October 15, 2005

Earle-y to Bed -- and Stay There

Hatched by Dafydd

Yesterday, on Special Report With Brit Hume, Brian Wilson had the most fascinating report yet on the growing national embarassment: the Persecution and Assassination of Tom DeLay, As Performed By the Inmates of the Travesty County District Attorney's Office, Under the Direction of the Marquis de Earle (with only the most muted apologies to Peter Weiss).

The most important piece of evidence on which Crusading D.A. Ronnie Earle based his multiple attempts to properly indict Rep. DeLay is single a piece of paper. After Earle found that DeLay's political action committee, Texans for a Republican Majority PAC (TRMPAC), sent that now famous $190,000 check to the Republican National State Elections Committee (RNSEC), the only way that Earle could allege "money laundering" was to claim that the transaction was a sham whose only purpose was to disguise "soft" money being funneled indirectly into state campaigns in defiance of Texas law. His only piece of evidence to that effect was that, as the indictment puts it:

[O]n or about the thirteenth day of September, 2002, in Washington D.C., the defendant, James Walter Ellis, did provide the said Terry Nelson with a document that contained the names of several candidates for the Texas House of Representatives that were supported by Texans for a Republican Majority PAC, namely, Todd Baxter, Dwayne Bohac, Glenda Dawson, Dan Flynn, Rick Green, Jack Stick, and Larry Taylor, to whom the defendant, James Walter Ellis, requested and proposed that the Republican National Committee and the Republican National State Elections Committee make political contributions in exchange for the committees' receipt of the proceeds from the aforesaid check, and that contained amounts that the defendant, James Walter Ellis, and Texans for a Republican Majority PAC suggested be contributed to each of the said candidates;

Yesterday, Brian Wilson reports, the Travis County Assistant D.A. was in court, and he was asked to produce this critical document, which had been subpoenaed by the attorneys for Ellis and DeLay.

He was unable to produce "said" document. Not that he didn't produce A document; he simply said he was "unable to authoritatively confirm" that it was in fact THE document mentioned in the indictment. However, he rallied, the document he produced was "factually similar" to the document upon which the entire indictment rested!

Brian Wilson reported that the document contained names of several Texas politicians, some of whom had received money from the RNSEC and some of whom had not. I suppose this is "factually similar" to the actual document they allege existed in that both are pieces of paper, both have words printed on them, and both contain lists of names of prominent Texans. I eagerly await testimony from an eyewitness who claims he saw someone in a conspiratorial meeting... he won't be able to swear it was actually Tom DeLay, but it was surely someone who was "factually similar" to DeLay, in that he was a male and had some funny sort of accent.

I wanted to link to an article about this latest Keystone Kops escapade, but amazingly enough, at this point, I cannot find a single article about this absurdity -- not even on FoxNews.com. Since they actually had video of the incident as it unfolded and discussion with the attorneys right after they came out of the courthouse, I would find it hard to believe it never occurred; but in the mad world of the MSM, even being caught on videotape doesn't mean something really exists: it only exists when one of the media news managers decides it exists. Perhaps I hallucinated the entire thing.

Here we have a story that even the MSM agrees is important: the indictment of the second most powerful man in the House of Representatives. And five years after Ronnie Earle began hounding DeLay, three years after the alleged crime of "money laundering" occurred, at least a year after the D.A.'s office began investigating this particular transaction, and eleven days after obtaining the new, improved indictment from the third grand jury to investigate, we discover that the District Attorney's office doesn't even have the critical piece of evidence that underpins their entire case.

But evidently, that's just not news.

Sad to say, except for those of you who watched Brit Hume last night, "you read it here first."

Hatched by Dafydd on this day, October 15, 2005, at the time of 2:51 PM

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Comments

The following hissed in response by: RBMN

If celebrities like George Clooney are looking for the modern Joe McCarthy, for politically-motivated persecution, here it is....

But, I guess I won't hold my breath waiting for Clooney's outrage and indignation over Ronnie Earle's abuse of power.

Red good. Red State bad.

The above hissed in response by: RBMN [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 15, 2005 3:27 PM

The following hissed in response by: F. N. Owl

> "factually similar" to the document

Fake but accurate.

The above hissed in response by: F. N. Owl [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 15, 2005 4:04 PM

The following hissed in response by: KarmiCommunist

Humble me is going to re-read this one, since i'm trying to recover from my fishbait selling addiction whilst moving to the financial prospects of selling Tsantsas (AKA "Shrunken Heads").

