(Washington, DC) – The daily political newspaper The Hill released its analysis of 2012 Florida races this week, and The Hill says that former Congressman and current Congressional candidate Alan Grayson (FL-9) is “heavily favored to win.”

Self-Made Man Admiring his Creator.

There are scarcely words to describe the emotion I felt when reading this revelation. How can the huge amount of hubris presented here not go unrewarded?

The great Greek tragedy writers Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes and others, put characters in plays with flaws of unweaning pride; destined for catastrophic failure and more (hence the term Tragedy). Simply put, the Greeks knew that character abasement was a more serious flaw than overt destructive actions because destructive actions can be rectified, but unyielding and unmitigated pride, a challenge to the right of God and God alone (the Greeks had their gods – with these characteristics, as well) to be creator and master of the universe, will be punished to the uttermost.

Those Greek writers had their characters’ immense pride in self (Hubris) bring about their own destruction.

When I read the article below, I was absolutely dumbfounded. Apparently our President is totally unaware of the historical lessons of such hubris, after all, he was not educated in the classical western tradition, and perhaps in Indonesia Hubris is a character “feature” of all their political leaders, like Suharto and Sukarno. After all, they were elected as “Presidents for life” until removed forcibly by revolutions.

Our current president has gone to the official biographies of each president since Calvin Coolidge -31^st President (Barack is the 45^th President of the United States – if you lost count – he seems to be the only one we’ve ever had) and Barack H. Obama has inserted himself or Michelle into their accomplishments.

Mirror Mirror on the wall – Tell me I’m the greatest of them all, including Mohammed Ali

All I can say is Holeee Cow!

Pick a President and see how Barry and Michelle have improved on their accomplishments.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/

DET

http://www.redstate.com/aglanon/2012/05/15/narcissist-in-chief-adds-himself-to-every-presidential-biography-except-ford/

Narcissist in Chief Adds Himself To Every Presidential Biography Except Ford

Posted by Ben Howe

Tuesday, May 15th at 11:03AM EDT

Many have called President Obama’s election historic, and rightly so. His presidency however, is another matter entirely. It’s historic in a lot of senses be it his record breaking debt accumulation & spending or his being the first president to have a rainbow halo placed on his head. But compared to the historic achievements of other presidents that did things like ending slavery or saving the planet, he falls woefully short.

Unless you ask him.

Via Commentary Magazine: (http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/05/15/obama-drops-his-name-into-presidential-biographies/)

The Heritage Foundation’s Rory Cooper tweeted that Obama had casually dropped his own name into Ronald Reagan’s official biography on www.whitehouse.gov, claiming credit for taking up the mantle of Reagan’s tax reform advocacy with his “Buffett Rule” gimmick. My first thought was, he must be joking. But he wasn’t—it turns out Obama has added bullet points bragging about his own accomplishments to the biographical sketches of every single U.S. president since Calvin Coolidge (except, for some reason, Gerald Ford). Here are a few examples:

·  On Feb. 22, 1924 Calvin Coolidge became the first president to make a public radio address to the American people. President Coolidge later helped create the Federal Radio Commission, which has now evolved to become the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). President Obama became the first president to hold virtual gatherings and town halls using Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, etc.

·  In a 1946 letter to the National Urban League, President Truman wrote that the government has “an obligation to see that the civil rights of every citizen are fully and equally protected.” He ended racial segregation in civil service and the armed forces in 1948. Today the Obama administration continues to strive toward upholding the civil rights of its citizens, repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, allowing people of all sexual orientations to serve openly in our armed forces.

·  President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare signed (sic) into law in 1965—providing millions of elderly healthcare stability. President Obama’s historic health care reform law, the Affordable Care Act, strengthens Medicare, offers eligible seniors a range of preventive services with no cost-sharing, and provides discounts on drugs when in the coverage gap known as the “donut hole.”

·  On August 14, 1935, President Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act. Today the Obama administration continues to protect seniors and ensure Social Security will be there for future generations.

·  In a June 28, 1985 speech Reagan called for a fairer tax code, one where a multi-millionaire did not have a lower tax rate than his secretary. Today, President Obama is calling for the same with the Buffett Rule.

(Sanford, Florida) – ABC News reports that Trayvon Martin, the black teenager who was shot and killed by George Zimmerman on Feb. 26, had drugs in his body on the night of his death:

Endeavor to Persevere

Today’s essay is dedicated to perseverance. Perseverance is not an elective in the modern world if you wish to succeed, it is a requirement. Apparently there are many out there who have elected to not persevere. Giving up has become a lifestyle, or as the Marines used to say of the Army, “When the going gets tough, they get gone.”

