Shoe Bomber Sentence

Remember the guy who got on a plane with a bomb built into his shoe and tried to light it?

Did you know his trial is over?
Did you know he was sentenced?
Did you see/hear any of the judge's comments on TV or Radio?
Didn't think so.!!!

Everyone should hear what the judge had to say.

Ruling by Judge William Young, US District Court.

Prior to sentencing, the Judge asked the defendant if he had anything to say His response: After admitting his guilt to the court for the record, Reid also admitted his 'allegiance to
Osama bin Laden, to Islam, and to the religion of Allah,' defiantly stating, 'I think I will not apologize for my actions,' and told the court 'I am at war with your country.'

Judge Young then delivered the statement quoted below:

Judge Young: 'Mr. Richard C. Reid, hearken now to the sentence the Court imposes upon you.

On counts 1, 5 and 6 the Court sentences you to life in prison in the custody of the United States Attorney General. On counts 2, 3, 4 and 7, the Court sentences you to 20 years in prison on each count, the sentence on each count to run consecutively. (That's 80 years.)

On count 8 the Court sentences you to the mandatory 30 years again, to be served consecutively to the 80 years just imposed. The Court imposes upon you for each of the eight counts a fine of $250,000 that's an aggregate fine of $2 million. The Court accepts the government's recommendation with respect to restitution and orders restitution in the amount of $298.17 to Andre Bousquet and $5,784 to American Airlines.

The Court imposes upon you an $800 special assessment. The Court imposes upon you five years supervised release simply because the law requires it. But the life sentences are real life sentences so I need go no further.

This is the sentence that is provided for by our statutes. It is a fair and just sentence. It is a righteous sentence.

Now, let me explain this to you. We are not afraid of you or any of your terrorist co-conspirators, Mr. Reid. We are Americans. We have been through the fire before. There is too much war talk here and I say that to everyone with the utmost respect. Here in this court, we deal with individuals as individuals and care for individuals as individuals. As human beings, we reach out for justice.

You are not an enemy combatant. You are a terrorist. You are not a soldier in any war. You are a terrorist. To give you that reference, to call you a soldier, gives you far too much stature. Whether the officers of government do it or your attorney does it, or if you think you are a soldier, you are not-----, you are a terrorist. And we do not negotiate with terrorists. We do not meet with terrorists. We do not sign documents with terrorists. We hunt them down one by one and bring them to justice.

So war talk is way out of line in this court You are a big fellow. But you are not that big. You're no warrior. I've known warriors. You are a terrorist. A species of criminal that is guilty of multiple attempted murders. In a very real sense, State Trooper Santiago had it right when you first were taken off that plane and into custody and you wondered where the press and the TV crews were, and he said: 'You're no big deal.'

You are no big deal.

What your able counsel and what the equally able United States attorneys have grappled with and what I have as honestly as I know how tried to grapple with, is why you did something so horrific. What was it that led you here to this courtroom today?

I have listened respectfully to what you have to say. And I ask you to search your heart and ask yourself what sort of unfathomable hate led you to do what you are guilty and admit you are guilty of doing? And, I have an answer for you. It may not satisfy you, but as I search this entire record, it comes as close to understanding as I know.

It seems to me you hate the one thing that to us is most precious. You hate our freedom. Our individual freedom. Our individual freedom to live as we choose, to come and go as we choose, to believe or not believe as we individually choose. Here, in this society, the very wind carries freedom. It carries it everywhere from sea to shining sea. It is because we prize individual freedom so much that you are here in this beautiful courtroom, so that everyone can see, truly see, that justice is administered fairly, individually, and discretely. It is for freedom's sake that your lawyers are striving so vigorously on your behalf, have filed appeals, will go on in their representation of you before other judges.

We Americans are all about freedom. Because we all know that the way we treat you, Mr. Reid, is the measure of our own liberties. Make no mistake though. It is yet true that we will bear any burden; pay any price, to preserve our freedoms. Look around this courtroom. Mark it well. The world is not going to long remember what you or I say here. The day after tomorrow, it will be forgotten, but this, however, will long endure.

Here in this courtroom and courtrooms all across America, the American people will gather to see that justice, individual justice, justice, not war, individual justice is in fact being done. The very President of the United States through his officers will have to come into courtrooms and lay out evidence on which specific matters can be judged and juries of citizens will gather to sit and judge that evidence democratically, to mold and shape and refine our sense of justice.

See that flag, Mr. Reid? That's the flag of the United States of America. That flag will fly there long after this is all forgotten. That flag stands for freedom. And it always will.

Mr. Custody Officer. Stand him down.

So, how much of this Judge's comments did we hear on our TV sets? We need more judges like Judge Young. Pass this around. Everyone should and needs to hear what this fine judge had to say. Powerful words that strike home.

Please SEND this----so that everyone has a chance to read it.

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UKIP Leadership candidates to battle it out in Peterborough as the campaign moves to the East of England

The increasingly hard fought campaign for the Leadership of the UK Independence Party moves to the East of England on Sunday (10th October) with a hustings meeting in Peterborough featuring all four of the candidates. Party members will be given a chance to hear about the candidates’ Leadership ambitions and put their questions to them, at the Orton Hall Hotel, The Village, Orton Longueville, Peterborough, PE2 7DN, starting at 1.00pm. The Leadership contest is of special interest for east of England UKIP members as their MEP, David Campbell Bannerman, currently the Party’s Deputy Leader and Head of Policy, is one of the contenders. However, he faces strong competition from former Leader Nigel Farage who is the Party’s most well-known and respected politician, from Tim Congdon, an economist who was an adviser to Margaret Thatcher and from former boxer and enthusiastic promoter of sport for young people, Winston McKenzie.