The above hissed in response by: KarmiCommunist [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 15, 2005 6:03 PM

The following hissed in response by: KarmiCommunist

He was unable to produce "said" document. Not that he didn't produce A document; he simply said he was "unable to authoritatively confirm" that it was in fact THE document mentioned in the indictment. However, he rallied, the document he produced was "factually similar" to the document upon which the entire indictment rested!

Ummmmm...reminds me of a Violation of Probation that i once went through. Probation Officers in Suwannee County, Florida did not like the fact that humble former ex-convict me had challenged them by taking their archaic charges of cohabiting with Ms. Jayah to the Gainesville Sun in Alachua County, Florida. That led to the AP, and eventually (as in months after spending time in the Live Oak jail) to Playboy and Penthouse, and finally to some Judge in Dade County, Florida (Miami) that held Jurisdiction Rights on my case.

Long story...anyway, the short version goes like this - the Miami Judge ordered my immediate release from the Live Oak Jail in Suwannee County, Flordia, and that i was to appear before him in about a week (i forget the exact times). My Public Defender in Live Oak had said that i was facing "Life in Prison" because humble me had been a "Habitual Criminal", and so this sudden release was quite the pleasurable experience, as one might imagine. i made my way from Live Oak that day, and finally arrived at my hut near Branford. i saw a Probation Officer leaving the area of my hut, so hid. After he was gone, i went to my hut, and found a note that asked me to contact him. Like a dummy, i did.

OK, this same Probation Officer had previously charged me on Violation of Probation for possessing marijuana that he had planted in my hut. This time, he charged me with Possession of Marijuana, and took me back to the Live Oak jail. Yes, it is being charged twice for the same crime, but rights change when one is on Parole or Probation; however, the second charge for the same thing did offer a bond this time. Much to the dismay of the Suwannee County Probation Office, i made bond quickly, and headed directly to Miami...non-stop this time!!!

My Public Defender in Miami was great. He subpoenaed my Probation Officer and the Police Officer that arrested me. He ripped them apart, and the Judge freed me from my Probation, adding that he had never seen such an "illegal search".

Dafydd, trust me...this is the short version!!! OK, i will shorten it even more. i still faced the second charge in Live Oak on the same planted Possession of Marijuana charge. Transcripts changed from Miami to Live Oak, don't ask me how, and the Live Oak Judge said that he had known the Police Officer for years, and that i was guilty.

Split the Baby is what my Public Defender in Live Oak said that the Judge did by not sending me to Prison for Life. He added, that should i appeal the sentence, the Prosecution could appeal the sentence also, since the Judge had sentenced me below the "guidelines". i was back on Probation instead of being back in Prison, and siliently left Suwannee County forever.

Karmi

The above hissed in response by: KarmiCommunist [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 15, 2005 7:26 PM

The following hissed in response by: KarmiCommunist

I wanted to link to an article about this latest Keystone Kops escapade, but amazingly enough, at this point, I cannot find a single article about this absurdity -- not even on FoxNews.com.

MSM has muddied the story so much now, that i forget how many Juries that Earle has gone through in order to get two indictments...one was not legal or out of date, the other was a rush job that took two Grand Juries, if i recall correctly. Justice in America ain't easy when we have Prosecutors akin to ******** Prosecutor, and protected by Mainstream Media. If Dan Rather was a Conservative reporter, he would be in Prison with his daughter, and with W. It will take America's "Silent Majority" to rid us of such **** behavior, in my humble opinion, and much of the "Silent Majority" still sleeps or watches MSM for news.

[Excisions due to Godwinisms. --DaH]

Do you know how to shrink a human head??? i know, i know...this is probably provocative. Anyway, the skull must be thrown away, since it is not shrinkable. Headhunters are onto something here, and learning their techniques might be useful if America loses. At this time, i am close to finding where Arafat is buried...*VERY* close.

Karmi
Karmic HeadHunter

The above hissed in response by: KarmiCommunist [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 15, 2005 7:57 PM

The following hissed in response by: KarmiCommunist

But evidently, that's just not news.

Dafydd,

If almost half of America supports Saddam and likeminded Terrorists, then won't you at least agree that America is about to get prunned???

KårmiÇømmünîs†
Karmic HeadHunter

The above hissed in response by: KarmiCommunist [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 15, 2005 8:09 PM

The following hissed in response by: Bill Faith

Dafydd, wasn't that nice of Karmi to give everyone an example of why it's good to put the commentors name at the top of every comment and not just the bottom?

The above hissed in response by: Bill Faith [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 15, 2005 11:55 PM

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