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Edwin Edwards, 88, lovably corrupt former governor of Louisiana hospitalised with pneunomia. But they expect him to recover: http://news.yahoo.com/ex-louisiana-governor-edwin-edwards-hospitalized-pneumonia-060527223.html

Quite a phrase "lovably corrupt".

They do love him here in da bayou. He no sooner got out of federal prison than he was welcomed back with open arms and he wrote an autobiography that was an instant best seller, around these parts at least.

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http://www.edwinedwardsbooks.com And comments therein....

 

When born on the bayou, you can get away with anything, unless you are David Vitter

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Edwin Edwards, 88, lovably corrupt former governor of Louisiana hospitalised with pneunomia. But they expect him to recover: http://news.yahoo.com/ex-louisiana-governor-edwin-edwards-hospitalized-pneumonia-060527223.html

 

Quite a phrase "lovably corrupt".

They do love him here in da bayou. He no sooner got out of federal prison than he was welcomed back with open arms and he wrote an autobiography that was an instant best seller, around these parts at least.

SChttp://www.edwinedwardsbooks.com And comments therein....

When born on the bayou, you can get away with anything, unless you are David Vitter

Don't kid yourself, he's about to become our next Governor (smfh)

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Edwin Edwards, 88, lovably corrupt former governor of Louisiana hospitalised with pneunomia. But they expect him to recover: http://news.yahoo.com/ex-louisiana-governor-edwin-edwards-hospitalized-pneumonia-060527223.html

Quite a phrase "lovably corrupt".

 

They do love him here in da bayou. He no sooner got out of federal prison than he was welcomed back with open arms and he wrote an autobiography that was an instant best seller, around these parts at least.

SChttp://www.edwinedwardsbooks.com And comments therein....

 

When born on the bayou, you can get away with anything, unless you are David Vitter

 

Don't kid yourself, he's about to become our next Governor (smfh)

SC

 

So by your use of "here in the bayou" and "our next governor" I guess your a Cajun?

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Olene Smith Walker, Utah's first female Governor--and the FOURTH major Utsh politician to go on a permanent Mormon mission this year, dead at 85. And the sitting Gov has cancer!

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http://fox13now.com/2015/11/28/olene-smith-walker-utahs-first-female-governor-dies-at-age-85/

I wonder if the Old Man intends to say something with that.

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Poltical impersonator Sarah Palin had a cancer scare this year:

 

http://www.insideedition.com/headlines/13333-sarah-palin-reveals-she-had-cancer-scare-calls-2015-her-toughest-year-yet

 

"Some kind of melanoma but the doctor dug it out". So she's emulating Jimmy Carter, I bet she loves it....

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Poltical impersonator Sarah Palin had a cancer scare this year:

 

http://www.insideedition.com/headlines/13333-sarah-palin-reveals-she-had-cancer-scare-calls-2015-her-toughest-year-yet

 

"Some kind of melanoma but the doctor dug it out". So she's emulating Jimmy Carter, I bet she loves it....

 

Given the size and description, it sounds like she was pithed.

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Watching Helmut Schmidt's funeral made me think of how many politicians of the 70s are still alive. So I decided to make a list of all living cabinet or cabinet rank members of "important" countries who were in a government that was elected before 1980. I've started with the USA, West Germany, UK, and France and list their functions (with the earliest one first), their name and year of birth, and some additional information that might be relevant for obits outside of their home country. I included the secretaries of state/undersecretaries for the UK, but not for the other countries, because of obit relevance. I'll probably do four more countries soon, something like Australia, Soviet Union, East Germany and Canada or Japan.

