[LPM1888]

I don't mention this much, but I've been on this forum before there was even registration, and very outspoken from day one. You don't need to tell me how it is. There used to be some very shrewd people here, people more in touch with the streets than with the beltway. Many of the 'street fighters' have left. Many 'beltway' types have taken their place.

I've never been to the beltway and I grew up on the streets. One of the first lessons you learn on the streets is how to tell when someone is trying to sell you a bogus story. Your continued attempts to get people to look at anything but the facts of the story have convinced me that the defendants do not have clean hands.

I've tried to give you good advice on how to minimize the penalties your friends will face but you seem determined to see them get the maximum sentences possible under the law.

So be it. I hope they appreciate your efforts on their behalf but if I were them I wouldn't want your help. They have gotten themselves into a lot of trouble but you seem determined to make it much worse.

Fools never learn, they just blame others for their mistakes.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

"I've never been to the beltway and I grew up on the streets."

That's the thing. Beltway thinking is creeping in here. People may not even see it in themselves.

You are very knoweldgeable on legal matters. That has its place. I do, in fact, appreciate your advice.

But don't forget, they can be pardoned. And that is one of my trump cards in this fight. If they get locked up, they will, I believe, be pardoned and cleared, although it might take a new and more conservative president.

FReegards....