Do you know who Jill Greenberg is? Neither did I until this morning when I read an article about how she was hired by Atlantic Monthly to do a cover shoot of John McCain for their magazine. Greenberg is a photographer and has done may cover shots, so nothing seems out of place yet. The issue here is that, like many on the far left, she is completely devoid of any ethics and an utter hypocrite. Greenberg is a Bush hater from jump street and a Republican hater from way back in the day and she lets that personal, political opinion bleed into her work. In the recent photography session with McCain, Greenberg admitted to placing a strobe on the ground to make McCain look “sinister” and on her web site she photo-shopped those pictures so that McCain appeared as if he had fangs and placed captions such as “bloodthirsty warmonger” under those pictures. Atlantic Monthly was less than pleased with her behavior and has made a press release stating that displeasure using the words “highly unprofessional”. Her response? “"…it was maybe somewhat irresponsible for [The Atlantic] to hire me."I suppose she’s right. I mean, if I were a patient in a San Francisco emergency room and I let it be known that I harbored some moderately conservative views, I should naturally bear all of the responsibility if the surgeon gave less than the full measure of his efforts to save my life… after all, I should know better than to trust a liberal to save a moderate because that would be “somewhat irresponsible” now wouldn’t it? Sorry, but ethics should not be confined to the medical and legal professions.
Since we are talking about Ms. Greenberg’s high horse, let’s talk about some of her other Bush bashing. Now, I am no stranger to having fun at the President’s expense… any of them. But I also realize that there are ethical limits as to how far one should go to show their disdain for a particular political figure. For example, it is okay to take a picture of a crying baby and place a caption under that picture with some political quip such as “Jr reacting to George Bush”. It is not okay, however, to make a dozen babies cry by giving them candy and then taking it away from them and ergo forcing them to cry so you can take several pictures of several crying babies to make your point. Causing children to suffer for your politics is a big steaming pile of leftist crap. Thank god nobody hired her to do a photo shoot of children exploited by child pornography. Apparently it is perfectly fine to torture children to get your photo op or to purposely alter images to suit your political bias when you’re supposed to be acting impartially, but call the ACLU if you decide to make a political statement at a political rally and use a caricature of an opposition candidate. The Democrats are up in arms over a box of waffles with Obama on them claiming that the representation of Obama is a racist stereotype. What, exactly, is stereotyped in the box below? Is it the picture of Obama? Well, it does look like him. Would they prefer that he was represented as white? Are waffles stereotypical beyond the obvious jab at his party affiliation? Is it the hat? Well, there are already photographs of him wearing a similar if not identical hat. But yes, it is the hat that has people up in arms. Apparently a Muslim hat is racist… but you can slap a cowboy hat on a picture of GW and it’s just good old fashioned American fun, right? By the way, she’s a feature “artist” at The New Republic if that answers any questions for ya’. Oh, and she loves bears so you can bet that she hates Sarah Palin doubly due to her take on polar bears and their status as “good eatin”. Oh, and her website is called manipulation.com.
In solidarity with our friends in Berkeley, on Sunday, April 27th, The Gathering of Eagles told Susie Benjamin and her friends from Code Pink that they were not welcome in New Jersey. What a great day for Eagles!
Susie slinked into sleepy little Northern New Jersey, certain she could defile our state without comment. Imagine the surprise when “Peacers” came down Route 23 and discovered it lined with American flags and patriots there standing up for our troops! The first sign that greeted them? “Code Pink…NOT WELCOME IN NEW JERSEY!”
Eagles began arriving at 10 am, in advance of the luncheon, from all over the state of New Jersey and from New York, Connecticut, Virginia and Bev Perlson, from the Band of Mothers, came all the way from Chicago! In all, we were more than 30 strong.
As each car entered the parking lot to the hotel hosting the luncheon, Eagles were there to stand up for our troops. While organizers of the lunch claimed 250 guests, unless the cars passing us were clown cars holding a few dozen each, their numbers were no where near this…in fact, it was a rather pathetic turnout for them.
Code Pink’s actual feelings about free speech for all except themselves, came within the first 15 minutes of their typically late arrival with a call to the police to remove the Eagles from the PUBLIC street in front of the hotel.
The Eagles had been on the street for almost two hours before the Pinkos actually arrived and were without incident or disturbance. Arriving cars were not delayed one single second and no entrance was impeded. They wanted us removed simply because they did not want us to exercise our free speech….despite the platitudes they claimed when a few of them scurried up the driveway to harass us.
