r\n\tProbed for contributions from MZM, Inc. (related to Duke Cunningham probe)\r\n\r\nReceived $5000 from MZM, Inc.\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff and Kidan.\r\nWashington \tRep. George Nethercutt\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. Doc Hastings\r\n\r\nSpokane Mayor Jim West\r\n\tRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nUnder Federal and state investigation for abusing his office to obtain sexual favors and soliciting sex over the Internet from underage males.\r\nWest Virginia \tRep. Shelly Moore Capito \tReceived contributions from. DeLay\u2019s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff\r\nWisconsin \tRep. Paul Ryan\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRep. Mark Green\r\n\tRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nRecipient of funds from DeLay's ARMPAC\r\nWyoming \tSen. Mike Enzi\r\n\r\nRep. Barbara Cubin\r\n\tRecipient of contributions from Abramoff\r\n\r\nRecipient of contributions from Abramoff","author":"RATM","parent_id":139940,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2005-11-30 21:41:11","modified":"2013-11-11 00:36:53","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2005\/11\/1_the_war_president.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2005\/11\/1_the_war_president.jpg"}}]}