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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (683627)	5/25/2005 8:26:26 PM
From: SeachRE	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 769667

The rich people in Texas are doing exceedingly well. I wonder why...

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (683627)	5/25/2005 10:52:18 PM
From: TideGlider	Respond to of 769667

More rich people indicates rich people are doing well. Now I am certain you have some serious brain damage.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (683627)	5/25/2005 11:05:51 PM
From: GROUND ZERO™	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Did you figure that out all by yourself? We're all very proud of you...<g> keep it up and next week you'll be working with clay, won't that be nice? Goodness, what a pathetic idiot!!! GZ

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (683627)	5/25/2005 11:11:43 PM
From: TideGlider	Respond to of 769667

Ya know Ken I bet more poor people mean the poor are doing poorly.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (683627)	5/26/2005 6:36:32 AM
From: tonto	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Kenneth, I see that you made it to the moron's thread...again. Congratulations, your nomination was well deserved. Message 21359851

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (683627)	5/26/2005 9:35:10 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 769667

It indicates capitalism works, unlike socialism

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (683627)	5/26/2005 1:50:09 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 769667

Murder Charges Dropped Against Marine By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 10:36 a.m. ET RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A former Wall Street trader who rejoined the Marines after the Sept. 11 attacks will not be tried on murder charges for killing two suspected Iraqi insurgents, a Marine general decided Thursday. The decision by Maj. Gen. Richard Huck, commander of the 2nd Marine Division based at Camp Lejeune, ends the prosecution of 2nd Lt. Ilario Pantano, whom prosecutors accused of killing the men without justification. ''Down at the unit level, there was never a question about Ilario's conduct and whether or not he did the right thing,'' Charles Gittins, Pantano's civilian lawyer, said. ''It was up in the higher echelons. The people removed from combat situations needed to put more trust in their officers rather than assuming they're guilty.'' ''That's exciting, isn't it,'' said Pantano's mother, Merry Pantano of New York, who said she hadn't yet spoken to her son about the decision. ''Needless to say, we are quite ecstatic.'' The two Iraqis were killed during an April 2004 search outside a suspected terrorist hideout in Mahmudiyah, Iraq. Pantano, 33, contended he shot them in self-defense after the men disobeyed his instructions and made a menacing move toward him. Prosecutors alleged Pantano intended to make an example of the men by shooting them 60 times and hanging a sign over their bodies -- ''No better friend, no worse enemy,'' a Marine slogan. While citing self-defense as his motive, Pantano did not deny hanging the sign or shooting the men repeatedly. An Article 32 hearing, the military equivalent of a grand jury session, was held in April. In a report dated May 12, the hearing officer, Lt. Col. Mark Winn, had recommended that the murder charges be dropped. While finding some problems with Pantano's behavior, Winn concluded that one witness' accusation that Pantano shot the detainees while they were kneeling with their backs to him was not supported by other testimony or evidence. Witnesses testified the sergeant who was Pantano's main accuser was a weak Marine who was bitter about Pantano removing him from a leadership role within the platoon. More than a half-dozen Marines who served with Pantano in Iraq praised him in testimony, saying he was an able leader who remained cool in combat and was amiable with Iraqis. Winn wrote in his recommendation that Pantano should face nonjudicial punishment for allegedly desecrating the bodies by reloading his weapon and repeatedly shooting them. Pantano said he shot the men until they stopped moving. Huck could have accepted Winn's recommendation, given some form of administrative punishment or gone ahead with a court-martial. He decided that Pantano should face no punishment for any of his actions. ''The best interests of 2nd Lt. Pantano and the government have been served by this process,'' the Marine Corps said in a statement. Supporters of Pantano said troops should not be second-guessed for decisions made in fleeting seconds of combat. A North Carolina congressman had urged President Bush to intervene and dismiss charges. Pantano also has become a popular subject for conservative radio hosts, and his mother started a Web site in his defense. Pantano is now helping to train troops at Camp Lejeune, but his attorney said he hopes the decision will clear the way for the Marine to return to a combat unit. ''I think (the decision) demonstrates that Ilario acted honorably in combat and the suggestion that he didn't that tarnished his reputation was unjustified,'' Gittins said. ''I'm pleased for Ilario and his family because the nightmare is over.'' Copyright 2005 The Associated Press Home Privacy Policy Search Corrections RSS Help Contact Us Back to Top

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (683627)	5/26/2005 9:43:45 PM
From: Oral Roberts	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

More rich people indicates rich people are doing well. Not. It means the middle class is becoming rich. The economy is working. Hip hip hurray!