Charlie Rangel - Part Deux

We have written about Charlie Rangel before. For those who may not know, Charlie is a Democratic CongressCritter from New York. He is Chairman of the House Ways and Means committee. This is the committee that writes our tax laws. So, he is a pretty big deal.

In our original post, we detailed how the congressman was in hot water. He had neglected to report hundreds of thousands of dollars in income on rental property - on property he owned in the Caribbean! He claimed he had forgotten about the properties. Really!! If I owned property in the Caribbean, I suspect I would remember.

Well now Charles The Forgetful is in trouble again. The House Ethics Committee (an oxymoron at best) has ruled the Rangel violated house rules by accepting corporate funded trips to.....the Caribbean!

He claims he did not know how the trips were funded - that it was his staff that is to be blamed. Really? You went on overseas trips and did not know who was paying for them?

Two possibilites present themselves. Either he is too corrupt - for knowingly taking the trips. Or - he is too stupid - for going on trips without knowing who was paying?

I would go with corrupt.

Which brings us to Nancy Pelosi. Nancy is, unbelievably, the Speaker of the House. In the run-up to the election she accused the Republicans of having a 'Culture of Corruption'. She promised to 'Drain the Swamp' and 'Clean House' and have the 'Most Ethical Congress Ever'.

Not that anyone believed her of course. Since then, William Jefferson (D) was convicted of taking bribes. You remember him - he was the one with 90,000 bucks in his freezer.

Now we have Charlie. Judged by the House Ethics committee of breaking house rules. But, as one would expect, Queen Nancy is letting him keep his Chairmanship.

Wait - let me find my shocked face. It is in this video at about 0:25