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    McCain Demands Justice For Long-Dead Boxer

    John Forte, His Hair Finally Free

    Was Pardoning a Dead Guy Bush's Consolation Prize for Israel?

    Bush Issues Bizarre Pardons To No One Currently Serving Time

    How Carly Simon Got Orrin Hatch To Free John Forte

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    Image of Kirth Kirth
    04/01/09

    In reply to McCain Demands Justice For Long-Dead Boxer
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    To the withered, old eyes of John McCain't, Jack Johnson is the only black man who NEEDS a pardon.


    You could put names into a hat and pick a black man currently incarcerated who needs a pardon.


    But they're still alive. Where's the "honor" in that?


    ..

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    Image of freedc freedc
    04/01/09

    @Kirth: Agreed. One in three black men is currently in prison or on parole/probation. Where's the outcry over that? Or the other 2+ million of all colors of people locked up in our money-making warehouses?


    That said, Jack Johnson should be pardoned and I guess I'm happy McCain is fighting for it. PBS had the most amazing documentary on Jack a couple of years ago if anyone wants to learn more. It was long, like 4 hours, but great.

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    Image of NinaHagen NinaHagen
    04/01/09

    In reply to McCain Demands Justice For Long-Dead Boxer
    Factoid of the day: George Pataki pardoned Lenny Bruce.
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    Image of homoviper homoviper
    04/01/09

    In reply to McCain Demands Justice For Long-Dead Boxer
    My favorite Miles Davis album..
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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    04/01/09

    In reply to McCain Demands Justice For Long-Dead Boxer
    A pardon for a long-dead boxer "ain't gonna fly," but all that other stuff -- a misbegotten war, torture, pillaging the Treasury, etc. -- well, all that DID fly.
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    Image of shostakobitch shostakobitch
    04/01/09

    In reply to McCain Demands Justice For Long-Dead Boxer
    At least Bob Dylan didn't write an annoying song about Johnson.


    And when I sleep with a white woman, it kind of feels like a crime.

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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    04/01/09

    @shostakobitch: Only if you do it right, baby!
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    Image of jasonelias jasonelias
    04/01/09

    In reply to McCain Demands Justice For Long-Dead Boxer
    I know Jack Johnson's going to be glad those changes were finally dropped. To tell the truth, I'm tired of hearing him complain.
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    Image of Sarcastro Sarcastro
    04/01/09

    In reply to McCain Demands Justice For Long-Dead Boxer
    I slept with a white woman just last week. Though I did not run afoul of the law, it wasn't that great, actually.
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    Image of uninspired uninspired
    04/01/09

    In reply to McCain Demands Justice For Long-Dead Boxer
    Rove would only pardon Johnson on the condition he first leak state secrets to the press.
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    Image of Kid Twist Kid Twist
    04/01/09

    In reply to McCain Demands Justice For Long-Dead Boxer
    Wait, Pareene wrote about a Republican without swearing? Is this Gawker's April Fool's post?
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    Image of Pareene Pareene
    04/01/09

    @Kid Twist: come on, man, i can't write a post on breakfast without swearing. this is the shittiest attempt at shaming your insidious hypocrite strawman version of me so far.


    you're tiresome and repetitive and since you CLEARLY think the same of me i'm not entirely sure why you keep showing up to drop your fucking monocle every time i criticize a republican.

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    Image of Kid Twist Kid Twist
    04/01/09

    @Pareene: Actually it was a shitty attempt at ribbing you. Sorry for the massive fail. But don't worry, from now on I'll only comment when I agree with you.
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    Image of shostakobitch shostakobitch
    01/26/09

    In reply to John Forte, His Hair Finally Free
    when asked for comment about forte's last minute pardon, marc rich had this to say . . .


    "I more than just a rhymer you still a small timer

    hopin that the game treat that ass a little kinda

    every step tango'd

    your beat don't concern me

    I'm eatin mangos in trinadad wit attorneys (oh yea)

    my crews slang flow worldwide like a current

    wit da every spot where nobody get insurance

    brotha do the math you ain't half near exotic

    my man's claim true - you - forget about it

    pope hoe just a new stance like my influence

    well recognize you a lie tryin do it

    got juice told your lady oops

    we nuts baby

    smooth and charizmatic automatic

    you gonna save me

    godbless the day that my sons survive

    we strive to teach the youth baby and stay alive"

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    Image of FaceMelter FaceMelter
    01/26/09

    In reply to John Forte, His Hair Finally Free
    Forte's release is a disgusting example of nepotism and a bastardization of the American legal system. The man was caught with over $1 million of cocaine. He was pardoned because he went to Philips Exeter and was friends with Carly Simon. There are people rotting in prison for much lesser crimes than his. The whole thing is really sick. Fuck you John Forte. You'll be back in prison within 5 years. Also, your solo album sucked.
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    Image of freedc freedc
    01/26/09

    @FaceMelter: It fucking sucks. He got off because he's rich and connected. 2+ MILLION warehoused in the U.S. and asshole black-sock wearing, hooker-fucking ex-prosecutor governors run around breaking the law. Our judicial system is becoming a bigger joke by the day.
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    Image of La Cieca La Cieca
    01/26/09

    In reply to John Forte, His Hair Finally Free
    In prison, it's important to be sure the hair below your waist is always looking its best.
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    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    12/25/08

    In reply to Was Pardoning a Dead Guy Bush's Consolation Prize for Israel?
    I'm very interested in this idea of pardoning dead people. Does it mean that Preston Bush is going to be pardoned for war profiteering after all these years (not to mention financially supporting the Nazi party and the German government well into 1943). Have his pathetic descendants not suffered enough?
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    Image of shortburstwritingtalent shortburstwritingtalent
    12/24/08

    In reply to Was Pardoning a Dead Guy Bush's Consolation Prize for Israel?
    Well, whether it was for an ally or not is a moot point.


    He did spy, and he did so for a nuclear nation. And he wasn't convicted of treason because he took a plea deal. Let's not misrepresent the facts here.

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    Image of JinxyMcDeath JinxyMcDeath
    12/24/08

    @shortburstwritingtalent: Can you read English? I'm discussing his excessive sentence...but I'm done discussing it now because quite frankly, your capacity to understand is in question.
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    Image of RonMwangaguhunga RonMwangaguhunga
    12/24/08

    In reply to Was Pardoning a Dead Guy Bush's Consolation Prize for Israel?
    Better question: Was Obama going shirtless consolation to the gays for his relative silence on Prop. 8?
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