Hillary Clinton wants to be the leader of the most powerful country in the world, yet doesn't have a problem with lying, cheating and the infidelity within her own marriage. She has easily worked through scandal after scandal with Bill Clinton, while her own presidential ambitions seem to have created a two faced monster loser.

What's really going on in the mind of Hillary Clinton? It's sad to say but I believe she would say or do anything, regardless of who it effects or how repulsive it may be, to be the next U.S. President.

Divorce, politics and the Clinton ambitions

Bill Clinton wanted to divorce his wife in 1989 for another woman with whom he had fallen in love but Hillary Clinton forbade it, according to one of two new highly unflattering books about the former First Lady. The volumes confronted her 2008 presidential campaign yesterday with its primal fear: fresh allegations about her deeply complicated marriage.

A book by Carl Bernstein, the investigative reporter of Watergate fame, also claims that Mrs Clinton considered leaving her husband over his many infidelities when he was Governor of Arkansas. But as his presidential ambitions grew, she went to great lengths to hide his adultery, personally interviewing one woman to get a signed statement that she never had sex with him.

In a second book, Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton, by two New York Times reporters, the authors make a potentially highly damaging allegation with far more contemporary repercussions for Mrs Clinton: that she never read the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq in 2002 before she voted to authorise the war. The heart of her defence today over that vote was that she was convinced by the intelligence.

The book also claims that during Mr Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign, Mrs Clinton oversaw a team to undermine Gennifer Flowers – who had gone public about her affair with the candidate – “until she is destroyed”.

Both biographies, obtained by The Washington Post and to be published next month, come as Mrs Clinton’s presidential campaign strives to focus voters on her achievements as First Lady and New York senator – and not on the vaudevillian aspects of her husband’s White House years. Her greatest vulnerability lies in voters rejecting a Clinton restoration because of past scandals.

Before he became president, and then during the Monica Lewinsky scandal, Mr Clinton faced questions over a string of alleged relationships during his time as Arkansas Governor. One was with Marilyn Jo Jenkins, a beautiful employee of the Arkansas Power and Light Company.

Bernstein claims Mr Clinton was deeply in love with her and less than two years before had wanted to leave his wife to be with her. But Mrs Clinton refused, says Bernstein, telling Betsy Wright, the Governor’s chief of staff: “There are worse things than infidelity.”

It's obvious she wears the pants in her house, but now wants to wear the pants in the White House.

New Jersey State trooper and Union President David Jones avoids getting ticketed or tested for alcohol after being involved in a major car crash on Route 70 in Brick, New Jersey, in 2005.

Why would it take two years for the accident to became public knowledge?

Could it be:

• Because he is a NJ State Trooper?
  
• Because he and his kind are above the law?
  
• Because the local "Brick" police were told to lay off?
  
• or "D" All of the above?

Jones said that any effort to ask him about the accident was "nothing but an attempt to besmirch" him in a "smear campaign."

He called it a "smear campaign." Why? Because of the incident last month when he publicly threatened the "Jersey Guys" Graig Carton, and others working at the Radio station NJ101.5 FM, because they reported on an "alleged ticket-writing blitz" about to take place in New Jersey by the State Police?

It appears cut and dry to me.

• He was in an accident.
  
• He was the cause of the accident.
  
• He "had been drinking" prior to the accident.

But no ticket, no alcohol testing and a complete cover up for almost two years.

Where is the "smear campaign?" Shouldn't this information be public knowledge?

No ticket for trooper in crash.

BRICK — When State Police Trooper David Jones slammed a sport-utility vehicle into the back of a 40-ton tractor-trailer in 2005, the impact was so hard that it knocked the truck forward and then the truck driver was jolted back into his seat.

Brick police later stated in the department's official report that Jones "had been drinking." Jones is the president of the troopers union who recently railed against two radio talk show hosts claiming they endangered the lives of officers on the roadway.

Jones' "driver inattention" was the only apparent contributing circumstance for the accident, according to the police report.

Police did not conduct tests on Jones to determine the blood-alcohol level, if any, in his body. No summonses were issued in the Nov. 1, 2005, accident on Route 70 near the Manasquan River. Jones lives in Brick.

The GMC Suburban driven by Jones was owned by the Manasquan-based State Troopers Fraternal Association. It was totaled in the 10:48 p.m. accident. The Suburban struck the underside of the tractor-trailer before becoming airborne and spinning away.

Jones was extricated and transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, with a bleeding head wound, according to the police.

Brick Township police Capt. Douglas Kinney said the investigating officer at the scene, Patrolman Jeffrey C. Lindquist, would have arrested Jones if he'd been drunk.

