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  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    RainDog wrote:
    Or for a constitutional amendment to ban flag desecration. :p

    That's not an example of corruption...it's an example of conviction (one that I don't share) but still two different ball parks there. No one is perfect.
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  • Drew263
    Drew263 Birmingham, AL Posts: 602
    Interesting list of Clinton's pardons...seems to have a soft spot for drug dealers.

    http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pardonchartlst.htm

    Washington, D.C. 20530
    January 20, 2001

    Pardon Grants January 2001
    Name Home Town Offenses
    ALLEN, Verla Jean Everton, Arkansas False statements to agency of United States
    ALTIERE, Nicholas M. Las Vegas, Nevada Importation of cocaine
    ALTSCHUL, Bernice Ruth Sherman Village, California Conspiracy to commit money laundering
    ANDERSON, Joe, Jr. Grove Hill, Alabama Income tax evasion
    ANDERSON, William Sterling Spartanburg, South Carolina Conspiracy to defraud a federally insured financial institution, false statements to a federally insured financial institution, wire fraud
    AZIZKHANI, Mansour T. Huntsville, Alabama Conspiracy and making false statements in bank loan applications
    BABIN, Cleveland Victor, Jr. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Conspiracy to commit offense against the United States by utilizing the U.S. mail in furtherance of a scheme to defraud
    BAGLEY, Chris Harmon Harrah, Oklahoma Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine
    BANE, Scott Lynn Mahomet, Illinois Unlawful distribution of marijuana
    BARBER, Thomas Cleveland Hampton, Florida Issuing worthless checks
    BARGON, Peggy Ann Monticello, Illinois Violation of the Lacey Act, violation of the Bald Eagle Protection Act
    BHATKA, Tansukhlal Income tax evasion
    BLAMPIED, David Roscoe Ketchum, Idaho Conspiracy to distribute cocaine
    BORDERS, William Arthur, Jr. Washington, D.C. Conspiracy to corruptly solicit and accept money in return for influencing the official acts of a federal district court judge (Alcee L. Hastings), and to defraud the United States in connection with the performance of lawful government functions; corruptly influencing, obstructing, impeding and endeavoring to influence, obstruct and impede the due administration of justice, and aiding and abetting therein; traveling interstate with intent to commit bribery
    BOREL, Arthur David Little Rock, Arkansas Odometer rollback
    BOREL, Douglas Charles Conway, Arkansas Odometer rollback
    BRABHAM, George Thomas Austin, Texas Making a false statement or report to a federally insured bank
    BRASWELL, Almon Glenn Doravilla, Georgia Conspiracy to defraud government with respect to claims; perjury
    BROWDER, Leonard Aiken, South Carolina Illegal dispensing of controlled substance and Medicaid fraud
    BROWN, David Steven New York, New York Securities fraud and mail fraud
    BURLESON, Delores Caroylene, aka Delores Cox Burleson Hanna, Oklahoma Possession of marijuana
    BUSTAMANTE, John H. Cleveland, Ohio Wire fraud
    CAMPBELL, Mary Louise Ruleville, Mississippi Aiding and abetting the unauthorized use and transfer of food stamps
    CANDELARIA, Eloida False information in registering to vote
    CAPILI, Dennis Sobrevinas Glendale, California Filing false statements in alien registration
    CHAMBERS, Donna Denise Memphis, Tennessee Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, use of a telephone to facilitate cocaine conspiracy
    CHAPMAN, Douglas Eugene Scott, Arkansas Bank fraud
    CHAPMAN, Ronald Keith Scott, Arkansas Bank fraud
    CHAVEZ, Francisco Larios Santa Ana, California Aiding and abetting illegal entry of aliens
    CISNEROS, Henry G.
    CLINTON, Roger
    COHN, Stuart Harris New Haven, Connecticut 1. Illegal sale of gold options
    2. Illegal sale of silver options

