<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span>I ran across an interesting commentary on this e-mail, which seems to have been circulating for some time. It's too long to post the text from all four blog posts. You can read them starting here: </span><a href="http://dailymull.com/1701/The-Shoe-Bomber-Email-Mystery" style="font-size: 12pt;">http://dailymull.com/1701/The-Shoe-Bomber-Email-Mystery</a></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">The analyst was confused to receive the e-mail from a conservative source, since the judge espoused a progressive
message:</div><ol dir="ltr" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px; padding-left: 2em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Our efforts against terrorism should not be considered a matter of war, but of criminal justice.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Terrorism is a crime, committed by criminals, who should not be handed the dignity of being designated as "enemy combatants" or tried by the military as though they were soldiers on the other side of a war between two countries.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">They should be treated as individuals, and justice should be meted out to them as we would to any other murderers, in a court of law, with all of the rights to defense
that we give anyone else.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">This is not because we want to protect murderers, but to protect the innocent from being punished, and to protect the freedom and fairness the United States stands for.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">All of the above is the best answer to terrorists, and the best argument to the rest of the world, that we mean what we say when we stand for justice and freedom, and that we will not be frightened into abandoning our values by a handful of hate-motivated criminals.</span></li></ol><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">The author of the email implies that the media buried the story, but a quick Google shows that the story was comprehensively covered, despite filming and
recording were not allowed in the courtroom. CNN published the full text of the judge's remarks. The point was that the e-mail author edited Reid's statement that provoked the remarks down to: </span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><ol style="font-style: italic; margin: 1em 0px; padding-left: 2em;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">The shoe bomber admitted his allegiance to Osama bin Laden,</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">He admitted his allegiance to Islam and Allah,</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">He wouldn't apologize, and</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">He was at war with our country.</li></ol><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 14px; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; background-color:
transparent;"><span>What the email author left out was the Reid's statement that the US had tortured and killed millions of Muslims and their children, invaded their countries, raped their women, and hated them just because they were Muslims. The analyst concludes:</span></div><div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-style: italic;">There are two ways we can respond to this information:</span></div><ol style="margin: 1em 0px; padding-left: 2em;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">We can use it.<br><br>We can understand that the "they" in the question "Why do they hate us?" is not the entire Islamic world.<br><br>Rather, it's a relative handful of extremists.<br><br>These extremists have been propagandized into believing</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; list-style-type: none;"><ol style="margin: 1em 0px; padding-left: 2em;
list-style-type: lower-alpha;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">that Americans hate Islam, and</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">that, solely on the basis of that hatred toward their religion we are</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; list-style-type: none;"><ol style="margin: 1em 0px; padding-left: 2em;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">encouraging the rape and torture of Muslims,</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">encouraging the deaths of Muslim children, and</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">crafting an entire foreign policy to do Islam in.<br><br>We can understand this, and then we can set about finding ways to undermine that propaganda, and stop
the organizations that are taking advantage of it.<br><br>Or...</span></li></ol></li></ol></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">We can bury the information, substitute the idea that Muslims in general hate Americans, and come to believe that they are all evil terrorists.<br><br>If we take the second path, we will, of course, come to hate Islam, begin structuring our foreign policy to eliminate it, and prove that the shoe bomber is right.<br><br>Which will encourage more shoe bombers.</span></li></ol><div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-style: italic;">That seems to be exactly what the author of this email is after.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Strange, since that is also what bin Laden seems to be after.</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span
style="font-style: italic;"></span></div><div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The entire purpose is to subtly forward the idea that Islam is evil and scary and to make the reader more prejudiced against Muslims.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 14px; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div></span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ron Force<br>Moscow Idaho USA<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">
<div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Representative Shirley Ringo <sringo@house.idaho.gov><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020@moscow.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, June 19, 2013 9:38 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020] FW: The Shoe Bomber Sentence<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv9300322386"><style><!--
