Commentary Shrugged off as "business as usual" Las Vegas Review Journal by Vin Suprinowicz
"In the part of the world that gave us the word 'Byzantine,' where kickbacks and gratuities to those in power are routinely reported on corporate balance sheets under the heading 'baksheesh,' and given Gen. Garner's overnight success in our own corporate world ... while the nagging whistle-blower was promptly deep sixed on trumped-up charges of smooching the secretaries ... Jay Garner would have seemed the perfect choice. What went wrong?" (05/18/03)
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/May-18-Sun-2003/opinion/21267674.html
Commentary Noises The Libertarian Enterprise by William Stone III
"In my essay, "The Phantom Menace", I predicted that Saddam Hussein -- and indeed, virtually all of the "terrorists" that government has paraded before us -- would turn out to be absolutely no threat whatsoever. I pointed out that the FedGov's stated reasons for starting a war with Iraq were mutually exclusive. History is now bearing out my assertion." (05/19/03)
http://www.webleyweb.com/tle/libe224-20030518-03.html
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News Marijuana legal in Ontario Cannabis Culture
"Marijuana advocates across Canada are celebrating a
May 16 Ontario court decision, which effectively
legalized possession in Canada's largest province.
On Friday, May 16, Ontario Summary Conviction Appeal
Court Justice Steve Rogin upheld the lower court
ruling of Justice Philips, concerning a case of pot
possession in Ontario.Justice Rogin agreed that the federal government had failed in its obligation to change the law to allow for medical use of marijuana, and so the entire law was void." (05/16/03)
http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/2958.html
News Someone didn't like Condon's message Orlando Weekly
"It was the third day of the National Rifle Association's annual conference, April 27, and Tim Condon thought he was home free. He had already survived two days of sore feet, meddlesome security officers and zealous members of the Million Mom March yelling anti-gun slogans through a bull-horn. Condon, a 53-year-old Tampa attorney, traveled to the Orange County Convention Center to hand out fliers and brochures promoting ...[the free State Project]... But day three of the conference, security guards suddenly took an interest in Condon, who was standing underneath a covered walkway outside the Orange County Convention Center. According to Condon, the guards asked him to cease and desist. He refused ... When Condon continued his distribution, deputies put him in handcuffs and marched him through the Convention Center ... The NRA failed to return phone calls. But the Convention Center's manager of security and transportation, Greg Forehand, agrees with Condon, saying he was arrested 'on behalf of the NRA management staff.'" (05/15/03)
http://www.orlandoweekly.com/news/story.asp?ID=3945
News Groom to be sues strip club over bachelor party injuries Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
"A Fort Wayne man alleges that dancers at a local adult entertainment club caused severe injuries while dancing with him during his bachelor party, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Allen Superior Court.
Justin Scheidt went to Showgirl III, 930 Coliseum Blvd. E., in the early-morning hours of his wedding day last June as a continuation of his bachelor party that started the night before, the lawsuit said. His friends paid $40 for the female entertainers to get Scheidt on the main stage and dance, the lawsuit said.... While on his honeymoon, Scheidt was unable to consummate his marriage because of "serious and permanent injuries" he sustained from the dancers falling on him, the suit said." (05/16/03)
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/news/5876608.htm
