Friday, April 27, 2012
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Steele on Nancy Pelosi: 'Architect of Demise'
Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele commented on his disapproval of the newly-passed health care reform bill and why he wants Nancy Pelosi fired.
Sunday, March 25, 2012
California Man Sentenced to 300 Months in Prison for Production and Possession of Child Pornography
Edward Lee Sullivan, of Oakland, Calif., was sentenced today to 300 months in prison for production and possession of child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag of the Northern District of California.
Sullivan, 39, was found guilty on Feb. 25, 2011, of one count of producing and one count of possessing child pornography after a 13-day bench trial before U.S. District Court Judge D. Lowell Jensen of the Northern District of California.
Evidence presented at trial showed that during a two-week period in March 2008, Sullivan trained a 14 year-old girl to work for him as a child prostitute. During the course of those two weeks, Sullivan produced numerous photographs and videos of the minor, which documented the steps Sullivan took to prepare the girl to work as a prostitute and as an actress in pornographic movies. According to trial evidence, Sullivan filmed at least one pornographic video of the minor, which depicted Sullivan instructing the minor as she performed oral sex on him. At the time Sullivan committed these crimes, he was on parole following a 2002 state conviction for pimping and sexual conduct with a 14 year-old girl.
Sullivan also was sentenced on March 23, 2012, to lifetime supervised release following the completion of his prison term.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Andrew S. Huang and Maureen C. Bessette of the Northern District of California and Trial Attorney Alecia Riewerts Wolak of the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section. The investigation was conducted by the FBI; the Berkeley, Calif., Police Department; and the Oakland Police Department.
Sullivan, 39, was found guilty on Feb. 25, 2011, of one count of producing and one count of possessing child pornography after a 13-day bench trial before U.S. District Court Judge D. Lowell Jensen of the Northern District of California.
Evidence presented at trial showed that during a two-week period in March 2008, Sullivan trained a 14 year-old girl to work for him as a child prostitute. During the course of those two weeks, Sullivan produced numerous photographs and videos of the minor, which documented the steps Sullivan took to prepare the girl to work as a prostitute and as an actress in pornographic movies. According to trial evidence, Sullivan filmed at least one pornographic video of the minor, which depicted Sullivan instructing the minor as she performed oral sex on him. At the time Sullivan committed these crimes, he was on parole following a 2002 state conviction for pimping and sexual conduct with a 14 year-old girl.
Sullivan also was sentenced on March 23, 2012, to lifetime supervised release following the completion of his prison term.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Andrew S. Huang and Maureen C. Bessette of the Northern District of California and Trial Attorney Alecia Riewerts Wolak of the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section. The investigation was conducted by the FBI; the Berkeley, Calif., Police Department; and the Oakland Police Department.
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Santorum to Take Louisiana
With nearly a 2-1 margin over Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum will win Louisiana. 60% of the vote is in and Santorum leads Romney with nearly a majority of the vote.
Will this be another boost to the Santorum campaign and will once again have people donating to him to fill his campaign coffers? Time will tell if voters will see Santorum as a good alternative to Romney and a formidable opponent to Obama.
Will this be another boost to the Santorum campaign and will once again have people donating to him to fill his campaign coffers? Time will tell if voters will see Santorum as a good alternative to Romney and a formidable opponent to Obama.
Friday, March 23, 2012
Do Nothing Pipeline
President Obama, while standing in front of rows and rows of pipeline, vowed that the southern leg for the Keystone XL pipeline will be built and that he will accelerate its approval.
Obama has no say in the acceleration of the pipeline. The only thing he can stop, which he has, is the building of the section of the Keystone XL which comes in from Canada to the US. International pipelines require the president's authorization. Interstate pipelines do not require his approval at all. So, the section that Obama will push through goes from Cushing, Oklahoma to Houston, Texas with nothing to pump through it. We will have a pipeline that will have nothing running through it.
Obama has stopped that part of the pipeline and will not approval. In a recent Gallup poll, 57% of Americans approve of the Keystone XL pipeline. 44% of Democrats approve of the pipeline.
With gas prices jumping 30 cents in one month and ten states already seeing $4 per gallon at the pump, the president's re-election hopes are dwindling with each penny increase in fuel. Fuel is not the only thing on the raise. Food prices are climbing as well.
Obama has no say in the acceleration of the pipeline. The only thing he can stop, which he has, is the building of the section of the Keystone XL which comes in from Canada to the US. International pipelines require the president's authorization. Interstate pipelines do not require his approval at all. So, the section that Obama will push through goes from Cushing, Oklahoma to Houston, Texas with nothing to pump through it. We will have a pipeline that will have nothing running through it.
Obama has stopped that part of the pipeline and will not approval. In a recent Gallup poll, 57% of Americans approve of the Keystone XL pipeline. 44% of Democrats approve of the pipeline.
With gas prices jumping 30 cents in one month and ten states already seeing $4 per gallon at the pump, the president's re-election hopes are dwindling with each penny increase in fuel. Fuel is not the only thing on the raise. Food prices are climbing as well.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Marine Corps Sergeant Facing Disciplinary Action for His Facebook Comments Criticizing Obama
Sergeant Gary Stein, 26, is now facing disciplinary action from the Marine Corps for his Facebook comments that he posted on his "Armed Forces Tea Party" page criticizing President Obama.
Sergeant Stein says that the Marine Corps is infringing on his right of free speech when he is off-duty and out of uniform.
Defense Department rules allow military personnel to express political opinions provided that they are not doing so as a representative of the armed services.
Sergeant Stein says that the Marine Corps is infringing on his right of free speech when he is off-duty and out of uniform.
Defense Department rules allow military personnel to express political opinions provided that they are not doing so as a representative of the armed services.
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