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| 2008/3/11-13 [Politics/Domestic/911, Politics/Domestic/President] UID:49416 Activity:high |
3/10 Motd poll! Spitzer should:
Resign and go away: .
Stay and fight: .
Legalize prostitution: ..
Stay and post a picture of Kristen, 5'5" 105lbs: ..
Encourage call-girls and clients to fly to LV: ..
\_ mmmm.. destroy families, legally ruin the lives of more
young girls, make a few more movies like pretty woman to
give them a positive role model.
\_ Large scale prositution exists now. But because it
is illegal and unregulated it is much nastier. Illegal
immagrent sex slaves and pimps are the sort of
thing that regulation would drive way down. (Not to
other risks involved with the occupation.) Yes it
might offended your delicate sensabilities, but making
consenual activities illegal never helps.
\_ Someone thinks prostitution is bad, call them a prude,
declare victory! *laugh* It is hard to argue with
your "logic".
\_ actually it looks like he made a number of
substantive points that you ignored.
\_ Uh huh... poster's "substantive points":
1: fighting crime is hard. ignoring it is easy.
2: making crimes illegal makes them worse.
3: making crimes legal makes bad people stop
doing those things.
4: you're a prude so nyah! send in the hookers!
Which of these is a substantive point?
And how many of my points did the person reply
to vs. ignore? 2 were serious, 1 was tongue in
cheek. *all* ignored. Carry on.
\_ Trust the INVISIBLE HAND!
Stay and post a picture of Kristen, 5'5" 105lbs: ..
RIDE BIKE: ...
Lie low until the furor settles down: .
\_ RIDE BIKE so he becomed impotent, thereby removing the problem?
\_ I can't be bothered to learn the details of this case. Can anyone
summarize the salient points? So this guy hired a prostitute,
anything else?
\_ Apparently he transported her across state lines, which makes it
a federal offense.
\_ Did he? I thought he just mailed some money across state
lines. That is also a federal offence though.
\_ He also prosecuted others for doing exactly what he just
got caught doing when he was AG.
\_ "planning to meet a prostitute in Washington after arranging
for her to travel from New York."
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aQB02sFNJ0Jg&refer=home
First link I got off google news.
\_ "planning to meet a prostitute in Washington after
arranging for her to travel from New York."
First link I got off google news. With
"spitzer prostitute across state line" |
| 5/23 |
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| www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aQB02sFNJ0Jg&refer=home report in the New York Times linking him to a prostitution ring. I have disappointed and failed to live up to the standard that I expect of myself,'' Spitzer, 48, said at a Manhattan press conference. The governor, who is married with three daughters, may announce his resignation as soon as tonight, Fox News and WCBS-TV reported. Joseph Bruno, would take Paterson's place as next in line. Client 9' The New York Times story, published on its Web site earlier today, said Spitzer was caught on a federal wiretap planning to meet a prostitute in Washington after arranging for her to travel from New York. The Times, citing a person briefed on the federal investigation, said an individual identified in an affidavit as Client 9,'' who met with a woman in the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, was Spitzer. Client 9 paid $4,300 for an appointment that began on Feb. Michael Garcia, whose office is prosecuting the prostitution case, declined to comment when asked if Spitzer was under investigation for links to the ring. Mann Act The incident was a violation of the Mann Act, which makes human trafficking and prostitution across state lines a federal crime, according to the complaint. Jim Walden, a former federal prosecutor in Brooklyn, New York, who's now a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. Garcia's office said the Emperors Club'' took in more than $1 million from its international business and accepted payments in cash. The ring also used an Internet Web site to advertise its services and included photos with hourly rates. The most high-ranked prostitute's fees started at $5,500 per hour, the complaint said. Bank Accounts Seized Investigators executed three search warrants on locations tied to the club, Garcia's office said. They also seized four bank accounts that investigators said were proceeds of the organization's activities. The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Internal Revenue Service. Joseph Foy, a spokesman for the IRS in New York, declined comment. In 2004, then-Attorney General Spitzer announced charges against 18 people linked to an escort service that he said was a massive'' prostitution ring that operated in New York City, Long Island, Westchester and New Jersey. A Staten Island grand jury indicted 16 people on charges that included money laundering, promoting prostitution and falsifying business records. A second indictment charged two people with helping launder the proceeds of the illegal activities. Merchant accounts allegedly laundered millions of dollars from January 1998 through March 2004, and the ring employed up to 40 prostitutes, Spitzer said. |