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editengine
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Bush pardons 14

Among the names announced today are John Walker Lindh.


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Amid a flurry of recent clemency requests that reached historic levels, a number of high-profile defendants have looked to Mr. Bush for help. They included Michael Milken, the former junk bond king convicted of securities fraud; Marion Jones, the former Olympic sprinter convicted for lying about her use of performance-enhancing drugs; Randy Cunningham, the former California congressman sent to prison in a bribery scheme; and John Walker Lindh, an American who pleaded guilty to serving with the Taliban.

There has also been growing speculation in Washington that Mr. Bush might issue blanket pardons to government officials and intelligence officers who took part in counterterrorism programs like Qaeda interrogations, to protect them from the threat of criminal prosecution.

But none of that came to pass on Monday.


The way I read that, Lindh petitioned the White House for a pardon, but Bush declined. The most high-profile pardon from this round was Carly Simon's old back up singer, some third tier hip-hopper who had 14 years left on a cocaine rap.

Listen to me, I sound like Brisco all of a sudden.


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You're absolutely right. I read over it way too fast.


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"I pardon you..."


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It is badly written: it's not clear whether it's the first and second paras quoted above that didn't come to pass, or only the second.


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Read the rest of the article. Makes it clear that neither paragraph's people were pardoned.


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Ahem....

paragraphs'

You tryin to get a rise out of M0M or something?
 
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Neither conjugates as singular. Or I'm wrong and Kradlum will come and tell me so, post-haste.


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I think SC was right the first time


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Neither conjugates as singular.

Thank you, Canada, for educating your people properly.

Trog? Drop and give me 20. No, I've seen your picture. Make it 50.


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Gave you 60.

(flexes pecs back and forth to the beat of Thriller)
 
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Rrrooowwwwwwwrrrrrrrrrrr


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Neither conjugates as singular. Or I'm wrong and Kradlum will come and tell me so, post-haste.


You're right. Not many people would spot that though.
 
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Originally posted by Trogdor:
Gave you 60.

(flexes pecs back and forth to the beat of Thriller)


I can do that but my belly jiggles when I do it.


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Originally posted by editengine:
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Originally posted by Trogdor:
Gave you 60.

(flexes pecs back and forth to the beat of Thriller)


I can do that but my belly jiggles when I do it.


Mine does too.

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Makes it clear that neither paragraph's people were pardoned.


Some rules of grammar don't work in all cases. 'neither' connotes individuality, i.e., singularity, even thought there are two paragraphs.


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We'd make a stellar Vaudville act.


I would pay for that.


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We'd make a stellar Vaudville act.


I would pay for that.


They could open for the Splitcoil/MOM duet!
 
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