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Life Society of St. Vincent de Paul Marks 149 YearsJake Parrillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195261008177966339noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-29962249038726349002006-10-11T11:41:37.000-05:002006-10-11T11:41:37.000-05:00You have a good website! I found exactly the infor...You have a good website! I found exactly the information. Enjoyed visiting your site.Fatodinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-25246077837330741682006-09-09T20:36:55.000-05:002006-09-09T20:36:55.000-05:00The media loved him for becoming suddenly fanatica...The media loved him for becoming suddenly fanatically pro-abortion and anti-death penalty and dutifuly gave his "case" much more favorable treatment following his fake conversion just as he hoped they would. He counted on them being such complete ideologues and so absolutely divorced from any concept of authentic journalism that they would serve his purposes quite nicely and not bring up embarassing questions about the timing of his transformation into a liberal's liberal, something he had shown little tendency to be in the past. To the sane, of course, the ersatz conversion is just one more example of Ryan's complete lack of ethics. He's apparantly willing to hold any opinion if it serves his political ambitions at a given time and then switch violently to a completely opposite view when political circumstances change. Rather than putting him in a more favorable light as regards the charges against him his pandering to the media in this way further shows him to be the amoral political animal the prosecution charged him with being. This being said, and if it is true that he knows things about Jim Thompson that would ruin Thompson if they were revealed, it must make Big Jim very, very nervous.Charles Rydernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-47220512646406305202006-09-09T13:31:31.000-05:002006-09-09T13:31:31.000-05:00Tom, I'm not up on sentencing procedures in po...Tom, I'm not up on sentencing procedures in political corruption cases, but did George Ryan hop on Ricardo Guzman's semi, tear off that part, then throw it at the Willis van in a manner that would cause the most death and carnage? If he had, I'd understand all of the anger directed at Pallmeyer for sentencing Ryan to anything less than life.<br><br>One more question, but first imagine that the tragic accident was not the indirect result of political corruption, but the result of cost-cutting by a manufacturer. Imagine that Guzman passed all exams and inspections; that no bribery was involved, and that a faulty part was intentionally left on Guzman's vehicle as a result of cost-benefit analysis. I wonder, would you and so many Chicago area op-ed writers express the same outrage when the injured family brought suit against the manufacturer, or would you be crying for limits on liability?Bob in PFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-21351680751321967852006-09-09T04:03:15.000-05:002006-09-09T04:03:15.000-05:00I have yet to see anything analysis whether drivin...I have yet to see anything analysis whether driving with a purchased license is dangerous or not. Do we or did we ever have a safety problem with purchased licenses, or is the entire licensing process so corrupt that people that need driving credentials have the obvious moral hazard to participate in a corrupt licensing scheme worthy of the third-world.<br><br>JBPJohn Powersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-13189622468481315342006-09-09T03:05:38.000-05:002006-09-09T03:05:38.000-05:00I was dissatisfied with the short length of Ryan&#...I was dissatisfied with the short length of Ryan's sentence. However, I have the consolation of a believer knowing that if he does not repent that he will someday have to give a straight answer to God for all he's done in his life.David P. Grafnoreply@blogger.com