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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Mel gives cops hell
According to the incident report obtained by TMZ.com, the Road Warrior embarked on a belligerent, anti-Semitic outburst when he realized he had been busted.

"F-----g Jews. The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world," Mee's report quotes him as saying.

"Are you a Jew?" Gibson asked the deputy, according to the report.

The actor also berated the deputy, threatening, "You motherf----r. I'm going to f--- you," according to Mee's report. The actor also told the cop he "owns Malibu" and would spend all his money "to get even with me," Mee said in his report.

TMZ quoted a law enforcement source as saying Gibson noticed a female sergeant on the scene and yelled at her, "What do you think you're looking at, sugar t--s?"
Posted by: KBK || 07/29/2006 14:05 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Like father, like son, it seems.
Posted by: Zhang Fei || 07/29/2006 15:59 Comments || Top||

#2  Is that a picture of Charles Manson?
Posted by: Raj || 07/29/2006 18:19 Comments || Top||

#3  KARMA KARMA KARMA
More of these hollywood types need to be given a dose of reality.
They live so high on the hog they feel their s*** doesn't smell.
His most recent religious movie of hate shows me where he stands.
Posted by: JAN || 07/29/2006 20:41 Comments || Top||


Bail bondsman catches stripper at father's Scotch Plains home
Update:
SOUTH PLAINFIELD -- When Linda Kay failed to show up for her arraignment in South Plainfield Municipal Court on Wednesday, bail bondsman Kenneth Sass knew he had to find her -- and fast. Motivated by the $100,000 he had posted for her bail Monday, Sass launched a two-day search for Kay, a nude dancer with strip club Hott22 in Union who was charged last week with illegally possessing a severed human hand in her Diana Drive home.
That'd motivate me.
"I really wanted to relieve myself of owing that $100,000, so I started looking for her nonstop," said Sass, owner of In & Out Bail Bonds in Plainfield.
In & Out Bail Bonds. Sound's soooo New Jersey...
"And I don't stop until I get the person," he added. On Friday afternoon, Sass got Kay.

Following tips provided by friends and family and a 48-hour manhunt that took him to locations from Springfield to Fanwood, he finally nabbed Kay at her father's Scotch Plains house around 2:30 p.m. Friday, Sass said. "Her father was being very cooperative, and he and I were in contact throughout the search," Sass said. "As soon as I spotted her at her father's house, I jumped out of the car, showed her the warrant, handcuffed her and put her in the van."
Pops finally smarten up?
Without Kay putting up much of a fight, Sass took the 31-year-old woman to police headquarters, where she was taken into police custody and processed, he said. "She (Kay) was very, very, very scared," Sass said. "I'm just glad I found her."

Dan Russo, the owner of Hott22, the all-nude juice bar in Union where Kay dances, said the notoriety of Kay, who goes by the stage name Zilla, has not hurt business.
Hott22. Home of the twenty dollar glass of apple juice...
"We've been getting calls from media all over the world," he said. "People want to know if the skull girl is still dancing here." He said he will welcome Kay back once she straightens out her legal problems.

Kay displays a little "goth" style into her routine, he said, but uses little more than black lipstick and other makeup. Skulls are not part of her act.
Well, maybe in the back room...
"I'd never allow that here," Russo said.
Jeez, youse guys think I'm fockin whackjob or sumthin? I run a legit joint here.
Posted by: tu3031 || 07/29/2006 10:38 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "Dan Russo, the owner of Hott22, the all-nude juice bar in Union where Kay dances, said the notoriety of Kay, who goes by the stage name Zilla, has not hurt business"

Ya' think?
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut || 07/29/2006 11:27 Comments || Top||

#2  Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting
Posted by: Anonymoose || 07/29/2006 11:54 Comments || Top||

#3  Ok anonymoose that is sick and that is 5 Rantburg demerits.
Posted by: djohn66 || 07/29/2006 11:59 Comments || Top||

#4  I misread this. Thought the BB found the bail jumper at *his* father's place.
Posted by: Classical_Liberal || 07/29/2006 12:11 Comments || Top||

#5  Guess I'll go bleach my eyes some more today...
Posted by: Raj || 07/29/2006 12:14 Comments || Top||

#6  Well, they definitely couldn't work in a no booze strip joint...
Posted by: tu3031 || 07/29/2006 12:16 Comments || Top||

#7  Moose, that is just noxious ... ;-)
Posted by: Steve White || 07/29/2006 13:15 Comments || Top||

#8  Having a skull on your table that was legally acquired is not a problem or all that unusual, for that matter.

