FBI Catches Suspect Maryland Politician With $80K in Her Underwear
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A married pair of top officials in a Maryland county is accused of tampering with evidence after FBI agents said they recorded the husband telling his wife to flush a $100,000 check from a real estate developer down the toilet and to stuff almost $80,000 in cash in her underwear.
Prince George’s County Executive Jack Johnson, whose second term expires next month, and his wife, Leslie, who was recently elected to the County Council, were charged with witness and evidence tampering and destruction, alteration and falsification of records in a federal investigation.
The charges grew out of a 5-year-old investigation into allegations of real estate developers in the county offering rewards to county officials in exchange for personal and business favors.
In an affidavit filed in federal court, FBI agents wrote that they recorded a mobile phone conversation between the Johnsons after agents went knocking on their door.
After Johnson told his wife, “Don’t answer it,” he instructed her over the phone to go upstairs to their bedroom and destroy the check, the affidavit said.
“Tear it up! That is the only thing you have to do,” Johnson told his wife, according to the affidavit.
Leslie Johnson then could be heard asking her husband, “Do you want me to put it down the toilet?”
The county executive responded, “Yes, flush that,” according to the affidavit, which noted that monitoring agents heard a flushing sound in the background.
Johnson then told his wife to put cash in her underwear, according to the affidavit. After FBI agents entered the home, they searched Leslie Johnson and recovered $79,600 from her underwear.
The Johnsons were arrested at home and released later on personal recognizance. Jack Johnson was placed on home detention with electronic monitoring. They both face a maximum of 20 years in prison.
Jack Johnson swore his innocence after being released: “To all the citizens of Prince George’s County, you know me. I‘ve served you long and I’ve served you well and most of you know me well. I cannot go into these allegations because my lawyers will kill me if I do. I’m innocent of these charges. I just can’t wait for the facts to come out. When they come out, I am absolutely convinced that we will be vindicated.”
Roland Patterson, Leslie Johnson’s attorney, said she is asking for prayers and support “through the ordeal of fighting to disprove the allegations that are pending against her now.”
U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein said authorities have tapped Jack Johnson’s phone since January 2010. Prosecutors expect more charges to be filed and more people to be charged.
Jack Johnson, 61, has been county executive since 2002; his term ends in three weeks. The Democrat was the county state’s attorney for eight years before that. Born in Charleston, S.C., Johnson attended Benedict College and got his law degree from Howard University, where his wife was also a law student.
Leslie Johnson, 58, worked for the District of Columbia government for nearly three decades before running for a seat on the council. She has been honored for her work in education and for a program she co-founded that provides support for women in jail. The couple has three children.
Prince George’s County borders Washington D.C. and is the wealthiest county in the U.S. with an African-American majority.
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Associated Press writers Sarah Brumfield in Greenbelt and Jessica Gresko in Washington contributed to this story.
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historypaper
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 6:53amLeslie Johnson WILL be going to jail very soon along with her inspired husband. Another example of new black panther habits behind the scenes of our government. Tell lies and always hide the money.
Report Post »JoePatriot
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 6:45amJust another bunch of greedy politicians caught in the act!
“Just flush it baby! Whatever you do DON’T put it in the refrigerator!”
The sad thing is they abused tax payers of all races and will probably use the race card in their defense.
Report Post »mendolover
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 6:45amThese two people don’t seem very nice.
Report Post »red penny
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 6:16amGovernment at any level can’t be trusted.Corruption goes on around the nation but it strikes me that some of the worst examples are cities where the gov. is controlled by blacks. For example,Baltimore,as indicated in the story,Detroit,Atlanta,DC,St. Louis,Oakland,Philly,Jersey City and others. When the white urban population escapes to the surburbs,the minorities left behind rise to power by default and often the system breaks down.** Hopefully, the Johnsons of Baltimore will be brought to trial and if found guilty jailed.
Report Post »LadyIzShy
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 5:52amare they progressives? I bet they are.. thisis NO surprise at all…..
Report Post »GulfPeg
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 5:15amWhen you see all of this crime, it only confirms that with the example that the Federal Government is giving the nation, I am not surprised. The Feds are saying to the illegals that it is OK to break the law, therefore we can ALL do what we want, even speeding. Am I correct on this Obamie and Eric Holder?
Report Post »starman70
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 8:24amThey start learning this in K-3. The ends justify the means. God, morality and good ethics are totally ignored by the government schools.