Three police cars arrived and, after confirming that the Eagles were legally entitled to be there and were causing no disruption and merely exercising free speech, the police bid us a friendly good-bye, much to the dismay of the “Peace” advocates.
While the police were initially assessing the situation, Susie Benjamin came down the driveway to chat with the Eagles. While I can not read her twisted little mind, I can only assume she chose that timeframe for one of two reasons (or possibly both) 1) She is so intimidated by us she needs police nearby or she is too chicken to talk 2) She hoped to provoke a situation with the police there to create a problem.
As to the second, she is unable to ruffle Eagle feathers for even a moment. Among the highlights of the day was Susie’s interaction with Bev Perlson. Bev, fluent in Susie doublespeak, did not put up with one moment of her cloying, nauseating hippispeak. We all know the disgusting, tacky and tasteless methods that Code Pink uses to get their message out when the cameras are rolling and they have numbers behind them. In a gaggle of 3 with only one of our cameras rolling, Susie attempts to be a rational, calm and a warm and fuzzy mother earth communicator. What she can not fail to hide, however, is her inherent hatred for our country or her own contempt for any and all who do not agree with her. She can not make any Eagle forget that she and her minions sent $600K to the insurgents to embolden the enemy and harm our men and women in the military. No Eagle will forget, while she pastes a sickening smile on her face, that she advocates the murder of our soldiers.
Bev, in her usual direct and passionate voice, stood solidly with our troops and did not give Susie one inch of wiggle room. Susie, in contrast, was a bundle of contradicting statements and nauseating “peacespeak” that was heavy on flowery language and light on substance. The baloney detector was in such overload that an 11 year old watching the exchange turned to me and said, “Mom, Susie is trying to pretend like she is a calm nice person…but the words coming out of her mouth are so hateful, she can’t hid who she really is.” That is one smart kid if I do say so myself.
When it was clear to Susie that Bev had her number and was going to stick to facts and use Susie’s own history of heinous and ugly public remarks, Susie slinked down the street in an effort to engage other Eagles. Again, she failed to bait a single Eagle despite her use of made up statistics and truly outrageous accusations. Her frustration level was palpable and she and her minions were clearly losing composure. They finally gave up, consistently drowned out by the steady stream of honks directed at the Eagles, and returned to the lunch to consume tofurkey or some other Vegan delicacy.
Other highlights? We were all heartened and frankly a bit surprised at the honks, salutes and thumbs up that came our way…this is the People’s Republic of New Jersey after all. There were literally hundreds and hundreds of supportive toots that came our way in the course of the 5 hours we held the corner….not one minute went by the entire time without a steady stream. It was especially enjoyable to know that every honk on the horn was heard inside the building and was surely a pinch of salt on the open sore that is Code Pink and its useful idiots and friends.
Three local papers covered the event and again, to the dismay of those inside, they spent more time outside with us than inside with them.
The most meaningful moment came when a car pulled over onto the shoulder in front of us and rolled down his window. Bracing for a heckling hippie, we were all touched to meet an Iraqi War Veteran, literally just returning home with his sack in the backseat of his car. He drew Bev over to his window and thanked her, and the rest of the Eagles, for coming out to stand against the insurgency at home, and supporting our troops. His thanks made the entire day worth it all.
While we were all focused on the mixed nuts in Berkley, the Spoiled Dip Shits with the SDS (they claim it stand for Students for a Democratic Society) stormed a recruiting station in Washington DC. 50 of them entered the building, staffed by one lone military personnel, and trashed whatever they could get their hands on.
DC police? No action...just like Berkley. No arrests...nothing.
Take a look at the video and listen to the audio...it is chilling...Spoiled Dip Shits
Can you imagine the shame of the parents that have spawned these disgusting creatures? Tuition dollars are clearly being wasted on these mushy minds.
Our military men and women are protecting us...what are you going to do to protect them from the enemy within? Call the folks below and find out why they are not doing what they are supposed to...this can not be ignored...
Capitol Police 202-228-2800
Metro Police 202-727-9099
Public Information Office, Metro Police 202-727-4383
I have long written off the entire state of Vermont as some sort of state sponsored comune where hippies go to breed, grow hemp,perfect conspiracy theories and wear tin foil hats. I have made a conscious effort to not set foot in the state for almost 21 years now.
Ben & Jerry's? Dead to me...for over a decade. Once they started to mix their fucked up politics with my PMS food of choice, I found other outlets.
