July 31, 2006: Russell arrested

[Kat Kanning]

It was like the street crossing...she just did it. 

[Tom Sawyer]

Why did Kira cross the road?


To get to the other side.
(And to show us how it's done.)

The ladies and the kids are the brave ones.

[firsty]

i just want to add my thanks and gratitude for russell and what you did. i've spent some nites in jail for stupid things, and actually stood before a judge a couple of years ago while he sentenced me to 30 days for contempt because of a clerical error in my children's support order (edit: i got out of it due to quick thinking from an otherwise useless attorney - end edit). i'm a dad who spends as much time as possible with my kids, and the thought of being away from my family for a moment nearly killed me. russell, what you did in standing up to the system in spite of their threats and their power to imprison you was amazing. and holding up thru your time in jail is to be commended. we dont see bravery like yours very often. thank you. there may come a time when i can stand with you in your efforts and if and when that happens, it will be my honor.

[Russell Kanning]

Thank you. Hopefully it will never come to that, but we will probably need your help in that way before it is all over.

[KBCraig]

Why did Kira cross the road?


To get to the other side.
(And to show us how it's done.)

DR. PHIL:
The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on "THIS" side of the road before it goes after the problem on the "OTHER SIDE" of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his "CURRENT" problems before adding "NEW" problems.

OPRAH:
Well I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.

GEORGE W BUSH:
We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.

COLIN POWELL:
Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road & getting to the other side.

ANDERSON COOPER, CNN:
We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.

JOHN KERRY:
Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am for it now, and will remain against it.

NANCY GRACE:
That chicken crossed the road because he's GUILTY! You can see it in his little beady eyes and the way he walks.

PAT BUCHANAN:
To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.

MARTHA STEWART:
No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.

DR SEUSS:
Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad?
Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY:
To die in the rain. Alone.

JERRY FALWELL:
Because the chicken was gay! Can't you people see the plain truth in front of your face? The chicken was going to the "other side." That's why they call it the "other side." Yes, my friends, that chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out his abomination that the liberal media whitewashes with seemingly harmless phrases like "the other side." That chicken should not be free to cross the road. It's as plain and simple as that!

GRANDPA:
In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.

BARBARA WALTERS:
Isn't that intewesting? In a few moments, we will be wistening to the chicken tell, for the fiwst time, the heawt waming stowy of how it expewienced a sewious case of mowlting, and went on to accompwish its wife-wong dweam of cwossing the woad.

JOHN LENNON:
Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together in peace.

ARISTOTLE:
It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.

BILL GATES:
I have just released eChicken2005, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook. Internet explorer is an integral part of eChicken. The Platform is much more stable and will never cra...#@&&^(C \ ..... reboot.

ALBERT EINSTEIN:
Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?

BILL CLINTON:
I did not cross the road with THAT chicken. What is your definition of chicken?

AL GORE:
I invented the chicken!

GOTHZILLA: The chicken didn?t cross the road. That?s just a story made up by the liberal media to help chicken-lovers support terrorism.

COLONEL SANDERS:
Did I miss one?

[tracysaboe]

ALBERT EINSTEIN:
Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?

The Einstein quote really should be Galaleo. Galaleo was really the 1st (known) modern scientist that postulated that sort of relativity.

Einstein only generalize it to include really really massive objects and going close to the spead of light. But if you took out the speed of light and mass adjustments in the equations (which is what you do in everyday stuff because it's so minascuel it's not worth it.) then your left with Galaleo's equations.

So unless this Road moving under the Chicken is some massive black hole or both are going around light speeds, That should read Galaleo. Not Albert.

Tracy

[John]

Thanks KB, I enjoyed that.
But, I'd care to take issue with several points - - - just kidding  .

[David]

COLONEL SANDERS:
Did I miss one?

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T H A T  W A S  F U N N Y 

[Dave Ridley]

Gary DiMartino, the supervisor from the Fed Marshall's office, returned my call around sept 1, the one I had placed around Aug 25 to try and find out why he didn't check in on Russell like he'd indicated he would do.   He said the delay in returning my call was because he had been on leave.   

He said he did not check in on russell (while russell was jailed) because on further reflection he didn't think it would be appropriate.  He said since Russell was imprisoned, he (russell) might not feel at liberty to discuss the action of those who were assisting in imprisoning him.  He said Russell is free to call him if he has any complaints.

I expressed some disappointment with this explanation, since DiMartino had made representations to me, to the effect that he would look in on Russell the day of his sentencing, and then did not carry them out.  But the conversation was cordial in tone. 

When I mentioned the fact that he and I are on different sides of many issues, he questioned that and said maybe we were not on different sides.  As examples of such isues I reminded him of his office's involvement in the arrest of Ed Brown and Marshall involvement in Katrina lawfully-bourne-weapon seizures. Regarding the latter, he said "I don't know of any of that happening on my watch."  I said I hoped that none of it ever would.

DiMartino's number, or his office's number rather, is 225 1632

[Tom Sawyer]

Yeah, I think this is the guy we talked to outside during the Brown Hearing shindig.

He has a pleasant demeanor, although underneath his motivate is to cover for his team. I'm learning that they will glad hand you and act like a reasonable guy... but that is what it is, an act.

[Dave Ridley]

who was the judge who heard russell's case?

[Kat Kanning]

U.S. Magistrate James R. Muirhead

[Lloyd Danforth]

Kinda shook me up Dave. I did just see that T shirt the other day

[error]

Note -- they were recording the first 20-30 minutes onto a laptop. The lattop ran into some kind of battery problem, so they held for about 5 minutes while they fetched cassette tapes as a secondary measure. The Judge said that the recording could be obtained for a small copying fee. Russ asked if he could put the recordings up on his website, the judge said once you buy them you can do anything you want with them. I'm happy to buy the recordings if someone has the equipment to copy them from cassette into MP3 and post them. PM me.

I really do want that recording, please let me know if you have the tools to convert analog cassette to MP3.

Did you ever get hold of the recording, or a transcript of the court session that day? I'd like to get hold of a copy of either ASAP for something I'm working on for the Keene Free Press. Unfortunately my PACER login isn't working.

[s8njr]

just read story and have one comment about a qoute from kat dillion "In case it isn't clear," she writes, "the issue is that the federal government has gone bad...It's imperitive that good people refuse to cooperate with it."???
when was the government ever good? think back to history class and about how this country was founded, actually stolen.