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Brandon
Comment: PRESIDENTIAL PARDON?!?! Are you freakin' kidding me? Ron Isley knowingly and willingly evaded taxes, and he willingly took and cashed checks issued in his dead brother's name. Since when does being a successful musician exempt you from being penalized when you commit a crime??? How about petitioning the President to start bringing the American soldiers home? Or how about asking the Prez to increase medicare for old people? Increase police officers or the education budget? But to waste time petitioning the President for a man who has done nothing for the very community he's seeking help from is an insult!
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Teigh
Comment: All I can type after reading Brandon's post is I CO-SIGN COMPLETELY!!!!! No comment from the wife -- or is she already GONE!!!
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nightshift
Comment: Oh puhleeze!! Jus' go'on and "git" your dog-azz to the "hoosgaw". He couldn't pay 3.1 mil? He should check his taxes again he should be able to take off at least 1 to 2 mil for those long azz teeth, hair dye, good humor man suits. I've lost resepct for him. Co-sign Brandon,
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ChocolateBrownGal
Comment: DOUBLE CO-SIGN BRANDON!!! SMH
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mat212
Comment: BREAKING NEWS!!! President Bush Pardons Ronald Isley!! Mmm....anyone? Any takers? Goimg once? Going twice? Well....?
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McNasty
Comment: Brandon there isn't any need for me to say more than I too co sign. I'm not even going to dog the man for his tax evasion - but what he did with his dead brother's checks is unfathomable! In the last 10-15 years Ron's health has been 'failing' but that didn't stop him from touring, marrying some youngun and reproducing AND he lives hella better than I ever will so he should have thought about what he would lose WHEN he got caught.
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TGen
Comment: Wow Brandon, you brought it. If indeed what IRS agents say is true about him, I co-sign. (I have to always use the "if" word cuz I've gotten to a point where I rarely trust the court systems as they've been wrong countless times). At any rate, it's interesting that the attorneys are attempting to pull the "frail health" card instead of the "he's innocent" card, lol. I'm sure the judge who denied the probation just looked at the fact that this "frail" old man JUST HAD A BABY and decided his health was good enough to stand prison or prison hospital, lol. But jokes aside, this is a sad story. A music icon is going to prison. Just...wow.
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leeneepoo
Comment: I read somewhere that Tom Joyner is behind the petition for Mr. Big to be pardoned. There were about 6200 people that signed the petition..I remember something about a letter being written referencing his failing health, age and a stroke....as respectable as Tom is I'm surprised he would even take a stance like this...correct me if I'm wrong someone but that took me by surprise with Tom...
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fanteeking
Comment: Brother Brandon: U jist hit one out-of-park. The midia should be hounding you and not Barry Bonds! LOL! When I wuz a grad student at Fairleigh Dickinson, Teaneck, NJ almost everyday when I wuz leaving the student center, the Isley Brothers, Ron O'Kelly, Ernie, Rudolph with their numerical NJ license plates would pull up in parking lot and wooo the little white girls leaving class. Brothers would stand back and shake their heads. Talk about grandstanding 24/7.
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huey
Comment: fine, if yall wont try and pardon him, i will do it myself....uhh, lets see. gotta go to ballys first for my workout....ok..done, let me swing by walmart and get me and my sweety a couple of boxes of fiddle faddle then im headed straight over to get that partition signed....ummm, let me watch judge hatchett and after that, im headed straight over to get that partition signed.....oppps, a nasty hang nail, yall ever get those? ...let me cut this thing off and then im going to swing by there and get that thing signed off....hummmm, is that my little sweety outside?....come on in here honey and take your shoes off, but keep in mind, i gotta go sign that ron isley partition,.....yawwwwnn, baby, im soooo sleepy, wake me up in bout two hours so i can go down there and get that ron isley partition signed...snooooooooooooooooooooorrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeee...........
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BlkATLTop
Comment: He must be awaiting a presidential pardon from either Obama or Clinton. Bush doesn't even know what day of the week it is , let alone thinking about Ronald Isley.
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sweetpea
Comment: PLease! He needs to the time he did the crime. He let his character Mr Biggs go to his head. I hate to hear about his health. There is nothing worse than an old fool.
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tltrace
Comment: RE: Huey Your post is HILARIOUS!!! It get's funnier every time I read it.(LMAO) Fiddle Faddle??? Classic!!!
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DonJuan
Comment: Off to jail you go Ronnie. Pardon my @ss!!!
