Clinton Reacts to Scooter Libby's Pardon

President Bill Clinton found the public reaction to President Bush's decision to commute the sentence of Scooter Libby laughable.


"Well, I have Bush beat by miles, I can't figure out what all the fuss is about."

He and Hillary were easily entertained at the thought that anyone would find one little sentence commutation an issue.

The former President proudly pointed to his own record for pardons during his reign of terror.

November 23, 1994
NAME	DISTRICT	SENTENCED	OFFENSE
David Phillip Aronsohn	D. Minn.	1961	Failure to pay special occupational tax on wagering, 26 U.S.C. § 7203
Wanda Kaye Bain-Prentice	D. Ariz.	1982	Mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341
Antonio Barucco	U. S. Army general court-martial	1945	Desertion in violation of the 58th Article of War
Kristine Margo Beck	D. Idaho	1981	Bank embezzlement, 18 U.S.C. § 656
David Christopher Billmaier	D. New Mex.	1980	Possession with intent to distribute amphetamines, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Terry Lee Brown	E. D. Ky.	1962	Interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle, 18 U.S.C. § 2312
Joe Carl Bruton	N. D. Tex.	1979	Conspiracy to commit mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Nolan Lynn DeMarce	W. D. Wis.	1983	Making false statements to obtain bank loans, 18 U.S.C. § 1014
Jimmy C. Dick	N. D. Calif.	1976	Conspiracy to manufacture counterfeit Federal Reserve Notes, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Edward Eugene Dishman	W. D. Okla.	1983	Conspiracy to defraud the United States and Oklahoma counties, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Brenda Kay Engle	S. D. Ind.	1983	Conspiracy to commit theft from interstate shipment, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Mary Theresa Fajer	D. Oregon	1980	Conspiracy to commit bank embezzlement, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 371
Albert James Forte	D. Dist. Col.	1973	Making and subscribing false and fraudulent income tax return, 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1)
Fendley Lee Frazier	S. D. Ala.	1965	Interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle, 18 U.S.C. § 2312
Robert Linward Freeland, Jr.	N. D. Ind.	1983	Forcible rescue of seized property, 26 U.S.C. § 7212(b)
Ralph Leon Furst	S. D. Calif.	1966	Embezzlement of United States mail (U.S. Code section not cited)
Barbara Ann Gericke	W. D. Wis.	1984	Conspiracy to introduce contraband into federal prison, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 1791
Billy Joe Gilmore	N. D. Tex.	1982	Mail fraud and aiding and abetting, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 2
Loreto Joseph Iafrate	N. D. W. Va.	1976	Failure to record receipt of firearms, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(m) and 924(a)
Carl Bruce Jones	W. D. Mo.	1983	Distribution of marijuana and use of telephone to facilitate marijuana distribution, 18 U.S.C. § 2 and 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 843(b)
Candace Deon Leverenz	N. D. Calif.	1972	Unlawful distribution of LSD, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(B)
George William Lindgren	S. D. N. Y.	1975	Bank embezzlement, 18 U.S.C. § 656
Brian George Meierkord	C. D. Ill.	1983	Making false statement to bank, 18 U.S.C. § 1014
Jackie Lee Miller	N. D. Okla.	1983	Conspiracy to defraud the United States, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Joseph Patrick Naulty	E. D. Pa.	1980	Carrying away goods moving as part of foreign shipment, 18 U.S.C. § 659
Theodore Roosevelt Noel	N. D. Ala.	1972	Selling whiskey in unstamped containers and making false statement in the acquisition of firearms from licensed dealer, 26 U.S.C. § 5604(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(a)(6) and 924(a)
Mary Louise Oaks	M. D. La.	1979	Conspiracy to defraud the government with respect to claims, 18 U.S.C. § 286
Robert Paul Padelsky	D. Utah	1980	Misapplication of bank funds, 18 U.S.C. § 656
Elizabeth Amy Peterson	D. Nev.	1985	Conspiracy to make false statements to bank, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Susan Lauranne Prather	W. D. Ark.	1975	Causing marijuana to be transported through the mail, 21 U.S.C. § 843(b)
Gary Lynn Quammen	W. D. Wis.	1976	Misapplication of bank funds, 18 U.S.C. § 656
Robert Ronal Raymond	D. Conn.	1972	Conspiracy to manufacture, receive, possess, and sell firearms silencers, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Elizabeth Hogg Rushing	N. D. Ga.	1978	Misapplication of bank funds, 18 U.S.C. § 656
Marc Alan Schaffer	S. D. N. Y.	1968	Submission of false statements to Selective Service System Local Board, 50 U.S.C. Appendix § 462(a)
Roy Aaron Smith	E. D. Tex.	1982	Misprision of a felony, 18 U.S.C. § 4
Diane Dorothea Smunk	D. So. Dak.	1984	Embezzlement by government employee, 18 U.S.C. § 641
Thomas Peter Stathakis	D. So. Car.	1976	Selling and delivering firearms to out-of-state resident and falsifying firearms records, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(b)(3), 922(m), and 924(a)
Kathleen Vacanti	C. D. Calif.	1979	Conspiracy to defraud the United States by obtaining payment of false claims, presenting false claims to the United States, forging a writing, and aiding and abetting, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 286, 287, and 495
Pupi White	W. D. Mo.	1985	Making false statement on United States passport application, 18 U.S.C. § 911
Charles Coleman Wicker	E. D. Mo.	1975	Conspiracy to conduct illegal gambling business, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Roderick Douglas Woods	S. D. Miss.	1982	Misappropriation of bank funds and aiding and abetting, 18 U.S.C. §§ 656 and 2

April 17, 1995
NAME	DISTRICT	SENTENCED	OFFENSE
Bradley Vaughn Barisic	N. D. Calif.	1980	Making false statement to National Labor Relations Board, 18 U.S.C. § 1001
Herschel L. Brantley	U. S. Air Force general court-martial	1951	Larceny in violation of 93rd Article of War
Linda Bailey Byars	D. So. Car.	1975	Bank embezzlement, 18 U.S.C. § 656
Patricia Ann Chapin	W. D. Mo.	1986	Falsifying prescription for controlled substance, 21 U.S.C. § 843(a)(4)(A) and 18 U.S.C. § 2
Ronald Jacobs	E. D. Pa.	1967	Theft from interstate shipment, 18 U.S.C. § 659
Margaret Mary Marks	N. D. Ohio	1984	Willful misapplication of bank funds, 18 U.S.C. § 657
John Richard Martin	S. D. Calif.	1956	Embezzlement of funds from savings and loan association, 18 U.S.C. § 657
Earl Thomas McKinney	1. U. S. Air Force summary court-martial	1. 1951	1. Absent without leave
	2. U. S. Air Force general court-martial	2. 1959	2. Larceny by check, writing check with insufficient funds, and false claims, in violation of U.C.M.J. Articles 121, 132, and 134
Shirley Jean Odoms	S. D. Tex.	1978	Filing false claim for tax refund, 18 U.S.C. § 287
Jack Pakis	W. D. Ark.	1972	Operation of illegal gambling business, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 1955
Gordon Roberts, Jr.	M. D. La.	1977	Interstate transportation of forged and falsely made securities, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 2314
Carl Edward Terhune, Jr.	N. D. Okla.	1985	Issuing United States Postal Service money orders while postal employee with intent to defraud Postal Service, 18 U.S.C. § 500

December 23, 1997
NAME	DISTRICT	SENTENCED	OFFENSE
Irving Frank Avery	D. Colo.	1984	Possession of counterfeit plates, 18 U.S.C. §§ 474 and 2
Billy K. Berry	E. D. Ark.	1986	Medicaid and mail fraud, 42 U.S.C. § 1396h(a)(1)(i) and 18 U.S.C. § 1341
Clio Louise Carson	D. Wyo.	1979	Transmission of wagering information, 18 U.S.C. § 1084
Giuseppe Casadei-Severei	D. Puerto Rico	1987	Obstruction of justice, 18 U.S.C. § 1503
Glen Edison Chapman	1. W. D. No.Car.	1. 1955	1. Removing, possessing, and concealing non-tax-paid whiskey, 26 U.S.C. §§ 5632 and 7206
	2. W. D. No. Car.	2. 1957	2. Removing, possessing, and concealing non-tax-paid whiskey, 26 U.S.C. §§ 5632 and 5008(b)(1)
Ralph Wallace Crawford	C. D. Calif.	1985	Mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341
Aaron Golden	W. D. Tex.	1986	Failure to file a currency transaction report, 31 U.S.C. §§ 5313 and 5322(a)
Monroe Lee King	S. D. Tex.	1973	Making plates for counterfeiting Federal Reserve Notes, 18 U.S.C. § 474
Ralph Lee Limbaugh	N. D. Ala.	1974	Theft from interstate shipment, 18 U.S.C. § 659
George Edward Maynes, Jr.	D. Canal Zone	1975	Distribution of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Charley Morgan	N.D. Okla.	1964	Unlawful possession of still and manufacture of mash, 26 U.S.C. §§ 5179(a), 5601(a)(1), and 5601(a)(7)
Linzie Murle Morse	W. D. La.	1973	Interstate transportation of stolen motor vehicle and selling stolen motor vehicle, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2312 and 2313
Charles Patrick Murrin	C. D. Calif.	1988	Bank robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a)
Moises Jaurequi Ramos	D. New Mexico	1983	Misprision of a felony, 18 U.S.C. § 4
William Ray Richardson	W. D. Mo.	1983	Interstate transportation of stolen property, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 2314
Raymond Phillip Weaver	U. S. Navy summary court-martial	1947	Theft of four pounds of butter
Bill Wayne West	E. D. Miss.	1984	Dealing in firearms without license, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(a)(1) and 924(a)
Anita Glenn Whitlock	D. Dist. Col.	1978	Bank embezzlement, 18 U.S.C. § 656
Edward Kenneth Williams, Jr.	S. D. Iowa	1979	Receiving and selling stolen motor vehicles and aiding and abetting the same, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 2313
Larry Edward Winfield	W. D. Ark.	1987	Mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341
Louis Anthony Winters	1. U.S. Navy general court-martial	1. 1957	1. Unauthorized absence from duty
	2.D. So. Dak.	2. 1969	2. Assault with dangerous weapon, 18 U.S.C. § 1153

