10 Things You Didn't Know About Tom DeLay
1. Thomas Dale DeLay was born on April 8, 1947, in Laredo, Texas. He spent most of his childhood in Venezuela where his father worked in the petroleum and natural gas industry until his family had enough money to move back to Texas.
2. He married his high school sweetheart, Christine, in 1967.
3. DeLay graduated from the University of Houston in 1970, receiving his B.S. in biology. He was previously expelled for vandalism as a pre-med student at Baylor University after he was caught painting the school's colors, green and gold, onto the buildings of the rival college, Texas A&M University.
4. After college, he worked for the pesticide maker Redwood Chemical. He then started his own exterminating business, Albo Pest Control.
5. DeLay began serving in the Texas Legislature in 1978. His drinking habits and reputation as a playboy earned him the nickname "Hot Tub Tom."
6. In 1984, DeLay was elected to represent the 22nd District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.
7. He was elected majority whip in 1994 and was referred to as "the Hammer" for the way he attacked his legislative agenda and his congressional opponents.
8. A series of corruption allegations, stemming from a long-running campaign finance investigation into the 2002 Texas legislative races, forced DeLay to resign from his post as majority leader in September 2005. The following April, he decided to leave Congress altogether.
9. In 2007, he coauthored the New York Times bestseller No Retreat, No Surrender: One American's Fight.
10. DeLay was chosen to join 15 celebrities as a contestant for the ninth season of the ABC show Dancing With the Stars.
Sources:
- Tomdelay.com
- No Retreat, No Surrender: One American's Fight
- The New York Times
- The Texas Observer
Reader Comments
Its all a Conspiracy
Here is the deal no matter what happens we have no part in it. Whether it is tis or whatever...but what is certain is that 9-11 was an inside job, and there is too much proof to surround this than most know of. For instance the first 3 steel frame buildings ever to collaps due to fire. WTC, and WTC 7. Also the wargames going on which hardly anyone knows about involving the government prepairing for a terrorist attack involving planes being used as guided missles.And the towers collapsed in a way that is not possible when involving free falling due to damage. The way these buldings pancaked was much like a detonation. Which reminds me. A majority of people in or around the buildings at the time heard numerous explotions prior to the towers collapses. Why did we wait 2 hours before sending planes to intercept? Why did we know that at least 3 of the 9-11 terrorists, also big roles in attack were terrorists, yet we did not question it. Why were 2 of those terrorists living using their full names in the same apartment, same room as an FBI agent? Why was none of this included in the full report. Why is there only one video for the Pentagon? Why are there no plane parts at the pentagon? Where are the plane parts for the Pennsylvania plane known as flight 93? And more so, why did the EPA tell people ground zero was safe for clean up, when actually it wasn't and it caused many people to become ill and even death. Also, before we could evaluate the frames of the I dont know either the 47 built to take on a plane colunms of the towers Or the massive steel framework to china immediately after the collaps and melted them down? Isn't that against FBI regulations because it is the destruction of of evidence. Did you know that aspestus was in the towers and it would have cost 1 billion dollars to fix. That is just one motive, there is so much more information out there for the public, and there is a clearer explination as well. I just wanted to make you all think and take into consideration that our government is screwing with us. Go to infowars.com or even just look up 9-11 inside job on any internet search engine. Discover the truth for yourself because the government will not give us the truth.
911
Just another part of the Bush Cheney club that sat back
when a clear and present danger of an attack on the U.S.
was coming (National Secutity Administration)Employee warned
of the coming attacks.That war would create big oil contracts
something Republicans can not live without suit cases filled
with oil money. Halliburton and the 1.2 Billion it had to pay
in Asbestos claims. Every year the former (CEO Cheney)wanted to
do away with,(by attempting to put laws in affect in the Senate and the Congress) to limit liability. Funny how it all seems to connect, screwing the Rescue Workers who got sick, Cheney perventing the National ARCHIVES FROM READING ANYTHING HIS OFFICE DID, He said its not his first day at the rodeo ,thatwas
when he started out as the Point Man for the Oil Industry and
Supplier to the U.S.Military a place he never served. Drill
baby drill yea it was the blood of the people I worked with
its just Business, Right.Three trillion dollars would have been
better spent on developing new energy sources but with oil now you can buy the Government , the media etc. and half of this global economy are countries that produce nothing but oil and
a sick religion. Halliburton had over a million emploees in 125
of the countries I just mentioned thats no economy I want to be a part of and selling out and violating the Oath of office for
Profits by watching the blood of your own People spill thats not
Business. History will prove me right.
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