the total costs of the 'clinton blowjob' investigation also include years' worth of whitewater investigations begun under independent counsel robert fiske -- ken starr replaced him, and then further investigations were tacked on... namely travelgate, filegate, and finally the paula jones civil suit leading to the breaking of the lewinsky story...

the total pricetag for seven years of multiple investigations? approximately 70 to 80 million

let's also keep in mind that it wasn't 'clinton getting a blowjob' that incurred these expenses, rather that there were shady land deals, as well as questionable firings of whitehouse travel staff, and improper access of fbi files... being investigated parallel to his sexual harrassment (paula jones) case while arkansas governor - the latter led to lewinsky... and it was then that clinton was charged with PERJURY and OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.... not just getting a bj

the cost of the lewinsky portion of the investigation, and that which caused the two above charges, is estimated at 6.7 to 7.2 million dollars

the total cost of the 9-11 investigation was 12 million dollars... 3 million initially allocated, and another 9 million of a requested 11 million allocated later

finally, as to the 'gop spen[ding] more money' ... well, the original investigation was initiated at clinton's request... through janet reno, who was appointed by clinton himself -- and reno appointed fiske, and then fiske was replaced--using a law of special counsel (originally created by a democrat-controlled congress in 1978) reenacted by clinton--by starr who was appointed by an independent three-judge panel to continue the whitewater investigation - also remember that starr had previously been the leading candidate for a us supreme court seat, but was deemed 'not conservative enough' by the gop... and therefore h.w. bush nominated david souter

yeah, there was monkey-business besides clinton and a cigar, but let's not forget the basic facts

I knew that the incest and age of consent laws in Arkansas were light, but this is just RIDICULOUS!

*dodges thrown produce*

although i find it hard not to respect mr. ventura, i think his numbers are a bit off... or misleading

the total costs of the investigation he's referring to also include years' worth of whitewater investigations begun under independent counsel robert fiske -- ken starr replaced him, and then further investigations were tacked on... namely travelgate, filegate, and finally the paula jones civil suit leading to the breaking of the lewinsky story...

the total pricetag for seven years of multiple investigations? approximately 70 to 80 million

let's also keep in mind that it wasn't 'clinton getting a blowjob' that incurred these expenses, rather that there were shady land deals, as well as questionable firings of whitehouse travel staff, and improper access of fbi files... being investigated parallel to his sexual harrassment case while arkansas governor - the latter led to lewinsky... and it was then that clinton was charged with PERJURY and OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.... not just getting a bj

the cost of the lewinsky portion of the investigation, and that which caused the two above charges, is estimated at 6.7 to 7.2 million dollars

the total cost of the 9-11 investigation was 12 million dollars... 3 million initially allocated, and another 9 million of a requested 11 million allocated later

besides a little trouble with the numbers... still, i think mr ventura makes his point

ooooo...I'm sorry...the answer we were looking for is "Arkansas"

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>> ^eric3579:
A racist based on this one comment? You're fucking kidding me. Looks to me like a poor attempt at humor, and in bad taste. I think the downvotes and all the comments has made everyone well aware of this. In this situation I have a much bigger issue of slandering someones name with the label "racist". If you're gonna call someone a racist, you better be able to back that shit up, and I just don't see it.

You can single-handedly end world hunger, unite everybody together as one peaceful, worldwide community, but if you fuck just one goat...

Goat fucker! That's my final answer.

Arkansas publik edukumashun. Who needs this science shit!

whats up with the creationist dude going from one minute southern arkansas to liverpool the next?
or was that just a really bad attenborough impression?
either way..this guy got spanked.
great vid!

Sure, organic farming may have a reputation of being for the elite only. But, from my perspective, my unemployed mother was growing and canning mostly organic vegetables in our rural home in Arkansas long before any of this hype. Why? Because our family of four lived off 20,000, we couldn't afford fresh veggies from the store, and pesticides weren't exactly cheap either. Over the last decade, I've LOVED watching this trend of popularizing and commercializing home/locally-grown food. We thought of it first, BOO-YA!

I did more digging on the biologist. His name is Dr. Ben Waggoner and is a tenured professor at the University of Central Arkansas. UCA happens to be a publicly funded school.

Here is his CV: http://faculty.uca.edu/benw/benwcv.htm

What is odd is that his CV is full of scientific and evolutionary papers. Given this, I cannot understand why he makes the shocking claim at the outset of this video, and why he continually plugs creationist materials throughout the debate.

So the guy against legalization was from Little Rock, Arkansas?

Ooooo-kay.

And he considers marijuana a hard drug?

Ooooo-kay.

>> ^rougy:
Sounded Californian to me.
I once met another English speaker from Australia I think (might have been Scotland) and he said that he confused accents as well, that an American accent sounded like a variation of Australian to him.
America has several distinct accents. Some of them really grate at my ears (Texas especially).

The thing about the "Texas" accent is it's not always in Texas. People from Alaska talk like that, people from Arkansas talk like that, people in sunny San Diego, California that have never even been to Texas talk like that. That accent is more attributed to a shit-kickin' redneck than to a Texan

>> ^Retroboy:
>> ^dragonfriend85:
Wy would any rational person want to hold office in Arkansas?
Fixed.


Because if wise men and women don't hold public office, the unwise will?

From the venrible sifters post. Arkansas 19
"No person who denies the being of a God shall... nor be competent to testify as a witness in any court."
Now, a lot of the shit in that post was messed up but that. That just scares me. I ain't never going to Maha Farking Arkansaw

>> ^dragonfriend85:
Wy would any rational person want to hold office in Arkansas?
Fixed.

Wy would any rational person want to hold office in Arkansas?

>> ^EDD:
Seperation of church and state? In America? Ha ha, you gotta be kidding:
>> ^qruel:
Article 19 Miscellaneous provisions Arkansas's State Constitution
"No person who denies the being of a God shall hold any office in the civil departments of this State, nor be competent to testify as a witness in any court."
...et al.

Separation of church and state? In America? Ha ha, you gotta be kidding:

>> ^qruel:
Article 19 Miscellaneous provisions Arkansas's State Constitution
"No person who denies the being of a God shall hold any office in the civil departments of this State, nor be competent to testify as a witness in any court."
Article 6 Section 8 of North Carolina's State Constitution
"Disqualifications of office. The following persons shall be disqualified for office: First, any person who shall deny the being of Almighty God."
Article 1 Section 4 of Pennsylvania's State Constitution
"No person who acknowledges the being of a God and a future state of rewards and punishments shall, on account of his religious sentiments, be disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this Commonwealth."
Article 4 Section 2 of South Carolina's State Constitution
"No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor who denies the existence of the Supreme Being; ..."
Note: If you continue reading you will find that (in Section the Lieutenant Governor must also meet the same qualifications as the Governor.
Article 9 Section 2 of Tennessee's State Constitution
"No person who denies the being of God, or a future state of rewards and punishments, shall hold any office in the civil department of this state."
Article 1 Section 4 of Texas' State Constitution
"No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office, or public trust, in this State; nor shall any one be excluded from holding office on account of his religious sentiments, provided he acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being."