Report Post »burnteye86
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 5:12amHahahahahaha
Report Post »Ima American Man
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 4:59amWhy would this little crime shock anyone? Look at what the democraps in the senate have done to this Nation! With obama and his socialist crony’s in the house, we are putting our great grandchildren on the slave block!
13 trillion dollars? WAKE UP AMERICA! You are about to LOSE this country to our enemies.
The socialist’s are calling for riots and bloodshed in our streets! ALL the unions boss’s are corrupt.. What will we do when a loaf of bread costs $25.00 ? Don’t think it will happen? Wait and see what it cost for a simple chicken dinner new years eve.
We better quit listening to the lies obama and the damn democrats are telling us
Report Post »wash1776
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 4:47amI love the sign by the woman! Experienced and committed? In what? Stealing from the taxpayers. They both ought to be committed to prison where they will experience just what they deserve. The thieving starts at the lowest echelons of government and gets worse and more expensive for the taxpayers the higher politicians get on the political ladder. Obalmy’s salary must be like streetcar fare to him. But that is no worry. I’m sure he can take another 45 car entourage like he is doing overseas now with all of his other thieving perks. Politicians are a blight on this country. If they are stupid enough to think the party isn’t over, we will speak through the ballot box as we did on Nov. 2.
Report Post »justice
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 4:13amwhy are these people all corrupt. it is everywhere. i hope to god the new people we sent to washington, keep their honor.the couple of course they will say they are innocent. and there is a good reason why she put money in underwear and flush a check, get real crooks.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 4:03amThe Congressional Follies, 111th Edition
By Jerry Shenk
Before the 112th Congress is sworn in, let’s review some of the lesser-known activities of the departing 111th. For every high-profile issue on which the House of Representatives votes, there are far more votes that receive scant, if any, publicity. It’s a shame, too, because these little-known votes, individually and in combination, serve to illustrate the limited utility of the body and many of those who inhabit it. By far, the House spends the greatest amount of its time on meaningless, boring inanities, but some things do stand out.
In addition to naming scores of Post Offices and officially congratulating multitudes of successful amateur athletes, college teams, and professional sports franchises (all gender-balanced, of course), the current House turned its attention to weightier matters by passing, sometimes unanimously, some very interesting bills and resolutions, most of which were never covered by the media.
For example, on April 29, 2009, by a nearly unanimous vote, the U.S. House of Representatives passed House Resolution 357, “Supporting the goals and ideals of Financial Literacy Month 2009, and for other purposes” (Roll Call No. 217).
This is the same body that, in the prior three months, committed trillions of dollars of American wealth as yet unearned by taxpayers, including by millions of taxpayers yet to be born. It’s astonishing that a group of legislators, a majority of whom cannot count well enough to be terrified by the word “trillions,” would dare urge the rest of us to become financially literate.
Viewed only on the basis of its unwitting artlessness, the resolution is hilarious.
Despite failing to read the massive bills on which they vote, members periodically pass similar resolutions expressing the sense of the House that Americans should learn to read, too.
The U.S. House of Representatives proves over and over that all of Washington, but especially Capitol Hill, is an irony-free zone. It’s not surprising that voters have begun to flush out the place.
Members of Congress are very sentimental about animals, too, and concerned about their welfare.
Consider the ROAM Act. (Note: The medical community does not consider “persistent acronymia” a terminal disease, but merely an annoying one.)
H.R. 1018 passed the House on July 17, 2009, by a vote of 239 to 185 (Roll Call 577).The bill, titled the “Restore Our American Mustangs” Act, is a welfare program for wild mustangs. That’s right, welfare for horses. Not only did the House squander time on this matter, but they’re willing to squander $700 million of our tax money to fund it.
Among other provisions, the ROAM Act mandates a horse census every two years, provides “enhanced contraception” and birth control for horses, and sets aside an additional 19 million acres of public and private land for wild mustangs.
Frankly, we were unaware that wild mustangs used birth control. The bill is not specific about what forms of birth control the House approved or why it favored those methods. Did members choose equine condoms, chemical methods, or intra-uterine devices? Will stallions or mares be responsible for birth control? Will members of Congress “administer” this new equine policy? Or will American taxpayers be on the hook for a new bureaucracy of horse pimps and procurers on the federal payroll?
An easier, less expensive solution to the wild mustang conundrum can be captured in the following two-word phrase: “Dog food.” But when has Congress ever transformed a perceived problem into a revenue stream?
Wait — it gets better.