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bigchassie
Comment: as a lover of old school and a big time isley brothers fan, i'm gonna have to go with yall on this one too. wrong is wrong, Ronald, and what you did was inexcusable. what gives you the right not to pay taxes and then also take money from your dead brother? and then think you can get pardoned because of your ill health? no sweetie, it don't work like that! broman, you got to pay for your sins just like the rest of us. if we don't pay our taxes, the feds will be on us like white on rice so you are not above the law either. love your music, though, but to the pokey yo azz got to go! BRANDON! you hit it on the head this morning my brotha! *walking out the room playing "Fight The Power" on the boom box*
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bigchassie
Comment: HUEY>Huey! man wake up! you got to sign that pardon! say what? your big toe hurt? aww sweetie, let mama rub it for ya! lol!
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bigchassie
Comment: WAIT A MINUTE YALL!! LOL! WHERE IS BOOT??? HE GOTS TO GET IN ON THIS ONE!! CTFUPPP!
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dakoolestkat
Comment: Lmao@Huey.....that was too funny!!
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PBF_19
Comment: "Presidential Pardon"? Good luck with that one, "Bush don't like black people".
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Exmun
Comment: There isn't one of us who doesn't need a little mercy at one time or another.
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butterpecanrican
Comment: Heard about this a few days ago on Tom Joyner. So he wasnts a pardon for not paying his taxes. Hey, ya'll gonna start a petition for me to get one too if I don't pay mine?
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nycGYRL888
Comment: Huey you are hilarious!! Brandon, as others have stated...you are so on point with that one. The nerve of some people boy, I tell ya!
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bigchassie
Comment: BUTTERPECAN>for real! shoot! i'm trying to pay off my student loan so they won't mess with me! heyell!
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ImJustAsking
Comment: Is this story for real?
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MsKim20019
Comment: He must have never heard the old saying "There are two things certain in life, death and taxes." The IRS don't care if you are 25 and in excellent heath or 65 and ready to kick the bucket, if you earned income they want their cut. They don't even care if your not of legal age yet, if your earned money over a certain amount, they want their cut. Even drug dealers get prosecuted for not reporting the income from illegal drug sales. IRS don't care they want their cut. And the stupid part about Ron Isley is that he was wealthly enough to pay THE MAN but was just trying to get over and now we should petition for a presidential pardon. I wish I would!
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archcookies
Comment: Don't hold your breathe Ron. The bad thing about this is you won't be able to wear your Mr. Bigg costumes in the big house. Dancing between the sheets may have a totally new meaning for you.
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archcookies
Comment: >Brandon You may have a brilliant career in either journalism or law. Great post.
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PBF_19
Comment: THIS JUST IN: "They handing out Presidenrial pardons at the swap meet"
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McNasty
Comment: ROTFLMAO@Huey! You are too funny! PBF you're on a roll too!lol
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Shazza
Comment: Bush didn't pardon innocent people on death row while he was guv of Texas- you think there's a chance he'll pardon Mr. Big? PUH-LEEZ! Petition to bring our soldiers home! NEXT!
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archcookies
Comment: >sweetpea Errybody be sick when they facing the big house. Ron has been catting around with his new very young wife and new baby. He needs a dose of reality anytime you take a dead man's money you ain't got much of a concious. I am sure he is going to right some hel.lified lyrics while sitting in the big house.
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Timolyn
Comment: LEE>>>I am not surprise about Tom. I he did that the other day. You know TJ is old school and most of all he truly likes Ron Isley. BRANDON/MS KIM>>>co-sign
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B00TANEB00TUS
Comment: ...Yo, that sh1t ain't gon happen...I can't see Bushie jamming to fight the power, Who's that lady ect...unless he does his own remix of Who's that Lady to Where's my Money...Yo, cue it up....Where's my money? (where's my money) Income tax money, yeah(where's my money)Dead man's money(where's my money)Uncle Sam's money(where's my money)Here me calling out to you cause it's all that I can do, If you don't pay I will pursue and lock yo Black azz up babee, lock yo azz up....Play it Ernie...
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bigfriend
Comment: Why should I protest for him? Would I get a pardon? Would he protest for me??Is a pardon even deserved? He did the crime now do the time regardless whether you sing good or not. I did my time when I had to and moved on.
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whatdat
Comment: Scooter Libby committed treason.
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bigchassie
Comment: BOOT>hey Boot! wonder where you wuzz!
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gingerg
Comment: If Scooter didn't go to jail, why Ron gotta go?
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bigchassie
Comment: HEY YALL..do yall think Al and Jessie signed that pardon?
