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There May Be More To This Than Just Another Roy Cohn Award By Barry @ 8:50 pm -- CST (9-30-06) It would appear that Foley's known liberties with a 16 year old boy did not set-off any alarms within Congress. This causes one to wonder what else is going on there. Some of this may explain the relatively light sentences routinely handed-out for child molestation. It appears a significant part of the regime's power base is made-up of people who have an unhealthy affection for children. Foley may have been a serial pedophile, but he did a heckuva job protecting us from terrorists like Al Qaeda. Just when you thought it couldn't get any sicker... | -------------------------------------------------- Here's the Government's Version of Why Fastow Received Six Years By Barry @ 8:45 pm -- CST (9-30-06) Andrew Fastow may have stolen tens of millions, destroyed the lives of co-workers and put Enron shareholders in the poorhouse, but in the end proved he was really one of the "good guys." To demonstrate his awe-inspiring turn-around, all he needed was to testify against others and parrot the prosecutors prepared script under oath. Having become a trained pig for the government, he was obviously deserving of leniency. | -------------------------------------------------- Federal Prosecutor Indicted for Conspiracy, Obstruction of Justice and Making False Declarations By Barry @ 8:00 pm -- CST (9-29-06) The former prosecutor, having been indicted for perjury and other offenses, is now suing the government for leaking information about his case. A serial leaker takes exception with being the victim of a leak. | -------------------------------------------------- Conservative Republican, Anti-Gay Congressman Resigns Over Gay Love Letters Sent to Male Page By Barry @ 4:20 pm -- CST (9-29-06) While arguably anecdotal, this speaks volumes of the kind of hypocrisy exhibited by many of those in the current regime. They will criticize YOU and seek to criminalize YOUR actions, but they themselves engage in far more egregious conduct. This instance reveals one of the most vocal supporters of the "War on Terror" and a shill for the regime engaging in child molestation. The facts continue to demonstrate that the regime and its criminal components pose a far greater danger than the "evil-doers" routinely paraded for public consumption. This sicko is just one small example. | -------------------------------------------------- "If the Government Doesn't Restrict Your Freedom, Al Qaeda Will Continue to Threaten Those Freedoms" By Barry @ 1:50 pm -- CST (9-29-06) At this stage of the deception, what is interesting is not the brazenness of the government's lies, but the rate at which they continue to go largely unchallenged. The good news is that if they really "hate us for our freedom," there is now less to hate. | -------------------------------------------------- America May Have Sunk Low, But This Is Just The Beginning By Barry @ 8:00 am -- CST (9-29-06) The systematic dismatling of America's legal system began with appointing sychphants and misfits to the federal judiciary and culminated with a wholesale repeal of the very freedom America purports to export. Forget about Al Qaeda, the federal government currently poses the greatest threat to the average American. | -------------------------------------------------- Innocent Man Serves 17 Years in Prison By Barry @ 7:55 am -- CST (9-29-06) The prosecutor in this matter refuses to this day to acknowledge that the wrongfully convicted man was innocent. Hiring criteria often demands that only "true believers" be given posts in prosecutor's offices. The result is prosecutors who know that "everyone is guilty of something," so there's little harm in jailing someone for the wrong offense. This is a sick mentality fueling an insidious variety of domestic terror. It will only end when prosecutors of those wrongly convicted are forced to serve out the balance of any sentence resulting from erroneous convictions. | -------------------------------------------------- Increased "Terror" Legislation By Barry @ 7:50 am -- CST (9-29-06) Ultimately, "terrorism" will be defined as any conduct that disrupts public tranquility. Legislation like this is simply another victory in the Government's struggle against citizens. The War on Terror is in reality a war against the people. | -------------------------------------------------- Zealous Representation can Result in Zealous Prosecution By Barry @ 7:45 am -- CST (9-29-06) Lynne Stewart was a well-known "radical" lawyer often seen in NY area high-profile case. Then she made the mistake of applying her legal skills to assist in the defense of a Muslim cleric. Now she's preparing to begin serving a federal prison sentence. | -------------------------------------------------- Prosecutors Prosecuting Prosecutors By Barry @ 7:40 am -- CST (9-29-06) Just when you thought it couldn't get any lower, add cannibalism to their list of preferred activities. | -------------------------------------------------- "Stories Being Planted by their Government Shill at the NY Post" By Barry @ 8:50 am -- CST (9-28-06) Victoria Gotti is a woman to be admired. Having survived government vendettas against her husband and son, she know as well as anyone the kind of pathological degenerate criminals one must fight in order to win a federal trial. Her never say die attitude is an inspiration to us all. | -------------------------------------------------- Time to Prosecute the