Sentences with phrase «as corrupt»

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are as corrupt as the entire banking industry.

Siblings hold the power to inspire as well as corrupt.

The theme of connecting Bill and Hillary was also used in ads that painted them as corrupt and having traded speaking fees and donations for access and special consideration while Hillary was secretary of state.

I'd say that that this is evidence that the police in Ontario are in fact not nearly as corrupt or criminal as you would have us believe.....

In 33 of the 62 countries polled for TI's Global Corruption Barometer, a majority of respondents describe their judiciary / legal system as corrupt.

In the United States, the percentage of respondents describing their judiciary / legal system as corrupt is about 55, and it is 33 percent in Canada.

But, the media can be as corrupt as Republican politicians, so instead we get asinine columns blaming the victims of their inept reporting.

Climategate 2.0: The NASA Files: U.S. Climate Science as Corrupt as CRU (PJM Exclusive — Part Three) by Christopher Horner

The majority just follow the game, only a shrinking fringe regard the whole game as corrupt and want it stopped.

I don't condemn all climate science as corrupt and dishonest, but clearly they can't police what corruption and dishonesty is plainly before them.

Further, the EU approach has invariable been portrait as corrupt and mangled, given the «tweaking» and phased approach they have taken.

The climate kooks of today are at least as corrupt.

I don't mind anyone expressing their views as long as corrupt thugs dressed up as diplomats and politicians don't jump on their deluded band wagon and start levying taxes on me based on Mickey Mouse data acquired from software designed by Noddy and Big Ears in Toy Town.

To believe that climate science is as corrupt as dr. Curry wants us to believe, not only the IPCC, but the whole the peer - review process, ALL leading journals (nature, Science, PNAS, etc), most academies of sciences must be involved.

The UN has realized that the carbon trading scheme in Europe is about as corrupt as it gets with a $ 2.7 billion scam.

This reaction is substantially reinforced when, as often happens, the message is put across by public communicators who are unmistakably associated with particular cultural outlooks or styles — the more so if such advocates indulge in partisan rhetoric, ridiculing opponents as corrupt or devoid of reason.

The unhappiness stemmed from two aspects: First we knew that such a positioning would win us no friends on either side, as one side would not see the actions as corrupt and the other side would not see the cause as noble.

Although the grid is punctuated by exhibitions with more gravitas, the overall message seems to be that the art world is every bit as corrupt, debased, and narcissistic as the rest of the world.

Abstraction is seen by many as a corrupt practice.

The live - action adaptation of Yasuomi Umetsu's (Wizard Barristers, Galilei Donna) violent crime tragedy anime Kite, starring Samuel L. Jackson as corrupt detective Karl Aker with India Eisley as young assassin Sawa in the film, hits Japan on April 11th.

Samuel L. Jackson stars as corrupt detective Karl Aker with India Eisley as young assassin Sawa in the film, hits Japan on April 11th.

Ron Perlman stars as a corrupt and cold - blooded sherif opposite recently fired deputies played by Martin Starr and Jake McDorman, who purse an escaped... [Read More]

In the time you've been away from Liberty City, the organized rule of the mob has become fractured as corrupt politicians, rival games, and striking unions vie for control of a city where crime is as commonplace as pizza is in NYC.

Published by BadLand Games, Vostok Inc. lets you play as a corrupt, narcissistic yuppie setting out to make as much money as humanly possible in this greed - driven twin - stick shooter without a conscience.

Yes, there is problems with the US government, as they are as corrupt as ever, but don't act like your own country is the only one in the world that creates conflict.

@iamtylerdurden1 That's some pretty close minded view, to see every review site as corrupt.

In Vostok Inc., you play as a corrupt, narcissistic yuppie, hell - bent on raking in as much money as possible in a greed - driven, twin - stick shooter without a conscience.

Anthropomorphic warlords wage ferocious battles against one another as the corrupt Democracy reigns supreme.

