« Send Some Prayers | Main | WAIT a Minute »

March 11, 2008

Friend of the little people

With his track record, I kind of expected to see Mr. Spitzer's name show up too:

Bill Clinton Link in Ethanol Probe

(SAO PAULO, Brazil) — A team from Brazil's Labor Ministry found "degrading" living conditions for 133 sugarcane workers employed by an ethanol company whose investors include former President Clinton and other high-profile financial players.

At five sites inspected, workers "complained they were suffering from hunger and cold, and all of the locations were overcrowded and with terrible sanitary conditions," according to a statement issued Friday by Jaqueline Carrijo, who led the inspections last month.

Okay, Clinton is a minor investor in a company that is a minor investor in Brenco. That's not much of a connection and not much of an indictment of him. But certainly, as in the case of uberprogressives Mark Dayton, Al Franken, and Paul Wellstone, one who makes a big deal about the little folk and "feels your pain" might want to look a little more closely at his business connections.

Posted by Ken S. at March 11, 2008 09:49 AM

Comments

I've always thought Lady Justice represented politicians and politicos perfectly.

  • Note the blindfold (and copious amounts of hair to cover the ears): to deny any knowledge of having preceived having done anything negative.
  • Notice the uncovered mouth with which to spew useless gross generalities and baseless "facts".
  • Note the measure...with which to measure the shitloads of money she'll be making.
  • And of course the sword, to put down any rebellion against her kindred. So cute.

Posted by: Ebola at March 11, 2008 02:20 PM

I think a better version for Spritz is Meese's*.

*the plural of 'mice'?

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at March 11, 2008 02:32 PM