[Trutu]

http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=311040&GT1=7701

OCALA, Fla. -- Wesley Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison on tax charges Thursday, a victory for prosecutors who sought to make an example of the action star by aggressively pursuing the maximum penalty....

3 years in prison is what he got.

I have mixed emotions about this one. Firstly Snipes is a citizen of this country and as one he should be paying his fair share just like the rest of us. Secondly this is a situation where the government is trying to make an example of someone famous to scare the rest of us poor citizens into doing something which in my opinion is unconstitutional. Now I have heard all the arguments both ways before and I have my own beliefs as to how we as a nation should be taxed. Income tax is a tax on your labor and a tax on your labor is to me unconstitutional. In the article it said "Snipes maintained in a years-long battle with the IRS he did not have to pay taxes, using fringe arguments common to "tax protesters" who say the government has no legal right to collect." Fringe arguments" A lot of those fringe arguments sound quite reasonable to me. Anyways there was a couple of quotes in that article that kind of burned my hide, such as

"In my mind these are serious crimes, albeit misdemeanors," Hodges said."

and

"Snipes was the highest-profile criminal tax target in years, and prosecutors called for a heavy sentence to deter others from trying to obstruct the IRS."

Do not obstruct the government!!! gee now I feel put in my place!. These days there is not enough obstruction going on. Maybe thats why the nation is in such a piss poor situation right now.

 

[rugman59]

Wesley the vampire slayer.
As actors go this guy does a fairly good job,But He bugs me almost as much as Martin Lawrence.
Guess why? They can still tell race jokes and not get shot for it.
All B.S. aside this is a story that evokes conflict on many levels.
Race issues.
Preferential treatment.
Media hype/misdirection.
Rich versus poor.
He didn't get 3 years,he got got one year supervised release.
That means basically probation.

Whats my point?

A rich famous guy tried to do what most of us want to do and believe is the right thing to do and got hosed in public for it.

If you or I had ducked out on 11 mil. where do you think we would be right now?

Probably getting an extended free butt massage from Bubba.


Either way it is still not right.

 

[sdk1968]

id still be in another country remembering when i was tagging Jessica Beil in the Blade movie...

 

[Rory]

id still be in another country remembering when i was tagging Jessica Beil in the Blade movie...

point of order in this court. i believe the counsel has just spoken the TRUTH!

 

[blackrifles]

point of order in this court. i believe the counsel has just spoken the TRUTH!

+2!! Sean, I'd be in same boat, if I wasn't married.



Snipes,

I agree income tax is a sham, should've been axed after WW-II like they promised, of course we know once govt gets money out of us, they only take MORE of our money.

Race/color has nothing to do with this, but I rank Snipes right up there with Sly Stallone, an anti-gun actor and on-screen FRAUD as well.

When filming US Marshals he admitted he liked to play "bad ass", the funny part is he's really a girly-man, like a flaming **** in heat, he admitted he's deathly afraid of the woods. ROTFLMAO!!

 

[franks71vw]

He was made an example so that in the hard tiems to come people wont jump ship and try to do this again... thats how I am seeing this case... Have you guys seen the movie "America Freedom to Facism"...

 

[sdk1968]

+2!! Sean, I'd be in same boat, if I wasn't married.

My wife said if i could get Jessica Biel...it would be no problem for her, she thinks JB is hot enough that we should both have an affair with her......

(we do have the same taste in women!!)

hell yeah!!

 

[50 Shooter]

Who cares about Snipes, he's a POS! Any man that would beat Halle Berry deserves to go to prison and be butt raped.

 

[Trutu]

America Freedom to Facism, interesting video.. There are lot of videos on youtube showing how illegal our tax system is.. how bad our dollar has declined... how our economy is based on how much money is being borrowed... Anyone ever seen the video "money as debt"? its quite interesting as well. It shows how banks get more money based on the amount of money they lend etc... There are a lot of these videos. Unfortunately they are just that, videos.

 

[sdk1968]

Who cares about Snipes, he's a POS! Any man that would beat Halle Berry deserves to go to prison and be butt raped.

thought that was david justice????

 

[blackrifles]

My wife said if i could get Jessica Biel...it would be no problem for her, she thinks JB is hot enough that we should both have an affair with her......

(we do have the same taste in women!!)

hell yeah!!

Sean,

Frank can tell you I have a HOT wife, she gets even hotter when she catches me eyeballing other women, I'm married and loyal, but not castrated, YET!

 

[franks71vw]

Blackrifle,

I thought you said she chopped them off to keep you in check lol hahahahahah j/k

 

[50 Shooter]

People blamed/thought it was David Justice until he let the cat out of the bag, seems that Halle confided in him that Snipes was the one that beat her up. Nice guy Huh? Now she's deaf in one ear because of Snipes, what a douche bag!

 

[blackrifles]

I told you Snipes wasn't a man, now he's a woman-beating POS too. I have a mother-in-law with broken ear drum, her ex also liked to punch her in the head.



Frank,

She wouldn't chop them off, oh no, they would be surgically removed with that micro-1911, lots of local LEOs knows she's an expert with it.

 

[sdk1968]

BR,

yeah my wife sounds just like yours.....

she threatens my "manhood" all the time. and yes she is a hot MILF for sure. just turned 30 this year... yum yum.

but she likes Jessica Biel. and EVA Mendez....

 

[justashooter]

my wife is a hotty, and has a hotty younger sister. the other night we were watching an english film in which a guy has 2 young women in a bathtub. she asked me if i wanted her sister to join us for "something special" after the movie. i gave her the same answer i always do...

better safe than castrated, but i had some really interesting dreams.

 

[Ouchman]

I could care more about Mr. Snipes and his tax problems but I don't.

 

[sdk1968]

my wife is a hotty, and has a hotty younger sister. the other night we were watching an english film in which a guy has 2 young women in a bathtub. she asked me if i wanted her sister to join us for "something special" after the movie. i gave her the same answer i always do...

better safe than castrated, but i had some really interesting dreams.

good move cause she didnt mean it anymore than my wife does with her 2 sisters....

 

[blackrifles]

my wife is a hotty, and has a hotty younger sister. the other night we were watching an english film in which a guy has 2 young women in a bathtub. she asked me if i wanted her sister to join us for "something special" after the movie. i gave her the same answer i always do...

better safe than castrated, but i had some really interesting dreams.

Dodged the bullet on that one, a friend of mine made that mistake, they now live in HIS house and he had to move back in with his parents, and he's still paying for the house. Judge got copies of pics, showing my friend "gettin' it on" with his wife's sister, judge was never told that the wife was the one who took the pic.

 

[tommygunner06]

.. Have you guys seen the movie "America Freedom to Facism"...

I have seen this,,,you all need to watch it. Now Mr snipes did not pay taxes for one year(2001 or 2002,,what ever) but he did request a 11 million "refund". Thats what hung him(no pun intended). I think if he did not do that he would have walked! You cannot say you don't need to pay and then ask for money back!STUPID.