Talk about convenient relationships....

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It's well known in the Federal Reserve, Treasury, and SEC that high-ranking officials who play nice with the banking industry are essentially guaranteed high-six-figure to seven-figure jobs after their stint in Washington is finished. I don't think anyone is deluded enough to believe that the job offers derive from the hard skills those individuals offer; usually they're hired as a lobbyist or some type of spokesman for the industry. It's important for people to understand that corruption isn't a matter of legality versus illegality - it's whether institutions are fulfilling their proper roles and serving those whom they are supposed to serve.

It is an open secret that the media and politicians are symbiotic. The politicians are the source of the news that the mediarites need. If the media doesn't play nice, they don't get "access".

If the politicians don't play nice, the media can "tell the truth", or speculate.

Hmm, that's weird. Are you telling me there are no more so-called journalists anymore. Just Democrats with bylines. All working together to make government survive and thrive.

Never forget the liberal mantra JK. We're all in this together, except you, you're a dick.

I saw the "mocking". Doherty called it a "bowling team", to which Cicilline claimed they'd never been bowling. So I looked it up and sure enough, right on the page of the Congresswoman who organized that bi-partisan group was her mentioning how the group had a bowling night.

Interesting yet again that Cicilline has difficulty with honesty in saying they'd never been bowling. Sure, maybe Doherty was poking fun at the group but there's nothing wrong with explaining that Cicilline saw bowling as just yet another activity where the two sides could have some fun together. Instead, he went straight to what he knows best. Lie.

Some people are just pathological liars. David Cicillini. Bob Plain. Even when caught red handed publishing lies, they just lie more to pave over the old lies and never admit fault. A rolling stone gathers no moss in a far-left, apathetic state like Rhode Island. If you truly believe the ends justify the means in making the world a more "progressive" place, it's easy to crank out the whoppers and look yourself in the mirror each night. There are always high-priced spin doctors like Tom Sgouros for sale to publish gushing defenses of you in the local papers if you really get yourself in deep.

Dave,

"Hmm, that's weird. Are you telling me there are no more so-called journalists anymore. Just Democrats with bylines. All working together to make government survive and thrive."

It has been reported many times, and is certainly no secret, that more than 80% of mediarites are registered Democrats. It would be unrealitic to think that there is not some seepage of personal opinions. "Journalists"? We need "reporters".