Cant Keep Quiet! » 8th Congressional District http://cantkeepquiet.com "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." - Douglas Adams Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:25:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Alan Grayson for Florida’s 8th district http://cantkeepquiet.com/2008/07/26/alan-grayson-for-floridas-8th-district/ http://cantkeepquiet.com/2008/07/26/alan-grayson-for-floridas-8th-district/#comments Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:47:45 +0000 Laura http://cantkeepquiet.com/?p=1244 Alan Grayson is running for the Democratic candidate for the 8th district of Congress.  The position he is running for is currently held by Ric Keller.  Keller is best know for the “Cheeseburger Bill” and well, not much else.  At least, not much when it comes to his work in Congress.

But Ric Keller is for another post.

Alan Grayson has been fighting against contractor fraud for more than 16 years.  Since the beginning of the Iraq War, he’s been battling against the no-bid contractors and the Department of Justice.  One case involves a refrigerator truck that KBR was using to hold bodies of Iraqis.  The bodies had been in the truck for two weeks in the Iraqi heat without refrigeration.  Needless to say, it wasn’t pretty.  Now, refrigerator trucks can be used to hold bodies, but then they can never be used to carry food or ice.  KBR, however, continued to use this particular truck to carry ice.

Yeah, gross.  And any ice or food carried on that truck becomes a bio-hazard.  You can read more about this case and other cases in a Vanity Fair article.

I found a new tv ad that Grayson has put out over on Daily Kos. It looks great.

In case you haven’t figured it out, I plan on voting for Grayson. If you want to help Grayson out, please visit Act Blue or Grayson’s campaign website.

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