Indiana official advised Scott Walker to stage phony attack

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http://thinkprogress.org/?p=152931


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During the intense public battle with public employee unions last month, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) received an intriguing email from an admirer claiming to be a deputy prosecutor from Indiana. The email suggested that Walker should fake an attack on himself, in order to create sympathy for his cause and damage the reputation of the unions. The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism has the email: (click link to see email).


The e-mail was signed by “Carlos F. Lam.” WCIJ did some digging and discovered that indeed, there is a Carlos F. Lam who is a GOP public official in Indiana. He is a deputy prosecutor in Johnson County, Indiana — which is the same area the e-mail was sent from, according to its IP information. Lam also has a history of anti-union comments online: he’s written that Indiana is “an unsustainable public worker gravy train bubble.” In another, he said “unions & companies that feed at the gov’t trough will fight tooth & nail against anything that un-feathers their nests."













Showing 190 comments Sort by Popular nowBest ratingNewest firstOldest first3 new comments were just posted. Show PattyToday 05:10 PM
Again, you will hear NOTHING about this on MSM. Maybe Rachel and Ed will bring it up. But CNN and Faux? Nah.....This is an obvious case of Walker and his goons putting his citizens in danger for political points. Recall him. 16 people liked this. Like Reply
OnyxcatToday 05:20 PMin reply to Patty
I have to agree. Currently, its not haft past 5 PM here, and Chris has said nothing. All his program is so far is Libya. 6 people liked this. Like Reply
MrDuckworth52 minutes agoin reply to Onyxcat
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Belac50 minutes agoin reply to MrDuckworth
Proof:
According to the Johnson County Prosecutor's office, Lam has admitted that he wrote the email and resigned his post.

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Pilotshark48 minutes agoin reply to Belac
LOL

well if the cult troll can not understand a birth certificate then how in the heck will they be able to understand more facts. 3 people liked this. Like Reply
AConnecticutYankee49 minutes agoin reply to MrDuckworth
hey retard,
direct from the horse's mouth
http://www.salon.com/news/poli...

by the way, this piece of crap ought to be in jail. 4 people liked this. Like Reply
idrinkthere4iam48 minutes agoin reply to MrDuckworth
Did you read the above story, Duckbutt? Carlos Lamm emailed the gov with this suggestion. Republicans are scum and you are pondscum for defending these creeps.
Buy Union Made! 7 people liked this. Like Reply
Austininc448 minutes agoin reply to MrDuckworth
According to the Johnson County Prosecutor's office, Lam has admitted that he wrote the email and resigned his post.

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Is that proof enough for Dumb A$$? 4 people liked this. Like Reply
zxbe47 minutes agoin reply to MrDuckworth
ROFL. A troll asking for proof.
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idrinkthere4iam44 minutes agoin reply to MrDuckworth
Hey Duckbutt. Do you see why you are not taken seriously on this site? Presented with facts you still choose to take the contrary position. When you lie once, then forever after, everthing you say is taken with skepisim. Works that way in life too! 3 people liked this. Like Reply
FactsLeanLeft34 minutes agoin reply to MrDuckworth
Larry Craig was set up? Is that why he's gone?

You're a liar and an apologist for lawless, immoral behavior, Ducksh1t. 3 people liked this. Like Reply
shamsky249 minutes agoin reply to MrDuckworth
He's already admitted it and resigned, dumbfuck. Innocent people don't confess to stuff like this -- and that includes rest room perv Larry Craig. 2 people liked this. Like Reply
JustADumbFireman8 minutes agoin reply to MrDuckworth
" According to the Johnson County Prosecutor's office, Lam has admitted that he wrote the email and resigned his post"

There you go, Mr. Duckwaste. 1 person liked this. Like Reply
FROMNORTHCAROLINAToday 05:56 PMin reply to Patty
Patty I guess this is where those 22 shell came from that they found spread over the lawn at the Capitol 4 people liked this. Like Reply
blogbobToday 06:26 PMin reply to Patty
To be fair, this article says nothing about the Walker response to the email. If this was after the punked phone call I would imagine that whatever Scotty's reaction to the email shown in the piece, he would not share his opinions with his colleagues for fear of having anything he said recorded and/or revealed in the media.

That having been said, Mr. Walker admitted that he "considered" sending Agent Provacateurs into the opposition crowd in Madison to "cause trouble," and only rejected the idea for fear that violence in Madison would lead his supporters to press him to negotiate instead of standing firm. NOT because such an idea is morally reprehensible and a risk to the health and safety of the citizens of Wisconsin. So I would not put it past Scotty to consider--at least for a moment--a false flag attack on him to garner sympathy and condemnation of his opposition. But I imagine the way he is already boldly entering the Capitol through tunnels and going to the farthest corners of the state every time there is a rally in Madison, that Scotty would never let someone hit him or shoot in his general direction, even with blanks. 2 people liked this. Like Reply
minerva35 minutes agoin reply to blogbob
Well, one does have to remember the .22 guage shells seeded near 2 doors of the capital and the alleged but yet to be substanciated death threats to numerous Senators, seems to me to be of the same "flagship" source. I guess I got a little Missouri "ShowMe" runnin' in my blood at this point. I won't believe a word they say till proof in hand. Like Reply
JustADumbFireman4 minutes agoin reply to blogbob
It does testify to the crooked ethics of GOPers, though. Like Reply
FactsLeanLeft2 minutes agoin reply to JustADumbFireman
Nobody denies that the GOP is a crime organization. Like Reply
HeublerToday 05:10 PM
"He said he plans to file a police report about the matter this week."

