 Remember this guy?
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BALTIMORE — Like any new employee, Jack Abramoff is trying to keep a low profile — or as low a profile as a cause célèbre disgraced lobbyist and convicted felon can keep when news cameramen keep staking out his new workplace.
Mr. Abramoff started his new gig this week at Tov Pizza — “the best kosher pizza in town,” according to a catchy jingle that plays while callers are on hold.
He has so far stayed largely cloistered in a back office. He will work about 40 hours a week, said the owner, Ron Rosenbluth. He comes in around 10:30 a.m., leaves around 5:30 p.m., and wears a yarmulke to work, as many of the male customers and employees here do. He earns between $7.50 and $10 an hour (“or a little less than what he used to make”). He has been responsible, punctual, courteous. “He is not the monster he has been portrayed as,” Mr. Rosenbluth said.
Mr. Abramoff did not appear at the front of the restaraunt during a two-hour stretch late Wednesday afternoon as families walked in and out, having ordered slices, veggie burgers and baked ziti. There was, however, a chance sighting in a back office (he wore a red polo shirt and appeared to be reading something).
But of course, Mr. Abramoff stands out among the 18 people who work here. He is that Jack Abramoff, the former lobbying macher who pleaded guilty in 2006 to felony counts involving fraud, corruption and conspiracy, and served three and a half years at a minimum security prison camp in Cumberland, Md. He is now living at a nearby halfway house, which arranged for Mr. Abramoff’s employment here.
Uh-huh. Bridge for sale…over here.
It’s a ruse. He’s trying to appear desperate because he’s got millions stashed in a Swiss bank account.
Remember: Multiple witnesses said he was seen hosting Mohammed Atta on his gambling boat off the coast of Florida days before 9/11.
Abramoff is an insider. The planners of 9/11 would never hang him out to dry– lest he squeal.
http://911truth.tk
Yep, every criminal has his hidden stash, his treasure, his reassurance that he is smarter and better than anyone else. Just like Madoff and each member of his family. Not the same as the “FU” money that all rich people keep.
Just fulfilling the terms of his release and that sweet smell of freedom/pizza and access to phones that aren’t tapped.
Any odds on how long he stays in the USA after his release conditions are fulfilled?
“He is not the monster he has been portrayed as…”
Was he a monster?
OK, I know he was convicted of fraud and corruption. But I don’t think he raped any kids or killed puppies.
#3
Ever wonder why government is unable to understand or deal with problems?
In Washington the bad angel comes with cash as well as blandishments and rationalizations.
The really horrible thing about the modern world is that perverse outcomes are divided up into little bite size pieces so that a bunch of suits can go home happy at night. Each is content that they didn’t create the problem and their resistance would be futile anyway. Why fight the hopeless fight when getting by is so damn profitable?
If law enforcement is unable to put this guy away forever for his contribution to systemic corruption they should have had the decency to plant an ounce of crack on him. That would do the trick.
Organized crime was never even harmed. They were just shown that if you adopt capitalist legal structures, as opposed to traditional semi-feudal structures, modern western governments would happily look the other way.
Of course he was a monster. He murdered people’s retirement futures, their dreams, their hopes.
…speaking of which, isn’t Andrew Fastow coming up to the end of his (laughably short) prison time?
Terms up already? As former Chairman of the College Republicans he should have been given an additional 5 years for helping to produce the line of corrupt politicians that makes its way into Republican elections.
I lost count how many corrupt goons emerge from that petri dish.
Yes, Dallas. We all know your love is reserved for the product of the Illinois political machine which is well-known to be squeaky-clean and scrupulously honest. Excuse me. I want to go check on the Blago trial…
How much legislative influence can I get if I buy the entire pizza instead of just a slice?
I am guessing this demeaning job was a condition of his release.
He’s out in public, shouldn’t a terrorist of some sort be sniping?
The political dialectic:
Dallas posts a significant true fact, Maridopa responds with a knee jerk mirror image blaming the other party.
This would be fine if such exchanges did not obscure the fact that the Repugs are objectively corrupt in their STATED GOALS. At least the Dems have the common decency to lie to us and shove a few crumbs our way.
Silly Hoomans
This big shot of the pizza joint reminds me of the Web cartoon Sluggy Freelance.
At one point, the disgraced HeretiCorp bad guys (and bad frogs) are lying low but are working at a HeretiCorp pizza joint, crowned with the HeretiCorp logo. Very funny…
#12 Bobbo – What your citing is Repugs have no shame in denial and hypocrisy.
That denial and hypocrisy is packaged and delivered in consumables for the sheep to eat.
The difference is some Republisheep know it’s a lie but most don’t.