    COOPER, David Marc Wapakoneta, Ohio Conspiracy to defraud the government
    COX, Ernest Harley, Jr. Pine Bluff, Arkansas Conspiracy to defraud a federally insured savings and loan, misapplication of bank funds, false statements
    CROSS, John F., Jr. Little Rock, Arkansas Embezzlement by a bank employee
    CUNNINGHAM, Rickey Lee Amarillo, Texas Possession with intent to distribute marijuana
    DE LABIO, Richard Anthony Baltimore, Maryland Mail fraud, aiding and abetting
    DEUTCH, John Described in January 19, 2001 information
    DOUGLAS, Richard False statements
    DOWNE, Edward Reynolds Conspiracy to commit wire fraud and tax evasion; securities fraud
    DUDLEY, Marvin Dean Omaha, Nebraska False statements
    DUNCAN, Larry Lee Branson, Missouri Altering an automobile odometer
    FAIN, Robert Clinton Aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false corporate tax return
    FERNANDEZ, Marcos Arcenio Miami, Florida Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana
    FERROUILLET, Alvarez Interstate transport of stolen property, money laundering, false statements
    FUGAZY, William Denis Harrison, New York Perjury in a bankruptcy proceeding
    GEORGE, Lloyd Reid Mail fraud
    GOLDSTEIN, Louis Las Vegas, Nevada Possession of goods stolen from interstate shipment
    GORDON, Rubye Lee Tampa, Florida Forgery of U.S. Treasury checks
    GREEN, Pincus Switzerland
    HAMNER, Robert Ivey Searcy, Arkansas Conspiracy to distribute marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute
    HANDLEY, Samuel Price Hodgenville, Kentucky Conspiracy to steal government property
    HANDLEY, Woodie Randolph Hodgenville, Kentucky Conspiracy to steal government property
    HARMON, Jay Houston Jonesboro, Arkansas 1. Conspiracy to import marijuana, conspiracy to possess marijuana with intent to distribute, importation of marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute

    2. Conspiracy to import cocaine

    HEMMINGSON, John Interstate transport of stolen property, money laundering
    HERDLINGER, David S. St. Simons Island, Georgia Mail fraud
    HUCKLEBERRY, Debi Rae Ogden, Utah Distribution of methamphetamine
    JAMES, Donald Ray Fairfield Bay, Arkansas Mail fraud, wire fraud, and false statement to a bank to influence credit approval
    JOBE, Stanley Pruet El Paso, Texas Conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and bank fraud
    JOHNSON, Ruben H. Austin, Texas Theft and misapplication of bank funds by a bank officer or director
    JONES, Linda Conspiracy to commit bank fraud and other offenses against the United States
    LAKE, James Howard Illegal corporate campaign contributions, wire fraud
    LEWIS, June Louise Lowellville, Ohio Embezzlement by a bank employee
    LEWIS, Salim Bonnor Short Hills, New Jersey Securities fraud, record keeping violations, margin violations
    LODWICK, John Leighton Excelsior Springs, Missouri Income tax evasion
    LOPEZ, Hildebrando San Isidro, Texas Distribution of cocaine
    LUACES, Jose Julio Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Possession of an unregistered firearm
    MANESS, James Timothy Conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance
    MANNING, James Lowell Little Rock, Arkansas Aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false corporate tax return
    MARTIN, John Robert Gulf Breeze, Florida Income tax evasion
    MARTINEZ, Frank Ayala Elgin, Texas Conspiracy to supply false documents to the Immigration and Naturalization Service
    MARTINEZ, Silvia Leticia Beltran Elgin, Texas Conspiracy to supply false documents to the Immigration and Naturalization Service
    McCORMICK, John Francis Dedham, Massachusetts Racketeering conspiracy, racketeering, and violation of the Hobbs act
    McDOUGAL, Susan H.
    MECHANIC, Howard Lawrence 1. Violating the Civil Disobedience Act of 1968

