Something we Americans can all celebrate

Randy Cunningham got sentenced to 8.5 years for being a shitbag.

Threw his life and honor away for a few dollars.

As a boy and young man, he was one of my hero's.

Let's hope this is the beginning of a trend where all people who violate the
public trust get slammed to the deck, regardless of political party.

On Sat, 4 Mar 2006 17:14:47 -0800, "Scott" <pugetsounddiver@gmail.com>
wrote:

>Randy Cunningham got sentenced to 8.5 years for being a shitbag.
>
>Threw his life and honor away for a few dollars.
>
>As a boy and young man, he was one of my hero's.
>
>Let's hope this is the beginning of a trend where all people who violate the
>public trust get slammed to the deck, regardless of political party.
>
>
>


We can hope, but for some reason I doubt it. They gave him time off
his sentence because he was in the military, and his public service
being an elected shit heels instead of a normal shit heels. Judges
just don't seem to get the "violation of public trust" thing.

"Rod" <log_dog@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:440aefd3.77595218@news.verizon.net...

> We can hope, but for some reason I doubt it. They gave him time off
> his sentence because he was in the military, and his public service
> being an elected shit heels instead of a normal shit heels. Judges
> just don't seem to get the "violation of public trust" thing.

Hey, hope is what we have.

And guns.

Scott wrote:
> Randy Cunningham got sentenced to 8.5 years for being a shitbag.


Too bad he didn't get the max sentence of 10 years.


-hh

On Sat, 4 Mar 2006 17:14:47 -0800, "Scott" <pugetsounddiver@gmail.com>
wrote:

>Randy Cunningham got sentenced to 8.5 years for being a shitbag.
>
>Threw his life and honor away for a few dollars.
>
>As a boy and young man, he was one of my hero's.
>
>Let's hope this is the beginning of a trend where all people who violate the
>public trust get slammed to the deck, regardless of political party.
>
>

Like lying to the world about the reasons for starting a war?

John
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety
Benjamin Franklin

In article <440aefd3.77595218@news.verizon.net>, Rod
<log_dog@verizon.net> wrote:

€ On Sat, 4 Mar 2006 17:14:47 -0800, "Scott" <pugetsounddiver@gmail.com>
€ wrote:
€
€ >Randy Cunningham got sentenced to 8.5 years for being a shitbag.
€ >
€ >Threw his life and honor away for a few dollars.
€ >
€ >As a boy and young man, he was one of my hero's.
€ >
€ >Let's hope this is the beginning of a trend where all people who violate the
€ >public trust get slammed to the deck, regardless of political party.
€ >
€ >
€ >
€
€
€ We can hope, but for some reason I doubt it. They gave him time off
€ his sentence because he was in the military, and his public service
€ being an elected shit heels instead of a normal shit heels. Judges
€ just don't seem to get the "violation of public trust" thing.
€

Hard to say. From a practical perspective, there's not much difference
between 100 months and 120 months. He's likely to live somewhere in the
85 month range, so either sentence means he's likely to die in prison,
a broke and shattered man.


The local military has been rutheless in their scathing condemnation of
him.

<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/p...060304-9999-1n
4reax1.html>

³I think he betrayed us,² said Mike McNeil, 58, of San Diego, who
retired in 1989 after 20 years as a Navy helicopter pilot. ³I think he
should have hung.²


Although others have had a somewhat different take:

________
<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/p...-lz1c02duke.ht
ml>
Pastor Barry Minkow likes this teachable-moment idea so much that he
suggests it come with a get-out-of-jail-free card.
³I wouldn't put him in prison at all,² says Minkow, who is senior
pastor of Community Bible Church in San Diego. ³I'd put him on the
speaking circuit.²
Specifically, Minkow thinks Cunningham ought to meet face-to-face with
every single member of Congress to share his wrongdoing and its
consequences.
Besides being an evangelical minister, Minkow is an ex-con. He went to
prison in the 1980s for scamming investors out of hundreds of millions
of dollars. Minkow found God in his cell and began studying for the
ministry.
In his spare time now, Minkow helps the FBI bust other scammers. His
activities earned him a letter of commendation last year from the FBI,
which cited his assistance on 13 cases. Last month, Minkow added
another notch when a New Jersey confidence man was sentenced to prison.
³What Mr. Cunningham learned is what I learned: I wanted to do what was
right, but I was prepared to do what was wrong,² says Minkow. ³I think
that is a message that Mr. Cunningham could convey with so much
credibility.²
Minkow's motto: Failure doesn't have to be final. He wants to say the
same to the failed former congressman.

(if that name rings a bell, this may help jog your memory:
<http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/3516399/c_3516777?f=insidecfo>
)
___________


I also heard someone say on a local radio show that Cunningham should
get three years: One in Abu Ghraib, one in Guantanamo, and one in a new
"CIA run off-shore detention center" of his choice.

The election for his replacement is April 11. The leading Democrat is
OK, but not the brightest crayon in the box. There's a small pack of
Republican contenders, all trying to portray themselves as squeaky
clean and of high moral character. It's been a quiet campaign so far,
but I expect things will heat up now that Cunningham is on the verge of
becomming old news. Busby will get the most votes, but I doubt she will
get the 50.1% needed for an outright win. That means there will be
runoff election in November, and the current money is on Bilbray and
Busby. Bilbray is kind of interesting, portraying himself as somewhat
of a "moderate Republican surfer dude." Only in San Diego.

Oh, and I get to vote in these elections. I live in Cunningham's
congressional district

-hh wrote:

> Too bad he didn't get the max sentence of 10 years.
>
>
> -hh

Maybe they will redeem themselves by giving life to Katherine Harris.

Dirty Harris
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/03/03/Op...y_Harris.shtml

Harris campaign 'circling the wagons,'
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pb...NEWS/603050833

and Delay, and Noe, and Baker etal.

Wait until they find the Dubai deal bagman. He'll make Abramoff look
like a piker.

"-hh" <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote in message
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> Scott wrote:
> > Randy Cunningham got sentenced to 8.5 years for being a shitbag.

> Too bad he didn't get the max sentence of 10 years.

I agree.

But, thats what we get by letting the politicians divide us as a nation into
two parties, at each others throats.

We expect our politicians to be corrupt and make excuses for it directly on
party lines.

Scott wrote:
> Hey, hope is what we have.
>
> And guns.

I've met many many Americans on my travels and none of them ugly,
except for you.
What a piece of work.
Oh, and btw, kiss my ass.

<gfyself@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Scott wrote:
> > Hey, hope is what we have.
> >
> > And guns.
>
> I've met many many Americans on my travels and none of them ugly,
> except for you.

Score.

> What a piece of work.

It really is easy, especially with twats like you

> Oh, and btw, kiss my ass.

Bare it.