kallend 1,652 #1 December 12, 2008 ... not Illinois, according to a USN&WR analysis. www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-12-10-corruptstates_N.htm In fact, despite the governor's best efforts we only come in 18th.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #2 December 12, 2008 Gee it certainly appears that the RED STATES are WELL represented on that map....go figure Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,436 #3 December 12, 2008 Wow! Well, the only possible explanation is that Obama was really born in North Dakota rather than Kenya. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #4 December 12, 2008 I guessed Louisiana; second place. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elisha 1 #5 December 12, 2008 Sorry, but I didn't know that anyone actually cared about North Dakota. People live there? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alw 0 #6 December 12, 2008 Assuming that politicians are uniformly corrupt (as a body) which I do, what this says is that N.D. is the least corrupt state in that they find and prosecute their corrupt politicians at a higher rate than the other states. --------------------------------------------- Every day is a bonus - every night is an adventure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #7 December 12, 2008 QuoteAssuming that politicians are uniformly corrupt (as a body) which I do, what this says is that N.D. is the least corrupt state in that they find and prosecute their corrupt politicians at a higher rate than the other states. Good point.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #8 December 12, 2008 Considering the population of North Dakota, it's understandable! Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #9 December 12, 2008 So it could be that your least corrupt state, is the one with the least number of politicians (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akarunway 1 #10 December 12, 2008 Quote ... not Illinois, according to a USN&WR analysis. www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-12-10-corruptstates_N.htm In fact, despite the governor's best efforts we only come in 18th. I wonder where DC would rank.I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Royd 0 #12 December 12, 2008 One state's corrupt politician is another state's good business man. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #13 December 12, 2008 Al Capone once said that he paid more money to the Chicago police force than the city of Chicago. However, no one was arresting the police or any of the corrupt officials. So, I don't think it is fair to assume that the officials are not corrupt. city of gangs Chicago's crime problem back in the news: ***CHICAGO (AP) - The head of the nation's second-largest police department says he is establishing a new unit to deal with gang slayings, which he blames for a murder rate that eclipses that of New York and Los Angeles. Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis told aldermen Friday that he was setting up the Mobile Strike Force to attack the city's gangs. The unit will be comprised of roughly 150 veteran officers divided into about a dozen teams and will "disrupt gang crimes through physical arrests, search warrants and gun seizures," Weis said. He said there were 75 identified gangs in the city and 75,000 gang members. "The gang culture continues to be the driving force behind the vast majority of violence, with more than half the murders committed by gangs," he said. Aldermen expressed concern about the rising murder rate, pointing to a published report that Chicago had 426 slayings as of Tuesday, compared to 417 for New York and 302 for Los Angeles. The Chicago Police Superintendent says that the murder rate is caused by criminals in gangs. (Not that it isn't obvious to everyone else.) That was always Al Capones rule. He said, when you meet another gang. He'll have a knife, so you carry a gun. You go to the doc for stitches, he goes to the morgue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites