Texas tribe names Abramoff, Reed in civil suit

[burythehatchet]

Texas tribe names Abramoff, Reed in civil suit
First federal civil suit filed in influence peddling scandal

By Joel Seidman
Producer
NBC News
Updated: 2:06 p.m. ET July 12, 2006

WASHINGTON - A Texas Native American tribe filed suit Wednesday alleging that ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed and their associates engaged in fraud and racketeering to shut down the tribe’s casino.

The Alabama-Coushatta tribe, which contributed $50,000 to Jack Abramoff's non-profit, the Capitol Athletic Foundation (CAF), filed the first civil lawsuit in federal court in the influence peddling scandal, in Austin, Texas.

The lawsuit alleges Abramoff, former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed and their associates engaged in fraud and racketeering to shut down the tribe's casino and alleges the defendants defrauded the tribe, the people of Texas and the Legislature to benefit another of Abramoff’s clients — the Louisiana Coushatta tribe — and “line their pockets with money.”

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Praise the lord and pass the chips could this get any sweeter? Next Tuesday GA republicans will choose between Ralphie Boy and Casey Cagle (named after the famous vaginal toning exercise). Heads we win Tails we win.Now, if this case gets some timely attention, there is a connection between the Indian tribe scams, the money laundering and shenanigans in Ohio, and the funnelling of that money to The BUSH/CHENEY campaign And I wonder where all the money spent on fixing Ohio came from...

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WHY hasn't there been more discussion of the hundreds of millions of tribe funds that have remained unpaid by the US Govt. Doesn't this deserve some investigation?

In a fantasy world good lawyers will tie up all the loose ends (loose change) and unravel the greatest scandal in the history of this country. But *sigh* we'll take anything.

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[Redstone]

1. Just so they could have a casino. None of those old Indian concepts of

protecting the Land, eh?

"Fuck the Land. All we want to do is build a casino on it."

That's the attitude these days. Makes me ashamed to say I'm and Indian, it does.

Redstone

[burythehatchet]

2. Well I cut them a lot more slack

Any peoples who have been subject to such genocide are lucky to have survivors. All the hundreds of millions of dollars that the government owes them. They have been holding it for decades. Take a look at what that money, invested at a conservative return, would make every native wealthy. So who's going to benefit from that money?

The casino crap started because of the abject poverty on the reservations. And when you have a sudden flow of dollars into a society that has had no experience in transacting in the ways of the European man, you're going to have some sharks move in. They know how to make and steal money. (correct me if I'm wrong, that's my impression)

[Redstone]

4. I'd not accept one dollar if my tribe were still viable. Not one.

Thos goombahs are the movers & shakers in the "Indian" casino business, and they're the ones who make the real money.

I am not kidding. I'd not be party to that, no matter how much it might make for me personally.

There are some things that are not for sale.

Redstone

[Bobbieo]

3. Redstone - Yes!!! That was the idea behind the Abramofff deal