Comments on: Bob Riley Caught Red-Handed in a Federal Crime?

By: Dan Fulton

Dan Fulton — Wed, 06 May 2009 01:47:36 +0000

Dr. Swaid moved his practice from Healthsouth to Brookwood Hospital.
Brookwood is a Tenet Healthcare Facility.
Ask folks in New Orleans how Tenet “handles” healthcare–especially in regard to Hurricane Katrina.
Can Dr. Swaid dare to be objective while he is associated
with Tenet?

By: Yana Davis

Yana Davis — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:30:27 +0000

Pay to play is standard operating procedure in American politics. It is supposed to be illegal, is certainly unethical and immortal, and it will continue until a fundamental shift is made.

That fundamental shift will be when government is prohibited from giving special favors and largess to special groups, of whatever description and for whatever reason. As long as government has opaque, unfettered access to power and resources, its minions – elected politicians, bureaucrats, etc. – will use them as much as possible to further their own agendas.

Rent-seeking businesses and organizations will continue to make campaign donations fully expecting political reward of said special favors and largess.

By: Sarah Smith

Sarah Smith — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:26:41 +0000

What’s going on in Alabama with the “SAINT”
of all Governors, Bob Riley?
Hey,what’s the difference in what
Riley is doing and has done than what
Don and Scrushy are charged with?
Riley and his group just know how to
pretend that they are doing so good for
the people and all the time they
have and will screw them behind their back!
The GOP think that we are real stupid…
come on.Impeach Riley and book him!

By: Mike Dale

Mike Dale — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:54:28 +0000

If the Siegelman conviction is upheld by the full court of appeals, then Riley could very definitely (and rightly should) be found guilty in a court of law. According to the three judges, it is possible that the required explicit “quid pro quo” was implicit. Perhaps there was a wink between the two and the jury can decide that there probably was. I must say I was astonished reading the judges’ reasoning on that issue.

By: Glynn Wilson

Glynn Wilson — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:51:39 +0000

Fat chance…

But then again, Alice Martin is allegedly investigating our Toy Boy Republican Attorney General Troy King, so I suppose anything is possible — now that Bush is gone…