March 28, 2006
Warren Gamaliel Harding once choked a man just for stealin'
The teapot dome scandal - perhaps the most circus like of American scandals,included kickbacks, bribes, murder, suicide, bribery. Oh, it's no Enron, but it had President Warren G. Harding choking Charles Forbes shouting, "You yellow rat! You double-crossing bastard!"
Harding was so complex and disturbed a man he had four (count 'em: four!) mysteries and to top it off: a mysterious death
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Let's not forget the bagman Also, dry, but full of chuckles: summary of the Teapot Dome scandal from the Brookings Institution And the minutes from the senate investigation. Also the obligatory wikipedia links
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Thanks for the second chance. *limps off*
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Man falls off'n a horse, he gots to git right back up on't. It's the code of the west. I reckon.
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/applauds
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By which I meant to say, great post, all the more so for perseverance.
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Sweet work, Smedleyman!
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World's been going to hell in a handbasket for a long time now...
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yes, I don't know if its reassuring or really depressing that its so much business-as-usual....
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Ah. People in power are generally greedy assholes. Do they start that way? Or do they just wind up like that? Maybe a bit of both?
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'Twas (Charles) Carter teh Great. I know so, I read it in a book. Or, at least, I'm reading the book. I'm assuming the twist will be that Carter did it, but managed to get away with it.
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Mister Speaker, I move that we have Medusa pee in their mouths.
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Nifty links, Smedley! If I had a firstborn son, I'd name him "Atlee Pomerene."
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Does Warren G. Harding need to choke a bitch? And say what you want, but Gamaliel's a smokin' pimp name.