07:12 - 14 September 2004
wake up america its not all baseball
yea! pitch to barry! we are all tired of seeing managers hold up 4 fingers when barry comes to the plate thats not the way to play the game! well, tonight, my eyes will be peeled on MLB.COM
i can watch the games live on my puter!
isnt technology wonderful? heheheee.
not much goin on around here, ho-hum!
well, september is almost over with! sheesh! this year is just flying past!
pretty soon, it will be "feel so sorry for the homeless, and relieve your guilt season" otherwise known as thanksgiving and christmas! its the time of year when the media comes by with tv cameras, and films us eating some type of "fancy" dinner, so they can put it on tv. i hate this! most people i know hate this! why is it that people only focus on homeless during the holidays? people are homeless 365 days a year, not just during the "holidays"!! ah well....nuffin i can do about it! i just hope this winter will be a mild winter.
im watchin the today show right now, i like matt laurer, right now, he is interviewing kitty kelley, who just wrote another book, this time, she wrote about bush and his family, and he is bashing her good! i dont like bush, this kitty kelly is a trashy crusty hoo de hoo. you should see her pleading with matt in this interview! i read her book about frank sinatra, and it was full of lies. the way she writes is like reading the national enquirer! sheesh! well, i hope y'all have a wonderful day, i know i will!
one more thing! pay attention BUSH SUPPORTERS!!! this really pisses me off to no end! i just read the following article in todays san francisco chronicle, and its just another example of how BUSH and his THUGS are ERODING our CIVIL LIBERTIES!!! STOP THE MADNESS!!VOTE FOR KERRY IN NOVEMBER!! OUR DEMOCRACY IS IN DANGER!!! WAKE UP AMERICA!!!! Justice to probe Patriot Act abuse Mismatched fingerprint led to detention!!! BY: Dan Eggen, Washington Post Tuesday, September 14, 2004 Washington -- The Justice Department has launched two internal investigations into the arrest of Oregon lawyer Brandon Mayfield, who was detained by the FBI earlier this year because of a faulty fingerprint analysis that wrongly linked him to the deadly terrorist bombings in Madrid, according to a report released Monday. Inspector General Glenn Fine is investigating the FBI's conduct in the case, including whether Mayfield was targeted in part because of his Muslim beliefs, according to a report to Congress released by Fine's office. Separately, the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility is examining the role of federal prosecutors in the case, the report said. The FBI publicly apologized to Mayfield in May after admitting it had erroneously matched his fingerprint to a latent print found on a bag of bomb detonators linked to the Madrid train bombings, which killed 191 people March 11. Spanish authorities first raised doubts about the FBI's judgment and ultimately identified the print as belonging to an Algerian man. Mayfield, a convert to Islam, spent two weeks in jail. Fine's office is investigating his complaint that "the FBI inappropriately conducted a surreptitious search of his home based on the faulty fingerprint analysis and potentially motivated by his Muslim faith and ties to the Muslim community," the report said. The disclosure of the internal probes was included in a broader report that details investigations of alleged civil rights and civil liberties abuses by the Justice Department under the USA Patriot Act, the controversial anti- terrorism law approved after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The legislation allows Fine to investigate such complaints if they involve Justice employees or contractors. Fine said his office had received more than 1,600 complaints during the six months ending June 21, but only 13 required additional investigation. More than 1,400 of the complaints were considered frivolous, did not involve the Justice Department or were outside Fine's jurisdiction. Michigan Rep. John Conyers Jr., ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, said Mayfield's case illustrated the government's abuse of secrecy rules. "Were it not for the Spanish government and its persistence, (Attorney General) John Ashcroft would still be holding Brandon Mayfield," Conyers said in a statement. "What this tells us is that, without open and accountable government, we will never know how many people have had their rights violated by federal agents, and how many people are held without charges today." Conyers also said Monday that Ashcroft had spent about $200,000 in taxpayer money on trips to 32 cities in August and September 2003 to drum up support for the Patriot Act. A report on the expenses from the Government Accountability Office is scheduled to be released this week.
