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December 07, 2005
Tookie Williams Fraud
From Letters to Jack, "Humble Correspondent" writes:
"Lately, I've been overwhelmed with all the news reports about Tookie Williams and how he has transformed himself from a quadruple murderer and gang leader into a gentleman who writes children's books, so therefore he should receive clemency from Arnold.
I did some research about the nomination process. Guess what? All it takes is for someone, anyone for any reason, to send a letter to the Nobel Committee in Sweden. That's right. Anyone can nominate anyone for a Nobel, no qualifications needed. Then the "nominee" can go around being identified as "Nominated for the Nobel Prize."We, dear readers, could send a letter nominating Jack. Then he could identify himself on this blog as "Jack, nominated for the Nobel Prize." END
NOTE: Ironic that the Nobel Peace Prize originated from a patent on an explosive.
Library reference on Nobel:
Alfred Nobel, Swedish Industrialist, 1833-1896, "My dynamite will sooner lead to peace than a thousand world conventions. As soon as men will find that in one instant, whole armies can be utterly destroyed, they surely will abide by golden peace."—Alfred Nobel
"Alfred (Bernhard) Nobel was born October 21, 1833 in Stockholm Sweden. Nobel, who invented dynamite, endowed a $9 million fund in his will. The interest on this endowment was to be used as awards for people whose work most benefited humanity. He wanted the profit from his invention to be used to reward human ingenuity. First awarded in 1901, the Nobel Prize is still the most honored in the world.
In 1842 Nobel's family moved to St. Petersburg, Russia where he obtained his education. He traveled widely as a young man, becoming fluent in five languages. Nobel was interested in literature and wrote novels, poetry and plays in his spare time. In the 1860s he began experiments with nitroglycerin in his father's factory. He tried many ways to stabilize this highly volatile material. Nobel discovered that a mix of nitroglycerin and a fine porous powder called kieselguhr was most effective. He named this mixture dynamite, and received a patent in 1867."
Posted by Post Scripts at December 7, 2005 07:59 AM
Comments
Also interesting about Tookie Williams is that he didn't write any of those books. They're written by another person and his name is put on them as auther with permission by the real writer. Also interesting is that large sums of money continually make their way into Tookies various bank accounts. I doubt this much money comes from peeling potatoes in the prison mess so the logical asssumption is that it's drug money generated by the gang that he is supposedly no longer a part of.
I think the most interesting thing about the whole Tookie Williams ordeal is that people are so duped by this guy. Take someone who is a accomplished thief, liar, and fraud and have him say he's changed his ways and everyone wants to belive him. I think we'd sooner see the Grand Dragon of the KKK hugging Whoopie Goldberg.
Posted by: Jordan Frazer at December 7, 2005 08:59 AM
If any violence erupts over this "Tookie" dirt bag, the media is 100% to blame. They are making it seem as if Schwarzenegger is deciding to execute him or not. That was decided by a jury long ago. They are also making it seem as if Arnold has to make a public announcement on this issue. He is under no obligation to say anything at all.
"Tookie" was sentenced to death in 1981 for murdering four people. It isn't as if there is some doubt as to his guilt, he is without a doubt guilty of four murders.
It has not been reported but my guess is those four people are still dead! So no matter what this thug has been doing the past 25 years it has not come close to making up for that small detail.
Oh and I would not insult Jack by associating his good name with the Noble prize.
Posted by: Toby Stahler at December 10, 2005 07:24 AM