 

International Cabinet Members before 1980

USA

Johnson Cabinet

Attorney General Ramsey Clark (born 1927) - involved in Civil Rights Movement, turned leftist

Postmaster General Marvin Watson (born 1924)

Secretary of Transportation Alan S. Boyd (born 1922) - earliest surviving cabinet member

 

Nixon Cabinet

Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (born 1923) - Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Treasury secretary/SoS/OMB/Labor George P. Shultz (born 1920) - political veteran

Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird (born 1922) - "Vietnamization"

Secretary of Commerce Peter "Pete" Peterson (born 1926) - Billionaire, still involved in politics

Secretary of Commerce Frederick B. Dent (born 1922)

 

Ford Cabinet

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (born 1932) - served under Bush Jr as well

Secretary of Agriculture John A. Knebel (born 1936)

Secretary of Labor W. J. Usery Jr. (born 1923)

Secretary of Health, Education, Welfare Forrest David Matthews (born 1935)

HuD secretary Carla Anderson Hills (born 1934) - small trailblazer, public figure, on corporate boards

Secretary of Transportation William Coleman (born 1920) - oldest living former cabinet member

WH chief of staff Richard "Dick" Cheney (born 1941) - also Vice-President

Head of CIA George H.W. Bush (born 1924) - also President

 

Carter Cabinet:

Jimmy Carter Himself (born 1924)

Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blumenthal (born 1926) - political veteran, director of Jewish Museum in Berlin

Secretary of Defense Harold Brown (born 1927)

Attorney General Benjamin R. Civiletti (born 1935)

Secretary of Interior Cecil Andrus (born 1931) - also very popular Governor of Idaho

Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland (born 1928)

Secretary of Labor Ray Marshall (born 1928)

Secretary of Health, Education, Welfare Joseph A. Califano Jr. (born 1931) - also newspaper columnist

HuD Secretary Moon Landrieu (born 1930) - also popular Governor of Louisiana

Secretary of Transportation Neil E. Goldschmidt (born 1940) - also Governor of Oregon, lobbyist

Secretary of Defense/Energy Charles William Duncan Jr. (born 1926) - Coca Cola president

Secretary of Education - Shirley Hofstedter (born 1925) - first SoE, also a trailblazing judge

Vice President Walter Mondale (born 1928)

Chief of Staff Jack H. Watson (born 1938)

EPA Chief Douglas M. Costle (born 1939)

U.N. ambassador Andrew Young (born 1932) - ally of Martin Luther King, mayor of Atlanta

U.N. ambassador Donald McHenry (born 1936)

OMB director James T. McIntyre (born 1940)

CIA chief Stansfield Turner (born 1923)

National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski (born 1928) - globally known commentator until today

Chairman of Council of Economic Advisors Charles Schultze (born 1924)

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West Germany

 

Adenauer IV

Walter Scheel (born 1919) - also became federal president

 

Kiesinger I

Justice, Special Affairs, Chancellery, Post & Communication, Research & Technology - Horst Ehmke (born 1927)

Economic Cooperation - Erhard Eppler (born 1926) - leftist critic

 

Brandt I

Interior Secretary - Hans-Dietrich Genscher (born 1927) - became statesman under Kohl

Education and Science Secretary - Klaus von Dohnanyi (born 1928) - later mayor of Hamburg

 

Brandt II

Secretary of the Economy - Hans Friderichs (born 1931) - turned lobbyist and CEO

Youth, Family and Health - Katharine Focke (born 1922)

Urban Development & Construction - Hans-Jochen Vogel (born 1926) - became Berlin mayor & party leader of the Social Democrats, also served under Schmidt

 

Schmidt I

Urban Development & Construction - Karl Ravens (born 1927)

Education & Science - Helmut Rohde (born 1925)

 

Schmidt II

Interior - Gerhard Baum (born 1932) - civil rights defender

Labour and Social Order - Herbert Ehrenberg (born 1926)

Urban Development & Construction - Dieter Haack (born 1934)

Research & Technology - Volker Hauff (born 1940)

Education & Science - Jürgen Schmude (born 1936)

Economic Cooperation - Rainer Offergeld (born 1937)

 

Schmidt III

Finance - Manfred Lahnstein (born 1937) - in council of Haifa University, former member of the Trilateral Commission, Consultant for Rothschild Bank and private media pioneer

Education & Science, Nutrition, Agriculture and Forestry - Björn Engholm (born 1939) - leader of SPD

Youth, Family & Health - Anke Fuchs (born 1937)

Research & Technology - Andreas Von Bülow (born 1937) - 9/11 truther

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United Kingdom

 

