An open e-mail letter to family and friends

[IdesOfOctober]

Some of you have come to expect my Election Eve E-mail. Some of you are new this year.

This year, I offer you no cartoons. No jokes. No songs. No poems.

I offer you, instead, the example of my friend, David Allen Smith.

At great personal risk, David has provided evidence that implicates key Halliburton executives in wrongdoing. David has received actual death threats.

For me, this year's e-mail is brief. Yes, I will be celebrating, per normal. Yes, I will be be cavorting come Election Night, per normal. But today, I ask you to spend your time reading something much more important than my usual merry rants.

I ask you to read the public filings that David has made at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, describing how he received e-mails intended for another David Smith - David R. Smith, the Vice President of Tax at Halliburton: http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?company=smith+david+allen&CIK=&filenum=&State=&SIC=&owner=include&action=getcompany

I ask you to read the Associated Press and other stories, regarding David's efforts to spark Congressional oversight hearings: http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=david+smith+halliburton+nigeria&ie=UTF-8&filter=0

I ask you to bookmark David's websites: http://www.HALwhistleblowers.org and http://www.BushBunglesBrigade.org (updates are expected soon; these are just placeholders)

Finally, I ask you to realize that - to support his efforts - David cashed out his 401(k), to put his money where his mouth is. If he can do that, all I ask of you is that you read what he has to say, and take it into account before you step into the voting booth tomorrow.

I promise a post-Election e-mail that is my usual sort of delirious drivel. But this - THIS - is too important.

Thanks, have a good day at the polls tomorrow, and God Bless!

(...)

[Karenina]

1. Kick!

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[IdesOfOctober]

2. Shameless kick n/t

[GardeningGal]

3. Giving this a little kick.....

Sometimes when the forums are moving so quickly, good posts disappear too quickly.

[IdesOfOctober]

10. I just hope...

... that the deviation from my normal fare this year got their attention.

Ides

[badgerpup]

4. Honored to K & R

...and a big THANK YOU, with deepest respect to David. :patriot:



:kick:

[IdesOfOctober]

11. Thanks!

"...with deepest respect to David."

The accidental mis-direct of those e-mails couldn't have been directed at a worse person, from the bad guys' point of view.

Ides

[liberalla]

13. Yes, indeed!

"The accidental mis-direct of those e-mails couldn't have been directed at a worse person, from the bad guys' point of view."

Another person may have seen an opportunity for personal gain and enrichment...

Lucky for us, it was David A. Smith.
Our new American hero.
:patriot:

[IdesOfOctober]

14. His whole life...

... seemed to lead up to that moment.

"Another person may have seen an opportunity for personal gain and enrichment..."

Or:

1. Failed to understand the import of what was there in those e-mails.

2. Allowed himself to be intimidated by the bureaucracy.

3. Allowed himself to be discouraged when MSM reporters didn't "get it" at first.

4. Allowed himself to be discouraged when members of his own party tried to ignore it.

5. Given up.

"Lucky for us, it was David A. Smith."

: )

Ides

[Tuesday_Morning]

5. Thank you Ides

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[G_Leo_Criley]

6. up ! n/t

[Subdivisions]

7. A kick and a rec for Ide and CGA as always ;)

[bleever]

8. Time to crack the crime of the century.

Now they're planning the crime of the century
Well what will it be?
Read all about their schemes and adventuring
It's well worth a fee
So roll up and see
And they rape the universe
How they've gone from bad to worse
Who are these men of lust, greed, and glory?
Rip off the masks and let's see.

[mmonk]

9. Very good Ides.

Have been following. Will kick.

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[Lugnut]

12. K&R

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