bruce, Hey, the "sin-taxes" are fucking great. I was even able to quit smoking as I was not about the pay that much for the cigarettes I used to smoke. Best thing that ever happened. I think he should raise the taxes again, I save about $150.00 a month bt not smoking.
On Jun 19, 8:57 am, bruce majors <[email protected]> wrote: > The ones your master is imposing even though he said he would not raise > taxes on 95% of the voters? > > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Hollywood <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > Zeb, > > > Syntax? Ain't that them thar' heavy taxes on booze and smokes? > > > On Jun 19, 8:18 am, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > You should take a course on understanding syntax, Holly. You clearly > > > do not. > > > > On Jun 18, 10:39 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > KIT, > > > > > STRIPPERS are "enemies of civilization against civil cililization"???? > > > > Isn't that a bit redundant? Maybe it's just me, but i'd just assume > > > > that an "enemy of civilization" was "against civilization" without > > > > being told. Duuuuuuh.... > > > > > Aren't Jim Jones and his followers dead and buried? Don't see how they > > > > could be much of a threat to anyone. > > > > > AC seem to be pretty much an idiot. > > > > > On Jun 17, 10:13 pm, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Another good article from CW....I mean Ann Coulter: > > > > > > ================ > > > > > ** > > > > > ** > > > > > ** > > > > > *NYT: Duke Lacrosse Players Killed Meredith Kercher* > > > > > by Ann Coulter > > > > > Posted 06/17/2009 ET > > > > > Updated 06/17/2009 ET > > > > > >http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?print=yes&id=32351 > > > > > > Whether it is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Weather Underground, Central > > Park > > > > > rapists, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Jim Jones and the People's Temple, welfare > > > > > recipients, Palestinian terrorists, murderers, abortionists, > > strippers or > > > > > common criminals -- liberals always take the side of the enemies of > > > > > civilization against civilization. > > > > > > In the view of The New York *Times*, every criminal trial is a > > shocking > > > > > miscarriage of justice -- except the ones that actually are shocking > > > > > miscarriages of justice. > > > > > > Thus, in last week's *Times*, Timothy Egan wrote about a shocking > > > > > miscarriage of justice being carried out against a "high-spirited" > > American > > > > > girl accused of murder by a crazed prosecutor in Perugia, Italy. > > > > > > Egan's column bears as much relationship to the facts of the case as > > -- > > > > > well, I guess as anything printed in the *Times*. And yet every > > American > > > > > news network has embraced Egan's version and is flacking for the > > accused. > > > > > > Amanda Knox, her erstwhile boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, and another > > man, > > > > > Rudy Guede, stand accused of murdering Knox's roommate, Meredith > > Kercher, on > > > > > Nov. 1, 2007, at the house Knox and Kercher shared with two other > > girls in > > > > > Perugia. > > > > > > Egan triumphantly cites an "outside expert hired by CBS News" who > > calls > > > > > Knox's prosecution, "the railroad job from hell." Egan does not > > mention that > > > > > the "outside investigator" is Paul Ciolino of the "Innocence > > Project," whose > > > > > investigations always seem to conclude that the accused is being > > railroaded. > > > > > > Ciolino's theory of the crime -- adopted unquestioningly by Egan -- > > is that > > > > > the third man, Guede, who has already confessed to the crime, acted > > alone. > > > > > > Despite Ciolino's careful analysis of the evidence, his theory is > > > > > contradicted by Guede himself, as well as the coroner and a leading > > forensic > > > > > geneticist, both of whom have testified that Kercher's massive > > injuries > > > > > could only have been inflicted by multiple assailants. > > > > > > It is also contradicted by the court's 106-page report, released in > > January, > > > > > explaining the judge's reasons for refusing to release Knox and > > Sollecito on > > > > > bail. > > > > > > Even the "48 Hours" executive producer doesn't endorse Ciolino's > > > > > preposterous "single knifeman" theory, admitting: "Do we know every > > piece of > > > > > data? No. Is there some troubling DNA? Yes." > > > > > > Hey, does anyone know if CBS hired more than one "outside > > investigator" to > > > > > look at the Knox case? Because if Egan considers one CBS "outside > > > > > investigator" the Rosetta Stone of this case, it would be odd if he > > didn't > > > > > mention the conclusions of another CBS outside investigator. > > > > > > Why yes there was! > > > > > > The second investigator, Paolo Sfriso, didn't pronounce judgment, but > > he did > > > > > cite some of the evidence. The evidence includes: > > > > > > -- a large kitchen knife, believed by forensic investigators to have > > caused > > > > > at least one of Kercher's three wounds, found at Sollecito's house. > > Despite > > > > > having been thoroughly washed, the knife had Knox's DNA on the handle > > and > > > > > the murder victim's DNA on the blade. > > > > > > -- a bloody footprint at the crime scene that matches Sollecito's. > > The floor > > > > > had been cleaned so that the footprint was invisible to the naked > > eye, but > > > > > was revealed with Luminol (just like on "CSI"). > > > > > > -- Knox's bloody footprints, mixed with Kercher's blood, were found > > in > > > > > another roommate's room, where a window had been broken to make it > > look like > > > > > there had been a break-in -- a theory discounted immediately by > > > > > investigators. Knox's footprints, too, had been scrubbed but were > > discovered > > > > > with Luminol. > > > > > > -- Kercher's bloody bra strap at the crime scene that had abundant > > amounts > > > > > of Sollecito's DNA on it. > > > > > > Egan explains away the devastating DNA evidence by denying it exists. > > > > > > Delusionally, he writes: > > > > > > "(I)f Knox and Sollecito had killed Kercher, and were in that > > > > > blood-splattered room, why is there no physical trace from them on > > the body? > > > > > A print? A swap of DNA somewhere? After all, Kercher had died after a > > brutal > > > > > strangulation, evidence of considerable struggle, with knife pokes in > > the > > > > > neck." > > > > > > Read the trial transcript, Matlock. > > > > > > Egan does acknowledge the bloody bra strap covered with Sollecito's > > DNA, butdismissively writes: "(T)hey discovered Kercher's clasp nearly six > > weeks > > > > > > after the murder -- a highly suspect and tainted piece of evidence > > from a > > > > > contaminated crime scene." > > > > > > Even the defense isn't complaining about the amount of time that > > passed > > > > > before the bra strap was tested. The bra strap was found during the > > initial > > > > > search of the crime scene -- which was promptly sealed off -- and > > then was > > > > > collected for testing during the second search of the sealed crime > > scene > > > > > some weeks later. > > > > > > True, the defense has tried to minimize all the evidence by throwing > > out the > > > > > old "contamination" chestnut, but without proof of systematic > > contamination > > > > > of the evidence, this is just a boilerplate defense, much like "but > > he hit > > > > > me first." (Next the defense will be vowing to look for the "real > > killer.") > > > > > > Egan also dismissed the knife at Sollecito's house with Knox's DNA on > > the > > > > > handle and Kercher's DNA on the blade, claiming the knife contained > > only "a > > > > > tiny amount of DNA that might match that of the victim." (I know I'm > > > > > constantly finding small amounts of other people's DNA on the blades > > of my > > > > > kitchen knives.) > > > > > > When the defense tried the "small amount of DNA" argument at trial, > > forensic > > > > > biologist Patrizia Stefanoni replied, "If the blood evidence is a > > positive > > > > > match, it is not always important how much there is -- and the > > material on > > > > > the blade matches the victim." > > > > > > Even the accused murderess has a better theory to explain the DNA on > > the > > > > > knife. Knox wrote in her prison diary: "I think it is possible > > Raffaele went > > > > > to Meredith's house, raped her, then killed her and then when he got > > home, > > > > > while I was sleeping, he pressed my fingerprints on the knife." > > > > > > These are only a few examples of the wildly deceptive account of the > > Amanda > > > > > Knox trial printed in the *Times*. The reason this is important is > > that this > > > > > is how the *Times* portrays all criminal prosecutions: Ruthless > > prosecutor > > > > > railroads innocent bystanders for mysterious reasons. (Unless the > > victim is > > > > > a late-term abortionist or the accused is a Duke lacrosse player.) > > > > > > The only difference in the Knox case, compared to run-of-the-mill > > criminal > > > > > cases, is that the copious foreign reporting on the case makes it > > child's > > > > > play to see how egregiously the *Times* is lying this time. > > > > > > I don't know if Knox murdered her roommate, but I am sure that > > America's > > > > > news coverage of this case is a crime. > > > > > > AnnLookin'Tight!.jpg > > > > > 66KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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