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RBHam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 11:16 PM
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Rigged election whistleblower suicided.
The BFEE get away with murder again.

http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00001243.htm
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ashmanonar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 11:19 PM
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1. seems like it's happening a lot lately...
just another thing to fear...
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 11:21 PM
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2. OMG
This is very important. This proves to me they are onto what's going on. This is even more proof, to me, that they stole the election and the people who were working on this. I hope other's have security. Why wasn't he protected? That poor man. God bless his soul. :cry: First the right wing "election reform" group, then what happened with Carter and those theories and now this.
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RBHam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 11:25 PM
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3. keep this kicked and nominate the page...
everyone needs to know how far they will go.
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Zan_of_Texas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 04:15 PM
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57. I object to the way this thread is titled. It is misleading.
Anyone familiar with this case knows there are a lot of unanswered questions with the death of investigator. This is not a new case, but the title "suicided" makes it seem like a new death.

This kind of thread title does not make me want to read DU threads.

In the future, please be accurate.

Like: BradBlog's update on the Lemme death (Curtis investigator)
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jojo54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 11:27 PM
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4. If you've got the stomach, go to the photos
The blog says,

"However, the photographs above -- reprinted as they were
original posted on the Internet -- show a very specific dark
patch on the right side of Lemme's neck which appear
to be possible substantial bruising."

Yea, it's there all right. Looks like someone got him with a tire iron or reasonable facimile. And there's another photo of the bathroom sink, the next day's needs lined up real pretty. A person who's comtemplating suicide will not take the time to set out his personal items for the next day. IMHO.

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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 11:33 PM
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6. Exactly
I don't have the stomach for that stuff so I didn't go and didn't want to have bad images when I go to bed (made that mistake watching a JFK asssisination video with graphics and that was a bad move). I don't think you'd lay things out either. Someone got him for sure and tried to make it look like he did suicide. :( He was supposed to speak in Nashville too coming up. :(
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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 11:35 PM
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7. I noticed the toiletries and personal items lined up...
...on the counter. It looked staged to me.

Who lines up their stuff like that?

Also--I have a question. If someone is knocked out, then "suicided", wouldn't forensic investigators be able to determine that?

Wouldn't they be able to tell if the person made the cuts themselves, or if someone else did it?

This is some really scary stuff.
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tommcintyre Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 01:18 AM
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23. No autopsy since he "conveniently" crossed the border into Georgia
even though he was from Florida. And I believe the body was quickly cremated.

Like I said, VERY convenient.
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burrowowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 01:24 AM
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24. And a bottle of water
not spirits!?! Huummmmmm!?
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wildwww2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 03:51 AM
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32. Forensic investigators can be suicided too. And the BFEE knows that.
So I expect this to get the Baxter treatment. And the prostitute press will ignore it.
Peace
Wildman
Al Gore is My President
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KurtNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 03:47 PM
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54. Look at the handwriting on the note versus his signature
Edited on Fri Apr-08-05 03:50 PM by KurtNYC
A couple things stand out I think.

The handwriting in the note has a neat feminine character to it. His signature however is masculine and less legible.

The "y" in his signature is very different from the one in the word "Mary".

Why write the time on the note?

The word "love" is the only word written in single unjoined letters; twice. This usually indicates discomfort on the part of the writer but there are few other signs of discomfort in the handwriting.

Very concise, vague and generic for a suicide note.