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--></style><div><div class="yiv9300322386WordSection1"><div class="yiv9300322386MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div class="yiv9300322386MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div class="yiv9300322386MsoNormal"> </div><div><div class="yiv9300322386MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Hello Friends: Robert Huntley, sent the following. He asked that it be forwarded to as many as possible. Bob is a Navy vet and one of the finest citizens I know. Please take the time to read it.<br><br><br><b><i><span style="color:#FFC000;"><br></span></i></b>_____________________________________________________________________________________________________</span></div><div><div><blockquote
style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;"><div><div><div><div class="yiv9300322386MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">This is one of the finest pieces of writing in a long time. It pretty well summarizes what our country is all about.</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv9300322386MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div></div><div><div><div><div class="yiv9300322386MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></b></div></div><div><div class="yiv9300322386MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Shoe Bomber Sentence</span></u></b></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div class="yiv9300322386MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"> </span></b></div></div></div><div><div><div><div class="yiv9300322386MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"> </span></div></div></div><div><div><div><div id="yiv9300322386ecxyiv4325730057"><div><div><div><div><div class="yiv9300322386MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Remember the guy who got on a plane with a bomb built into his shoe and tried to light it?<br><br>Did you know his trial is over?<br>Did you know he was sentenced?<br>Did you see/hear any of the judge's comments on TV or Radio?<br>Didn't think so.!!!<br><br>Everyone should hear what the judge had to say.<br></span><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"><br><span class="yiv9300322386ecxapple-style-span"><b><u>Ruling by Judge William Young, US District
Court.</u></b></span><br><br><span class="yiv9300322386ecxapple-style-span">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</span><br><span class="yiv9300322386ecxapple-style-span">stating, 'I think I will not apologize for my actions,' and told the court 'I am at war with your country.'</span><br><br><span class="yiv9300322386ecxapple-style-span">Judge Young then delivered the statement quoted below:</span><br><br><span class="yiv9300322386ecxapple-style-span">Judge Young: 'Mr. Richard C. Reid, hearken now to the sentence the Court imposes upon you.</span><br><br><span class="yiv9300322386ecxapple-style-span">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 consecutively. (That's 80 years.)</span><br><br><span class="yiv9300322386ecxapple-style-span">On count 8 the Court sentences you to the mandatory 30 years again, to be served consecutively to the 80 years just imposed. The Court imposes upon you for each of the eight counts a fine of $250,000 that's an 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.</span><br><br><span class="yiv9300322386ecxapple-style-span">The Court imposes upon you an $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.</span><br><br><span class="yiv9300322386ecxapple-style-span">This is the sentence
that is provided for by our statutes. It is a fair and just sentence. It is a righteous sentence.</span><br><br><span class="yiv9300322386ecxapple-style-span">Now, 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 too much war talk here and I say that to everyone with the utmost respect. Here in this court, we deal with individuals as individuals and care for individuals as individuals. As human beings, we reach out for justice.</span><br><br><b><i><u>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 the officers of government do it or your attorney does it, or if you think you are a soldier, you are not-----, you are a terrorist. And we do not negotiate with terrorists. We do not meet
with terrorists. We do not sign documents with terrorists. We hunt them down one by one and bring them to justice.<br><br>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've known warriors. You are a terrorist. A species of criminal that is 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 the TV crews were, and he said:<span class="yiv9300322386ecxapple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>'You're no big deal. '<br><br>You are no big deal.<br><br>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?<br></u></i></b><br><span
class="yiv9300322386ecxapple-style-span">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.</span><br><br><span class="yiv9300322386ecxapple-style-span">It seems to me you hate the one thing that to us 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 wind carries freedom. It carries 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, have filed appeals, will go on in their representation of you before other judges.</span><br><br><span class="yiv9300322386ecxapple-style-span">We Americans are all about freedom. 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 bear 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. The day after tomorrow, it will be forgotten, but this, however, will long endure.</span><br><br><span class="yiv9300322386ecxapple-style-span">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.</span><br><br><span class="yiv9300322386ecxapple-style-span">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. And it always will.</span><br><br><span class="yiv9300322386ecxapple-style-span">Mr. Custody Officer. Stand him down.</span><br><span class="yiv9300322386ecxapple-style-span">_______________________________________________________________________________________</span><br><br><span class="yiv9300322386ecxapple-style-span"><b>So, how much of this Judge's comments did we hear on our TV sets? We need more judges like Judge Young. Pass this around. Everyone should and needs to
hear what this fine judge had to say. Powerful words that strike home.</b></span><b><br><br><span class="yiv9300322386ecxapple-style-span">Please SEND this----so that everyone has a chance to read it.</span></b></span></div></div></div><div><div id="yiv9300322386ecxyiv4325730057AOLMsgPart_1_e88914cb-a2bf-46ff-bafc-d723d2bd9556"><div><div><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div id="yiv9300322386ecxyiv4325730057ecxAOLMsgPart_1_ffeed76e-bb99-4eaf-914a-2322a83427e1"><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;"><div><div><div><div><div class="yiv9300322386MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:
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