We are going to round them all up.

Abramoff Sentenced To Four More Years (click here)
By John Bresnahan
Sep 4, 2008
...Justice Deptartment officials, pointing to Abramoff''s extensive cooperation with federal investigators, had urged U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle to sentence Abramoff to an additional 39 months behind bars stemming for his role in the Washington corruption case that rocked Congress and the Bush administration. Abramoff's attorneys were seeking even less timefor the one-time K Street star, but Huvelle rejected those requests....

Former Abramoff lobbyist, Hill aide indicted (click here)
By ERICA WERNER – Sep 8, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) — A one-time congressional aide who went on to work with jailed lobbyist Jack Abramoff was arrested Monday and accused of conspiring to corrupt government officials including his former boss, current Rep. John Doolittle, R-Calif.
Kevin Ring, 37, pleaded not guilty to a 10-count federal indictment that accuses him of conspiring with Abramoff to win assistance from congressional and executive-branch officials by giving them things of value, and helping them skirt requirements to report those gifts.
He appeared in federal court unshaven, his hair rumpled, wearing shorts and a T-shirt and occasionally fighting back tears as he exchanged glances with his wife.
Ring's lawyer said that despite cooperating voluntarily for two years, Ring was not allowed to surrender himself....

...David Safavian, the Bush administration's former top procurement official, (click here) was sentenced to 18 months in prison in October 2006. Safavian, the only scandal defendant to take his case to court, was found guilty of covering up his dealings with Abramoff. In July, a federal appeals court overturned his conviction. The Justice Department plans to retry him....


Vice President Dick Cheney, shown at a White House dinner last week, was sued to ensure no presidential records are destroyed or handled in a way that would make them unavailable. (CHIP SOMODEVILLA/GETTY IMAGES)
WASHINGTON - A federal judge yesterday ordered Dick Cheney to preserve a wide range of the records from his time as vice president.
The decision by US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly is a setback for the Bush administration in its effort to promote a narrow definition of materials that must be safeguarded under by the Presidential Records Act....




Anti-Palin rally calls for Colberg removal (click here)
TROOPERGATE: More than 1,000 protesters gather in downtown Anchorage park.
By KYLE HOPKINS
khopkins@adn.com
Published: September 28th, 2008 12:03 AMLast Modified: September 28th, 2008 02:46 AM
A protest slamming Gov. Sarah Palin's handling of the state's so-called Troopergate investigation -- and calling for the attorney general to lose his job -- drew more than 1,000 people to the Delaney Park Strip in Anchorage on Saturday....

Canada Increases Swap Agreement With Fed to $30 Bln

Canada has national health care. Just thought I'd remind everyone of that. They respect their citizens. As a rule they don't exploit them. Ah, yep. Ain't life amazin', huh? Who ever thought a bunch of southerners would be the heroes of the day. So, cool.



Federal surplus reaches almost $10B (click here)
Paul Vieira , Canwest News Service
Published: Monday, September 29, 2008
OTTAWA - The federal government posted a surplus for the last fiscal year of just less than $10 billion, the Department of Finance reported Monday, slightly below what had been anticipated.
According to the 2007-08 annual financial report, the Canadian government recorded a $9.6-billion surplus for the 12-month period ended March 31, just off the $10.2-billion target anticipated in the last budget.
Ottawa missed the forecast as revenue was $2.1 billion lower than forecast, whereas expenses were $1.7 billion less than anticipated. Also, public-debt charges were $200 million more than expected....

I take it Hank didn't get an 'Attaboy.' Go figure.

Above Gold. Below the Dow. All isn't lost.

Paulson missed the mark by miles. Time for a change in administration. Bring back O'Neill ! Come on now, the market is still at 10,000.



...No state in the country cast as many votes against the measure as Texas, President Bush’s home, where the measure was defeated 22-9. (Not a single vote was cast for the measure in Arizona and Alaska, the homes of John McCain and Sarah Palin. Illinois, Barack Obama’s home, tied 9-9 and the lone Republican congressman from Joe Biden’s home of Delaware voted for the plan.)...

Impeach. Bush. NOW ! There will be no scapegoating of Pelosi.

Everyone leave on recess for elections back home? Go with pride. This mess doesn't belong to the Democrats. Go campaign and bring home a majority !

NATIONAL AFFAIRS
Failure To Cooperate (click here)
Report: Top Bush aides ducked queries on prosecutor firings
By Michael Isikoff NEWSWEEK
Published Sep 29, 2008

Karl Rove was one of a number of former White House officials who declined to cooperate with the Justice Department inspector general's probe of the U.S. attorney firings.

...According to a blistering new report by the Justice Department inspector general released Monday, Rove was one of a number of former White House officials (including ex-White House counsel and Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers) who declined to cooperate with its investigation into the U.S. attorney firings-even though the current White House counsel's office encouraged them to do so....

Russia's Vnesheconombank lends $50 bln to struggling banks

Yury Makushin, Deputy Head of the Representative office of Vnesheconombank (click here) in the USA, addresses the Russian Conference

Will the fun ever stop? Somalia pirates free hijacked Egyptian ship.

The pirates are having a good ole time, Aye, me hearties ! (click here)
A Ukrainian ship seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia was carrying 33 tanks and other weapons, the Ukrainian defence minister has confirmed.

Pirates had previously seized a number of passenger and cargo ships, spurring armed intervention from the French and Security Council action authorizing Member States to aggressively combat piracy in Somalia's lawless waters. The involvement of heavy weaponry, though -- even if the pirates have no interest, or use, really, for the tanks -- have made this chapter in the saga a natural headline-grabber....

House vote is next big hurdle for bailout plan

Touching. That 'lack of awareness' demonstrated by McCain was the same as in that Baghdad neighborhood so peaceful you could hear a pin drop, so long as one wore a bullet proof vest.

VOTE NO !!

OTHERWISE, be prepared for a legal cadre of lawsuits to displace the legislated bailout as unconstitutional.