Please follow up, TP. See if he actually files a police report, and if not, ask him why not. 12 people liked this. Like Reply
OnyxcatToday 05:21 PMin reply to Heubler
Are not IPs solely for a single computer? Sorry, not that much knowledgable about computers. 1 person liked this. Like Reply
Liberty_LoverToday 05:28 PMin reply to Onyxcat
Yeah, but I think he is saying that someone used his computer that wasn't him.

Someone, snuck into his office and sat down at his computer and typed out a message to Walker just to make Lam look bad. Yep, that's the ticket.

OTOH, it could have been one of his staffers. 6 people liked this. Like Reply
TheWW1FlyingAceToday 05:48 PMin reply to Liberty_Lover
Sooooo, he has no password on his government provided computer? Sounds like a security breach to me. Shouldn't he be fired for compromising the security of his office by not having a password? Or what if he does have one, but he gave it out to someone else? Still all fireable offenses... 3 people liked this. Like Reply
PilotsharkToday 05:49 PMin reply to TheWW1FlyingAce
so true if noting else this would expose a very lacking IT department. 1 person liked this. Like Reply
blogbobToday 06:28 PMin reply to TheWW1FlyingAce
Bigger question, he uses Hotmail for his government correspondence? 1 person liked this. Like Reply
olepi31 minutes agoin reply to blogbob
You know that during the Bush presidency, there was a concerted effort to funnel most of the emails through private accounts, with the RNC mainly. Each staffer got two laptops, the gvt one, and the partisan one.

The FBI should immediately impound all emails and accounts. 3 people liked this. Like
JustADumbFireman6 seconds agoin reply to blogbob
He learned that trick from Sarah and Toad. Like
PilotsharkToday 05:32 PMin reply to Onyxcat
well thats a MAC address. IP`s can change Like Reply
KrissyToday 05:33 PMin reply to Onyxcat
Ony there are quite a few programs out there that send false IP's out at the speed of 1000's a second so IP's are not totally reliable...

http://www.peerblock.com/2 people liked this. Like Reply
sonofcageyToday 05:35 PMin reply to Onyxcat
If you are on a network, any available IP can be assigned to any particualr computer, as long as you have administrator access and know what you are doing. 2 people liked this. Like Reply
JustADumbFireman1 minute agoin reply to Heubler
I don't see why he wouldn't. He'll have plenty of time on his hands since he resigned after admitting that he sent the email.

What a dumb sh1t. Giving up a well-paying job he didn't deserve. Fool. Like Reply
Austininc4Today 05:10 PM
Typical of Republicans:Liars, Crooks, Thugs totally dishonest to the core. And we wonder why America is on the decline.

Al Qaeda and the Taliban can take a vacation, American Taliban formerly known as the Republican Party will destroy America for them. 12 people liked this. Like Reply
ElaineMayToday 05:11 PM
Lam claimed he didn't write the email: " He said he was minivan-shopping with his family when the email was sent."

Sure.

"Updated 3:59 p.m. Carlos Lam has admitted writing the email and resigned as deputy prosecutor of Johnson County, according to a statement from the Johnson County Prosecutor."

http://www.wisconsinwatch.org/...14 people liked this. Like Reply
BiotToday 05:12 PMin reply to ElaineMay
Wow. That is the quickest turnaround from breaking the news to having the guy step out of his job that I have seen. 5 people liked this. Like Reply
OnyxcatToday 05:24 PMin reply to Biot
This is because of investigating. Good investigating, not something like that O'Keefe person. The paper in WI are the winners in this. 6 people liked this. Like Reply
KrissyToday 05:35 PMin reply to ElaineMay
Wow, that was fast, they must've had the goods on him or he would never had admitted that.... 7 people liked this. Like Reply
peteToday 05:43 PMin reply to ElaineMay
I wonder which sites he trolls. 4 people liked this. Like Reply
blogbob59 minutes agoin reply to pete
He must be Mr. Alphabet. 1 person liked this. Like Reply
zxbeToday 05:11 PM
Anyone remember the movie Bob Roberts with Tim Robbins?
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Amanda LangToday 05:18 PMin reply to zxbe
Wow, good comparison. Like Reply
zxbeToday 05:27 PMin reply to Amanda Lang
Thanks! Like Reply
mhandrhToday 05:52 PMin reply to zxbe
For those who haven't seen the prescient movie:

The story shows how an evil man can utilize right wing themes and hot button issues to gain real power and influence the direction of this country. Robbins is great as the right wing, racist, Senatorial candidate. The sad thing is, you can see how easy it is for this horrible man to manipulate the media into getting him elected. By using good looks and off hand remarks candidates are able to steer elections in the direction they want them to go.
The media is dazzled by fluff and sound bites, they turn a deaf ear to real issues.

