<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div></div><div>Speaking of "ethics", how's this for a flashback . . . way back on October 25, 2010.</div><div> </div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/Stuff/Countdown_102510_WMV.wmv">http://www.tomandrodna.com/Stuff/Countdown_102510_WMV.wmv</a></div><div> </div><div>Courtesy of KHQ at:</div><div><br></div><a href="http://www.khq.com/story/16515773/in-ethics-tit-for-tat-gop-blasts-idaho-dems">http://www.khq.com/story/16515773/in-ethics-tit-for-tat-gop-blasts-idaho-dems</a><div><div> </div><div>------------------------------</div><div><div id="WNStoryHeader" style="margin-bottom: 13px; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-size: 12px; "><h3 class="" style="display: block; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: bold; ">In ethics tit-for-tat, GOP blasts Idaho Dems</h3></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-size: 12px; "><div id="WNStoryBody" class="" style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 15px; display: inline; "><p style="margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The Idaho House's top Republican leader suggested Democrats' charges that the state's dominant GOP has fostered a "culture of corruption" and "cronyism" could hurt efforts by the two sides to create an independent ethics commission.</p><p style="margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">House Speaker Lawerence Denney on Friday labeled the "culture of corruption" charge - levied by Idaho Democratic Party Chairman Larry Grant last week against Republicans including Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter - is incendiary language that will make it tougher for the two sides to work together.</p><p style="margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Denney cited examples of what he termed Democratic ethical lapses that show neither party is immune to scrutiny.</p><p style="margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">House Minority Leader John Rusche said Denney's letter underscores the need for an independent ethics commission, because restoring faith in government isn't a partisan issue, rather one both sides should embrace.</p><p style="margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); font-size: 17px; ">------------------------------</span></p></div></span><div>Seeya later, Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Spokane, Washington</div><div><br></div><div>"If not us, who?</div><div>If not now, when?"</div><div><br></div><div>- Unknown</div></div></div></body></html>