The folks of Brattleboro, VT have made my decision easier to live with and has extended my personal boycott for the forseeable future. These clowns think far too much of themselves. They are caught in a collective case of Narcisim that would be frightening if it was not so sadly laughable.
"Brattleboro residents voted
at a town meeting on whether to put a measure on the ballot to indict President
George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney and arrest them for war crimes,
perjury or obstruction of justice if they ever step foot in Vermont."
If I were George Bush or Dick Cheney, I would march into the center of that state in nothing but a pair of star spangled boxers and fart into a microphone attached to the largest speakers I could find.
Vermont...you are a joke...go back to sucking maple syrup out of trees and braiding your armpit hair. The rest of the country doesn't need you.
I wasn’t going to comment on this but I’ve been involuntarily ruminating over it for the past 12 hours or so and I can’t help but feel a vitriolic eruption of self-righteous indignation coming on, so here goes…
To get some background on this, you should really read this festering rectum of a blog post first and the responses it got, but I digress...
Francois Tremblay is a douche bag. There are literally hundreds of possible reasons that a reasonable man would call this pathetic excuse for an intellectual a bag o’ douche but I will only list the reasons that are germane to my argument.
Reason #1. He’s an idiot. I know that just about anyone can call any other person an idiot, but this idiot calls other people idiots and then fails to properly list the reasons by which he made that determination. The reason he fails to do so is that he is such an idiot, that he has no idea that it must be done in the first place to validate his opinion.
Reason #2. He’s a communist wannabe. When the first line of your blog post includes the term “class traitor” you have obviously ripped a page right of Marx, Lenin, or that pamphlet they’ve been handing out at the Ron Paul rallies. Class traitor? Just which class do you/we/everyone else belong to Francois… and who makes that determination? (That confusion you feel is cognitive dissonance… look it up.)
Reason 3. His grammar sucks. Here’s an example of the English professor’s stellar grammar; “a few class traitors showed their ugly little head, and I squashed them good.” It should have been written “their ugly little heads” because the “class traitors” don’t share one collective head (your plurals must agree Francois) and “I squashed them good” should be “I squashed them well”. The next great quote is this gem: “How more cuckoo insane can you get?” Um, what? I could go on ad nauseum, but you get the point. Dude, take an English class.
Reason 4. He’s a two faced cry baby. In his comments on “Kent's "Hooligan Libertarian" Blog”, Francois tries to play the innocent martyr by implying that he was attacked in an unprovoked and unjustified bout of name calling. “I suggest you calm down and think about what you're writing, because you're not making much sense. You seem to be blinded by rage, like all militarists I have ever talked to. I mean, being a depraved person doesn't mean you have to insult me for no reason.” No reason Francois? Well, let’s take a look at what might have provoked someone to insult you… possibly the comments where you so glibly, crudely, and baselessly stated “Anyone who actually supports war is a f[edited]ng lunatic” and “you are either full of [CIR] or a complete imbecile”? If you start to throw mud and ultimatums, you can expect hostile reactions from people. And when you imply that someone is either dishonest or stupid simply because they disagree with you, you can expect them to throw that brand of hubris back in your face.
Reason 5. He twists peoples’ words to his own ends. You, Francois, are a liar... and a poor one at that. Here’s an example of Tremblay trying to twist the words of someone who has lived under communist rule and escaped that hell to come to the U.S. and who also chose to serve our country once she got here…
Honorable soldier: "Now, I'm simply going to tell you this. You obviously have no concept what it's like to live under a tyrannical government."
Retarded douchebag: So your argument here is "if you don't support us, we'll kick your ass?" Why should I be grateful that you and your ilk are not beating me up or killing me? That's called basic respect for human beings.
Um, what?!? I’m going to go out on a limb here and flat out state that Franc is retarded. My cats dump more cogent arguments into their litter box on a daily basis. How the hell does “you obviously have no concept what it's like to live under a tyrannical government” translate into “if you don't support us, we'll kick your ass?” Seriously dude, this is the kind of syncopation in a logical thought process that leads to date rape. The sad part is that in amongst the corn, peanuts, and moist toilet tissue in that half-filled septic tank of a brain you have, there is actually the notion floating around that you fervently believe the pooh you pander.
Reason 6. He’s a poor student of history that thinks the world is a utopia that will afford him everything he feels he deserves without cost. “Why should I be grateful that you and your ilk are not beating me up or killing me? That's called basic respect for human beings.” Um, our “ilk” is the same “ilk” that ended slavery, communism, and the Nazis as well as the facists. Were it not for our “ilk” there would be no “United States of America.” Without our “ilk” there would be no Constitution or Bill of Rights (you know, that same document that you try to wave in everyone’s collective face like it was your personal get out of jail/work/personal responsibility free card?). Without our “ilk” you would either be speaking German or slowly wafting out of a chimney by now.