Excerpted from IMDB 6 people liked this. Like Reply
tombaker1Today 05:52 PMin reply to mhandrh
and he has a motorcycle,

just like mitch daniels!!! 5 people liked this. Like Reply
CletisToday 05:53 PMin reply to mhandrh
Great, great movie. Prophetic! 3 people liked this. Like Reply
zxbe50 minutes agoin reply to mhandrh
Thanks for the synopsis.

What's interesting to me is that progressives would view the movie as a tale of what's wrong about our political system. Righties would use the movie as a how-to guide.


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HeublerToday 05:11 PM
Updated 3:59 p.m. Carlos Lam has admitted writing the email and resigned as deputy prosecutor of Johnson County, according to a statement from the Johnson County Prosecutor. 12 people liked this. Like Reply
catseyeToday 05:12 PM
"False flag operations", sheeeeeeeesh!

The 'piggies become more loathsome and despicable every minute. 4 people liked this. Like Reply
olepiToday 05:12 PM
"False flag" operation, typical of pirates. 5 people liked this. Like Reply
mikefromArlingtonToday 05:13 PM
He belongs in jail. 2 people liked this. Like Reply
RUCeriousToday 05:15 PM
How about taking that false flag, while still on it's sharp ended flag pole and shoving it where your sun don't shine. 3 people liked this. Like Reply
PilotsharkToday 05:16 PM
gee is this what walker was talking about went he was talking to the Kockroach on the phony call.

you know where he said well we though about it went it was mentioned that maybe you could provoke them.

and didnt a AG from Ohio had to resign as well? or was that also a indiana? 1 person liked this. Like Reply
KrissyToday 05:16 PM
Still not enough for the Attorney General to get involved......? geez 3 people liked this. Like Reply
Amanda LangToday 05:17 PM
So soon after Giffords was shot in the head, Republican operatives are proposing this type of "false flag" op?? How truly, truly saddening and maddening. 10 people liked this. Like Reply
RayFerdToday 05:17 PM
The scum only know one way. Lie, cheat, and deceive. 3 people liked this. Like Reply
neonnautilusToday 05:17 PM
I've been trying to find out the status of the recall petitions in WI. Upon googling the question I ran across articles about a group that is trying to get petitions signed to recall the dems who went to IL. One claimed that a union woman carrying a baby (that's what it said) grabbed petitions, tore them up and said FU. Could be the start of a larger smear campaign, I'm guessing. 6 people liked this. Like Reply
blogbob57 minutes agoin reply to neonnautilus
There are canvassing operations in Grothman's district this weekend. 1 person liked this. Like Reply
minerva30 minutes agoin reply to neonnautilus
They are sort of keeping the numbers close to the vest. As far as the other goes, here again is a case of "Show Me". This has been happening at the Democratic signing places and police have been involved. My guess is this is one upmanship. Like Reply
SharksBreathToday 05:18 PM
So when do the criminal charges start flying from the feds.

Oops. I forgot. We have no drama Obama and no charges Holder running the show.

They wouldn't want this to look like a political witch hunt. 3 people liked this. Like Reply
wiz99Today 05:18 PM
How long before conservative call it a reverse false flag operation? Or maybe double reverse false flag. 4 people liked this. Like Reply
PilotsharkToday 05:24 PMin reply to wiz99
double secret false flag operation on probation.

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CletisToday 05:20 PM
I am a computer illiterate. Can it be determined who actually sent this e-mail? 3 people liked this. Like Reply
mikefromArlingtonToday 05:22 PMin reply to Cletis
Sure, IP addresses can be traced back to whomever logged in and if he was located at the time where the account was logged into from, it would be safe to say it was him.

Unless of course the IP address was spoofed and tricked the hotmail servers into thinking the account holder was logging in from another location which is always possible but less likely.

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wiz99Today 05:25 PMin reply to Cletis
They do it on NCIS all the time. 3 people liked this. Like Reply
sonofcageyToday 06:24 PMin reply to Cletis
Well, they can determine whose account it came from, and they can tell when the user logged in and logged out (so, that could be a blazing whole in his argument). Like Reply
yowowuluToday 05:21 PM
So, Carlos F. Lam is suggesting that someone "false flagged" him? Interesting.... 3 people liked this. Like Reply
PolicyNorthToday 05:22 PM
http://www.redstate.com/moe_la...1 person liked this. Like Reply
MapleStreetToday 05:23 PM
so you have a deputy prosecutor (an officer of the court) advising perjury. The date just co-incidentally coincides with a law enforcement official's tweet.

Will the Deputy Prosecutor be possibly disbarred or otherwise chastized ?

Will the law enforcement official be disciplined ?

Can anyone charged with a crime in the geographic areas of either of these two folk be able to use the gross malfeasance of these public officials as a defense against prosecution ? (Or as a fact to use in a lawsuit against these individuals for misbehavior up to and including civil rights violations?)

Aiding, abetting, conspiracy, ......RICO ?

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PeteWaToday 05:23 PM
*cough* RICO *cough* 6 people liked this. Like Reply
olepiToday 06:21 PMin reply to PeteWa
RICO does seem appropriate. No telling how many people you'd get out of that tangled web. 3 people liked this. Like Reply
PeteWaToday 06:24 PMin reply to olepi
I would imagine 80-90% of the Repuke party, and all of their corporate masters.

(the remaining 10-20% are going to be angry that they were kept in the dark and weren't on the gravy train). 1 person liked this. Like Reply
shamsky24Today 05:25 PM
An update at Wisconsinwatch.org indicates that as of 3:59 PM, Lam admitted authorship of the e-mail and submitted his resignation.

Now then, I would think that a solicitation of the governor by a county prosecutor to commit a felony constitutes a criminal conspiracy. The question is, did the governor's failure to immediately report or otherwise take action in response to Lam's criminal behavior constitute obstruction of justice, and can Walker now be impeached for this? It may be a bit of a stretch, but it sure seems to me that a governor ought to have some sort of ethical obligation to disclose this sort of behavior, particularly when it involves a state or county official. 8 people liked this. Like Reply
MYMYToday 06:04 PMin reply to shamsky24
Yeah! Why are they contemplating RICO charges for unions, largely trumped up, and not for Walker and his Kochaine pals? 1 person liked this. Like Reply
tiredoftheBSToday 05:26 PM
So Johnson County employs thugs as prosecutors, do you think they would be concerned enough to wire this POS up to a lie detector and investigate this matter?......NAH. 4 people liked this. Like Reply
tombaker1Today 05:27 PMin reply to tiredoftheBS
the gop machine runs on them.

this guy didn't develop his attitudes in a vacuum. 2 people liked this. Like Reply
ali_n_colnToday 05:26 PM
Well, he is officially gone, now.
I found it particularly interesting that he, and possibly others, worried about the MSM. I'm beginning to believe that if the left and right have one common enemy it's MSM. Strange bedfellows, and all that. 5 people liked this. Like Reply
PolicyNorthToday 05:28 PMin reply to ali_n_coln
Makes perfect sense to me. The main stream media is out to make money where the left and reight media are out working for ideological reasons. 4 people liked this. Like Reply
FactsLeanLeft33 minutes agoin reply to PolicyNorth
Wow. Like Reply
tombaker1Today 05:26 PM
subornation of perjury at the least. indictment and prosecution should follow this resignation.

disbarment - absolutely. 6 people liked this. Like Reply
PilotsharkToday 05:27 PM
So just why this is not a RICO case?

can the DOJ explain why it is not? or why they can not do anything for WE THE PEOPLE!!!! 3 people liked this. Like Reply
Smith_1Today 05:27 PM
OK. A show of hands. Who knew immediately after reading “I am flabbergasted and would never advocate for something like this, and would like everyone to be sure that that’s just not me,” that Carlos Lam absolutely sent the email? 12 people liked this. Like Reply
RUCeriousToday 05:30 PMin reply to Smith_1
Here. 3 people liked this. Like Reply
peteToday 05:46 PMin reply to Smith_1
Plain as a pike staff. 3 people liked this. Like Reply
Rowdy TorresToday 05:29 PM
Two words for that guy: Chicken Sh*t. 4 people liked this. Like Reply
PilotsharkToday 05:30 PMin reply to Rowdy Torres
have you ever seen a chicken Sh*t??

yes every time i see a Teapubliecant!!! 3 people liked this. Like Reply
sonofcageyToday 05:38 PM
I think that it was explained to him that they could track the computer, and see when he logged in and out of his account: his story about "leaving his email open sometimes" has evidence against it. And possibly his family said they were not going to lie for him. Or they were somewhere else that they could not deny. 4 people liked this. Like Reply
abzezToday 05:38 PM
Would be fascinating to know who planned the live ammunition by the WI Capital. This is so telling, thank you TP..your work is brilliant. 4 people liked this. Like Reply
MapleStreetToday 05:40 PM
So Lam admitted he sent the note and resigned.

Unfortunately, that probably means the matter will be dropped.

But if you were a detective and saw the collusion of several people, and one of the people "resigned"...

Wouldn't that be a signal that you are "hot on the trail" and need to press further to find the real corruption ? 9 people liked this. Like Reply
sonofcageyToday 05:48 PMin reply to MapleStreet
(Can't say 'Heck' or get moderated..... there should be some way to pull a comment out of moderation so it can be fixed instead of having to be re-typed....)

