http://www.atlargely.com/2008/05/plumbers-... Plumbers = Authorities now?Okay boys and girls, let us read this article together and see what the actual scandal is (see poll after):
Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann, who led investigations into companies blamed for the state's subprime mortgage mess, resigned under a cloud on Wednesday after admitting to an affair with a female staff member.
"Unfortunately, it is now clear that the last step I must take to fix these problems is to resign as attorney general effective immediately," Dann told reporters.
In addition to Dann's relationship with a member of his staff, his office was roiled by sexual harassment claims.
Also, local media reported that authorities staged a raid on the attorney general's offices on Wednesday, carting away documents as part of an undisclosed investigation.
Well, can you spot the actual scandal in this story?
What is the scandal in this story?
- Politician having an affair
- State AG investigating fraud has office raided by "authorities"
- I dunno
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Authorities, the new plumbers?
Does this strike no one as eerily similar to Eliot Spitzer's case? Well, first Spitzer wrote this:
"Several years ago, state attorneys general and others involved in consumer protection began to notice a marked increase in a range of predatory lending practices by mortgage lenders. Some were misrepresenting the terms of loans, making loans without regard to consumers' ability to repay, making loans with deceptive "teaser" rates that later ballooned astronomically, packing loans with undisclosed charges and fees, or even paying illegal kickbacks. These and other practices, we noticed, were having a devastating effect on home buyers. In addition, the widespread nature of these practices, if left unchecked, threatened our financial markets.
Even though predatory lending was becoming a national problem, the Bush administration looked the other way and did nothing to protect American homeowners. In fact, the government chose instead to align itself with the banks that were victimizing consumers."
Then he had to suddenly resign over a sex scandal which the "authorities" had been investigating for over a year, yet somehow only managed to "crack" after Spitzer penned this op-ed.
And really, using "authorities" to confiscate documents is far better than having covert plumbers running around and making a mess. Let's recall my last article on Watergate-like break-ins and such across two states:
"MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA – In two states where US attorneys are already under fire for serious allegations of political prosecutions, seven people associated with three federal cases have experienced 10 suspicious incidents including break-ins and arson."
Something very odd is going on here. Or I have reached the zenith of my paranoia. Thoughts?