Prosecutors? By Barry @ 8:45 am -- CST (9-28-06) My favorite part of this article is the Kerik connection. How do these criminals always seem to know each other? | -------------------------------------------------- Despite Government Lies and Intimidation, Jury Fails to Convict Gotti By Barry @ 8:40 am -- CST (9-28-06) As predicted, John Gotti Jr. has walked-out of court for a third time. The government, despite spending an unprecedented amount of time and money on false testimony and perjurious witnesses, has failed to achieve its predetermined goal. This case should be an inspiration to all in that it demonstrates the government can be beaten at its own game. Score one for the good guys. | -------------------------------------------------- Gotti Threatened with Fourth Trial! By Barry @ 7:10 am -- CST (9-27-06) As it becomes increasingly clear that the government will fail in their THIRD attempt to convict John Gotti Jr., the trial judge affirmatively stated there would likely be a FOURTH trial. Suggestion: Tell the prosecutors that if they bring this case for a fourth time and fail, they will have their government paychecks docked until the cost of the trial has been recouped. Perhaps instilling a measure of personal accountability will help restore order to this matter. | -------------------------------------------------- Massive Fraud Ignored as Enron Cooperator is Rewarded By Barry @ 7:05 am -- CST (9-27-06) The government concedes that former CFO Andrew Fastow was the most culpable actor in the collapse of Enron. His six year sentence sends a clear message that the severity of an offense matters little, so long as the defendant becomes a cooperating witness for the government. In today's legal environment a federal sentence of six years has sadly become the equivalent of a slap on the wrist. This reminds of Sammy Gravano receiving five years (spent mostly in hotels where he prepared perjured testimony with government prosecutors) for 17 murders. | -------------------------------------------------- More Legal Horror Stories By Barry @ 9:05 am -- CST (9-26-06) It seems that despite the current regime's zeal for spreading "democracy" across the globe, there is a fundamental lack of fairness right in our own backyard. | -------------------------------------------------- Government's Likely Defeat Starting to Wear at Prosecutors By Barry @ 9:00 am -- CST (9-26-06) The government failed to scare John Gotti Jr. into taking a plea. You may think that after what is about to become their third failed effort to convict, prosecutors might consider showing a little contrition. Hardly. Now John's mother is evidently fair game as prosecutors disrespect the matriarch of the Gotti clan. There is truly no bottom to the despicable acts of federal prosecutors in this matter. Rather than admit the case is a loser and go home with some modicum of respect, prosecutors continue their disgusting criminal assault on the Gotti family, including mom. | -------------------------------------------------- Government Asserts that Death is no Excuse for Evading Justice By Barry @ 8:55 am -- CST (9-26-06) The idea of people avoiding their punishment by prematurely departing the living is clearly troubling to prosecutors. Dying, itself, should not provide criminals with an avenue to avoid imprisonment. Government prosecutors, in their zeal to administer "justice," may next seek legislation calling for the imprisonment of heirs or next of kin in the event of a defendant's early demise. Allowing people to escape justice by merely expiring will only encourage other criminals to employ this tactic. In the twisted minds of federal prosecutors, immediate action is needed to close this perceived loophole. | -------------------------------------------------- "The War on Terror has Morphed into an Assault on the Life and Values of the United States" By Barry @ 8:50 am -- CST (9-26-06) The idea of government versus the people is unfortunately nothing new. It is a common theme in Third World literature. Nevertheless, the current regime has significantly upped the ante and now poses a greater threat than any of their alleged "terrorists." | -------------------------------------------------- "I Just Follow My Own Common Sense. And to Hell with the Law." By Barry @ 9:00 am -- CST (9-25-06) It appears there exists a lower rung on the judicial ladder than previously thought. Scary. | -------------------------------------------------- A Poster Child for Prosecutorial Misconduct By Barry @ 8:55 am -- CST (9-25-06) Nancy Grace is in many ways the prototypical prosecutor. In her jaundiced view of the world, all citizens are guilty as charged. (Why else would the government have charged them? Besides, they [read "everyone"] must have done SOMETHING wrong at sometime.) Her real contribution to the legal system is the uncanny ability to recognize that defense lawyers wear black hats and prosecutors wear ones that are white. Unfortunately for Ms. Grace, the truth is that prisons are teeming with those who have been wrongly convicted. Defense lawyers are often all that lies between an innocent person and a lengthy prison sentence. Prosecutors of Ms. Grace's ilk currently pose the greatest threat to America's legal system. It is interesting to note how the government placed a victim of crime ("boyfriend" murdered) in a position to act out her fantasies of retribution against defendants unconnected to her particular tragedy. | -------------------------------------------------- "Sentences are the Currency