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All - Pearson Education, Inc contacted me regarding my 4th of July Tea Party speech. They wish to include it in the following publication: Program/Title: Speaking in the Public Sphere; Edition: 1; Author(s): Steven Schwarze; Initial Publication Date: 09/2011 (estimated); Number of Pages: 480 (estimated); Proposed Price: $60.00 (estimated). What does anyone know about this outfit? I have my own misgivings, but I'd like to hear from others. I have no intention of having my work demonized or otherwise used in a venue where I will have no say in its use. On the other hand, it may be a...

Freshmen Iowa legislators Tom Shaw, Kim Pearson, and Glen Massie will reportedly be appearing on Steve Deace's radio show on WHO in Des Moines today to discuss the impeachment of the remaining four Iowa Supreme justices.The show airs from 4-7 pm, and we think these new courageous legislators will be on at the beginning of the show.You can listen LIVE here. If you live in Iowa, please go to www.grassrootsIOWA.com and sign the petition in support of the impeachment of these out-of-control judges!In 2010 WE RENDERED OUR VERDICT on the malfeasance of the seven "gay marriage" Iowa Supreme Court "justices"...

Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.justice.gov/usao/mow/news2010/harrison.ind.htm JULY 9, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BLACK MARKET TRAVEL AGENTS 38 DEFENDANTS INDICTED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR FRAUD LOCAL INVESTIGATION EXPOSES NATIONWIDE NETWORK THAT USED STOLEN IDENTITIES, CREDIT CARDS TO PURCHASE AIRLINE TICKETS KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that 38 defendants from across the United States have been charged in a series of indictments that allege an extensive network of black market travel agents who used the stolen identities of thousands of victims as part of a multi-million dollar fraud scheme...

Pfc. Michael Pearson taught himself to play the piano and became a guitar virtuoso long before he joined the Army last year. "He had a little Jimi Hendrix in him," a relative said Friday as the family gathered to grieve in suburban Chicago. Before the attack at Fort Hood, Pearson was preparing to deploy to Afghanistan to become a bomb disposal specialist. His family knew he had received a series of inoculations and, when they learned of the shooting, figured that Pearson would be safely elsewhere. He died Thursday at age 21. A surgeon called with the news. Pearson graduated...

One of the hallmarks of a free society is that citizens have direct and personal access to the judicial system. From time to time, that access is abused, but not nearly so much as tort-reform lobbies would have us believe. But then there are abusive suits filed by public officials, seemingly determined to set a bad example.

The multi-million-dollar legal battle over a pair of missing pants that put a D.C. dry cleaner out of business is headed back to court, shocking many in the dry-cleaning and legal communities. A three-judge appellate court panel has agreed to hear an appeal of the case next month, more than a year after a judge ruled against the plaintiff, former D.C. Administrative Law Judge Roy Pearson. Pearson sued the owners of Custom Cleaners for $67 million in 2005 after it misplaced a pair of his pants. Pearson demanded the family pay $1,000, the cost of the entire suit, according to...

WASHINGTON, (AP) -- A judge who lost a $54 million lawsuit against his dry cleaner over a pair of missing pants has lost his job, District of Columbia officials confirmed. Roy Pearson's term as an administrative law judge expired May 2 and the D.C. Commission on Selection and Tenure of Administrative Law Judges has voted not to reappoint him, Lisa Coleman, the city's general counsel, wrote Nov. 8 in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from The Associated Press. Pearson was one of about 30 judges who worked in the Office of Administrative Hearings, which handles disputes involving...

Roy L. Pearson Jr., the administrative law judge who lost his $54 million lawsuit against a Northeast Washington dry cleaner, lost his job yesterday and was ordered to vacate his office, sources said. Pearson, 57, who had served as a judge for two years, was up for a 10-year term at the Office of Administrative Hearings, but a judicial committee last week voted against reappointing him. The panel had a seven-page letter hand-delivered to Pearson about 3:30 p.m., directing him to leave his office by 5 p.m. Pearson's term ended in May, at the height of his battle with the...

AN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE who drew national attention for his $54 million lawsuit against a local dry cleaner could soon be getting his ticket to unemployment. A city commission on Monday voted against reappointing Roy L. Pearson Jr. to sit on bench at the Office of Administrative Hearings, a court that rules on cases involving D.C. agencies, The Post's Keith L. Alexander reports.

A judge who lost a $54 million lawsuit against his former dry cleaner is fighting the cleaners' attempts to collect attorney fees from him. Roy L. Pearson filed an opposition to the defendants' motion for attorneys' fees Friday, saying he shouldn't have to pay the $82,907.50 that the Chung family owes to defend themselves against his 2005 lawsuit. Pearson did not immediately reply to an e-mail requesting comment. Pearson, a local administrative law judge, had claimed that the "Satisfaction Guaranteed" sign that once hung in the Chungs' shop was misleading and violated the D.C. consumer protection act. A pair of...

