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I hope not. Did you know Richard Reid had been convicted and sentenced? Maybe I did, but I'll be danged if I remember it. I mix him and Moussoui up, yeah, I DO know the differences. Reid is ugly.
Exploding Shoes
By: Cpl. Blondie on 20040615
Remember the guy who got on a plane with a bomb
built into his shoe and tried to light it?
Did you know his trial is over?
Did you know he was sentenced?
Did you see/hear any of the judge's comments on
TV/Radio?
Didn't think so.
Everyone should hear what the judge had to say.
Ruling by Judge William Young US District Court.
Prior to sentencing, the Judge asked the defendant
If he had anything to say.
His response: After admitting his guilt to the court
for the record, Reid also admitted his "allegiance
to Osama bin Laden, to Islam, and to the religion of Allah,"
defiantly stated "I think I ought not apologize for my actions," and
told the court "I am at war with your country."
Judge Young then delivered the statement quoted
below, a stinging condemnation of Reid in particular
and terrorists in general.
Continue reading "Exploding Shoes"... »
January 30, 2003 United States vs. Reid. Judge
Young: Mr. Richard C. Reid, hearken now to the
sentence the Court imposes upon you. On counts 1, 5
and 6 the Court sentences you to life in prison in
the custody of the United States Attorney General.
On counts 2, 3, 4 and 7, the Court sentences you to
20 years in prison on each count, the sentence on
each count to run consecutive with the other.
That's 80 years. On count 8 the Court sentences you
to the mandatory 30 years consecutive to the 80
years just imposed. The Court imposes upon you each
of the eight counts a fine of $250,000 for the
aggregate fine of $2 million. The Court accepts the government's
recommendation with respect to restitution and orders restitution in
the amount of $298.17 to Andre Bousquet and $5,784 to American
Airlines. The Court imposes upon you the $800
special assessment.
The Court imposes upon you five years supervised
release simply because the law requires it. But the
life sentences are real life sentences so I need go
no further. This is the sentence that is provided
for by our statutes. It is a fair and just sentence.
It is a righteous sentence. Let me explain this to
you. We are not afraid of you or any of your
terrorist co-conspirators, Mr. Reid. We are
Americans We have been through the fire before.
There is all too much war talk here. And I say that
to everyone with the utmost respect. Here in this
court, where we deal with individuals as
individuals, and care for individuals as
individuals. As human beings, we reach out for
justice.
You are not an enemy combatant. You are a terrorist.
You are not a soldier in any war. You are a
terrorist. To give you that reference, to call you a soldier, gives
you far too much stature. Whether it is the officers of government
who do it or your attorney who does it, or that happens to be your
view, you are a terrorist. And we do not negotiate
with terrorists. We do not treat with terrorists. We
do not sign documents with terrorists. We hunt them
down one by one and bring them to justice.
So war talk is way out of line in this court. You
are a big fellow. But you are not that big. You're
no warrior. I know warriors. You are a terrorist. A
species of criminal guilty of multiple attempted
murders. In a very real sense, State Trooper
Santiago had it right when you first were taken off
that plane and into custody and you wondered where
the press and where the TV crews were, and he said
you're no big deal.
You're no big deal.
What your counsel, what your able counsel and what
the equally able United States attorneys have
grappled with and what I have as honestly as I know
how tried to grapple with, is why you did something
so horrific. What was it that led you here to this courtroom today?
I have listened respectfully to what you have to
say. And I ask you to search your heart and ask
yourself what sort of unfathomable hate led you to
do what you are guilty and admit you are guilty of
doing. And I have an answer for you. It may not
satisfy you. But as I search this entire record, it
comes as close to understanding as I know.
It seems to me you hate the one thing that is most
precious. You hate our freedom. Our individual
freedom. Our individual freedom to live as we
choose, to come and go as we choose, to believe or
not believe as we individually choose. Here, in
this society, the very winds carry freedom. They
carry it everywhere from sea to shining sea. It is
because we prize individual freedom so much that you
are here in this beautiful courtroom. So that
everyone can see, truly see that justice is
administered fairly, individually, and discretely.
It is for freedom's sake that your lawyers are
striving so vigorously on your behalf and have filed
appeals, will go on in their representation of you
before other judges.
We are about it. Because we all know that the way we
treat you, Mr. Reid, is the measure of our own
liberties. Make no mistake though. It is yet true
that we will bare any burden; pay any price, to
preserve our freedoms. Look around this courtroom.
Mark it well. The world is not going to long
remember what you or I say here. Day after tomorrow
it will be forgotten. But this, however, will long
endure Here in this courtroom and courtrooms all
across America, the American people will gather to
see that justice, individual justice, justice,not
war, individual justice is in fact being done. The
very President of the United States through his
officers will have to come into courtrooms and lay
out evidence on which specific matters can be
judged, and juries of citizens will gather to sit
and judge that evidence democratically, to mold and
shape and refine our sense of justice.
See that flag, Mr. Reid? That's the flag of the
United States of America. That flag will fly there
long after this is all forgotten. That flag stands
for freedom. You know it always will.
Mr. Custody Officer. Stand him down.
I think we should have blown up his shoes with him in it but thats just my opinion and this was a much better solution and it makes me damn proud to be an American and a United States Marine.