"Everyone who has been drinking is not necessarily intoxicated. He made a determination that Mr. Jones was not intoxicated," he said.

That Jones wasn't given a summons, Kinney said, was within the officer's discretion. Kinney said it's common in Brick for officers to not issue summonses in traffic accidents.

Lindquist's report said that Jones was incapacitated by the accident, but the report did not say if Lindquist administered any field sobriety test to Jones. The Police Department declined to make Lindquist available for comment.

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Too many question... not too many answers.

UPDATE - FYI: Time off, reprimand for trooper union chief

State troopers union President David Jones was suspended for five days without pay and reprimanded Tuesday after a report from the attorney general said he "brought discredit to himself" and the State Police by releasing personal information about New Jersey 101.5 FM radio host Craig Carton.

Jones also was ordered to undergo conflict resolution counseling, according to two law enforcement sources who would not discuss the discipline publicly.

State Police Superintendent Col. Joseph "Rick" Fuentes handed down the punishment, hours after Attorney General Stuart Rabner issued a report and statement criticizing Jones' actions at a May 3 news conference in which the union leader held up a paper showing Carton's home address and the make, model and license plate number of his car.

Rabner's investigation found Jones did not obtain Carton's information through law enforcement databases. But Rabner wrote that Jones' actions "created an inappropriate perception that law enforcement would harass a citizen whom they have a grievance against."

"This perception harms law enforcement. In the case of the State Police, it undermines the good will that professionals have earned," Rabner wrote.

Big Deal!

On a personal note I'd like to share with you an enlightenment my mother went through just the other day. It all started when my mother was passing by my younger sister's bedroom. She stopped, and was astonished to see that the bed was nicely made and everything was picked up neat and clean. Believe me, this is not like my sister.

It was then that she noticed an envelope propped up prominently on the center of the bed. It was addressed, Mom.

With the worst premonition, she opened the envelope and read the letter with trembling hands.

Dear Mom:

It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm writing you. I had to elope with my new boyfriend because I wanted to avoid a scene with Dad and you.

I've been finding real passion with John and he is so nice, even with all his piercings, tattoos, beard, and his motorcycle clothes. But it's not only passion Mom, I'm pregnant and John said that we will be very happy together.

He already owns a trailer in the woods and has a stack of firewood for the whole winter. He wants to have many more children with me and that's now one of my dreams too.

John taught me that marijuana doesn't really hurt anyone and we'll be growing it for us and trading it with our friends for all the cocaine and ecstasy we want.

In the meantime, we'll pray that science will find a cure for AIDS so John can get better; he sure deserves it!

Don't worry Mom, I'm 15 years old now and I know how to take care of myself. Someday I'm sure we'll be back to visit so you can get to know your grandchildren.

Love
your daughter,

Judith

With tears in her eyes and hands trembling out of control, she attempts to sit down while putting the letter on the night stand in front of her. As she did she noticed a PS at the bottom of the letter.

It read:

PS: Mom, none of the above is true. I'm over at the neighbor's house. I just wanted to remind you that there are worse things in life than my report card that's in my desk center drawer.

The Sunday Times is reporting today that according to officials in Washington, under Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russia’s covert foreign intelligence operations against America and American interest worldwide have reached Cold War levels.

Reports are that Russia is using private U.S. companies based in Russia and in America, as cover for their spy program.

Putin spy war on the West

White House intelligence advisers believe no other country is as aggressive as Russia in trying to obtain US secrets, with the possible exception of China.

In particular the SVR, as the former KGB’s foreign intelligence arm is now known, is using a network of undercover agents in America to gather classified information about sensitive technologies, including military projects under development and high-tech research.

Yuri Shvets, a former KGB agent, said: “In the days of the Soviet Union, the number of spies was limited because they had to be based at the foreign ministry, the trade mission or the news agencies like Tass. Right now, virtually every successful private company in Russia is being used as a cover for Russian intelligence operations.”

Intelligence experts believe that since Putin became president in 2000, the Russians have rebuilt a network of agents in the United States that had been depleted during the country’s transition from communism.

Putin served 16 years in the KGB, including a spell in foreign intelligence in East Germany. He became head of the FSB, the domestic security service. According to Shvets, the FSB has been operating widely in America because of its favoured status with Putin. Agents, some acting under diplomatic cover, are said to be trying to recruit specialists in American facilities with access to sensitive information.

A rare insight into the SVR’s methods was gained six months ago when the authorities in Canada deported a Russian man who had been masquerading as a Canadian citizen.