The police should, and heck, a reporter should salivate at this kind of opportunity. 3 people liked this. Like Reply
olepiToday 06:24 PMin reply to MapleStreet
He'll land a job in a 'think tank" funded by the Koch's ill-gotten money. Who knows? he could run for the Senate, like Oliver North. Like Reply
alguienToday 05:40 PM
as an update, lam admitted to sending the email and has resigned. 6 people liked this. Like Reply
DrToastToday 05:41 PM
Clearly he's a victim of the unions forging his emails. 1 person liked this. Like Reply
Austininc4Today 06:11 PMin reply to DrToast
Yeah, and chickens got lips. 3 people liked this. Like Reply
PilotsharkToday 05:42 PM
Just F&F the cult troll. 2 people liked this. Like Reply
Liberty_LoverToday 05:43 PM
Lam wrote: “an unsustainable public worker gravy train bubble.” In another, he said “unions & companies that feed at the gov’t trough will fight tooth & nail against anything that un-feathers their nests.”

Let's see, he works for the District Attorney's office (or used to)... didn't that make him part of the "public worker gravy train bubble?" 5 people liked this. Like Reply
sonofcageyToday 05:43 PM
Note that Lam begins by offering his credentials to speak on his suggestion. He's been in GOP politics for 18 years. In other words, I know what I am about to tell you from experience. Then he lays out the idea, and a little of the psychological value: a little practical and a little theoretical.

My question, then, is this: what is in this man, Lam's, history? Has he ever been involved in any other incident that might have been "false flag operations"? Does he have some crimes in his past that need exploration? 7 people liked this. Like Reply
SWBobToday 06:09 PMin reply to sonofcagey
I just wrote that is it possible that he used his position of "deputy prosecutor" to support his GOP efforts? 4 people liked this. Like Reply
mhandrhToday 05:44 PM
People still write to my local (republican) newspapers telling of nasty and threatening signs held by protestors -- totally ignorant of the "plants" by Walker supporters and outside agitators who futilely attempted to start trouble.

There is nothing these guys won't stoop to - nothing is too low, or too dirty for them -- integrity and honesty are simply not part of their make-up. 2 people liked this. Like Reply
peteToday 05:48 PM
I wonder which web sites this creep trolls in his spare time. 2 people liked this. Like Reply
RUCeriousToday 05:51 PMin reply to pete
Hmmm, Bean...Lam....could be... 2 people liked this. Like Reply
Ryan974415 minutes agoin reply to pete
Kochporn.org Like Reply
taxideinaeToday 05:48 PM
Mr. Lam WAS a prosecuter who advocates false flags.

I'm wondering how much care and integrity he used in assembling the EVIDENCE directed at those he prosecuted.

And what about the OTHER part of this transaction. What did Gov. Walker DO or SAY in responding to this e-mail???? 6 people liked this. Like Reply
olepiToday 06:27 PMin reply to taxideinae
Oh man, how would you like to be a black man, member of a union, facing this prosecutor? Tulia Texas is the poster child for that. 3 people liked this. Like Reply
CletisToday 05:50 PM
"The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism discovered the email to Walker among tens of thousands released to media organizations last week as part of an open-records lawsuit settlement with Isthmus and the Associated Press. It was in a folder produced by the governor's office called "Pro," full of emails supporting the governor's budget repair bill."

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KrissyToday 05:50 PM
I'm really curious TP, why do you continue to block and open letter to President Obama that contains nothing that in anyway could be construed as bad words or bad formating. Am I being punished because I sent you emails about the trolls?? Just curious!!! 3 people liked this. Like Reply
CletisToday 05:50 PMin reply to Krissy
Ridiculous isn't it! 4 people liked this. Like Reply
KrissyToday 05:52 PMin reply to Cletis
I'm wondering if all of us together couldn't start a real progressive blog that actually works..... 2 people liked this. Like Reply
CletisToday 05:54 PMin reply to Krissy
Twould be nice. I love the info I get here and appreciate TP but wish they would, at least, clarify the rules. 4 people liked this. Like Reply
KrissyToday 05:58 PMin reply to Cletis
I'm not sure why that's too much to ask...but I guess it is... 1 person liked this. Like Reply
peteToday 06:18 PMin reply to Cletis
I've reached the point where I think they should just rescind their Terms of Use. They already tolerate any and all behavior so why not just get rid of all rules. If anything goes? I can live with that. Then we would know what to expect. 2 people liked this. Like Reply
Krissy23 minutes agoin reply to pete
what pete said TP 2 people liked this. Like
Belinda7391Today 05:50 PM
The creepy factor is growing exponentially in Wisconsin... 1 person liked this. Like Reply
wiz99Today 05:56 PMin reply to Belinda7391
There is more here than meets the eye. It is reasonable to wonder if a certain set of brothers may be lurking. 2 people liked this. Like Reply
PatrioticLiberalJoshuanToday 05:53 PM
Let's "plant" this guy in a garden jail cell, one filled with poison oak and poison sumac as symbolic decor to remind him of what he attempted to do with our democracy. 3 people liked this. Like Reply
MYMYToday 05:55 PM
They are trying to write reality as fiction and they are very, very, very bad at it. 2 people liked this. Like Reply
mhandrhToday 05:59 PM
OT = More on unethical repugs.

