Thomas Barr Jr.'s Blog, page 2
July 11, 2017
Why Washington DC Politicians Got So Corrupt
From Dr. Hurd.com
From a reader: Your article (on Donald Trump) was interesting to me, but not because it had anything to do with politics.
Instead, I saw it as being applicable to relationships of all kinds, and perhaps particularly, to close personal
relationships, including those with our families of origin.
In my view, if you can’t be inconvenient, at times, in a relationship, you’re not in a virtuous relationship. (A virtuous relationship is one where everyone benefits, in
the long term.)
In other words, if you have to self-erase (pretend to hold opinions other than what you really believe, or to otherwise sacrifice yourself) in order to be safe in a relationship, it’s not a relationship that is truly to
your interest.
Many of us grew up in homes where we could not be ourselves. Perhaps our mothers or fathers or siblings made it unsafe for us to truly be ourselves, or we were punished whenever we attempted to share our deepest thoughts and
feelings. Or maybe, no one cared enough to even inquire (neglect.)
Tolerating non-virtuous relationships is a huge waste. As children, we had no choice. Thankfully, as adults, we do.
My comments:
Being
authentic and real is hard for many people. They think they do others a favor by withholding their true emotions, even ones grounded in reality and defensible by reason. Then they wonder why they end up full of regret, insecurity, and even the resentment of
others who feel misled by them.
If you cannot be yourself in a relationship, then you’re not in a real relationship. You’re committing a form of fraud, first against yourself and simultaneously against your loved one. While your words
need never be (and never should be) mean-spirited or designed to bring down, all one’s words ought to be honest and real. And it’s not mean-spirited to be truthful.
In our political establishment,
this issue has reached a bizarre and pathological level, because the whole system (both parties) is run by self-evidently corrupt deceivers. What almost nobody stops to ask is what got them there, and — more importantly — what keeps them
there?
The answer is the whole lie of socialism, on which our wealth-redistributing state rests. Robbing from some to pay off others and calling it “compassion” is nothing more than Mafia-like
behavior sugarcoated with what passes for morality. Put simply, you cannot foster honesty and integrity based on a system of lies and deceit. Not in personal relationships, and not on the social level, either.
What’s going on in Washington
DC today is the equivalent of a relationship where the spouse or family member says, “I’m not doing this for me; I’m doing this for you.” And it’s all a lie. While we all can and must pursue our self-interests,
we must do so openly and without deceit or phoniness. If our interests are out in the open and rational, it’s usually not a problem to do so.
America is falling apart at the seams. It’s happening for the same reason individuals fall apart.
Contradictions, self-deceit, evasion and rationalization are hard on an individual’s psyche. They’re equally hard on an entire society.
To fix the political and social problems, we have to fix ourselves. Fixing ourselves means getting rid
of the false idea that we’re entitled to anything — anything at all that belongs to another person. No more lies, no more rationalizations. No more threats, no more evasions. We are all entitled to the same thing, and to only one thing: The right
to be left alone. Beyond that, society (i.e. other persons) owe us nothing.
Until or unless most of us start to get this, we’re doomed. Once we face it, then — once again — everything becomes possible.
May 12, 2017
Louisiana named most corrupt state in America
By Daily Mail Reporter
Louisiana has emerged as America's most corrupt state with the highest rate of convictions for people in public office, official figures revealed this week.
The Southern state came top for public corruption convictions with nine per 100,000 population. Overall Louisiana convicted 403 public officials in the past ten years.
The data was compiled by the Justice Department,
covering the period from 2002 until 2011.
Florida had the largest number of convictions in the ten-year period at 618 but Louisiana came out ahead per head of population, according to Business Insider earlier this week.
The Dakotas - North and South - came in second and third place for corrupt public figures with
Kentucky and Alaska close behind.
The lowest conviction rates for public corruption are South Carolina, Oregon, Washington, New Hampshire, Minnesota and Utah - with 1 per 100,000 population.
Corrupt public
figures in Louisiana have littered the headlines in the past few years.
Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin pleaded not guilty in February 2013 to charges he accepted more than $200,000 in bribes, plus free trips and other perks
in exchange for helping contractors secure millions of dollars in work for the city.
Charges included bribery, wire fraud and filing false tax returns.
The charges against Nagin were the product of a City
Hall corruption investigation in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
It also resulted in guilty pleas by two former city officials, two businessmen and a prison sentence for a former city vendor.
Nagin's
trial is due to begin next month after months of delays.
Perhaps the state's most infamous is Edwin Edwards - who was governor four times in the 1970s, '80s and '90s - before being sent to federal prison for his
role in a bribery and extortion scheme to rig riverboat casino licenses during his fourth term in the early 1990s.
Edwards, 86, married his third wife Trina, 35, in July 2011, shortly after his release following eight-years in federal prison.
The couple had a son in August. They are also the upcoming stars of A&E reality TV show, The Governor's Wife, due to air in the Fall.
There are a variety of crimes which constitute public corruption,
according to the DOJ report.
Election crimes covers corruption related to campaign financing, fraud and conspiracy when it comes to the electoral process at local, state and federal level.
Between 2002 and 2011, 412
federal officials were charged with public corruption in the U.S. So far, 302 have been convicted while there 110 others awaiting trial.
At state level, 93 authority figures have been charged, 143 officials convicted and 41 are awaiting
trial.
On the local front, there have been 295 public corruption charges brought across the U.S., with 296 convictions made in the past decade and 191 people awaiting trial.
April 14, 2017
Women, new findings!
Most Corrupt Politicians in the World 2017
Story by BBC Newspoint
1: NawazSharif
Nawaz Sharif is a Prime Minister of Pakistan he is richest person in Pakistan with well establish business in whole country he has many mills factories and earns lot of money from these. Nawaz sharif has done $418 million corruption his tenure
which is huge amount and show that he has done high level of corruption. He has also lot of projects, land property, out of country business and many other mega projects all are hidden projects but currently involved in Panama papers leaks. He generate lot
of money from the Metro bus service
Russian politician Vladimir Putin is a current President of most powerful country Russian Federation and served as prime minister three times during 1999 to 2012. He is declare world top most corrupt politician in panama
papers leaks due to lot of wealth well establish business and two billion property in many other countries. He is most corrupt politician due to some corrupt moves like the food that never came, the vacation villas in Spain, saving his associates, Putin retirement
home and getting rich. He destroys the economy of this country and involved in high level of corruption and world richest politician.
Salman Bin Abdulaziz is a king of Saudia Arabia also head of house of Saud, for the 48 years he served as a deputy Governor and
Governor of Riyadh during 1963 to 2011. The panama papers are the leaks of confidential documents through offshore companies’ people increases their bank accounts and king Salman is one of the name in the list of leak papers. As the panama paper releases
he has $17 billion net worth which is really big amount through offshore companies. King Salman owns expensive properties and companies in London which include almost 34 million dollars and declare as corrupt politician.
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo belongs to world poor country but he is richest person in the world earn lot of money in power
and served as a President for long period of time. He is a leader of Guinea currently but he was a chairperson of African Union Between 2011 to 2012. This government has known as non-democratic Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo also a corrupt politician and abuse
of power. Teodoro Obiang seized assets about $71 million by court on charges corruption, public funds and money laundering. Due to high level of corruption he declares as biggest corrupt politician in the world.
Most corrupt North Korean politician Kim Jong UN is the chairman of the worker party of Korea he also served as a supreme leader of democratic People’s
Republic of Korea. North Korean country is involved in high level of corruption but Kim Jong UN known as most dangers and corrupt politician in the world according to Panama papers. Kim Jong UN has lavish lifestyle he is richest person with 5 billion USD and
his assets from more than 200 banks in other words he has endless wealth, interesting thing is that he is youngest head of state and Korean leaders salary about 1500 dollar he generate money illegal ways and most corrupt politician in the world.