The alleged SVR agent had been living under a false identity as Paul William Hampel and was detained carrying a fake birth certificate, £3,000 in five currencies and several encrypted pre-paid mobile phone cards.

He claimed to be a lifeguard and travel consultant but counter-intelligence officers believe he based himself in Montreal because the city is the centre of the Canadian aerospace industry. Carrying a Canadian passport, he would have been able to travel freely to the United States.

In another incident last year, the Americans arrested Ariel Weinmann, a former US navy submariner, on charges of spying for the Russians. Weinmann was accused of making electronic copies of classified information which he sought to pass on to his handlers. He was sentenced to 12 years in jail.

John Pike, a military and security analyst who runs GlobalSecurity.org, said a surge in recruitment of US intelligence operatives since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 had presented great opportunities for the Russians to penetrate the CIA and other agencies. Shvets believes Russian agents are also entering America legally as immigrants, a rarity in the strictly controlled Soviet era.

The increase in Russian intelligence activity abroad is in step with Moscow’s more aggressive stance since Putin came to power and turned the country’s lagging economy around on the back of record high oil prices.

Putin’s abrasive style has frustrated Washington. Relations between Russia and the United States are worse than at any time since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Comparisons with the tension of the cold war years have become commonplace.

“President Putin thinks the United States has been weakened by Iraq,” said Richard Holbrooke, a former US ambassador to the United Nations. “He thinks he has been strengthened by recent events and high-priced oil and he is trying to put Russia back on the international map.”

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Another reason to Boycott Lukoil...

Today, May 19, 2007 is Armed Forces Day. To those dedicated men and women of our U.S. Armed Forces charged with protecting America, we offer our heart felt gratitude. Especially those heroes currently risking their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan fighting this "War on Terror."
"America Supports You"
A Tradition of Heroes

On August 31, 1949, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson announced the creation of an Armed Forces Day to replace separate Army, Navy and Air Force Days. The single-day celebration stemmed from the unification of the Armed Forces under one department -- the Department of Defense. Each of the military leagues and orders was asked to drop sponsorship of its specific service day in order to celebrate the newly announced Armed Forces Day. The Army, Navy and Air Force leagues adopted the newly formed day. The Marine Corps League declined to drop support for Marine Corps Day but supports Armed Forces Day, too.

In a speech announcing the formation of the day, President Truman "praised the work of the military services at home and across the seas" and said, "it is vital to the security of the nation and to the establishment of a desirable peace." In an excerpt from the Presidential Proclamation of Feb. 27, 1950, Mr. Truman stated:

Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 20, 1950, marks the first combined demonstration by America's defense team of its progress, under the National Security Act, towards the goal of readiness for any eventuality. It is the first parade of preparedness by the unified forces of our land, sea, and air defense.

The theme of the first Armed Forces Day was "Teamed for Defense." It was chosen as a means of expressing the unification of all the military forces under a single department of the government. Although this was the theme for the day, there were several other purposes for holding Armed Forces Day. It was a type of "educational program for civilians," one in which there would be an increased awareness of the Armed Forces. It was designed to expand public understanding of what type of job is performed and the role of the military in civilian life. It was a day for the military to show "state-of-the-art" equipment to the civilian population they were protecting. And it was a day to honor and acknowledge the people of the Armed Forces of the United States.

God Bless our troops... God Bless the USA
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Even for you non-believers out there, this story definitely falls into the category of unbelievable "Medical Miracle." God bless her!

Doctors Call 30-Year-Old Woman 'Medical Miracle'

Miracles do happen. That's what doctors said about 30-year-old Shannon Malloy.

A car crash in Nebraska on Jan. 25 threw Malloy up against the vehicle's dashboard. In the process, her skull became separated from her spine. The clinical term for her condition is called internal decapitation.

"I remember the impact and then I had no control over my head," said Malloy. "I wasn't focused so much on the pain. I just kept thinking, 'I have to stay alive.'"

Dr. Gary Ghiselli, a chiropractor at the Denver Spine Center, said Malloy's will to survive is what saved her.

"I've seen it once before and, unfortunately, the patient didn't make it," said Ghiselli.

Five screws were drilled into Malloy's neck. Four more were drilled into her head to keep it stabilized. Then a thing called a halo -- rods and a circular metal bar -- was attached for added support. It's not exactly a pain-free procedure.

"My skull slipped off my neck about five times. Every time they tried to screw this to my head, I would slip," said Malloy.

Rebuilding Malloy's neck strength was a priority, but there were also other complications.

"I had a fractured skull, swollen brain stem, bleeding in my brain, GI tube in my stomach, can't swallow, and nerve damage in my eyes (because they cross)," said Malloy.

