For that price, he should have at least gotten one of them really cool flashing animated GIFs.

There is nepotism in Government! News at 11.

I tried this. It didn't work. I couldn't get past step one. I guess this guy had better luck with it.

madmann: For that price, he should have at least gotten one of them really cool flashing animated GIFs.

sxacho: I tried this. It didn't work. I couldn't get past step one. I guess this guy had better luck with it.

lol, thanks for the laugh on this single digit day

Pardon Our Dust! There will be new and exciting content in this post soon!

this guy is a farking scumbag

fark off already, you embarrassing twat

Any rational person can see that if you are given $80K, you can subcontract out $15K of it to make a decent, high-bandwidth/unlimited-hits website complete with user forums, blogs, and donation-via-CC/paypal buttons. Another $5K to have a pro design your website with nice (albeit stock) graphics.

Then pocket $60K. There are hundreds of online services to choose from that can get you up and running in a day. How hard can it be?

Say, wasn't there just an NRO greenlight claiming that the liberal elite mainstream MSM media is ignoring this guy's misdeeds?

Huh.

AntiNerd: Any rational person can see that if you are given $80K, you can subcontract out $15K of it to make a decent, high-bandwidth/unlimited-hits website complete with user forums, blogs, and donation-via-CC/paypal buttons. Another $5K to have a pro design your website with nice (albeit stock) graphics.

Then pocket $60K. There are hundreds of online services to choose from that can get you up and running in a day. How hard can it be?

Plus you could make all that money back by charging $5 a month to be a total Rangeler

Big surprise!

Rangel learned his tactics and ethics from another expert Harlem congressman scumbeg, Adam Clyton Powell.

I've looked at both http://www.house.gov/rangel/ and http://charlierangel.org/

They're both a bit cringeworthy in terms of design choices(time new roman ftl) both they're not the horrifficly bad pages I was expecting. They're certainly worth more than the $100 their 'expert' quoted.

Not worth $80,000 but there has been a fair amount of work done and not money for nothing.

AntiNerd: Any rational person can see that if you are given $80K, you can subcontract out $15K of it to make a decent, high-bandwidth/unlimited-hits website complete with user forums, blogs, and donation-via-CC/paypal buttons. Another $5K to have a pro design your website with nice (albeit stock) graphics.

Then pocket $60K. There are hundreds of online services to choose from that can get you up and running in a day. How hard can it be?

You just don't get it. Why pocket 60k when you can pocket 79,990.05?

The page in question:

www.nationalleadershippac.comUserID

The BWAAAAmbulance is in the shop. It's cost 34 billion dollars to fix it.

no.
step 1 You are Charles Rengal
step 2 pretend to hire your son to work on your campaign
step 3 pocket your son's salary
step 4 profit!

wait wait We have a step 3 people! a historic day!!!

I say, it's so fashionable to rip on Charlie Rangle these days, but the fact is the man's out there, every day, with new material, and he's charming!

Please excuse our website. Our site is undergoing routine maintenace. The site's menu has been deactivated, certain links have been disabled, and much of our content is currently unavailable. Thanks you for your patience.

"Thanks you for your patience"?
If you're spending $80,000 on a site, it shouldn't sound like BatBoy wrote it.

IXI Jim IXI: madmann: For that price, he should have at least gotten one of them really cool flashing animated GIFs.

[Drudge siren]

LOL! Get out of my head, man! That's the exact one that went through my mind when I wrote that. You win the contest!

What? You didn't hear there was a contest?

I was under the impression that EVERYONE had heard. Hmmm...

Not that it has any bearing on this, but didn't Ron Paul employ a good portion of his family for his campaign?

Anyway, self-dealing politicians piss me off to no limit.

The Dreaded Rear Admiral: I say, it's so fashionable to rip on Charlie Rangle these days, but the fact is the man's out there, every day, with new material, and he's charming!

That's the creepiest f'n thing I've ever seen. Thanks for nothing.

As for the headline...."hai"? Really?

The Dreaded Rear Admiral: www.didntyouhear.com

Reminds me of William Kristol

The Dreaded Rear Admiral: I say, it's so fashionable to rip on Charlie Rangle these days, but the fact is the man's out there, every day, with new material, and he's charming!

Pure nightmare fuel.

Is Rangel black?? He kinda looks like he does, but he dresses and talks like a reject from a casting call for the Godfather.

madmann: What? You didn't hear there was a contest?

Will there be pie?

1derful: Is Rangel black?? He kinda looks like he does, but he dresses and talks like a reject from a casting call for the Godfather.

"His father Ralph Rangel, Sr. (January 6, 1900-?) was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico."

