Tom DeLay

[Crapshoot]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/07/delay.ethics/index.html

Ethical genius eh ? The FAA part is particularly ridiculous..

[stevew]

Have we somehow, as a fofc society, lost the ability to cut and paste articles anymore?

[Crapshoot]

meh- its cnn - not troutinrectum.com...

[rkmsuf]

Here you go

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HOUSA ETHICS COMITE ADMONISH3S DELAY AGANE
FROM CN CONGR3SIONAL PRODUCER T3D BAR3T
THURSDAY OC2BR 7 204 POSTED 242 M 3DT (0642 GMT)



DELAY SAYS ATAKS AGANEST HIM HAEV FALEN SHORT NOT B/C OF INSUFICEINT VENOM BUT B/C OF INSUFICEINT MARIT11!!1!! WTF LOL



WASHNG2N (CN) - FOR TEH S3COND TIEM IN TWO WEKS TEH HOUSA 3THICS COMITE HAS ISU3D ADMONISHMANTS 2 MAJORITY LAAEDR 2M DELAY OVAR HIS CONDUCT WARNNG DA T3XAS R3PUBLICAN 2 TEMP3R HIS FUTURA ACTIONS 2 COMPLY WIT HOUSA RUL3S AND STANDARDS OF TEH!!!1!!! OMG WTF COMITE ANOUNCED W3DNASDAY EVENNG TAHT IT HAD UNANIMOUSLY ADMONISHAD DALAY ON TWO COUNTS OF AN ETHICS COMPLANET FIELD AGANEST HIM BY REP!!!!1!1! OMG WTF LOL CHRIS BL A TAXAS DEMOCRAT WHO LOST HIS R3-ALECTION BID AFTAR T3XAS LEGISLA2RS PASED A REDISTRICTNG PLAN ENGIEN3R3D BY TEH NO1111 WTF LOL 2 HOUS3 RAPUBLICAN

ONE!!1!1 OMG WTF OF WEDNASDAYS ADMONISHMANTS STAM3D FROM A FUND-RASEER DALAY HOST3D FOR ANERGY COMPANY OFICIALS WHIEL CONGRAS WAS CONSIEDRNG MAJOR ANERGY LEGISLATION!111 OMG WTF LOL DA OTHAR CONC3RNAD CONTACTS HIS OFIEC HAD WIT DA FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION DURNG A PARTISAN FIGHT OV3R R3DISTRICTNG IN TEH!11!! OMG WTF LOL COMITE DEFERED ACTION ON A THIRD COUNT IN TEH COMPLANET - ALEGNG FUND-RASENG IR3GULARITEIS IN DELAYS POLITICAL ACTION COMITE BAK IN TAXAS - B/C OF AN ONGONG STAET CRIMINAL INV3STIGATION

DELAY1!1!1!! OMG RELAAESD A STAETMANT SAYNG H3 WUD ACEPT TEH COMITES GUIDANCE!1111!1! WTF BUT H3 ALSO ACUSED BL OF MANIPULATNG TEH ETHICS PROCAS IN PURSUIT OF HIS PERSONAL V3NDATA

FOR!!11! OMG LOL YEARS D3MOCRATS HAEV HURL3D R3L3NTLES P3RSONAL ATAKS AT ME HOPNG 2 TEI MAH HANDS AND SMAAR MAH NME H3 SADE!1111!! WTF LOL AL HAEV FALAN SHORT NOT B/C OF INSUFICEINT VENOM BUT B/C OF INSUFICEINT WIT!!!1!! DA ADMONISHMANTS WHICH CARY NO P3NALTY TEH 3THICS COMITE SADE IT WUD TAEK NO FURTHER ACTION ON THOSA TWO COUNTS IN BLS COMPLANET!!!111 WTF IN HIS STAETM3NT DALAY SADE TEH COMITES DECISION MOUNTED 2 DISMISNG MR11!1! BLS 3MBLISHED AL3GATIONS WIT BIPARTISAN DA!1!!!1!1 COMITE ALSO SADE IT FOUND NO AVIEDNCA 2 SUPORT TEH ALEGATION IN BLS COMPLANET TAHT WESTAR 3NARGY INC11!1111! OMG WTF GAEV $2500 2 DELAYS PAC 2 INFLUANCE 3NERGY L3GISLATION FINDNG TAHT HA 2K NO ACTION WIT RAGARD 2 WESTAR TAHT WUD CONSTITUTA AN IMPERMISIBLA SPECIAL FAVOR

