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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (783820)	5/7/2014 4:57:52 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 1575608

There were some reports that Saddam held training camps for people who ended up in the terrorist ranks and; it was unclear early on if there was a relationship between Saddam and Osama. "when he interchanged the names Saddam and Osama thereby convincing 70% of the public that Saddam was involved in or responsible for 911...." No one who was paying attention as things developed thought they were in cahoots but I remember talking to a lot of ignorant people who didn't know the difference between the two, and many thought they were the same person. Bush was not a liar but a lot of people did get the wrong impression because of 911 occurring in the same time frame. The mass media were sleeping on the job, as usual. In any event if you believe the administration was responsible for the public getting the wrong idea then, by not being clear enough on the facts, you should be 10 times as pissed now. You are not, of course.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (783820)	5/7/2014 5:29:41 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1575608

Today we see another reason why we need the death penalty. A liberal filmmaker has gotten a murderer sentenced to life released from prison: http://www.kltv.com/story/17106798/carthage-residents-react-to-bernie-movie http://www.texastribune.org/2014/05/06/convicted-murder-bernie-could-be-released-live-fil/ There was a young liberal woman columnist in today's Houston paper proudly writing about how justice was finally done as a result of new evidence in this case. But there was no new evidence. There was just a psychiatrist saying the murderer had been abused as a child and therefore should have gotten a lesser sentence. The facts are a mortician who handled the funeral of a rich elderly widow befriended her, became her traveling companion, got her to leave him $10 million in her will, then in 1996 shot her in the back four times with a .22 rifle and hid her body in her deep freeze. The stories and the movie made about the case all portray the murderer as a warm likeable guy and the murder victim as a cranky old woman who nobody liked. Of course, the murderer was liked by many because he went town around buying people things with the old lady's money. And part of the dislike people had for the old lady was encouraged by her "friend." This is an injustice and shows the moral failure of liberals. Victim’s Family Speaks Out After Former Carthage Mortician Bernie Tiede Set Free May 7, 2014 12:09 PM The judge’s podium in a courtroom. (credit: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images) EAST TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Bernie Tiede’s story was blown up on the silver screen in 2012 in the Richard Linklater film “Bernie.” Now the former undertaker, who’s served 17-years of a life sentence for killing wealthy East Texas widow Marjorie Nugent is being released. Nugent’s body was found in a freezer in her Carthage home, nine months after her Tiede shot her in the back in 1996. His attorney said Tiede deserved a lighter sentence, in part, because he was sexually abused as a child. Conditions of his release include counseling for sexual abuse. He will also live in an apartment provided by Austin filmmaker Linklater. Linklater told the media Tiede would be “very welcome” to live with him and that the two had developed a friendship. Linklater told the court he would report it immediately if Bernie violated any rules of probation. Tiede also must maintain employment, submit to and pay for random drug testing, live in a designated residence, not have contact with the victim’s family and not possess a firearm. [iframe width="500" height="413" title="Embedded Tweet" class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" id="twitter-widget-0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(238, 238, 238) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(187, 187, 187); margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; border-radius: 5px; display: block; visibility: visible; position: static; min-width: 220px; max-width: 99%; box-shadow: 0px 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.15); border-image: none;" allowtransparency="true"][/iframe]“Bernie” was a largely sympathetic portrait of the killer, and showed Nugent to be unlikable. Nugent’s granddaughter, Shanna Nugent spoke to KRLD’s Barbara Schwarz about the latest developments. 1080 KRLD play use “I feel like were forgetting my grandmother in all of this. I miss her every day and want justice for her – and this didn’t feel like justice,” said Shana Nuent. “This isn’t fiction for me and my family, this is real life.” Nugent says she would like to see Tiede spend the rest of his sentence in prison. dfw.cbslocal.com