{"id":2474,"date":"2010-06-04T22:01:06","date_gmt":"2010-06-05T05:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/04\/culture-of-corruption\/"},"modified":"2010-06-04T22:01:10","modified_gmt":"2010-06-05T05:01:10","slug":"culture-of-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/04\/culture-of-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture of Corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/michellemalkin.com\/\">Culture of Corruption<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Two major job-trading scandals plus the start of the Blago trial this past week, on top of a year&#8217;s worth of uninhibited White House wheeling and dealing, broken transparency pledges, Justice Department stonewalling and brass knuckle-bullying of political opponents, have finally turned the once-derided thesis of my book &#8220;Culture of Corruption&#8221; into conventional wisdom.<\/p>\n<p>Obama sold America a Chicago-tainted bill of goods. A nation of slow learners is finally figuring it out.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You need to click the link at the top and read the whole thing.<\/p>\n<p>Then read her book.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\"><img class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=360964cb-dac1-8ffb-a633-e88166cdc6cd\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2474\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/04\/culture-of-corruption\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2474\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/04\/culture-of-corruption\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-2474\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/04\/culture-of-corruption\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/04\/culture-of-corruption\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/04\/culture-of-corruption\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Culture of Corruption Two major job-trading scandals plus the start of the Blago trial this past week, on top of a year&#8217;s worth of uninhibited White House wheeling and dealing, broken transparency pledges, Justice Department stonewalling and brass knuckle-bullying of political opponents, have finally turned the once-derided thesis of my book &#8220;Culture of Corruption&#8221; 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