Amid the terrible problems of our times — mounting unemployment, a financial crisis, a declining dollar, two wars, and following the passage of massively expensive, ill-considered, unread, and un-debated spending legislation — the United States House of Representatives found time to honor a dude who’s been dead for more than 2,500 years.
On October 28, 2009, the House passed a resolution marking “the 2,560th anniversary of the birth of Confucius and recognizing his invaluable contributions to philosophy and social and political thought.”
Thought? Who thinks of this stuff? And who votes for it? Sadly, pretty much all of them do.
Sometimes it‘s what members of Congress don’t do that provides entertainment.
Members’ failure to read bills often allows the revelation of some really funny stuff after bills are signed into law and released for public scrutiny, though one must often get past the outrage to appreciate the humor.
The unread, failed Stimulus Bill contained some knee-slappers. According to various media reports, the Stimulus paid for, among other curious items:
* $25,000 for The Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre in Minneapolis, a group which puts on an annual May Day Parade. Copied from its website, punctuation and all, one of the Theatre’s recent productions was titled “balloon balloon balloon, balloon balloon.”
* Another $25,000 grant went to Philadelphia’s Pig Iron Theatre, which calls itself a “dance-clown-theatre ensemble.“ The group has staged a production of ”Welcome to Yuba City,“ described by their website as a ”cowboy/clown odyssey presenting hilarious fragments of a mythic American desertscape.“ I doubt ”mythic” even begins to describe their portrayal.
And my favorite:
* A $2-million grant was made to extend the Virginia & Truckee Railway, a tourist train line originally built during Nevada’s silver mining boom. The grant will allow the line to be extended beyond Mound House, NV, a community housing a number of legal brothels, including the Moonlight Bunny Ranch and the Kit Kat Guest Ranch. One wonders which attractions get more tourist traffic.
So, there you have it: May Day Parades, clowns, and whores — perfect metaphors for the 111th Congress.
Some members who controlled the last one will return in the next Congress, so much House-cleaning remains to be done.
Report Post »wash1776
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 4:57amThat Financial Literacy bill was probably a class teaching the house members how ot steal more money since anything they do seems to be against all the taxpayers. We need a bigger broom to sweep more of these licensed thieves out of there.
Report Post »Reavist
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 5:46amI love your congressional follies! What I mean is… I love how you wrote it… not what was IN it!
Report Post »but thanks… informative as well as a good read!
FlatFoot
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 3:27amRead this article from all the way back in 2006. Those folks are no strangers to being sleazeball politicians…
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/05/AR2006080501042.html
And then read this one about his good buddy, whom he appointed to a Homeland Security position, who shot a deliveryman for scratching some furniture…
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/25/AR2008022501478.html
What the heck took the FBI so dang long to take this guy down and why does his house of cards still stand?
Report Post »txbigfoot
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 8:22amGood follow up news
Report Post »deadpammy
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 12:29pmThis is such BS, why did it take so long to arrest them?
Report Post »American Pride
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 3:26amAffirmative action in full glorious effect. You can take the fools out of the hood, but you can’t take the hood out of the fools.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 10:18amI think it is more a sense of entitlement because they came from the hood and are owed something because they managed to get out. You work hard to get where you are and then blow it by being greedy. It simply shows where values lie in this day and time, especially in politics.
Report Post »SaintMichael
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 2:56amFlush a check? Jesus, just burn it! To paraphrase office space “how come smart guys like us are so bad at crime, and dumb guys like the mob so good at it?”
Report Post »Doc_Slammin
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 2:50amWell, we know who has the family jewels eh?
Report Post »DMD
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 2:50amWhat party are they in? Or do I have to ask?
Report Post »I SPY
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 1:00pmHmmm, let’s take a wild guess.
Report Post »New-American-Saviors
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 2:43amThat whole area is full of corruption. Washington D.C. had a Crack-head Mayor (Literally) and after he went to jail got voted into another office. Marion Berry.
Report Post »DaytonConserve
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 2:37amBring in the full body scanners. Release the Issa.
Report Post »catllers
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 2:33amand we are to trust our elected officials?
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 3:15amTrust no, watch and confirm yes.
Report Post »joseph Fawcett
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 2:17amI was there at one time and it does not surprise me. Corruption goes on like this all the time. DC is the worst!!
http://www.josephfawcettart.com western artist
FlowerBell
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 2:15amThis sort of thing that goes on in Detroit on a daily basis. The Entire Kwame Killpatrick scandal was the talk of the town for years. If these examples of good public service reflect even a little bit on the others in our government we are all screwed. The corruption has run so deep for so long that our government no longer serves the people but is instead feeding on it.
