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Land of the free? Nope, home of the Red States....
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Quote from ZZZzzzzzzz:
Of course it is Missouri, where Ashcroft resides...
Cops: Mayor tapped water customers for sex
Thursday, May 18, 2006; Posted: 6:28 p.m. EDT (22:28 GMT)
WALDRON, Arkansas (AP) -- The 72-year-old mayor of this Arkansas town was arrested this week on charges he sought sex from two women in exchange for preventing their water from being turned off.
One of the women told investigators she had been having sex with Troy Anderson for money for eight to 10 years, according to an affidavit.
She said Anderson paid her $25 per encounter and $60 for a late water deposit. He also allowed her to change the name on her overdue water bill to keep the service running, the affidavit said.
In February, the woman wore a recording device when Anderson picked her up for a sexual encounter, authorities said.
Anderson was released on bond Wednesday. He did not return repeated calls seeking comment.
In January, a second woman with a late water bill wore a recording device when she met the mayor at an apartment to seek his help getting custody of her granddaughter from the state Department of Health and Human Services.
Anderson offered her $100 for sex, grabbed her and exposed himself, the affidavit said.
The mayor was charged with abusing the public trust and patronizing a prostitute. An arraignment was scheduled for July 6.
Waldron is 100 miles west of Little Rock.
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Of course it is Arkansas, where Slick Willie is from.
Naturally, such abuse of power never happens in the Blue States, does it?
Election 2000, ARK. red state.
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Election 2004, ARK. red state.
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Election 2004, ARK. red state.
<img src=http://www.lawprofessorblogs.com/taxprof/linkimages/redbluemap360.jpg>
Quote from hapaboy:
Cops: Mayor tapped water customers for sex
Thursday, May 18, 2006; Posted: 6:28 p.m. EDT (22:28 GMT)
WALDRON, Arkansas (AP) -- The 72-year-old mayor of this Arkansas town was arrested this week on charges he sought sex from two women in exchange for preventing their water from being turned off.
One of the women told investigators she had been having sex with Troy Anderson for money for eight to 10 years, according to an affidavit.
She said Anderson paid her $25 per encounter and $60 for a late water deposit. He also allowed her to change the name on her overdue water bill to keep the service running, the affidavit said.
In February, the woman wore a recording device when Anderson picked her up for a sexual encounter, authorities said.
Anderson was released on bond Wednesday. He did not return repeated calls seeking comment.
In January, a second woman with a late water bill wore a recording device when she met the mayor at an apartment to seek his help getting custody of her granddaughter from the state Department of Health and Human Services.
Anderson offered her $100 for sex, grabbed her and exposed himself, the affidavit said.
The mayor was charged with abusing the public trust and patronizing a prostitute. An arraignment was scheduled for July 6.
Waldron is 100 miles west of Little Rock.
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Of course it is Arkansas, where Slick Willie is from.
Naturally, such abuse of power never happens in the Blue States, does it?
Missouri, home of the Ozarks, land of Ashcroft....
Ashcroft, who had to hide the boobs of statues for fear he might get an erection while speaking....
<img src=http://67.19.222.106/politics/graphics/ashcroft.jpg>
The issue at the heart of this piece is two Art Deco sculptures which have stood in the Great Hall of the Department of Justice since that headquarters building opened in 1936. Commissioned from German sculptor C. Paul Jennewein, the pair of 12-1/2 foot statues represent the Spirit of Justice and the Majesty of the Law: the former is a female figure draped in a toga, with raised arms and one exposed breast; the John Ashcroft latter is a male figure with a draped cloth covering his midsection. Press photographers over the years had sometimes taken advantage of the positioning of the statues to snap "boob in front of the boob" shots (such as a notorious photo of Edwin Meese, Attorney General during President Reagan's second term, holding a report on pornography aloft with the partially nude female statue visible behind him).
After John Ashcroft, the Attorney General during President George W. Bush's first term, was captured by press cameramen in similar shots, the media reported in January 2002 that Ashcroft had ordered (or approved) the Department of Justice's spending of $8,650 for drapes to hide the two statues because he didn't like being photographed in front of them (or, worse, that Ashcroft was a embarrassingly prudish Philistine who was offended by any representation of nudity). Department of Justice spokespersons maintained that the drapes were used not to hide the statues but to "provide a nice background for television cameras" during formal events; that the purchase had been made by a DoJ staffer on her own initiative to save the $2,000 per event cost of renting them; and that "the attorney general was not even aware of the situation." Critics held that the DoJ's disputing the issue of who actually authorized the purchase of the drapes was a smoke screen (since rental drapes were already being used to cover the statues); that the drapes were left hanging all the time and were not put in place only when televised events were being held in the Great Hall; and that even if Attorney General Ashcroft didn't know about or authorize the purchase, he certainly didn't order the drapes removed, either:
Great Hall
Whatever the truth of the "Drapegate" incident, poet, playwright, and journalist Claire Braz-Valentine used the issue as the basis for her poem quoted above, "An Open Letter to John Ashcroft," which she read (to much laughter) at the 2002 "In Celebration of the Muse," an annual poetry event at held Cabrillo College in Santa Cruz, California. A transcription of her poem began making the rounds of the Internet shortly afterwards (although somewhere along the way someone took the title a bit too literally and formatted the text as if it were an actual letter).