December 24, 1998
NAME	DISTRICT	SENTENCED	OFFENSE
Haig Ardash Arakelian (aka Haig Arthur Arakelian)	S. D. Calif.	1975	Possession of marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 844
Estel Edmond Ashworth	N. D. Tex.	1974	Theft of mail by Postal employee, 18 U.S.C. § 1709
Vincent Anthony Burgio	C. D. Calif.	1972	Possession of counterfeit government obligations, 18 U.S.C. § 472
Thomas Earl Burton	E. D. Va.	1982	Attempted possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846
Jesse Cuevas	D. Neb.	1984	Unauthorized possession of food stamps, 7 U.S.C. § 2024(b)
Harry Erla Fox	U.S. Army summary and special courts- martial	1961	Absence without leave, Article 86, U.C.M.J.
James William Gardner	D. Wyo.	1983	Conspiracy to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(a)(1)
Alejandro Cruz Guedea	U.S. Army general court-martial	1949	Larceny of government property
Sebraien Michael Haygood	E. D. N. Y.	1982	Importation of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a) and 960(a)(1)
Warren Curtis Hultgren, Jr.	W. D. Tex.	1982	Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(a)(1)
Sharon Sue Johnson	E. D. Ark.	1986	Bank embezzlement, 18 U.S.C. § 656
Ronald Ray Kelly	U.S. Marine Corps special court-martial	1969	Unauthorized absences, escape from lawful custody, and breaking restriction
Francis Dale Knippling	D. So. Dak.	1985	Conversion of mortgaged property, 18 U.S.C. § 658
Michael Ray Krukar	D. Alaska	1988	Unlawful distribution of marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Michael Francis Larkin	D. Mass.	1984	False statements to HUD, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 1001
Leslie Jan McCall	W. D. Okla.	1988	Use of telephone to facilitate cocaine distribution, 21 U.S.C. § 843(b)
Bobby Joe Miller	E. D. Tex.	1982	Misprision of a felony, 18 U.S.C. § 4
William Edward Payne	D. Ore.	1965	Willful attempt to evade excise tax on wagers, 26 U.S.C. § 7201
Robert Earl Radke	C. D. Calif.	1981	Willful attempt to evade income taxes, 26 U.S.C. § 7201
David Walter Ratliff	N. D. Okla.	1981	Making false statement to the government, 18 U.S.C. § 1001
Billy Wayne Reynolds	E. D. Tex.	1981	Mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341
Benito Maldonado Sanchez, Jr.	W. D. Tex.	1960	Possession of marijuana without payment of transfer tax, 26 U.S.C. § 4744(1)
Vicki Lynn Seals (fka Vicki Lynn Miller)	W. D. Tex.	1984	Making a false statement to a federally insured bank while an employee of that bank, 18 U.S.C.§ 1005
Lewis Craig Seymour	W. D. Okla.	1979	Distribution of Phencyclidine (PCP), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Irving A. Smith	D. Md.	1957	Conspiracy to engage in price-fixing, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1 and 2 (Sherman Act)
Darrin Paul Sobin	E. D. Calif.	1987	Conspiracy to manufacture marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Monty Mac Stewart	W. D. Okla.	1983	Conspiracy to defraud U.S. and counties within Oklahoma, mail fraud, and aiding and abetting filing a false income tax return, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 371, and 1341, and 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1)
Kevin Lester Teker	W. D. Wash.	1989	Maliciously damaging property used in an activity affecting interstate commerce by means of an explosive, 18 U.S.C. § 844(i)
John Timothy Thompson	W. D. Okla.	1986	Use of the telephone to facilitate cocaine distribution, 21 U.S.C. § 843(b)
Paul Loy Tobin	S. D. Ala.	1968	Interstate transportation of stolen motor vehicle, 18 U.S.C. § 2312
Gerald William Wachter	E. D. Pa.	1974	Conspiracy to cause stolen goods to be transported in interstate commerce, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Marian Lane Wolf	N. D. Tex.	1988	Misprision of a felony, 18 U.S.C. § 4
Samuel Harrell Woodard	1. U.S. Air Force summary court-martial	1. 1952	1. Absent without leave
	2. S. D. Ga.	2. 1955	2. Theft from an interstate shipment, 18 U.S.C. § 659

February 19, 1999
NAME	DISTRICT	SENTENCED	OFFENSE
Henry Ossian Flipper	U.S. Army general court-martial	1891	Conduct unbecoming an officer

December 23, 1999
NAME	DISTRICT	SENTENCED	OFFENSE
Meredith Marcus Appleton, II	W. D. Okla.	1990	Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Steven Laurence Barnett	E. D. Calif.	1987	Misapplication of bank funds and aiding and abetting the same, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 657
Russell Carl Clifton	N. D. Calif.	1977	Transmission of a false distress signal, 47 U.S.C. § 325 (misdemeanor)
Albert McMullen Cox	S. D. Ga.	1987	Bribery of a public official, 18 U.S.C. § 201(b)
Bernard Earl Crandall	C. D. Ill.	1985	Theft from interstate shipment, 18 U.S.C. § 659
Eugene Harold Del Carlo	N. D. Calif.	1979	Conspiracy and blackmail, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 873 (misdemeanors)
Kenneth Lee Deusterman	D. Minn.	1991	False statement to HUD, 18 U.S.C. § 1012 (misdemeanor)
Frank Allen Els	E. D. Wash.	1976	Possession of an unregistered firearm, 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d)
Arthur Neil Evans	N. D. Calif.	1954	Protecting and assisting a deserter from the U.S. Army, 18 U.S.C. § 1381
Elizabeth Marie Frederick (fka Elizabeth Sigmon)	D. So. Dak.	1987	Distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Jackie Lynn Gano	N. D. Iowa	1976	Receiving money or benefits through transactions of federal credit institution with intent to defraud while officer or employee of institution, 18 U.S.C. § 1006
Daniel Clifton Gilmour, Jr.	D. So. Car.	1985	Importation of marijuana, 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a), 960, 963, and 18 U.S.C. § 2
Michael Lee Gilmour	D. So. Car.	1985	Importation of marijuana, 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a), 960, 963, and 18 U.S.C. § 2
Theodore Avram Goodman	S. D. Calif.	1981	Unauthorized sale of government property, 18 U.S.C. § 641
Michael Charles Jorgensen	D. N. Mex.	1981	Misprision of a felony, 18 U.S.C. § 4
Leonard Charles Kampf	E. D. Va.	1990	Conveyance of government property without authority, 18 U.S.C. § 641
Kenneth Marshall Knull	Navy general court-martial	1976	Disobeying a lawful general order, negligently suffering destruction of military property, negligently hazarding two Naval vessels, Articles 92, 108, and 110, UCMJ
Reza Arabian Maleki	D. No. Dak.	1984	Conspiracy to make false statements to INS; false statements to INS, and aiding and abetting the same, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 371, and 1001
William Ronald McGuire	E. D. N. Y.	1978	Income tax evasion, 26 U.S.C. § 7201
Freddie Meeks	Navy general court-martial	1944	Making a mutiny during wartime
Steven Dwayne Miller	E. D. Tex.	1985	Possession of counterfeit Federal Reserve notes with intent to sell or otherwise use same, 18 U.S.C. § 474
Jodie David Moreland	W. D. La.	1987	Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(6), and 846
Lloyd Robert Odell	E. D. Wash.	1983	Theft of government property, 18 U.S.C. § 641
John Richard Palubicki	E. D. Wis.	1988	Conspiracy to defraud the IRS; income tax evasion, 18 U.S.C. § 371 and 26 U.S.C. § 7201
Patricia Ann Palubicki	E. D. Wis.	1988	Conspiracy to defraud the IRS; income tax evasion, 18 U.S.C. § 371 and 26 U.S.C. § 7201
Mark Edwin Pixley	D. Oregon	1991	Aiding in the manufacture, by cultivation, of marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2
Theodore Alfred Rhone	D. Dist. Col.	1987	Wire fraud and aiding and abetting same, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 1343
Warren David Samet	S. D. Fla.	1968	Transporting, concealing, and facilitating the transportation of marijuana that was acquired without paying the tax imposed, 26 U.S.C. § 4744(a)(2)
Steven Elliott Skorman	N. D. Ga.	1972	Distributing lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Ronald Marsh Smith	Army general court-martial	1977	Stealing mail matter, Article 134, UCMJ
Richard Beauchamp Steele	S. D. Tex.	1989	Conspiracy to eliminate competition by fixing prices in interstate commerce, 15 U.S.C. § 1
Christine Ann Summerbell (fka Christine Ann McKeown)	W. D. Wis.	1984	Theft of mail by postal employee, 18 U.S.C. § 1709
Robert A. Suvino	W. D. Ark.	1988	Conspiracy to commit mail fraud and mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 1341
Daniel Larry Thomas, Jr.	N. D. Ohio	1987	Illegal use of a communication facility to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 843
Howard Edwin Walraven	W. D. Ark.	1968	Theft from an interstate shipment, 18 U.S.C. § 659
Martin Harry Wesenberg	E. D. Wis.	1964	Willfully failing to pay the special occupational tax on wagering, and aiding and abetting the same, 26 U.S.C. § 7203 and 18 U.S.C. § 2 (misdemeanor)
Virgil Edwin West	N. D. Okla.	1982	Mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 1341

February 19, 2000
NAME	DISTRICT	SENTENCED	OFFENSE
Preston Theodore King	1. M.D. Ga.	1. 1961	1. Failure to appear for physical examination; failure to appear for induction into the Armed Forces, 50 U.S.C. App. § 46
	2. M.D. Ga.	2. 1962 (indicted)	2. Bail jumping, 18 U.S.C. § 3146

March 15, 2000
NAME	DISTRICT	SENTENCED	OFFENSE
Gregory Leon Crosby	D. Maine	1987	Theft by postal employee, 18 U.S.C. § 1709
Everett Gale Dague	N. D. Iowa	1982	Conspiracy to obstruct commerce by extortion, extortion, demanding or receiving illegal payments on behalf of a labor union, and demanding or accepting illegal unloading fees from a motor vehicle driver, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 1951, 29 U.S.C. §§186(b)(1) and (2)
Terry Stephen Duller	W. D. Wis.	1990	Engaging in illegal gambling business, 18 U.S.C. § 1955; failure to pay excise tax, 26 U.S.C. § 7262
Richard George Frye	D. Maine	1973	Knowingly shipping and transporting a firearm in interstate commerce, having been convicted of a felony, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g) and 924
Edgar Allen Gregory, Jr.	S. D. Ala.	1986	Conspiracy to willfully misapply bank funds, make false statements to a bank, and commit wire fraud; misapplication of bank funds by person connected with a bank, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 656, and 2
Vonna Jo Gregory	S. D. Ala.	1986	Conspiracy to willfully misapply bank funds, make false statements to a bank, and commit wire fraud; misapplication of bank funds by person connected with a bank, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 656, and 2
Carl David Hamilton	E. D. Ark.	1986	Bank fraud, and conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343 and 371
Charles Edward Kirschner	D. Alaska	1993	Theft of bank property, 18 U.S.C. § 2113(b)
Charles Douglas Megla	W. D. Ky.	1980	Mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 2
Owen Neil Nordine	D. Ariz.	1963	Interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle, 18 U.S.C. § 2312
William Thomas Rohring	D. Minn.	1986	Forgery of U.S. Treasury check, 18 U.S.C. § 510
Lawrence David Share	S. D. Calif.	1975	Conspiracy to commit securities fraud, sale of unregistered securities, and the use of manipulative devices in connection with the sale of securities, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 2, and 15 U.S.C. §§ 77e(a), 77q(a), 77x, 78ff, and 78j(b)
Wayne Cletus Steinkamp	N. D. Iowa	1988	Conspiracy in restraint of trade in interstate commerce, 15 U.S.C. § 1
Peter John Thomas	D. Del.	1978	Conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Heather Elizabeth Wilson (fka Heather Elizabeth Calvin)	E. D. Okla.	1993	Use of telephone to facilitate commission of drug-trafficking felony, 21 U.S.C. § 843(b)
Donna Marie Yellow Owl (fka Donna Marie Coursey)	D. Montana	1988	False statements, 18 U.S.C. § 1001