Nevada Sen. John Ensign's former administrative assistant has been indicted for allegedly violating criminal conflict of interest laws.
Douglas Hampton is charged with illegally lobbying the senator's staff on behalf of a Las Vegas airline company and an energy company. Hampton's wife had an affair with Ensign. 3 people liked this. Like Reply
KrissyToday 06:00 PMin reply to mhandrh
I don't usually say this about a sister, but I hope Hampton's wife feels like crap............. 1 person liked this. Like Reply
MYMYToday 06:02 PMin reply to mhandrh
And not Ensign himself? No, he's the rich guy. Like Reply
SWBobToday 06:08 PM
Doesn't sound like he was using his government computer for "government work." Isn't that illegal? Too many of these egotistic clowns have burrowed their way into respectable government jobs. I wonder if he ever used his position as "deputy prosecutor" to apply his personal anti-worker beliefs to unsuspecting "criminals?" 4 people liked this. Like Reply
olepiToday 06:28 PMin reply to SWBob
The FBI needs to secure all of his computers at once. 5 people liked this. Like Reply
KrissyToday 06:10 PM
OT

At least I think this is off topic although I'm not sure since it's about another lying Republican

Records: Haley Barbour lobbied for undocumented immigrants on behalf of Mexican government

http://www.dailykos.com/story/...1 person liked this. Like Reply
kasincaToday 06:10 PM
I have been out of commission for over a week. What has TP become afraid we will hurt the rightwing feelings or something? Defending the thugs who are trying to destroy our government is not good business. Like Reply
manicteacherToday 06:11 PM
Walker went with Plan B--carving a large "U" on his cheek with a razor blade. 7 people liked this. Like Reply
peteToday 06:13 PMin reply to manicteacher
Actually, he just used his extra long pinkie nail that doubles as a spoon for snorting powdered drugs like coke or meth. 1 person liked this. Like Reply
sickofyoujerksToday 06:13 PM
“I am flabbergasted and would never advocate for something like this, and would like everyone to be sure that that’s just not me,”

Except that it is. What a typical rethug COWARD
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Austininc4Today 06:17 PMin reply to sickofyoujerks
Republicorp Party want Absolute Power, they don't care who they step on or who they hurt. They are willing to destroy the entire Middle Class in this country to prove their point. 3 people liked this. Like Reply
olepi56 minutes agoin reply to Austininc4
I have this theory that the money itself is the driver, and it doesn't care about anything except making more money. The money is just using the weak individuals (ie: the Koch's) to make more money. After the human dies, the money goes on to the next one. Money is the root of all evil, mostly. 4 people liked this. Like Reply
PeteWa54 minutes agoin reply to olepi
your theory used to be known more formally as "Mammon". 1 person liked this. Like Reply
Austininc454 minutes agoin reply to olepi
Yes it is, they are driven by MONEY. It doesn't matter if it is Dirt, wrong or even Bloody. Republicans have no limits when money is involved. 1 person liked this. Like Reply
olepiToday 06:18 PM
"or even use a firearm against you"

Sick. And it makes believing in conspiracy theories much easier. If you had accused him of planting this inside false-flag attack, you'd be labeled a kook. Until the truth comes out. So, has all the truth come out about everything? 5 people liked this. Like Reply
Austininc4Today 06:23 PMin reply to olepi
NOPE!!!!! Not even close. there will be more and it always is, with Republicans. Remember Watergate, Iran Contra, Scooter Libby. H3LL I could go all day naming Crimes from the Republican Party Crime Family. 3 people liked this. Like Reply
olepi54 minutes agoin reply to Austininc4
For me, it goes a bit further back, when the US used a fake incident to escalate the Vet Nam War (Gulf of Tonkin), or even to the JFK assassination. JFK, MLK, RFK, shot down. Kent State.

Things are better now, I think, even though it looks bad. 2 people liked this. Like Reply
Austininc452 minutes agoin reply to olepi
It's better to a certain extend, if the Powers that be in the Republicorp Party, we will be back in 1811. 1 person liked this. Like Reply
olepi43 minutes agoin reply to Austininc4
I spent quite a bit of time studying the Watergate incident. What Nixon did then would be considered a joke today. He just wiretapped the Democratic Party headquarters? Nowadays they routinely wiretap thousands, or millions, with no warrant. 4 people liked this. Like Reply
Austininc437 minutes agoin reply to olepi
Yeah, Nixon who be an amateur compared to today's Reichwing Crooks. 2 people liked this. Like Reply
michaelToday 06:19 PM
Typical republic cowardice.

"Here are my ideas about things you should be doing to discredit your opposition, those scum unions."

But when confronted and asked: did you write this?

"Oh of course not, anyone who knows me knows I wouldn't write anything so dastardly! Must've been a crook! I'm filing a police report!"


I have more respect for idiots like palin, bachman, angle, the pauls, even the scum governor walker himself--at least they have the courage of their convictions and aren't afraid to shout out teh crazy at the tops of their lungs.

That's what a democracy needs: to be shown unambiguously the insanity of the ideas being put forth so that rationality has a chance.
3 people liked this. Like Reply
7rob7Today 06:22 PM
This just popped into my head...