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Southernbelle
Comment: A PRESIDENTIAL PARDON!?!?! (Like Bush would even consider it) Oh Hell to the NO! I feel for you Ron but you do the crime, you do the time. If the record execs want to help you out then they should pay up your taxes.
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Shazza
Comment: gingerg- Scooter was pardoned because he was doing Bush, Cheney & Rove's dirty work. Ron ain't done nothing for Bush, he's not going to do anything for him.
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bigchassie
Comment: CUSE ME..I MEANT TO SAY PETITION.
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DCGG
Comment: Hell if R-Kelly's nasty azz can walk the streets a free man I don't see any reason why Ron Isley can't be pardoned...
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katgrrrl
Comment: You go Brandon! Nuff said.
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VeeCee
Comment: I'm about as worried about Ron Isley just as Oprah is worried about where her next paycheck is coming from (and I'm cosigning Brandon too). I don't stick up for thieves. Good for Angela Winbush for getting away from your criminal @ss.
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greg327
Comment: This campaign to "pardon" Ronald Isley is ridiculous. Didn't anybody read about what this man has done? He is a despicable human being. Not only did he steal from the government and the taxpayers, he stole from his own brothers (the Isley Brothers), even his dead brother (O'Kelly Isley). He stole from his younger disabled brother (Marvin Isley). In his act as "Mr. Biggs," he plays a pimp who denigrates women. His "son" (best friend I guess) is R. Kelly, a child molester. He has never done anything of value for the Black community but has enriched himself off the work of the younger Isley Brothers, who wrote all the music for the Isley Brothers, and then he stole from them as well. As far as being old and disabled, why is he still on the road performing? (see youtube). Please, don't we have better things to worry about? This "campaign" is a disgrace.
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soulmusic101
Comment: Wow...we as a People are filled with so much hatred towards our own....
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archcookies
Comment: The one difference in Ron Isley and R Kelly is Ron Isley has been convicted and sentenced, R Kelly has yet to come to trial.
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SpecialK
Comment: huey: CTFU!!! I see getting Mr. Big a pardon is top on your list. LOL!!
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soulmusic101
Comment: Exmun...I co-sign with you. If one of us were in Ron's shoes we would want the same mercy. So-called Christian peep's are sumthing else....
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soulmusic101
Comment: Worry all you want about the Soldiers in Iraq...They are looking at coming home after 2009 and make sure you Black Folk's vote Clinton so your wish will surely not come true.
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B00TANEB00TUS
Comment: I dunno soul, he stole from dead people...That's up there with opening up credit cards in yo baby name...Yo, don't be too suprised if in an attempt to garner some Black votes for the GOP...They use the slogan...Vote for me and I'll set Mr. Big free...
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khufu
Comment: what is the basis for their desired pardon?
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SeriousBrother69
Comment: Whoa! This is a rare moment in EUR history 98% of the posters all agree. I gotta write this down... (reaching for pen and pad). So, there's no sympathy for Mr. Isley, huh? I hope everyone will feel the same when they send Robert Kelly away for 20+ years. I'm very interested in seeing your responses then!
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khufu
Comment: SOUL Im curious: apparently you think he should be pardoned? why? Im not saying I agree or disagree--Im just asking
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khufu
Comment: SERIOUSBROTHER..I was just about to pose that question....of all those who say Mr. BIggs SHOULD go to jail, do they feel the same way about R. Kelly?
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soulmusic101
Comment: B00TANEB00TUS...White collar criminals don't go to Gen Pop...Clinton is GOP lite and backed by the sellout Democratic Leadership Council. Bill will be at their Convention while his wife tries to look the other way and act like she doesn't know them.
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gingerg
Comment: It would be alright with me if they locked Kelly up today. Nasty rascal.
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soulmusic101
Comment: khufu...Scooter Libby did far worse and I didn't see this righteous anger when that happened.
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Southernbelle
Comment: Naw, I'll be okay with R. Kelly getting 20 years. That seems reasonable.
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AquaBoogie
Comment: soulmusic101, I'm sure we'd all want mercy if we were in Isley's shoes, but that doesn't mean we deserve it. We all can sign the petition but it wouldn't make a difference, you know why? Because the IRS doesn't play; maybe you should shake your finger at them for 'not showing mercy'.
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soulmusic101
Comment: AquaBoogie..I know what the IRS is about but my own Peep's is what worry's me....
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khufu
Comment: well SOUL most of the folks here dont know who Scooter Libby is...you know that.......
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khufu
Comment: SOUL If a person does wrong, should they face the consequences? Especially when they knowingly do wrong?
