Forgotten man (WOD Alert)

Creative Loafing ^ | 12.04.02 | BY SCOTT HENRY

[csvset]

Mr. Sam Zhadanov probably had no idea that the DEA rivals the KGB in the "dirty tricks" department. They robbed this guy of his life, liberty and his pursuit of happiness.

[philman_36]

Happens all the time. Too little of it reaches or affects those that can do something about it. Too many multiple layers of "insulating bodies" for that to happen.

[bassmaner]

WOD bump

[agrace]

He simply became another of the anonymous drug offenders who make up 57 percent of all federal inmates.

That statistic alone should make anyone pause.

[MonroeDNA]

This is insane.

[Rifleman]

That is the story.

[philman_36]

All I needed was a couple of bits of info. Easily enough found.
My this thread has a deficit of replies. I sure figured it would attract the usual crowd.

[philman_36]

Skooz fails to accurately forecast (Then the anti-WOD people (the same ones who post on every pot thread) will descend like locusts and post the same things they have posted on every other dope thread since James Polk was President.) and Cultural Jihad, Roscoe and the other supporters of the WOsD fail to even show. Somebody is slipping.
gd124, it must be the subject matter. Maybe bigger things are going on. Maybe there is no entertainment, amusement or parody value in an innocent man doing years behind bars. I'm sure the WODdies will be back on other threads. Maybe one not quite so destructive to the cause. Thanks for posting this one though.
Everything else I predicted in that post almost always comes true.
Not bad for a forecast, but it sure wasn't an accurate "prediction" as is evidenced by this thread. I believe yours was what is called "an educated guess". Is this thread merely an anomaly?

All bets are off after this reply. I was commenting on replies 1-27.

[philman_36]

You didn't even make it to the thread Bob.

[Roscoe]

Poor Steve had Nancy Lord as his attorney.

[philman_36]

Poor Steve had Nancy Lord as his attorney.
So an inexperienced attorney is what landed him in prison?
Simply amazing!

[fightu4it]

"The Southern Lights investigation had uncovered, all told, more than 100 small, hemp-growing operations across north Georgia, and resulted in at least 30 arrests."

They could have taken down all of these illegal pot growers without their obvious illegal actions against Southern Lights. On this one they were "out of control."

[Skooz]

Ahh...but the thread is still young!

Ty Cobb's career batting average was .367; I'm probably batting a little over .500 vis a vis my "prediction,""prognostication," or "guess."

Regards.

BTW, You're right, "educated guess" is probably the right way to phrase it. Education mingled with experience having spent far too much time on FR.

[Roscoe]

[Poor Steve had Nancy Lord as his attorney.]

So an inexperienced attorney is what landed him in prison?

Try: "So an inexperienced [outspoken Libertarian activist] attorney is what landed him in prison?"

[philman_36]

Try: "So an inexperienced [outspoken Libertarian activist] attorney is what landed him in prison?"
Okay...So, in your opinion, having an inexperienced, outspoken, Libertarian activist attorney is what landed him in prison?
The facts of the case, the corrupt witnesses, misleading testimony, lack of evidence, the tactics used...none of that has anything to do with the conviction and it's all the lawyers fault?
Is there anything you can't or won't justify?

[philman_36]

Ahh...but the thread is still young!
Well, I won't be back. I think the thread is dead. The article too plainly and clearly shows how corrupt the WOsD is and what tactics and measures are used in prosecuting it.
Let the WODdies defend those actions, if they can.

[Roscoe]

Who knows how things might have turned out if he hadn't had a delusional cultist representing him?

I understand that she now lives in Pahrump, Nevada. Seems appropriate.

[gaucho]

Another thing comes to mind. Why doesn't the Fed/DEA go after AT&T, Motorola, Sprint, Verizon, Cingular, et al. Using their logic cell phones are probably the biggest drug business enabler. Shouldn't the CEO's of those companies be prosecuted for enabling illegal drug commerce?

[robertpaulsen]

That'll teach you to predict "the anti-WOD people .... will descend like locusts".

So when they don't, you send up the bat signal and cry, "Come out, come out anti-WOD people so I don't look stupid in my prediction."

Nice try.

[philman_36]

Bob has a message for you Skooz...#39. He can't follow so I'll make an educated guess that he can't lead either.