A Nebraska entrepreneur facing allegations that his firm does business with scam artists targeting the elderly, Vinod Gupta, has directed more than $3 million in the past decade to political campaigns and projects connected with President Clinton and Senator Clinton.
Mr. Gupta’s company, infoUSA, Inc., repeatedly rented marketing databases to unscrupulous individuals who used the lists to engage in fraud, according to the New York Times. A front-page article in the Sunday paper said the company promoted a list called “Suffering Seniors,” which featured ailing older people, and other lists of “Elderly Opportunity Seekers” and those deemed to be “gullible.”
Mr. Gupta, the chairman and CEO of infoUSA, has been one of the most generous benefactors to causes affiliated with the Clintons. He donated $2 million to a national millennium celebration organized by Mrs. Clinton’s White House office, according to a book published by her chief fund-raiser, Terence McAuliffe. Mr. Gupta also gave $1 million for the construction of Mr. Clinton’s presidential library in Little Rock, Ark.
In 2000, Mr. Gupta gave $100,000 to support Mrs. Clinton’s Senate bid and hosted a fund-raiser in his home that raised $100,000 more. “She was so good,” he said of Mrs. Clinton’s talk there, according to the Omaha World-Herald. “I think she is smarter than the president.”
Mr. Gupta and his wife, Laurel, were also the Clintons’ guests for a stay in the White House’s Lincoln Bedroom in 1999...............
SondraK, Lympian Slayer Because you clowns keep asking for one, I present the KisPers’ favorite Maxim Post© subject…
fire not melt steel
fire melt cheese
fire good
*Haiku definition restrictions apply. See your KisP blogger for details. Or you can just STFU and enjoy. Either way, we don’t care.
The Ugly American Why didn’t that Hasselbeck gal simply answer yes and avoid all the drama?
May 23, 2007
Release A070523bFOUR TERRORISTS KILLED; TIED TO IED PRODUCTION
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition Forces killed six terrorists in related raids targeting senior leaders of an al-Qaeda suicide attack cell and detained 23 others in operations around Iraq Wednesday morning.
Based on intelligence gathered from a successful raid Apr. 11, Coalition Forces targeted a suspected terrorist leader southeast of Baghdad. As the ground force approached the objective, they encountered two armed men, one of whom was wearing a suicide vest. Coalition Forces took appropriate self-defense measures in response to the hostile threat and engaged the two armed terrorists, killing them.
One of the terrorists is believed to be an al-Qaeda regional leader, responsible for al-Qaeda personnel and operations in the Arab Jabour area, as well as coordinating foreign fighters and suicide attacks.
In a related operation northwest of Taji, Coalition Forces targeted an individual suspected of supplying foreign fighters for suicide attacks. Ground forces on the scene received small arms fire from four terrorists who took cover behind a bus. Coalition Forces returned fire in self-defense and killed the four terrorists.
When they searched the building, Coalition Forces found weapons and detained one suspected terrorist for his involvement with the al-Qaeda cell.
In Mosul, Coalition Forces raided six buildings in an operation targeting foreign fighter facilitators and the al-Qaeda network. The ground force detained five suspected terrorists, including an alleged cell leader with subordinate groups that conduct assassinations and attacks against Coalition Forces and Iraqi Security Forces.
In three coordinated raids near Karmah targeting al-Qaeda cells, Coalition Forces detained 13 suspected terrorists, including an alleged cell leader in the area.
Coalition Forces detained four suspected terrorists in Fallujah for their alleged direct ties to a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device cell there.
“We continue to disrupt the leadership of the al-Qaeda in Iraq organization and its affiliates,” said Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, MNF-I spokesperson. “Step by step, we work to keep these terrorists from launching brutal attacks on the Iraqi people.”
the KisP Themesong........
(Thanks for making me laugh so much. Without you I’d burst. :)
Made by African AIDS Angels Project of the Holy Cross Church. Don’t want to throw it away.
Want it for free?
Iran has detained an Iranian-American consultant working for George Soros’ Open Society Institute, the latest U.S. citizen connected to a non-governmental organization to be seized in the country, the institute said Wednesday.
Tajbakhsh, an urban planning consultant who has also worked for the World Bank, was detained on or about May 11, the Open Society Institute - a private foundation that encourages democracy-building - said in a statement.
The “journalist” said, “...encourages democracy-building.”
Yeah. Well, maybe if you consider free-love, anti-religion and Marxist economic policy to be “democracy.”
On second thought… Perhaps the US gubmint ought to detain all employees and supporters of anything Soros does - including the king of all robber-barons - Soros.
because you just can’t blame everything on psycho feminists on your payroll....
His own hypocritical actions
Recent headlinesthreaten Edwards’ main campaign theme
Or maybe I’m wrong and he’s just not been personally involved in this stuff either......
Brian Ross of ABC News could very well be one of our most egregious enemies of the state due to his frequent exposure of hush-hush matters.
The CIA has received secret presidential approval to mount a covert “black” operation to destabilize the Iranian government, current and former officials in the intelligence community tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com.
The sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the subject, say President Bush has signed a “nonlethal presidential finding” that puts into motion a CIA plan that reportedly includes a coordinated campaign of propaganda, disinformation and manipulation of Iran’s currency and international financial transactions.
Well, Mr. Ross… If the nature of the subject is so “sensitive” then why do you see fit to blab about it to the whole frakkin’ world? Are you that damn stupid or are you simply trying to undermine efforts pertaining to national security?
it’s a nuclear free zone, whew
Tuesday night’s Berkeley City Council meeting dissolved in confusion and exhaustion shortly before midnight when two council members walked out to protest the lateness of the hour.
The lawmakers were debating Mayor Tom Bates’ Public Commons for All Initiative, a combination of more social services and tougher law enforcement to curb anti-social behavior in the city’s commercial districts.
As the debate droned on, the council members voted themselves extension after extension until 11:45 p.m., when Bates called for a series of votes on 13 different proposals, from banning public urination or defecation to reducing the number of warnings a police officer has to give before making an arrest for sleeping on the sidewalk.
Suddenly, Councilman Max Anderson said, “You know, we really shouldn’t be deciding such important matters at such a late hour.”
Bates tried to cajole him. “Come on, Max, let’s just get through it.”
Anderson persisted, making a motion to adjourn. But Bates pressed on.
Betty Olds seconded Anderson’s motion. Bates ignored her, too.
Then Anderson and Bates stood up, put on their coats and started walking out as City Clerk Pamyla Means continued calling the roll.
“Councilwoman Olds,” she called.
“Absent!” Olds shouted over her shoulder as she stalked out the door.
Bates tried to keep going for a few moments with the remaining council members but finally threw up his hands.
“This is ridiculous,” he said. “I’ll entertain a motion to adjourn.”
But there was no motion. The council members simply got up and walked out as the audience milled about, buzzing over what they’d just seen.
There was still one more item remaining on the evening’s agenda—a proposal to declare Berkeley an immigration raid-free zone—but nobody seemed to notice.
The only part of the mayor’s plan that was approved before the meeting fizzled out was a proposal to pay for it by increasing parking meter rates by 50 cents an hour. Bates predicted the increase will rake in an extra $2 million per year.
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