California State Senator Leland Yee Indicted

makes me wonder how many things he leant support and effort to that were simply to enhance his extra-curricular activities.
 
makes me wonder how many things he leant support and effort to that were simply to enhance his extra-curricular activities.
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Quite a bit, actually. I read his affidavit over lunch today, and it's positively surreal.

Basically, he had to pay off the bills from a failed mayoral election before he campaigned for Secretary of State. Illegal contributions were made, deals were made to launder money, and then the drugs and weapons got involved.

It's 137 pages, and the list of misdeeds is quite dense.
 
The NRA is all over this dirtbag:

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IIRC, the New York Times mentioned it, but it was at the very back of section A.

Apparently it's all over the local news in California, though.
 
MSN finally has coverage of Lee withdrawing from his run for Secretary of State. Also mention how he is being "accused" and makes no mention of his arrest.


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Lee is now suspended from the CA legislature. Cannot exercise power of his office until criminal charges are settled. He still draws his $95k+ salary.
 
The Washington Post is a lot more even-handed than many people give them credit for. And even when their reporting seems relatively single-sided, they appear to be making more of an effort to be fair than many other news outlets.
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The Washington Post was just bought by one of the Amazon.com billionaires and went and hired Radley Balko and the Volokh bunch as bloggers...both extremely Libertarian.
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That's awesome. That would explain the even-handedness.

They keep that up and I may have to resort to reading the WP on a regular basis.
 
You know who else besides Lee is buddies with Raymond Chow? Sen. Diane Feinstein has given Chow awards for his community involvement.

I wonder what the chances are that a San Francisco crime lord and the former Mayor of San Francisco have more than a passing familiarity with each other?
 
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STILL not a word about it from CNN.
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I'm guessing they going to wait until Sept. Oct. By then the Feds will have indicted several Republicans.. Then they will cover it 24/7 and all this present day corruption from the Democrats will be forgotten.
 
I doubt CNN will report on this as it is against their agenda. They've already decided on it.
 
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You know who else besides Lee is buddies with Raymond Chow? Sen. Diane Feinstein has given Chow awards for his community involvement.

I wonder what the chances are that a San Francisco crime lord and the former Mayor of San Francisco have more than a passing familiarity with each other?
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if Lee sings and Fienstien is connected criminally....
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WOW things that make you go hmmm . That's the kind of stuff that causes fatal car crashes or sudden heart attacks ;)
 
Let's avoid speculation about who might be involved outside the indicted individuals. Would it be funny if Feinstein, Biden, or LBJ were somehow involved, it doesn't do any good to suggest such without evidence.
 
Operation Fast and Furious seemed to be about supplying cartels with arms in order to boost statistics to make the case to ban those arms. One has to wonder if Yee's intent was to make money and boost campaign contributions, or if it was to cause more carnage on American streets with "assault weapons" since these weapons seem to be exactly what they want the public to believe civilian own "assault weapons" actually are.
 
Well regardless, the entire thing is depressing. The things Yee is alleged to have done are disgusting to me.
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True, but if you ask me, it is favorable in a sense that it just shows how hypocritical they are and in a way, damages the agenda of the anti-gun lobby.
 
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True, but if you ask me, it is favorable in a sense that it just shows how hypocritical they are and in a way, damages the agenda of the anti-gun lobby.
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point taken, but it only damages the agenda in the minds of those who already understand and detest it. I don't see Yee really facing the music for this malfeasance and treachery. I will be shocked if he's made an example of.
 
The real problem is politicians do that kind of stuff all the time with other types of goods and most of America does not care . I don't see a whole lot of difference writing laws or helping them pass that help company or market X . Knowing later you plan on making some money in that same market in the private sector .
 
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I don't see Yee really facing the music for this malfeasance and treachery. I will be shocked if he's made an example of.
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I'm not so sure. He was trying to run guns to organized crime, potentially with the aid of Islamic terrorists. I'm guessing people will want to take a hard line against organized crime and terrorist supporters!
 
I'm not so sure. He was trying to run guns to organized crime, potentially with the aid of Islamic terrorists. I'm guessing people will want to take a hard line against organized crime and terrorist supporters!
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If you mean "The People", then I agree. But bear in mind that the attorney general should have had his hide removed by 'The People' not too long ago. I fear that when we say 'the people' the unspoken phrase missing from the end is "that matter". I don't feel Yee will have a slap on the wrist. I just don't feel Yee will stand tall for everything he's found to be guilty of. Would you, as a champion of the cause unrelated to Yee, undermine your own group's standpoint on a sensitive issue like guns, if you didn't have to? Those elements will be downplayed as much as possible if a lot of people have their say, and I'm afraid that their voices are more deafening than yours and mine.
 
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