Report Post »All I have to say is “UNCLE”!!!!!!
flintandsteel
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 2:11amJust a couple more crooks that belong in jail, not public office.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 2:10amlol another bunch of democrap traitors caught breakin the law , i hope they literally throw the book, the book shelf and the librarian at them
Report Post »starman70
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 8:19amThese people should have set up shop in Chicago. They would fit right in.
Report Post »drbage
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 9:39amIt would be a waste of a good librarian. I wonder if they looked in the freezer…the Jefferson stash hiding place. Funny, listening to the husband speak, I just shut my eyes and heard Charlie Rangel and his wife sounds just like Maxine Waters. Perhaps the leftover stimulus money could be used to fund a doctoral thesis studying the genome pattern to see if it is in the genes and they could use that for their legal defense IF the DOI goes forward with the case.
Report Post »New-American-Saviors
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 2:04amJust everyday Politics will be the defense. AND the Justice dapartment won’t persue it either. Guess?
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 3:07amCrooks of DC @ their best .
Report Post »CatB
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 3:09amYou are most likely correct .. since I see no party listed .. it must be Democrat … typical.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 3:11amIt took them just five short years to get to this point after all, so of course this case will amount to a hill of petrified beans generously watered with the waste springing from DC. Obama-san most likely has already given orders to have them freed.
Report Post »spikebu
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 3:23amReally? I mean, REALLY? Shouldn’t elected officials be found out in, at least, a BOARD room instead of a bathroom? Now, Sheriff Joe’s got a second set of books. Who’s gonna screw us next? Superman?
Report Post »rebel
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 3:26amhttp://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/36loc/pg/html/msa13947.html
democrat
Report Post »What is the deal with democrats stuffing things into their underwear? Just think, you may be handling a twenty dollar bill that some democrat has stuffed into their pants!
Dustyluv
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 5:30amThe FBI must be RACIST!!! They are just po black folk doin’ they job…
I see Holder making a phone call and this all goes away too…being black is the new get out of jail card when it comes to politics.
Report Post »G.W. Dobbs
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 5:32amHave you ever asked yourslf WHY a Candidate would spend 20 to 100+ million of their OWN money
Report Post »try to get elected to office? ANSWER: They know it to be a GOOD, SAFE INVESTMENT with
astronomical returns (over TWO TRILLION unaccounted for in Defense aloneunder Donald Rumsfeld
announced on 9/11/2001 and STILL unaccounted). They ALL LIE, CHEAT AND STEAL and only those on the “outs” are given up (caught). These two must have rubbed their elected buddies the wrong way. And you wonder WHY students at UCF “cheat”? It is an important part of their AMERICAN EDUCATION and they learn from their elders.
G.W. Dobbs
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 5:49amMy Momma always told me to wash my hands after handling money; now I know WHY. It
Report Post »could have been stashed in someone’s DIRTY UNDERWARE…next to their “stinkie”. Thank you, Momma. I won’t forget again.
Your Name Here
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 8:49amThe previous actions of Eric Holder show that he will do anything he can not to prosecute any blacks in trouble.
Report Post »Racism at it’s best.
“America has the best politicians money cann buy.”
HouseNegro
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 9:31amMore thieving ***** Politician’s. What else did you expect?
Report Post »mizflame98
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 10:09amShe must buy her underwear from Victoria’s Secrets.
Report Post »sclibertymom
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 2:03amhttp://www.theblaze.com/stories/experts-unexplained-missile-may-just-be-a-jet-plane/ PLEASE LOOK AT THIS AGAIN THIRTEEN SECONDS IN YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE A MILITARY HELICOPTER WITH LIGHTS BLINKING RIGHT NEXT TO THE “ROCKET” IT IS DEFIANTLY MILITARY BECAUSE IT HAS 2 SETS OF BLADES
staythecourse
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 2:26amDrug cartels….
Report Post »New-American-Saviors
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 2:37amSo the Money is in the Missle ?
Report Post »DMD
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 3:00amThe helicopter is a Marine CH-46 based out of Camp Pendalton. They fly up and down the coast all day long everyday.
They would have nothing to do with the missle or what ever it was. The CH-46 was just in the area. They definatly do not have the capability to fire or launch a missle like that. I have flown over 1000 hours in those buckets of rust, mostly along the so cal coastline.
snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 3:14am@DMD
Had spotted the helo in the first watching of the missile flight. Thanks for the type it is. Never have flown on one, or around one. I wrongly assumed it was a news chopper or one monitoring the missile launch. Would still be nice to have some solid info on who launched the thing, and where it came down at.
sclibertymom
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 3:19amOK 15 people have added comments to this story and have not bothered to look at this!