The only way Penn can save his father, Dr. Tom Cage — who is fleeing a murder charge as well as corrupt cops bent on killing him — is either to make a devil's bargain with Knox or destroy him.

The truth is, the Amazon customer review system is as corrupt as it can possibly be, and these belated attempts to fix that problem are a joke.

The independent crowd asserts that the major publishers» authors want to protect their success as corrupt and disingenuous aristocrats.

Director Antoine Fuqua helmed the widely lauded Training Day, which won an Academy Award for Denzel Washington as a corrupt cop.

Mary - Louise Parker pops up as a corrupt chief - of - staff to an American politician which veers off piste in a campy direction for one scene before returning to normal service, as if it had been cut in from a different spy movie altogether.

Ron Perlman stars as a corrupt and cold - blooded sherif opposite recently fired deputies played by Martin Starr and Jake McDorman, who purse an escaped... [Read More]

And it would have been even without an embarrassing John Travolta, wheedling and whinging through an entire performance as a corrupt DEA agent.

Jasmine was always something of a phony, averting her eyes as corrupt deals were hatched on shady verandas in the Hamptons.

It's clear to see why the city of Edison was concocted, as no city would ever allow itself to be shown as this corrupt, especially when it seems to all - encompassing.

Writer - director Mike Leigh finds it in today's London, a society without soul or mercy, as corrupt as it is attractive and as violent as it is vivid.

Woody Harrelson teams again with Oren Moverman («The Messenger») to deliver a harrowing performance as a corrupt police officer.

By Sean O'Connell hollywoodnews.com: The unofficial word on Oren Moverman's «Rampart» is that Woody Harrelson gives a can't - miss performance as a corrupt L.A. police officer, the kind of turn that could catapult him once again into the Oscar conversation.

Rampart's superb cast includes Cynthia Nixon and Anne Heche as Brown's two ex-wives, sisters, with whom he still lives; Ned Beatty as a corrupt retired cop; Robin Wright as Brown's sex interest and sometime confidant; and Sigourney Weaver and Steve Buscemi from the DA's office.

As the corrupt driver he gives a performance that seems like a try - out for a high school play.

This film noir masterpiece by the legendary director Orson Welles, complete with restored footage, stars Welles as a corrupt police chief and Charlton Heston as the narcotics investigator who takes him on.

A clever interweaving of key sub-plots involves Charles Durning as a corrupt detective on Redford's trail; also, Newman's baiting of Shaw in a terrific poker game organized on a train by conductor Larry D. Mann; Redford's ingratiation of Shaw; Dana Elcar's FBI team; and the convenient amiability extended a worried and harried Redford by waitress Dimitra Arliss.

Touch of Evil This film noir masterpiece by the legendary director Orson Welles, complete with restored footage, stars Welles as a corrupt police chief...

And «The Gangster Squad» promises plenty of retro thrills, with Josh Brolin and Ryan Gosling as L.A. lawmen and Sean Penn at his most feral as the corrupt and corrupting Mickey Cohen.

Ron Perlman («Hellboy» and «Sons of Anarchy») is electrifying as a corrupt and cold - blooded sheriff in this contemporary western that delivers a double - barreled blast of action.

This three - disc set boxes up Shoot First, Die Later (1974), a ruthless crime drama starring Luc Merenda as a corrupt cop on a mission of righteous vengeance (previously released as a stand - alone disc), with two disc debuts: Naked Violence (1969), a juvenile delinquent cop drama by way of social commentary, and Kidnap Syndicate (1975), a revenge thriller with Merenda, this time playing an innocent bystander roused to take justice into his own hands.

Come for the tarantula - bitten testicles or Luis Guzmán soliciting sexual favors as a corrupt police officer (in a truly cringe - inducing bit); stay for the «unexpected» bonding, lessons in how to talk to a girl, and a moral that might as well have been sponsored by Partnership For A Drug - Free America.

Obviously feeling blue about robbing Denzel Washington for «Malcolm X,» the Academy made it up to him with an Oscar for his work as the corrupt and evil cop in «Training Day.»