with which the Government Buys Information" By Barry @ 10:45 pm -- CST (9-24-06) Imagine offering something of value to a friend in return for their coming to court and testifying on your behalf, quid pro quo. This is precisely what federal prosecutors do when they reward convicted felons with sentence reductions in return for their testimony. The net effect is widely disparate sentencing between codefendants, a factor cited by congress as an excuse for legislating greatly enhanced sentencing guidelines. | -------------------------------------------------- Admission of Error: An Anathema to Prosecutors By Barry @ 11:15 am -- CST (9-24-06) It's not that prosecutors make mistakes. Hell, we all certainly do. The issue here is that blatant errors which destroy the lives of innocent people EVERY DAY are rarely recognized as such by the very people responsible. Even worse, it begs the question of whether or not they are really errors. Defense counsel has a duty to exhaust all remedies available to free their client. Many prosecutors have a twisted belief that the inverse is true for them, that they have a duty to "convict at all costs," (even if the facts suggest otherwise.) These are nothing less than terror tactics employed by the State. | -------------------------------------------------- Terror: The Gift That Keeps Giving By Barry @ 11:10 am -- CST (9-24-06) Here is another example of how the alleged "War on Terror" provides ready excuses to harass, detain and abuse perceived enemies of the regime. | -------------------------------------------------- Four Days and Counting, No Verdict Yet in Gotti Case By Barry @ 7:10 am -- CST (9-23-06) I strongly suspect the jury is split something like 11-1 in favor of acquittal. The government may have succeeded in getting one of its own on the jury. While deserving an outright acquittal, another hung jury would likely sound the death knell for the government's pathological long-running battle with Gotti Jr. People like Curtis Sliwa, who has a decades-long track record of filing false police reports in order to generate publicity, make very poor victims in the eyes of most juries. | -------------------------------------------------- More Wisdom From Hugo Chavez By Barry @ 7:05 am -- CST (9-23-06) While I question his buddying-up to Iran's leader, Hugo Chavez seems has the best interests of the American people at heart. Any sane person could see by this point in Bush's presidency that it has been a disaster and that his (and his handlers) resignation would be a positive development. Chavez, an elected leader, seems to have a real disdain for the Supreme Court installed Bush. | -------------------------------------------------- Another Victim of a Government Vendetta By Barry @ 7:00 am -- CST (9-23-06) I had the pleasure of bunking with Joe at Sandstone in the late 1980's. Although at the time I was not yet a lawyer, I had an opportunity to review all of Joe's legal files. The case was a travesty, based largely on the word of government informants who would have sold-out Mother Theresa for a sentence reduction. Joe is a wonderful guy and I wish him the best of luck in his upcoming trial. I can only hope the feds keep him alive long enough to see it through. Go get 'em, Joe! | -------------------------------------------------- Bush Unaware? By Barry @ 11:25 am -- CST (9-22-06) Already working on a defense of diminished capacity? | -------------------------------------------------- More Freedom, Courtesy of GW Bush By Barry @ 8:15 am -- CST (9-22-06) The "freedom" Bush is exporting seems to be resulting in more casualties than the "atrocities" committed by Saddam. | -------------------------------------------------- Another Innocent Life Destroyed by Over-Zealous Prosecutors By Barry @ 8:10 am -- CST (9-22-06) I have proposed a simple solution to slow the avalanche of wrongful convictions in this country. Any time you have a case where a wrongfully convicted individual is subsequently set free, have the lead prosecutor who obtained the original conviction serve the balance of the sentence. I strongly suspect this would dramatically decrease the alarming number of wrongful convictions in the US. | -------------------------------------------------- "Progressives" Rise to Bush's Defense" By Barry @ 8:05 am -- CST (9-22-06) Can someone identify just one thing President Chavez said which is incorrect? The man came to the US and publicly expressed what millions (billions?) have been saying privately for years. Have you ever heard Bush referred to as an alcoholic by any major media outlet? He, himself, admits that he is. Why does it require someone from another continent to state the obvious? | -------------------------------------------------- More Nonsense from the Federal Fiction Writers By Barry @ 8:00 am -- CST (9-22-06) America prosecutes and incarcerates an unprecedented percentage of its population, yet somehow this prosecutor bemoans "budget cuts that threaten to slow the pace of prosecutions." When people like Tommy Chong, Martha Stewart and Leona Helmsley are no longer hounded by these animals for show trials solely designed to advance the prosecutor's career, perhaps we can intelligently assess this crybaby's budget "issues." | -------------------------------------------------- Didn't They Put Judge Wachtler in Prison for Prank Phone Calls? By Barry @ 7:50 am -- CST (9-22-06) When not being threatened by Al Qaeda, O'Reilly pushes "victim's rights" in sex offender cases. Only in the wacky world of FOX can you find