LAST!1!! WTF LOL WEK DELAY WAS ALSO ADMONISHED BY DA COMITE ON ANOTHAR COMPLANET RELAETD 2 A PROMIES DALAY MAED 2 A FELOW GOP HOUSE MEMBR 2 ENDORSE HIS SONS BID FOR CONGRES IN R3TURN FOR TEH LAWMAEKRS VOT3 FOR DA R PRESCRIPTION DRUG BIL

THRE!!1! OMG WTF ADMONISHM3NTS IN A WEK IS PRETY S3RIOUS A DEMOCRATIC L3AEDRSHIP ADEE SADE1!!1 LOL HE CANT SAY ITS PARTISAN B/C ITS A BIPARTISAN COMITE

IN1!11!1!! LOL A REPORT RELEAESD LAET W3DNASDAY TEH COMITE RASE3D OBJECTIONS 2 A JUN3 202 GOLF RESORT FUND-RASE3R FOR D3LAYS LEAEDRSHIP PAC ATENDAD BY 3NERGY COMPANY OFICIALS WHICH 2K PLAEC AS HOUSE AND S3NAET CONF3RES WER3 ABOUT 2 HASH OUT 3NARGY LEGISLATION

IN11!!11!! WTF LOL A LETER 2 DALAY DA COMITE SADE TEH FUND-RASEER CRAAETD AN IMPROPER AP3ARANC3!111!1 OMG WTF IT ALSO QUOTED ONE OF DA ATENDES AS TELNG DA COMITE TAHT DALAY ASKED DA GROUP 2 ADVIES HIM OF ANY INT3REST WE HAD IN TEH EN3RGY TEH1!!!!!11 LETER NOT3D TAHT D3LAY 2LD DA ATHICS PAENL TAHT HA DID NOT REMAMBR MAKNG SUCH A REMARK AND TAHT IT WUD HAEV B3N UNTYPICAL FOR HIM 2 MAEK SUCH A COM3NT AT A FUND-RASE3R!!111!1! WTF LOL HOWEV3R DA COMITE SADE DA ENTIER CIRCUMSTANCAS OF DA FUND-RASEAR LAD 2 DA UNANIMOUS CONCLUSION TAHT IT MOUNT3D 2 AN APAARANCE OF TEH1!!1 OMG LOL COMITE ALSO UNANIMOUSLY FOUND TAHT DALAYS OFIEC IMPROPERLY CONTACT3D DA F3DERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION IN MAY 203 2 TRAK A PLAEN CARYNG TEXAS DEMOCRATIC L3GISLA2RS WHO HAD FL3D TEH STAET TWO THWART DA R3PUBLICAN PLAN 2 REDRAW DA STAETS CONGRESIONAL DISTRICT TEH!11!!!! OMG LOL ETHICS COMITE SADE TEH CONTACTS WIT TEH FA MOUNT3D 2 AN IMPROPER USE OF GOV3RNM3NTAL RESOURCES FOR A POLITICAL UNDERTAKNG DISMISNG AS UNPERSUASIEV D3LAYS ARGUMANTS TAHT TEH CONTACTS WERE DA!!1!!!!1 COMITE PUT OF ACTION ON A THIRD COUNT IN DA COMPLANET WHICH CHARG3S TAHT D3LAY THROUGH HIS PAC IN TEXAS FUN3L3D CORPORAET CONTRIBUTIONS 2 CANDIDAETS FOR STAET OFIEC!!!111 THRE PEOPL3 ASOCIAETD WIT DA PAC T3XANS FOR A RAPUBLICAN MAJORITY W3R3 INDICTED IN TAXAS LAST MONTH ON MONEY LAUNDERNG CHARG3S


1!1!! WTF LOL

[Subby]

FireFox has a cool extension called "copy as plain text" - makes copying and pasting web-based news easier and less messy.

House Ethics Committee admonishes DeLay again

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- For the second time in two weeks, the House Ethics Committee has issued admonishments to Majority Leader Tom DeLay over his conduct, warning the Texas Republican to "temper" his future actions to comply with House rules and standards of conduct.