Having a hand in a jar of formaldehyde is definitely twisted, but if she had a friend in the medical business as I heard, I can see how someone with her intelligence and lifestyle could have accepted it as a gift and never thought twice about whether it was illegal.

She's no doubt 'very, very, very' scared at this point. She needs to tell the authorities where the hand came from. If she wasn't involved in the original 'procurement' I wouldn't be inclined to go too hard on her. Nice career move.
Posted by: KBK || 07/29/2006 13:27 Comments || Top||

#9  #2 Whatcha doing, Moose, clearing the house for the next show?
Posted by: GK || 07/29/2006 13:53 Comments || Top||

#10  Damn 'Moosey! I'd rather deal with the image of thousands and thousands of tiny whatevers!
Posted by: 6 || 07/29/2006 14:43 Comments || Top||

#11  I scrub and I scrub, but I can't get the image off my retinas. Is that Janet Reno or Stephen Hawking?
Posted by: BH || 07/29/2006 15:44 Comments || Top||

#12  Wahhahahahahahaa Anon. Too much.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/29/2006 17:41 Comments || Top||

#13  If you want macabre, the Body Worlds exhibition packed them in standing room only in Denver and has now moved to Boston for more of the same. These are real human beings, folks, plasticized and sitting there for your pleasure (and dollars).

So what, exactly, is the difference between an 'officially approved' exhibit like this and Freddy the hand sitting on the bureau? It's just meat, right?

Does anyone believe this hand was hacked off a live person? I can't get real exercised unless a portion of it or the formaldehyde ended up in my Wendy's chili (assuming I ever ate there).
Posted by: KBK || 07/29/2006 20:26 Comments || Top||


Burglar left finger behind
A burglar was caught after he left his finger at the crime scene and police found his prints in their database. Michael Baumgartner, 31, was spotted breaking into a leisure centre in Hamburg, Germany.

He fled when police arrived but a ring on his index finger caught on a metal fence and ripped his finger off. Police found the severed digit on the ground and used it to track down the thief. But it was too late to reattach the finger despite surgery at a local hospital.
Posted by: anonymous5089 || 07/29/2006 02:26 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I wonder if the CSI lab rats are disappointed when a job's this easy.
Posted by: xbalanke || 07/29/2006 23:17 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Landis: Accusations of Duplicity, a Reputation for Honesty
Although close observers are anything but naïve when it comes to the use of performance-enhancing drugs in their sport, the idea of Landis as a cheat is at odds with his reputation among many in the sport.

Although Landis was well known as an unusually tough man in a sport that prizes that quality, many other riders and team managers paint a picture of Landis as unusually well liked in a world often divided by jealousy. He was also candidly outspoken in a sport better known for closely guarded secrets.

Perhaps inevitably, Landis is also compared to Lance Armstrong, another American who won the Tour de France and who had to deal with doping allegations. But those comparisons also swiftly become contrasts.

“This is the anti-Lance in so many ways,” Lim said Friday from his office in Boulder, Colo. “They’re similar in their self-belief and their willingness to win. But Floyd is a very simple individual: not self-important and doesn’t rate himself above anyone else. He’s less than a regular guy in that his life is so simple.”

Armstrong used to arrive at Tour news conferences flanked by bodyguards and public relations advisers, but Landis, 30, was so ill prepared for his first session this year that he had to borrow a dress shirt and a blazer from a trainer to avoid appearing in a T-shirt.

As his friends and colleagues describe him, there are two sides to Landis. The rider whose training program largely involves outworking everyone else is easily pigeonholed as the boy who endured hard work on his Mennonite family’s farm in Farmersville, Pa. The Jack Handey admirer, eccentric dresser and constant joker is almost a caricature of someone who escaped the farm more than a decade ago to become a mountain-bike racer in California.

Landis had no sponsor and was sleeping on a friend’s floor when John Wordin, the director of a team sponsored by Mercury, saw him ride for the first time at a minor early-season race in California.

“He was like an untamed stallion, he was so strong,” said Wordin, who now runs a sports marketing company. When Wordin consulted the other riders on his team about hiring Landis, the reaction was mixed.

“Some of them thought he was too rash, too wild to fit in,” Wordin said. “But he was so strong that I couldn’t not take him.”

Despite Landis’s decision to leave the farm and his faith, his relatives continued to support him. Dressed in traditional Mennonite clothing, they were an incongruous sight at race finishes, where riders frequently strip down in public and the conversation is often less than refined.

