[Vision2020] Scandals

[Art Deco]

Perhaps one aspect of this issue is not being dwelt upon enough:  TIMELY 
REPORTING to appropriate law enforcement officials.

Whoever, regardless of political, social, or religious affiliation, knew of 
Foley's or ANYONE else's inappropriate or criminal behavior of a child 
sexual abuse nature should have reported it to law enforcement IMMEDIATELY 
upon receiving the information or coming to a reasonable suspicion.

I cannot say about DC, but most states have laws requiring practically 
instant reporting of suspected child abuse.  That these laws are routinely 
ignored and not enforced is one of the looming factors that help to enable 
and to perpetuate these crimes against innocent and naive victims.  When 
child sexual abuse is suspected, law enforcement should be the first to be 
informed (and IMMEDIATELY), not one's friends, lawyer, priest, bishop, or 
pastor.

Notifying law enforcement immediately and not others also can assist to 
bring about a timely arrest and to avoid having the offender escape to 
another jurisdiction, free to molest other children.

It is a shame that this issue has become a political weapon in the way that 
it has.  This particular instance with its national and global coverage 
could have been made a "teachable moment;"  a time to look at and discuss 
the realities of these crimes and how to deal with them more effectively.  I 
have not seen hardly any major coverage of this aspect of the issue -- the 
actual crimes and the many worldwide victims are only faceless, background, 
insignificant extras in the media coverage.

A corollary of this message is that citizens should insist that all elements 
of the criminal justice system take these crimes much more seriously and act 
much conscientiously and effectively.  Those in the system that don't should 
be replaced by those that will.


Shame on both parties and especially shame on the media - an important 
opportunity lost to make some positive change in the world.

Wayne A. Fox
1009 Karen Lane
PO Box 9421
Moscow, ID  83843

(208) 882-7975
waf at moscow.com




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "g. crabtree" <jampot at adelphia.net>
To: "Paul Rumelhart" <godshatter at yahoo.com>; "vision2020" 
<vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 6:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Scandals


> Spoken like a trusting Democrat. I agree about the creepy & stupid part 
> but,
> if the DNC or democrat operatives were aware of this situation months or
> even years earlier and waited till six weeks out from the mid terms to
> spring the nasty news for the advantage it would bring then I think that
> that has its own stink of nastiness (if not criminality) and deserves to 
> be
> made public.
>
> gc
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paul Rumelhart" <godshatter at yahoo.com>
> To: "vision2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 11:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Scandals
>
>
>> So responding in sexually-explicit ways to an underage staffer is
>> somehow ok if it's really a joke that's being played on you?  How is
>> this an improvement?  Now he's both creepy and stupid at the same time.
>>
>> Anyway, he's resigned.  That should be the end of it as far as I'm
>> concerned, at least from a political standpoint.  This arguing about who
>> knew what should stop.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> Pat Kraut wrote:
>>
>>>On the front page of the local newspaper tonight there is talk of
>>>scandals...but what scandal?
>>>This is from a blog and makes me question who started this and what and
>>>when
>>>did they know??
>>>Foleys a slime, no question but what is the rest of the story?? Dirty
>>>tricks
>>>to change the election?? I think dems should be put under oath also.
>>>
>>>After the Frenzy
>>>10/05 03:13 PM
>>>This is why it pays to wait and get more facts before joining the chorus
>>>of
>>>pundits and operatives demanding resignations.  I will revisit this 
>>>later.
>>>XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX MON OCT 5 2006 2:53:48 ET XXXXX
>>>
>>>CLAIM: FILTHY FOLEY ONLINE MESSAGES WERE PAGE PRANK GONE AWRY
>>>**World Exclusive**
>>>**Must Credit the DRUDGE REPORT**
>>>
>>>According to two people close to former congressional page Jordan Edmund,
>>>the now famous lurid AOL Instant Message exchanges that led to the
>>>resignation of Mark Foley were part of an online prank that by mistake 
>>>got
>>>into the hands of enemy political operatives, the DRUDGE REPORT can
>>>reveal.
>>>
>>>According to one Oklahoma source who knows the former page very well,
>>>Edmund, a conservative Republican, goaded Foley to type embarrassing
>>>comments that were then shared with a small group of young Hill 
>>>politicos.
>>>The prank went awry when the saved IM sessions got into the hands of
>>>political operatives favorable to Democrats. This source, an ally of
>>>Edmund,
>>>also adamantly proclaims that the former page is not a homosexual. The
>>>prank
>>>scenario was confirmed by a second associate of Edmund.
>>>
>>>The news come on the heels that former FBI Chief Louis Freeh has been
>>>named
>>>to investigate the mess.
>>>
>>>Developing...
>>>
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