/wikipedia'd

FooDog: Not that it has any bearing on this, but didn't Ron Paul employ a good portion of his family for his campaign?

Anyway, self-dealing politicians piss me off to no limit.

How dare you defile the name of our lord and saviour

/sicks 1000 Reddit readers on FooDog

/link as hot as the subject.

1derful: Is Rangel black?? He kinda looks like he does, but he dresses and talks like a reject from a casting call for the Godfather.

Oh yeah, also...
"Rangel is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African-Americans."

/helps to read the whole thing
//also wikipedia'd

cookiecatter: 1derful: Is Rangel black?? He kinda looks like he does, but he dresses and talks like a reject from a casting call for the Godfather.

"His father Ralph Rangel, Sr. (January 6, 1900-?) was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico."

/wikipedia'd

Thats not saying much, Ricans can be as dark as Wesley Snipes or as white as Wayne Brady.

DeadZone: /link as hot as the subject.

See, now there's an animated GIF I can get behind!

write an e-book on how to make money on the Internet.


Step 1: Talk to Dad

Many, many politicians do this, hire family members to work on their campaigns and pay them lots of money.

It's not right.

anigif thread!!!!!!

\bring it, I'm at work and I can't :(

or...

abigsmurf: I've looked at both http://www.house.gov/rangel/ and http://charlierangel.org/

They're both a bit cringeworthy in terms of design choices(time new roman ftl) both they're not the horrifficly bad pages I was expecting. They're certainly worth more than the $100 their 'expert' quoted.

Not worth $80,000 but there has been a fair amount of work done and not money for nothing.

Looking at the first link, I looked at the Cascade Style Sheet at http://www.house.gov/rangel/style_rangel.css

The page is all done in tables and the content of TDs are in Times New Roman. There are site-specific codes (the ones with the period before the name, like .HeaderFont). So if anyone wanted to change the whole design of the site, they could just go into the CSS document and change the look of the font. A few minutes of work would change the appearance for however many pages there are that use this Sheet.

Links are gray and the underlining disappears with the mouse-over...

A:link
{
TEXT-DECORATION: underline;
color:#666666;
}
A:visited
{
TEXT-DECORATION: underline;
color:#666666;
}
A:hover
{
TEXT-DECORATION: none
}


...nice use of CSS, but definitely not $80,000 worth, if that was just for the initial design and small intermittent updates.

What I mean to say is: I'm a web and graphic designer with experience in Dreamweaver and Photoshop / ImageReady, and this is the going rate! I can has job?

Corvus: Many, many politicians do this, hire family members to work on their campaigns and pay them lots of money.

It's not right.

What makes this a particularly scary revelation is that Rangel is currently the chairman for the House ways and means committee. Not only is he currently embroiled in a tax scandal, but now we hear that he's a standard issue corrupt politician abusing his position to take care of his family....all of which rather makes it difficult for Rangel to act with any sort of authority when it comes to tax plans and budget matters. How can we POSSIBLY trust that this guy has our best interests in mind? Answer: we can't. And if you're honest with yourself and not a partisan hack you'll admit that this is a big problem.

is ric romero on this?

madmann: For that price, he should have at least gotten one of them really cool flashing animated GIFs.

He could have used the ones from Mark Foley's old site. He's not using them.

Well, at least congress is no longer stuck in the 80's. That's a "dot com" 90's gig right there.

Can we page the apologists over from the NRO thread about this exact same thing and get them to explain why this is a good thing for Democrats? Or that because the "other side" does it, it's OK?

I don't understand it. The "side" everyone is talking about is the US. We're not well served by people like this no matter if they have an R or a D after their name on TV.

I had to scroll away from DeadZone's GIF. Otherwise I sit there like a cartoon character watching TV.

Rangel is doing more good for the Republicans than the Democrats. It's time for him to go.

it was campaign money. not taxpayer money. get your panties out of a wad

maniacbastard: anigif thread!!!!!!

\bring it, I'm at work and I can't :(

Here you are:

DeadZone: /link as hot as the subject.

Alizee Jacotay! Love that woman. And her 2003 song "J'en Ai Marre" (pops) sounds like Coldplay have some 'splainin' to do with Viva La Vida.

Video link = SFW, but it's a close cut thing...

AntiNerd: Any rational person can see that if you are given $80K, you can subcontract out $15K of it to make a decent, high-bandwidth/unlimited-hits website complete with user forums, blogs, and donation-via-CC/paypal buttons. Another $5K to have a pro design your website with nice (albeit stock) graphics.

Then pocket $60K. There are hundreds of online services to choose from that can get you up and running in a day. How hard can it be?

This.

Spend a little to make a lot, look good doing it, and immidiately set yourself up to do the same for other gullible fools politicians.