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| Presentation | Sleep easier at night America and terorrists beware - our ports are now much more safer than they've ever been. Did we step up security? Make new legislation about imports? Hire more drug sniffing dogs? Increase coast guard prescence? No, of course not... we did the most logical thing we could have done: We banned online poker. Senator Frist attached online anti-gambling legislation to the seemingly unrelated Port Security Bill. Critics claim that he did so in order to covertly pass such legislation without being noticed or being seriously debated. He has been quoted as saying that "gambling is evil" and that he was attempting to protect gambling addicts and children, however, Senator Frist has accepted nearly $50k in campaign contributions from Harrah's Casino. Harrah's stood to benefit from legislation that banned internet gambling, and their stock price saw an increase of 15%, the equivalent of $1.7 B in net worth, when the news broke regarding Frist's anti-gambling legislation. Harrah's was about to be bought out at the time, which prompted the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) to further investigate Mr. Frist. CREW came to the conclusion that Mr. Frist is "one of the most corrupt politicians in Washington". AND THERE IS MORE.... While in medical school, Frist obtained cats from animal shelters, under pretense of adoption as pets, for school research experiments in which he killed the animals. In a 1989 autobiography, Frist described how he "spent days and nights on end in the lab, taking the hearts out of cats, dissecting each heart." After some time, Frist said " lost my supply of cats," so he chose to deceive animal shelters, an act which he described as "heinous and dishonest." He attributed his behavior to the pressures of school. The incident sparked controversy after a 2002 Boston Globe story repeated the account. Conflict of interest allegations Frist placed his investments in a blind trust when he joined the Senate to avoid accusations of conflicts of interest. Asked in a television interview in January 2003 whether he should sell his HCA stock, Frist responded, "Well, I think really for our viewers it should be understood that I put this into a blind trust. So as far as I know, I own no HCA stock." However, Frist's blind trust provided him with regular updates on the status of his assets.[10] Some have suggested that this is because compliance with Senate ethics rules requires disclosure of the blind trust portfolios, and that no Congressperson can be unaware of their holdings.[11] Hospital Corporation of America was the subject of a decade-long Federal investigation into double-bookkeeping and suspected criminal fraud involving the bilking of Medicare, Medicaid, and Tricare (the federal program that provides health insurance to members of the military and their families). During this period no one in the Frist family had any executive position in HCA. HCA has paid a total of $1.7 billion in fines, the largest fraud settlement in U.S. history. Shortly after Frist assumed his position as Senate Majority Leader, a final fine of $631 million was assessed and the ongoing Justice Department investigation into HCA was dropped. Rick Scott, who had been hired to run the company after Frist's brother's retirement, quickly left the company. Frist's brother, a billionaire, returned to HCA to get the company back on track; in addition, HCA was allowed to continue its Medicare contracts. Insider trading allegations and the SEC Investigations On September 20, 2005, the Associated Press reported that Frist sold his HCA shares, which had been in a blind trust, two weeks before the company announced that earnings would not meet expectations, which caused a substantial drop in the share price. A spokeswoman said that Frist told the trustee who managed his HCA shares to sell them on June 13, and Frist had no control over the exact date when they were sold. Frist further claimed that the order was given to avoid allegations of conflict of interest over his participation in healthcare legislation, and that he possessed no non-public information when the stock was sold. The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York has issued subpoenas to investigate the sale, and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating. Frist has retained the Washington, D.C. law firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr to defend him in connection with these investigations. In September 2005, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, named Frist as one of the thirteen most "corrupt" members of Congress, and filed a complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee calling for an investigation of the stock sale, an alleged cover-up, and an allegedly mishandled disclosure of a campaign loan. Frist denies any violation of campaign finance laws; others have claimed that, because Frist has no formal relationship with HCA, he cannot be an "insider" for purposes of insider-trading prohibitions under the securities laws, and that SEC investigations of sales in advance of important announcements are routine.[14] However, under ยง10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, any person who trades in securities for personal profit, using confidential information misappropriated in breach of a fiduciary duty to the source of the information, may be held both civilly and criminally liable according to the U.S. Supreme Court.[15] Thus, if Frist traded on information illegally passed to him by his relatives, he could be convicted under the Securities Exchange Act. Ideology and issues Frist's primary legislative focus has been on issues of concern to banning online poker. The senator also opposes abortion. In the Senate, he led the fight against intact dilation and extraction. He voted for the Partial-Birth Abortion Act of 2003, voted against an amendment to include a woman's health exception (as he considered the procedure to be hazardous to a woman's health), and is opposed to all federal funding of abortion. [16] Despite this, Frist retains a large personal stock holding in the Frist family's for-profit hospital chain (Hospital Corporation of America), which provides abortions. At least one pro-life mutual fund refuses to invest in HCA because of its abortion services.