I remember how they blamed George H.W. Bush for negotiating an "October Surprise" to hold onto the Iranian Hostages until after the election and Reagan would sell them arms. That story turned out to be false. I hope this one is false too.
************************************************************************ "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of Democrats." - Sarah Palin, Sept 4, 2008 Right Wing Mike http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike --- On Mon, 9/22/08, Pete Theisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Pete Theisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [OT] O-man has a pass on the Logan Act? > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, September 22, 2008, 10:19 AM > Hi Everybody! > > Well, Obama tried to get the Iraqi Parliament to *delay* > the withdrawal > of US troops until HE could get the credit for it, is that > not carrying > on "intercourse" with a foreign government by an > unauthorized citizen? > > § 953. Private correspondence with foreign > governments. > > Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, > who, without > authority of the United States, directly or indirectly > commences or > carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any > foreign government > or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence > the measures > or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or > agent thereof, > in relation to any disputes or controversies with the > United States, or > to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined > under this > title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. > > This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen > to apply > himself, or his agent, to any foreign government, or the > agents thereof, > for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from > such > government or any of its agents or subjects. > > 1 Stat. 613, January 30, 1799, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 953 > (2004). > > Oh, if you are an affirmative action type it is all right? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_Act > http://www.puma08.com/2008/09/19/hmmm-about-that-pesky-little-thing-called-the-logan-act/ > > or > > http://tinyurl.com/4ys7va > > P.U.M.A? People questioning Party Unity where the party is > clearly off base. > -- > Regards, > > Pete > http://pete-theisen.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
