Check Out Who Gets Pardoned by Shrub

[UTUSN]

He should have recused himself from every one for things suspiciously like his own history. For "disposing of exlosives," think imaginary-WMD. O.K., the last one is only a BIT of a stretch: Think firecrackers-up-frogs'-butts. Irony in this Mal-administration just can't be written.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7097303/

Those granted pardons were:

Alan Dale Austin, Mabank, Texas, misapplication of mortgage funds, sentenced October 1987 to two years in prison and $22,000 in restitution.

Charles Russell Cooper, Corpus Christi, Texas, bootlegging, sentenced May 1959 in South Carolina to three years probation.

Joseph Daniel Gavin, East Elmhurst, N.Y., court-martialed by the Army in 1984 for failure to obey an order and other charges and given a bad conduct discharge.

Raul Marin, El Paso, Texas, failure to appear, sentenced January 1982 to six months in prison, five years probation.

Ernest Rudnet, Tamarac, Fla., conspiracy to file false tax returns, sentenced March 1992 to one year probation.

Gary L. Saltzburg, Clovis, N.M., theft of government property, sentenced January 1995 to 18 months probation, community service.

David Lloyd St. Croix, Kenmare, N.D., disposing of stolen explosives, sentenced June 1989 to two years probation and a $500 fine.

Joseph William Warner, McLaughlin, S.D., arson on an Indian reservation, sentenced November 1995 to eight months in prison, a $5,000 fine, and restitution of $5,560.

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[Cooley Hurd]

1. The power of being a republican donor...

You get two prizes - you can either get to drive a submarine, or get a pardon for yourself or a loved one.

[elehhhhna]

2. The last batch was for several who committed Bank Fraud--

which are the charges most likely to stick to Ken Lay (that part of the case is a laydown). I found that to be an interesting factoid.

[Straight Shooter]

3. That's nothing. The only Texas prisoner spared was a serial killer.

An infamous, notoriously brutal killer named Henry Lee Lucas. Go ahead and google it. Not only that, Lucas had the reputation (and admitted to it, then retracted it) of being a Satanist. And yet bush allows the execution of Karla Faye Tucker to go forward, but not Henry Lee Lucas. My oh my, will wonders never cease.

Guess where the first "hit" took place? And yes, it was a hit, so he would be admitted to the "club." Guess where Lucas was first solicited to commit murder.

Florida. That's where. I'm thinking Henry Lee Lucas never got the needle because of that "loyalty thang," and it was all quid pro quo. He made the mistake of getting caught, but bush never made the mistake of allowing the execution.

It's too bizarre, it really is.

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[me b zola]

5. I've heard some nasty little rumors about that connection

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[ryan_cats]

4. Scrub-ya's gotta pay back his donors.

Scrub-ya's gotta pay back his donors. People were all bent out of shape for Marc Rich but he never killed anyone. This sucks because I can see Kenny-boy getting a nice fat pardon.