Back in the day, when our nation was divided on certain, shall we say, unspeakable issues, the war that sought to restore that division, heal the wound, so to speak, carried on for four long, bloody years, marked by incompetence and corruption on both sides, as well as badly designed campaigns and poorly fought battles.

The best thing about the war was that it taught Americans to “endeavor to persevere,” as Chief Dan George is famous for saying.

So, disparage the generals, but don’t dare belittle the fighting American.

One of the more dreary and tedious campaigns to take place was the siege and reduction of Vicksburg Mississippi, which began in May of 1863 and wasn’t seen to its end until July 4^th of that year.

During the whole time that Grant was steadily and methodically plodding through swaps, moccasins and cypress bogs, the newspapers of the time excoriated and belittled him for wasting lives, money, and time against an impregnable foe. Vicksburg would hold out forever, maybe even longer.

Grant went on to prove them wrong. He persevered.

Advice we should live with, and by, is this: If you want the prize, you must be willing to pay the price.

Vicksburg was the nail that held the two halves of the Confederacy together.

Swinging that door shut sealed the fate of the South.

What’s keeping you from Endeavoring to Persevere?

White Man’s law not the same as mine

http://americancivilwar.com/vicks.html

DET

(Orlando, Florida) In a statement released by the Kesse family, Jennifer Kesse will be turning 31 on Sunday, May 20, 2012 and the family is asking citizens to take action to keep the hope of Jennifer’s discovery front and center.

Statement by Drew Kesse: “Joyce, Logan, Katie (Logan’s Bride to be on 5/26/2012) and I wish to reach out to all of you today before the weekend starts tomorrow to let you know that Sunday May 20, 2012, Jennifer Kesse our loved daughter and sister will turn 31 years old.

As we have always done, we will celebrate her life and remember her in so many different ways. 6 years and 4 months is a long time for Jennifer to be missing through the heinous act of Abduction 1/24/2006 and still remains missing without a trace. We wish to thank all of you for the unending search for Jennifer and the well wishes of people from around the world.

We ask that you consider a few things; Please give blood if you can in the coming weeks.

Our family has been blood donors for over 30 years and it does save lives and is very much in need on a daily basis both at home and in the wars we are fighting abroad.

Secondly, if you wish to help us, her family, fulfill “The Jennifer Kesse Endowed Criminal Justice Scholarship” at The University of Central Florida, please visit www.findjenniferkesse.com homepage for all the information needed to donate.

It is fully tax deductible and NO MONEY goes to the Kesse Family, all donations are made out to UCF Foundation.

Lastly please teach safety to all your family, not just children. An ounce of prevention goes a long way.

Thank you all for all you have done for Jennifer and our family. We are most humbled, especially after such a long time.”

Special to the Phoenix Network By Michael Reagan

Sheep and chickens.

That’s what America’s greatest corporations have become.

Whether it’s in California or nationally, it’s the same sad story.

America’s best and biggest companies — the banks, the energy corporations, the computer giants — are refusing to stand up to the bully governments in Sacramento and D.C.

The men and women who run California’s corporations know that high taxes, over-spending, excessive regulations and foolish energy policies have turned the state from one of the best states to do business in to one of the worst.

But when bad law after bad law is passed in California, the corporations don’t fight back, they cower or run.

Their executives are afraid to speak up, or buy ad time, or join with those of us who are trying to reverse the death spiral of a state that’s been wrecked by four decades of Democrat misrule in Sacramento.

For example, I know that many business leaders support the “Citizen Legislature Act.” That’s the ballot initiative that, if it gets on the fall ballot, will give voters in California the chance to turn the state legislature into a part-time wrecking crew instead of a year-round one.

But many of the corporate execs in California are afraid to join the ballot initiative drive, which I chair, because they fear retaliation from Sacramento.

They have good cause to fear retaliation from the Democrats. But that’s no excuse not to fight for what they know is right. Fighting is the only way they’ll ultimately strip the Democrats of their power to retaliate.

We have the same problem nationally — a flock of corporate chickens.

Why is it that the only voices we hear fighting against Washington are talk radio and Fox News?

Where are Exxon and Apple and Ford and Wells Fargo? Why aren’t they standing up for what’s left of free enterprise in America?

Imagine if Microsoft or Verizon or even Facebook spent just a pittance of their profits to fight against those who are slowly strangling the system that made their financial success possible.

Why aren’t their CEOs pointing the finger of blame for our economic miseries where it belongs — at the Obama administration?

Why aren’t they blasting away at the liberals in Washington for their constant business bashing and attacks on the rich? They’re afraid of retaliation from Washington. But again, the solution isn’t to cower or run, it’s to fight.

Unfortunately, California’s sheepish companies would rather move to Nevada than stay and fight the Democrats in Sacramento. America’s chicken companies would rather move their operations overseas than stay and fight Washington.

It’s time corporations start standing up for themselves. Talk radio and Fox News’ 4 million viewers can’t save a bunch of sheep and chickens. No one can.

There’s a scene in the “Avengers” movie where the people are told to kneel down to show their subservience to their ruler. But one brave man stood up and said he refused to kneel any longer.

That’s what our businesses have to do if they are to survive. Get off their knees. Fight for what’s right. They’re not going to be saved by Captain America or Captain Romney or anyone else. They have to stand up and save themselves.

Michael Reagan, the eldest son of Ronald Reagan, is heard daily by over 5 million listeners via his nationally syndicated talk radio program, “The Michael Reagan Show.”

Special to the Phoenix Network by

(New York, New York) – U.S. House Democrats are ignoring calls by Republican lawmakers for them to offer an apology to the New York City Police Department for backing an amendment that effectively rebuked the NYPD over its counterterrorism surveillance and investigative techniques.

The formal rebuke of the NYPD, which failed to pass this week on a mostly party-line vote, would have punished the 40,000-member law enforcement department by prohibiting funding for police and security organizations engaged in alleged unconstitutional or unlawful discrimination.

GOP Rep, Peter King (R-NY) — chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee — and Rep. Bob Turner (R-PA) called the vote shameful, while several police officials told the Law Enforcement Examiner that the Democrats “stayed true to form.”

“The Democrats obtain campaign contributions from groups like CAIR and other Islamic organizations and they in turn protect them from the ‘big bad cops,’” said one anonymous police officer who works in the NYPD’s Arson & Explosion Unit.

While the amendment would apply to any jurisdiction in the nation, Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) who sponsored the legislation made it clear that he was targeting the NYPD, especially those divisions and units tasked with combating terrorism.

“Holt did not even have official information on the allegations made against the New York cops. He was using stories gleaned from news organizations, such as the Associated Press, and complaints made by groups like the Council on American-Islamic Relations — a group that always complains whenever cops attempt to protect Americans from radical Islamic terrorists,” said former New York police detective and military intelligence officer Mike Snopes.

“Holt practically scolded the NYPD saying they infiltrated neighborhoods because they were Muslim,” Snopes said. “That congressman sitting safely in his heavily guarded workplace should be praising the NYPD.”

In an official statement promulgated on Saturday by Reps. King and Turner, the congressmen rebuked Holt for his “politically-motivated” statements and condemned Democrat congressmen for supporting the amendment — the measure failed on a 232-193 vote, with only Democrats supporting it.

“We are utterly dumbfounded and shocked that after such a slanderous attack, the overwhelming majority of congressional Democrats and the entire Democratic leadership voted for the Holt amendment and against the NYPD,” Rep. King said. “The Democrats owe New York and the NYPD an explanation for their shameful surrender to political correctness.”

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and city officials, as well as King and Turner, have defended the department’s tactics as effective and perfectly legal. Their tactics also have not been found to be unconstitutional, meaning Holt’s amendment might not have had much practical effect on the NYPD’s funding.

Holder and Democrats screaming for blood?

New York’s Police Commissioner Ray Kelly — arguably the best police commander in that city’s history — continues to defend the tactics, calling them legal and necessary. But groups such as the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) are practically screaming for blood, said former NYPD police detective Sid Franes.

“What the NYPD officials did in New York and New Jersey, they’ve also done overseas in countries such as the United Kingdom, India, Indonesia, and others,” said Franes. “They are collecting intelligence not investigating and arresting suspects. And they’re not using drones to spy on American citizens the way the feds do,” he added.

Meanwhile, Attorney General Eric Holder had told U.S. senators that he was disturbed by what he’s read about the New York Police Department conducting undercover and surveillance operations targeting mosques and Islamic student organizations in New Jersey.

Holder was testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee when New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg, a Democrat, asked about the NYPD spying operation in New Jersey.

While most of the operations were conducted within New York, NYPD officials admitted some of the operations led them outside of New York State and into New Jersey, which angered politicians such as Lautenberg, and received condemnation from some FBI officials, who claimed “the surveillance damaged relations with Muslims and weakened national security.”

Every time I encounter an individual who complains   endlessly that corporations, businesses, banks, hospitals, you name it, are so   unfair and that the government needs to “do something about them” I am   astounded.

What in the whole history of time that human beings have   been on the planet with conditions that have evolved so far (approximately 6-7   thousand years of just RECORDED HISTORY) would leave any sensate individual   with the opinion that governments are the solution to man’s problems?

As Ronald Reagan said, “Government is the problem.”

However, here is an example of bureaucracy run amok. The   more layers there are between people and government, the fewer responsible   people you will ever see.

Facelessness becomes the order of the day, and no one is   responsible.

The airport in question is on south shore of Long Island,   NY. If you go to the site, the latest links reveal that the response to the   suit Nancy Genovese field against Suffolk County was “somehow” misplaced and   the legal team is hustling to find out where it could possibly be.

The Lawyer handling the   case was fired, rehired, and then fired again after receiving a better   separation parachute, the Lieutenant who supervised the arrest and made all   the “Tea Bagger” comments has retired, and the town council is debating   whether to seek a settlement out of court.

Again, facelessness is the trait of “Big Government” and   don’t you forget it.

Thanks to CA Tom for bringing this to my attention.

DET

http://americanvisionnews.com/3369/mother-of-3-arrested-abused-for-taking-pictures-of-tourist-attraction-at-airport

Mother of 3 Arrested Abused For Taking Pictures of   Tourist Attraction at Airport

May 12, 2012

This case is a frightening example of what can happen when a photographer   encounters ignorant bullies with badges. According to the complaint filed in   Federal Court, Nancy Genovese, a mother of three, was driving home on County   Road 31 past Gabreski Airport in Suffolk County. Gabreski Airport displays a   decorative helicopter shell by the roadway to the public, which is visible to   all who pass by.

Nancy Genovese stopped her car on the side of the road across the street   from the airport in an area that is open and accessible to the public, and   crossed over the road to the airport entryway that is also open and accessible   to the public to take a picture of the helicopter display. While still in her   car, she took a picture of the decorative helicopter shell with the intention   of posting it on her personal “Support Our Troops” web page.

As Nancy Genovese was preparing to drive away, she was stopped and   approached by Robert Iberger, a lieutenant with the Southampton Town Police.   Lieutenant Iberger demanded to know why she was taking photographs. Nancy   showed the lieutenant her camera, but Lieutenant Iberger grabbed her camera   and handled it “without care”. In an attempt to prevent the lieutenant from   damaging the camera, Nancy removed her memory card, which Lieutenant Iberger   confiscated. To date, Nancy’s memory card still has not been returned to   her.

Lieutenant Iberger demanded that Nancy remain where she is, and he refused   to allow her to leave. At this time, Lieutenant Iberger notified the Suffolk   County Sheriff’s Office and the authorities at Gabreski Airport of Nancy’s   presence outside the airport, and falsely and wrongfully informed them that   she posed a terrorist threat.

Suffolk County Deputy Sheriff Robert Carlock responded to the scene, along   with various members of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office. When Deputy   Carlock arrived, he placed cameras on the roof of his vehicle, aimed at Nancy   Genovese and her 18 and 20 year old sons who had come to the scene at this   point to help their mother. Deputy Carlock ordered all three of them to stand   directly in front of the cameras, and not to move.

Officials from the airport, as well as other local and federal law   enforcement agencies also responded, including, without limitation, the   Southampton Police Department, the Westhampton Police Department, the FBI, and   the Department of Homeland Security. Nancy was questioned on the side of the   road for approximately five to six hours, from about 6pm until midnight,   denied food or water, and denied the opportunity to use a restroom, all   without having received any warnings as to her rights.

Nancy Genovese also had a left lower leg injury just above her ankle that   she had received earlier in the day and which, exacerbated by the stress and   length of her roadside detention, was causing her to limp. When the officers   saw this, they ordered her to expose her wound, which was bleeding, for no   legitimate purpose, and with no regard for Nancy’s health or well-being.    Members of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office used Nancy’s leg wound as   another object to taunt her with, telling her that they were going to arrest   her for an unreported knife wound.

Here’s where the story takes an interesting twist, and why I believe   Nancy’s situation hasn’t received more press coverage. Before arriving at the   airport to take a picture, earlier that day Nancy had been to the local   shooting range with her rifle practicing her hobby, target shooting. During   the first hour of questioning, Lieutenant Iberger searched Nancy’s vehicle,   without her consent, and came across her unloaded rifle, which Nancy was   legally carrying, in a locked case. Now some people throw up their arms (no   pun intended) at this point, and say, “what does she want, she brought a rifle   to the airport!”, but I would like to remind everyone that it is perfectly   legal to drive around with an unloaded rifle in your car. Yes. Really. And   Nancy did not enter the airport, she was parked alongside a public roadway. It   is important to remember that no matter how you feel about firearms, nothing   that Nancy did violated any laws.

Using force, Lieutenant Iberger pushed Nancy Genovese when she objected to   the seizure of her rifle. Deputy Carlock taunted Nancy, asking in a   disparaging tone, “You’re a real right winger, aren’t you?”, and stating in   words or substance that she was never going to see her rifle again.

During the remainder of the six hours that Nancy Genovese was forcibly   detained on the side of the road, she was taunted, verbally harangued,   threatened, belittled, abused, humiliated and harassed by members of the   Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office. For example, Deputy Carlock repeatedly   referred to Nancy as “a right winger” and “tea bagger”, and threatened that   they were going to arrest her for terrorism to make an example of her to other   “tea baggers” and “right wingers”.

Around midnight, officials from the airport and federal law enforcement   agencies determined that Nancy posed no terrorist or other security threat.   Once most of the other law enforcement officials left the scene, Deputy   Carlock ordered Nancy Genovese to be handcuffed by another member of the   Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office. Before placed in handcuffs, Nancy attempted   to give her purse containing her wallet and cell phone to her sons. Her wallet   contained approximately $13,000 in cash, money she was holding to pay tuition   that day for her son’s college and her daughter’s Catholic school tuition.   Deputy Carlock refused to allow her sons to take her bag, and ordered her to   leave it on the front seat of her unlocked vehicle, even after being informed   of the value of its contents. When Nancy’s sons objected, Deputy Carlock   threatened to arrest them if they touched it, and ordered them to leave the   scene. Not knowing what to do, they left.

When Nancy’s sons responded to a call from the Suffolk County Sheriff’s   Office in the early morning hours to pick up their mother’s vehicle from the   roadside, they found $5,300 of the $13,000 missing. The money was never   returned. In addition, the contents of the glove compartment box was missing,   and there was damage to the body of the car, particularly around the trunk.

Around midnight, after her sons were ordered to leave upon threat of   arrest, Nancy was transported, in handcuffs, to the Suffolk County Jail. While   in a holding cell, Deputy Carlock continued to verbally harass Nancy, telling   her “you will pay”, and admitting that they had nothing to charge her with,   but that he would “find something in order to teach all right wingers and tea   baggers a lesson.”

While in her holding cell, Nancy Genovese was interrogated by Suffolk   County Undersheriff Caracappa without receiving any warnings as to her rights.   Her requests to speak to a lawyer were ignored. Following her “interrogation”,   Undersheriff Caracappa informed her that she was being arrested and charged   with “terrorism.”

At this point, Nancy requested medical treatment for her bleeding and   painful left leg. After several requests, and several hours later, she was   taken to the Peconic Bay Medical Center by male members of the Suffolk County   Sheriff’s Office, and handcuffed to a bed. A sonogram was performed on Nancy’s   left leg from her ankle to her inner groin, requiring her to disrobe. Despite   her and the doctor’s request for them to turn away, the two male Suffolk   Deputies insisted on staring at Nancy while she disrobed, further humiliating   her. She was prescribed antibiotics, and discharged back to the Suffolk County   Jail, with instructions on proper care for her leg wound.

Once back at the jail, the Suffolk County Sheriffs denied her access to her   antibiotics, and denied her proper care of her leg wound. This caused a   serious and painful staph infection to develop.

The following morning, Nancy Genovese was briefly questioned at the Suffolk   County Jail by two FBI agents. No federal complaints or charges were ever   brought against Nancy. That same day, Nancy was transported in handcuffs and   ankle shackles, with no regard for her ankle wound, to the Southampton Justice   Town Court. The driver drove fast and recklessly, intentionally making abrupt   turns and laughing. This caused Nancy, who was not secured by a seatbelt, but   was instead restrained with her hands cuffed behind her and her ankles cuffed   together, to roll about in the back of the vehicle, further exacerbating her   leg injury. When she requested that the Deputy Sheriffs secure her with a   seatbelt, they laughed at her, and the driver continued to recklessly swerve   the vehicle.

Nancy Genovese was brought into the courthouse in handcuffs and leg   restraints, and was violently pushed through the door by the Deputy Sheriffs.   This added to Nancy’s humiliation, particularly since Nancy knew some of the   courthouse employees and other people who were present. Both before and after   arriving at the courthouse, Nancy repeatedly requested to speak with an   attorney. All of her requests were ignored.

Despite never stepping foot onto airport property, Nancy Genovese was   arraigned on a single misdemeanor charge of Criminal Trespass in the Third   Degree. She was assigned a Legal Aid Attorney by the Judge. Undersheriff   Caracappa and Deputy Carlock intentionally lied to the Judge about the   circumstances surrounding Nancy’s arrest, including that she was a terrorist   and had surveillance equipment in her car, and the judge set bail in the   amount of $50,000.

Due to the excessive amount of bail, Nancy’s children needed more time to   come up with the money, so Nancy was returned to the jail. The Legal Aid   Attorney assigned to Nancy spoke with the Deputy and Undersheriff, and due to   the conversation, directly afterwards informed Nancy that he was no longer her   attorney, and that he was going to ask the court to place her on suicide   watch.

Once back at the jail, Nancy Genovese was processed, including being issued   prison “greens” to wear, and was photographed, fingerprinted, and eye scanned.   Members of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department continuously verbally   harassed Nancy. A woman in civilian clothes then interviewed Nancy. The woman   told Nancy she was going to be placed in “general population.” During the   interview, two men wearing “Suffolk County Emergency Response Team” jackets   entered the room. One of them removed Nancy from the room and held her in the   hallway outside of the interview room. From there, Nancy heard the woman who   had interviewed her arguing with the other man, saying that “She is not   suicidal.”

Despite the woman’s protests, Nancy was physically moved by the two men   wearing “Suffolk County Emergency Response Team” jackets to another room.   There, another woman who identified herself as a nurse administered, without   Nancy’s consent, two injections into Nancy’s arm. One of the men held Nancy’s   head so that she could not see what was being done, while the other man held   Nancy’s arm down. Despite her demands to know what they were doing, no one   answered her. Nancy experienced bruising and swelling in her neck and arm long   after she was released from custody.

Nancy was then escorted by the two men into a cell area, where she was   forced to disrobe and put on a “suicide gown”, consisting of a heavy,   jacket-type blanket that fastens around the body with Velcro. Nancy was not   permitted to wear undergarments under the blanket. Nancy was required to wear   this same “suicide gown” for the next several days. After three days, Nancy   was evaluated by a psychiatrist who determined her to be of sound and stable   mind, and immediately removed her from suicide watch.

Later that day, bail was posted, and Nancy was able to go home.   Subsequently, all charges against Nancy were dismissed.

Upon Nancy’s release, Undersheriff Caracappa issued a press release in   response to media inquiries, titled “Armed Woman Arrested for Trespassing at   Suffolk County Gabreski Airport”, which falsely stated that Nancy had been   taking pictures of the airport and surrounding security”, and that she became   hysterical, and began “screaming and flailing around” when confronted.   Undersheriff Caracappa also falsely reported that Nancy had surveillance   equipment, 500 rounds of ammunition, and “scary weapons” in her car, and that   she was a right-wing extremist and terrorist, and that she had been at the   airport trespassing several times and had been warned to stay away. Upon   further inquiry, it turns out that Nancy had never trespassed at the airport   before, had never been warned by anyone to “stay away” before, had no   “surveillance equipment” of any kind other than her point and shoot camera,   and certainly was not a terrorist. Undersheriff Caracappa has refused to issue   a retraction or correction.

Nancy has filed a Federal Lawsuit seeking up to 70 million dollars from the   Town of Southampton, the County of Suffolk, Lieutenant Iberger, Undersheriff   Caracappa, Deputy Carlock, Lieutenant Leuete, and various other employees of   the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department. The lawsuit is still   ongoing.