Has anyone ever seen Lam and, say, LaPage in the same room together at the same time? Just wondering, you know... 1 person liked this. Like Reply
MrDuckworthToday 06:24 PM
I've never heard of a "false flag" operation. I'm a Tea Party Member. And the whole thing's a fake story. Next. Like Reply
stewarjtToday 06:27 PMin reply to MrDuckworth
A Tea Bagger, eh? You must not have any cop on at all. How is it that a member of the working class like you has the exact same interests as the capitalist class? How does that happen? 2 people liked this. Like Reply
wiz99Today 06:27 PMin reply to MrDuckworth
It's ok, thinking is hard. 2 people liked this. Like Reply
PeteWa58 minutes agoin reply to MrDuckworth
I'm sure there are lots of things a low information person such as yourself has not heard of... 3 people liked this. Like Reply
Austininc458 minutes agoin reply to MrDuckworth
Being in the Teabagger Party, you should know a lot about FAKE. The Teabaggers are as FAKE as a Three Dollar Bill. MORON BAGGER!!!! 2 people liked this. Like Reply
olepi49 minutes agoin reply to MrDuckworth
Fake? Bwahahaha! Try calling Lam's office tomorrow morning to see if he still has a job!

I know it seems easier to just deny facts, and that they are painful. But really, you'll find that after you get over the shock, facts and reality are pretty fun. 2 people liked this. Like Reply
ali_n_coln49 minutes agoin reply to MrDuckworth
You're on a need to know basis, and, apparently, you don't need to know.
Just grunt on cue.

DUCKbutter. 4 people liked this. Like Reply
MrDuckworth46 minutes agoin reply to ali_n_coln
The name is Duckworth. 1 person liked this. Like Reply
AConnecticutYankee46 minutes agoin reply to MrDuckworth
whatever....mrs butterworth. 3 people liked this. Like Reply
ali_n_coln45 minutes agoin reply to MrDuckworth
Just keep telling yourself that.

DUCKbutter. 2 people liked this. Like Reply
Belac45 minutes agoin reply to MrDuckworth
I have a question... do you know acknowledge that this happened?
2 people liked this. Like Reply
Austininc443 minutes agoin reply to Belac
The Duck is a Puppet, he believes what Glen Beck and Rush tell him to believe. Nothing more. 1 person liked this. Like Reply
Austininc442 minutes agoin reply to MrDuckworth
DuckClown, DuckNut, DuckBreath. 1 person liked this. Like Reply
AConnecticutYankee41 minutes agoin reply to Austininc4
you forgot duckfcuker 2 people liked this. Like Reply
Austininc435 minutes agoin reply to AConnecticutYankee
LOL!!!! I forgot that one, thanks... Like
idrinkthere4iam37 minutes agoin reply to MrDuckworth
Sure thing Ducksbutt. Being stupid and a teabagger is no way to go throuhg life. 1 person liked this. Like Reply
FactsLeanLeft32 minutes agoin reply to MrDuckworth
Ducksh1t is the name. 1 person liked this. Like Reply
Pilotshark31 minutes agoin reply to FactsLeanLeft
and being a cult troll copy and paste bot is the game. Like Reply
ali_n_coln30 minutes agoin reply to FactsLeanLeft
Bullshit's the game. 1 person liked this. Like Reply
idrinkthere4iam38 minutes agoin reply to MrDuckworth
The Tea Party is a fake story too, Duckbutt. 2 people liked this. Like Reply
FactsLeanLeft32 minutes agoin reply to MrDuckworth
Next, indeed. Begone, liar. 2 people liked this. Like Reply
Krissy19 minutes agoin reply to MrDuckworth
more important is why would anyone admit they liked to teabag and/or being teabagged??? Like Reply
Liberty_Lover16 minutes agoin reply to MrDuckworth
It's a fake story alright. Just like Obama's birth certificate, right? 1 person liked this. Like Reply
MrDuckworth1 minute agoin reply to Liberty_Lover
I can assure you that that is NOT a false flag operation. Like Reply
stewarjtToday 06:26 PM
He was immediately offered a job at the Koch Bros. funded Americans for Prosperity. 4 people liked this. Like Reply
AConnecticutYankee53 minutes ago
Scott Walker is a vile piece of crap. I hope they recall the scumbag a year and one day after his inauguration. 2 people liked this. Like Reply
mattparker147 minutes ago
Whether it is this awful incident, Walker himself considering sending goons ino the protests, or Fox repeatedly airing fake footage of "violent" labor protests, the entire strategy by the right-wing to smear the ordinary citizens standing up for their rights has been marked by lies and falsehoods.
www.sunstateactivist.org Like Reply
RantingTommy41 minutes agoin reply to mattparker1
still spam Like Reply
AConnecticutYankee46 minutes ago
I gotta a question:
why do tea trash defend vile pieces of crap, for example, scott walker? 3 people liked this. Like Reply
Pilotshark45 minutes ago
Well maybe this was a warning to walker, from the Kockroachs,,, get it together or we will get it together you understand.

