Corrupt Bastardette to Plead Guilty. Here We Go Again.
After Senator John Cowdery’s sentencing yesterday, it seemed….well….awfully quiet. Traffic on the Corrupt Bastards Highway seemed mighty slow, and there didn’t seem to be anything coming down the Pike.
But that was yesterday. Today, a brand new Corrupt Bastard emerges. Or, shall I say “Corrupt Bastardette”? And she’s a Republican (Gasp!) from the Valley (double Gasp!) named Beverly Masek. (awwwww…..)
Masek, a Republican from Willow who represented the Matanuska-Susitna area between 1995 and 2004, was accused by the Justice Department of accepting at least $4,000 from former Veco Corp. chief executive Bill Allen in 2003.
In return for the money, she killed an oil tax bill she had introduced after Allen told her it was “harmful” to his oil industry clients, according to the charges.
Masek is scheduled to enter her guilty plea tomorrow morning before U.S. District Judge Ralph Beistline. Under the plea deal filed with the charges, she faces a prison sentence of 18 to 24 months and a fine of $4,000 to $40,000.
She will enter her plea of “guilty” tomorrow morning before U.S. District Judge Ralph Beistline, the same guy who sentenced Senator John Cowdery yesterday. I think he’s having a “theme week”.
Will Masek get six months hanging out at home on the Barcalounger, in front of the big screen TV like Cowdery? I’m guessing not. But you just never know with Corrupt Bastards Theatre.
So, time to melt the butter, pop the corn and settle in for the next Act, entitled “Here We Go Again.”
Oh Sarah……..payin’ attention ??
Beverly Masek was a musher in the Iditarod – I’m so bummed.
Is that Traffic on the Corrupt Bastards Highway, to No where?
Maybe she shouldn’t have quit mushing, which kept her busy and honest!
http://www.iditarod.com/archives/musher/mushersummary_3357.html
I bet none of these bastards and -ettes ever dreamed it would be Bill Allen himself who would out them. What is the world coming to when you can’t even trust your local crook?
Too bad. Honest. Alaskan politics is so dang mucky, says Pucky.
Aussie Blue Sky – Mr.Allen got to follow thru with the multi-million $$$ sale of his company AND the promise to leave his half guilty family alone. Swingin’ deal for him………
So exactly how many honest politicians do you guys have up there? 3? 5? What? I know it’s not the water because my sisters are still normal. Please tell me why elected officials in Alaska are so incredibly prone to corruption. Yes, I realize there are a few other states with the same problem, but really, what is it about Alaska that attracts the easily corruptible?
OIL. AKM
VECO again? Who built Sarah’s house? Anyone investigating?
Maybe in Alaska the term, “gone to the dogs” should be a compliment. Perhaps mandatory public mushing service for all politicians? Kinda like middle schoolers caring for their “egg babies.” If you want to be in politics up there you have to simultaneously run a dog team, help Native villages, and write a blog. Basic qualifications for having a CHANCE to be involved in Alaska state government.
@womanwithsardinecan (15:44:01) :
Well, at least a couple, and we know most of the ones in your sisters’ town are okay (I did only say most…). I think it’s an issue of frontier mentality and doing things “their own” way and feeling like they’re so far from the “rest” of the US that no one will notice and who knows what else.
Martha Unalaska Yard SignNo Gravatar (15:34:06) :
Maybe she shouldn’t have quit mushing, which kept her busy and honest!
http://www.iditarod.com/archives/musher/mushersummary_3357.html
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I meant to paste sister’s comment with above comment.
sis, sorry to call you normal. I meant it in a good way.
Maybe U.S. District Judge Ralph Beistline should have had a twofer sale.
It was that bastardized version of “frontier mentality” (and rampant alcoholism) that caused me to leave Alaska and decide never to live there again.
I do hope all of the real people of Juneau have been flooding GINO’s office with applications, both for real and to make her life a living hell, sisters included. Sisters, maybe the paycheck for the senate job is better than what you are getting now. Think on it. I’d support either of you for the position.
I submit The Pod for the senate seat. He can talk louder than the corrupt bastards. (inside joke for sisters)
I just poked my head in to do a quick read, and found a whole newspapers worth of news. One thing for sure, there is lots of news coming out of Alaska. I have been island hopping. Right now I am in Poipou on the island of Kauai, and will head for Kona on the big island next. It is nice to be warm for a change. Keep up the good work AKM, and I will blow a little sunshine, and warm your way when we fly back to Seattle. We have been hitting the beach every day. No sense sitting at a computer when the weather is reasonable. Hold the fort, and I will be back to catch up in a week or so.
Bastardette? Good one, AKM.
OT Must be true – Fox is now reporting the breakup with GINO being “devastated”.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/11/report-bristol-palin-fiance-break/
GINO “devastated”
isn’t she ALWAYS….
maybe the reason she is the way she behaves the way she does
LORI::: yeap, that glass house id being investigated…
fingers confussed’cated again….