    2. Failure to appear

    3. Making false statement in acquiring a passport

    MITCHELL, Brook K., Sr. Conspiracy to illegally obtain USDA subsidy payments, false statements to USDA, and false entries on USDA forms
    MORGAN, Charles Wilfred, III Little Rock, Arkansas Conspiracy to distribute cocaine
    MORISON, Samuel Loring Crofton, Maryland Willful transmission of defense information, unauthorized possession and retention of defense information, theft of government property
    NAZZARO, Richard Anthony Winchester, Massachusetts Perjury and conspiracy to commit mail fraud
    NOSENKO, Charlene Ann Phoenix, Arizona Conspiracy to defraud the United States, and influencing or injuring an officer or juror generally
    OBERMEIER, Vernon Raymond Belleville, Illinois Conspiracy to distribute cocaine, distribution of cocaine, and using a communications facility to facilitate distribution of cocaine
    OGALDE, Miguelina Glendale, California Conspiracy to import cocaine
    OWEN, David C. Olathe, Kansas Filing a false tax return
    PALMER, Robert W. Little Rock, Arkansas Conspiracy to make false statements
    PERHOSKY, Kelli Anne Bridgeville, Pennsylvania Conspiracy to commit mail fraud
    PEZZOPANE, Richard H. Palo Heights, Illinois Conspiracy to commit racketeering, and mail fraud
    PHILLIPS, Orville Rex Waco, Texas Unlawful structure of a financial transaction
    POLING, Vinson Stewart, Jr. Baldwin, Maryland Making a false bank entry, and aiding and abetting
    PROUSE, Norman Lyle Conyers, Georgia Operating or directing the operation of a common carrier while under the influence of alcohol
    PRUITT, Willie H. H., Jr. Port Richey, Florida Absent without official leave
    PURSLEY, Danny Martin, Sr. Goodlettsville, Tennessee Aiding and abetting the conduct of an illegal gambling business, and obstruction of state laws to facilitate illegal gambling
    RAVENEL, Charles D. Charleston, South Carolina Conspiracy to defraud the United States
    RAY, William Clyde Altus, Oklahoma Fraud using a telephone
    REGALADO, Alfredo Luna Pharr, Texas Failure to report the transportation of currency in excess of $10,000 into the United States
    RICAFORT, Ildefonso Reynes Houston, Texas Submission of false claims to Veterans Administration
    RICH, Marc Switzerland
    RIDDLE, Howard Winfield Mt. Crested Butte, Colorado Violation of the Lacey Act (receipt of illegally imported animal skins)
    RILEY, Richard Wilson, Jr. Possession of cocaine with intent to distribute
    ROBBINS, Samuel Lee Cedar Park, Texas Misprision of a felony
    RODRIGUEZ, Joel Gonzales Houston, Texas Theft of mail by a postal employee
    ROGERS, Michael James McAllen, Texas Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana
    ROSS, Anna Louise Lubbock, Texas Distribution of cocaine
    RUST, Gerald Glen Avery, Texas False declarations before grand jury
    RUST, Jerri Ann Avery, Texas False declarations before grand jury
    RUTHERFORD, Bettye June Albuquerque, New Mexico Possession of marijuana with intent to distribute
    SANDS, Gregory Lee Sioux Falls, South Dakota Conspiracy to distribute cocaine
    SCHWIMMER, Adolph Conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States, conspiracy to export arms and ammunition to a foreign country and related charges
    SERETTI, Albert A., Jr. McKees Rocks, Pennyslvania Conspiracy and wire fraud
    SHAW, Patricia Campbell Hearst Wilton, Connecticut Armed bank robbery and using a firearm during a felony
    SMITH, Dennis Joseph Redby, Minnesota 1. Unauthorized absence

