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To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (59536)	4/25/2006 8:35:29 PM
From: Wyätt Gwyön	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

Hard to do with 8 bbls smelly crude, though if the price goes high enough maybe you can do it with one ounce vials eventually.....<G> this will take quite a while. at current spot price an ounce of WTI costs less than 1.3 cents. a pint is under 21 cents. puts in perspective how cheap crude still is.

To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (59536)	4/25/2006 9:20:37 PM
From: shades	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

Viagra, Man don't get caught with that Patron - several prominent CEO's tried to help a sex offender stay out of jail after he got a 10 year sentence for having viagra in a parole violation! He is going to learn about being HARD UP! He should have moved away - that local officer was itching for justice! I read about it here: dailyrotten.com tcpalm.com VERO BEACH — A judge sentenced a 26-year-old sex offender to 10 years in prison despite pleas for leniency from several prominent retired executives, including the former chairman of the Colgate University Board of Trustees and the retired chairman of the oldest advertising agency in New York. Circuit Judge Dan L. Vaughn sentenced Charles Michael Shain on Thursday for violating the terms of probation he was given for the 1994 sexual battery of a 6-year-old boy. Shain, of Vero Beach, was charged with violating probation when a small amount of marijuana and a Viagra pill were found in his bedroom during a search by probation officers last May 19. Attorney Bob Stone asked Vaughn to show compassion because Shain has led an exemplary life since he committed the sex offense as a 14-year-old. Stone told the court Shain was being vigorously prosecuted because the victim is the son of a local law-enforcement officer. Assistant State Attorney Ryan Butler said Shain deserved prison because he was given "the break of a lifetime" twice, when he was given probation for the original offense and when his probation was extended when he violated curfew in 2001. "The state should be concerned when a registered sexual predator is found with Viagra and admits to smoking marijuana," Butler said. The father of Shain's victim told Vaughn the victim, who now is 18, "is an angry young man who is confused about his place in society" because of the sex offense that occurred 12 years ago. The victim's father said of Shain: "The second violation of probation shows his contempt for authority. He is thumbing his nose at this court and at law enforcement." More than a dozen members of the Red Stick Golf Club sat in the courtroom in support of Shain, who rose from working in the club's cart barn to being a caddy, a waiter, then assistant to the general manager. Louis T. Hagopian, retired chairman of N.W. Ayer Inc. advertising agency and chairman of the advisory board of Habitat for Humanity, told Vaughn Shain had a job "ready to go" with Habitat for Humanity if he was released. Hagopian, whose company created such jingles at the U.S. Army's "Be all you can be" and AT&T's "Reach out and touch someone," said in a letter of support that Shain was prosecuted in 1999 during an "epidemic of sex accusations" by children that proved untrue. Butler asked Hagopian why he described Shain's offense in the letter as "a small indiscretion that happened a long time ago." "Do you regard the rape of a 6-year-old as a small indiscretion?" Butler asked. "If I wrote it, I wrote it," said Hagopian, who testified he may have been referring to Shain's curfew violation. Garry Bewkes, former Paine Webber director and chairman of the Colgate University Board of Trusees, urged Vaughn to "return Shain to society" because of his good character. "I have three grown sons, and if the state attorney thinks marijuana and a Viagra pill are a crime, all three of them would be in jail today," said Bewkes, whose son Jeffrey L. Bewkes is president of Time Warner Inc. and former chief executive officer of HBO. Shain's father, Bob Shain, testified his son was abused "by three different people" and is undergoing therapy as a result. Stone told Vaughn that Shain smoked marijuana because of "a deep depression" that arose after he was fired from the golf club when a member reported seeing him on a sex offender Web site. "He's not a predator out there seeking young kids," Stone said. "He shouldn't be treated the same as the guy who got out of prison for a sexual offense and kidnapped a girl and killed her. He got the Viagra from a friend, which shows he had a warm-blooded heterosexual relationship with his girlfriend." Vaughn said smoking marijuana "is no joking matter, especially not for someone on probation for this type of crime." Bewkes called the length of the sentence "insane" and said Shain's supporters would seek to "get a change of venue and get this case out of this court." Hagopian said: "The law has guidelines, but the judge should be able to look at the specifics of each case." Also from dailyrotten: What is up with half the Arizona youth being hooked on meth before 15 years old? First meth use at 9 years old: azcentral.com