Wordin never fully tamed Landis during his three-year stay at Mercury. “Floyd and I had a definite love-hate relationship,” Wordin said. “He’s very opinionated and he’s very outspoken. I had to tell him that there’s a line between being a joker and a jerk.”

Phonak, sponsored by a Swiss hearing aid manufacturer, has become mired in doping cases to an unusual extent, even by cycling standards. Most famously, the former Postal Service rider Tyler Hamilton was on its roster in 2004 when a newly developed test discovered that he had injected another person’s blood to boost his level of oxygen-rich red blood cells. But, unlike some teams, Phonak had also fired managers and made other personnel changes in the wake of each new crisis.

With Hamilton suspended from cycling and fired by the team, Landis was promoted to leader. His leadership style, however, was not based on Armstrong’s.

Armstrong intimidated others sometimes and demanded respect, but Lim said that Landis earned it. “People think that I’m the physiologist who gives him guidance on everything,” Lim said. “But he inspires me.”

His responses in news conferences, they say, are further examples of his sometimes misguided bluntness and his social ineptness.

“It’s not a polished P.R. game with Floyd,” Vaughters said. “He just says what comes into his head.”

Vaughters and Lim, who have spoken to Landis several times since the doping allegations, accept his denial. They argue that a single testosterone injection would not have produced that Stage 17 performance. Given that cycling’s credibility has been eroded by a series of doping scandals since police raids almost halted the 1998 Tour de France, they are not optimistic about the final outcome.

“I believe in him 100 percent, and I’m proud of him,” Lim said. “He’s being made to pay for the sins of others that came before him.”

As for Landis, Vaughters said: “More than anything, Floyd is very sad. I feel that he now may be thinking that this is retribution from God for all he did in the past.”

The T/ET ratio test is historically problematic, prone to false positives. Besides the possible effect of cortisone on the test, it's known that alcohol has a strong effect. And we know that Floyd had more than a couple brews the night before the stage.

Ethanol and T/E Tests
Posted by: KBK || 07/29/2006 12:58 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  1) The lab that tested Floyd's samples is the same lab that accused Armstrong of using EPO in 1999.

2) There are more through tests that will detect artificial testosterone; I hope to hell Floyd asks that both be done.

3) Floyd apparently passed all his other tests; it's curious to say the least that this one gets flagged.

I smell a rat. A French one.
Posted by: Raj || 07/29/2006 14:08 Comments || Top||

#2  No doubt his testosterone level was high, compared to the French baseline of zero.
Posted by: DMFD || 07/29/2006 14:31 Comments || Top||


See the new Rantburg Chamber of Commerce promotional flim
Starring Mayor Pruitt, the Army of Steve, two cute disco babes, and a cast of thousands hundreds dozens.
Posted by: Mike || 07/29/2006 01:33 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under:

#1  That's awesome. LOL.
Posted by: JDB || 07/29/2006 2:20 Comments || Top||

#2  ROFL. Excellent job!

The lawyer was the most realistic portrayal, but Fred was certainly Armed and Fabulous, LOL.
Posted by: cruiser || 07/29/2006 2:40 Comments || Top||

#3  Flash 8 not available for linux.
Posted by: 3dc || 07/29/2006 2:47 Comments || Top||

#4  I'm the handsome dude on the left ... you can tell by the full head of hair.
Posted by: Steve White || 07/29/2006 2:50 Comments || Top||

#5  Nasrallah's been hiding right under our nose! Check out the guy playing the drums! It's no wonder they have survived against the IDF for so long because he's been privy to our analysis of the situation there! :-)
Posted by: gorb || 07/29/2006 2:51 Comments || Top||

#6  Hilarious. Hey Steve, if I join the Army, do I get one of those cool white suits?
Posted by: mcsegeek1 || 07/29/2006 3:38 Comments || Top||

#7  You do have to be named Steve, mcsegeek1. ;-)
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/29/2006 7:41 Comments || Top||

#8  ..and the winner of the best semi-foreign documentary is...RANTBURG!
Posted by: Inspector Clueso || 07/29/2006 8:33 Comments || Top||

#9  Bravo! Well Done!.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge || 07/29/2006 9:42 Comments || Top||

#10  You too can settle here in beautiful prosperous Rantburg. Our operators are on standby to take your real estate questions! Taxes are low, rowdiness high, and everyone who wants to be is well-armed.
Posted by: lotp || 07/29/2006 9:55 Comments || Top||

#11  I, for one, call for more civic beautification projects.
Posted by: Doolittle || 07/29/2006 10:53 Comments || Top||

#12  ROFL!