SHOULD BE: house IS being investigated…
then again, maybe the 1st comment is true too also as well because
See?? Corruption really is an equal opportunity endeavor! So has Masek shattered that glass ceiling, or do you think S Palin will shatter it 4-millions times more?
Her We Go Again…Yee haw!
Dosie-doe you Yella-tail Bastard & Bastardette…house arrest…but no jail time huh?
@ womanwithsardinecan
The Pod for Senate! He’s a democrat, very sassy and extremely vocal. He’d be perfect.
Good thing I stocked up on popcorn. Besides, Illinois has been quiet lately…no news on Burris… so I’ll enjoy the Wild Political North, you betcha. also.*wink*
AKM,
You make me LOL every single day.
Thank you!
@Lance the Boil aka Crust Scramble (16:23:40) :
I think the Fox/AP report is very ambiguous as to who is devastated. It says Palin but does not say which one. What is clear is that it is not rumor.
I think Mr. Johnston need only look to Mr. Wooten and his “divorce from the Palin family” to see what he is up against. Unless of course Mr. Johnston knows that after his mother’s trial, he has more leverage than Gino.
As far as Ms. Masek, it will be very interesting to see what justice serves her compared to Mr. Cowdery’ lite fare.
SarahGates of Hell said TealNo Gravatar (16:43:40) :
GINO “devastated”
isn’t she ALWAYS….
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Well, we all know she’s devastating. But I’m starting to think she’s going to end up having a very short half-life.
Take that with a grain of salt – I really thought Saxby would lose this last election. I still wonder if he managed to ‘steal’ this last one.
Dr. PatoisNo Gravatar (17:24:51) :
@Lance the Boil aka Crust Scramble (16:23:40) :
I think the Fox/AP report is very ambiguous as to who is devastated. It says Palin but does not say which one.
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I agree, but Sarah, bless her heart, always seems to arrive first at the pity party.
Dr. PatoisNo Gravatar (17:24:51) :
Rereading it, it does sound like Bristol is the ‘devastated’ one.
Where’s Sarah? I betcha she’ll be showing up soon, also.
I predict that Masek will get a $4K fine, a year on probation, and 2 weeks of confinement in her own home. : )
Lori in Los Angeles (15:44:03) :
VECO again? Who built Sarah’s house? Anyone investigating?
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Oddly enough, I’ve just been doing some research on Nick Olstad; he’s a welder who worked on the house. He won the Iron Dog last month.
I came across this; I know it will make you laugh.
2009 Iron Dog — The Scandalous Palin & Olstad Interviews
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlA8pgYDuWs
SarahGates of Hell said Teal(16:45:19) :
fingers confussed’cated again….
SHOULD BE: house IS being investigated…
then again, maybe the 1st comment is true too also as well because
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WHAT?
Masek entering a guilty plea leaves hope in my heart that the feds are still on the job. When will they get to the Board of Fisheries and the rest of the crap that’s been perpetrated against us. Ben Stevens, are you scared yet?
The Pod 2010!!
@Lance the Boil aka Crust Scramble (17:33:13) :
OH MY!
Clarification on the devastated from ADN via SarahPac:
Bristol Palin said in a statement that she was devastated about a report on Star magazine’s Web site that quoted Levi’s sister, Mercede, as saying Bristol “makes it nearly impossible” to visit the teenagers’ infant son, Tripp. The baby was born Dec. 27.
“Unfortunately, my family has seen many people say and do many things to ‘cash in’ on the Palin name,” said the statement, which was issued through the governor’s political action committee. “Sometimes that greed clouds good judgment and the truth.”
SarahPAC spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton did not immediately respond to calls seeking further information.
crystalwolf aka caligrl ::: the reference = I made a typo in my previous post….Sorry
Aussie – LOL – thanks!! that was funny…….did you catch Piper tilt her head and stare at Todd when the reporter asked about sleeping with Sarah ??
Sad thing is, besides being corrupt, she (Masek) was so cheap! I mean, really, $4,000? That’ll barely buy you a carton of eggs in some areas of Alaska!
My beloved old aunt Eva May was a rugged, rawboned old Arizonian who did not mince words. She knew bastards when she saw ‘em, and called them the same. She believed in equal opportunity before it was popular. She met a lot of female jerks as well as male ones, and her name for a female bastard was “bastred”. I don’t know where she got that, but it was a word I grew up hearing (never about myself!) and I use it all the time. So here we have it – Beverly the Bastred!
Aussie Blue Sky thanks, did that man sat TODD was needed in the govs office cause he is STRONG & can make good decisions……went ova to U-tube got drawn in watching GINO videos
Yes, Lori, VECO again.