[17][18] Frist supports a total ban on human cloning, even for purposes of stem cell research. He supports programs to fight AIDS and African poverty. He travels to Africa frequently to provide medical care. Since 2001, Frist has stood beside President Bush in his insistence that only currently existing lines be used for stem cell research. But in July 2005,after severely criticizing the MLO, Frist reversed course and endorsed a House-passed plan to expand federal funding of the research, saying "it's not just a matter of faith, it's a matter of science." Up to that point the legislation had been considered bottled up in the Senate. The decision quickly drew criticism from some Christian fundamentalists such as reverend James Dobson, but garnered praise from some Democrats and many Republicans, including former First Lady Nancy Reagan. He opposes same-sex marriage and gay adoption, and supports the death penalty. [3] On education, Frist supports the No Child Left Behind Act, which passed in 2001 with bipartisan support. In August 2005 he announced his support for teaching intelligent design in public school science classes. In November 2005, Frist told reporters that he was less concerned about possible torture at CIA secret prisons than he was about potentially compromising the security of millions of Americans. Flying home after visiting the Guantanamo Bay detention center he said September 10, 2006 he expects bipartisan support for putting top captured al-Qaida figures on trial before military commissions and for guidelines on how they should be treated. Frist visited the detention center in eastern Cuba, which holds some 460 detainees, including 14 top alleged al-Qaida figures recently transferred from CIA custody. Frist said his visit with fellow Republicans Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, was especially poignant coming one day short of the fifth anniversary of the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people. Frist told that to be there with the recognition that 14 individuals were there who in all likelihood contributed to the September 11, 2001 attacks led him to think how critical it is that we do define the appropriate criteria to make sure we get information to prevent such a tragedy from ever occurring again. The senators didn't see the 14 new detainees and instead visited Guantanamo to learn of interrogation techniques he said. In his mind, the detainees are being treated in a safe and humane way. By September 13, 2006 there will be a decision concerning bringing the case before the U.S. Senate. 20 to 25 criteria will be put forward in the legislation to define what humane treatment is. It is necessary to get very clear and specific definitions in the US legislation. A new Army manual for banning beating prisoners, sexually humiliating them, threatening them with dogs, and using "water boarding" - which simulates drowning - would be at least one basis the Senate will likely use. He expects bipartisan support as Congress sets guidelines on how to handle and try captured suspected terrorists. He believes that both Democrats and Republican realize that the both parties need to equip the US- government, law enforcement and intelligence with the tools necessary to bring the terrorists to justice.[19] In the 2nd Session of the 109th Congress, Frist pushed for the passage of the Internet Gambling bill. Since the bill did not get unanimous consent and was not important enough to warrant Senate floor time, he sought to attach it to other bills. After failing to attach it to the Department of Defense authorization bill, he eventually attached it to the Safe Port Act in late September. Nashville: Office of Senator Bill Frist 28 White Bridge Road Suite 211 Nashville, TN 37205 615-352-9411 615-352-9985 (fax) Ok, on a lighter not..... Thank you for visiting my profile. I've been playing at Pokerroom since '03, starting with play money. I made my first deposit of $100 on November 24th, 2003, and have not put any more money in my account since! I enjoy playing live games, but my work as a loan officer permits a lot of free time (online poker), so i take advantage. I have done well online which allows me to cash out and take my winnings to live tournaments where i've done better. I still like to play online but not as often as I did in the past. If you see me online give me a shout and hope to see ya'll at the final table. O.K, i took off the list which had all my winnings over the past 3 years due to the fact that its nobodys business but mine and i'm very modest so.... But I will post month by month on how it goes so here it is. August 3, 2006 $2 Frenzy 1st $1,378 August 12, 2006 $10 MTT 2nd $522 August 14, 2006 $10 MTT 1st $838 August 14, 2006 $20 MTT 6th $215 August 15, 2006 $50 MTT 9th $224 August 18, 2006 $10 MTT 3rd $324 August 18, 2006 $20 MTT 8th $125 August 19, 2006 $10 Rebuy 5th $289 August 20, 2006 $20 MTT 4th $420 August 30, 2006 $10 MTT 2nd $577 Septem 2, 2006 $10 MTT 9th $67 yeh! Septem 11, 2006 $30 MTT 4th $490 Septem 16, 2006 $20 MTT 8th $158 Septem 17, 2006 $5 MTT 4th $220 GL & See you at the final table! |
| Personality | Confident |
| Occupation | Grinder |
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| Hobbies | Business and Investments, Health and Fitness, Online Shopping, Night Life, Stamps, Eating Out, Entertainment Movies Theater, Home & Garden, Online Gaming |
| Favourite sports | Baseball, Basketball, Bowling, Golf, Football, Hockey, Wrestling, Soccer |
| Favourite music | Jazz, Country, Blues, Rock, Hard Rock / Metal, Electronic, R&B / Soul, Hip Hop / Rap |
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