The committee announced Wednesday evening that it had unanimously admonished DeLay on two counts of an ethics complaint filed against him by Rep. Chris Bell, a Texas Democrat who lost his re-election bid after Texas legislators passed a redistricting plan engineered by the No. 2 House Republican.

One of Wednesday's admonishments stemmed from a fund-raiser DeLay hosted for energy company officials while Congress was considering major energy legislation. The other concerned contacts his office had with the Federal Aviation Administration during a partisan fight over redistricting in Texas.

The committee deferred action on a third count in the complaint -- alleging fund-raising irregularities in DeLay's political action committee back in Texas -- because of an ongoing state criminal investigation.

DeLay released a statement saying he would "accept the committee's guidance." But he also accused Bell of "manipulating the ethics process in pursuit of his personal vendetta."

"For years, Democrats have hurled relentless personal attacks at me, hoping to tie my hands and smear my name," he said. "All have fallen short, not because of insufficient venom but because of insufficient merit."

With the admonishments, which carry no penalty, the ethics committee said it would take no further action on those two counts in Bell's complaint. In his statement, DeLay said the committee's decision amounted to "dismissing Mr. Bell's embellished allegations with bipartisan unanimity."

The committee also said it found no evidence to support the allegation in Bell's complaint that Westar Energy Inc. gave $25,000 to DeLay's PAC to influence energy legislation, finding that he took no action with regard to Westar "that would constitute an impermissible special favor."

Last week, DeLay was also admonished by the committee on another complaint, related to a promise DeLay made to a fellow GOP House member to endorse his son's bid for Congress in return for the lawmaker's vote for the Medicare prescription drug bill.

"Three admonishments in a week is pretty serious," a Democratic leadership aide said. "He can't say it's partisan because it's a bipartisan committee."

In a report released late Wednesday, the committee raised objections to a June 2002 golf resort fund-raiser for DeLay's leadership PAC attended by energy company officials, which took place as House and Senate conferees were about to hash out energy legislation.

In a letter to DeLay, the committee said the fund-raiser created an "improper appearance." It also quoted one of the attendees as telling the committee that DeLay asked the group "to advise him of any interest we had" in the energy bill.

The letter noted that DeLay told the ethics panel that he did not remember making such a remark and that it would have been untypical for him to make such a comment at a fund-raiser. However, the committee said the entire circumstances of the fund-raiser led to the unanimous conclusion that it amounted to an appearance of impropriety.

The committee also unanimously found that DeLay's office improperly contacted the Federal Aviation Administration in May 2003 to track a plane carrying Texas Democratic legislators, who had fled the state two thwart the Republican plan to redraw the state's congressional district map.

The ethics committee said the contacts with the FAA amounted to an improper use of governmental resources for a political undertaking, dismissing as "unpersuasive" DeLay's arguments that the contacts were proper.

The committee put off action on a third count in the complaint, which charges that DeLay, through his PAC in Texas, funneled corporate contributions to candidates for state office. Three people associated with the PAC, Texans for a Republican Majority, were indicted in Texas last month on money laundering charges.

[Vegas Vic]

Sounds like much ado about nothing.

It's not like he lied about having an affair.

[flere-imsaho]

Is anyone else having 1994 flashbacks?

[Blax]

Here you go

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HOUSA ETHICS COMITE ADMONISH3S DELAY AGANE
FROM CN CONGR3SIONAL PRODUCER T3D BAR3T
THURSDAY OC2BR 7 204 POSTED 242 M 3DT (0642 GMT)



DELAY SAYS ATAKS AGANEST HIM HAEV FALEN SHORT NOT B/C OF INSUFICEINT VENOM BUT B/C OF INSUFICEINT MARIT11!!1!! WTF LOL



WASHNG2N (CN) - FOR TEH S3COND TIEM IN TWO WEKS TEH HOUSA 3THICS COMITE HAS ISU3D ADMONISHMANTS 2 MAJORITY LAAEDR 2M DELAY OVAR HIS CONDUCT WARNNG DA T3XAS R3PUBLICAN 2 TEMP3R HIS FUTURA ACTIONS 2 COMPLY WIT HOUSA RUL3S AND STANDARDS OF TEH!!!1!!! OMG WTF COMITE ANOUNCED W3DNASDAY EVENNG TAHT IT HAD UNANIMOUSLY ADMONISHAD DALAY ON TWO COUNTS OF AN ETHICS COMPLANET FIELD AGANEST HIM BY REP!!!!1!1! OMG WTF LOL CHRIS BL A TAXAS DEMOCRAT WHO LOST HIS R3-ALECTION BID AFTAR T3XAS LEGISLA2RS PASED A REDISTRICTNG PLAN ENGIEN3R3D BY TEH NO1111 WTF LOL 2 HOUS3 RAPUBLICAN