Hey, whatever happened to the $5,000 Allen gave to Sarah Palin as her first major political contribution? Isn’t that amount in excess of the allowable and wasn’t that also in hopes the she’d do things favorable to him and/or his company?
My guess is that Masek’s sentence will include a requirement that she go on 6 dates with Levi. …
Meghan McCain has started a fight, for a better word, with Ann Coulter. And Meghan told Rachel Maddow she knew what she was doing. What a hoot! Wonder if she has a problem with Palin??
congrats, AKM. it did not take the MSM 2 weeks to pick up your latest breaking news out of the great white trash north. hahahahhaaaa
Aussie Blue Sky @ 17:48
Thanks for the view, LOL. One thing I noticed, when Todd was asked if he was still Palin’s Dude…Todd said “Todd.” Hummm
Dr. PatoisNo Gravatar (18:08:45) :
@Lance the Boil aka Crust Scramble (17:33:13) :
OH MY!
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“cash in on the Palin name”. My, my, my. “Issued through the governor’s political action committee.” My, my, my. “greed clouds good judgment and the truth.” My, my, my.
Where IS Sarah?
Well, I just gotta say, I’ll be damned.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/11/steele-abortion-is-an-ind_n_174092.html
Where does this leave Sarah and Rush?
Geez — Don’t know why this song is playing in my mind these days
Another one bites the dust, another one bites the dust
And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust
Hey, I’m gonna get you too, another one bites the dust
Queen 1980
new thread
I always knew Bev was corrupt. She was known for never showing up. The problem is the people in her district don’t give a shit who is running. They just vote for the name they recognize. I know – I live in that district. They don’t care – they just vote for whoever is the Republican running. Totally redneck country.
There’s a good post about Masek over at Alaska Real.
hmm…did that single sentence go to spam or did I forget to hit the submit button? Anyway, what I said was that there is a good post about Masek over at Alaska Real.
I obviously need more coffee.
That’s discriminatory! The guys were offered $25K, one over $250K and she gets offered 4K???
Seriously, her lawyer should have had her plead not guilty, how can a court link a $4K to the voting against a bill harmful to oil companies had she denied all??? Proof? Her lawyer discriminated, also. Cheap and not a very good one, obviously. Not that I condone such behaviour, but…makes one think.
Comparing punishments, I’d say she should serve 1 day of community service at the local Starbucks and a $1.35 fine. lol
Sorry, that’s justice? HA!
Mush, indeed.
Yeah, I agree with the Feathered Serpent Quetzal… why is a bastardette mezzanine goods and the bastards are top-notch? Besides, if you’re gonna be corrupt, at least do it with panache. 4K isn’t hardly worth the trouble.
Yeah – I agree about having a good lawyer…….or in this case , lack of. Sarah HAS to be worried about Rex Butler. From most accounts he is good , and on a personal level , he no likee Sarah !!
personally, i think it would be outrageous and unfair for her to receive a greater sentence than cowdery.
my guess is that the unfortunate ms. masek fell in with bad company when she joined the GOP. giving her a more harsh sentence than the operators of the system of graft is a sop to public morality and does nothing to stop corruption.
age should not be an excuse to avoid an appropriate prison sentence.
cowdery claims both he has ill health and shouldn’t go to jail but he’s well enough to be chauffeuring his wife around — and uses that as another excuse. if he has enough money to pay for four grandchildren to go to college, he has enough money that his wife could hire a driver while he was in prison.
this rewarding crooks because they managed to avoid justice for multiple decades really has to stop.
i don’t know ms. masek but, from her picture, she looks like a nice person. her humiliation from this will be more significant in her life than cowdery’s — his family and friends will never admit he did anything wrong at all. $4,000 is probably a far more significant loss to her finances than $25,000 to Cowdery. i would imagine she has learned a good lesson already and doubt that the public need fear ms. masek getting involved in republican high jinx again.
i hope her lawyer is able to argue her time down significantly below 18 months.
i hope the probation office keeps very close tabs on cowdery and violates him when he steps out of line — which you know he will do.
aussie blue sky — thanks so much for the link to the scandalous interview!
karen marie – re: probation office……..if I lived in Cowdery’s vicinity , I would have the probation office phone # progammed in my camera cell phone……….if he was anywhere but home – take picture – speed dial !!!
I’m hoping that she won’t get a worse sentence than Cowdery did but I wouldn’t be surprised if they sent her to jail. After all, she’s a woman and women who commit crimes are just more criminal than men. Look at the sentence Martha Stewart served – how many men did that much crime for the same?
D’oh… that should have read “how many men did that much time for the same crime?” Dang, I do need another cup of coffee!
U.S. District Judge Ralph Beistline set sentencing for May 28. Under her plea deal with the government, filed on the public docket Wednesday, Masek faces 18 to 24 months in prison and a fine ranging from $4,000 to $40,000.