Merry Christmas, Wayne Fincher

I'm also sending him some paper, envelopes and stamps--we'll see if they let him keep those.

They didn't.

I can't think of a single legitimate security reason for denying an inmate paper, envelopes and a handful of stamps, and am surprised the ACLU hasn't challenged this practice on First Amendment grounds.

Heartless pricks could have at least passed my letter on to him, to let him know people are thinking of him. I get this back the afternoon of the 22nd, and there's no way to get him a new message by Christmas to assure him he's not been abandoned. Here's what my letter said:

Dec. 8, 2006

Dear Mr. Fincher,

I hope this finds you strong. I just wanted to write and let you know that you have not been forgotten. I have included copies of what I have been posting on my blog, The War on Guns, since learning of your persecution.

Note that some of these are merely links to other sites, which I have not pasted into this letter—in those cases, just be aware that others are writing about you as well.

I don’t know if they will let you keep such things, but I am enclosing a few extra sheets of paper, envelopes and stamps for your use in case they do.

You will be in my prayers, and in the prayers of others.

Respectfully,

David Codrea

I'll try again, this time without any extras.

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City police arrested a state correction officer allegedly for possessing cocaine and a handgun.

Jeffrey M. Matthews, 36, of Watervliet, was already suspended without pay at the time of his arrest, said Linda Foglia, spokeswoman for the state Department of Correctional Services. She declined to say why, though Troy police reports state he was suspended after an earlier arrest in Albany.

Doesn't sound very self-correcting, does he?

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Padre Pistolas

This jolly 240-pound man isn't dressed in red, and he doesn't rely on reindeer to pull a sled. Instead, he drives a pickup and packs a .38 pistol as he delivers toys. And though he looks like a cowboy, he's a man of the cloth.

Meet Alfredo Gallegos Lara, the parish priest of tiny Chucandiro, in the central state of Michoacán, 200 miles west of Mexico City. Dubbed "Padre Pistolas" (Father Guns), the towering, singing priest will deliver toys to the neediest children this holiday season and bring smiles in a region torn apart by heavy migration to the U.S. and a violent turf war between drug traffickers...

And here's the money quote:

"But we judge for his actions, not for what he says, and he does more than any other priest, certainly more than the government."

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Wayne Fincher Docket Posted

From Paul W. Davis:

The Docket for Wayne Fincher's case is posted at the following url:

http://usvfincher.110mb.com/docket/

Wayne's attorney has already seen this and approved. Please give this the widest dissemination possible.

I will be working with another individual to keep this updated.

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