Incredible!!!!
It is not hard to spot I don’t know why we did not see the helicopter before but it is clear will someone else PLEASE look at this?!!!
13 seconds of your time is all I ask just look!!!!!
American Pride
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 5:03amCause your sounding like a whacko?
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 5:23amJust a normal Maryland politician at work. She didn’t have any pockets. Where else would she put a bribe?
Hanna
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 7:19amYou’re right. I don‘t recall seeing that helicopter in other videos I’ve seen. Did anyone ever mention it? All I know is, everyone sure is anxious for the story to go away.
HKS
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 7:30amWell for politicians why not steal all you can, rarely get caught, if you do barter your way out, when was the last time you seen any politician go to jail for anything and this one will be no different.
Report Post »bellydancingconservative
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 8:01amI see it plain as day (helicopter)…the helicopter sighting gives more visual credit to a missile sighting compared to a jet…I don’t think the object was plane…Someone in the helicopter obviously knows what the object was, would like to hear their opinion on the matter.
Rational Man
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 8:59amSclibertymom;
I didn’t look at it because I already saw it in the video the first day. I used it to prove to the nay-sayers that the video wasn’t shot at a funny angle. There are buildings in the video too. I told them that if the video was shot at an angle to make it look like the ufo was going up, then the helicopter is either going straight up or straight down. Which obviously is not the case. It is a missile/rocket. I have pics of a missile that looks just like that. It was launched from Vandenberg AFB. It was clearly visible in the waning sunlight 500mi away in Reno, Nv. where I took the pics. I don‘t know why they won’t admit it. They never have told us which airplane they think it is! There is tons of extra radar around that area for security reasons and the AFB. They are lying. I think it’s funny that most people seem to believe what they are telling us. If you look around on the Blaze, there was a copy of an alert that went out warning marine vessels of missile launching in that area, at that time. There lying for some reason!
SusansSS
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 9:00amI saw the helicopter from day one, thought everyone did. In the news shots I saw they called it traffic from the airport, is it LAX? I did not however know it was a military copter.
heavyduty
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 10:01amAll I want to know is what the heck a helicopter has to do with stuffing money into your underwear!!! Gee stay on the subject at hand or get off the website. Now on to the money and check. Talk about stinkin money, I hope that money stays out of circulation forever. WHEW!!!!
Report Post »mrfitman
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 10:02amIT WAS CHINESE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When MaoBama was at G20… Sheeple…Watch, on TruTV…Conspiracy Theroies…w/Jesse Venture and go to infowars.com
deskpilot
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 11:24amI’m gonna say the that is NOT a CH-46. A SeaKing does not have a tapering fueslage. It is larger on both ends and just good od fashion semi-round in the middle. Additionally, to the best of my memory, the USMC did not equip their CH-46′s with WHITE strobe lights, only RED and InfraRed(IR).
All helo have two rotors, a main rotor over the cabin and a tail rotor mounted vertically on the tail section. At 0:12, what appears to be the FRONT of the helo is brightly reflected, probably from the windscreen and nose. The tail section, from where the white stobe is flashing, is much smaller.
CH-46 – http://www.olive-drab.com/idphoto/id_photos_ch46_sea_knight.php
CH-47 – http://www.chinook-helicopter.com/history/aircraft/D_Models/86-01648/86-01648.html
Many lightwieght helicopters’ tail section acts like a fin, extending above and below the tail boom, like the perrenial favorite of news stations, the Bell Ranger series –
https://news.tennesseeanytime.org/system/files/Helicopter.jpg
A helicopter that is popular with LAPD and LAFD is the Bell 412, whose tail section extends only above the tail boom to support the tail rotor. http://www.freqofnature.com/photos/heroes2004/bigimages/image012.jpg
Both of these helos are normally equipped with WHITE stobes.
sclibertymom
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 11:35am@scbellydancer.. that was my point no news media even fox talked about the helo, we want the truth no some made up garbage right, but no news or even the blaze pointed it out and it is sooooooo obvious they just want this story to go away. as for why I posted this here…. it was the first comment and I thought it would get noticed here. Our government and our media lie I hope the blaze just missed it, I didn’t notice it till last night we will see if they pick the story back up.
Legal Immigrant
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 11:36amOH LOOK! A shiny thing! Stick to the posted story.