LOL Like Reply
sonofcagey36 minutes agoin reply to Pilotshark
That is somewhat believeable. He acts like a man obsessed with "proving himself" to someone (cough**Kock**cough), or running for his life. 1 person liked this. Like Reply
AConnecticutYankee41 minutes ago
The tea trash think "violence" gives a grass root movements "oommpphhhhh". That's why they showed up packing to their dirtbag fests. innit it right, tea trash? 1 person liked this. Like Reply
SoapBox40 minutes ago
And just like so many others have asked...

Will ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, NPR, PBS cover this?

I won't hold my breath. 4 people liked this. Like Reply
jimspice38 minutes ago
I enjoyed Carlos' Amazon.com review of "Civil War Two: The Coming Breakup of America" (http://amzn.to/carlos-lam).

"This book is an excellent prediction of what is to come in the next century. Not only are black and hispanic militancy on the rise, but White movements are gaining adherents daily, probably in response to the crimes perpetrated against Whites by these other races. Mr. Chittum's predictions are also backed up with statistics, and he also shows that past multiethnic empires have broken up. Read it and prepare. " 1 person liked this. Like Reply
tombaker134 minutes agoin reply to jimspice
y - like india, with a billion people, 4 families of languages, every known religion, and 2000+ ethnic groups,

and one democratic government. 3 people liked this. Like Reply
pete33 minutes agoin reply to tombaker1
India doesn't count in Reich world. I've heard a nasty rumor that they aren't entirely Aryan. Like Reply
tombaker131 minutes agoin reply to pete
that'd be a super-hoot,

given that the actual "aryans" were indian.

(i wonder how many neonazis know that?) 2 people liked this. Like Reply
pete21 minutes agoin reply to tombaker1
I would guess... none. It's a credit to us all that we understand that little fact. 1 person liked this. Like Reply
ali_n_coln31 minutes agoin reply to jimspice
Sounds important. What's tomorrows lotto numbers? 1 person liked this. Like Reply
FactsLeanLeft31 minutes agoin reply to jimspice
Wow, idiots abound. Thanks for the heads-up...your a$$. 1 person liked this. Like Reply
RantingTommy29 minutes agoin reply to jimspice
multiculturalism confuses morons and scares cowards 3 people liked this. Like Reply
ali_n_coln36 minutes ago
We're watching these guys self-explode on almost a daily basis. If MSM did report on everything they WOULD be called out on it by the right. Fortunately, for them, they were cowed long ago. 3 people liked this. Like Reply
slfiore35 minutes ago
Excuse me? In what way is a union protest NOT a "democratic uprising"? Why is it that when corporations join together to support policies, they're just exercising their First Amendment rights, but when workers do, it's some kind of subversive plot? 4 people liked this. Like Reply
dasm32 minutes ago
Republicans are so unspeakably vile it's horrifying that they get elected. Their "base" must be dishonest, ignorant, anti-American, or all three. 1 person liked this. Like Reply
zuch29 minutes ago
Well, yes. This does seem to be the kind of thing that you'd expect a deputy prosecutor (you know, those kids of people changed with enforcing the law) to be doing: encouraging false reports and fraud. If they're a Republican prosecutor, that is.... 2 people liked this. Like Reply
dasm28 minutes ago
"or even use a firearm against you"
I wish I could say that comment is unbelievable, but unfortunately, it is absolutely believable because of Republican/teabagger tactics. 2 people liked this. Like Reply
pete23 minutes agoin reply to dasm
I actually had to chuckle at that bit despite the very real possibility that someone could end up dead. 1 person liked this. Like Reply
novenator23 minutes ago
Indiana deputy prosecutor and Republican activist Carlos F. Lam has now admitted doing it and has been fired (updated article): http://www.wisconsinwatch.org/...2 people liked this. Like Reply
Krissy17 minutes ago
Michael Steele on msm, the gift that keeps giving!!!!! 2 people liked this. Like Reply
Pilotshark16 minutes agoin reply to Krissy
smiling he didnt like it went bob told him that the war was a lie.

and good on Bob for not backing down. its good to see the truth being backed up. Like Reply
Onyxcat14 minutes agoin reply to Krissy
He was on Hardball just now. 1 person liked this. Like Reply
JustADumbFireman13 minutes ago
It amazes me that these people are still STUPID enough to actually commit their crooked ideas to written form. Lam is a liar and a thug. Too bad he resigned before he was fired. 2 people liked this. Like Reply
Pilotshark12 minutes agoin reply to JustADumbFireman
well they could have held his resignation for about an hour,, then they could have fired him.

that would have worked. Like Reply
LeftCoastBob6 minutes agoin reply to Pilotshark
I wonder if Lam will still get his government pension? Like Reply
FactsLeanLeft4 minutes agoin reply to LeftCoastBob
He should receive it in cigarettes, delivered to his cell. Like Reply
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[arcane1]

1. "companies that feed at the gov’t trough"

Like Halliburton and Blackwater, right?

Yeah, I didn't think they counted :(