Obama pardons 9 convicted of drug, other offenses

AP ^ | Fri Dec 3 | ERICA WERNER

[skimbell]

President Barack Obama has granted the first pardons of his presidency, to nine people convicted of crimes including possessing drugs, counterfeiting and even mutilating coins.

No one well-known was on the list, and some of the crimes dated back decades or had drawn little more than a slap on the wrist in the first place — such as the Pennsylvania man sentenced in 1963 to probation and a $20 fine for mutilating coins. The White House didn't explain the charge, but tampering with federal currency is a crime...

[skimbell]

"...declined to give details on the cases or comment on why these particular people were selected by a president who previously had only pardoned Thanksgiving turkeys..."

Looks like 0 knows that his days are numbered and is gettin his homey's out of the slammer before he head back to Chitcago.

And these are the people who claim Palin has no experience. AP is hammerin' 0 now too. This has to at least be the end of the beginning.

[RC2]

“tampering with federal currency is a crime” Does that include people in Washington also or do they get a pass?

[highlander_UW]

Were any of these drug convictions some of Obama’s college days cocaine suppliers? Did they have dirt on Obama? Sounds like time for a congressional investigation on Obama and prior personal contact with those pardoned.

[EGPWS]

“tampering with federal currency is a crime” Does that include people in Washington also or do they get a pass?

Sadly enough they get paid large amounts of it to tamper with it.

Oh the irony.

[NonValueAdded]

A free and independent press would hound him mercilessly until he explained “why them, why now?”. Too bad we don’t have one of them.

[PLD]

He is just getting warmed up for the big releases..Since he will be out on his ear in 2012 he will find some real criminals to let go..one that can do people harm..Like the terrorist.Oh sorry he has already seen to them they will have a fair trial and ten send home to start over again..

[Red_Devil 232]

Gee, does tampering with federal currency include putting pennies on railroad tracks?

[ReverendJames]

Well if it was Bush who did that we’d never hear the end of it. Did Bush ever pardon those two border patrol guys?

[knarf]

Every unpunished criminal in the zero administration, every new black panther conspiritor and abetter, every blind eye to America ... is a tacit pardon.

And I believe we might be approaching hundreds of thousands if we include the press and union thugs.

Hell ... might be millions !

[mcshot]

You may have something there. A crack may be forming in the dike.

[highlander_UW]

A crack may be forming in the dike.

LOL...well, I'm not sure if crack is the format of cocaine Obama partook in...but he is an admitted coke head.

It's particularly hypocritical of liberals given how much noise they made about Bush's drinking 30 plus years ago. Obama has been a coke head much more recently than Bush was a "drunk".

[devolve]

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“Quantitative Easing” is tampering with our currency on a vast, unimaginable scale that will have enormous consequences for our security and very survivability as a nation. But Helicopter Ben gets a complete pass because he is doing it legally.

[potlatch]

Lol, things go better with Coke - except for Obama’s basketball game!

Tweety’s Twittering.

[devolve]

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The pros say 0pansy can only go to the left!

- “Tweetering”

I need to make another “Tweety” .gif with clear area to the left so I do not have to add an s.gif spacer when I post it -

[potlatch]

Is Tweetie ON the S.gif or is it two gifs? Two I guess, from what you said. I couldn’t get the properties from it because it’s a table graphic. Have to go to the post page to do that. I may not be making that clear!

I haven’t made anything in awhile, too many posting good graphics now and no one replies anyway, lol.

[devolve]

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(/F/s.gif width=60% height=1) + (/P/TweetyTiny.gif)

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scrolling text /BHO/BLOW.gif plus BB etc.

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[potlatch]

Thanks devolve. That’s what I figured.

[devolve]

/P/TweetyTiny-right.gif

[potlatch]

I guess you just made it. I can mirror it easily if you want.

Gosh, thought I posted this, came back and it’s still here.