Looks just like you, Fred. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut || 07/29/2006 11:31 Comments || Top||

#13  Most excellent.....

And I love the (and his lawyer) part.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 07/29/2006 11:42 Comments || Top||

#14  I'm naming all the puppies Steve.
Posted by: 6 || 07/29/2006 14:46 Comments || Top||

#15  The movie won't play for me. I'm deeply depressed.
I'm going to go overdose on something.
Beer, I guess.....damn.
Posted by: wxjames || 07/29/2006 15:09 Comments || Top||

#16  Joining James for pint.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/29/2006 17:50 Comments || Top||

#17  Brilliant.

I am loving those wery stylish Bollywood wideos.
Posted by: xbalanke || 07/29/2006 23:58 Comments || Top||


Caribbean-Latin America
Comedian Vows to Take On Hugo Chavez in Venezuela Election
He became a household name in Venezuela as a standup comedian who aims his wit — rapid-fire, irreverent and loaded with vulgarities — at everyone from his family to the Roman Catholic Church. So it's little wonder that few in Venezuela are taking him seriously now that he says he will run against Hugo Chavez in December's presidential election.

Benjamin Rausseo, better known as the "Count of Guacharo," announced his presidential bid in the capital of Caracas on Friday as he registered his new party, PIEDRA, which means "rock" in Spanish. The jovial 45-year-old says he's not intimidated by polls that show Chavez heavily favored for re-election.

"I'm the candidate of all of Venezuela," Rausseo said in an interview with Union Radio earlier this week as he compared himself to Chavez, with whom he shares humble roots and a husky build. "He's ugly, I'm ugly ... I talk, he talks. But the difference is I live in Venezuela," he quipped, in a gibe at the frequent overseas travels of the Venezuelan leader, who has been

Rausseo, who is also a successful businessman with hotels and other enterprises, grew up poor and left school at 11 to support his family as a shoeshine boy, street vendor and taxi driver. On Friday he told supporters that even if he cracks jokes on the campaign trail, he's serious about combating crime, creating jobs, winning the trust of foreign investors and healing a divided nation.

"Venezuelans are happy people, but since Chavez came to power that's changed," he said. "I've never seen Venezuelans so divided. Chavez has picked fights with the whole world and that's dangerous."

Chavez himself has chuckled publicly about rumors he might face the "Count," who has been known to perform in a straw hat, shorts and flip-flops, both before audiences and on TV. The comedian often makes political satire a part of his routine, poking fun at all sides. An electoral campaign "doesn't have to be a totally serious thing," he said. "There has to be happiness."

But with at least 12 opposition candidates already throwing their hats in the ring to challenge Chavez, pollster Luis Vicente Leon noted a sober aspect to Rausseo's presidential bid. "It's a symbol of protest," Leon said. "It's the reflection of a serious problem, of a lack of serious leadership in the opposition (to Chavez)."
Posted by: ryuge || 07/29/2006 07:16 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I thought Venezuela was already run by a comedian. On second thought, clown is probably a better term for Hugo.
Posted by: xbalanke || 07/29/2006 13:51 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Campaigning in PA: Murtha and Howard Dean Together
As reported in a DNC press release, Howard Dean, chairman of the Democrat Party, is campaigning today with Rep. John Murtha in Greensburg, PA:

[EXCERPTS:]

Saturday, July 29, Democrats across the country will participate in "Democratic Reunion" events marking 100 days to Election Day 2006.

...Chairman Dean will canvass in Pittsburgh with the Westmoreland County Democrats and attend a Christmas in July event with Governor Rendell and Congressman Murtha in Greensburg, Pa.

Why would supposedly pro-military, anti-abortion John Murtha campaign with Howard Dean -- renown for his anti-military, pro-abortion, fanatic positions? Murtha represents PA Congressional District 12, with its conservative, Catholic base. What are they to think about this?

There is only one thing to think, District 12: Murtha doesn't care.

What is even more inconsistent is the fact that Murtha is openly disdainful of fellow politicians who have not served in the military. So why would legendary Marine Vietnam war hero John Murtha embrace draft dodging Howard Dean? ... the same Howard Dean who got a Vietnam deferment for a bad back, but spent time skiing in Aspen. [Meet The Press, June 22, 2004]

The simple reason is this: John Murtha has purposefully changed. This shows Murtha is no longer like-minded with the people of his District. He no longer shares their beliefs and concerns. He is no longer content to just be their Congressman. Murtha's eyes are on the Majority Leader prizeThe sad fact is that he's selling-out his District 12 to get it.

