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Janklow Says He’ll Resign
FLANDREAU, S.D. (Dec. 9) – Rep. Bill Janklow planned the official close of his political career to coincide with his sentencing in the traffic death of a motorcyclist, a decision that also means the special election to fill his seat will be held during South Dakota’s June 1 primary.
Janklow, a dominating force in South Dakota politics for 30 years, appeared stunned as the verdict was read Monday: guilty of second-degree manslaughter, reckless driving, running a stop sign and speeding for an Aug. 16 crash that killed Hardwick, Minn., motorcyclist Randy Scott, 55.
Within two hours, Janklow announced his resignation.
”I wish to inform you that because of present circumstances, I will be unable to perform the duties incumbent on me in representing the people of South Dakota as their U.S. representative,” Janklow, 64, wrote in a letter to be delivered Tuesday to House Speaker Dennis Hastert.
”Therefore I wish to inform you that I will resign from the House of Representatives, effective Jan. 20, 2004.”
That’s the same day he’s scheduled to be sentenced.
Second-degree manslaughter carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The conviction would have prompted an investigation from the U.S. House ethics committee without the resignation.
Jim and Dorothy Anderson of Miller said Janklow did the right thing in resigning. They, like many others who reacted to Janklow’s convictions, doubt he will spend any time in prison.
Dorothy Anderson said she thinks Gov. Mike Rounds should pardon Janklow because he has been publicly disgraced and that is punishment enough.
”I think Governor Rounds should pardon him because he didn’t go out and deliberately do this,” she said. ”Things can happen. That’s why they’re called accidents.”

No, an accident is when you spill a glass of milk. Public Disgrace? Who gives a rats ass. The guy killed someone in the process of breaking the law. He deserved to be prosecuted and sentenced just like everyone else.

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Very funny and at the same time, informative. Check it out here

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Tossed and turned until about 2am. Finally got up and got on the couch. Managed to get a couple of hours of sleep. At least I will sleep well tonight, I am sure.

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Apparently President Bush paid a visit to Baghdad for Thanksgiving. In a photo op, he picked up a tray with a Big turkey on it, apparently unaware that it was not real. Form the Washington Post:
Nevertheless, the foray has opened new credibility questions for a White House that has dealt with issues as small as who placed the “Mission Accomplished” banner aboard the aircraft carrier Bush used to proclaim the end of major combat operations in Iraq, and as major as assertions about Saddam Hussein’s arsenal of unconventional weapons and his ability to threaten the United States.

Credibility? What the fuck are these guys thinking anyway. Can’t they find something a bit more serious to talk about. Apparently not with the economy coming back and production levels higher than in years.

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My granfather died when I was pretty young. Younger than 10 anyhow. One thing I remember clearly about him was that he was missing a fingernail. Just never grew back. He was in a prisoner of war camp, I believe in the phillipines. Not too sure off the top of my head.
The point is that this is the 62nd anniversary of pearl harbor. Remember that? Over 2000 people, mostly servicemen, died that day. Alot of people bitched and moaned about us joining the war. They said alot of the same things that are being said today about the war in Iraq.
Everyone should take a moment and say a prayer for all of our servicemen and women of the present, as well as the past.

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CNN –
(Dec. 7) — A retired Roman Catholic priest who admitted molesting three altar boys in 1995 was found beaten to death at his home, police said Saturday.
Joseph Pilger, 78, was found dead in his home Friday night. An autopsy Saturday found the cause of death to be multiple blunt force injuries, according to the Fayette County coroner. The death is being investigated as a homicide.
Pilger lived alone until the past month, when a young man began staying with him, said his neighbor, Karen Owens. Owens said Pilger’s car, which had been at his home earlier in the day, was missing Friday night.
Pilger pleaded guilty to sexual abuse in 1995 for abusing three altar boys in 1968 and 1969, when he was their pastor in Morganfield in western Kentucky. He was sentenced to five years’ probation beginning in January 1995.
Earlier this year, Pilger was named in a sex-abuse lawsuit against the dioceses of Lexington and Covington. Pilger declined to comment on the allegation.

12/07/2003 09:07 GMT-5
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I don’t know about anyone else but I am certainly not mourning for the sick son of a bitch

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Ran across this link while hanging out at stupid evil bastard. Check out The Two Towers the way it was meant to be seen.

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Here is yet another example of eminent domain abuse. When the fuck are Americans going to crawl off the couch and quit watching TV and demand that this shit stop. Every local goverment that wants to put in a new subdivision or super Wal-Mart can just legally force you out of your home since the Supreme Court opened that door.
Eminent Domain is supposed to be used for the public interest, such as new schools, a highway, a fire station. Not to increase tax revenues in a particular area.

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We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America

If you have never read it you need to.

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http://www.washtimes.com/national/pruden.htm

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