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Soulwriter
Comment: Brandon best summed up my stance on the matter; I LOVE THE ISLEYS AND EVEN HAD THE PLEASURE OF INTERVIEWING THE MAN LAST YEAR, BUT PLEASE BELIEVE THAT HIS LABEL TOLD ME NOT TO QUESTION HIM ABOUT THE CHARGES IN ANY WAY, SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE HE STANDS ON THE MATTER (REMORSE, ARROGANCE, ETC). he was greedy, arrogant and entitled, he needs to do his time. The least thing we need to do is feed into already prevalent stereotypes that blacks support one another even in wrongdoing and that we embrace and endorse criminal behavior.
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khufu
Comment: and again, Im not saying whether I think he should go or not..nope....'Cause Im still seeking hard and heavy some grace and mercy for sheet I have done wrong 20 years ago that Karma is still whuppin' my azz on...so I ain't about to judge this matter
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khufu
Comment: Powerful statement SOULMUSIC..."The least thing we need to do is feed into already prevalent stereotypes that blacks support one another even in wrongdoing and that we embrace and endorse criminal behavior."
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soulmusic101
Comment: khufu...I actually agree with your post on Karma and I will add "If you are livin in a Glass House...don't throw no stones". Never said he should be pardoned just looking at the quick judgement's.
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gingerg
Comment: Khufu, you got me thinking about Karma this morning. I know a woman who was pregnant by a married man. His wife was a nurse at a rural hospital. She had a friend drive her from the city to THAT hospital to give birth. She and her friend spent the next 20 plus years suffering and their children can only be classified as failures.
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gingerg
Comment: The old folks down south have a saying "You don't do wrong and get by."
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soulmusic101
Comment: And it is pretty sad that some peep's don't even know who Scooter Libby is....
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khufu
Comment: Only one things can deliver us from Karma, The Most High God's grace and mercy.......that is why I KNOW a Saviour and Messiah is necessary.....anyway......
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ChocolateBrownGal
Comment: SOUL>>true, libby did do far worse, The thieves from ENRON ruined peoples lives and walked away still living the high life. I remain disgusted that have enjoying the fruits of another's labor and/or benefitting at the expense of others. It's criminal. Shame on Ron for thinking that this petition deserves greater attention than the some of the other ills that plague our community. JMHO
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khufu
Comment: SOUL...another time we can discuss the "Glass house" axiom...I dont totally agree with that...'cause if that were the case, sheet Dr. King shouldnt have said anything...Malcolm......we all live in glass houses to some extent.....and hence, I guess, why there might be some to say: have some mercy on Mr. Biggs...again IM NOT SAYING what my position is one way or another
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realuvbaby
Comment: Wellll wait a minit! Well, Well, Well. . . YOU KNOW YOU MAKE ME WANT TO SHOUT!!! (I CAIN'T GO TO JAIL) SHOUT! (I'M TO OLD AND FRAIL) SHOUT (NEED MY PIECE YOUNG TAIL) SHOUT! (I CAN'T GET IN JAIL) SHOUT (BUSH, CAN'T YA HEAR ME WAIL) SHOUT! WHOA OOH OOH OOH!! WHOA OH OH OH, OH OH OH OH!!
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Soulwriter
Comment: Hi Khufu; thanks for the props, but I'm SOULWRITER, not SOULMUSIC. :oD
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khufu
Comment: why do Black folks do wrong like this or Vick..Black Celebs and think they can get away? DOnt they know that there is one set of laws for Black folks and another set (if any at all) for yt's?
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khufu
Comment: SOULWRITER.....sometimes your words are like music to my ears.....
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khufu
Comment: and if he does go to prison....he aint no punk...nah, those Isley boys from jersey were pretty ruff
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Mas90
Comment: I doubt Bush will pardon Isley. Bush don't give a damn about Isley. He couldn't even nameone song by the Isley Brothers. It is amazing that R Kelly trial is about to start when Isley about to go to jail. Me & Isley are from the same city. My mom with to high school with dude.
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Soulwriter
Comment: AWWWW---you've made my morning Khufu, thank you!!!
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soulmusic101
Comment: You don't have to discuss the Glass House theory but I will post what i feel that is in my heart. And again...I never said the guy should be pardoned. I hope that everyone one who wants Ron is in Jail are living clean 100%...now and in the past.
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soulmusic101
Comment: ChocolateBrownGal...I hear ya loud and clear but if I can save a friend from going to prison, I hope to think that my heart is small and cold as ice. I don't know the all the details but is it not the Record Executives who are are woring to free their Friend?
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soulmusic101
Comment: My bad...not cold as ice.