No, you don’t have to be grateful to us and our “ilk for not beating [you] up or killing you.” You have to be grateful to us and our “ilk” for not allowing anyone else to beat you up or kill you, you arrogant ass.
Reason 7. He’ baselessly arrogant. It’s one thing if you’re arrogant and you’re smart or arrogant and good looking or arrogant and extremely athletic, but if you’re arrogant about your superior intellect and your arguments are fraught with misspellings, grammatical errors, specious reasoning, and prejudicial assumptions you should really take some time to reconsider just what you should be arrogant about. Perhaps Francois should choose, instead, to base his arrogance on the fact that there is no more stupid human being on the face of the planet. If he did that, then at least it would be honest and well placed arrogance that allowed him to brag about his last place finish at the Jeopardy competition in the Special Olympics.
In short, Francois is not your normal, run of the mill douche bag but a world class douche bag. And for the reasons stated above, I declare that Francois Tremblay is the unwashed, used douche bag that Lindsay Lohan got second hand off of Paris Hilton after one of her big “accidental filming nights” which she, in turn, got off of Jake Gylenhall which he used to clean up after an unfortunate “slip-in” accident on the set of “Broke Back Mountain.”
Feel free to drop by douche bag central and tell Francois just how douchey he is.
5 PEOPLE OF THE STATE ) OF ILLINOIS, ) 6
) Plaintiff, ) 7 ) -vs- ) CASE NO.
8 ) 07-MC1-318441 JAY GRODNER, ) 9 )
Defendant. ) 10 TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS held on 11 the 18th of January, 2008, before the HONORABLE 12 WILLIAM P. O'MALLEY, Judge of said court, 13 Branch 29, Chicago, Illinois. 14
APPEARANCES: 15 HON. RICHARD A. DEVINE, STATE'S ATTORNEY 16 OF COOK COUNTY, BY: MR. PATRICK KELLY & MR. ARUNAS BUNTINAS, 17 ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEYS,
18 Appeared on behalf of the
People;
19 MR. JAY GRODNER, THE DEFENDANT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 20 Appeared Pro Se. 21
22 JEAN M. DRISCOLL, C.S.R. 23 OFFICIAL COURT
REPORTER 69 WEST WASHINGTON, SUITE 900 24 CHICAGO, IL 60602
Page 1
1 THE CLERK: 406-7, Jay Grodner.
2 MR. KELLY: Good afternoon, Your Honor. For
3 the record, Patrick Kelly, K-e-l-l-y, for
the
4 People.
5 MR. BUNTINAS: Judge, Arunas Buntinas, last
6 name B-u-n-t-i-n-a-s, with State's Attorney's
7 Office.
8 THE COURT: All right. Mr. Grodner is not
9 here.
10 Would one of the sheriffs go out in
the
11 lobby to see if he's there? Otherwise, I'm issuing
12 a warrant for his arrest.
13 THE SHERIFF: Judge, there's no response in
14 all the common places and the lobby.
15 MR. BUNTINAS: Judge, we're asking for a bond
16 forfeiture warrant.
17 THE COURT: Bond forfeiture warrant
$20,000.
18 Wait around, Pat. He'll probably wander in and
19 I'll take him into custody.
20 MR. KELLY: Very well. Thank you, Your
21 Honor.
22 MR. BUNTINAS: Thank you, Judge.
23 THE COURT: This matter has been up before.
24 He waltzed in the last time 15 minutes
late.
Page 2
1 Okay.
2 (WHEREUPON THE CASE
3 WAS PASSED
AND
4 RECALLED.)
5 THE COURT: Recall Jay Grodner.
6 THE CLERK: Jay Grodner.
7 THE COURT: State.
8 MR. KELLY: Your Honor, I had a conversation
9 with Mr. Grodner a couple moments ago on the
10 telephone. At about 1:40, he called and said that
11 he was running late. He would be here in about a
12 half an hour. He wanted an opportunity to give
13 the press time to leave before he arrived.
14 THE COURT: Yeah. Mr. Grodner -- The message
15 I got, which was relayed to my clerk from Mr. Kelly
16 here, says that Mr. Grodner called at 1:40.
