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| Johny Jihad pleads guilty... |
| 2002-07-15 |
| John Walker Lindh, the California man captured while fighting with the Taliban in Afghanistan, pleaded guilty to two charges Monday in a surprise deal that will spare him from spending the rest of his life in prison. "I plead guilty. I plead guilty, sir," Walker, 21, told U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III early in what was supposed to be a weeklong series of hearings at which defense lawyers hoped to get statements Walker made to investigators thrown out of his trial. Good. Put him away and forget about him... Walker pleaded guilty to one charge of supplying services to the Taliban and another charge, not originally in the indictment, that he carried explosives in the commission of a felony. Under terms of his deal with prosecutors, Walker, 21, will be out of jail before he turns 42. He has agreed to serve two 10-year prison sentences and will cooperate fully with U.S. authorities in their terror investigation. Maybe he does have a conscience... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #4 The very one: "The MTA," sometimes called "Charlie and the MTA." |
| Posted by: Mike Morley 2002-07-15 14:17:34 |
| #3 Kingston Trio song? That the one about the Man who got lost on the MTA (Massechusetts Transit Authority)? |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2002-07-15 13:56:14 |
| #2 and they said elvis was dead |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2002-07-15 13:49:05 |
| #1 I was so excited I wrote a song: The Ballad of John Walker (or, Tali-Banned in Boston!) Let me tell you the story Of young Johnny Walker Of a misguided and foolish young man He left his home in Frisco, Said goodbye to his Mamma Went to join up with the Taliban Johnny went to Yemen Where he studied his Koran And then he made some further plans He e-mailed Daddy, âSend me twelve hundred dollars âCause Iâm goinâ to Afghanistan.â Chorus: But will he ever return? Will he ever return? Now his lesson is still unlearn'd He should be shot for treason On the streets of Kabul He's the man who may never return. Now Johnny joined al-Queda And learned to blow up buildings And his own homeland to curse Then came September Eleventh And then came the airstrikes And things went from bad to worse When his troop surrendered John was filthy and ragged And defeat had him feelinâ blue Then he saw a reporter From the AP or Newsweek And said âHey, Iâm an American too!â Chorus Johnnyâs Mommy and Daddy Met up with some reporters And they talked like a coupleâa flakes: âSure, our sonâs a terârist But you canât be judgmental; Hell, everybody makes mistakes!â âHeâs a good boy, reallyâ Johnnyâs Daddy added, âIf you knew him well, youâd see. So Iâve found some lawyers Whoâll defend him pro bono, Gonna beat the rap and set him free!â Chorus Now the tale of Johnny Is an object lesson In what the wages of sin can be But you might also conclude The only good Johnny Walker Is the whiskey from Tennessee! Final chorus: But should he ever return? No, he shouldnât return âTill his lesson he has learned He's gonna spend a long time Down in old Camp X-Ray He's the man who should never return. (Apologies to the Kingston Trio and 1948 Boston mayoral candidate Walter OâBrien.) |
| Posted by: Mike Morley 2002-07-15 13:38:48 |