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khufu
Comment: ahhhhhh soul music and soul writer...there is two of them!!!!!!!!
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bigchassie
Comment: MAS90>really? how did your mom say he was in school?
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beboyz
Comment: SeriousBrother69 - we had an up and coming rapper here in Houston called South Park Mexican. He molested a 7 year old girl (performed oral sex on her) the girl was spending the night with his young daughter he received a 40 year sentence
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milehighbrotha
Comment: I think Brandon took the words right out of my mouth...I Co-sign with U Brandon...this is utterly ridiculous...why doesn't he ask the Pied Piper for the money? U see where "Mr Biggs" got U Mr. Isley...in jail.....
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khufu
Comment: ROFLMAO....ask the pied piper for money.....LOL
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McNasty
Comment: Soulbrother & Khufu no I don't feel the same way - I think they should specially begin to build the prision that would house ruh but leave a hole in the basement for when he is convicted to drop his as.s in!
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beboyz
Comment: Mr Bigg will get a pardon when Obama becomes president. Oh well I hope he remembers not to pick up the soap.
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McNasty
Comment: Soulmusic I can't believe you'd think we need to uphold this man in his wrongdoing - that's not very christian like. I'm not gonna stand behind anyone in the black community that has done wrong - we spent too much time doing that and now all our shat is raggedy as heyell!
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nycGYRL888
Comment: beboyz>>>Good I'm glad! He deserved 100% of that sentence! Now why I may have some sympathy for Ron Isley (to an extent)...child molesters get none! Not saying you are looking for sympathy for this rapper but, when it comes to folks like R.Kelly, too much sympathy and privledge because he has money is being dished his way. Makes me sick!
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ChocolateBrownGal
Comment: Soulwriter >>>Bravo! On point comment.
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CoCoCaramel
Comment: Sorry but I'm not buying...His health wasn't an issue when he married that toddler, if his health was such an issue then shhouldn't he have keeled over already trying to keep up with the young bratz girl???
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soulmusic101
Comment: McNasty...Okay I will say this for the last time...LOL...never said that he should be pardoned...just that Ron shouldn't go to Gen Pop for a White Collar Crime. Maybe the Record Executive's can help Ron pay off his Debt's...I am out for now and Peace In The Middle East...lol...
"I'm taking care of business, baby can't you see
I gotta make it for you, and I gotta make it for me
Sometimes it may seem girl I'm neglecting you
I'd love to spend more time
But I got so many things to do
Ooh, I got work to do, I got work baby"...Lyric's stolen from the track "I Got Work To Do" by The Isley Brother's.
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B00TANEB00TUS
Comment: ...Time is truly wastin'. There's no guarantee, yeah. Now yo azz is shaking. You gotta pay the taxes that be. I know you heard the voices. Tellin you that sh1t was wrong, yeah. Stealing from O'kelly whos lying in the grave. Turn off that music. That music's too loud. It's too late talkin bout it. You sound like a clown. You can roll all you wanna. Yo azz is bout to go down..Stop throwing bullsh1t all 'round, hey. Time is truly wastin'. There's no guarantee, yeah. Now yo azz is shaking. You gotta pay the taxes that be. Pay 'em baby.
Even you an I can pay the taxes, c'mon
Pay 'em, pay the taxes. Pay, pay 'em, baby, baby, baby, baby, yeah. Pay the taxes, Pay the taxes, Pay the taxes
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golfebj
Comment: Are you kidding me!
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McNasty
Comment: The man is going to a federal penitentary - they wear nice two piece khaki uniforms and have the option of going to school or working. Ron can perform for the masses. He also doesn't necessarily have to worry about dropping the soap cause white collar criminals don't think they can get caught and when they do their johnson's run the other way and their sphincter muscles sieze up.ROTFLMBAO
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PlanetRock
Comment: I truly don't want to see the legend Mr. Ronald Isley go to jail, but as I think of something to type, I am distracted by BOOTANEBOOTUS's e-mail. OK, I admit it, I am cracking up. Oh, TOOOOOOO FUNNY!!!!!!!!
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SpecialK
Comment: Boot: I love you!! CTFU!!!
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Mas90
Comment: Bigchassie... She was two years behind him. She didn't have much to say since he was older.