17 Of course, he was suppose to be here at
18 1:30. He knows that since he showed up late, and I
19 warned him about that the last time. He says that
20 he would be here in about a half hour. He wanted
21 the press to clear out. He was told that a warrant
22 was issued.
23 So, for those of you in the press, you
24 might want to know that. But, the warrant should
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1 still stand. Should Mr. Grodner appear in this
2 courtroom, he'll be taken into custody. Should he
3 not appear, the Chicago Police Department can
do
4 whatever or execute that warrant.
5 MR. KELLY: Thank you, Judge.
6 (WHEREUPON THE CASE
7 WAS PASSED AND
8 RECALLED.)
9 THE CLERK: 406, line 7. Jay Grodner.
10 THE DEFENDANT: Good afternoon, Your Honor.
11 THE COURT: Yeah, it is good afternoon. It's
12 2:00. You were suppose to be here at 1:30. The
13 last time
--
14 THE DEFENDANT: I apologize, Your Honor.
15 THE COURT: -- this matter was up, you
16 showed up at 1:45. I admonished you that the
17 courtroom starts at 1:30. The complaining witness
18 last time was here at 1:30.
19 I struck the warrant at that time that
20
had previously been issued because the complaining
21 witness was still here.
22 THE SHERIFF: Mr. Grodner, put your hands
23 behind your back.
24 THE COURT: You were warned once. I got a
Page 4
1 message that you were --
you didn't want to come
2 here because you wanted to wait for the press to
3 leave.
4 I don't run my courtroom that way. You
5 have no regard for the Court. Bail is increased to
6 $20,000. Take him into custody.
7 State, I'll either give him the eight-day
8 date; or, you folks can talk to him and see if he
9 wants to work something out.
10 THE DEFENDANT: We already have something
11 worked out, Your Honor.
12 THE COURT: Take him into custody. They can
13 talk to him through there.
14 THE SHERIFF: Let's go, Mr. Grodner.
15 (WHEREUPON THE
16 DEFENDANT TAKEN
17 INTO CUSTODY.)
18 THE CLERK: 406, line 7. Jay
Grodner.
19 THE COURT: Mr. Grodner, I understand that you
20 made some agreement with the State's Attorney's
21 Office.
22 THE DEFENDANT: Yes, sir.
23 THE COURT: I told them that it was my
24 intention to just give you the regular court
date
Page 5
1 that I would for any other prisoner.
2 They said that they have reached an
3 agreement with you; and, so, I will attempt to
4 dispose of your case today.
5 THE DEFENDANT: Thank you,
Your Honor.
6 THE COURT: All right. Mr. Kelly, what have
7 you -- Mr. Grodner, I understand that you're
8 entering a plea of guilty -- Let me see the
9 file -- to the charge of criminal damage to
10 property.
11 That you knowingly damaged the property
12 of Michael
McNulty; such property being a 2002
13 black BMW, located at 7631 North Eastlake Terrace,
14 without consent in that you rubbed along the
15 passenger side of the vehicle causing scratches.
16 Is that what you did?
17 THE DEFENDANT: (No response.)
18 THE COURT: Mr. Grodner, I'm talking to you.
19 Is that what you did?
20 THE DEFENDANT: Yes. Yes, we have a
21 stipulation to the facts, --
22 THE COURT: Is that what you did; yes or no?
23 THE DEFENDANT: Without the "knowingly", yes.
24 THE COURT: Sir, I'm asking you did
you
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1 knowingly cause damage to this car?
2 If you say "no", then we'll set it down
3 for a trial date.
4 THE DEFENDANT: Yes, Your Honor.
5 THE COURT: You
did. Thank you.
6 You realize that I could sentence you to
7 jail for up to one year. Fine you $2500. That by
8 pleading guilty, you're waiving your right to a
9 jury trial. You're not going to have a trial at
10 all.
11 Do you understand that?
12 THE DEFENDANT: Yes, I do.
13 THE COURT: You're waiving your right to hold
14 the State to the burden of proving you guilty
15 beyond a reasonable doubt. You're not going to be
16 able to cross-examine witnesses and to present
17 witnesses on your own behalf.
18 Do you understand that?
19 THE DEFENDANT: Yes, I do.
20 THE COURT: Now, is there a stipulation to
21 those facts contained in the complaint?
22 THE DEFENDANT: Yes.
23 THE COURT: Is that correct?
24 THE DEFENDANT: That's
correct.
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1 THE COURT: And, you have chosen to represent
2 yourself; even though, I continued this case once
3 for you to obtain an attorney. Is that right?