On the flip side, the family has not quibbled with the handwriting being his.
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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 10:16 PM
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59. There are actually some psychological reasons
why a person's handwriting might show that kind of variability when they're under unusual stress.
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 12:34 PM
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46. Did he try to hang himself (with his belt) first?
That would account for the bruise on his neck.:shrug:
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Greenbeard Donating Member (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 11:32 PM
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5. Sad times
They are taking down our leaders and soldiers in the trenches one by one. Looks like we are going to have to move forward together. They can't take us all. Right?
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rocktop15 Donating Member (376 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 11:39 PM
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8. This is scary.
Thats about all I can say right now. Eerie and scary.
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DearAbby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 11:41 PM
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9. Kicked and nominated....The lengths these people will go
:scared:
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undergroundpanther Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 11:47 PM
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10. KICK!
Somehow these pigs need to be stopped and their games exposed for all to see.No more hiding for these slime!!I don't care how much money they have.Money should not protect the corrupt.Fuck their hold on power that they never deserved to have to begin with.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 11:48 PM
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11. A lot of weirdness
Edited on Thu Apr-07-05 11:48 PM by FreedomAngel82
And it's so true that he was murdered and not suicided I think. Brad Blog has a lot of great reporting on this. They note how in the "suicide note" he didn't mention anything of his daughters upcoming wedding. Wouldn't you think he would mention that? And why would he take his life if he was so excited for her wedding? Definietly a murder. Only who?
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 11:52 PM
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12. Oh
and just want to clerfiy for me but the person who was killed was Raymond Lemme and not Clint Curtis right?
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Terre Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 12:23 AM
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15. Raymond Lemme was the victim - not Clint n/t
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ngGale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 12:20 AM
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13. The dead give away is the police...
denying there are photos. Obviously, this is not true!
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lyonn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 12:22 AM
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14. Why so long getting this story out?
If this is the straight story, why are we not hearing about it in the media? Our voting situation is the most corrupt thing this Admin. has managed to put over on this country. I still have a hard time believing it is truly this bad. Our party seems to basically ignore what is going on. My gawd, paper trails is a no brainer. A whistleblower that has proof backing what they claim should get plenty of press, I've noticed when it comes to this Admin. it gets swept under the rug. A person could get injured telling this sort of thing!
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 12:40 AM
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19. You really have to ask about the media?
:crazy:
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flyarm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:58 AM
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31. thos story has been out there..check the date!!
this has been discussed here numerous times ..and it has been passed around here in fla over and over...please check the date..its about a month old.

but it is still very relevant!!

fly
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 06:07 AM
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42. Thanks for the post flyarm...had not read this even though apparently
a month old. Adding to the list!
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sharman Donating Member (143 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 12:32 AM
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16. Wheew
I'd seen the Bradblog thing some weeks ago; when I saw this title, I thought omigod, another one?

Some very very very awesome detective work over there (hundreds of comments on the sleuth thread), and also by Curtis. For example, the police concluded suicide in large part because the door was bolted from the inside. Curtis demonstrated how easily one can bolt the door from the outside.

At one point, Bradblog teased that a national newsmag might be interested in the story, and there was more to come. Sadly, I haven't seen anything new since.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 12:51 AM
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21. Very nice blog
I have been checking out brad blog lately for stuff. I like them pretty well and first found out about them when the election reform stuff started happening. People over there have made some great points and weird stuff. How he was found in the bath tub but blood was in other places in the bathroom and how everything was SO perfect and on the note it had the time at the top and he didn't mention anything about his daughters wedding who according to family and friends he was very excited about since this was his only daughter/child. Of course people are good at hiding their feelings but just the whole crime scene in general is what's weird and how he didn't say goodbye to his daughter in the note.
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burn the bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 12:35 AM
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17. This story is old news. Man u freaked me out. I thought Clinton Curtis ha
had been killed. This investigation has been closed again hasn't it?
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 12:44 AM
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20. I also thought Clint had been taken out. Yikes. This IS old.
I mean, the whole Lemme-Curtis-YEI madness is essential reading for any non-Bush supporter, I feel, but this is a really old piece of news. Had the "suicide" of Raymond Lemme been closed again? I didn't think the Georgia police were quite done with their whitewash reinvestigation yet. I might go check that out now.
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 12:39 AM
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18. kick
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KC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 12:57 AM
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22. The website must be down
I get all sorts of weird stuff on it, then the actual post has lines through every line.
Weird

KC
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tommcintyre Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 01:26 AM
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25. Clint Curtis (and Brad) will be speaking at the NATIONAL ELECTION CONF
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WearyOne Donating Member (490 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 01:31 AM
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26. nothing in the suicide note to his only daughter..this doesn't ring
true. A man suiciding would tell his daughter he loved her and ask for her forgiveness..not a nebulous statement like "I love my family" which sounds like it was written by someone who didn't actually know who was in the family.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 01:40 AM
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27. Exactly
Especially if she was planning on getting married and she was his only child.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:08 AM
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30. No apology for missing the wedding, either.
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T Town Jake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 01:44 AM
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28. It's the Gunpowder Plot all over again!!!
Bring back Cromwell!!!

/sarcasm
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:06 AM
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29. The handwriting on the note
Is very stripped down. Almost school form.

For whatever reason, I believe that the person who wrote the note believed he had no future. The tall letters seem too short.

The 6/30 signature, however, is signed by someone who definitely is enjoying life, big lower loop, tall, dominant caps.

The word "depressed" in the note gets smaller and tighter toward the end and the ink pools in the final stroke which looks like a dot. Was he getting angry at what he was being asked to write? It also pools in the final stroke of the "am" before "depressed." The "am" in the line above doesn't have that.

The capital "I"s are tight and cautious. And short. No future. The m's and n's are needles. He thinks fast and the deep vee valleys between the needles are his strong analytical abilities.