Heath Ministry 1970-1974

Treasury/Social Services/Industry/Environment - Patrick Jenkin (born 1926)

Agriculture, Fisheries & Food/Northern Ireland/Employment- James Prior (born 1927)

Defense/Energy/Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs - Lord Carrington (born 1919) - NATO head & leader of Falklands War

 

Wilson Cabinet 1974-1976

Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection - Shirley Williams (born 1930) - also served under Callaghan, became Professor at Harvard

Wales - John Morris (born 1984)

 

Callaghan Cabinet 1976-1979

Foreign Secretary David Owen (born 1938) - led talks on Former Yugoslavia

SoS for Prices and Consumer Protection Roy Hattersley (born 1932)

SoS for Transport William Rodgers (born 1928)

 

First Thatcher ministry (1979-1983)

SoS for Energy/Transport David Howell (born 1936)

SoS for Trade/Defence John Nott (born 1932) - involuntarily involved in Falklands' War

SoS for Wales Nicholas Edwards (born 1934)

SoS for Employment/Trade & Industry Norman Tebbitt (born 1931)

Financial Secretary to the Treasury, SoS Energy, Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson (born 1932) - global warming skeptic

SoS of Environment/First SoS/Defence Michael Heseltine (born 1933)

SoS for Health & Social Services Norman Fowler/Employment/Transport/Minister of Transport Norman Fowler (born 1938)

SoS of Environment/Northern Ireland/Defence/Employment/Transport Tom King (born 1933)

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France

 

Gouvernement Debré 1959-1962

Agriculture - Edgard Pisani (born 1918) - also European commissioner of development

Economy & Finance Valéry Giscard D'Estaing (born 1926) - later president

 

Pompidou V 1967-1968

Post and Telecommunication/Information Yves Guéna (born 1922)

Industry/ later Justice - Albin Chalandon (born 1920) - director of Elf Aquitaine (1977-1983)

 

Gouvernement Chaban-Delmas 1969-1972

Environment - Robert Poujade (born 1928)

 

Messmer I 1972/73

Post and Telecommunication/Relationship to Parliament - Hubert Germain (born 1920)

Agriculture and Rural Development Jacques Chirac (born 1932) - became president

 

Chirac I 1974-1976

Economy and Finance/Equipment Jean-Pierre Fourcade (born 1929)

Labour/Reforms Michel Durafour (born 1920) - also a writer under alibi

Health - Simone Veil (born 1927) - Holocaust survivor, president of European Parliament 1998-2007, legalized abortion in France

Agriculture/Interior Christian Bonnet (born 1921)

 

Barre II 1977/78

Agriculture/later Justice Pierre Méhaignerie (born 1939)

 

Barre III 1978-81

Youth, Sports/Labour/ of State/Agriculture & Rural development Jean-Pierre Soisson (born 1934)

Women's Issues Monique Pelletier (born 1926)

Transportation Daniel Hoeffel (born 1929)

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Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough MP Harry Harpham has announced he is suffering from cancer.

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Maryland Governor Larry Hogan diagnosed with aggressive cancer of the lymph nodes. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3135140/Maryland-Gov-Hogan-says-diagnosed-cancer.html

 

More positive news for Larry as he says 95 per cent of his cancer is gone: http://washington.cbslocal.com/2015/08/18/gov-hogan-95-percent-cancer-gone/

 

In his first interview last week, he says medical scans found no trace of cancer in Hogan’s body after five months of aggressive treatment.

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the former US national security advisor Sandy Berger has died at 70 http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/sandy-berger-national-security-adviser-216344

 

isn´t Sandy a hooker´s name? At least a very funny one for a top-level politician!

Thanks for your idiocy Guesty. Sandy is a JEWISH name, you fucking dweeb. Tell Sandy Levin who was a Michigan senator forever that it's a hooker's name. Feel free to use your head for something other than a hatrack.

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Was unaware there has never been a Jewish hooker until today. Themoreyoulearn.gif.exe

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Sandy. Short for Alexander or Alexandra...

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So Sandy Hook was a boxing hoor ?

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