Tuesday, November 08, 2011

An Example of why everyone should be like California

Jack Abramoff, a self admitted and convicted liar, thief, briber and corrupter of politics, is pedaling a new book.  In it, he demonstrates how easy it was for him to buy off Congress for his own personal gain.  And how to dupe others to pay him exorbitant fees to do so.
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So, he has made ga-zillions, corrupted our government and is now asking us to PAY for the privilege of him explain how we are so stupid as to allow this.
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To bad he was not convicted in California.  In California you are not allowed to make money off a book that talks about your crimes.  Or from a book if you are famous because of your crimes.  That is why there is no book from Charles Manson or Scott The Pregnant Wife Killer.  Come on, did you think Charles Manson was not publishing out of the goodness of his heart?
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In California you can publish away, but everything goes to the victims, estate of the victims or the state.  Which seems imminently fair and why I wish Jack Abramoff would have been prosecuted by California.