A TEXAS WOMAN WHO IS NOT BORING WRITES FROM AUSTIN:
“SO LONG, TOM, YOU HYPOCRITE”
“…In 1996 and 1997, Abramoff billed the Marianas for 187 contacts with DeLay's office, including 16 meetings with DeLay. In December 1997, DeLay, his wife and their daughter went on an Abramoff-arranged jaunt to the Marianas. DeLay brunched with the Marianas' largest private employer, textile magnate Willie Tan.
Tan had to settle a U.S. Labor Department lawsuit alleging workplace violations. According to the book "The Hammer" by Lou Dubose and Jan Reid, among the violations common on the islands is forbidding women to work when they are pregnant, thus leading to a high abortion rate. …”
READ HER COMPLETE ESSAY AT:
http://tinyurl.com/m6nkl
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