July 7, 2000
NAME	DISTRICT	SENTENCED	OFFENSE
Carl Stanley Gilbreath	N. D. Ga.	1971	Interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle, 18 U.S.C. § 2312
Claudette Dean Goodson (fka Claudette Goodson Findeisen)	E. D. No. Car.	1986	Aiding and abetting embezzlement of government funds, 18 U.S.C. §§ 641 and 2
Dane Robert Hessling	S. D. Ohio	1987	Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846, and distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Elwood Dwight Hopkins	D. New Jersey	1962	1. Theft of government property, 18 U.S.C. § 641 2. Mutilation of coins, 18 U.S.C. § 331
Thomas Vernon Jones	D. Wyo.	1989	Filing a false tax return 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1)
Madison Dow Kimball, Jr.	W. D. Ark.	1983	Bank robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a)
Cynthia Lou LeBlanc (fka Cynthia Lou Gallagher)	N. D. Tex.	1978	Conspiracy to distribute and possess methaqualone, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Peter Thomas Lipps	C. D. Calif.	1981	Possession of counterfeit government obligation, 18 U.S.C. § 472
John Carroll Michiaels	N. D. Ind.	1989	Purloining and coverting property of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and aiding and abetting therein, 18 U.S.C. §§ 641 and 2
Richard Edwin Sacchi	M. D. Fla.	1989	Conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846
Horace Carroll Smith	D. So. Car.	1992	Conspiracy to violate the federal securities laws, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 2
Tammy Lawan Tallant	E. D. Okla.	1991	Misprision of a felony, 18 U.S.C. § 4
Carl Dennis Waren	W. D. Ark.	1980	Interstate transportation of stolen motor vehicles, 18 U.S.C. § 2314
Robert Alexander Warr	D. So. Car.	1982	False statements, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1001 and 2
James H. Wetzel, Jr.	E. D. La.	1981	Conspiracy to distribute cocaine, 18 U.S.C. § 371, and 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Diane Mae Zeman (aka Diane Mae Moseman)	E. D. N. Y.	1981	Use of a telephone to facilitate importation of hashish oil, 21 U.S.C. § 843(b)

October 20, 2000
NAME	DISTRICT	SENTENCED	OFFENSE
William Oshel Casto, III	E. D. Wis.	1984	Embezzlement by a bank employee, 18 U.S.C. § 656
Donald Demerest Hall	D. Del	1974	Misapplication of bank funds by an employee, 18 U.S.C. § 656
Cheryl Ada Elizabeth Little	S. D. Fla.	1978	Conspiracy with intent to distribute a controlled substance, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(a)(1)
Joe Clint McMillan	M. D. No. Car.	1992	Conspiracy to violate the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1
Jeralyn Kay Rust	D. Minn.	1990	Wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343 and 2
Jane Marie Schoffstall	S. D. Calif.	1989	Possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance (methamphetamine), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
William Calvin Smith, Jr.	E. D. Pa.	1970	Interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle, 18 U.S.C. § 2312

November 21, 2000
NAME	DISTRICT	SENTENCED	OFFENSE
Glen David Curry	S. D. Ala.	1982	Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, distributing and possessing with intent to distribute cocaine, and using a telephone to facilitate distribution of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 843(b), and 846
Dave Meyer Hartson, III	E. D. La.	1993	Mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 2
Carl Edward Karstetter	M. D. Pa.	1992	Conversion of government property, 18 U.S.C. § 641
Donald Spencer Lewis	S. D. Tex.	1991	False statements to a government agency, 18 U.S.C. § 1001
Walter Sidney Orlinsky	D. Md.	1982	Extortion under color of official right, 18 U.S.C. § 1951
Howard Charles Petersen	D. Neb.	1971	Embezzlement by a bank employee and making false entries in a bank's records, 18 U.S.C. §§ 656 and 1005
John Laurence Silvi	D. New Jersey	1992	Conspiracy to make unlawful payments to a union official, 18 U.S.C. § 371, 29 U.S.C. § 186
Laurence John Silvi, II	D. New Jersey	1992	Conspiracy to bribe a union official, 18 U.S.C. § 371, 29 U.S.C. § 186
John Donald Vodde	N. D. Ind.	1989	Possession and distribution of cocaine, and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2
Melinda Kay Stewart Vodde	N. D. Ind.	1989	Distribution of cocaine, and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2
Philip Donald Winn	D. Dist. Col.	1994	Conspiracy to give illegal gratuities, 18 U.S.C. § 371

December 22, 2000
NAME	DISTRICT	SENTENCED	OFFENSE
Jimmy Lee Allen	W. D. Ark.	1990	False statements to agency of United States, 15 U.S.C. § 714m(a)
Virgil Lamoin Baker	E. D. (now S. D.) Ill.	1959	Violation of the Military Training and Service Act, 50 U.S.C. App. § 462
Garran Dee Barker	E. D. Ark	1986	Conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Nancy M. Baxter	W. D. Va.	1990	Tax evasion and filing a false amended tax return; 26 U.S.C. §§ 7201 and 7206(1)
Charles N. Besser	N. D. Ill	1985	Mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341
Harlan Richard Billings	D. Maine	1985	Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute in excess of 1,000 pounds of marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Edward Raymond Birdseye	E. D. Calif.	1992	Unlawful use of a communication facility, 21 U.S.C. § 843(b)
Roscoe Crosby Blunt, Jr.	Army court-martial	1945	Fraternization, Article of War 96
Charles Edward Boggs	E. D. Ark.	1977	Receiving a stolen motor vehicle which was part of interstate commerce, 18 U.S.C. § 2313
Terry Coy Bonner	N. D. W. Va.	1986	Possession of an illegally made destructive device, 26 U.S.C. § 5861(c)
Alfred Whitney Brown, III	E. D. La.	1992	Illegal sale of wildlife by allowing hunting over a baited field, 16 U.S.C. §§ 3372(a)(1), 3372(c)(1)(A), and 3373(d)(1)(B), and 18 U.S.C. § 2
William Robert Carpenter	N. D. Calif.	1991	Possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Philip Vito DiGirolamo	N. D. Calif.	1984	Conspiracy to import marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 963; willfully subscribing to a false tax return, 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1)
Peter Welling Dionis	N. D. N. Y.	1976	Conspiracy, importation, and possession with intent to distribute hashish, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 952(a), and 963, and 18 U.S.C. § 2
Darrin Dean Dorn	S. D. Iowa	1981	Conspiracy to damage property by means and use of an explosive, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Peter Bailey Gimbel	S. D. N. Y.	1991	Conspiracy to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Philip Joseph Grandmaison	D. New Hamp.	1996	Mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 1346
Joe Robert Grist	W. D. Tex.	1990	Misapplication of funds by a bank employee, 18 U.S.C. § 656
LeRoy Kenneth Hartung, Jr.	D. Nev.	1986	Interception of wire communications, 18 U.S.C. § 2511(1)(a)
Joseph Riddick Hendrick, III	W. D. No. Car.	1997	Mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341
Judd Blair Hirschberg	N. D. Ill.	1991	Mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341
Robert Quinn Houston	S. D. Miss.	1986	Conspiracy to obstruct commerce by extortion, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a)
Martin Joseph Hughes	N. D. Ohio	1987	Aiding and abetting the falsification of union records, aiding and assisting in the submission of false tax records, making false statements to a government agency, 29 U.S.C. § 439(c) and 18 U.S.C. § 2, 26 U.S.C. § 7204, 18 U.S.C. § 1001 (as modified)
Jere Wayne Johnson	W. D. Okla.	1982	Conspiracy to defraud the United States and Garfield County, Oklahoma, while serving as a county commissioner, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Michael Thomas Johnson	S. D. Miss.	1987	Filing false tax returns, 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1)
Daniel Wayne Keys	S. D. Tex.	1977	Possession with intent to distribute marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Larry Ray Killough	E. D. Ark.	1985	Unlawful distribution of prescription drugs, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Jack Kligman	E. D. Pa.	1985	Conspiracy and mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 1341
Hector Osvaldo Labagnara	D. New Jersey	1976	Conspiracy to transport stolen motor vehicles in interstate commerce, to receive and sell stolen motor vehicles, to transport false vehicle registrations in interstate commerce, and to receive and dispose of false vehicle registrations; receipt and sale of stolen motor vehicles; 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 2313
Moses Jubilee Lestz (fka Michael Eugene Lestz)	W. D. Ark.	1982	Forgery of United States savings bond, 18 U.S.C. § 495
Leon Lee Liebscher	W. D. Okla.	1982	Conspiracy to defraud the United States (tax evasion), 18 U.S.C. § 371
Pierluigi Mancini	N. D. Ga.	1985	Possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)
John Ross McCown, Jr.	D. Neb.	1992	Structuring of transactions to evade reporting requirements, 31 U.S.C. §§ 5324(3) and 5322(b) and 18 U.S.C. § 2
Edward Francis McKenna, III	S. D. Miss.	1993	Possession with intent to distribute anabolic steroids, 21 U.S.C. § 333(e)(1)
Andrew Kirkpatrick Mearns, III	D. Del.	1978	Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841
Ralph Eugene Meczyk	N. D. Ill.	1987	Filing false partnership and individual federal income tax returns, and aiding and abetting therein, 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2
Philip James Morin	W. D. Tex.	1984	Distribution of cocaine; 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Thomas Edward Nash, Jr.	W. D. No. Car.	1988	Conspiracy to restrain interstate trade and commerce, 15 U.S.C. § 1
Roger Lee Nelson	D. Neb.	1981	Aiding and abetting mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 2
Jose Rene Pineda-Martinez	1. S. D. Tex.	1. 1983	1. Entering U.S. without inspection (misdemeanor), 8 U.S.C. § 1325
	2. S. D. Tex.	2. 1983	2. Transporting an illegal alien within the U.S., 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(2)
	3. S. D. Tex.	3. 1984	3. Transporting an illegal alien within the U.S., 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(2)
John Russell Raup	Air Force general court-martial	1984	Larceny of government property and wrongful possession of marijuana; U.C.M.J. Articles 121 and 134
James William Rogers	D. So. Car.	1983 (as modified)	Conspiracy to commit racketeering, 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d)
George Wisham Roper, II	E. D. Va.	1974	Conspiracy to bribe public officials and to defraud the United States government, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Daniel Rostenkowski	D. Dist. Col.	1996	Mail fraud (two counts), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 1346
Dean Raymond Rush	W. D. Tex.	1993	False statements on a loan application, 18 U.S.C. § 1014
Archibald R. Schaffer, III	D. Dist. Col.	2000	Violation of the Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. § 622
Anthony Andrew Schmidt	D. Kan.	1985	Conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846
Stanley Sirote	E. D. N. Y.	1974	Bribery of a public official, 18 U.S.C. § 201(f)
Dent Elwood Snider, Jr.	D. Colo.	1981	Use of a telephone to facilitate the distribution of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 843(b)
James Lawrence Swisher	M. D. No. Car.	1977	Obstruction of a criminal investigation, 18 U.S.C. § 1510
Larry Kalvy Thompson	N. D. Tex.	1988	Aiding and abetting misapplication of bank funds, misprision of a felony, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 4, and 657
Stephanie Marie Vetter	D. New Mex.	1979	Possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Danny Ray Walker	E. D. Ark.	1975	Interstate transportation of stolen property, 18 U.S.C. § 2316
Thomas Andrew Warren	S. D. Fla.	1975	Conspiracy to import marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 963
Michael Lynn Weatherford	E. D. No. Car.	1986	Aiding and abetting interstate travel in aid of racketeering, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1952(a) and 2
Jack Weinstein	D. Nev.	1975	Conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen property, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 2314, and 2
Robert Owen Wilson	M. D. Tenn.	1980	Mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341
Charles Elvin Witherspoon	E. D. Tex.	1977	Embezzlement of bank funds, 18 U.S.C. § 656
Charles Z. Yonce, Jr.	D. So. Car.	1988	Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and aiding and abetting therein, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846, and 841(b)(1)(B), and 18 U.S.C. § 2