Report Post »5
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 11:39amThese two Black people were probably real poor before (LIKE ME NOW) so they couldn’t really not do it. They didn’t hurt anyone just like that Old Black Man Jefferson who had $80K in the frig. I guess $80K is the going price right now. It’s only money. They didn‘t kill anyone and besides They’re ‘POLITICIANS’. They do stuff like this all the time. They don’t go to jail. Look at Chuck Rangle. He makes enough money to buy a HOTEL on an Island. $80K that’s nothing they all have a lot of money, except the honest ones. How many of the are Honest? 5 or 6? It’s no Biggy.
HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK MICHELLE AND BARRY ARE STEALING RIGHT NOW?
Report Post »Johnnybravo
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 11:52amI saw it the first time, its in the video but close to shore, I am sure they saw it.
CapitalistforGod
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 11:57amWas it money or a helicopter stuffed in her underwear!? Stick to the story,… For cryin out loud, Old news is just that……OLD…. We all know about the Chopper in the Video, we all saw it too, Sooooo, Back to the story at hand.
Report Post »ltb
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 12:10pmI’m not sure why we’re discussing the mystery missile here, but as long as we are, I think it has something to do with the Iranians. Any country with a couple of submarines and the capability of exploding nuclear weapons at high altitudes could defeat America in a few minutes, because America’s Achilles’ heel is our electrical infrastructure’s susceptibility to being knocked out by an electromagnetic pulse (EMP).
Not that long ago, an Iranian military journal published an article entitled, “Electronics to Determine Fate of Future Wars,” which explained how Iran can cripple the U.S. by using a couple of high altitude nuclear weapons. All they would need to do is launch a nuclear weapon off of our Eastern or Western Seaboard, and then explode it ~80 miles over America. The resulting EMP would knock out most, if not all, of our electrical grid and in an instant we would be living back in the 1700s.
Not surprisingly, a few years ago Iranians began testing missiles specifically designed to destroy America’s electrical infrastructure. Is Iranian’s maniacal leader planning to knock us back into the stone age with a couple of high altitude missiles? Probably (he calls us “The Great Satan,” remember?). Was that mystery missile a dry run? Probably. One thing I know for sure, though, it will be a miracle if America survives Barrack “Jihad” Obama.
Smoovious
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 12:21pmAlright, I’m looking real hard, but I just don’t see a helicopter in any of the imagery supplied in this story…
Plus, what would a helicopter have to do with a flushed check and $80k in the pants?
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Dude… you posted off-topic here. Post it on the right thread. It doesn’t belong here.
– Smoov
Report Post »NukeHaze
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 2:56pm2 sets of blades does not indicate a military helicoter. The Forestry Service uses twin rotor helicopters for removing trees from areas where they have to be able to climb quickly and require lots of lift. Though it isn’t likely to be from the Forestry Service, the comment than military is the only entity to emloy twin rotor helos is not definitive to say the least and just plain inaccurate.
SPQR_US
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 3:21pmI wanted to reply to “Bellydancingconservative” I was actually in th helicopter and yes it was a US missle that was in the picture. Anyway stop all the conspiracy talk the simple truth is this: Much like in the case of the corrupt Maryland politicians featured in this story above: President Obama was just flushing all the bribe money ($80 Trillion in this case whereas $80 thousand in Maryland) he got for passing Obamacare into space before he has to come back to the States and face the investigations in the new Congress.
An additional note is that our helicopter was almost knocked down several times on the way back to base that night by hundreds of other missles that were carrying the bodies of democratic congressional staffers that are being “fired into space” and will reach orbit around their new home: Planet Corruption on January 1st….
Anymore questions?
Robert W
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 6:17pmThese brain surgeons cant find better place than in their clothes?
Report Post »dressseller
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 8:25pmLOL. I don’t know which story to comment about. So.. …eh.. nevermind.
Report Post »BlazingPatriot
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 8:44pmI suppose all of this gives new meaning to the term, “a Parody” ….a pair a D? ….as in Double D’s.
Report Post »bunnysrus
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 9:20pmIt’s what we call a Shinook. Troop carrier. no missle capability, but does show the military was in the area.
Report Post »StMichelob
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 4:17amOh, FFS, SCLIBMOM….take a xaney or 12, go to sleep and wake up not thinking about, nor all-capping us about some chopper in the foreground of a video. Such utter BS is best saved for your lil circle of bridge-biddies. Now, Shut your cake-hole and leave us grown-folk to the serious thinking/talking here.
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