Has Your Non-Profit Laundered Money for Abramoff?

Back in the saddle I am - and just in time to watch Abramoff-related stories hit the news. One of Abramoff's congressional buddies, Ney of Ohio, pleaded guilty (gee, there's a surprise). And what's more is a Senate report that shows five conservative non-profits working with Abramoff were less than exemplary in their behavior. Anyone surprised yet? When you see the name Grover Norquist, you just know something slimy is coming down the pike. Grover's non-profit "Americans for Tax Reform," the "Council of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy," "Citizens Against Government Waste," the "Natural Center for Public Policy Research," and "Toward Tradition" all seem to have been helping Abramoff by laundering funds, accepting payoffs for promoting Abramoff's clients, and being fronts for Congressional junkets arranged by Abramoff for his clients.

Oh yeah, and Sec. of Interior Gale Norton co-founded the CREA with Norquist. Ya gotta love a bunch of conservative Republicans creating anything that has the name "environmental advocacy" in it. I guess the name "Council of Republicans to Work with Corporate Giants to Rape the Earth" just doesn't have the same ring to it.