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Congressman Paul Kanjorski refused to sign the nomination of Joe "Pa" Paterno for the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

"At this time, Congress should focus its efforts on creating jobs in our communities and reviving the economy rather than politicizing football," Kanjorski said

This is part of a clip from a Fox News report by Gregg Jarrett that aired in 2008 concerning Congressman Kanjorski's involvement with Cornerstone Technologies run by his nephews. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77zYUEHIHIo

[In a startling interview, Joe Yudichak, who ran the non-profit Regional Equipment Center in Kanjorski's district, says the congressman initially tried to bully him into helping Kanjorski direct the money to Kanjorski's family members. In the documentary, Yudichak recounts his conversation with Kanjorski: "He said, 'You're telling me I can't take care of my family?' He said, 'Well, I'm telling you, it's gonna be done. And it's gonna be done with you or without you.' And he said, 'I'll bury you. I'll destroy you.'"

Kanjorski later earmarked more than $10 million directly to the company run by his family. The money was supposed to fund the development of new technologies to help turn around desperate coal towns and make them prosperous.

The company, Cornerstone Technologies, went bankrupt.

Harold Shobert, head of Pennsylvania State University's Energy Institute, and a leading expert on anthracite coal, worked with Cornerstone on one project. Shobert said "It was clear that these guys were clueless as to how to do research and development," "It was sort of like trying to collaborate with the cast of Looney Tunes."]

I submit to the viewing public that it is Kanjorski who is playing politics by refusing to acknowledge Joe Paterno over Professor Shobert's remarks.

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