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    'Dollar Bill' Goes Down

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    Image of shostakobitch shostakobitch
    08/05/09

    In reply to 'Dollar Bill' Goes Down
    his prison name is "dollar-bitch"
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    08/05/09

    In reply to 'Dollar Bill' Goes Down
    I liked Clay Davis better.
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    Image of The Cajun Boy The Cajun Boy
    08/05/09

    @unfuckwithable: If only Bill Jefferson could've taken the stand and delivered a "sheeeeeeeeeit."
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    Image of LeeMarvinsPants LeeMarvinsPants
    08/05/09

    In reply to 'Dollar Bill' Goes Down
    His mom looks pissed!
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    Image of MattyMcboy MattyMcboy
    08/05/09

    In reply to 'Dollar Bill' Goes Down
    well, maybe he can be cell mates with Edwin Edwards.
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    Image of The Cajun Boy The Cajun Boy
    08/05/09

    @MattyMcboy: I kinda miss the ole Silver Fox. He was certainly entertaining.
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    Image of MattyMcboy MattyMcboy
    08/05/09

    @The Cajun Boy: That man reached heights the few knuckle dragging trailer dwellers could dream of. That is except for those whose last names are Palin.
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    Image of momof3wildkids momof3wildkids
    08/05/09

    In reply to 'Dollar Bill' Goes Down
    115 years for corruption for a mere $90k? If you are going to be corrupt... go BIG.
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    Image of The Cajun Boy The Cajun Boy
    08/05/09

    @momof3wildkids: I hear that he'll probably get 20, but still.
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    08/05/09

    @The Cajun Boy: Cajun, $90k isn't even minimum wage for the time he spent being corrupt.
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    08/05/09

    @momof3wildkids: Hah, I guess it's indicative of post-Katrina N.O.
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    08/05/09

    @mr_dude: I wish it was just indicative of Post Katrina N.O. Sadly, I think it is more indicative of the fact that a nice chunk of our government is corrupt.
    I could give countless examples on both sides of the aisle. The sad fact is this: Grouped together, the corrupt politicians make Bernie Madoff seem like an amateur (assuming that tool acted alone, which is doubtful).
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    Image of The Cajun Boy The Cajun Boy
    08/05/09

    @momof3wildkids: But I guarantee you, that's not all he took. He took many more bribes. That's just the amounnt they found in the freezer after watching him pick up a briefcase filled with 100k in a parking lot in Virginia a few days prior.
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    08/06/09

    @mr_dude: It's indicative of past, present and future N.O., bless its soul.
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    08/06/09

    @momof3wildkids: Oh but the private sector has a spotless record, right? Why trust a democratic and accountable government when you can trust Enron!
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    08/06/09

    @gawkimo: This has nothing to do with the private sector, which I agree isn't a paragon of virtue.
    My tax dollars go to support a fair number of politicians who are corrupt who are supposed to be looking out for me and other Americans. That's what is the pisser here. I don't expect CEOs to be looking out for anyone but themselves, their shareholders and employees.


    @kneetoe I am from Chicago and my family is big in politics in the state. I've see a fair bit of low level political corruption that has never been caught. Everything from casinos to real estate tax deals that always seem to work in the politicians favor. I'm not saying the majority of politicians are corrupt, but a larger share than you would think are.
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    08/06/09

    @The Cajun Boy: Of course he took more. N.O. is much like my hometown of Chicago when it comes to corruption.
    I still hold to my statement that he wasn't getting paid minimum wage for his corruption....
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    08/06/09

    @momof3wildkids: Sorry, mom. I'm a little sensitive to the anti-government tirades going on these days. There is of course corruption in government, but there is also a good deal of accountability. Jefferson was found guilty in federal district court, which is as much a part of our government as the corrupt bits. My point is that the alternative is worse -- the private sector, as you pointed out, is about self-interest, and, I might add that it is far less accountable. This is why we privatize military actions -- because then companies like DynCorp and Blackwater (nee Xe) are not beholden to sunshine laws like the regular military is.
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    06/07/09

    In reply to The Chinese Show Love For New Orleans, Quaratine Its Incompetent Mayor, Ray Nagin
    I had to travel to Korea on business a few weeks ago, right at the height of the whole Swine Flu lunacy, and we had a stopover in Japan.


    Before we exited the plane, like four guys in full environmental suits came onboard and examined every passenger with heat guns to take their temperature, then used an ear thermometer if anyone gave an odd reading. Luckily nobody was running a temperature that day, because I was talking to one of the flight attendants who said that they'd quarantine everyone if someone came back with a fever.


    When I got to Seoul, they did pretty much the same thing.

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    Image of The Cajun Boy The Cajun Boy
    06/08/09

    @Almostbanned: Wow! That's some crazy shit right there...they don't play in Asia!
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    Image of Mean_Ol_Liberal Mean_Ol_Liberal
    06/07/09

    In reply to The Chinese Show Love For New Orleans, Quaratine Its Incompetent Mayor, Ray Nagin
    He's still Mayor of NOLA?


    Why?

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    Image of southernbitch southernbitch
    06/08/09

    @Mean_Ol_Liberal: because he won re-election in 2006 for a myriad of reasons, most of them involving strange fear tactics and bait-and-swith double talk. the next mayoral election is coming up in february, and he is not going to run. hell, he's not even fucking taking CALLS at this point, no exaggeration.
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    06/07/09

    In reply to The Chinese Show Love For New Orleans, Quaratine Its Incompetent Mayor, Ray Nagin
    Dude, I've been saying this all day. Please, please keep him for as long as possible! Thank you, China.
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    Image of The Cajun Boy The Cajun Boy
    06/07/09

    @NOLA girl: They can just feed him some Chinese crawfish and he'll be fine for a few months.
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    06/07/09

    @The Cajun Boy: he'll sure miss Houston, though.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    06/07/09

    In reply to The Chinese Show Love For New Orleans, Quaratine Its Incompetent Mayor, Ray Nagin
    He got shanghaied in Shanghai. Who said Jesus doesn't hear your prayers?
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    06/03/09

    In reply to New Orleans Reclaims Title of America's Murder Capital
    david simon sure knows how to pick em
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    Image of Midwesterner in NYC Midwesterner in NYC
    06/03/09

    In reply to New Orleans Reclaims Title of America's Murder Capital
    You've won this round, Cajun Boy. Some day my St. Louis will regain the title that is rightfully ours.
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    06/03/09

    In reply to New Orleans Reclaims Title of America's Murder Capital
    Looks like the murderers came flooding back in.
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    Image of unfuckwithable unfuckwithable
    06/03/09

    In reply to New Orleans Reclaims Title of America's Murder Capital
    I feel like Rebirth should be outside of the Maple Leaf Bar playing "The Final Countdown" or something.


    At least we're #1 at something, God forbid it be education.

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    Image of LeeroySpitzer LeeroySpitzer
    05/15/09

    In reply to New Orleans, America
    I think I like this Cajun character that's been writing since Olbermann's mom took off.
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    Image of The Cajun Boy The Cajun Boy
    05/15/09

    @LeeroySpitzer: Olbermann's mom? Ryan?
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    05/15/09

    In reply to New Orleans, America
    wow, a Clint mention on Gawker! an amazing musician, and very powerful photo. thanks, Cajun Boy.
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    05/15/09

    @eriatric: I just had to do it.
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