The Feds are investigating whether a U.S. voting machine company paid bribes to Venezuelan officials in order to win a contract in Venezuela. The parent company is owned by Venezuelan investors who may have ties to BushCo enemy Hugo Chavez.
While I always applaud the investigation of fraud, I can't help pointing out here that Diebold, whose crimes are too numerous to mention here now (especially with TGIF nearly upon us), continues to operate with impunity. The officers and directors of Diebold, who have lied and dissembled time and time again about the technology and systems upon which our most important right relies, walk the streets of this nation, scot free.
So yeah, let's for chrissakes make sure no one in any office of elections in VENEZUELA got bribed at all. That's an excellent priority. Good job, Justice Department. You continue to surprise and delight.
Friday, December 01, 2006
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we had a similar scandal a couple of years ago with our biggest wheat exporter, the Australian Wheat Board, paying kick-backs to Suddam Hussein's regime. the investigation is still going on...
they're (the exec's) are pretty fucked though
Bribery happens in other countries, too?
Kiki: Oh yeah, that big Australian wheat scandal that we heard all about for months here in the US...
Grant: It is surprising, considering that unlike the US, it is illegal in most other countries.
Chris: Dude, you were only gone for like, a week. It just seems longer to you because you are not living in a place where it's 75 degrees and sunny every goddamn day.
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