    2. Failure to obey off-limits instructions

    3. Unauthorized absence

    SMITH, Gerald Owen Florence, Mississippi Armed bank robbery
    SMITH, Stephen A.
    SPEAKE, Jimmie Lee Breckenridge, Texas Conspiracy to possess and utter counterfeit $20 Federal Reserve notes
    STEWART, Charles Bernard Sparta, Georgia Illegally destroying U.S. Mail
    STEWART-ROLLINS, Marlena Francisca Euclid, Ohio Conspiracy to distribute cocaine
    SYMINGTON, John Fife, III
    TANNEHILL, Richard Lee Reno, Nevada Conspiracy and restraint of trade
    TENAGLIA, Nicholas C. Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania Receipt of illegal payments under the Medicare program
    THOMAS, Gary Allen Lancaster, Texas Theft of mail by postal employee
    TODD, Larry Weldon Gardendale, Texas Conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S. in violation of the Lacey Act and the Airborne Hunting Act
    TREVINO, Olga C. Converse, Texas Misapplication by a bank employee
    VAMVOUKLIS, Ignatious Exeter, New Hampshire Possession of cocaine
    VAN DE WEERD, Patricia A. Tomahawk, Wisconsin Theft by a U.S. Postal employee
    WADE, Christopher V.
    WARMATH, Bill Wayne Walls, Mississippi Obstruction of correspondence
    WATSON, Jack Kenneth Oakridge, Oregon Making false statements of material facts to the U.S. Forest Service
    WEBB, Donna Lynn Panama City, Florida False entry in savings and loan record by employee
    WELLS, Donald William Phenix City, Alabama Possession of an unregistered firearm
    WENDT, Robert H. Kirkwood, Missouri Conspiracy to effectuate the escape of a federal prisoner
    WILLIAMS, Jack L. Making false statements to federal agents
    WILLIAMS, Kevin Arthur Omaha, Nebraska Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine
    WILLIAMS, Robert Michael Davison, Michigan Conspiracy to transport in foreign commerce securities obtained by fraud
    WILSON, Jimmie Lee Helena, Arkansas Converting property mortgaged or pledged to a farm credit agency, and converting public money to personal use
    WINGATE, Thelma Louise Sale City, Georgia Mail fraud
    WOOD, Mitchell Couey Sherwood, Arkansas Conspiracy to possess and to distribute cocaine
    WOOD, Warren Stannard Las Vegas, Nevada Conspiracy to defraud the United States by filing a false document with the Securities and Exchange Commission
    WORTHEY, Dewey Conway, Arkansas Medicaid fraud
    YALE, Rick Allen Belleville, Illinois Bank fraud
    YASAK, Joseph A. Chicago, Illinois Knowingly making under oath a false declaration regarding a material fact before a grand jury
    YINGLING, William Stanley Interstate transportation of stolen vehicle
    YOUNG, Phillip David Little Rock, Arkansas Interstate transportation and sale of fish and wildlife
  • RainDog
    RainDog Posts: 1,824
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    That's not an example of corruption...it's an example of conviction (one that I don't share) but still two different ball parks there. No one is perfect.
    Either that, or he didn't want to get labled as a flag burning hippy and have it cost him his congressional seat. Lousy career politicians. ;)

    And perhaps the credit card issue was one where Obama was convinced the best way to curb people's credit card spending is to raise the rates. After all, my rate was why I stopped using credit cards. Best thing I ever did, too. :D
  • Eliot Rosewater
    Eliot Rosewater Posts: 2,659
    Drew263 wrote:
    Interesting list of Clinton's pardons...seems to have a soft spot for drug dealers.
    I don't think that's it. It's that most of the people locked up are in for drug charges. Plus, I'd say the majority of the time someone is charged with selling they're not even selling, just using. They beef up charges on technicalities because they know it gives them more room to compromise.
  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    RainDog wrote:
    Either that, or he didn't want to get labled as a flag burning hippy and have it cost him his congressional seat. Lousy career politicians. ;)

    I highly doubt that. He's always stood up for what for he believes even when it hurt his political career. See Muny Light.

    http://www.hubbertpeak.com/politics/Kucinich.htm
    RainDog wrote:
    And perhaps the credit card issue was one where Obama was convinced the best way to curb people's credit card spending is to raise the rates. After all, my rate was why I stopped using credit cards. Best thing I ever did, too. :D

    Just a little tough love, eh?...nothing to do with contributions. That must be it. ;)
    If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

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    -Oscar Wilde
  • El_Kabong
    El_Kabong Posts: 4,141
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    I highly doubt that. He's always stood up for what for he believes even when it hurt his political career. See Muny Light.

    http://www.hubbertpeak.com/politics/Kucinich.htm


    Just a little tough love, eh?...nothing to do with contributions. That must be it. ;)

    and that one of his biggest contrbutors is a credit card lobbyist...merely coincidental!

    i wonder if he'll exert this type of tough love in other ways? cough nafta/imf advisor

    ;)

    some ppl may have been in government longer but some of them were almost killed over it...over acting for the people instead of giving in to some special interest



    i can't believe bush is considering a full pardon....unfucking real

    actually, i guess i kinda did, but i thought there'd at least be some time between commuting it and saying he might take everything away
    standin above the crowd
    he had a voice that was strong and loud and
    i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
    eager to identify with
    someone above the crowd
    someone who seemed to feel the same
    someone prepared to lead the way
  • gue_barium
    gue_barium Posts: 5,515
    Is there one fucking federal judge in this country that sides with the honorable best interests of this country?

