RSSSicko, Michael Moore, Faces US Treasury Probe for Travels to Cuba
Michael Moore’s latest “Sicko” stunt to Cuba has seemed to land the controversial 
movie director in some hot water with the US Treasury Department. It appears that Michael Moore did not get permission to go to Cuba and may have violated the US trade embargo restricting travel to Cuba. Oops. But of course its a Right Wing conspiracy against Moore. Laws be damed.
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control notified Moore in a letter dated May 2 that it was conducting a civil investigation for possible violations of the U.S. trade embargo restricting travel to Cuba. A copy of the letter was obtained Tuesday by the AP.
“This office has no record that a specific license was issued authorizing you to engage in travel-related transactions involving Cuba,” Dale Thompson, OFAC chief of general investigations and field operations, wrote in the letter to Moore.
The letter noted that Moore applied Oct. 12, 2006, for permission to go to Cuba “but no determination had been made by OFAC.” Moore sought permission to travel there under a provision for full-time journalists, the letter said.
According to the letter, Moore was given 20 business days to provide OFAC with such information as the date of travel and point of departure; the reason for the Cuba trip and his itinerary there; and the names and addresses of those who accompanied him, along with their reasons for going. (Yahoo News)
Read the letter to Michael Moore from the Department of Treasury at The Smoking Gun.
Of course Michael Moore is quick to have a response to his persecution by the Bush Administration. Funny thing that he could find no persecution of the Cuban people by Fidel Castro when he was in Cuba. Michael Moore’s selective persecution, who’s the SICKO?
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Ex-Teacher Angela Renee Comer Takes 10 Year Plea Deal in Sex Case
28 year old Angela Renee Comer pleaded guilty to having sex with a 14 year old boy 
and running off to Mexico. Under the plea agreement Comer will serve 10 years after facing a potential 20.
A former teacher charged with having sex with a 14-year-old middle school student and running off to Mexico with him pleaded guilty Wednesday to a sodomy charge.
Angela Renee Comer, 28, would serve 10 years in prison under her plea agreement, in which the prosecutor agreed to drop most other charges. Besides one count of third-degree sodomy, Comer pleaded guilty to one count of custodial interference.
She had faced up to 20 years on each of four counts of first-degree unlawful transaction with a minor and up to five years each for two counts of third-degree sodomy. (AP)
Angela Comer was arrested in Mexico in January of 2006.
Is this another case of a double standard? If the roles were reversed and Comer was a man would the sentence have been lowered? Angela Comer is eligible for parole in 2 years. How are we supposed to show that we care about the welfare of children if we are not willing to punish those who are guilty in a responsible manner? One really must wonder what is up lately with the rash of married female teachers having sex with students. It is a troubling trend, indeed.
Comer said she expects to be eligible for parole after serving 24 months of the sentence. She said she also will be required to complete a sex offender treatment program that takes from 12 to 18 months. Comer has been in jail for the 16 months since her arrest.
Comer also said since her arrest her ex-husband has not permitted her to see her 5-year-old son, who is autistic.
Daily Commentary – Thursday May 10th, 2007 – Restaurantuer Deserves Praise For Banning OJ Simpson
Dana discusses why:
- A Restaurantuer Deserves Praise For Banning OJ Simpson
The Dana Pretzer Show – Special Guests Mike McIntyre, Clint Van Zandt, and Art Woods
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Fighting the War on Terror, One Person At a Time
A plan to kill soldiers at Fort Dix was thwarted yesterday. The story was all over the media, but the intitial clue to stopping a possible terrorist attack is being credited to a Circuit City employee who saw suspicious behavior and contacted the proper authorities.
The clerk alerted Mount Laurel police about the video in January
2006, who then contacted the FBI, which launched the investigation.“Out of respect for our store associates and also to avoid
interfering with the investigation, we’re not doing interviews,”
Babb said. “This is in the midst of the early stages of an
investigation and we don’t want to do anything to interfere with
that. Babb declined to give the clerk’s name. via Home News Tribune Online.
The war on terror will be fought using the high tech tools by the government, but it will also be fought by people like you and I. Stay vigilent and observant and you too may save some lives.
