So do we GET the $$$$ BACK or what?
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"Lobbyists under scrutiny linked to Capuano donors; Earmarks went to Mass. clients" by Alan Wirzbicki, Globe Correspondent | April 2, 2009
WASHINGTON - US Representative Michael E. Capuano, Democrat of Somerville, received more than $60,000 in campaign contributions from donors associated with a high-powered lobbying firm at the center of an FBI investigation, and inserted earmarks for three of the firm's Massachusetts clients into recent defense spending bills.
The firm, the PMA Group, is reportedly under federal scrutiny for using straw donors to funnel illegal campaign contributions to dozens of lawmakers.....
Truthfully, I have HAD it with the INCEST between the WAR-LOOTERS and the WAR-MAKERS!
How am I feeling?
Let's get started!
Capuano said his earmarks to the firm's clients - totaling $4.4 million for defense-related projects in or near his district in the last two years - were intended to help provide jobs and money for his constituents....
And LOOK at the LIST of LOOTERS!!!
PMA's employees and political action committee gave much smaller donations to Massachusetts Senators John Kerry ($6,000) and Edward M. Kennedy ($2,500) and Representatives John Tierney ($2,000) and John Olver ($1,000), according to the analysis.
That LAST ONE is MY PIECE of SHIT PUKE!!
And SO MUCH for the GREAT ANTIWAR LION of the LIBERALS, huh?
Related: The Liberal War-Looters of New England
The Liberal Looters of Massachusetts
The offices of Kennedy, Tierney, and Olver did not respond to requests for comment. A spokeswoman for Kerry said he had not received any money from the firm in the last five years.
Yeah, they NEVER DO -- and that Kerry sure is a smooth liar, huh?
The PMA Group had its offices raided by the FBI in November and this week shut its doors permanently. The firm, which boasted hundreds of clients in the defense industry, specialized in winning earmarks in annual military spending bills. PMA also hosted fundraisers for politicians, including one in Washington for Capuano in September.
Earmarks - federal spending items that are inserted directly into the budget by Congress and circumvent the normal government contracting process - are the frequent target of criticism by government watchdog groups. Democrats promised to curtail earmarking after taking power in 2006, but the practice remains widespread.
"You worry about this perpetuating the perception, or the reality, of a pay to play system here in Washington," said Steve Ellis, vice president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, a watchdog group. "Earmarks have become the currency of the pay-to-play system. They are the grease that makes the wheels go."
And yet BLAGO is going on TRIAL?
In the interview, Capuano vigorously defended earmarks as an effective way of bringing federal dollars to his constituents. He said he also obtained earmarks for local businesses that did not employ lobbyists. "I don't tell them to hire a lobbyist," he said.
Capuano estimated about 30 percent of his earmarks go to entities that do not have lobbyists. In all, Capuano received $29,795,600 in earmarks in fiscal 2008 appropriation bills, including $8,415,000 worth for which he was the sole sponsor, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense. He ranked third in earmarks among Massachusetts representatives that year, trailing Olver and former representative Martin Meehan.
Oh, puke! MY ASSHOLE is the LEAD OFFENDER!!!
I'm so glad I DID NOT VOTE FOR HIM!!!!!
The three Massachusetts earmark recipients that were represented by PMA - Parametric Technology Corp., Abt Associates of Cambridge, and
Peter Broderick, vice president for communications at Abt, said the money from his firm's earmark would be used to study post-traumatic stress disorder in returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.
The LIES of WAR cost you in IMMEASURABLE WAYS, folks!!!
You PAID for this LIE, and now you PAY to KEEP IT GOING!!!
"We contracted with PMA to see if they could help us identify any opportunities in that area," Broderick said. "They introduced us to Congressman Capuano because of his mutual interest in that topic." Broderick said the firm does not make political contributions and ended its relationship with PMA in December.
The investigation into PMA has focused on the firm's founder, Paul Magliocchetti. He and Capuano had a social friendship, including dinners and parties.
So the CAP is JUST ANOTHER KNEE-JERK LIAR then, isn't he?
Here's a clue, readers: THEY ALL ARE!!!
Liberal, conservative, Democrat, Republican, they are ALL THIEVES!!!!
And I've already illustrtaed what should be done with them!
One dinner hosted by Magliocchetti was featured in a Vanity Fair magazine piece on raucous Washington nightlife.
So the CAPSTER is a PARTIER, too, huh? Nice to know thatv WASHINGTON and POLITICIANS are PARTYING IT UP while YOU are SUFFERING, 'eh, 'murkn?
The New York Times reported this week that PMA is being investigated for allegedly using front donors to give on behalf of Magliocchetti, thereby exceeding federal campaign contribution limits.
Oh, so the BOSTON GLOBE let their NEW YORK PARENTS SCOOP 'EM regarding MASSACHUSETTS CORRUPTION, huh?
Hey, what is ONE MORE OMISSION to PROTECT the POLITICAL ELITES around here, huh, Globe?
For example, the Times reported that two of Magliocchetti's neighbors at his vacation home in Florida, a sommelier and golf-course marketing director, had given $150,000 in simultaneous donations to lawmakers. Capuano received money from both but said there would have been no way to detect any improper donations.
Does lying just come natural to politicians, or.... ?