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leeneepoo
Comment: Khufu>>>....that is the reason why I don't judge anyone. I know for a fact that I should have been facing 2-5 some years back. Through his grace, mercy and UNDESERVED kindness I'm free. Don't get me wrong my a.s.s. suffered for the self-imposed things I did and to this day I am somewhat able to possibly forgive myself for it.. when he has forgiven me through his mercy and blessings and others have already forgave. A guilty conscience is a motherFuk. R and Vic are the only ones who know what they did..right or wrong. Whether they both go to prison or not trust they are suffering and they will suffer, and they will hit some serious hardships, whether it's financial, emotional, or whatever...their conscience is going to eat away at them like flies on a waterlemon that's sitting by a trash can overflowing with smelly garbage. It's not appealing, people will walk by, look at it and will not pick it up,it smells, so people will turn up their noses to it just like what they/we are doing to Ron, R, and Vick. WE make mistakes intentionally and unintentionally. We make mistakes by being associated with the wrong folk knowing full well our parents taught us better. I learned the hard way that the flesh is weak!! I just know not to go down that path of self-imposed, self-destruction again. I know I said a guilty conscience is a mother...just ask OJ he was falling down sloppy drunk I read a couple of weeks ago...sounds hypocritical?...no, I'm just making a point maybe I only can understand. I always said that a person can make the biggest mistakes in their lives and good will come from it...whether the person is free or not, in prison or not...there will be good out of it. I was reading several other web sites and their comment boards and while I was reading I said to myself out loud: "I'm sure glad that none of those other posters around the way did not die on the cross"..I would not have stood a chance in living he.ll....Peace
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gingerg
Comment: lee, I'm not sure Kelly or other pedophiles have a conscience. After all, Kelly has a closeted wife and kids to think about. Didn't they factor into the equation?
Also, near my city, I married man with six children was just busted for child molestation. He was a volunteer a various Christian camps for kids. He also volunteered in the Sunday School program. No one suspected him and the church can't seem to find his background check.
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beegirl
Comment: From reading the posts, I don't think anyone WANTS Ron to go to jail; he is old and sick and has a baby, after all. But we just find it ridiculous that he would petition the president for something so stupid, especially when he DESERVES to go to jail. When he didn't pay his taxes, the government took money from my pocket to make up for it. So yes, everyone deserves mercy. But you get mercy by saying you're sorry and working toward it. You don't get it through a shortcut or thinking you are better than everyone else in this country who would go to jail for not paying much less. I hope Wesley Snipes is paying attention.
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soulmusic101
Comment: leeneepoo...now that was a heartfelt post..I wish you peace and love...thanks for letting me know that everyone is not judgemental and you have a Soul:)
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HarrisThomas
Comment: I have questions 'cause I don't get some of the comments: so, where is the atonment? how does getting the AA community to sign a petition for pardon provide restitution? is there going to be any restitution for living family members? is Isley as wonderful as described in the posts and still want us to care? . . . Scooter "Sentence Commuted" Libby should not be discussed along side Isley because Libby is a friend of the POTUS who committed an act of treason by outing a CIA operative, while Isley is not a friend of the POTUS and who is basically a sad guy whose actions trashed his family and IRS . . . I stand in the middle between Brandon and leeneepoo, realizing that there should be some form of justice metted out, but what is it?
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ez3372
Comment: Kanye West has a better chance of getting a BIG HUG from Bush than Ron Isley getting that pardon. Bush probably doesn't even know WHO Ron Isley is! Can you see Bush on the ranch singing..."Groove with you...girl, speak your mind, Grove with you, You've been thinking all of this timeeee...Grove with you..." Ron, I'm afraid that you are going to have to do your time standing on your head, if you are waiting to get a pardon from Bush. And plus, Libby and Gonzales are WAYYYY ahead of you.
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realuvbaby
Comment: I don't think anyone wants to see Ron do jail time, but he made certain choices that would benefit him and his keep up that lifestyle, that he knew were wrong -- legally and morally wrong. Yea, the laws, the government is jacked up, yet we still must obey them. IF YOU DANCE TO THE MUSIC, YOU GOT TO PAY TO THE PIPER. ASK YO MAMA!! But I'm cracking up at the fact that he's not too old to screw and make babies, though.
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Angel
Comment: And Libby has enough dirt on Bush and his band of thieves to do some serious damage. Bush knew he didn't have a choice but to commute ol' boys sentence or he was going to start singing like a canary. So unless Ron's got dirt on Bush or one of his hired hands, I think he is wasting his time.
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ImJustAsking
Comment: I"m fine with Ron going to jail. White collar crime costs American taxpapers WAY more money than other types of crime and yet they always get the country club treatment. I have no sympathy for someone who has more money than me lol. Same thing goes for R. Kelly. put his azz under the jail. He had enough money to hire grown women to pretend to be teenagers so he could live out his pedophilic fantasies. Just like Nicole Richie, P Hilton, and Lindsay Lohan have enough money to have someone drive them around. And Vick gets no love for me for abusing animals. Note to justice system: do you.
