bush can flout the law, torture and murder, but nothing is done. But if you

[alfredo]

spill some coke on a counter in a dispute over price gouging, the Justice Department is on the job.


http://www.idahostatesman.com/102/story/506395.html

News > Local News
North Idaho woman faces hard time over spilt soda
Federal prosecutors have charged a North Idahoan with 2 offenses after a dispute over the price of a pop at the Boise VA hospital.


BY CYNTHIA SEWELL - [e-mail]
Edition Date: 09/18/08

The U.S. attorney's office is making a federal case out of a spilt soda.

The Bush administration's top attorney in Idaho is bringing charges against a North Idaho woman for refusing to pay for a Diet Coke and then pouring it out on a counter at a cafeteria at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Boise.

Natalie Walters, now facing two counts that each carry a maximum sentence of six months in federal prison, thinks the case is a waste of taxpayer money and plans to fight the charges.

[tblue]

1. I hope she contacts Senator Jim Webb. He can probably get it dropped. How stupid.

Your taxpayer dollars at work? This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. It's an outrage.

[alfredo]

2. Sure is. They should have posted the price of the refills. She shouldn't have

lost her temper, but bringing in the Justice Department is overkill.