red dog 1
red dog 1's JournalDo you have a favorite car song?
(I've asked this before, but it's been a while)
I was cruisin' in my Sting Ray
Late one night
When an XKE came up on the right
He pulled down the window of his shiny new Jag
And challenged me then & there to a drag
I said "You'e on buddy, my mill's runnin' fine
Let's come off the line now at Sunset & Vine
But I'll go you one better if you've got the nerve
Let's race all the way,
To Deadman's Curve"
Ode To SalmonChantedEvening
The world today s dangerous
Cops kill for no good reason
The White House goes after whistle-blowers
And charges them with treason.
Corporations are now people
Or so we are told
But many people are so broke
They sleep out in the cold.
Russia invades the Ukraine
With killing and much shootin'
A new Cold War we do not need
Try telling that to Putin.
Even here at ol' DU
As we go about our journey
Some of us want Hillary
Some want Liz or Bernie.
Some of us like arguments
Some of us do not
Some of us like liquor
Some of us like pot.
But one of us is special
He gives us all much pleasure
SalmonChantedEvening
A genuine DU treasure.
Happy Valentine's Day, my friend!
The Italian Confession
Gianni Poggio, an elderly Italian man who lived on the outskirts of Positano, Italy, went to the local church for confession.
When the priest slid open the panel in the confessional, the man said:
"Father, during World War II, a beautiful Jewish woman from our neighborhood knocked urgently on my door and asked me to hide her from the Nazis...So I hid her in my attic."
The Priest replied:
"That was a wonderful thing you did, and you have no need to confess that."
"There is more to tell, Father..She started to repay me with sexual favors.
This happened several times a week, and sometimes twice on Sundays."
The priest said:
"That was a long time ago and by doing what you did, you placed the two of you in great danger, but two people under those circumstances can easily succumb to the weakness of the flesh.
However, if you are truly sorry for your actions, you are indeed forgiven."
"Thank you, Father..That's a great load off my mind...I do have one more question."
"And what is that," asked the priest.
"Should I tell her the war is over?"
Why did Obama's Justice Department recently argue AGAINST Don Siegelman's release from prison?
Valentine's Day is less than a week away.
Why not send a Valentine's Day card to former-Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, showing your support for him?
(Because it looks like he won't be released anytime soon, thanks to Obama's Justice Department)
Send cards & letters of support to:
Don E. Siegelman
Prisoner # 24775-001
FPC PO Box 5010
Oakdale, LA. 71463
New York Times
January 13, 2015
"Lawyers for Don Siegelman, Ex-Governor of Alabama, Again Seek His Release from Prison"
ATLANTA -- For the second time in less than a month, lawyers for former Gov. Don Siegelman of Alabama on Tuesday took his corruption case into a federal courtroom in an attempt to speed his eventual release from prison.
During arguments before the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, a lawyer for Mr. Siegelman, Clifford M. Sloan, said allegations of misconduct by a prosecutor merited further exploration.
He also said the judge who presided over the former governor's 2006 trial had erred in applying federal sentencing guidelines.
BUT A JUSTICE DEPARTMENT LAWYER, JOHN-ALEX ROMANO, INSISTED THAT JUDGE MARK E. FULLER HAD IMPOSED AN APPROPRIATE PRISON SENTENCE -- 78 MONTHS -- AND THAT THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE INQUIRY, LAURA CANARY, HAD SUFFICIENTLY HONORED HER PLEDGE TO RECUSE HERSELF FROM THE CASE.
More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/14/us/lawyers-for-don-siegelman-ex-governor-of-alabama-again-seek-his-release-from-prison.html
Dear President Obama, Please Pardon Don Siegelman NOW
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026033690/
http://www.free-don.org/
List of people Obama has pardoned:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_pardoned_by_Barack_Obama
Where's the Ethical Balance of America's Scales of Justice?...by Jim Hightower
Jim Hightower
February 5, 2015
Is it really "fair and balanced"?
I don't mean the ridiculous Fox TV channel, whose right-wing ranters mock their own PR slogan,
but, rather, a network that actually matters in our society: America's legal system.
To check the balance of the scales of justice, look at how the system treats the very rich....
and the poor.
As we've seen, Wall Street barons have grossly fattened themselves by running frauds and scams that wreaked trillions of dollars in damages to working families, homeowners, and taxpayers -- yet not a single one of them has been indicted or seriously pursued by the law.
More recently, such corporate profiteers as JP Morgan Chase have paid billions of dollars in fines for serious criminal acts, but the executive criminals who pulled these capers have skated free without ever being charged.
Now, meet Gina Ray, who is neither a CEO nor a serious offender, but a hard-hit, low-income American.
She's one of hundreds who're being jailed, not by the police, but by a growing network of corporate fee-chasers empowered by state legislatures to fine and imprison poor people who've committed minor infractions.
Ms. Ray, an unemployed 31-year-old in rural Alabama, got caught-up in this privatized probation system over a speeding ticket.
Her problem mushroomed, and she was unable to pay, so the corporatized legal system locked her up and hit her with company fees for each of the 40 days she was behind bars.
Her original $179 ticket has now surpassed $3,000.
She was not told that she has a right to a court-appointed lawyer or offered any alternatives to more fines and jail.
"We hear a lot of 'I can't pay the fee," says one of the private prosecutors, adding chillingly that,
"It's not our job to figure that out."
For more information, contact Southern Center For Human Rights:
http://www.schr.org/
"Fraud Cases Often Spare Individuals," The New York Times, August 8, 2012.
"As Banking Titans Reflect on Errors, Few Pay Any Price," The New York Times, August 2, 2012.
"Poor Land in Jail as Companies Add Huge Fees for Probation," The New York Times, July 3, 2012.
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