On September 24, 1999, at 12:00 noon, I reported to the federal penitentiary at Ashland, Kentucky to begin serving a one-year prison sentence. I was convicted of filing false statements on my law office tax returns. I wasn’t accused of tax evasion or tax fraud. There had been no audit or determination that any tax was owed. I appealed the conviction and asked to be allowed to remain free pending the appeal. The government opposed my request and it was denied. I served the entire year. My appeal has not been heard and it appears that it may never be heard. At last the Civil Appeals Division of the IRS has reviewed my tax returns and determined that the deductions were legitimate and that no tax is now or ever was owed. Unfortunately, this report is laying on the desk of the same person who originally recommended that I be prosecuted, awaiting further action. It has been there since June of 2003
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* Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight, and bull-strong.
* Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance.
* Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
* A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
* Words that soak into your ears are whispered…not yelled.
* Meanness don’t jes’ happen overnight.
* Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.
* Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
* It don’t take a very big person to carry a grudge.
* You cannot unsay a cruel word.
* Every path has a few puddles.
* When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
* The best sermons are lived, not preached.
* Most of the stuff people worry about ain’t never gonna happen, anyway.
* Don’t judge folks by their relatives.
* Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
* Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll enjoy it a second time.
* Don’t interfere with somethin’ that ain’t botherin’ you none.
* Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
* If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin’.
* Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
* The biggest troublemaker you’ll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin”
* Always drink upstream from the herd.
* Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.
* Lettin’ the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin’ it back in.
* If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around.
* Live simply Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly.
*Leave the rest to God.
Prior to being investigated for 8 to 10 years for unrelated matters, then being indicted and convicted of filing false statements on my tax return, I naively believed that our justice system, though not perfect, worked well. Now after being disbarred, convicted of filing false deductions on my law office tax returns, serving a year in prison and still not having my criminal appeal heard, I do not feel so confident. [continue reading…]
Does it bother anyone else when media commentators, political pundits, candidates or surrogates tell you what your eyes and ears really see and hear? [continue reading…]
The following is a lighthearted explanation of how we got into the financial and housing mess we face today.
Understanding Derivatives [continue reading…]