ONE!!1!1 OMG WTF OF WEDNASDAYS ADMONISHMANTS STAM3D FROM A FUND-RASEER DALAY HOST3D FOR ANERGY COMPANY OFICIALS WHIEL CONGRAS WAS CONSIEDRNG MAJOR ANERGY LEGISLATION!111 OMG WTF LOL DA OTHAR CONC3RNAD CONTACTS HIS OFIEC HAD WIT DA FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION DURNG A PARTISAN FIGHT OV3R R3DISTRICTNG IN TEH!11!! OMG WTF LOL COMITE DEFERED ACTION ON A THIRD COUNT IN TEH COMPLANET - ALEGNG FUND-RASENG IR3GULARITEIS IN DELAYS POLITICAL ACTION COMITE BAK IN TAXAS - B/C OF AN ONGONG STAET CRIMINAL INV3STIGATION

DELAY1!1!1!! OMG RELAAESD A STAETMANT SAYNG H3 WUD ACEPT TEH COMITES GUIDANCE!1111!1! WTF BUT H3 ALSO ACUSED BL OF MANIPULATNG TEH ETHICS PROCAS IN PURSUIT OF HIS PERSONAL V3NDATA

FOR!!11! OMG LOL YEARS D3MOCRATS HAEV HURL3D R3L3NTLES P3RSONAL ATAKS AT ME HOPNG 2 TEI MAH HANDS AND SMAAR MAH NME H3 SADE!1111!! WTF LOL AL HAEV FALAN SHORT NOT B/C OF INSUFICEINT VENOM BUT B/C OF INSUFICEINT WIT!!!1!! DA ADMONISHMANTS WHICH CARY NO P3NALTY TEH 3THICS COMITE SADE IT WUD TAEK NO FURTHER ACTION ON THOSA TWO COUNTS IN BLS COMPLANET!!!111 WTF IN HIS STAETM3NT DALAY SADE TEH COMITES DECISION MOUNTED 2 DISMISNG MR11!1! BLS 3MBLISHED AL3GATIONS WIT BIPARTISAN DA!1!!!1!1 COMITE ALSO SADE IT FOUND NO AVIEDNCA 2 SUPORT TEH ALEGATION IN BLS COMPLANET TAHT WESTAR 3NARGY INC11!1111! OMG WTF GAEV $2500 2 DELAYS PAC 2 INFLUANCE 3NERGY L3GISLATION FINDNG TAHT HA 2K NO ACTION WIT RAGARD 2 WESTAR TAHT WUD CONSTITUTA AN IMPERMISIBLA SPECIAL FAVOR

LAST!1!! WTF LOL WEK DELAY WAS ALSO ADMONISHED BY DA COMITE ON ANOTHAR COMPLANET RELAETD 2 A PROMIES DALAY MAED 2 A FELOW GOP HOUSE MEMBR 2 ENDORSE HIS SONS BID FOR CONGRES IN R3TURN FOR TEH LAWMAEKRS VOT3 FOR DA R PRESCRIPTION DRUG BIL

THRE!!1! OMG WTF ADMONISHM3NTS IN A WEK IS PRETY S3RIOUS A DEMOCRATIC L3AEDRSHIP ADEE SADE1!!1 LOL HE CANT SAY ITS PARTISAN B/C ITS A BIPARTISAN COMITE

IN1!11!1!! LOL A REPORT RELEAESD LAET W3DNASDAY TEH COMITE RASE3D OBJECTIONS 2 A JUN3 202 GOLF RESORT FUND-RASE3R FOR D3LAYS LEAEDRSHIP PAC ATENDAD BY 3NERGY COMPANY OFICIALS WHICH 2K PLAEC AS HOUSE AND S3NAET CONF3RES WER3 ABOUT 2 HASH OUT 3NARGY LEGISLATION

