Frist subpoenaed by Securities and Exchange Commission

[welshTerrier2]

sheesh ... with all the subpoenaes and indictments maybe the Dems should start talking about building more prison space ... the good news just keeps rolling in ... the following appears in Thursday's WP:

source: http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-10-13T045959Z_01_ROB317652_RTRUKOC_0_US-FRIST.xml

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has been subpoenaed to turn over personal records in an investigation into possible insider trading, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.

The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the subpoena within the past two weeks, the newspaper reported, citing sources familiar with the probe. <skip>

Frist aides previously said he had been contacted by regulators but did not mention that he had received a formal request for documents, The Washington Post said.

Authorities are looking into Frist's recent sale of shares of hospital operator HCA Inc., co-founded by Frist's father and brother. The sales took place just days before HCA's stock price fell on a disappointing July 13 profit outlook.

The newspaper, citing sources who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Frist was expected to testify under oath about what he knew about HCA's financial standing in the weeks before the stock sales.

[murielm99]

1. He will lie under oath.

I hope they have a way to catch him.

[tavalon]

28. I can give them a hand

He's one of the New Republicans, therefore, if his mouth is open, he is lying. Simple, straightforward,

[elehhhhna]

30. Would someone please invent an anus-based shock-delivering Lie detector?

The time has come.

Alberto will approve it. Trust me.

[johnaries]

35. Check with Jeff Gannon, I think he has one.

Rove loved it!

[opihimoimoi]

2. Look for Terra Alert in 2 days

[pacalo]

4. Or another Bin Laden tape...or another capture of his "no. 2 man".

[daveinchi]

3. Uh Oh . . . Spaghetti-O!

Looks like Frist may have messed up too - again. Frist is delusional if he thinks he has a chance at the Presidency. If I were him I'd focus on trying to clear my name, and MAYBE get re-elected to the Senate. This man is a moron, and it's not surprising he's popular with NO ONE, not even the Senate Republicans , whom he has failed turn into a real caucus.

I think we have enough prison space though, just for one more!

[pacalo]

6. Hi Dave...

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[FreedomAngel82]

15. Welcome Dave!

:hi:

[welshTerrier2]

7. maybe all the indicted republicans could be incarcerated at ...

an undisclosed location ... or perhaps we could send them all to Iraq for a player to be named later ...

Welcome to DU, daveinchi !!

[MADem]

26. Hey, how about the SUPERDOME???

They aren't using it now, and it is as handy a location as any...

[A Simple Game]

31. No, no, no!

These people need to be on display!

They need to be incarcerated in mobile glass cages. They need to go from town to town and be parked in the town square for 24 hours, then move on to the next town. Mandatory for any civics class in the area to go view them.

[AllyCat]

11. We just release all the drug possession convicts and we'll have

plenty of room for this whole cabal. Either that or send them to Gitmo. I hear the food there is great! Two fruits!

[longship]

12. Chef Duncan Hunter prepares the next meal at Gitmo

Mmmmm. Yummy chicken! And two fruits.

[AllyCat]

17. Bwwwwhhhhaaa...oh that's great. Wish I knew how to photoshop

In the meantime, I get a nice blast from the past (the Swedish Chef).

[longship]

18. Not Photoshop; it's the GIMP

Free software on Linux.
:-)

[AllyCat]

19. Wish I knew "how to Linux"

Seriously. I'm trying to figure out if I can learn it enough to make that my next computer system. I'm so sick of fighting adware, viruses, and spyware on my system on a daily basis that I thought of getting a Mac next, but Linux just seems so interesting...and alien to my non-geek brain.

[longship]

20. Try a bootable Linux CD.

It'll be slower running from CD, but you'll get to try and look without committing to your hard drive.

Try Ubuntu's Bootable CD.

Or, Knoppix is another.

An interesting one: dyne:bolic (a Linux-based, bootable audio/video production studio on a single CD)

Linux makes computers fun again.

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. hhmmm it comes wtih Open Office

and I may be able to leave this as a win machine for hubby and "use the linux" otherwise

Oh and GIMP also comes for Win machines as well as Open Office, which I use,

Not Scrubus (GRRR) but will some day

[EST]

22. If you get (free) Mozilla or one of its derivitaves as a replacement

for internet explorer, Zone zalarm (free) as an anti virus and firewall program, you'll find that windows does quite well, although Linux is the OS that I want to get as soon as I can justify it. One of the ad removal programs (Ad Aware is a good one and free) will clean up anything that escapes - rare.
I have one pos/accounting program that I have to run occasionally and it requires windows xp, otherwise I would have switched long ago.