So how does Howard Dean fit into Murtha's plans? Let's look at Howard Dean's own rise to power.

2003... Dean declares candidacy for president, takes extreme anti-war & liberal positions

2004... Dean screams on camera in Iowa, loses bid for presidency

2005... Dean declares candidacy for chairmanship of Democrat National Committee

2005... Rep. John Murtha lobbies for Howard Dean to win DNC chair

The fact is Howard Dean is chairman of the DNC because John Murtha pushed hard for him to win. Below are some excerpts from an article in TheHill, dated Jan. 5, 2005:

Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) is actively lobbying Democratic National Committee (DNC) delegates to select former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean as their next chairman.

Several lawmakers said support by the hardscrabble, old-school Vietnam veteran, who endorsed former Rep. Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.) in the presidential primaries, would compel the DNC to take a second look at the firebrand governor and not simply write him off as an extreme avatar of the party’s antiwar wing.

So what does this show to the folks in Murtha's District 12 – the ones who actually vote for or against Murtha's re-election this Nov. 7th? It shows that their Congressman has strayed far from their beliefs, concerns and needs. It shows that their Congressman is aligned with one of the most liberal socialist Democrats in America.

Murtha's campaigning with Howard Dean in Pennsylvania is a slap in the faces of his own constituents. His alignment with Dean – and with 'San Francisco' Nancy Pelosi – is designed to take him to higher places... Majority Leader. And, none of that has anything to do with the beliefs, concerns and needs of PA's congressional District 12.

The question is whether the God fearing patriotic Democrats of Pennsylvania's 12th District will continue to support a Congressman who no longer represents their values.
Posted by: Anonymoose || 07/29/2006 14:31 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting
Posted by: Anonymoose || 07/29/2006 14:33 Comments || Top||

#2  The question is whether the God fearing patriotic Democrats of Pennsylvania's 12th District will continue to support a Congressman who no longer represents their values.

They're waiting it out till the other two horsemen show up, War and Famine. Given these two, Pestilence, and Death, keep pushing us closer to Civil War Part Deux, it shouldn't be too long.
Posted by: Angomolet Unosing9031 || 07/29/2006 16:43 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
Mexican man who lied to get Border Patrol job sentenced
SAN DIEGO — A Mexican man who lied about his citizenship to become a U.S. Border Patrol agent and admitted helping illegal aliens to enter the country was sentenced Friday to five years in federal prison. Oscar Antonio Ortiz, 29, had pleaded guilty to conspiring to bring in more than 100 illegal immigrants, falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen, lying in order to get a gun, and owning a gun despite having entered the country illegally. "I grew up thinking I was a U.S. citizen," Ortiz told the judge. "I was living the dream, and suddenly I woke up in my prison and now I realize who I am."

A defense lawyer asked for two years in prison and a prosecutor for about three, but U.S. District Judge John A. Houston opted for a longer sentence. "You were one of the gatekeepers," the judge said. "Our border security depends on people like you." North County gang detectives investigating drug deals were the first to discover Ortiz's criminal background when they overheard him on
Posted by: Fred || 07/29/2006 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Oscar Antonio "I grew up thinking I was a U.S. citizen," Ortiz told the judge. "I was living the dream, and suddenly I woke up in my prison and now I realize I..I.. I am just a pendejo."



Posted by: RD || 07/29/2006 1:52 Comments || Top||

#2  Affirmative Action at it's finest.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/29/2006 17:50 Comments || Top||

#3  This bastard deserves a rope or a bullet, not just five years. I hope he spends it with a cellmate from the Aryan Nations or El Rukn
Posted by: mac || 07/29/2006 19:04 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Dawood Ibrahim's shopping Mall being demolished
Municipal authorities in India's western city of Mumbai have begun demolishing a shopping complex allegedly owned by a crime lord.

Dawood Ibrahim is one of India's most wanted men, and is believed to be living in Pakistan, officials said.

He is suspected of involvement in the 1993 Mumbai bombings in which some 250 people died.

Some 250 shops are being demolished in the complex, which was allegedly built on government land.

