by David Phinney
Thursday March 28th 2024

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Grapes and Sex and Government Contracts

Talk about low-hanging fruit:

A prostitute testified Wednesday that former U.S. Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham fed her grapes as she sat naked in a Jacuzzi before they headed to a bedroom at a Hawaiian resort.
The woman testified at the bribery trial of defense contractor Brent Wilkes, who is accused paying the former congressman with $700,000 in cash and perks in exchange for help securing about $90 million in government contracts.
Wilkes has denied the charges.

I have as many grapes as a contractor can eat in exchange for finishing my kitchen.
The Associated Press has the story.

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One Response to “Grapes and Sex and Government Contracts”

  1. Ariana says:

    Rose-colored glasses? Pink, more liarltley. I can see a Rumsfeld/ parallell in the dynamics of a changing Military, or in attempting to make changes in the Military. Interestingly they both served in air-oriented wings – Rumsfeld as a Navy pilot and flight instructor, and McNamara in the Army Air Corps as a WWII analyst and statistician – both their duties required refined analytical skills, especially those for a jet-pilot taking off from an aircraft carrier where you can easily croak…

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