See Video: Shannon describes her ordeal in recovery.

WOW! That's all I can say.

Like many other bloggers of late, it has come to our attention that the stat counter service we were using - SiteMeter - has started installing rogue tracking cookies on our visitor's computers. This type of cookie is more commonly known as spyware.

Needless to say, I find this appalling and have stopped using their counter code effective this morning. Sitemeter has been eliminated from FreedomforSome.com forever.

SiteMeter has admittedly allowed at least one spyware cookie to be installed from specificclick.com, who's parent company is Specific Media and are well known in the internet community to secretly gather and pass on to other companies, marketing information about your travels through the internet.

There is no need to be concerned because the cookie IS NOT a virus, it cannot hurt your computer, and there is no threat to your computer's well being. However, the cookie does allow third-party companies to track your every move online.

I would suggest removing all cookies from sitemeter and specificclick.com from your browser cookie folder/directory.

Things you should know about Sitemeter.

Certain comments appearing on the New Jersey State Troopers' Fraternal Association web site and then aired by NJ 101.5 radio hosts, the "Jersey Guys," have caused the NJ State troopers Union president, David Jones to lose total control of his mental faculties. In a completely unbelievable tirade in front of television cameras, Jones not only threatens Craig Carton of the Jersey Guys, but he threaten to "crush like a bug," the State trooper "girl scouts" who leaked the information to the press.
Jones also promised to reveal personal information about Carton's co-host, Ray Rossi, and other 101.5 executives starting today.

It all started with some anonymous postings on the web site about the alleged ticket-writing blitz about to take place in retaliation for the seemingly harsh criticism state police faced in the wake of Governor Corzine's recent auto accident:

• "Great idea, Absolutely hammer everyone (obviously except cops and family) who does 1 m.p.h. over the limit., Let's really give them something to complain about."
  
• "I am all for the May 1st blitz, Better start pre-signing my summonses."
  
• "Everyone has to take part in this, We are taking an absolute beating from the public and media, and so-called officers are doing nothing about it to protect or support us in any way. May 1st, spread the word. It's go time."

UPDATES BELOW:

Trooper union chief attacks radio hosts, newspapers

Angered that a popular radio show drew attention to police message board posts calling for a ticket-writing blitz, the head of the state troopers' union said the show had endangered police and showed rolling television cameras the home address and license plate number of New Jersey 101.5 FM personality Craig Carton Thursday.

In a blistering news conference, State Police union leader David Jones said more motorists have been confrontational during traffic stops since Carton, and then Gannett New Jersey newspapers, publicized the chatter about stepped-up ticket writing, which anonymous posters discussed on a password-protected message board for union members.

Jones opened his news conference by holding up a paper with Carton's home information, which he held in front of him for the duration of his remarks.

"I'm going to release the names and addresses of these people and then their sponsors, and all of the car dealerships and everybody else that sponsors that show is going to have to deal with the reality that they're putting public servants and the public in general in harm's way, and I'm going to make sure that everybody knows, until they get their act together, who these people are, where they live, what they do and how it is that they're misleading the public and creating this furor," Jones said.

He later said he wanted to show that a host of the "Jersey Guys" lives in Pennsylvania.

Jones said there is no ticket-writing campaign occurring and that the story has been stoked by a "a couple of clowns on a small radio station" and Gannett State Bureau chief Bob Ingle. He threatened to "crush" the people who leaked the anonymous posts to the media.

AUDIO: Trooper union leader's May 3, 2007, news conference (Part I)
AUDIO: Trooper union leader's May 3, 2007, news conference (Part II)

In a public statement, Craig Carton said, "My safety and more importantly the safety of my family is paramount to me and I can not and will not allow them to be put in harm's way because of the misguided rantings of a powerful police figure."

Rogue state troopers in New Jersey are not uncommon. If I were Craig Carton... I'd be scared, very scared. Let's remember, this is NJ, and we all know people don't care about the law, especially people of power.

Update: May 5, 2007
Trooper holds off against 'Jersey Guys'

The head of a State Troopers union yesterday suspended his campaign to publicize the home addresses of radio personalities critical of the State Police pending a meeting Monday with State Police Superintendent Rick Fuentes.

"I made a promise to the Colonel (Rick Fuentes) that I would stand down until Monday," said David Jones, head of the State Troopers Fraternal Association.

Notice the phase "stand down until Monday." (emphasis are mine)
Of course! That's when the underground strong arming will begin. You don't think he is going to fight this fight in the public arena do you? Hell no!