I hope not. Did you know Richard Reid had been convicted and sentenced? Maybe I did, but I'll be danged if I remember it. I mix him and Moussoui up, yeah, I DO know the differences. Reid is ugly.
Exploding Shoes
By: Cpl. Blondie on 20040615
Remember the guy who got on a plane with a bomb
built into his shoe and tried to light it?
Did you know his trial is over?
Did you know he was sentenced?
Did you see/hear any of the judge's comments on
TV/Radio?
Didn't think so.
Everyone should hear what the judge had to say.
Ruling by Judge William Young US District Court.
Prior to sentencing, the Judge asked the defendant
If he had anything to say.
His response: After admitting his guilt to the court
for the record, Reid also admitted his "allegiance
to Osama bin Laden, to Islam, and to the religion of Allah,"
defiantly stated "I think I ought not apologize for my actions," and
told the court "I am at war with your country."
Judge Young then delivered the statement quoted
below, a stinging condemnation of Reid in particular
and terrorists in general.
Continue reading "Exploding Shoes"... »
January 30, 2003 United States vs. Reid. Judge
Young: Mr. Richard C. Reid, hearken now to the
sentence the Court imposes upon you. On counts 1, 5
and 6 the Court sentences you to life in prison in
the custody of the United States Attorney General.
On counts 2, 3, 4 and 7, the Court sentences you to
20 years in prison on each count, the sentence on
each count to run consecutive with the other.
That's 80 years. On count 8 the Court sentences you
to the mandatory 30 years consecutive to the 80
years just imposed. The Court imposes upon you each
of the eight counts a fine of $250,000 for the
aggregate fine of $2 million. The Court accepts the government's
recommendation with respect to restitution and orders restitution in
the amount of $298.17 to Andre Bousquet and $5,784 to American
Airlines. The Court imposes upon you the $800
special assessment.
The Court imposes upon you five years supervised
release simply because the law requires it. But the
life sentences are real life sentences so I need go
no further. This is the sentence that is provided
for by our statutes. It is a fair and just sentence.
It is a righteous sentence. Let me explain this to
you. We are not afraid of you or any of your
terrorist co-conspirators, Mr. Reid. We are
Americans We have been through the fire before.
There is all too much war talk here. And I say that
to everyone with the utmost respect. Here in this
court, where we deal with individuals as
individuals, and care for individuals as
individuals. As human beings, we reach out for
justice.
You are not an enemy combatant. You are a terrorist.
You are not a soldier in any war. You are a
terrorist. To give you that reference, to call you a soldier, gives
you far too much stature. Whether it is the officers of government
who do it or your attorney who does it, or that happens to be your
view, you are a terrorist. And we do not negotiate
with terrorists. We do not treat with terrorists. We
do not sign documents with terrorists. We hunt them
down one by one and bring them to justice.
So war talk is way out of line in this court. You
are a big fellow. But you are not that big. You're
no warrior. I know warriors. You are a terrorist. A
species of criminal guilty of multiple attempted
murders. In a very real sense, State Trooper
Santiago had it right when you first were taken off
that plane and into custody and you wondered where
the press and where the TV crews were, and he said
you're no big deal.
You're no big deal.
What your counsel, what your able counsel and what
the equally able United States attorneys have
grappled with and what I have as honestly as I know
how tried to grapple with, is why you did something
so horrific. What was it that led you here to this courtroom today?
I have listened respectfully to what you have to
say. And I ask you to search your heart and ask
yourself what sort of unfathomable hate led you to
do what you are guilty and admit you are guilty of
doing. And I have an answer for you. It may not
satisfy you. But as I search this entire record, it
comes as close to understanding as I know.
It seems to me you hate the one thing that is most
precious. You hate our freedom. Our individual
freedom. Our individual freedom to live as we
choose, to come and go as we choose, to believe or
not believe as we individually choose. Here, in
this society, the very winds carry freedom. They
carry it everywhere from sea to shining sea. It is
because we prize individual freedom so much that you
are here in this beautiful courtroom. So that
everyone can see, truly see that justice is
administered fairly, individually, and discretely.
It is for freedom's sake that your lawyers are
striving so vigorously on your behalf and have filed
appeals, will go on in their representation of you
before other judges.
We are about it. Because we all know that the way we
treat you, Mr. Reid, is the measure of our own
liberties. Make no mistake though. It is yet true
that we will bare any burden; pay any price, to
preserve our freedoms. Look around this courtroom.
Mark it well. The world is not going to long
remember what you or I say here. Day after tomorrow
it will be forgotten. But this, however, will long
endure Here in this courtroom and courtrooms all
across America, the American people will gather to
see that justice, individual justice, justice,not
war, individual justice is in fact being done. The
very President of the United States through his
officers will have to come into courtrooms and lay
out evidence on which specific matters can be
judged, and juries of citizens will gather to sit
and judge that evidence democratically, to mold and
shape and refine our sense of justice.
See that flag, Mr. Reid? That's the flag of the
United States of America. That flag will fly there
long after this is all forgotten. That flag stands
for freedom. You know it always will.
Mr. Custody Officer. Stand him down.
I think we should have blown up his shoes with him in it but thats just my opinion and this was a much better solution and it makes me damn proud to be an American and a United States Marine.
