Comments on: No more free meals http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/05/30/no_more_free_meals/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:05:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gunner http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/05/30/no_more_free_meals/comment-page-1/#comment-15862 gunner Mon, 30 May 2005 19:01:47 +0000 /?p=5676#comment-15862 I do respect the fact that he sent the email TWO weeks ago before the troubles in the legislature. The company was not to set up Ford alone. They made it big and and threw out some crumbs. They then simply waited to see who would bite. Ford and others bit. I do respect the fact that he sent the email TWO weeks ago before the troubles in the legislature.

The company was not to set up Ford alone. They made it big and and threw out some crumbs. They then simply waited to see who would bite. Ford and others bit.

]]> By: hellbent http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/05/30/no_more_free_meals/comment-page-1/#comment-15861 hellbent Mon, 30 May 2005 18:49:35 +0000 /?p=5676#comment-15861 In 2004, lobbyists reported $249,000 in donations to state legislators. PACs reported $4,950,000 in donations. Individual donations likely exceeded $10,000,000. The main difference between the sting and what normally goes in is that in the sting, the bribe payers didn't have to worry about getting caught. Was it really so hard take down John Ford that they had to go to all the trouble of creating a fake company? In 2004, lobbyists reported $249,000 in donations to state legislators. PACs reported $4,950,000 in donations. Individual donations likely exceeded $10,000,000.

The main difference between the sting and what normally goes in is that in the sting, the bribe payers didn’t have to worry about getting caught.

Was it really so hard take down John Ford that they had to go to all the trouble of creating a fake company?

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