January 20, 2001
NAME	DISTRICT	SENTENCED	OFFENSE
Verla Jean Allen	W. D. Ark.	1990	False statements to agency of United States, 15 U.S.C. § 714m(a)
Bernice Ruth Altschul	D. Ariz.	1992	Conspiracy to commit money laundering, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Nicholas M. Altiere	S. D. Fla.	1983	Importation of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a)(1) and 960(a)(1)
Joe Anderson, Jr.	S. D. Ala.	1988	Income tax evasion, 26 U.S.C. § 7201
William Sterling Anderson	D. So. Car.	1987	Conspiracy to defraud a federally insured financial institution, false statements to a federally insured financial institution, wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 371, 1014, and 1343
Mansour T. Azizkhani	W. D. Okla.	1984	Conspiracy and making false statements in bank loan applications, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 1014
Cleveland Victor Babin, Jr.	W. D. Okla.	1987	Conspiracy to commit offense against the United States by utilizing the U.S. mail in furtherance of a scheme to defraud, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Chris Harmon Bagley	W. D. Okla.	1989	Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Scott Lynn Bane	C. D. Ill.	1984	Unlawful distribution of marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2
Thomas Cleveland Barber	M. D. Fla.	1977	Issuing worthless checks, 18 U.S.C. §§ 7 and 13
Peggy Ann Bargon	C. D. Ill.	1995	Violation of Lacey Act, violation of Bald Eagle Protection Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 3372(a)(1), 3373(d)(2), and 668(a); 18 U.S.C. § 2
Tansukhlal Bhatka	W. D. Ark.	1991	Filing fraudulent income tax returns, 26 U.S.C. § 7201
David Roscoe Blampied	D. Idaho	1979	Conspiracy to distribute cocaine, 26 U.S.C. § 846
William Arthur Borders, Jr.	N. D. Ga.	1982	Conspiracy to corruptly solicit and accept money in return for influencing the official acts of a federal district court judge, 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, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 1503, 2, and 1952
Arthur David Borel	E. D. Ark.	1991	Odometer rollback, 15 U.S.C. § 1984
Douglas Charles Borel	E. D. Ark.	1991	Odometer rollback, 15 U.S.C. § 1984
George Thomas Brabham	E. D. Tex.	1989	Making a false statement or report to a federally insured bank, 18 U.S.C. § 1014
Almon Glenn Braswell	1. N. D. Ga.	1. 1983	1. Mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341
	2. N. D. Ga.	2. 1983	2. Perjury, 18 U.S.C. § 1623
	3. N. D. Ga.	3. 1983	3. Filing false income tax return, 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1)
Leonard Browder	D. So. Car.	1990	Illegal dispensing of controlled substance and Medicaid fraud, 21 U.S.C. §§ 827(a)(3), 843(a)(3), 843(a)(4)(A), and 843(c); 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 2
David Steven Brown	S. D. N. Y.	1987	Securities fraud and mail fraud, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78j(b) and 78ff; 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 2; 17 C.F.R. §240.106-5
Delores Caroylene Burleson	E. D. Okla.	1978	Possession of marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 844(a)
John H. Bustamante	N. D. Ohio	1993	Wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1343
Mary Louise Campbell	N. D. Miss.	1988	Aiding and abetting the unauthorized use and transfer of food stamps, 18 U.S.C. § 2 and 7 U.S.C. § 2024(b)
Eloida Candelaria	D. New Mex.	1992	False information in registering to vote, 42 U.S.C. § 1973i(c)
Dennis Sobrevinas Capili	E. D. Calif.	1990	Filing false statements in alien registration, 8 U.S.C. § 1306(c)
Donna Denise Chambers	E. D. Wis.	1986	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, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), and 843(b)
Douglas Eugene Chapman	E. D. Ark.	1993	Bank fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1344
Ronald Keith Chapman	E. D. Ark.	1993	Bank fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1344
Francisco Larios Chavez	S. D. Calif.	1986	Aiding and abetting illegal entry of aliens, 8 U.S.C. § 1325 and 18 U.S.C. § 2
Henry G. Cisneros	D. Dist. Col.	1999	False statement (misdemeanor), 18 U.S.C. § 1018
Roger Clinton	1. W. D. Ark.	1. 1985	1. Conspiracy to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846
	2. W.D. Ark.	2. 1985	2. Distribution of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Stuart Harris Cohn	S. D. N. Y.	1983	Illegal sale of commodity options, 7 U.S.C. §§ 6c(c) and 13(b), and 18 U.S.C. § 2
David M. Cooper	N. D. Ohio	1992	Conspiracy to defraud the government, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Ernest Harley Cox, Jr.	E. D. Ark.	1991	Conspiracy to defraud a federally insured savings and loan, misapplication of bank funds, false statements, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 657, and 1014
John F. Cross, Jr.	E. D. Ark.	1995	Embezzlement, 18 U.S.C. § 656
Rickey Lee Cunningham	S. D. Tex.	1973	Possession with intent to distribute marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Richard Anthony De Labio	D. Md.	1977	Mail fraud, aiding and abetting, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 2
John Deutch	D. Dist. Col.	2001 information	Offenses charged in January 19, 2001, information
Richard Douglas	N. D. Calif.	1998	False statements to a government agent, 18 U.S.C. § 1001
Edward Reynolds Downe, Jr.	S. D. N. Y.	1993	Conspiracy to commit wire fraud and to subscribe to false income tax returns, securities fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 371 and 15 U.S.C. §§ 78p and 78ff
Marvin Dean Dudley	D. Neb.	1992	False statements, 18 U.S.C. § 1014
Larry Lee Duncan	W. D. Okla.	1992	Altering an automobile odometer, 15 U.S.C. § 1984
Robert Clinton Fain	E. D. Ark.	1982	Aiding and assisting in the preparation and filing of a false corporate tax return, 26 U.S.C. § 7206(2)
Marcos Arcenio Fernandez	S. D. Fla.	1980	Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Alvarez Ferrouillet	1. E. D. La.	1. 1997	1. Interstate transportation of stolen property, 18 U.S.C. § 2314; money laundering, 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1) (b)(i); engaging in a monetary transaction with criminally derived property, 18 U.S.C. § 1957; false statements to government agents, 18 U.S.C. § 1001
	2. N. D. Miss.	2. 1997	2. Conspiracy to make false statements to a financial institution, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 1014
William Denis Fugazy	S. D. N. Y.	1997	Perjury in a bankruptcy proceeding, 18 U.S.C. § 152
Lloyd Reid George	E. D. Ark.	1997	Aiding and abetting mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 2
Louis Goldstein	N. D. Ill.	1985	Possession of goods stolen from interstate shipment, 18 U.S.C. § 659
Rubye Lee Gordon	M. D. Ga.	1974	Forgery of U.S. Treasury checks, 18 U.S.C. § 495
Pincus Green	S. D. N. Y.	1984 superseding indictment	Wire fraud, mail fraud, racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, criminal forfeiture, income tax evasion, and trading with Iran in violation of trade embargo, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 1341, 1962(c), 1962(d), 1963, and 2; 26 U.S.C. § 7201, 50 U.S.C. § 1705, and 31 C.F.R. §§ 535.206(a)(4), 535.208 and 535.701
Robert Ivey Hamner	C. D. Ill.	1986	Conspiracy to distribute marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(a)(1)
Samuel Price Handley	W. D. Ky.	1963	Conspiracy to steal government property, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Woodie Randolph Handley	W. D. Ky.	1963	Conspiracy to steal government property, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Jay Houston Harmon	1. E. D. Ark.	1. 1982	1. Conspiracy to import marijuana, conspiracy to possess marijuana with intent to distribute, importation of marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. §§ 963, 846, 952, and 841(a)
	2. M. D. Ga.	2. 1986	2. Conspiracy to import cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 952, 960, and 963
John J. Hemmingson	E. D. La.	1997	Interstate transportation of stolen property, 18 U.S.C. § 2314; money laundering, 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1)(b)(i); engaging in a monetary transaction with criminally derived property, 18 U.S.C. § 1957
David S. Herdlinger	W. D. Ark.	1986	Mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341
Debi Rae Huckleberry, (fka Debi Rae VanDenakker)	D. Utah	1986	Distribution of methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Donald Ray James	W. D. Tenn.	1983	Mail fraud, wire fraud, and false statements to a bank to influence credit approval, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 1343, and 1014
Stanley Pruet Jobe	W. D. Tex.	1994	Conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 1005, 1014, and 1344
Ruben H. Johnson	W. D. Tex.	1989	Theft and misapplication of bank funds by a bank officer or director (13 counts), 18 U.S.C. § 656
Linda Jones, (fka Linda D. Medlar)	N. D. Tex.	1998	Conspiracy to commit bank fraud, to make a false statement to a bank, to launder monetary instruments, and to engage in monetary transactions in property derived from specific unlawful activity; aiding and abetting bank fraud; aiding and abetting false statements to a bank; aiding and abetting laundering monetary instruments; aiding and abetting engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specific unlawful activity; obstruction of justice; falsifying, concealing and covering up a material fact by trick, scheme, or device; making a false statement; 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 371, 1001, 1014, 1344(1) and (2), 1503, 1956(a)(1)(A)(i) and (B)(i), and 1957
James Howard Lake	D. Dist. Col.	1998	Illegal corporate campaign contributions (two counts), wire fraud, 2 U.S.C. §§ 437g(d)(1)(A), 441b(a), and 441f, and 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 1343, and 1346
June Louise Lewis	N. D. Ohio	1991	Embezzlement by a bank employee, 18 U.S.C. § 656
Salim Bonnor Lewis	S. D. N. Y.	1989	Securities fraud, record keeping violations, margin violations, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78ff, 78g(a), 78g(f), and 78j(b), and 18 U.S.C. § 2
John Leighton Lodwick	W. D. Mo.	1968	Income tax evasion, 26 U.S.C. § 7201
Hildebrando Lopez	S. D. Tex.	1981	Distribution of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Jose Julio Luaces, Jr.	S. D. Fla.	1989	Possession of an unregistered firearm, 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) and 5871
James Timothy Maness	W. D. Tenn.	1985	Conspiracy to distribute Valium, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(a)(1)
James Lowell Manning	E. D. Ark.	1982	Aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false corporate income tax return, 26 U.S.C. § 7206(2)
John Robert Martin	N. D. Fla.	1987	Income tax evasion, 26 U.S.C. § 7201
Frank Ayala Martinez	W. D. Tex.	1989	Conspiracy to supply false documents to the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Silvia Leticia Beltran Martinez	W. D. Tex.	1989	Conspiracy to supply false documents to the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 18 U.S.C. § 371
John Francis McCormick	D. Mass.	1988	Racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, aiding and abetting Hobbjay houston harmons Act extortion (five counts), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1962(c) and (d), 1951, and 2
Susan H. McDougal	E. D. Ark.	1996	Mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341; aiding and abetting in misapplication of Small Business Investment Corporation funds, 18 U.S.C. §§ 657 and 2; aiding and abetting in making false entries, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1006 and 2; aiding and abetting in making false statements, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1014 and 2
Howard Lawrence Mechanic, (aka Gary Robert Tredway)	1. E. D. Mo.	1. 1970	1. Violating the Civil Disobedience Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. § 213(a)
	2. D. Ariz.	2. 2000	2. Failure to appear, 18 U.S.C. § 3150
	3. D. Ariz.	3. 2000	3. Making a false statement in acquiring a passport, 18 U.S.C. § 1542
Brook K. Mitchell, Sr.	D. Dist. Col.	1999	Conspiracy to illegally obtain USDA subsidy payments, false statements to USDA (two counts), false entries on USDA forms, 15 U.S.C. §§ 741m(d), 714m(a), and 714m(b)(ii); 18 U.S.C. § 2
Charles Wilfred Morgan, III	W. D. Ark.	1984	Conspiracy to distribute cocaine, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Samuel Loring Morison	D. Md.	1985	Willful transmission of defense information, unauthorized possession and retention of defense information, theft of government property, 18 U.S.C. §§ 641, 793(d), and 793(e)
Richard Anthony Nazzaro	D. Mass.	1988	Perjury and conspiracy to commit mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 1623
Charlene Ann Nosenko	N. D. Ill.	1990	Conspiracy to defraud the United States, and influencing or injuring an officer or juror generally, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 1503
Vernon Raymond Obermeier	S. D. Ill.	1989	Conspiracy to distribute cocaine, distribution of cocaine, and using a communications facility to facilitate distribution of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), and 843(b)
Miguelina Ogalde	D. Puerto Rico	1981	Conspiracy to import cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a) and 963
David C. Owen	D. Kans.	1993	Filing a false tax return, 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1)
Robert William Palmer	E. D. Ark.	1995	Conspiracy to make false statements, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Kelli Anne Perhosky (fka Kelli Anne Flynn)	W. D. Pa.	1989	Conspiracy to commit mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Richard H. Pezzopane	N. D. Ill.	1988	Conspiracy to commit racketeering, mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1962(d) and 1341
Orville Rex Phillips	W. D. Tex.	1991	Unlawful structuring of a financial transaction, 31 U.S.C. § 5324
Vinson Stewart Poling, Jr.	D. Md.	1980	Making a false bank entry, and aiding and abetting, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1005 and 2
Normal Lyle Prouse	D. Minn.	1990	Operating or directing the operation of a common carrier while under the influence of alcohol, 18 U.S.C. § 342
Willie H. H. Pruitt, Jr.	U.S. Air Force special court-martial	1954	Absent without official leave, UCMJ
Danny Martin Pursley, Sr.	M. D. Tenn.	1991	Aiding and abetting the conduct of an illegal gambling business, and obstruction of state laws to facilitate illegal gambling, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1511, 1955, and 2
Charles D. Ravenel	D. So. Car.	1996	Conspiring to defraud the United States, 18 U.S.C. § 371
William Clyde Ray	W. D. Okla.	1989	Fraud using the telephone, 18 U.S.C. § 1343
Alfredo Luna Regalado	S. D. Tex.	1987	Failure to report the transportation of currency in excess of $10,000 into the United States, 31 U.S.C. § 5316(a)(1)(B)
Ildefonso Reynes Ricafort	Veterans Administration Compensation and Pension Service	1987	Submission of false claims to Veterans Administration, 38 U.S.C. § 3503(a), now codified at 38 U.S.C. § 6103(a)
Marc Rich	S. D. N. Y.	1984 superseding indictment	Wire fraud, mail fraud, racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, criminal forfeiture, income tax evasion, and trading with Iran in violation of trade embargo, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 1341, 1962(c), 1962(d), 1963, and 2; 26 U.S.C. § 7201, 50 U.S.C. § 1705, and 31 C.F.R. §§ 535.206(a)(4), 535.208 and 535.701
Howard Winfield Riddle	N. D. Tex.	1989	Violation of the Lacey Act (receipt of illegally imported animal skins), 18 U.S.C. § 545
Richard Wilson Riley, Jr.	D. So. Car.	1993	Conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute marijuana and cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Samuel Lee Robbins	W. D. Tex.	1990	Misprision of a felony, 18 U.S.C. § 4
Joel Gonzales Rodriguez	S. D. Tex.	1991	Theft of mail by a postal employee, 18 U.S.C. § 1709
Michael James Rogers	S. D. Tex.	1977	Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846
Anna Louise Ross	N. D. Tex.	1988	Distribution of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); 18 U.S.C. § 2
Gerald Glen Rust	E. D. Tex.	1991	False declarations before grand jury, 18 U.S.C. § 1623
Jerri Ann Rust	E. D. Tex.	1991	False declarations before grand jury, 18 U.S.C. § 1623
Bettye June Rutherford	D. New Mex.	1992	Possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(D)
Gregory Lee Sands	D. So. Dak.	1990	Conspiracy to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 and 846
Adolph Schwimmer	S. D. Calif.	1950	Conspiracy to violate the Neutrality Act and export control laws, and conspiracy to export arms, ammunition, etc. to a foreign country, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 88 (1946 ed.) and 371, 22 U.S.C. § 452, and 50 U.S.C. § 701
Albert A. Seretti, Jr.	D. Nev.	1983	Conspiracy and wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 371, 1343
Patricia Campbell Hearst Shaw	N. D. Calif.	1976	Armed bank robbery and using a firearm during a felony, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2113(a) and (d) and 924(c)(1)
Dennis Joseph Smith	1. U.S. Army summary court-martial	1. 1951	1. Unauthorized absence
	2. U.S. Army summary court-martial	2. 1952	2. Failure to obey off limits instructions
	3. U.S. Army special court-martial	3. 1954	3. Unauthorized absence
Gerald Owen Smith	S. D. Miss.	1956	Armed bank robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 2113
Stephen A. Smith	E. D. Ark.	1996	Conspiracy to misapply Small Business Administration loans, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Jimmie Lee Speake	N. D. Tex.	1976	Conspiracy to possess and utter counterfeit $20 Federal Reserve notes, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Charles Bernard Stewart	M. D. Ga.	1986	Illegally destroying U.S. mail, 18 U.S.C. § 1703(a)
Marlena Francisca Stewart-Rollins	N. D. Ohio	1989	Conspiracy to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846
John Fife Symington, III	D. Ariz.	1996 indictment; 1997 superseding indictment	False statements to federally insured financial institutions, wire fraud, attempted extortion, and false statements in bankruptcy proceeding, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1014, 1343, 1951, 152, 2(a) and 2(b)
Richard Lee Tannehill	D. Colo.	1990	Conspiracy in restraint of trade, 15 U.S.C. § 1
Nicholas C. Tenaglia	E. D. Pa.	1985	Receipt of illegal payments under the Medicare Program, 42 U.S.C. § 1395nn(b)(1)(B)
Gary Allen Thomas	W. D. Tex.	1987	Theft of mail by postal employee, 18 U.S.C. § 1709
Larry Weldon Todd	W. D. Tex.	1983	Conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States in violation of the Lacey Act and the Airborne Hunting Act, 18 U.S.C. § 371; 16 U.S.C. §§ 3372(a)(1), 3373(d)(1)(B), and 742j-1
Olga C. Trevino	W. D. Tex.	1987	Misapplication by a bank employee, 18 U.S.C. § 656
Ignatious Vamvouklis	D. New. Hamp.	1991	Possession of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 844(a)
Patricia A. Van De Weerd	W. D. Wis.	1990	Theft by U.S. postal employee, 18 U.S.C. § 1711
Christopher V. Wade	E. D. Ark.	1995	Bank fraud and false statements on a loan application, 18 U.S.C. §§ 152 and 1014
Bill Wayne Warmath	W. D. Tenn.	1965	Obstruction of correspondence, 18 U.S.C. § 1720
Jack Kenneth Watson	D. Oregon	1985	Making false statements of material facts to the United States Forest Service, 18 U.S.C. § 1001
Donna Lynn Webb	N. D. Fla.	1989	False entry in savings and loan record by employee, 18 U.S.C. § 1006
Donald William Wells	M. D. No. Car.	1973	Possession of an unregistered firearm, 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) and 5871
Robert H. Wendt	E. D. Mo.	1982	Conspiracy to effectuate the escape of a federal prisoner, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Jack L. Williams	D. Dist. Col.	1998	Making false statements to federal agents (two counts), 18 U.S.C. § 1001
Kevin Arthur Williams	D. Neb.	1990	Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Robert Michael Williams	E. D. Mich.	1981	Conspiracy to transport in foreign commerce securities obtained by fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 2314
Jimmie Lee Wilson	E. D. Ark.	1990	Converting property mortgaged or pledged to a farm credit agency, and converting public money to personal use, 18 U.S.C. §§ 641 and 658
Thelma Louise Wingate	M. D. Ga.	1991	Mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 2
Mitchell Couey Wood	E. D. Ark.	1986	Conspiracy to possess and to distribute cocaine, 18 U.S.C. § 371 and 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)
Warren Stannard Wood	S. D. Calif.	1978	Conspiracy to defraud the United States by filing a false document with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 18 U.S.C. § 371; 15 U.S.C. §§ 78m. 78n, and 78ff
Dewey Worthey	E. D. Ark.	1988	Medicaid fraud, 42 U.S.C. § 1396
Rick Allen Yale	S. D. Ill.	1992	Bank fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1344 and 2
Joseph A. Yasak	N. D. Ill.	1988	Knowingly making under oath a false declaration regarding a material fact before a Grand Jury, 18 U.S.C. § 1623
William Stanley Yingling	E. D. Ark.	1979	Receipt of a stolen motor vehicle, 18 U.S.C. § 2313
Philip David Young	W. D. La.	1992	Interstate transportation and sale of fish and wildlife, 16 U.S.C. §§ 3372(a)(2)(A) and 3373(d)(1)(B)