The demolition of the shopping complex in downtown Mumbai (also known as Bombay) is taking place amid tight security, officials said.
Posted by: john || 07/29/2006 15:33 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Shades of the Kelo decision? lol!
Posted by: Raj || 07/29/2006 18:38 Comments || Top||

#2  Overseas training camp for the NATS ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/29/2006 20:37 Comments || Top||


Fazl warns govt against changes to Hudood laws
HYDERABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Maulana Fazalur Rehman said on Friday that the government's efforts to amend or repeal the Hudood Ordinance (HO) was a conspiracy to divide the opposition and warned that the government would face the wrath of the people if it attempted to change the Hudood Ordinances. "The Hudood Ordinance contains laws provided by the Quran that are now a part of Pakistan's law. I warn the rulers that if they try to amend these laws, the Muslims of this country will not let them continue their rule," Fazl said.

He was addressing over 5,000 people gathered at Hyderabad Station Road as the MMA kicked off its anti-Musharraf campaign called "Tehreek-e-Nijaat". The rally lasted 4 hours and raised slogans against the US, UK, India, Israel and the Musharraf-led government.

Fazl said the rulers were falsely claiming that women were facing a lot of injustices due to the Hudood laws. "It is our duty to protect Islamic laws." He also objected to the reconstitution of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CCI) claiming that the people chosen, as its members, didn't represent their religious groups. "Only secular Maulvis are appointed in the reconstituted CCI, they are not even recognised by their own religious groups."
Posted by: Fred || 07/29/2006 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Fazl said the rulers were falsely claiming that women were facing a lot of injustices due to the Hudood laws.

It's preposterous! How could stoning, honor killings, 5 year-old brides, burqas, and the like be considered unfair?
Posted by: gorb || 07/29/2006 0:55 Comments || Top||

#2  General Zia said it best.. without these Islamic laws, why even have a state of Pakistan?
Posted by: john || 07/29/2006 9:07 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Yalla Ya Nasrallah - Israeli music video answers Hezbollah
A You Tube video.
Posted by: Jinetch Thrumble3061 || 07/29/2006 19:18 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Some great lines (at least in translation)!

I particularly like them calling Nasty-rallah the "scum of the earth."

"Yalla Ya Nasrallah - We will screw you inshallah." ROFL! :-D
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut || 07/29/2006 22:20 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Culture Wars
Texas Town Disturbed by Sheehan, Protests
Posted by: ryuge || 07/29/2006 07:09 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Gerry Fonseca, a Vietnam veteran who attended the protests in August and April, returned to Crawford in June to help the group look for property.
Fonseca said he doubts that any Crawford landowner would have sold to Sheehan or other protesters, so he didn't reveal his connection. Fonseca, who lost his Slidell, La., home in Hurricane Katrina, told sellers about that part of his life and that he wanted to build.
He bought the $52,500 lot in mid-July, using insurance money that Sheehan received after her oldest son Casey was killed in Iraq in 2004.


Methinks I smell a con man. But seeing she's the potential victim, I don't particularly care...
Posted by: tu3031 || 07/29/2006 9:58 Comments || Top||

#2  'he didn't reveal his connection' - I'm not a lawyer, but could the sale be voided due to fraudulent conveyance?
Posted by: Raj || 07/29/2006 10:04 Comments || Top||

#3  One of Cindy's groovy entourage will be caught in possession of pot on the grounds, and the confiscation proceedings will promptly begin...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/29/2006 11:13 Comments || Top||

#4  "...some protesters may return to Sheehan's original site because it is considered "the soul of this movement."

That and nothing grabs headlines like getting arrested for "civil disobedience action".
Posted by: DepotGuy || 07/29/2006 12:11 Comments || Top||

#5  Raj, there's nothing wrong with using an agent to buy property for you so as to obscure the identity of the true buyer. Happens all the time in the business world.

Though if she was taken to the cleaners in the exchange it wouldn't bother me but so much ...
Posted by: Steve White || 07/29/2006 13:24 Comments || Top||

#6  That's how Rockefeller bought Colonial Williamsburg.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble || 07/29/2006 13:42 Comments || Top||

#7  Before the county starts allowing all of these large scale protests, they need to look at the health facilities and emergency services available. To be able to have rally's the size Sheehan wants, it would seem these services need to be in place. Not to mention the added police protection.
Who will be paying for all of these extra services? The residents?
Me thinks her rights are trampling all over the locals. Where is this fair.
What a b****.
Posted by: JAN || 07/29/2006 20:50 Comments || Top||

#8  I wish I could find the link to where she says that when she first came to Crawford she couldn't understand why anyone would want to live there, but now she has come to appreciate it.

The thin end of the wedge? Turn her into a Texan yet.
Posted by: KBK || 07/29/2006 23:00 Comments || Top||



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