Engaged and Underage

3 Americans Face Child-Sex Charges

Aug 31, 2009 - Men Arrested in Cambodia Are the First Prosecuted Under Trafficking Initiative By Ashley Surdin Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, September 1, 2009 LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31 -- Three Americans accused of traveling to Cambodia to have sex with children are expected to be charged in federal court here, officials said Monday, marking the first prosecutions under a new international initiative intended to combat child-sex tourism. The initiative, Operation Twisted Traveler, targets Americans who exploit children for sex in Cambodia, which experts describe as a top destination for child predators. - 13 Comments

How The NYT makes its first coment on ACORN scandel

Sep 16, 2009 - Conservatives Draw Blood From Acorn By SCOTT SHANE (NYT) Published: September 15, 2009 WASHINGTON — For months during last year’s presidential race, conservatives sought to tar the Obama campaign with accusations of voter fraud and other transgressions by the national community organizing group Acorn, which had done some work for the campaign. But it took amateur actors, posing as a prostitute and a pimp and recorded on hidden cameras in visits to Acorn offices, to send government officials scrambling in recent days to sever ties with the organization. Conservative advocates and broadcasters were gleeful about the success of the tactics in exposing Acorn workers, who appeared to blithely encourage prostitution and tax evasion. - 13 Comments

NYT: The Little Mr. Conservative

Mar 10, 2009 - I hadn't seen this until today... The Little Mr. Conservative By JAN HOFFMAN March 8, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/fashion/08conserve.html?ref=fashion SITTING in the back seat of his mother’s van as she drives through Atlanta suburbs, Jonathan Krohn is about to sign off with a conservative radio talk show host in Florida. In the 40 minutes he’s been on the air, with the help of his mother’s cellphone, this hyper-articulate Georgia eighth grader has attacked the stimulus bill, identified leaders he thinks will salvage the Republican Party’s image, and assessed the legitimacy of Barack Obama’s birth certificate. - 5 Comments

Conscience of a Guantanamo Prosecutor (public)

Oct 12, 2008 - Published on Sunday, October 12, 2008 by the Los Angeles Times by Josh Meyer WASHINGTON - Darrel J. Vandeveld was in despair. The hard-nosed lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve, a self-described conformist praised by his superiors for his bravery in Iraq, had lost faith in the Guantanamo Bay war crimes tribunals in which he was a prosecutor. - 2 Comments

The ACORN does not fall far enough

Oct 08, 2008 - October 08, 2008, 0:00 a.m. Thug Thizzle to Election Day ACORN/Obama voter registration. By Michelle Malkin Systemic corruption of our election process continues. - 44 Comments

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