Finding Utopia!

Check it out: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Citing environmental concerns, Mayor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order prohibiting city departments from buying bottled water.

In a decision announced yesterday, Newsom says the ban will go into effect July first and extend to all city and county water coolers by December first.

A spokesman for the San Francisco public utilities commission says Newsom's decision will save tax payer money and combat global warming

BUT - You can walk naked in the streets, you can perform deviant sexual acts, you can teach that capitalism is evil, you can protest just about any dam thing you want to and you can cheat on your wife, be corrupt and still be Mayor of San Francisco.

Utopia!

Paris Hilton And The Law Breakers Rewarded - O

Why should anyone be surprised that Paris Hilton was rewarded and given special treatment for breaking the law?

The entire country is in a hideous, mindless debate over how to reward and give special treatment to 12 million people who have broken the law by gaining unlawful entry to the US.

Our courts have sided with law breakers by preferring to send the law enforcers to prison as witnessed in the Romos and Compean case.

Peace Officers are hard pressed to enforce the law for fear of being sued by the ACLU or other anti-American, radical groups as seen at the recent rallies in Los Angeles.

The courts prefer to punish landlords for requesting legal status documents from potential tenant applicants over enforcing the laws broken by the law breakers.

Financial institutions prefer marketing to law breakers than to citizens and legal residents.

With all the law breakers' rewards in place – we may soon determine that life behind bars is the safest place in America.

Perhaps the new American Statue of Liberty should read:

Give me the worst your society has to offer, your penniless,

Your angry masses yearning to destroy our freedoms,

The wretched refuse of your deteriorating shores.

Send these, the homeless, formerly incarcerated-tossed, to me:

I lift my lamp and give them the gold within my doors.

The Moonbat Bumper Sticker Mind - O

John Edwards said that "The war on terrorism is a Bumper Sticker."

Democratization or Radical Nation? What the “Moonbat Bumper Sticker Mind” does not want you to see. Democracy is the best tool to neutralize the radical nation.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6331994107023396223&hl=en

They will find you, they will kill you, they will not stop, they must be stopped. In their backyard or yours?

The Media Bait and Switch - Iraq v Border Bill - O

The US border and immigration have consumed the attention of conservatives in countless measure. Republicans have decreased or stopped contributing to the party, and voters have rallied in the hundreds of thousands in response to the proposed immigration reform bill. Radio stations, television and cable channels are seeing huge increases in ad revenues as a result of capitalizing on the heightened frenzy over the fate of the estimated twelve million undocumented people already in the US.

George Bush’s approval ratings are continuing to plummet and the fate of the Republican Party is uncertain. The immigration hysteria is single-handedly undermining the chances for a GOP win in 2008. One can only imagine the consequences of an Obama win in 08. With his strings being pulled by the evil puppeteer George Soros, a win for Obama would represent a long awaited win for Soros. Soros has openly stated his animosity for George Bush and the United States. The very inexperienced Obama does not have a foundation of support inside of the Beltway. His evil puppeteer would bind and closet him within minutes of his being sworn in; giving the evil puppeteer absolute and complete control. Even Hillary looks good in contrast to Obama and she is shamelessly promoting her socialist agenda as the gospel according to the goddess.

Why did George Bush acquiesce on the border issue? He needed to make the ultimate sacrifice for the long term good of the American people and life as we know it today. Remember what George said,

“Democracies don’t harbor terrorists. It’s not in their political or economic interest to do so.”