IN11!!11!! WTF LOL A LETER 2 DALAY DA COMITE SADE TEH FUND-RASEER CRAAETD AN IMPROPER AP3ARANC3!111!1 OMG WTF IT ALSO QUOTED ONE OF DA ATENDES AS TELNG DA COMITE TAHT DALAY ASKED DA GROUP 2 ADVIES HIM OF ANY INT3REST WE HAD IN TEH EN3RGY TEH1!!!!!11 LETER NOT3D TAHT D3LAY 2LD DA ATHICS PAENL TAHT HA DID NOT REMAMBR MAKNG SUCH A REMARK AND TAHT IT WUD HAEV B3N UNTYPICAL FOR HIM 2 MAEK SUCH A COM3NT AT A FUND-RASE3R!!111!1! WTF LOL HOWEV3R DA COMITE SADE DA ENTIER CIRCUMSTANCAS OF DA FUND-RASEAR LAD 2 DA UNANIMOUS CONCLUSION TAHT IT MOUNT3D 2 AN APAARANCE OF TEH1!!1 OMG LOL COMITE ALSO UNANIMOUSLY FOUND TAHT DALAYS OFIEC IMPROPERLY CONTACT3D DA F3DERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION IN MAY 203 2 TRAK A PLAEN CARYNG TEXAS DEMOCRATIC L3GISLA2RS WHO HAD FL3D TEH STAET TWO THWART DA R3PUBLICAN PLAN 2 REDRAW DA STAETS CONGRESIONAL DISTRICT TEH!11!!!! OMG LOL ETHICS COMITE SADE TEH CONTACTS WIT TEH FA MOUNT3D 2 AN IMPROPER USE OF GOV3RNM3NTAL RESOURCES FOR A POLITICAL UNDERTAKNG DISMISNG AS UNPERSUASIEV D3LAYS ARGUMANTS TAHT TEH CONTACTS WERE DA!!1!!!!1 COMITE PUT OF ACTION ON A THIRD COUNT IN DA COMPLANET WHICH CHARG3S TAHT D3LAY THROUGH HIS PAC IN TEXAS FUN3L3D CORPORAET CONTRIBUTIONS 2 CANDIDAETS FOR STAET OFIEC!!!111 THRE PEOPL3 ASOCIAETD WIT DA PAC T3XANS FOR A RAPUBLICAN MAJORITY W3R3 INDICTED IN TAXAS LAST MONTH ON MONEY LAUNDERNG CHARG3S


1!1!! WTF LOL

ROFLMAO! (I guess nobody else tried to read through it.)

[miked]

I hear he is an importer/exporter

[rkmsuf]

What does he import, diapers?

[Glengoyne]

I don't even have to click on the link to pile on and say DeLay is one of the sleaziest bastards in Washington. He has done more to rollback the advances made in Newt Gingrich's contract with America, than any other member in the House.

[lcjjdnh]

What does he import, diapers?
Just a stupid question, this seems like it's from a movie/TV show but I can't think of which one. It may have just been your own quote but if it is from a movie, which one?

[Chubby]

I hear he is an importer/exporter
He founded Van DeLay Enterprises after all...

[rkmsuf]

Just a stupid question, this seems like it's from a movie/TV show but I can't think of which one. It may have just been your own quote but if it is from a movie, which one?

Seinfeld...George makes up a story to Susan about an import/exporter. He gives multiple things he deals in...matches, chips...

[rkmsuf]

He founded Van DeLay Enterprises after all...

Wouldn't he be in latex then?

edit - actually I think George uses Art Vandelay as the import/exporter.

[Chubby]

Wouldn't he be in latex then?
Im sure it's just that those photos haven't come out yet

[Chubby]

Wouldn't he be in latex then?

edit - actually I think George uses Art Vandelay as the import/exporter.
Tom's friends call him Art :D

[miked]

TomDelay industries...

He is many things. A fictional character made up by George to cover his date with Marissa Tomei (importer/exporter), a latex company to cover unemployment, George himself as an architect, somebody Jerry is visiting when he needs an excuse to see a lady...and I'm sure many more.

[Radii]

ROFLMAO! (I guess nobody else tried to read through it.)

I could read the whole thing :(

[lcjjdnh]

Alright thanks guys, I should have recognized that one, can't believe I missed the that reference.