He says he's in pain. I don't see pain. Certainly his hands don't hurt. He has good rhythm and control in the handwriting. Pain does terrible things to handwriting and I don't see it here.

There's no downward slant, either.
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KurtNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 03:56 PM
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55. I would love to compare this note to the handwriting of
Det. Shannon Floyd.

Writing the time up in the corner still bugs me. Detectives think about time of day but people committing suicide?
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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 05:08 AM
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34. leftist? so what might you be, dearie?
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tommcintyre Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 05:55 AM
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40. Did a troll just "suicide"?
Except this time, I think he REALLY did! I have to admit, it IS fun to watch them self-destruct sometimes. :evilgrin:
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 05:13 AM
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38. Tom DeLay eats cockroaches
and so do you! :D

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rooboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 05:26 AM
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39. I'm thinking you have "fun" with boys and girls quite a bit. n/t
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tommcintyre Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 05:57 AM
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41. Some good Curtis links here:
Computer expert testifies before the US House Judiciary Committee that he was hired to write a program to flip the votes electronically:
- Article: http://www.newtimesbpb.com/issues/2005-02-10/news/news....
- Video: Clinton Curtis testifies before House Judiciary
http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00001063.htm
- Transcript of video: http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2004/12/13/18416/541/7...
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RBHam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 12:30 PM
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44. without knowing anything...
your call.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:09 PM
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Lone Pawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 12:33 PM
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45. Oh, please. And Clinton left a trail of murders too.
For God's sakes, your rhetoric, 'evidence,' conclusions and chains of thought are EXACTLY--and I mean EXACTLY--the same as the Clinton Killed Twenty People nutjobs over on FR.
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cyberpj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 12:36 PM
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47. Last blog post before yesterday was 03/20 - If Brad is listening...
perhaps one of the more recent entries on the blog about Carter isn't as odd as first thought - he would have GA connections and he IS involved in election fraud.

I'm so sick of the crap that keeps happening without question under this administration I could scream.

Isn't there anyone willing to join forces and expose what's been happening? They couldn't possibly off an entire group and get away with it. (I don't even want to go there.)

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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 12:37 PM
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48. That's an old article.
No updates in a month?
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AuntiBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 01:12 PM
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49. Where are our MEDIA REPORTERS!?!?!?
What aren't they DOING THEIR JOBS? OMG. If this had been a white gal, they'd be over like flies on you know what. And I'm white, for the damn record.

This is a disgrace! Sure, had he died in FL an autopsy would had to have been done; in GA I can't believe there is no law on that.

How convenient. Where are our damn real reporters on the main networks? Good thing for them I'm not the widow. She needs to stand up and somehow be heard, be counted! How about the daughter?

A disgrace!

:patriot:
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:26 PM
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52. I think something is up
According to BradBlog's reporting he was working on something pretty big and was excited about it. I don't think he told anybody outside his work what the investigating was about. Could someone have been spying on him and following and because he was so close to something they got rid of him? Did he keep his information backed up in a safe or anything like that or just in his head? :shrug: I've noticed if someone really tries to uncover things like this that are connected to very high profiled people the only way they get rid of the information is either to threaten them or to get rid of them.
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tommcintyre Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 03:24 PM
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53. Listen to the archived blogcall2 for more info
http://www.whiterosesociety.org/Blogcall.html

BlogCall2: with Brad Friedman and Clint Curtis on the story first broken by Bradblog.com on a software program rig the Florida election. Click Here To Listen!

This occurred right when the "suicide" case was reopened by the police. A lot of the discussion on the call focused on the details of this. If I recall correctly, it came up that the file folder of hard evidence "disappeared".

If you'd like to know more, this call is definitely worth listening to, since bloggers were able to ask both Brad and Clint questions.
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 01:16 PM
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50. Culture of life, my 'okole.
no translation necessary :-)
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loudsue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 04:09 PM
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56. The photos show that guy was beaten up, and it looks like his neck was
broken...before he died (bruising).

You've got to hand it to those Georgia sheriffs....they're too busy getting to the Dunkin' Diner to bother with some steenkin' investigations!!

Suicide indeed. Can't they dream up something better than that?

:kick::kick::kick:
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nebula Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 04:34 PM
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58. What motive could he possibly have
for suicide?

Do these corrupt pigs have an answer for that one?
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-09-05 02:09 AM
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60. kick
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Melynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-09-05 04:16 AM
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61. BushCo can't afford any lose ends.
The neo-cons are on the verge of absolute power with the Senate getting ready with doing away with the filibuster rule. Anything interfering with their agenda must be eliminated. Pure and Simple.
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