His vision has been to bring democracies to the Middle East as the most powerful deterrent to the spread of terrorism. The media has worked overtime against the success of a democratic Iraq and for that matter Afghanistan. This is the very same liberal media constantly doing the bidding of liberal Democrats.

When Americans last took to the voting booths, they were influenced by the most powerful political voice; the media. The result netted a Democratic stronghold in Congress. George Bush found himself in a difficult situation. He needs Congress to continue funding the fight for Democracy in the Middle East. The Democrats in Congress need George Bush to support the Immigration Reform Bill enabling the twelve million immigrants to potentially become legalized Kool-ade drinkers.

Understanding that sometimes one must sacrifice a battle in order to win the war, George made a deal. By doing so he relied on the ability of the American people to understand the long term, heinous, ramifications of leaving the Middle East. He also understands that the majority of the immigrants potentially eligible for legal status in the US are Catholic thereby; faith based and more likely to be pro-life and against gay marriage. These are among the core qualities shared by conservatives. George Bush believes that reason will prevail and that conservatives will understand the social, economic and political benefits resulting from changing the status of the undocumented workers and their families. The majority of the immigrants are far more likely to become Republicans because they will be guided by their Catholic values and mores.

The recent article and speech by Brig. Gen. Steven Anderson clearly exemplifies the fact that the media is ruining America and liberal Americans are savoring the short term anti-Bush glory. The frantic reaction over the border is also being exacerbated by the media. The media baited Americans to believe that our involvement in the Middle East is wrong, a waste of time, money and lives and that George Bush’s engagement in the conflict is directly tied to his oil interests. Believing that they have won their Iraq war PR campaign the media switched to the border debate counting on the vociferous objections from conservatives to drive the final nail into George Bush’s casket.

Conservatives need to peel the blinders off of their eyes, open their ears and sniff out the lies before they continue to blindly consume to poison bate being left for them by the media. Brig. Gen. Anderson’s hands on assessment of the situation in Iraq should be sent to every American’s email in box.

URL of this article:
http://www.defencetalk.com/news/publish/index.php
Jun 4, 2007

WASHINGTON: A U.S. general serving with Multinational Force Iraq recently took time out of his mid-deployment leave to let the American public know that the situation in Iraq is different from what they might think.

Brig. Gen. Steven Anderson, deputy chief of staff for resources and sustainment, spoke yesterday with representatives of veterans service organizations, outlining a speech he gave earlier at James Madison University about what he believes are 10 myths about the conflict in Iraq.

"There are some signs that our new strategy is working," Brig. Gen. Anderson said in a teleconference from Baghdad. "It's going to be a long, hot summer, and it won't be really until the end of it that we'll be able to evaluate it. There is plenty of opportunity, and plenty of reason to be cautiously optimistic about what's going on over there."

The 10 myths, as outlined by Brig. Gen. Anderson, are:

The war in Iraq is about oil;

The U.S. is fighting alone in Iraq;

Iraq is engulfed in a full-scale civil war;

The Iraqis were better off under Saddam Hussein than under the new government;

The Iraqi government is ineffective;

Economic development is non-existent in Iraq;

Contractors cost the U.S. government too much money;

U.S. troops aren't properly equipped;

Morale is low among U.S. troops; and

The U.S. has lost in Iraq.

None of these myths are true, Brig. Gen. Anderson said, and the situation in Iraq is much better than is often reported here.

The war in Iraq is essentially a fight against religious extremists, Brig. Gen. Anderson said. And while oil is an important element in the situation, it is not the key element. "It is essentially about freedom and peace and democracy, in my opinion," he said.

The United States is not alone in the fight, Brig. Gen. Anderson said. About 32 countries are contributing troops to the fight in Iraq, and about 40 countries are providing contractors and logistics support.

"It's truly a coalition of many nations, and all of them are committed equally to helping the Iraqis build their security forces and counter violence and empower the Iraqis to eventually take control and secure their nation," he said.

While violence levels in Iraq still are unacceptable, the situation is not a full-scale civil war, Brig. Gen. Anderson said. The fight involves religious extremists on the fringe and does not involve large-scale force-on-force combat, he pointed out.

The existence in Iraq of free speech, a free press and a democratically elected government are all signs that the Iraqi people are better off now than they were under Saddam, Brig. Gen. Anderson said. In addition, major improvements in the country's infrastructure have improved the people's quality of life, he said. Sewer, water, trash and electricity services all are improving, and the coalition has built almost 1,000 schools, renovated 97 railway stations, built 51 primary health-care centers and renovated 32 hospitals.

The Iraqi government does have room for improvement, but it is still a young democracy and it has made significant progress since its inception, Brig. Gen. Anderson said. Four of Iraq's 18 provinces are now completely under provincial-government control for security, and their ability to provide services to the people is improving.

"Do they need to get better? Absolutely," he said. "But are there signs that they are getting better? Absolutely."

The signs of economic progress in Iraq are very encouraging:

The Iraqi economy has cut inflation in half

The gross domestic product increased 40 percent in 2006 and is projected to grow more in 2007

The per capita income has doubled

The economy is getting foreign investments

The United States is working with the government to reduce corruption in the economy, improve oil exports and revitalize Iraqi businesses

"One need only to go to a place like Irbil, up north in Kurdistan, to see (what's) possible - an Iraqi city that is vibrant, has high employment and a flourishing economy," Brig. Gen. Anderson said. "It's almost like walking down the streets of a typical European city, with restaurants and shops and car dealerships. It's a thriving place, and I believe that is a demonstration of what is possible hopefully in the very, very near term."

Contractors are valuable contributors to the coalition mission in Iraq and have actually increased their services while reducing costs over the years, Brig. Gen. Anderson said. In addition, contractors, many of whom are from countries besides the U.S., risk their lives every day alongside coalition troops, he said. "I believe that they are patriots in every sense of the word," he said of the contractors who serve in Iraq.

Although the enemy is adaptive and constantly changes tactics to defeat U.S. defenses, U.S. troops are extremely well outfitted and receive the latest technologies to protect them, Brig. Gen. Anderson said. Body armor is provided to every troop who deploys, and vehicle armor is constantly upgraded as technologies become available, he said. In addition, Iraqi troops are becoming increasingly well equipped. They have armored vehicles, mortars, helicopters and aircraft, and the government is spending $7 billion this year to improve their equipment, he said.

Retention rates among deployed troops prove that morale is high, Brig. Gen. Anderson said. The troops know that many Americans don't support the war, but they continue to see the outpouring of support for those who fight, he said.

"This new generation of kids is unbelievable, and I think they are representing Americans extremely well," he said. "They're disciplined and compassionate; they don't pull the trigger indiscriminately; and they go truly overboard to protect citizens and respect Islamic culture."

The new operational strategy for Iraq is still in the initial stages, but there are encouraging signs already, Brig. Gen. Anderson said. Coalition and Iraqi forces will, for the first time, have enough troops to secure areas of Baghdad after clearing them of insurgents. More soldiers in an area does mean more opportunities for conflict with the enemy, so leaders expect the situation will get worse before it gets better, but they believe the new strategy can work, he said.

"We understand that the military cannot win the war (on its own), but we're certainly not losing it," he said. "We can only help set the conditions for a political solution; we understand that.

"We must continue to apply all of our political, military and diplomatic, economic and informational power to this fight," he continued. "We understand that this is the defining international event of our time. We absolutely understand that we must win this struggle and that we must prevail, and I'm optimistic that the opportunity still exists in order to do that."

Nut Allergy Or Nut Job? - O

Nut allergy or nut job? Jimmy Carter called the Bush White House the “worst in years”. Perhaps since his years.

Can we say?

• Iran Hostage Crisis?

• Rose Garden Strategy?

• Panama Canal?

• Supporting the Sandinistas?

• Carter Doctrine? (stating “US would use force to protect the oil interests in the Persian Gulf)

• Blind eye to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan?

• Agreement with Cuba to allow Cuban prisoners into the US?

Carter was the perfect President at the perfect time in history. Post Nixon and Watergate, the US needed a President so inept and incompetent that in retrospect, Nixon’s actions would pale in the annals of history.

Good job, Jimmy Carter, you have confirmed your legacy with your ignorant remarks and consistently stupid commentary.

Why are our policitians so polarized? - O

The answer is money. Controlling the money, the flow of money and the purchasing power of money has become the primary objective of politicians. Control over businesses and industry translates to money, control over oil equates to profits which translates to money, and on and on. The duplicitous campaign speeches and advertising are all geared to generate more control over the flow of money.

As I have stated in a previous posting, Harry Reid, for example, is the loudest horn blower for the Democrat’s Trojan horse on withdrawing the troops. He toots his horn to Bring The Troops Home Now! Yet, the only person foolish enough to actually believe that a plan to bring the troops home is viable is John Edwards. His lack of real political experience and complete void of connections to the DC good ‘ol boys club would place him in a more target centric position than Jimmy Carter found himself in. Edwards is predestined to fail in his bid for the White House. John Edward’s is all about money. He is supported by the American Trial Lawyer’s Association – made his money suing doctors and hospitals and consults for wealthy hedge funds, but Harry is all too happy to ride on Edward’s far left, liberal stance on Iraq.

However, there is absolutely no way that the Democrats would leave the oil revenues on the table in Iraq. But their disinformation machine has, again, done a better job than the conservatives at bringing a palatable message to the voters. And the Dems are counting on the “withdraw” the troops rhetoric to sell the day in 11/08. They just need to get the Republican’s hands off of the control of the oil, and the money.

The global warming debate is another red herring. It’s all about money. Any politician who is not currently a part of the oil mafia has seized the opportunity to scare the heck out of Americans as they are heavily lobbying and investing in the alternative energy research and programs. Most of which require huge petroleum resources to produce. But the plan to open up another huge income source has motivated the “proselytizers” spread the end of the world message. Doom and gloom are approaching unless we, not they, support the global warming farce.

Immigration has caused another split in Washington because of money. Open the borders between Canada, Mexico and the US has been a long term plan of many administrations. Ted Kennedy doesn’t care about little Mexican kids getting a proper education or health care, he cares about being able to make millions of dollars on the one currency plan between the three countries and the oil revenues which the US will share with Mexico. George Bush has taken a leap to bring the US, Canada and Mexico into a comparable position as the European countries did in forming the EU. Opening the borders to Mexicans is the next step toward the one world government concept pushed and supported by George Bush, Sr.

The answer to the question is that the movement toward a one world government which will control all of the money is causing the politicians to scramble for their positions in the food chain. The scrambling makes them appear to be fractured and insane – which perhaps they are.

The "Con" In Congress - O

Who teaches Congress to “con”? Harry Reid is no more than the horn blower for the Democrat’s Trojan horse. The only person foolish enough to actually believe that a plan to bring the troops home is viable is John Edwards. His lack of real political experience and complete void of connections to the DC good ‘ol boys club would place him in a more target centric position than Jimmy Carter found himself in. Predestined to fail.

There is absolutely no way that the Democrats would leave the oil revenues on the table in Iraq. But their disinformation machine has, again, done a better job than the conservatives at bringing a palatable message to the voters. And the Dems are counting on the “withdraw” the troops rhetoric to sell the day in 11/08.

The whole lot of impotent weenies have climbed into Harry’s Trojan for the ride into the city. But its nothing more than a con job. That is why they don’t offer options. They don’t have to. Post 11/08, they can climb from the horse and slip into their seats and grab hold of the purse strings.

Depending on how the names roll out, the DC Madam may in fact be the best missile to hit the corrupted ground since the fallout from the Boston Tea Party. Hopefully the level of scandal will distract the media long enough to enable a fresh wind to blow. As it does hopefully every last man and woman guilty of supporting an illegal prostitution ring should be outted. Then the voters can determine a new direction at the next election.

