Wesley Snipes get 3 yrs jail time for tax evasion - the max

[Crabby Appleton]

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-bk-wesley-snipes-sentencing-042408,0,1299381.story

[madaboutharry]

1. He was so great in

Jungle Fever. It is one of my favorite movies.

on edit: Tax evasion is stupid. The government knows where you live.

[Hydra]

2. Tax evasion is stupid since they spin the dollars out of nothing

They make us earn the dollars, and then we have to pay them for the privilege???

[iamthebandfanman]

6. gotta pay off those bank loans

dontcha know

[Hydra]

8. True

For the complete illogic to come to pass, we have to pay interest on money spun from nothing to private bankers who provide this unbacked money to our gov't, who in turn pass the cost to us as a "tax."

[iamthebandfanman]

9. aint capitalism grand?

i know the world bank loves it.

[Hydra]

10. Hell if I could spin money out of nothing

and shoot other people who do the same, I'd be grinning ear to ear...assuming you could get me away from my $1000 per hour call girl long enough for me to give you an official opinion.

[Fox Mulder]

23. I liked him in the Blade trilogy.

[NightWatcher]

3. Willie Nelson didnt get time did he?

I hate the tax man

[kestrel91316]

5. IIRC WIllie never claimed he didn't have to file or pay, he just

wound up owing a lot more than he first claimed.......

Big difference. I think Snipes fell in with the "I don't have to file or pay taxes because blah blah blah the Constitution blah blah blah" crowd.

[catnhatnh]

31. When Willie was under pressure to pay up....

he brought out his album "Who will buy my songs?'....I always thought it might have sold better titled "Who will seize my songs?".....

[sabbat hunter]

33. which is ridiculous

because the SCOTUS ruled that the constitution allows congress to raise an income tax with or without the income tax amendment.

[Thothmes]

27. Why, its the tax man that pays for the Government we have.

[kestrel91316]

4. Hey! Crabby! You stole my nickname.

That was one of my nicknames as a child, lol. Along with Garjula Peterkins.

Can you tell me who the original Crabby Appleton was? Maybe somebody from an old radio show like Fibber McGee and Molly or some such?? Nobody has been able to tell me.

Oh, and I also have no clue how Garjula Peterkins came about......

[catnhatnh]

11. Ask and ye shall receive,,,,

http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question13839.html

Cartoon villian from Tom Terrific....

[kestrel91316]

24. Yeah, that's it! We used to watch Captain Kangaroo all the time.

[Crabby Appleton]

28. Great theme song

'My name is Crabby Appleton,
I'm rotten to the core
I do a bad deed every day,
and sometimes three or four.
I can't stand fun for anyone,
I think good deeds are sappy,
I laugh with glee, it pleases me,
when everyone's unhappy!'

[Crabby Appleton]

13. As far as I know, Crabby was an villain on Tom Terrific

a circa '57 cartoon shown on Captain Kangaroo TV show; Crabby's motto motto was " I'm Rotten to the core!"

[kestrel91316]

25. I was born in 57, so there we go.

[DavidDvorkin]

7. I guess it's lucky for him that his martial arts skills are real

Not just movie pretend.

[uppityperson]

12. Why? Do you think people will attack him in prison?

[Disturbed]

14. I bet that sentence gets appealed.

He might spend six months in Prison, if that.

[DavidDvorkin]

30. Not if they've seen Blade!

[thunder rising]

15. 3 years for misdemeanor convictions? This is a fucking sham.

But hey, he threaten the Judges liberty!!! Guantanamo with his ass.

But Senior U.S. District Judge William Terrell Hodges disagreed with her.
"Any offense that places my liberty at risk is a serious one," Hodges said.

[thunder rising]

18. Of course the judge is a Republican and Snipes is one of those scary you-knows

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Terrell_Hodges

The was appointed by President Richard Nixon to serve as a United States District Judge.

[sabbat hunter]

34. yes of course

because any judge nominated by nixon is a racist. like the late Supreme Court Justice Powell.

Just because one is a white republican does not mean automatically that they are racist. In fact most probably aren't racist.


Snipes made terrible decisions in hooking up with this wacko anti tax group and he got what he deserved for willfully refusing to file taxes. He also tried to get money back from the government via false deductions.

Chances are his sentence will be overturned or shortened on appeal.

[depakid]

16. It wasn't evasion- it was 3 misdemeanor counts of willful failure to file

I'm assuming that the 3 one year sentences will run consecutively. If he;s been convicted on felony evasion, we wouldn't be seeing much of him for a quite a bit longer than that....

[pdxmom]

17. This was an absolute travesty. It is obvious that the U.S. attorney and

judge was out to make an example of him. Part of the sentencing memo talked about how the MSM made it sound like Snipes had "beat" the charges. So they are punishing both Snipes and the media.

[depakid]

19. Of course they made an example out of him!

He's a high profile defendant and it puts the fear of the IRS into others who buy into crackpot schemes.

Not to mention, this is Florida....

[arundhatiroyfan]

22. I was just going to ask if that has anything to do with the IRS.

The movie America: From freedom to fascism certainly paints an ugly picture of this agency. The question is how much of this is true.

[Hydra]

32. A disturbing amount of that is true

If you're interested, dig a bit at the federal reserve. The answers you'll find might make you VERY upset.

[arundhatiroyfan]

35. Thank you.

I will do a research on that.

[Township75]

20. GOOD! FUCKING SELFISH ASSHOLE!

how much money does someone need?

I think he is doing pretty well and can afford to part with some of it. You know, like maybe pay his taxes so people who struggle like teachers, nurses, police officers and such can make at least a meager living.

He could be in there for 30 for all I care.

[PeaceNikki]

21. Yet I. Lewis Scooter Libby is sentenced to 30 months and then it's commuted

when convicted of perjury, obstruction of justice and lying to investigators in the probe of the leak of the name of a CIA operative.

And many others are never tried.

<<sigh>>

[laylah]

26. Guilty or not...

Snipes did much less damage to the US than Abramhoff, Delay, what's his nuts in California, etc. While he should pay his taxes (only because it is mandated), his sentence sucks in that those that have done far more heinous crimes still walk our streets.

[Dukkha]

29. he'll probably got to club fed

and cruise his time and get out in a year on probation. he'll bypass the pound-me-in-the-ass prison that non-celebrity criminals get sent to.