Further information on the candidates can be found at the following link:

 http://www.ukip.org/page/leadership-contenders

There will be a ballot of all current UKIP members to decide the winner of the contest, with the result being announced on 5th November 2010.

UK Households pay more than £500 a year to be EU members

More news from the Daily Telegraph ... in today's paper the Telegraph reports on new figures showing that the average British household paid £518 to be a member of the EU last year, but received only £367 back in direct benefits. The £150 loss for every household is because Britain's share of the costs for running the EU are not matched by returned cash, which comes in the form of farm subsidies or social funds. The paper sys the data shows that the lion's share of spending goes to continental farmers and poorer countries such as Poland.

A list of Private Members Bills being introduce in the House of Commons

There's a list of Private Members Bills being introduce in the House of Commons by the Conservative MP Philip Hollobone which supports are stand. The dates of these can be found www.parliment.uk and www.TheyWorkForYou.com

Robert H Brown now serves on UKIP's Disciplinary Panel

Just to inform the local membership, I have been appointed to serve on the national UKIP Disciplinary Committee which consists of a ten-strong panel to deal with any difficulties or disputes regarding UKIP members who may come before the panel to consider any particular issue. The appointment is for a period of one year starting as from the 7th of Sept. 2011.

My other role as the Eastern Counties Representative for Cambridgeshire serving as a member on the committee is to find candidates for the next local district & town council elections that will be held in May 2011. In addition to this, I also serve on the sub-committee for the membership & new members which is designed to find ways of increasing our membership here in the Eastern Counties.

Upwood & Raveleys Parish Council is currently looking to fill a vacancy

The Upwood & Raveleys Parish Council is currently looking to fill a vacancy on it's council due to the sudden death of Mr. John Rignall who had been very ill. If your interested in applying, you must be a local resident and write to the parish council giving your reasons for wanting to serve on the Parish Council. You have until the end of September to apply ...

Parish Council vacancy in Girton

There's another Parish Council vacancy in Girton which is on the outskirts of Cambridge. Anyone that's interested should contact Joe Webster  ukip@jwebster.plus.com and me at: nwcambsukip@hotmail.co.uk

By-election is being called for in Cambridge in the ward of Coleridge

Finally, a by-election is being called for in Cambridge in the ward of Coleridge. This is due to the current Conservative City Councillor who has resigned this week, which was announced yesterday on Look East News.

UKIP NEC election results

The NEC election results have now been declared. With a record 37 candidates for the top 7 spots, the count was a time-consuming one.  The successful seven candidates were:

After the count, UKIP Party Chairman Paul Nuttall MEP said: "It was a complicated and time-consuming count for acting returning officer John Knotts and his team of voluteers and on behalf of the Party, I'd like to thank them for their efforts.

"I now look forward to seeing the new NEC members at their first meeting next Thursday on the eve of the Party's annual conference in Torquay."

The remainder of the full result is reproduced below:

Improvement in UKIP local by-election results mentioned in the Independent

The Independent newspaper has commented on strong UKIP by-election results this week:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/double-defeat-for-tories-in-byelections-2063696.html

More detail on these results will follow in the next newsletter.

UK Fined for EU flag breaches

Brussels has fined Britain more than 150million for failing to display the EU flag on a string of projects part-funded by Europe.

Read more:

Attempts by the new European External Action Service to gain control over military actions runs the risk of costing the lives of British troops, UKIP MEP David Campbell Bannerman warned today.

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I declare an interest as a working farmer.

Plans for the future of the CAP have to work at a practical level and they must be affordable.

The military have a phrase: "no names, no pack drill" but a member of the EPP voted against this report in committee. This can only be because in today's financial climate, cost is a worry and the report's enthusiasm for non-agricultural objectives, under pillar 2, diverts funds away from farmers.

The report's obsession with climate change could lead to accepting advice that obliges arable farmers to pump tractor exhaust under the ground, increasing fuel consumption and spoiling seed beds as a consequence.

My own experience of witnessing contractors attempts to inject dirty water under the ground, to satisfy EU rules tells me what problems lie ahead. Ruminant livestock farmers may be required to reduce methane emissions by replacing hay and silage with more expensive cereal based rations.

If there has to be a CAP, let it assist farmers, not hinder them.

British taxpayers are paying out benefits to disabled East European immigrants who have returned home. Last year more than £5m in UK Disability Living Allowance was sent abroad to 2,000 foreigners.

UKIP’s joint deputy leader David Campbell Bannerman said the figures prove how corrupt the British benefits system is. “We know there is a huge amount of fraud in the system which the Government is trying to deal with. But the only people free from accountability are those, mostly former migrants, who have left these shores and receive these benefits abroad.”

Migrants who move to Britain from EU countries are entitled to claim up to £126 a week after just two years as a resident. And despite George Osborne’s pledges to crack down on fraudulent disability benefits claimants, the government will not be able to check up on those who do not live in the UK.

Matthew Elliott, from the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: “Taxpayers will be fuming that we’re forking out for migrants who are back in their own countries. If they have returned then they are the responsibility of their home countries.”