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Johnny Jihad's Mom and Dad ask Bush to free him
2008-12-18
The parents of American-born Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh are asking President George W. Bush to set their son free before Bush leaves office next month.
Is Mike Spann alive again?
Lindh was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty in 2002 to serving in the Taliban army, which violated U.S. economic sanctions against Afghanistan at that time. At a news conference in San Francisco Wednesday, Lindh's mother, Marilyn Walker, asked the president to show mercy during the Christmas season by commuting her son's sentence.
In the spirit of "the holidays", how about we throw him off a tall building to celebrate New Years? When he hits, it'll be 2009.
Lindh initially asked for a commutation in 2004 and his lawyers have renewed the request each year. The U.S. Department of Justice has never acted on the petition and a spokeswoman didn't immediately return a telephone call.
Geez, musta lost the paperwork. Try again next year, mumsy.
Next year it will likely work ...
Posted by:Fred

#9  "This matter is best disposed of from a great height, over water."
-- James Mason, "North By Northwest"
Posted by: mojo   2008-12-18 17:45  

#8  Taliban Johnny is MOST fortunate to have survived his little experience in Afghanistan.
Posted by: Besoeker   2008-12-18 14:34  

#7  I can think of a couple of US Border Patrol guards that warrant a pardon well before this POS ever submits his request.
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2008-12-18 14:29  

#6  For Christmas? Does Johnny Jihad celebrate Christmas? Doesn't matter. When he's turned down the Islamicists will contrast the merciful and just tradition of Islamic rulers releasing prisoners on religious holidays vs. the cruel Christian Bush who refused to do so.
Posted by: lotp   2008-12-18 12:23  

#5  How bout he has this POS executed before he leaves office? Heck throw the bulk of the people in Gitmo. "Bush the Bloody" has a nice ring to it and Obama can threaten the Bush might come back to power if the reat of the world doesn't tow the line.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2008-12-18 08:08  

#4  For Christmas? Does Johnny Jihad celebrate Christmas? I'd like to get a quote from him on this.
Posted by: gromky   2008-12-18 03:18  

#3  "The parents of American-born Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh are asking President George W. Bush to set their son free before Bush leaves office next month."

Frankly, they have a much better chance with the next President.
Posted by: Waldemar Unomock4630   2008-12-18 00:48  

#2  Joe, ya gotta put away the migraine machine. It's killin' us here....just killin' us.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2008-12-18 00:45  

#1  Lest we fergit, the infamous US NINTH ruled America to be an illegal and unconstitutional nation, hence LINDH technically couldn't had broken any US laws since (1) the USA doesn't and can't exist, (2) the Law was illegal andor unconstit at its inception, (3) or since Lindh's Date of Birth [Yoohoo, looking at you POTUS BARACK]. AND WE ALL KNOW OR SHOULD KNOW ITS AGZ THE LAW TO BREAK THE LAW, ESPEC ONE THAT CAN'T ANDOR NEVER "LEGALLY" EXISTED, AS A MATTER OF LAW, NOW DON'T WE?

* OOOOOOOOPPPPPPSIES, its somebody's bad.....

Gotta go, my head is hurting from the all the LEGALISMS.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2008-12-18 00:33  

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