From: "Robert G Lewis" 

Isn't it a federal crime to lie to a federal law enforcement official ?
Wonder if Homeland Security qualifies.

Bob Lewis
"Judy Folkenberg"  wrote in
message news:3EC53B3B.5BC8A79{at}mail.nlm.nih.gov...
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> Bill Lucy wrote:
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> > >>One has to be very careful in imposing federal laws on
state issues.
Doing so can come back to bite -- hard.
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> Did you hear the latest?  Texas repubs asked Homeland Security to chase
down a dems plane on the grounds that it might  have
> crashed.  (It was a ruse) Homeland Security is livid to be pulled into
this petty fight.  This will come back to bite the Texans.
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> Oh and this just in. Delay was up here (DC) for some wine and cheese party
(well acutally, beef and red wine) at a local
> restaurant and tried to light a cigar or cig.  The Maitre politely
informed him that the building was owned by feds and smoking
> was not permitted.  Delay huffed and puffed and asked that the rules be
bent.  When the Maitre again informed him that he could
> not smoke, Delay was reported to have said, "I am the federal
government."
(Didn't some French king pull a similar stunt?)
> Delay finally had to go outdoors to smoke..before the dessert course.
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> Judy
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