4 THE DEFENDANT: That's right.
5 THE COURT: All right. And, --
6 THE DEFENDANT: My attorney --
7 THE COURT: -- you are a licensed attorney
8 in --
9 THE DEFENDANT: I am, Your Honor.
10 THE COURT: -- the State of Illinois; is that
11
right?
12 THE DEFENDANT: Yes, I am.
13 THE COURT: All right.
14 MR. KELLY: Your Honor, the State would
15 stipulate to the facts, also.
16 THE COURT: There's a factual basis for the
17 plea. There's a finding of guilty --
18 MR. KELLY:
May we read that into the record?
19 THE COURT: What?
20 MR. KELLY: May we read that into the record?
21 THE COURT: Read what?
22 MR. KELLY: The alleged facts in this case.
23 THE COURT: Yeah. I did already, Pat; but,
24 I'll read them again. I'm more than happy
to.
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1 MR. KELLY: Thank you.
2 THE COURT: "That on December 1, at 7631
3 North Eastlake Terrace, the Defendant, Mr. Grodner,
4 knowingly damaged the property of Michael McNulty;
5 such property being a 2002
black BMW, located at
6 7631 North Eastlake Terrace, without consent
7 rubbed along the passenger side of the vehicle
8 causing scratches in violation of 720 5/21-1(a) of
9 the Illinois Compiled Statutes, in the City of
10 Chicago, County of Cook."
11 MR. KELLY: So stipulated, Your Honor.
12 THE DEFENDANT: So
stipulated, Your Honor.
13 THE COURT: All right. Finding of guilty.
14 State, what was the agreement that you
15 worked out with Mr. Grodner?
16 MR. KELLY: Subject to the Court's approval,
17 we would recommend one year of Court supervision.
18 THE COURT: Social Services
--
19 MR. KELLY: Social Services. Reporting for
20 the payment of restitution only. The restitution
21 would be in the amount of $600, Your Honor. That's
22 to be paid on or before January 19, 2008.
23 Those monies will be donated by Social
24 Services to the Injured Marine Semper Fi
Fund.
Page 9
1 THE COURT: January 19th only gives him until
2 tomorrow. Is he able to pay it today?
3 MR. KELLY: That's my error, Judge. I'm
4 sorry. The 25th.
5 THE
DEFENDANT: 2009?
6 THE COURT: January 25th?
7 MR. KELLY: That's the probation. I looked at
8 the wrong one. It was January 25th of 2008.
9 Will you be able to pay it by then?
10 THE DEFENDANT: Suppose to be six months.
11 THE SHERIFF: Put your
hands behind your
12 back.
13 THE DEFENDANT: Jesus Christ.
14 THE COURT: You're the Defendant, sir. You're
15 in custody. You have to behave as such.
16 Pat?
17 THE DEFENDANT: I'm trying to negotiate with
18 Counsel, Your
Honor.
19 THE COURT: I know. Talk to him.
20 MR. KELLY: I'm sorry. That's what I was
21 told. For the year.
22 THE COURT: Talk to him.
23 (WHEREUPON THE
24 ASSISTANT STATE'S
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1 ATTORNEY AND THE
2 DEFENDANT HAD A
3 DISCUSSION OFF THE
4 RECORD.)
5 THE COURT: Hey, if there is no
agreement,
6 we'll set it down for trial. I don't have any
7 problem with that.
8 MR. KELLY: If we could just have one minute,
9 Your Honor?
10 THE COURT: Sure.
11 MR. KELLY: I believe we have -- still have
12 an agreement, Your
Honor.
13 THE COURT: All right. When is he going to
14 pay this money and what fund is it going to be
15 directed to?
16 MR. KELLY: It would be directed to the
17 Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund, on College
18 Boulevard, in Oceanside, California.
19 It's a fund that's used to treat
and
20 rehabilitate Marines and other Service Members who
21 were injured, either physically or psychologically,
22 in the conflict between the United States and Iraq.
23 THE COURT: When is that going to be paid by?
24 MR. KELLY: January 25, 2008.
Page
11
1 Is that doable for you?
2 THE DEFENDANT: I don't know. I wasn't put
3 in the -- It wasn't put --
4 THE COURT: It has to be paid January 25,
5 2008.
6 What was the other part of the
agreement?
7 Anything else?
8 MR. KELLY: No, sir.
9 THE COURT: All right.
10 MR. KELLY: Am I missing anything?
11 THE COURT: One year -- Any community
12 service? Any fees or fines?
