You've probably never heard of Claudio Osorio, and that's just fine with the liberal media establishment. But he is emblematic of the new culture of corruption that has overtaken American politics, combining political influence, government grants, lavish lifestyles and a dollop of technology razzle-dazzle.  Yesterday, Osario was sentenced to 12.5 years in federal prison for a massive fraud he committed. Jay Weaver of the Miami Herald writes (in the local Miami-Dade section of his paper): ....Fort Lauderdale judge [U.S. District Judge William Dimitrouleas] sentenced Osorio to 12 1/2 years in prison for fleecing investors in his failed start-up to manufacture high-tech construction materials for low-cost housing in developing countries such as Haiti. (snip) According to an indictment, Osorio conspired to fleece $40 million from 10 investors and an additional $10 million from a federal government program between 2006 and 2011. The government grant was for building 500 homes in...(Read Full Post)