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Octafish

(55,745 posts)
Tue Sep 11, 2012, 09:22 AM Sep 2012

Gov. Don Siegelman returns to prison today. Meanwhile, the real crooks run free. [View all]



Siegelman made the mistake of being an honest Democrat in an age of warmongers. The scum of the earth "money trumps peace" crowd.



The Pork Barrel World of Judge Mark Fuller

by Scott Horton
Harpers

EXCERPT...

The recusal motion rested upon details about Fuller’s personal business interests. On February 22, 2007, defense attorneys obtained information that Judge Fuller held a controlling 43.75% interest in government contractor Doss Aviation, Inc. After investigating these claims for over a month, the attorneys filed a motion for Fuller’s recusal on April 18, 2007. The motion stated that Fuller’s total stake in Doss Aviation was worth between $1-5 million, and that Fuller’s income from his stock for 2004 was between $100,001 and $1 million dollars.

In other words, Judge Fuller likely made more from his business income, derived from U.S. Government contracts, than as a judge. Fuller is shown on one filing as President of the principal business, Doss Aviation, and his address is shown as One Church Street, Montgomery, Alabama, the address of the Frank M. Johnson Federal Courthouse, in which his chambers are located.

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http://www.harpers.org/archive/2007/08/hbc-90000762



Doss Aviation is huge. And it's still just the tip of the dirty BFEE iceberg.
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President Obama: Please pardon this man! CanonRay Sep 2012 #1
Please do, CanonRay. Prison can be deadly for the innocent. Octafish Sep 2012 #2
I'm sorry to say I knew nothing of this ryan_cats Sep 2012 #4
Here's an excellent summary... Octafish Sep 2012 #7
Thank you for keeping this story alive. We should not stop until this innocent man is sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #17
Thank you, sabrina1! Absolutely agree we should not stop until Justice is restored. Octafish Sep 2012 #20
Thank you, I've seen that many Republicans have joined in the effort to end this sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #21
Maybe we should all sign the change.org petition red dog 1 Sep 2012 #13
I have signed that but thanks for posting it again. sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #18
K & R no_hypocrisy Sep 2012 #3
On the Siegelman Scandal, Rove Offers a Very Suspicious Non-Denial Denial Octafish Sep 2012 #5
Don Siegelman interviewed this morning by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now no_hypocrisy Sep 2012 #6
Thank you, no_hypocrisy. It's on the monitor now... Octafish Sep 2012 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2012 #9
Excellent question, AnotherMcIntosh. Octafish Sep 2012 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2012 #11
One of my most favorite of subjects... Octafish Sep 2012 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2012 #16
Here is a link to the petition to President Obama to grant Siegelman a pardon red dog 1 Sep 2012 #12
Thank you, red dog 1! Here's background on why we should give a damn about Gov. Siegelman... Octafish Sep 2012 #14
The roots of corruption go deep in our government and society. LongTomH Sep 2012 #19
Thanks for this info red dog 1 Sep 2012 #23
kr HiPointDem Sep 2012 #22
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