13 MR.
BUNTINAS: Judge, we're not asking that
14 the Court waive the $50 per month probation fee --
15 or, Social Services fee.
16 THE COURT: You are or you are not?
17 MR. BUNTINAS: We are not.
18 THE COURT: No. The fees won't be waived.
19 MR. BUNTINAS: Right.
20 THE COURT: Are there any additional court
21 fees and costs --
22 MR. BUNTINAS: None, Judge.
23 THE COURT: -- that the State wants to asses?
24 MR. BUNTINAS: None, Judge.
Page
12
1 THE COURT: All right. Mr. Grodner, because
2 the State has agreed to this, this is what I will
3 sentence you to. One-year Social Service
4 supervision and that would terminate 1-16-2009;
5 and, $600 restitution to be paid --
6 MR. KELLY: May I interrupt the Court, Judge?
7 THE COURT: What?
8 MR. KELLY: The Defendant has indicated that
9 he's going to need a month. So, we're changing the
10 agreement, if the Court will so allow, to February
11 25th of '08. One month.
12 THE COURT: Restitution to be paid 2-25-08.
13 Mr. Grodner, you have 30
days to withdraw
14 your plea. That motion must be in writing. It
15 must allege any error you deem to have occurred
16 during the course of these proceedings. Otherwise,
17 they'll be waived on appeal.
18 Beyond that, you have 30 days to appeal
19 that. If you couldn't afford to hire a lawyer, pay
20 for transcripts, we would provide them
for you.
21 I need a signed Jury Waiver.
22 (WHEREUPON A JURY
23 WAIVER WAS SIGNED BY
24 THE DEFENDANT AND
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1 TENDERED TO THE
2 COURT.)
3 You're fortunate, Mr. Grodner, that you
4 made that agreement with the State. My
5 understanding is that you caused damage to this
6 young Marine sergeant's car because you were
7 offended by his Marine Corps license
plates.
8 I'm going to tell you something, Mr.
9 Grodner. The Marine Corps license plates do not
10 involve anything dealing with an ego. The proceeds
11 go to the Marine Corps Scholarship Fund, which
12 provides scholarships for all children of all
13 Marines and Navy Corpsmen that fight and aide the
14 Marine Corps; and, a larger amount of
money goes to
15 scholarships for those who have lost their lives.
16 You probably also wondered why there was
17 a whole crowd of people here today, Mr. Grodner.
18 THE DEFENDANT: I don't want wonder.
19 THE COURT: That's because there is a little
20 principle that the Marine Corps has and has had
21 since 1775, when they had fought and lost their
22 lives so that people like you could enjoy the
23 freedom of this country; and, that is a little
24 proverb that we follow: "That no Marine is left
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1 behind."
2 So, Sergeant
McNulty couldn't be here;
3 but, other Marines showed in his stead. Take him
4 away.
5 MR. KELLY: Your Honor, lastly, the Defendant
6 asked permission of the Court to be allowed to
7 leave the State of Illinois periodically during the
8 period of his supervision.
9 We have no
objection to that.
10 THE COURT: Mr. Grodner, you can leave the
11 State of Illinois periodically if you comply with
12 what the Social Services Department tells you to
13 do.
14 I'm telling you right now, if you violate
15 any conditions of this supervision, you're going to
Key: $3 Car scratch: $2400 Courtroom packed with military heros,press and a former Marine Judge: Priceless
Thanks to the boys at Blackfive , who broke this story and made it go viral all over skanky lawyer ass...
We have this update:
The case was called at 13:33, and..following his head buried up his ass pattern, Defendant assclown did arrive. Judge
O'Malley...and seriously, with a name like O'Malley, he has to be cooler than cooler...I mean O'Malley's are the best! increased his bond to $20,000.00 and arrest warrant was issued.
Assclown called at 13:40 to say that he would be late and wanted to avoid the glaring reality of the media...
Sure...he was superbrave badass man when it was him on an empty street..takes huge balls to do that. But a couple Katie Couric wannabes and those nads suck right back up...
At 1400 hours asshat arrived and was reminded that he was late, and the Honorable O'Malley (I like that...Honorable O'Malley...can I convince people to call me that??) reminded him that he pulled the same crap at the last court event.
The Judge said "That is not the way I run my courtroom." He increased
the bail and took him into custody and told him to try and work out a deal with
the State.