Perhaps the outcome will be determined between the Horse and the Whore. In any event, the average person is not stupid. But if they are fed disinformation without any counter balancing truth’s that is the fault of the truth tellers for not speaking in a loud and clear voice. Sun Tsu said, "VICTORIOUS WARRIORS WIN FIRST... AND THEN GO TO WAR, WHILE DEFEATED WARRIORS GO TO WAR FIRST...AND THEN SEEK TO WIN."

Use the Whore to stop the Horse, to change the course.

Terrorism Under Control - O

I read an article today about using contraception to control the population of Koala on Kangaroo Island. The 30,000 island marsupials are eating Eucalyptus plants at about one pound per, each day. Problem? Supply and demand. Solution? Field workers will begin shooting small contraception chips into the thighs of the female Koala. Each chip will prevent conception for approx 2 years.

Perhaps the idea can be applied to the war on terror. Stop the births, the end is clear. If suddenly, the Islamic community realized a sharp reduction in “disposable” future generations, life might matter. If not, perhaps the end of the war on terrorism would become clear to the free world. Without warriors there can be no war.

Suggestion? Load up your automatic weapons, fill them with time released birth control and take aim at all Berkas. “One small pop for peace, one giant population controlled for mankind.”

Path to 9/11 - Commentary - O

The first night of the ABC network mini series “Path to 9/11” presented a fairly good concept of the events preceding the bin Laden inspired assault on the US in 2001 with its origin in the initial bombing of the WTC in 1993. While nearly double the number of people watching the mini were tuned into the football game, the fact that the mini struck a cord of fear within the ranks of the former Clinton admin seniors should be telling enough. It became quite clear that Bill and Hillary Clinton were frantic as evidenced by the liberal letter and media campaigned commenced against ABC and Disney. Less important than the specific motivation behind their panic, is the significant level of fear based reaction to a television movie.

It would be interesting to survey Americans asking them who Ramzi Yousef was. It would be interesting to ask Americans the date of the BlackHawk downing in Somalia or when bin Laden initially opened his training camps in Kashmir, Tajikistan or Chechnya. Or how about the name of the Iraqi intelligence officer bin Laden met in February 95.

No doubt, very few Americans would have the answers nor would they care. What they care about is their day to day simple life which is why Paris Hilton’s reality TV show was better received than the ABC 9/11 docudrama. The average Joe wants to know, does he have a job, place to live, basics and can he afford to take a couple of vacations, or buy a jet ski. National security is secondary to the list of primary needs. The names, histories or global connections between bin Laden, Atta, Yousef and Iraq or Afghanistan are not even a daily tertiary concern.

The hype, fear and pre-airing media coverage was actually all that the average Joe probably needed to understand. The fact that Bill Clinton did not want America to see something about bin Laden translates very directly to average Joe’s brain. “Clinton was a liar then and he is a liar now.” The media hammers the fact that Bush lied about Iraq; therefore, who can average Joe trust? He just wants to know when he can expect that $2.00 per gallon gas.

Nice job ABC, I will be one of the first to purchase the DVD and accompanying teachers guide (the one pulled by Scholastic from the educational version of the mini) also under pressure from Clinton.

More on this subject after the second part of the mini ….. stand by

Path to 9/11 - O

At a recent dinner with a couple of Hollywood moguls at a private cigar club in Beverly Hills, it did not take long to confirm that I was the only conservative voice at the table. Notwithstanding my minority position, the conversation about the scheduled, September 10th & 11th, Path to 9/11 ABC mini series controversy was quite surprising. “It’s the biggest blunder the Democrats have made since Jimmy Carter”, one said, and then continued, “Thousands of copies of the original version are already out there, in the hands of media and others. Every scene edited from the piece will be on the Internet and every Blog site within days. By trying to kill the thing, the Clintonites are actually shining a big spotlight on it. People are going to assume that by trying to hide the information, by editing it, the deleted scenes MUST be true.”

Again the knee jerk reactions of the liberal left have opened the door for more speculation about their motives and control of the media and broadcast networks. The controversy has placed ABC in the fantastic position of being able to air the mini followed on by offering the unedited version, DVD, for sale immediately. Perfect!

It would not be surprising to witness a Clinton inspired campaign to “Vince Foster” everyone connected with the mini, followed by an all out effort to buy the world wide rights to the pic – just in time for a countdown to a November elections funeral pyre at which they would burn every shred of footage.

Welcome to North (Korea) America …. Free speech is a dying commodity. Did someone call 911?

Operatin Welcome Home

The following link is to additional information regarding the November 11th, "Operation Welcome Home" massive celebration including a parade, guest speakers and special activities being planned to honor veterans of all wars with a special emphasis on our Vietnam veterans and families. http://www.avpress.com/n/18/0818_s1.hts Veterans and their families from across the nation will attend this unique and coordinated effort to salute our brave men and women who have served selflessly to protect the freedoms we continue to enjoy. As a special note, a National Guard tribute float is being planned to honor Lizzie Lulu, the Antelope Valley girl who died from cystic fibrosis but managed to send over a half-million batteries to troops in Iraq before her death at age 13 on May 12th, 2006. Lizzie's goal was to send 1 million batteries. With nearly to 600,000 "AA" batteries collected & shipped overseas, efforts will continue to help reach her goal. http://www.troopbatteries.com/ .

Miss Lulu’s campaign included radio, television and personal visits with members of all branches of the military. She was no stranger to the enlisted and officer ranks of the military.

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/May2005/20050525_1336.htmlThe invitation to attend the Operation Welcome Home celebration is open to any serviceman or woman, family member and friends who would be blessed by the knowledge that the November 11th event is symbolic of the appreciation America has for all they have done for us.

Tongue Wigglers - O

I am baffled by the fact that we are not focused on the great fortune that the enemy we are fighting in Iraq, being jointly fueled by Islamic extremists from Iran, Iraq, The Kingdom, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Palestine,and other Muslim brothers, is being fought almost entirely on the soil of Iraq. Our forces are fighting the equivalent of multiple wars, with multiple countries, on one consolidated soil. If we had cleaned up Iraq without any third party insurgency interference ..... we would have already rolled into Syria, and Iran remains a daunting target.

Yet, we have accomplished the perfect Sun Tsu maneuver, by drawing the enemy in. He is on the move to us, he is the guerilla fighter with limited resources being fueled by a cadre of crude weapons and a venomous tongue. The cost in human lives continues to be so very high, but fractional against one, two or three more 9/11 days on our soul. If we had the equivalent of 3 9/11 days on our soul, we would see nearly 10,000 souls die in three days. Weighed against the losses from the onset of our war against the enemy, we are very much in the black.

The members of congress calling, wailing, for withdrawal of our troops, all appear as if deer in the headlights, as if personally being blackmailed or held hostage by al Qaeda.

Do we stay in Iraq? Complete the task of multiple wars, or trip on the 15 yard line? Or do we gently, nicely, and complacently bend to the will of the fearful with political agendas for spines?

It is obvious that the ridiculous, risky and self-serving debate is a cornerstone for 2008. Fader for the firing line when the liberals won't have a platform, and will instead turn to the Kerry/Dean/Hollywood strategy for winning. Assault, assault, lie, lie, lie, confuse, repetitively utilize disinformation and aim at the character and competency of the opponent.

The Iraq war withdrawal debate, or battle as we saw this last week, appears nothing more than the tossing of the gauntlet to let the "Rice" games begin. Her war as much as it is W's. And thus, they must attack it at the core, the mission, the purpose and for its cost lest is become her cornerstone.

Let the tongue wigglers make their utterances. They are mumbles and I do not understand them. They must learn to speak in a coherent language so that I can understand them. If not, I must remind them when they speak, that I do not understand them for they are nothing more the mumbles. (A line borrowed from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). They will only be empowered if we provide the fuel.

Trusting a Man in a Skirt - O

As Americans prepare for the arrival of Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, it is notable the Prince of Wales will try to persuade the President of the merits of Islam during his 8 day visit to the US.

Speaking at a meeting with senior Muslim leaders in November 2001, Prince Charles said that he thinks the United States has been too intolerant of the religion. In his address to the group, which included Khalid Mahmood, the Labour MP for Birmingham Perry Bar, Sir Iqbal Sacrani, the secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, and Hashir Faruqi, the chief editor of Impact International, an Islamic affairs magazine, the Prince also spoke of his sympathy for America, but went on to state that he wanted to promote better relations between the different religions of the world.

Prince Charles, who will be making his first official foreign tour since his marriage to the Duchess of Cornwall, wants Americans - including Mr. Bush - to share his fondness for Islam. His agenda while in the US includes attendance of a seminar on religions at Georgetown University, Washington, examining how faith groups can alleviate social problems in their community.

Perhaps religious tolerance was not on the minds of the Muslim attackers of three teenage Christian girls who were beheaded and a fourth who was seriously wounded in the Indonesian province of Central Sulawesi. The girls were ambushed while walking through a cocoa plantation in Poso Kota subdistrict on their way to class. The heads of the three dead victims were found several kilometres from their bodies.

Perhaps this beheadings are a sacred ritual, will be condoned by the Prince, because he considers all things holy duing the month of Ramadan. Central Sulawesi has a roughly equal number of Muslims and Christians. The province was the scene of a bloody religious war in 2001-2002 that killed around 1000 people with beheadings, burnings and other atrocities common events.

Since the earlier religious wars there have been a series of bomb attacks and assassinations of Christians. One of the most recent being a bomb blast at a market in Poso, a predominantly Christian town, that killed 22 people in May. The Christian-Muslim conflict is an extension of a wider sectarian war emanating in the nearby Maluku in which up to 9000 were killed between 1999 and 2002.

Prince Charles made it clear in 1994 that when he became Supreme Governor of the Church of England, he would rather be "defender of faiths" than "defender of the faith".
In his acclaimed speech, revered throughout the Arab world, on relations between Islam and the West, he urged the West to overcome its "unthinkable prejudices" about Islam and its customs and laws. During his speech he also said, "Extremism is no more the monopoly of Islam than it is the monopoly of other religions, including Christianity."

Bravo, arms open, we welcome his Majesty and remember, the Cole, The World Trade Center bombing in 1993, the bombing of US Embassies in East Africa in 1998, the bombing of the World Trade Center in 2001, the bombing of the Pentagon in 2001, the train bombings in Spain, the recent terrorist bomb attacks in London, and India. We can also extol his sentiments for religious tolerance on the heals of Iran’s proclamation that Israel should be wiped from the face of the earth.

The problem with religious tolerance when dealing with killers in the name of religion is that when you turn the other cheek, they will cut off your ear, stab your eye and then cut off your head.

Four Years Later - O

Global Warning v Global Warming … what the heck, I say, sure we all just need to calm down here and face the facts that the United States did not cause hurricane Katrina or the Tsunami because we do not address the alleged global warming impending crisis. I know it would be nice to make it true and it would be easy to accept that we bombed our own Twin Towers, but so sorry, dear readers, it just ain’t so.

No, Oprah did it. She ate, she got fat, she emitted too much methane, she lost weight, shedding her DNA into the atmosphere and then she ate fresh fruit (picked by illegal immigrants with very dirty hands who also defecated and urinated recycled germs into the fields – more methane) finally, she exercised excessively thus exhaling too much C02. Forgetaboutit, no one will ever admit the truth ….too bad.

Look at Al Gore, fat! Bill Clinton, fat and now thin! Point the finger at Richard Simmons, the fat killer himself … how many fat cruises has he sponsored??? Fat, flatulence and methane are the Global Warmers … and the beached whales are the warners, brother, if we've ever had them.