    Fuck the philosophical vagaries
    of these overaged
    puppet schemes,
    and for the
    boner in my silky robe
    i want to philosophize
    my daughter's growth
    in a society that i control
    for the sake that
    i, justice can betroth...

    I'm fucking pissed off!

    I need one federal judge that sees the wrong in this, and
    I swear, if you find me this judge, I will bring these fuckers to his bench

    With a citizen's arrest!
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  • El_Kabong
    El_Kabong Posts: 4,141
    gue_barium wrote:
    Is there one fucking federal judge in this country that sides with the honorable best interests of this country?

    Fuck the philosophical vagaries
    of these overaged
    puppet schemes,
    and for the
    boner in my silky robe
    i want to philosophize
    my daughter's growth
    in a society that i control
    for the sake that
    i, justice can betroth...

    I'm fucking pissed off!

    I need one federal judge that sees the wrong in this, and
    I swear, if you find me this judge, I will bring these fuckers to his bench

    With a citizen's arrest!


    you have a daughter?
    standin above the crowd
    he had a voice that was strong and loud and
    i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
    eager to identify with
    someone above the crowd
    someone who seemed to feel the same
    someone prepared to lead the way
  • gue_barium
    gue_barium Posts: 5,515
    El_Kabong wrote:
    you have a daughter?

    No.

    I'm the federal judge that never was.
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  • Bu2
    Bu2 Posts: 1,693
    .....use me.
    Feels Good Inc.
  • gue_barium
    gue_barium Posts: 5,515
    This is my take on the skanky federal justice system:
    Fuck the philosophical vagaries
    of these overaged
    puppet schemes,
    and for the
    boner in my silky robe
    i want to philosophize
    my daughter's growth
    in a society that i control
    for the sake that
    i, justice can betroth...

    It isn't me.
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  • El_Kabong
    El_Kabong Posts: 4,141
    gue_barium wrote:
    No.

    I'm the federal judge that never was.


    ohhhhhhh....excuse me, i'm really fucking high
    standin above the crowd
    he had a voice that was strong and loud and
    i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
    eager to identify with
    someone above the crowd
    someone who seemed to feel the same
    someone prepared to lead the way
  • Bu2
    Bu2 Posts: 1,693
    gue_barium wrote:
    This is my take on the skanky federal justice system:



    It isn't me.


    If it isn't you or Shakespeare.
    Feels Good Inc.
  • gue_barium
    gue_barium Posts: 5,515
    El_Kabong wrote:
    ohhhhhhh....excuse me, i'm really fucking high

    Whatever you do, don't get drunk.

    I'm really tired hearing about how you beat the fuck out of abook when you get drunk.
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  • El_Kabong
    El_Kabong Posts: 4,141
    gue_barium wrote:
    This is my take on the skanky federal justice system:



    It isn't me.


    i saw you on the sofa

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=n0auMZTRR1o
    standin above the crowd
    he had a voice that was strong and loud and
    i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
    eager to identify with
    someone above the crowd
    someone who seemed to feel the same
    someone prepared to lead the way
  • gue_barium
    gue_barium Posts: 5,515
    gue_barium wrote:
    Whatever you do, don't get drunk.

    I'm really tired hearing about how you beat the fuck out of abook when you get drunk.

    Just kidding.


    But lay off the anal sex requests. sheesh.
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  • El_Kabong
    El_Kabong Posts: 4,141
    gue_barium wrote:
    Whatever you do, don't get drunk.

    I'm really tired hearing about how you beat the fuck out of abook when you get drunk.


    has that bitch been saying shit????

    let me go handle this.....
    standin above the crowd
    he had a voice that was strong and loud and
    i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
    eager to identify with
    someone above the crowd
    someone who seemed to feel the same
    someone prepared to lead the way
  • Bu2
    Bu2 Posts: 1,693
    anal?

    Well then please, let's have Bush and Cheney hand us the K-Y, at least.
    Feels Good Inc.
  • gue_barium
    gue_barium Posts: 5,515
    Really. please, american people. ONE federal judge who is willing to take the serious charges against these people, and administer some justice.
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  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    LOL! Nice guys....


    Happy 4th!!
    If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

    Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
    -Oscar Wilde

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