A QuickTime video of Ms. Braz-Valentine reading her poem at Cabrillo College can be viewed at the link below.
Update: John Ashcroft stepped down as Attorney General after the 2004 elections, and President Bush selected Alberto R. Gonzales as his replacement. On 24 June 2005, the blue drapes were quietly removed from the Great Hall, once again revealing the sculptures which had been hidden behind them for more than three years. According to a Department of Justice spokesman, the decision to remove the drapes was made by Paul Corts, assistant attorney general for administration, and Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales "agreed with the recommendation."
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/valentine.asp
Ashcroft, who had to hide the boobs of statues for fear he might get an erection while speaking....
<img src=http://67.19.222.106/politics/graphics/ashcroft.jpg>
The issue at the heart of this piece is two Art Deco sculptures which have stood in the Great Hall of the Department of Justice since that headquarters building opened in 1936. Commissioned from German sculptor C. Paul Jennewein, the pair of 12-1/2 foot statues represent the Spirit of Justice and the Majesty of the Law: the former is a female figure draped in a toga, with raised arms and one exposed breast; the John Ashcroft latter is a male figure with a draped cloth covering his midsection. Press photographers over the years had sometimes taken advantage of the positioning of the statues to snap "boob in front of the boob" shots (such as a notorious photo of Edwin Meese, Attorney General during President Reagan's second term, holding a report on pornography aloft with the partially nude female statue visible behind him).
After John Ashcroft, the Attorney General during President George W. Bush's first term, was captured by press cameramen in similar shots, the media reported in January 2002 that Ashcroft had ordered (or approved) the Department of Justice's spending of $8,650 for drapes to hide the two statues because he didn't like being photographed in front of them (or, worse, that Ashcroft was a embarrassingly prudish Philistine who was offended by any representation of nudity). Department of Justice spokespersons maintained that the drapes were used not to hide the statues but to "provide a nice background for television cameras" during formal events; that the purchase had been made by a DoJ staffer on her own initiative to save the $2,000 per event cost of renting them; and that "the attorney general was not even aware of the situation." Critics held that the DoJ's disputing the issue of who actually authorized the purchase of the drapes was a smoke screen (since rental drapes were already being used to cover the statues); that the drapes were left hanging all the time and were not put in place only when televised events were being held in the Great Hall; and that even if Attorney General Ashcroft didn't know about or authorize the purchase, he certainly didn't order the drapes removed, either:
Great Hall
Whatever the truth of the "Drapegate" incident, poet, playwright, and journalist Claire Braz-Valentine used the issue as the basis for her poem quoted above, "An Open Letter to John Ashcroft," which she read (to much laughter) at the 2002 "In Celebration of the Muse," an annual poetry event at held Cabrillo College in Santa Cruz, California. A transcription of her poem began making the rounds of the Internet shortly afterwards (although somewhere along the way someone took the title a bit too literally and formatted the text as if it were an actual letter).
A QuickTime video of Ms. Braz-Valentine reading her poem at Cabrillo College can be viewed at the link below.
Update: John Ashcroft stepped down as Attorney General after the 2004 elections, and President Bush selected Alberto R. Gonzales as his replacement. On 24 June 2005, the blue drapes were quietly removed from the Great Hall, once again revealing the sculptures which had been hidden behind them for more than three years. According to a Department of Justice spokesman, the decision to remove the drapes was made by Paul Corts, assistant attorney general for administration, and Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales "agreed with the recommendation."
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/valentine.asp
Quote from hapaboy:
Doh! I'm aware Arkansas is a red state.
I repeat: such abuse of power never happens in the Blue States, does it?
you know the people in Black Jack fighting for this law are probably the gayest ones in the town. they should just accept it already and not exact their denial on others
Quote from fhl:
You mean if you violate homeowners assoc rules, you can't be kicked out? yeah, right. lol
no. of course the homeowner's association can kick out people who have volunteered to be subject to its rules, and who later break them.
but it cannot impose its rules, by force, on unwilling people. the state can.
hence the false analogy.