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bigchassie
Comment: EZ>CTFUPPP! but you are on point!
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bigchassie
Comment: *president Bush at his desk in the ovary office* BUSH: (sorting through mail) let's see...proposal to end the war...love letter from Condi (puts that in jacket pocket) a flyer for new rifles..humm,Cheney may be interested in that. What's this, a petition to pardon who? a singer named Ronald Isley? now who in de heyell is he? say, isn't he one of the California Rasins?
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gingerg
Comment: Look here. He's only going to do about six months and then they will shock him out. All of his friends should do a benefit concert, wipe out the tax debt and let Mr. Biggs keep stepping. Speaking of stepping, "I keep hearing footsteps in the dark, baby..." That was my jamm!
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SewRite
Comment: realuvbaby>I agree with most of your post EXCEPT where you state that "you don't think ANYONE wants to see Ron do jail time. Now, that is SO NOT TRUE!!! Have you read the posts on this thread? The MAJORITY of the posters DO NOT feel sorry for Ron and feel that he is getting exactly what he DESERVES!!! As one of the posters said, we need to stop giving fuel to the sterotype that we make excuses for other Blacks who do wrong and the only reason we do that is because they're Black. That is so tired and played!! We saw a lot of this with O.J. I have read about a lot of Black folks RETHINKING their position as more and more facts were revealed. I remember many of us acting like O.J. was a personal friend of ours!!! Please!!! The recorded 911 tapes clearly showed that he has another side. Now, back to Ron. On other websites, for quite a while, I've been sharing my opinion about Ron. The man is nothing but a low down con artist who thinks he's above the law. EVEN AFTER he was bailed out of his financial woes by an investment group HE WENT RIGHT BACK to his wheeling and dealing!!! Ron is just a CONNIVING CREEP who is always trying to get over!! But what really disgusts me, is those of us who REFUSE to open your eyes and see this man's game because you insist on making excuses for him BECAUSE of his music!!!
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khufu
Comment: BIGCHASSIE Ovary office huh? ROFLMAO
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bigchassie
Comment: KHUFU>CTFUPP!! YEAH! that was during the Clinton years. lol!
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SewRite
Comment: And, one more thing for us to think about. There are STILL people who TURN THEMSELVES IN when they've committed crimes. THEY DECIDE TO SUBMIT TO THE CONSEQUENCES they deserve INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GET AWAY WITH IT. If this isn't a step towards character building, I don't know what is. Has anyone read about Ron voluntarily turning himself in for his crimes? He is a slickster who WANTS to be able to do wrong and get away with it. Ron wouldn't know honesty, integrity, and character if they stared him in the face!!!
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Angel
Comment: bigchassie - You know dayum well that Bush's secretary's secretary threw that ish in the trash along with the junk mail from the credit card companies. Bush doesn't even have a clue about that request for pardon. LOL
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bigchassie
Comment: ANGEL>okay! fo real, dough! lol!
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SewRite
Comment: bigchassie>You know you need to quit!! LOL. The ovary office and the California Raisins. This whole idea of a pardon for Ron is the pits. All his dirt has finally caught up with him and he is nearing the end of the road.
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SewRite
Comment: Angel>Co-sign!!
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dede0320
Comment: <<<bigchassie and angel, stop you all are to crazy, LMAO..how funny!!but the truth, along with the credit card apps, that is too dayum funny!!!
But leeneepoo you said it best and the loudest...you are so right!!!I am also so happy to see nearly see everyone agreeing, what a beautiful day!!!! :)
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dede0320
Comment: I just don't understand why he would think he would need a pardon, its his second time doing this am I right? The Gubment ain't nothing to play with, I think after the first time I would have let it go...just sayin...I wish him well!!1
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Zumbagirl
Comment: Yes, dede, he has done this before ("It's his thang"); that's why the judge referred to him as a serial tax evader. Given this track record, Bush is surely not to grant a pardon. Faced with such a request, I suspect Bush would wrinkle his brow and think to himself: "Fool me once…(3 second pause)… Shame on…(4 second pause)…Shame on you….(6 second pause)…Fool me…Can’t get fooled again"
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cornbread
Comment: RON ISLEY AND WESLEY SNIPES SHOULD GO INTO A TAX EVASION BUSINESS TOGETHER. MAYBE THEY SHOULD PARDON HIM AND WHEN TAX SEASON COMES AROUND, MAKE HIM RIDE UP AND DOWN EVERY STREET IN EVERY HOOD IN THE UNITED STATES WITH A BULLHORN YELLING "PAY YO DAMN TAXES NEGGAZ, YOU DON'T WANT TO END UP LIKE MY AZZ. THE IRS IS A MUTHA FUKKA". ALSO MAKE HIM DO COMMERCIALS ON BET DURING TAX SEASON. "WHAT'S UP NEGGAZ? THIS IS RONALD ISLEY. JUST REMINDING YOU TO PAY YO DAMN TAXES. PUT THEM GREASY AZZ PORCH CHOPS DOWN AND GET YO BLACK AZZES DOWN TO H&R BLOCK RIGHT NOW CAUSE THE IRS DON'T FUKK AROUND."