Remember the judge who sued for millions of dollars over a $10.50 alteration? You already knew he lost his case, you already knew the cleaners were counter-suing, you already knew there was a collection fund set up for their legal fees, but did you know that Judge Pearson may lose his job? Let me know what you think ... take the poll.

Last month, Judge Judith Bartnoff ruled that Washington, D.C. administrative law Judge Roy Pearson would not get $54 million for his allegedly lost pants. The decision surprised no one except maybe Judge Pearson, who is expected to appeal the verdict. But the "victory" for Jin, Soo, and Ki Chung, owners of Custom Cleaners, has cost them at least $83,000 in legal fees and counting. The case has drained their life savings and left them with a large debt. I'm thrilled to say that the Institute for Legal Reform and the American Tort Reform Association co-hosted a fundraiser on their behalf...

More on the Verdict in Pearson v. Custom Cleaners DC Court Finds For Defendants In The $54 Million Pants Suit Talk About Being Taken to the Cleaners (AP) In what had to have been one of her easiest decisions, D.C. Superior Court Judge Judith Bartnoff brought "the trial of the century" to its appropriate conclusion this morning. In her decision, she found that Custom Cleaners does not owe Roy Pearson anything -- in fact he must pay Custom Cleaners' court fees. Additionally, "the defendants' claim for attorney's fees against the plaintiff will be addressed after the defendant's motions for sanctions...

NEW YORK - See Dick and Jane. See Dick and Jane get a lawyer. Pearson Education, the publishing company that owns the copyright to the single-named stars of countless reading primers, is suing a division of Time Warner for co-opting the characters in a book called "Yiddish With Dick and Jane," according to The New York Times. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, claims the book violates Pearson's copyright. The book, which has sold more than 100,000 copies since it was published in September by Little, Brown & Company, is billed as a parody. Not so,...

Pentagon says U-S military likely destroyed some ammunition from al-Qaqaa Updated: 10-29-2004 12:13:38 PM PENTAGON (AP) - Pentagon officials say the U-S military destroyed "the types of ammunition" T-V reports suggest were looted from an Iraqi military site. A military officer who led a unit charged with disposing of dangerous ammunition says he took material from the al-Qaqaa (al-KAH'-kah) site. At a news conference, Pentagon spokesman Lawrence Di Rita said the material taken by the disposal team included "a lot of plastic explosives." Di Rita says the facts of the missing explosives are still unclear. But, he says "the types...

TORONTO, Sept. 28 - As one of Canada's pre-eminent historians, David Bercuson of the University of Calgary is not your average couch potato. But with beer in hand and feet up on the sofa, he watched the Olympics on television last month to cheer on the world champion hurdler Perdita Félicien to win a gold medal for Canada. When Ms. Félicien inexplicably stumbled into the very first hurdle like a rank amateur, Mr. Bercuson dashed straight to his computer. He knocked out a screed declaring that her sad performance, and that of the entire Canadian Olympic team, was just another...

Four-year-old Grace Pearson helped save her younger sister after surviving a small plane crash. (ABCNEWS.com) ‘I Protected Her’ 4-Year-Old Girl Shields Sister in Fiery Plane Wreck Sept. 18— After the small Beechcraft plane they were in crashed into the Minnesota wilderness, 4-year-old Grace Pearson clung to her 3-year-old sister, Lily, and kept her clear of the smoldering wreckage where their mother and uncle had perished "We were a little bit scared of the accident, and I took good care of my sister," Grace Pearson said at a news conference at a St. Paul, Minn., hospital, where she told her...

ISRA PAYS HUGE $98,000 JUDGEMENT TO ICHVRefuses insurance company payoff contingent upon removal of Vandermyde, Flanagan from Board Chatsworth, IL (GunNews) The Illinois State Rifle Association Second Vice-President Todd Vandermyde and former director Peter Flanagan had a good idea when they registered a new, gun-rights friendly "Illinois Coalition Against Handgun Violence, Inc." with the Secretary of State's office in 2002. The "old" ICHV had failed to properly renew its corporate registration with the State of Illinois in 2001 and as such, the 25-year-old corporation which lobbied tirelessly against civil rights technically no longer existed. Problems arose in May and June...

Thu 11 Jul 2002 Clinton accused of fathering secret love child David Cox In New York BILL Clinton, the former US president, was at the centre of more embarrassing accusations about his infidelity last night, when he was accused of fathering a secret love-child. Mr Clinton is being asked to take a DNA test to determine if he is the father of an alleged former lover’s child - and it could be the final straw for his troubled marriage. If he refuses to submit to the test voluntarily, he will be taken to court and forced to provide DNA...