Abramoff and the religious right.The "Wheel Of Misfortune" article by Rob Boston Robert Boston (born December 7, 1962 in Altoona, Pennsylvania) has been Assistant Director of Communications for Americans United for Separation of Church and State and Assistant Editor of Church & State magazine since 1987. (March Church & State) was first rate. Jack Abramoff Jack Abramoff (born February 28, 1959) is a former American political lobbyist, a Republican political activist and businessman who was a central figure in a series of high-profile political scandals. certainly caused an upheaval of truth, reality and exposure. Maybe someone should give him a medal for exposing the corruption of our day. I wonder, have you noticed the similarity of the Abramoff scandal to piracy piracy, robbery committed or attempted on the high seas. It is distinguished from privateering in that the pirate holds no commission from and receives the protection of no nation but usually attacks vessels of all nations. ? Of course it is land-based. But the economic aspects show parallels: someone was robbed, wealth was spread, prominence was reached and escape was assured (when freebooters were not hanged). Blackbeard, Morgan and Lafitte would be proud. And they also put the loot back into the economy. Sir Henry Morgan became governor of Jamaica. Other corsairs were hanged, and then the king got the money. Others bought mansions and plantations. Still others benefited taverns, bawdyhouses and hellholes. Our "pirates This is a list of known pirates, buccaneers, corsairs, privateers, and others involved in piracy. This list includes both captains and prominent crew members. See also: pirates, wokou, buccaneers, corsairs, and privateers Ancient World But Lafitte is the man to emulate. This "governor" of an island off Galveston angered Uncle Sam Uncle Sam, name used to designate the U.S. government. The term arose in the War of 1812 and seems at first to have been used derisively by those opposed to the war. Possibly it was an expansion of the letters "U.S. who went after him. Gentleman pirate Jean Lafitte simply sailed away, untried, never to be seen again. I bet that is what the recipients of the Indian-casino gambling money hope to do today. Risto Marttinin Mechanicsville, Va. |
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