[AllyCat]

32. I have all that stuff EST and spend about 10 minutes a day

updating and running the programs to keep the system free of crap. I have SBC DSL and they are just the worst for loading crap on your computer you don't need or want. If you remove it, it takes awhile to work around the functionality problems.

They like to shut off my service because they say I'm "not registered" even though I have registered a million times. It's because they can't "see" me with this firewall.

Actaully, the new ZoneAlarm was a disaster for me. I finally unloaded it and got Sygate since ZA wouldn't let me go back to the previous version.

[EST]

37. I have very little problem with ads, viri, or other such

villians. Of course, being limited to dialup probably has some effect, as well.
I don't like the newer ZoneAlarm nearly as much as the older ones--couple years back. I suspect you are far beyond me in your understanding of the issues.

[longship]

33. Another Linux advantage.

No viruses. No spyware. No crashes. No Blue Screen of Death.

So far, viruses have been written for Windows. They won't run on Linux.

Likewise, spyware. Free software has source code. Peer review prevents spyware.

Linux is superbly stable. I keep five Linux machines going 24/7 without reboots for months and months. No problems.

When an application crashes (which happens in all computer environments) it just ends that application. Linux still runs. A crashed application never brings down Linux. I've never seen it happen.

[EST]

23. Can you give a little free advice?

I am fairly knowledgeable about computers, although don't qualify as a geek, have sufficient HD/external HD space available and dual/multiple boot capability. What distro would you recommend and from whom? I've been wanting to take the linux plunge and would like to make one purchase only-cash reserves are limited. Suggestions? Thanks much, in advance!

[longship]

34. I'd go with a Debian-based distribution.

Debian-based distributions have far superior package management to the Red Hat based ones.

Ubuntu is Debian based. It has a bootable CD so you can try it first. It's installation CD is great. PM me and I'll stick some CDs in the mail for you.

If you do not like Ubuntu you can switch distributions. The easiest way to do this is to make the /home directory a separate partition.

[EST]

36. Thanks

I've read enough about it to know that I want to go ahead and do the whole package, leaving just enough space for a small windows and the business program that I have to maintain. rather than a trial. Being limited to a modem/phone connection to the internet, I can't do a big download-I've done 30-40 megabytes but anything over about 50 gets blown off when the ISP kicks me loose and I have to reconnect.
It seems that any distro, with enough goodies to make me happy, is going to set me back somewhere near a hundred bucks so I only want to do it once. I'll drop you a pm.

[FreedomAngel82]

14. He's already said he's not running again

So no worry about that. He doesn't have a chance with being president. There's too much to use with him. Being a Bush loyalist and croney and then with his families hospital. They made fortunes on abortion's when Frist claims to be a pro-family person and then this ordeal. I hope if he does lie under oath they find out. Noone should get away with that.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. befiore the week is out

I expect red alert

[FreedomAngel82]

16. They wouldn't do that with Frist

He's not as important.

[Panda1]

25. Yup. Time to divert attention...

...and hypnotize....

...threat...alert...bird flu...bombs...terra...

[hwmnbn]

27. bwahahaha.........

I am in your power......:yoiks:

I am in your power...... :yoiks:

[Erika]

8. The GOP Culture of Corruption continues

ad nauseum to the Republican party. Power corrupts and the GOP has certainly corrupted themselves.

[truthisfreedom]

9. corrupt-o-rama! i expect serious terralerts by the weekend.

the hits just keep on comin', folks!

[populistdriven]

10. they can all share the same cell - 2 per bunk

[DanCa]

13. Thats the sound of the men working in the gop chain.... gang

Hey maybe we can put them in that prision that bruce wayne was in batman begins?

[roguevalley]

24. even the conservatives are laughing because of his change on

stem cells, etc.

[AuntiBush]

29. Some "one" is Chipping-Away at these Crooks!

Delay/Frist/Plamegate/Fitz, you name it. Seems one side is chipping-away at the BFEE from the outside on in.

:popcorn: