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  • White Boy Rick Being Played by Matthew McConaughey

    MLive.com, Gus Burns, November 2016 – Matthew McConaughey to play father of ‘White Boy Rick,’ jailed FBI informant from Detroit

    The 1980s story of Detroit’s Richard “White Boy Rick” Wershe Jr., an underage FBI informant turned drug dealer, is being made into a Hollywood film — and not a low-budget one.

    According to Deadline Hollywood, A-list Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey, who’s appeared in the films “Dallas Buyer’s Club,” “Magic Mike,” “Dazed and Confused,” “Interstellar” and dozens more, “is in negotiations” to star in the film as Wershe’s father.  READ THE FULL STORY ON MLIVE




    • Vince Wade – Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and the War on Drugs
      Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and the War on Drugs by Vince Wade - Available from Amazon.com
      Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and the War on Drugs by Vince Wade – Available from Amazon.com

      The Real Story

      The astonishing but true story of White Boy Rick Wershe is an example of why the War on Drugs has been a trillion-dollar policy failure for nearly half a century.

      The tale of a boy recruited by the FBI—at age 14—to be a paid informant against a politically-connected drug gang is so amazing it inspired a Hollywood film starring Matthew McConaughey as White Boy Rick’s father.

      Prisoner of War answers the question: What kind of father would take FBI cash to let his youngest child be an undercover operative in the murderous drug underworld?

      A Dysfunctional Family

      Furthermore, Rick Wershe, Jr. was a street-savvy Detroit white kid in a dysfunctional family. His mother fled an abusive marriage, leaving her children behind. Rick raised himself. He didn’t do drugs, but he knew important people in the narcotics underworld. The FBI had him infiltrate a powerful black drug gang with City Hall connections. Rick did a good job. Too good. He became a key witness in a homicide. It involved top-level police corruption which blocked the investigation of the drug gang’s killing of a little boy. White Boy Rick’s FBI work caused shock waves that went to the very top of the Justice Department. The FBI abandoned him and local narcs snared him in a drug case that carried a life prison sentence. Rick Wershe, a kid recruit, became a Prisoner of War in the War on Drugs.

      Real Interviews

      Most of all, Prisoner of War is based on interviews with Rick Wershe, his family, FBI agents, police officials, plus reviews of court records, investigative files and Congressional testimony. Therefore, it explores:

      • The nation’s long, losing policy in the War on Drugs.
      • How CIA pressure in a Detroit drug case demonstrated government hypocrisy in the War on Drugs.
      • Blatantly false prosecution accusations and felonious police “testilying.”
      • How the FBI committed crimes by falsifying their files about White Boy Rick.
      • The racist history of the War on Drugs, dating back to the 1800s.
      • How black activists were the first to demand a war on drugs.
      • How the cocaine death of basketball star Len Bias led to mass incarceration for a generation.
      • Why the Justice Department sometimes refuses to prosecute the drug corruption of the politically powerful.
      • How sloppy reporting in herd journalism influences criminal justice.

      Order a copy of Prisoner of War and explore the appalling truth from the trenches of the War on Drugs.

      References:

      1. Wikipedia – White Boy Rick
      2. IMDb – White Boy Rick – The Movie (2018)

  • Shame Upon America – Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (CA-R)

    Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher says it’s OK not to sell homes to gays; loses support of Realtors

    The Orange Country Register, May 24, 2018, Jeff Collins –

    Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (CA-R)
    Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (CA-R) – Wikipedia

    U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher told a group of Realtors last week that homeowners should be able to refuse to sell their property to gays and lesbians, a statement that cost him the support of a key national Realtor group.

    “Every homeowner should be able to make a decision not to sell their home to someone (if) they don’t agree with their lifestyle,” Rohrabacher told an Orange County Association of Realtors delegation at a May 16 meeting in Washington, D.C., according to Wayne Woodyard, a former Orange County Realtor president who was at the event.

    On Thursday, Rohrabacher confirmed the accuracy of the sentiment, and added that homeowners should have the right to “choose who they do business with.” [1]

    Read the complete article at The Orange Country Register.

    References:

    1. The Orange Country Register, May 24, 2018, Jeff Collins – Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher says it’s OK not to sell homes to gays; loses support of Realtors (PDF)
    2. CNN, May 26, 2018, Clare Foran and Kate Sullivan – Rep. Dana Rohrabacher loses endorsement for saying it’s OK to not sell homes to gay people (PDF)

     

  • Matthew McConaughey on White Boy Rick

    Matthew McConaughey talks about making his new movie, meeting with the real White Boy Rick in prison, and he reveals that his brother Rooster was offered a crazy/amazing job in Vegas.   You may also want to follow the story of White Boy Rick by reading the full story[1] on Vince Wade’s website where he reports on the astonishing but true story of White Boy Rick Wershe as an example of why the War on Drugs has been a trillion-dollar policy failure for nearly half a century.  Visit vincewade.net

    References:

    1. The Book, Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and the War on Drugs by Vince Wade, Investigative Reporter
    2. The Movie, IMDb, White Boy Rick (2018)

    • “White Boy Rick” The Movie

      The story of teenager Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the FBI during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.  The movie stars Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Jason Leigh.  In the meantime, read the REAL story of White Boy Rick by the investigative reporter, Vince Wade, that dug into the case since the inception of the arrest.

      Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and The War on Drugs

      Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and the War on Drugs by Vince Wade - Available from Amazon.com
      Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and the War on Drugs by Vince Wade – Available from Amazon.com

      Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and the War on Drugs is the result of several years of extensive research by Vince Wade. He did interviews with Rick Wershe and others. He traveled to Detroit several times and spent days researching and copying court records, trial transcripts and police investigative files. He filed numerous Freedom of Information Act requests with federal and state law enforcement for documents related to Richard J. Wershe, Jr. The history of the War on Drugs is recounted and decades of failed policy initiatives, such as First Lady Nancy Reagan’s ludicrous Just Say No campaign, are noted.

      It’s all in a book Vince Wade wrote and hope you will find interesting, one you will recommend to your friends.

      Order now on Amazon.com

      References:

       

       

  • The Electoral College 4 Dummmies: Would it be better to simply count the popular vote? by Brian W. Kelly

    The Purpose of the Electoral College

    The Electoral College 4 Dummmies: Would it be better to simply count the popular vote? by Brian W. Kelly - Available from Amazon.com
    The Electoral College 4 Dummmies: Would it be better to simply count the popular vote? by Brian W. Kelly – Available from Amazon.com

    In this book, The Electoral College 4 Dummmies: Would it be better to simply count the popular vote?, you will learn about the purpose of the Electoral College and be able to come to your own conclusions about whether the Founders were all wet in the late 1700’s and we now need to revert back to the popular vote. In 2016, Hillary Clinton won the Popular vote yet Donald Trump won the presidency. Therefore, many of the political left are crying foul. In 2000, when George Bush was elected president without winning the popular vote the same cry was heard.

    Neither of these were as bad as in 1824, when John Quincy Adams was elected president despite not winning either the popular vote or the electoral vote. How could this be? Andrew Jackson was the clear winner in both categories. Jackson’s popular vote total was 38,000 more than Adams. Moreover, Jackson beat Adams in the electoral vote 99 to 84. Despite being victorious, Jackson did not win the presidency. Why?

    Andrew Jackson did not reach the majority 131 votes needed in the Electoral College to be declared president. Neither candidate did. So, what happened? The decision was made by the House of Representatives. It was the House—the People’s Representatives, which voted Adams into the White House.

    There were only two other stories like these. In 1876, Rutherford B. Hayes won the election by a margin of just one electoral vote; but he lost the popular vote by more than 250,000 ballots to Samuel J. Tilden. In 1888, Benjamin Harrison received 233 electoral votes to Grover Cleveland’s 168, winning the presidency. Harrison lost the popular vote by more than 90,000 votes.

    Why is this? When U.S. citizens go to the polls to “elect” a president, they are in fact voting for a particular slate of electors, though they vote for a properly named presidential candidate. In almost every state, the candidate who wins the most votes (that is, a plurality) in the state receives all the state’s electoral votes. These are electoral votes based on the popular votes.

    Why is this? You bought this book to find out. Is it a good or is it a bad idea? Is there any rhyme or reason to it? Were the Founders out on a bender the night before they made this decision or was the Electoral College a stroke of genius?

    This is your best book to discover the answer and for understanding the current system and other possible systems to determine the presidency fairly.

    Just because powerful people choose to ignore our rights and freedoms does not mean we must endure tyranny. The first step of course is to understand the most basic written precepts in the Constitution. Understanding the role of the Electoral College in our Constitution is of prime importance. Reading this book is a must.

    References:

    1. Trump – Our First Illegitimate United States President

  • The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in an Age of Lies

    The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in an Age of Lies by Michael V. Hayden - Available from Amazon.com
    The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in an Age of Lies by Michael V. Hayden – Available from Amazon.com

    The Assault on Intelligence

    A blistering critique of the forces threatening the American intelligence community, beginning with the President of the United States himself, in a time when that community’s work has never been harder or more important. This book by General Michael V. Hayden, The Assault on Intelligence, is a must read.

    In the face of a President who lobs accusations without facts, evidence, or logic, truth tellers are under attack. Meanwhile, the world order is teetering on the brink. North Korea is on the verge of having a nuclear weapon that could reach all of the United States, Russians have mastered a new form of information warfare that undercuts democracy, and the role of China in the global community remains unclear. There will always be value to experience and expertise, devotion to facts, humility in the face of complexity, and a respect for ideas, but in this moment they seem more important, and more endangered, than they’ve ever been. American Intelligence–the ultimate truth teller–has a responsibility in a post-truth world beyond merely warning of external dangers, and in The Assault on Intelligence, General Michael Hayden takes up that urgent work with profound passion, insight and authority.

    Michael Hayden, director of the CIA.
    Michael Hayden, former director of the CIA.

    It is a sobering vision. The American intelligence community is more at risk than is commonly understood, for every good reason. Civil war or societal collapse is not necessarily imminent or inevitable, but our democracy’s core structures, processes, and attitudes are under great stress. Many of the premises on which we have based our understanding of governance are now challenged, eroded, or simply gone. And we have a President in office who responds to overwhelming evidence from the intelligence community that the Russians are, by all acceptable standards of cyber conflict, in a state of outright war against us, not by leading a strong response, but by shooting the messenger.

    There are fundamental changes afoot in the world and in this country. The Assault on Intelligence shows us what they are, reveals how crippled we’ve become in our capacity to address them, and points toward a series of effective responses. Because when we lose our intelligence, literally and figuratively, democracy dies.

    References:

    1. Trump – Our First Illegitimate United States President