a sexual predator who rails on night after night about sexual predators being given less than life imprisonment or the death penalty. O'Reilly is a phone freak with serious issues. Fortunately for him, Andrea Mackris took Murdoch's money and turned over tapes of O'Reilly's sexual harassment to the much vaunted FOX security team. My favorite part is where he intermittently refers to a loufa as a falafel. You just can't make-up stuff like this. What a sicko! Memo to Bill: Next time you're feeling nasty, spring for a few bucks for a hooker and leave innocent staffers alone. One of these girls may have a dad or brother who truly share the feelings you purport to have about sexual predators. FOX security can't hide you forever. | | Bill O'Reilly -------------------------------------------------- Why Does it Take a Guy From Venezuela to State the Obvious? By Barry @ 7:45 am -- CST (9-22-06) Earlier in Bush's failed presidency, a Canadian minister had the nerve to identify Bush as a "moron" and was promptly dispatched to a new assignment. I remember thinking at the time that the truth sure must hurt. I do not profess to know a lot about Hugo Chavez and certainly question some of the company he has kept as of late, but his observations on Bush's untreated alcoholism and other ills are right on. Regardless of Chavez's own possible "issues," his candid assessment of America's sociopathic, alcoholic leader is most welcomed. Perhaps it will encourage other leaders to finally air what they have likely been saying in private for the last six years. | -------------------------------------------------- Keeping Us "Safe" From Blind 85 Year Olds By Barry @ 7:40 am -- CST (9-22-06) While absolutely disgraceful, there is unfortunately nothing unusual going on here. Federal prosecutors advance their careers with the bodies of others. Sometimes, even a blind and ailing 85 year old will do. Decades of insane mandatory minimums and "three strikes" legislation have poised America's gulags to become care centers for the elderly. More of this to come. | -------------------------------------------------- Victory Continues to Elude Government at Gotti Re-Re-Trial By Barry @ 7:30 am -- CST (9-22-06) You would think that some people might get the hint after two failed efforts, but Hell hath no fury like a government prosecutor denied another notch in their belt. Actually, it is hard to blame them. Previous Gotti antagonists were rewarded for their subornation of perjury with judgeships and more, so the feeling in the prosecutor's office is that Gotti's carcass is the ticket to a big move up the judicial corporate ladder. Think of it like indigenous primitive tribes who believe that eating the heart of a lion will give you the lion's strength. Personally, I believe Gotti is a cinch to walk out of this courtroom. Anyone in New York who familiar with Gotti's alleged victim, McDonalds manager and serial false report filer turned radio host Curtis Sliwa, understands that if there is a human being alive who would actually shoot himself three times for publicity, it would be Curtis Sliwa. | -------------------------------------------------- New Enron Revelations By Barry @ 7:20 am -- CST (9-22-06) This is Skilling's second public "problem" of which I am aware. In an earlier incident which took place after his arrest, but prior to trial, he accosted a fellow guest at a Manhattan hotel accusing him of being an FBI agent. I can understand the stress brought on by trial, but this is becoming embarrassing. He apparently does not possess the desired temperament to be a successful operative of the Bush Crime Family and thus appears to be well on his way to a lengthy interment in federal prison. | -------------------------------------------------- Pete's Signs of His Sorry Times By Barry @ 9:50 am -- CST (9-21-06) Baseball's disgraced all-time hit king may have hit an all-time low by signing balls with this shocking inscription: "I'm sorry I bet on baseball - Pete Rose." Thanks to a New Jersey auction house, you, too, can share in Rose's sorrow. Robert Edward Auctions plans to sell 30 of the baseballs for an expected $1,000 a pop. | -------------------------------------------------- Another Fraud, Courtesy of GW Bush (And Rudy Giuliani) By Barry @ 9:40 am -- CST (9-21-06) Bernard Kerik is a career criminal who parlayed his phony tough-guy swagger into a top job in Giuliani's brutal, murderous police department. It is little wonder why another phony warrior sought-out his services. While dining out in Manhattan shortly after 9/11, I ran into Kerik a few times. He never seemed to dine with fewer than four bodyguards. This story rings true. | -------------------------------------------------- Gotti Appears to be a Big Favorite By Barry @ 9:30 am -- CST (9-21-06) After two hung juries, the government is down to its last gasp in its efforts to convict John Gotti Jr. This trial has been a disaster for the government amd it appears Gotti is headed for an outright acquittal. In an era where 50% of the jury pool believes the government either orchestrated or allowed the events of 9/11, convictions on their typical "now you see them, now you don't" charges may become increasingly difficult to obtain. | -------------------------------------------------- At UN Chavez Calls George W. Bush 'The Devil' By Barry @ 8:45 am -- CST (9-21-06) No real news here other than a world leader finally having the courage to state the obvious. The beginning of a trend? | -------------------------------------------------- |
