Another Prick Bites The Dust

[heyheybooboo]

American oil tycoon Oscar Wyatt has been sentenced to one year and a day in prison for conspiracy in the UN oil-for-food programme scandal.

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A UN-commissioned inquiry found that 2,200 companies in 66 countries paid $1.8bn in bribes to Iraqi officials to win oil contracts.

Perhaps 'white collar' crime jail sentences will actually mean something in our lifetime. Oscar knew how to play the game . . .

Oscar's Year 2000 Soft Money Political Contributions

To Democrats: $125,000
To Republicans: $100,000

Total: $225,000

From: <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.opensecrets.org/softmoney/softcomp2.asp?state=TX&txtName=Coastal+Corp&txtCycle=2000"> CENTER FOR RESPONSIVE
POLITICS</a>

 

[RightIsWrong]

If we the people are lucky...he will serve the one day portion of that sentence before it is commuted.

 

[teclis1023]

To Democrats: $125,000
To Republicans: $100,000

And my Democrat friends wonder why I hate both parties.

Gosh, I wonder how long it will take before his sentence is struck down by his friends in the oil business...erm, i mean...executive branch.