I am not picking on fat, just pointing out the facts on fat. Fat causes global warming, so if we are going to point fingers we need to get down with the source code. No need to get all up in the air about the cheap shot at the illegals. Of course they are picking crops … we have it on great authority that no one else will do the job, right big Fox? And there is no indoor plumbing in the cabbage patch. Thus, dirty hands and open elimination of all things wasteful and disgraceful.

I am tired of being part of the reason for all things wrong, I don’t even live on Saturn and her rings have changed shape and position. Who did that? George Bush or Condi Rice? Come on people, Iraq is keeping all the oil revenues, and George Soros controls the oil hedge funds, who is being kidded here? Moveon.org to another subject.

This all started at a dinner party tonight when some foreigner defended the Astrodome resident’s rights to buy drugs with their government money because Katrina was caused by the United States and now we (All Americans) have to pay for it. I had to leave before I ate any cake, which is actually a good thing .. all about the fat and fumes.

Too bad we are remembering 9/11/01 today …. And people are still trying to make it all about how bad we are. Wait, all those people at the party are here! Why would they want to live among the killers of thousands and destroyers of the planet? What was wrong with their country?

Something is very queer here.
Four years later.

Sean Penn be quiet! - O

Dateline 5 September 2005 – Today is my birthday and I am going to indulge myself. Not in cake and ice cream or even with a strong martini. Nope, I crave something far more delicious than the momentary passing of libation over my lips. I crave a response to the irrational statements made by the simple minded, pee-brained entertainers who have stepped up to the microphone and TV cameras, again, with reactions to Katrina and with disconnected recommendations to the government.

I wish to begin with Mr. Sean Penn. Is it appropriate to start with his arrest record, or his history of substance abuse and violent outbursts? Would it be fair to assess his expertise in search and rescue methods based on his level of education or experience as an elected public servant or government appointee? I suspect that paddling a sinking motorized boat along the flooded streets of New Orleans, with a personal photographer and large entourage onboard would, in certain circles, be considered brilliant and effective aid to the victims. The picture of the water being bailed from the boat with a small red cup by Mr. Penn deserves Time Magazine “Man Of the Year” consideration. My goodness, as a result of his ineptness, the motor did not work, because the boat had a not been properly secured. How could one not admire his courage and determination? May I never forget the picture of Mr. Penn floating from flooded house to flooded house, claiming that if America was not invested militarily in Iraq, we would be able to deal with the evacuations and rescues. As the National Guard, US Coast Guard, NOPD rescues were wrapping up, Penn claimed to be one of the only boats involved in rescues .... Hummmmm, I forgot, how many stars on his uniform?

And what about that Celine Dion? Up there on CNN Larry King Live, quacking like a duck about her near inability to sing as a result of what she witnessed seeing on the TV. The poor little dope was not able to process the fact that people are so poor that they don’t have cars or money for basic transportation. No doubt they spent their last chump change on her latest CDs.

But, leave nothing to the imagination, Oprah did show up to see the Houston rescue center. Yes, Ms. Opratunity herself showed up to let the people know that they are being remembered. Maybe she will arrange for more poverty stricken people to receive cars on which they can not afford the tax, and therefore will of necessity, decline the gift. The gift from her, at a cost to her of zero dollars. I feel a Harpo Production in the making.

Sean, Celine and Oprah are only a few of the GED candidates screaming that George Bush did not do enough nor did react quickly enough for the lame, blamers in Hollywood. There are apparently over 134,000 extremely poor people who have been integrated into other communities as a result of the devastation in New Orleans. NBC supported the President's being accused by some low life rapper named, Kanye, claiming that George Bush does not care about black people. The inference implicates everyone involved in the rescue, humanitarian efforts and relocations. Please put on the race breaks.

I cannot find an appropriate response. Where have Sean, Celine and Oprah been over the last 20 years? Where have the black entertainers, the black athletes, the black lawyers and doctors been? Why have successful blacks not aggressively helped the poorest black communities for the last 100 years? Why have so many people in one city been allowed to live, for decades, without the means to escape in the event of a disaster? Where was the Mayor? Where were the city officials and what was the Governor’s plan before Katrina hit? Did they not know that thousands of people would need help with evacuations prior to the hurricane hitting land? Of course they did.

Prior to Katrina staff writer Bruce Nolan, with the New Orleans TIMES-PICAYUNE ran a story warning residents: If you stay behind during a big storm, you'll be on your own! He reported some 7 weeks before Katrina: "In scripted appearances being recorded now, officials such as Mayor Ray Nagin, local Red Cross Executive Director Kay Wilkins and City Council President Oliver Thomas drive home the word that the city does not have the resources to move out of harm's way an estimated 134,000 people without transportation."

Blaming George Bush, FEMA, Homeland Security you or me for that matter is pedantic, useless and crazy. Without our government aid hundreds of thousands of souls who were at greatest risk would not have their government subsidized housing, welfare or Medicare. Hollywood did not relocate hundreds of thousands of poor people to communities willing and able to continue supporting them, caring for them and offering them additional aid.

What motivates the brainless, undeserving, millionaire entertainers to attack the hand feeding the very people they have done nothing to help in 100 years? What are the lucky entertainers doing to help unlucky people living in absolute poverty? Can Sean and Celine and Oprah buy some homes, move a few families in and commit to supporting them for the next 20-30 years?

The natural disaster along the gulf coast requires the minds of reasonable people doing extraordinary things to stabilize the situation as our nation rebuilds and repairs lives and communities. There is no time for the insane antics and theatrics of publicity hungry entertainers exploiting the misfortunes of hundreds of thousands of people for the sake of 15 minutes in the dimming light from a fading candle.

The Cost to Defend Against Freedom Thieves - O

Freedom of speech is a cornerstone of our society. There is a somewhat cathartic irony when reading and following Cindy Sheehan's journey, claimed over the grieving of her son. Cindy enjoys a society so completely open that a formerly obscure woman can squat on land adjacent to our President's Texas home, garnering media attention, as if she were celebrity or recognized diplomat. Her beautiful child died defending the freedom's required for her 15 minutes of fame. She boldly stands shameless in her claim of glitter and spotlight otherwise unavailable to her.

How marvelous that our open society is able to witness, first hand, her grief unfold. As it does, she appears to be experiencing an apparent savant like understanding of geopolitical strategic planning and Sun Tsu like wisdom.

Mystically crowds have gathered in support of Cindy as she kisses newly arriving strangers in a manner reserved, in polite company, for intimate friends. And now, the ranks or wannabe ranks of Hollywood have weighed in for another good measure of simplistic wisdom.

Christine Lahti, the 50 something fading star, has surfaced like recovered pieces of a shipwreck. Perhaps her role as Rose in Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman (2004) has become her own reality. In fact, while slightly past the middle age range, Miss Lahti would offer prescience as she claims to know that President Bush is scared shitless of Cindy Sheehan.

How do we comfort them? How can we bring them home from their delusional roadside chirpings? Perhaps theirs and others who have joined them are better left to vent and rant at will as daily witness to the fact that the defense of our nation, our freedom and our future will come today and tomorrow at a monumental cost. The final cost will be determined, not within our lives or our children or grandchildren's lives. The cost of freedom will be paid each day an open society must defend against the thieves of freedom.

It would be heartless and impossible to ignore Mrs. Sheehan's loss and grief, but not impossible to question her motives, and her willingness to leverage her quilt for a misguided counterproductive end.

Susan Moses
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SUNDAY • AUGUST 14, 2005

*BUSH PROTESTING MOM CALLS FOR 'ISRAEL OUT OF PALESTINE'; VOWS NOT TO PAY TAXES: Anti-war protestor Cindy Sheehan, whose soldier son Casey was killed in Iraq, is calling for Bush's "impeachment," and for Israel to get out of Palestine! "You get America out of Iraq and Israel out of Palestine and you'll stop the terrorism," Sheehan declares. Sheehan, who is asking for a second meeting with President Bush, says defiantly: "My son was killed in 2004. I am not paying my taxes for 2004. You killed my son, George Bush, and I don't owe you a penny...you give my son back and I'll pay my taxes. Come after me (for back taxes) and we'll put this war on trial." "And now I'm going to use another 'I' word - impeachment - because we cannot have these people pardoned. They need to be tried on war crimes and go to jail." The 48-year-old California mom remains tented up in a ditch along the one-lane road that leads to Bush's Texas ranch. As her protest entered its second week, hundreds of people with conflicting opinions about the war in Iraq descended on the area. Time mag reports in new editions on Monday: Sheehan gets support from her surviving son, Andy, in principle, but he recently sent her a long e-mail imploring her, "to come home because you need to support us at home."
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*LBN-POLITICAL BRIEFING by Christine Lahti: Cindy Sheehan is my hero. She is the hero of all Americans who make up the 62% of us who oppose this war. As an American exercising her right to free speech, she is a brave, passionate, living example of democracy, and she has the undeniable force and the moral authority of a grieving mother. Being a mother of three, I can't even imagine the depths of the grief she must feel having lost her son in this horrific war. But I can imagine that her grief and rage -- her demand for justice and action -- is a force that is unstoppable. No wonder Bush is intimidated. No wonder he can't even walk down his driveway. He is scared shitless. Whether he acknowledges it or not -- whether his aides try to insulate him from the truth or not -- his hands are covered in the blood of Cindy Sheehan's son.

The above were found in the Late Breaking News online bulletin:lbnelert@earthlink.net

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The Bus Bitch! - O

Every actor’s greatest fear is obscurity. The day they are not acknowledged for“something” their fragile egos crack like Humpty Dumpty’s eggshell, and often there is no putting it all back together again.

Jane who?

The aging Missy is fighting hard to counter the truth she sees in her own mirror. Her vacuous shell of a body is unrecognizable to her as it fads into obscurity. She does not have a famous or powerful husband to afford her spotlight. Her veiled apology over her treasonous Viet Nam war activities fell on deaf ears, translating to lack luster book sales. Now she is working from a position of weakness by attempting to garner what little spotlight she can muster.Her final desperate act will have little or no impact on what America or the world thinks.

The final piece of luck remaining for this heinous wretch is that she never played lover to a Kennedy, so alas she continues to breathe. Perhaps oxygen will become her nemesis when she can no longer face the truth reflected from her own mirror.

Thank God for our freedom of speech, for without it the idiots would be more difficult to identify.

L'extrémité est près de mes amis - O

"Fin de regne" for Chirac, apparently too much cheese! Lessons, lessons. Oh the joy of living long enough to see life's sweet justice. Perhaps the French have finally had enough of the domestic consequence of acquiescing to evil extremist's demands.
They are quickly turning on Chirac as his POLLS are dropping like the turd he is. The liberal press must take another opened eye to consequences, because ultimately people will grow tired of the promises of more, when the result is more sacrifice, more struggle, more economic losses. Herald, the Soviet Union no more!

The soon to be Islamic Republic of France is on the verge of its own crisis and where are the media whores to cover the catastrophe? Sucking up to Robert Redford who would use his vast experience and education to demand that journalists investigate the Bush administration for its "Watergate like" activities. Not even George Soros can save him, but then George is busy trying to drive the world oil markets into disaster. Alas, another genius at work.

Perhaps with luck the Grim Reaper will bring a just end for Chirac before he suffers the kind of slow, painful political death meant only for the most worthless pieces of human waste.

May he endure long suffering for every tear shed by families who have lost ones in Iraq as a result of his refusal to share in the human and financial costs of the war. That he should pay dearly for each Iraqi family who has suffered as a result of his deals with Saddam would be too kind. Each of his last days should justifiably reflect the injustice he caused by his words and actions against our nation and government.

Even yesterday as he boldly struck his blows against England with his unkind remarks and mean spirited jokes, Karma has taken him into its sights and again, we cheer,
"Fin de regne" for Chirac.