Cooler than cool??? There were 25-35 marines and assorted military were there...brothers all. Standing in for Sgt.McNulty who is PROTECTING OUR ASSES RIGHT NOW IN IRAQ.
The case was recalled at 14:22 and asshat was brought back and the
plea deal was entered into the record.
The Judge asked him if he had committed the specific acts he was accused of and, though shuffled and mumbled, O'Malley made him answer yes and the Judge read the facts into the record.
The deal agreed to was 1 year of Social Service Supervision, a restitution of 600 dollars to be
paid to Social Services and would go to the Injured Marine Semper Fi
fund(ha ha! Bite me Grodner...spending your money on something that pisses you off), to be paid by February 25th, 2008, and $50/month in supervision fees.
And in a voice any true Irishman knows how to deliver, O'Malley said told the asshat (paraphrased) The "The Marine license plates the complaining witness had
were not vanity plates or about ego, but the proceeds go toward the Marine and
Navy scholarship fund for the children of fallen soldiers, sailors and marines.
These Marines protect his very existence so people like you can enjoy
their freedom."
He also reminded the clown that the reason there were so many in the
courtroom and so much public interest is that the Marines have a tradition
since 1775 that "No Marine gets left behind."
Asshat Jay R. Grodnew will be in court today to address his juvenile
behavior of keying Marine Mike McNulty's car last month.
Mike won't be there....because Mike is a bona fide grown up with actual responsibilities. He is currently back in Iraq serving his country and protecting the rights of fellow Americans like Jay to be as stupid and cowardly as they want.
The court date is today, the 18th at 1:30 pm at District 29 at Belmont and Western Ave in Chicago. A good address to use is either 2400 W. Belmont , or 3200 N Western for your gps. (It's a few minutes off of I-90 )
Any Chicago area Veterans &
Active duty come on down and show this clown what band of brothers really means...fill the court room to show that we will not
accept our troops being treated in this manner. We will expect the
courts to handle this situation with only the best outcome for Sgt.
McNulty and charge this leftwing nut, attorney Jay R. Grodner to the
fullest extent of the law.
At the very least, seeing all those fine men in uniform might make Grodner pee himself....and that would make me happy. And really, isn't making the chick happy what it is all about?????
So lawyer Jay R. Grodner doesn't like the military or the war. How do I know that? Because on December 1, 2007, Sgt Mike McNulty was returning to his car before his return to service in Iraq and found Grodner scratching his car.
Not content to simply damage the vehicle, Grodner threw a few anti-war, anti-military bombs McNulty's way....yeah sure....this guy is a real peace lover!
Check out this link...the author is brillant, insighful...and hot...(cough, cough) http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=24322&s=rcme
In the recent photography session with McCain, Greenberg admitted to placing a strobe on the ground to make McCain look “sinister” and on her web site she photo-shopped those pictures so that McCain appeared as if he had fangs and placed captions such as “bloodthirsty warmonger” under those pictures. Atlantic Monthly was less than pleased with her behavior and has made a press release stating that displeasure using the words “highly unprofessional”. Her response? “"…it was maybe somewhat irresponsible for [The Atlantic] to hire me." 
I suppose she’s right. I mean, if I were a patient in a San Francisco emergency room and I let it be known that I harbored some moderately conservative views, I should naturally bear all of the responsibility if the surgeon gave less than the full measure of his efforts to save my life… after all, I should know better than to trust a liberal to save a moderate because that would be “somewhat irresponsible” now wouldn’t it? Sorry, but ethics should not be confined to the medical and legal professions.
Apparently it is perfectly fine to torture children to get your photo op or to purposely alter images to suit your political bias when you’re supposed to be acting impartially, but call the ACLU if you decide to make a political statement at a political rally and use a caricature of an opposition candidate. The Democrats are up in arms over a box of waffles with Obama on them claiming that the representation of Obama is a racist stereotype. What, exactly, is stereotyped in the box below? 
Is it the picture of Obama? Well, it does look like him. Would they prefer that he was represented as white? Are waffles stereotypical beyond the obvious jab at his party affiliation? 
Is it the hat? Well, there are already photographs of him wearing a similar if not identical hat. But yes, it is the hat that has people up in arms. Apparently a Muslim hat is racist… but you can slap a cowboy hat on a picture of GW and it’s just good old fashioned American fun, right?
By the way, she’s a feature “artist” at The New Republic if that answers any questions for ya’. Oh, and she loves bears so you can bet that she hates Sarah Palin doubly due to her take on polar bears and their status as “good eatin”. Oh, and her website is called manipulation.com.