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Cappaucino
Comment: Ha Ha Ha! LOL Ha HA HAhahahhaahha haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ha ha HA!
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Name:
Cappaucino
Comment: If you do the Crime you have to do the time, I am personally sick of us gathering behind a criminal because he or she is black, MJ (for some not me) OJ (not me again) and RI(still not me) I mean this waters down us standing for real causes. Da$%itt stop marching for BS. Do you think MALCOLM or MARTIN would be march for this? Huh? I asked a question! The answer is Hell to the No!
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MOTHERSHIP
Comment: This is just how much the system has your azzes wrapped around it's finger - THERE IS NO LAW FOR PAYING TAXES!!! Truthfully he is in the right and the gubment is in the wrong because they can't produce one law on the books saying it's illegal if you don't pay taxes. Got y'all all conditioned.
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MOTHERSHIP
Comment: And besides all the corporate welfare and the rich muthafuccas that don't pay none, and those who ain't robbin' the "taxpayers" blind, and this includes the prez and every other official from the feds on down to those in city and state gov't. They all got you bambozzled and into payin' for their lifestyles, while you pay through the nose for something that you don't have to. Ain't even law!!! LMBAO!!!
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Zumbagirl
Comment: mothership: Assuming you are correct that there is no law requiring payment of taxes, there sure as heyall is a law allowing the govt to put your azz in jail if you don't pay them. Dayum right I'm conditioned -- conditioned against wanting to chill in Club Fed. By the way, since you presumably pay no taxes, I assume you do not use any of the services some of the taxes provide (e.g., fireman/police/public roads, etc.). I actually agree with you that corporations and the wealthy get way too many tax breaks and subsidies on the backs of the rest of us, I just think your general premise that no one should pay taxes ever is a bit extreme and unrealistic. Peace.
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mlbr
Comment: I totally agree with Brandon, Bush is not going to waste his time pardon somebody that means nothing to him. Ron Isley has been avoiding taxes for years now he's crying the blues. Too bad! He wasn't too sick when he married that little child looking tramp and spent millions on a wedding when he should have been doing the right thing. Let him go to prison and suffer. He will look nice in designer stripes.
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katee
Comment: Co-sign with Brandon!!! My people have bigger fish to fry than saving sorry azz rich black folks who don't want to pay their taxes. I think it was Cos who said as a black man in America you should know to over-pay your taxes so they have to send you a refund.
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Angel
Comment: Ummm....Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution states "The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States."
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Name:
soulmusic101
Comment: Mothership just ask the Peep's if they have evr seen the DVD "Freedom To Facism" and then let's have a real discussion about paying Taxes.
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Name:
Zumbagirl
Comment: co-sign Angel! Soulmusic, I am familiar with Freedom to Fascism, so let the discussion begin.
1. As Angel so aptly pointed out, Art. 1, Sec. 8 of the Constitution authorizes Congress to collect taxes.
2. Congress has enacted Title 26 of the U.S. Code, also known as the Tax Code (not to be confused with the tax regulations as one of the star "experts" of the flick, Irwin Schiff apparently did)
3. Speaking of Schiff, he was sentenced to 13 years in prison and ordered to pay $4.2 million (in an apparent attempt to reduce his sentence, post-conviction he claimed his beliefs re taxes was influenced by a mental disorder). Another person mentioned in the documentary, Vernice Kuglin was acquitted of tax evasion but nevertheless agreed to pay $500,000 in a settlement with the govt.
4. I'm not sure how the film changes the ultimate reality that if you willfully choose not to pay taxes, you will likely go to jail.
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Name:
soulmusic101
Comment: Zumbagirl...LOL...nobody won their case...O Ok....
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Name:
greg327
Comment: Sewrite is so right. Ron Isley has stolen from his family members and has never written an Isley Brothers song in his life. Just put his name on the other brothers' hard work.
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