Michael Scanlon,
By on May 3rd, 2006 at 10:34 am
Michael Scanlon,
Jack Abramoff’s former lobbying partner who pleaded guilty to conspiracy, yesterday defended his graduate thesis at Johns Hopkins University on…the House ethics process. Scanlon argued that the “system now is not broken, but functioning in the same manner it has since its creation.” Scanlon faces up to five years in prison and $19.7 million in restitution. He is currently free on $5 million bond.
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May 3rd, 2006 at 10:41 amHow’s this working for, Mike?
May 3rd, 2006 at 10:47 am$5M bond…my, whoever thought a
Masters Feces could be so costly!
Ethics aren’t complicated,
but one must have a heart to buy
into the concept.
Who’s next?…
Johns Hopkins University on…the House ethics process. Scanlon argued that the “system now is not broken, but functioning in the same manner it has since its creation.â€
The Lust of Money
The Lust of Hell
The Love of Greed
The Love of Death
The Love of Nothing
The Love of Hate
Burn ye in Ethical Hell Scanlon.
May 3rd, 2006 at 10:48 amAnd thats a Universal Promise Scanlon, you shant never escape your purgatory. The President and the Vice President will be dining with you.
May 3rd, 2006 at 10:52 amb.b.b.but everyone else was speeding, too!
May 3rd, 2006 at 10:55 amThe thing people don’t know is Scanlon was defending his thesis in front of Ed, Edd ‘n Eddy.
May 3rd, 2006 at 11:06 amIt’s not broken….
Guess his idea of Washington DC is you get what you pay for. Too bad for us that the republican party currently feels the same way.
Jesse Unruh was a politician here in CA that was quoted as saying: “If you can’t eat their food, drink their liquor, f*** their whores – and then vote against them, you have no business being here.” Why is that so hard to find now days?
May 3rd, 2006 at 11:08 amNot broken huh? Come back in 5 years and we will see what is and is not broken.
May 3rd, 2006 at 11:22 amJust say “No, thank you!” to graft.
May 3rd, 2006 at 11:45 amCharacter Counts
Trustworthiness
May 3rd, 2006 at 11:51 amRespect
Responsibility
Fairness
Caring
Citizenship
Scanlon argued that the “system now is not broken, but functioning in the same manner it has since its creation.â€
It isn’t broke… it got him didn’t it… no wait that was some other system… well maybe it has just sucked since its creation.
May 3rd, 2006 at 12:08 pmI wonder how many children he’ll molest…
…while he’s out on bond?
May 3rd, 2006 at 12:18 pm#10 – Amen.
May 3rd, 2006 at 12:23 pmWhat’s his JHU graduate degree — Master of BS? Or is it Doctor of Hypocrisy?
May 3rd, 2006 at 1:18 pmThat’s just too funny!
May 3rd, 2006 at 1:33 pmLet’s have a thesis from Cunningham too! He can tell us how honest it is to be open about your sculduggery. And Abramoff can expound on the democratic delights of bribery of public officials. Been going on since officialdom was invented, I suppose. And murder has been going on since before the club, no doubt. So obviously, murder, bribery, sculduggery, … all ok. There’s some serious “ethics” for ya! If somebody else did it too, at any time in history, it clears your name.
This MIGHT be why these fools are in trouble, ya think?
I can’t help wondering if the learned Professors hearing his warped defence of warped ethics will grant him that Doctorate? A Doctorate in Ethics!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
May 3rd, 2006 at 1:39 pmThat jackass smiling in those pictures like a cheshire cat is really a weasel.
May 3rd, 2006 at 8:11 pmWe all believe what the papers say… But have any of you ever thought that maybe the government makes the greatest yet scariest offers to fish out a guilty plea? Perhaps Scanlon could have pleaded not guilty, and so in retaliation, the government finds 5-10 counts of BS, and Scanlon spends the next 10 years and all of his money on legal fees. What would you do if you were brought under the wing of Jack and faced that situation? You say Scanlon has ethics issues. I agree that the politicians have been milking lobbyists and special interest groups since our democracies creation. Why now? Why did I not read blogs like this about men like Scanlon during the Clinton administration? I assure you similar things were going on then.
June 5th, 2006 at 6:53 pmdegree master
Well spoken. I have to research more on this as it is really vital info.
April 13th, 2008 at 2:27 am