Shoe Lobber Jailed

al-Zeidi

Muntadar al-Zeidi, the 30-year-old journalist who threw his shoes at George W. Bush was sentenced to three years in prison. 

The bigger douchebags in this story may turn out to be the al-Zeidi’s defense attorney, family, and supporters who believe that it is a civil liberty to assault the President of the United States:

A court convicted an Iraqi journalist of assault Thursday for hurling his shoes at George W. Bush and sentenced him to three years in prison, prompting an outburst from his family and calls for his release from Iraqis who consider him an icon for a nation decimated by war.

Muntadhar al-Zeidi, 30, defiantly shouted, “Long Live Iraq!” when the sentence was imposed, according to defense lawyers. Some of his relatives collapsed and had to be helped out of the courthouse. Others were forcibly removed by guards after shouting “Down with Bush!”

“This judiciary is unjust,” al-Zeidi’s brother, Dargham, said tearfully.

Other family members shouted insults against Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who like al-Zeidi is a Shiite.

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During Thursday’s proceedings, chief defense attorney Dhia al-Saadi moved that the charges be dismissed, saying al-Zeidi’s act was “an expression of freedom” and not a crime.

“It was an act of throwing a shoe, not a rocket,” he told the court. “It was meant as an insult to the occupation.”

FBI Raids Office of Obama’s Chief Technology Officer

 

Hardly a day goes by where we learn of another scandal involving another Obama appointee. This morning, federal agents searched the office of Washington D.C.’s Chief Technology Officer. The outgoing CTO, who held the position until March 4th of this year, is Vivek Kundra, the newly appointed Chief Information Officer of the Obama administration.

 

 

Federal agents this morning are searching the office of Washington, D.C.’s Chief Technology Officer.

The search of the office at 1 Judiciary Square is part of “an ongoing investigation,” said a spokeswoman for the FBI’s D.C. Field Office, Lindsay Gotwin, said. She said two men, Yusuf Acar and Sushil Bansal, had been arrested.

Acar is an information security officer who was also, according to online requests for proposals, responsible for contracting. Bansal is listed on the city’s procurement website as the CEO of the Advanced Integrated Technologies Corporation, which was awarded two technology contracts last year worth a total of $350,000.

Culture of Corruption

 

Fun fact: Chicago isn’t the only place on earth full of corrupt politicians. With former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich out of the picture, a New Jersey douchebag was all too happy to step up to the plate… and guess what kids? He’s a *DEMOCRAT*:

 

A Democratic leader in the New Jersey Assembly has been charged with public corruption for allegedly abusing his former position as Perth Amboy’s mayor by using city money for personal expenses such as his son’s basketball camps and refreshments served after his father’s funeral.

Prosecutors also accuse Joseph Vas of rigging a lottery so his driver would win.

In an 11-count indictment, Vas, 54, is charged with conspiracy, official misconduct, bid-rigging and record tampering. Attorney General Anne Milgram announced the charges at a news conference yesterday.

“Joseph Vas took an oath as mayor to honestly and faithfully serve his city, but instead he shamelessly exploited his position for personal gain,” Milgram said.

Vas, the Assembly’s deputy majority leader, has not been arrested. He will plead not guilty, said his lawyer, Alan Zegas. “We will vigorously contest the charges,” Zegas said.

Milgram said Vas is accused of billing $5,000 in personal expenses to the City of Perth Amboy, including $289 for refreshments served after his father’s funeral and $1,450 in basketball-camp fees for his son.

“This is over $1,400 in city taxpayer money that was spent so that Vas’ son could learn to play basketball courtesy of the residents of Perth Amboy, many of whom can’t afford to send their own kids to basketball camp,” Milgram said.

Prosecutors also say Vas rigged a public-housing lottery in favor of his personal driver. According to the charges, Vas arranged for an index card with his driver’s name to be selected in what was supposed to be a random drawing among 40 participants, entitling the driver to buy low-income housing through a first-time buyers’ program.

The driver, Anthony S. Jones, 48, of Perth Amboy, also was indicted.

Vas was mayor of Perth Amboy, in Middlesex County, for 18 years, ending last year. He remains on the planning board and redevelopment agency.

 

Since 2004, he has been a member of the Assembly, where he has sponsored 22 ethics bills on corruption, campaign finance and election reform.

 

Don’t Tangle With Rangel

 

The arrogance of unethical politicians never ceases to amaze me: