El Scott Harrell

El Scott Harrell's State of the Union Address

"American patriotism must not recognize political affiliation... The restoration and maintenance of our Constitution, an unwavering dedication to our Bill of Rights and, above all, the zealous defense of the freedom afforded its [legal] Citizens is all that matters now." - L. Scott Harrell

Online Private Investigator Magazine Develops Huge Reach

There are many exciting things developing at Pursuit Magazine these days and many things yet to come!

We launched our Private Investigator Jobs board several weeks ago and have attracted both Job Seekers and Employers in equal numbers.  The investigation career part of our portal is proving to be an extremely valuable addition to the community and we are getting really incredible reviews as new jobs are being added every day.

Our Pursuit Magazine Facebook Fan Page continues to grow by 10 or 12 people every day without a great deal of effort and we are appreciative of everyone who is becoming actively involved in contributing to the community.  The fan page initially served as one of the ways we let our subscribers know when we posted new articles, but it has grown into a great deal more than that at this point; ideas are being discussed more fully, people are offering suggestions on how to continually improve and best of all, the support encouragement we receive makes it a worthwhile project for me.

If you are on Facebook and have a professional interest in private investigation, bail enforcement, process serving, repossession, security and skip tracing, then check out the fan page...

We are getting traffic from all over the world now as our online PI magazine is now available in 7 languages including Portuguese, French, Italian, Spanish, German, English and  Russian- making us the only TRUE international PI Magazine.  We are welcoming, on average, well over 4,500 unique visitors everyday now and have in excess of 6,200 subscribers to our RSS feed through FeedBurner.

And as promised, we have several new features coming to Pursuit Magazine very shortly... I'd tell you, but I'd hate to ruin the surprise.

Just stay tuned!

El Scott Harrell Wants to Help Winston and his Parents- You Can Too.

I was updating my MySpace profile today when I came a cross a friend with the following bulletin:

“Please help me support Winston's Fund (Life Saving Emergency Vet Bills, Surgery & Critical Care)”

I admit I was curious, so I went to the website at http://www.wingrace.com/ where I was profoundly struck by the desperate situation only a pet owner might understand:

Risk financial ruin or let one of your best friends die.

In a nutshell Winston is a dog who had to have some VERY expensive surgery to remove a blockage in his stomach, then there were life or death complications that became even more expensive.  Now, several thousand dollars later, the owners, who love Winston very much, are facing great financial hardship.  One of the owners is right out of the Army and they were trying to get on their feet when this happened.  The good news is that it sounds like Winston is going to be just fine. 

Visit their website for more information and you will be moved too.

I remember when I was almost flat broke and fresh out of the Navy when our puppy Boudreaux (Buddy) became very ill.  My wife and I had to make the same choice… go deep into debt or let our best friend die.  No way!  We loved Boudreaux and would have sacrificed just about anything to get him well.  We managed to land a bank loan from a family friend who was a loan officer and then struggled for a few years to pay off the balance.  Buddy went on to live a great life and we spent another 13 years together.  I swear that he somehow knew about the hardship he was a part of and he did his best to make up for it his entire life- I am very proud to have known him.  You can see still his pictures on my MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/floridainvestigator.

I do not know Winston’s owners, we have never spoken and I’m not quite sure how we became friends on MySpace but I can understand their situation and I knew that I had to do something to help Winston and his obviously loving but desperate parents, so I donated to their cause this morning after verifying that everything was legitimate and not a scam.

Sadly enough, I went through the day today a bit broken up about the whole thing and remembering Buddy- I miss him more than anything sometimes.  I want to do more for Winston’s family but I just cannot donate anymore money right now so I started thinking about what else I had to give… and I thought of you Dear Reader.

Yes, you…

Visit the Winston Fund website and see if it doesn't strike a bit of a soft note in your heart, then simply say a prayer for Winston and his family.  If you cannot give, and you are certainly under no obligation to do so, at least tell someone else about this website or post it on your blog, facebook or MySpace account, maybe they are in a place right now to donate $5 or $10 bucks.  I imagine that anything will help.

Thank you for listening and thank you for your support.

Why I Carry a Gun

My old grandpa said to me son, 'there comes a time in every mans life when he stops bustin' knuckles and starts bustin' caps and usually it's when he becomes too old to take an ass whoopin'.

I don't carry a gun to kill people; I carry a gun to keep from being killed.

I don't carry a gun to scare people; I carry a gun because sometimes this world can be a scary place.

I don't carry a gun because I'm paranoid; I carry a gun because there are real threats in the world.

I don't carry a gun because I'm evil; I carry a gun because I have lived long enough to see the evil in the world.

I don't carry a gun because I hate the government; I carry a gun because I understand the limitations of government.

I don't carry a gun because I'm angry; I carry a gun so that I don't have to spend the rest of my life hating myself for failing to be  prepared.

I don't carry a gun because I want to shoot someone; I carry a gun because I want to die at a ripe old age in my bed, and not on a sidewalk somewhere tomorrow afternoon.

I don't carry a gun to make me feel like a man; I carry a gun because men know how to take care of themselves and the ones they love.

I don't carry a gun because I feel inadequate; I carry a gun because unarmed and facing three armed thugs, I am inadequate.

I don't carry a gun because I love it; I carry a gun because I love life and the people who make it meaningful to me.

Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.

Important new Update on Anthony Oliver!

Tony Oliver has a felony arrest warrant out of San Diego County California and is some SERIOUS DEEP SHIT as a result.

Go to the Anthony Oliver Blog to learn more and find out what he is being charged with.

Note:  If you are hiding Anthony Oliver or know of his whereabouts, you must consider him to be both armed and dangerous.  I have several pictures of him with firearms and he has a previous arrest history of domestic violence.  You are probably not safe.  Don't get yourself into trouble or hurt for hiding this liar and thief.

You can email me or leave a comment through this blog with his location and remain completely anonymous.  Better yet get away from him and call the Police right now!
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El Scott Harrell for President. 2008 Election Coverage

Could I really be a write-in presidential candidate? 

Watch this video:  Scott Harrell for President

This was certainly news to me this morning.  Obviously the first thing I need to do is create a platform upon which to run:

First of all, you are not entitled to shit unless a strict interpretation of the Constitution of the United States says so.  If you are not a citizen or legal resident of the United States, then our constitution does not apply to you.

If you are not legally able to work in the US then you are not entitled to Federal or state funded health care, education or the legal system.  You are not a citizen, you have zero rights other than basic human rights.  This should free up substantial amounts of medical and education resources for the rest of us.

If you are caught in the United States illegally, then you are immediately deported to your home country without a hearing or appeal.  The Sheriff will seize any belongings left behind to sell at auction; the Sheriff's Department will get a majority portion of those proceeds to subsidize the deportation process and to help mobilize enforcement.  The rest will go back to the local government to spend as they see fit.

I've already laid out my plan to secure the Southern border.

Next, I promise that the 37% of the US Population who are not currently paying taxes will start paying their fair share.  If you do not pay taxes, you sure as hell aren't going to get money back from the government any longer.  Your tax refund cannot be larger than your total contribution. 

AMT would be immediately eliminated.

We're going to stop whining about illegal immigrants and start taxing them double the standard rate.  If an employer does not withhold and submit the correct amount of tax on behalf of an undocumented worker, then the employer will pay triple.

Actually, why not just repeal all income taxes and institute the consumption tax?  If you buy anything other than food or water, then you will pay a flat tax on that purchase.  That tax will be divided among local, state and federal governments appropriately.

Legalize and tax Marijuana.  This will immediately provide a new source of taxation, alleviate the criminal court system of over 800,000 new cases each year and help create room in jail for people who belong there but are rarely housed for long- like habitual / career deadbeat parents and low-level drug dealers.

If you smoke or do drugs, you are not entitled to health care. If you do not work but are able, you are not entitled to health care. 

Medical practitioners caught bilking Medicare or Medicaid will immediately lose their license to practice medicine in the United State forever, forfeit all personal property and do serious prison time, in real prisons - not camps.  In lieu of this, offending doctors may make restitution by working for a minimum wage at a free community health care clinic for as long as they wish to practice medicine.

Attorneys will no longer be able to accept cases on a contingency fee basis.  Period. 

All medical malpractice lawsuits and all claims against liability insurance policies will have to first be approved by a seven person board comprised of one defense attorney, one plaintiff's attorney, one retired judge and four citizens of the jurisdiction before being filed with the courts.  There will be no legal "mumbo jumbo" in the decision making process, just a plain-language review of the complaint and answer prior to taking a vote.  The plaintiff must have a majority decision to prevail and move the complaint into the civil court system.  The loser of any civil lawsuit must pay all court costs and legal fees.  This will lower insurance premiums and health care costs by some 300% or more.

I would make parents 100% criminally culpable for their children's actions; child and parent get to do time together.  In cases of murder, forcible rape, and acts of extreme violence, these little monsters are going to be locked up for good- none of this "juvenile offender" bullshit any longer.  Perhaps parents should be tried by a jury of parents?

Rather than bailing out banks, I would bail out people:  If you are upside down in your mortgage right now then the difference is immediately forgiven.  You will be assigned a new fixed rate government issued mortgage funded by the $700 Billion slush fund recently approved by Congress.  If you go into foreclosure after this grace period, sorry, you are shit out of luck.  Live within your means.  With the remainder of that $700+ Billion I would create make-work projects and put unemployed people to work planting trees and other beautification and restoration projects in urban and suburban areas.

I would move to require each tax-exempt church to adopt and care for at least two homeless people for every $40,000 exempted from taxation.  As of 2000, there were at least 331,000 churches in the U.S. and in 2007, according to data provided by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, there were 744,000 homeless Americans.  If each church took on just two homeless persons and shared the responsibility of housing, feeding and managing them we'd be short of caring for just 41,000 homeless people.  This would easily be made up by the vast number of churches making way more than the $40,000 minimum.  The only cost to the US government at this point would be to ensure that these people were being cared for by the church and to recommend immediate taxation for churches failing to provide adequate services.

If you are a citizen of the United States, not a felon and have not been convicted of a crime involving violence or domestic abuse, you can own semi-automatic firearms and rifles without restriction.  If you go to a class and pass a range qualification shoot then you can carry that firearm concealed while in public with some obvious exceptions: planes, bars, military posts, courthouses, etc.  If you are not allowed to own a firearm and are caught with one, you should have both of your hands cut off so that you can no longer operate a gun or a rifle; in lieu of this sentence, you can opt for a mandatory 25 year prison sentence where you will make plush animals, socks, gloves, sweaters, pants, shirts and blankets or farm to produce food for the needy- that should take the piss and vinegar out of you.

If you are legally able to make your own medical care decisions, you can also make the decision whether or not to have an abortion.

Eliminate the taxes that are associated with employing people.  Eliminate labor unions.  This will create a HUGE number of jobs, propel productivity and prosperity in our nation's small to medium sized businesses. 

I would use the presidential line item veto without mercy.  If Congress submits a bill with pork, the pork gets whacked and the rest of the bill survives.  Any Congress person not sticking to the original bill and packing on pork will be subject to constituent-voter review for every transgression. 

I'd let the Military do whatever they had to get the job done in the next 6 months.  No more restrictions or border concerns.  Get to it.  It's easier to ask for forgiveness later than it is to ask for permission up front.

Lastly, I would move to eliminate the Democrats and the Republican Party altogether so that we can get back to identifying ourselves as Americans working toward the best interests of America.

My name is El Scott Harrell... and I approved this message.
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US Recovery Bureau (USRB) Owners Arrested for Fraud

US Attorney Reports Men Arrested For Allegedly Distributing Fraudulent Law Enforcement Badges & Credentials

LAWFUEL.com - Legal Announcements / Press Release:

MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and JOHN A. ULIANKO, Regional Director for the Federal Protective Service ("FPS"), Region 2, announced that RALPH RIOS and ROBERT NEVES were arrested today by agents of the Federal Protective Service on charges that they distributed hundreds of false law enforcement badges and credentials.

According to the Complaint filed in Manhattan federal court:

NEVES and RIOS are the principals of the U.S.Recovery Bureau (USRB) (the “School”), which offers monthly classes in bounty hunting and in how to restrain people.

The classes regularly take place in Brooklyn and Passaic, New Jersey, and in other locations, including one in Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York. Despite its name, U.S. Recovery Bureau is not a governmental organization.

The School provides graduates of its course with badges and credentials that give the impression that they were issued by actual government law enforcement agencies because, among other reasons,

(a) the badge is in the same shape as a New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) Detective badge;

(b) the badge bears a seal with a bald eagle that is a facsimile of the great seal of the United States;

(c) the badge reads “U.S. Recovery Bureau” and under the seal is the word “Agent” and a badge serial number;

(d) the badge is in a leather wallet that also holds credentials that are the same shape and size as federal law enforcement credentials and identify the graduate as a “Special Agent” of the “U.S. Recovery Bureau”;

(e) the credentials bear an emblem in the center of the card that is a facsimile of the great seal of the United States; and

(f) the credentials lack any clear indication that they are not issued by a governmental organization.

The United States Recovery Bureau also sells other materials, including clothing that says “Fugitive Task Force,” handcuffs and batons.

Law enforcement authorities have arrested multiple graduates of U.S. Recovery Bureau for using the credentials issued by the School.

On some occasions, students have used their School-issued credentials to try to avoid tickets and other law enforcement actions.

In other cases, students have used the credentials to try to access secure government buildings.

In at least one case, students have used the School-issued credentials to impersonate law enforcement officers in order to effectuate robberies.

Of approximately 943 students who received credentials from USRB, at least 78 were convicted felons at the time they took the U.S. Recovery Bureau course.

NEVES, 49, is from Staten Island, New York, and RIOS, 49, is from Homestead, Florida.

They each face a maximum sentence of five years in prison.

NEVES was presented this afternoon in Manhattan federal court before United States Magistrate Judge DEBRA FREEMAN; RIOS was presented in the Southern District of Florida.

Mr. GARCIA praised the investigative work of the FPS and the Police Impersonation Unit of the NYPD in this case, and thanked the United States Marshals Service, the New York Office of the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for their roles in the arrests.

Assistant United States Attorney WILLIAM J. HARRINGTON is in charge of the prosecution.

The charges contained in the Complaint are merely accusations and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

For further information, see my post on the US Recovery Bureau here, read the comments and follow the included links in that post too.

http://www.lawfuel.com/show-release.asp?ID=18511

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Pursuit- A Private Investigator Magazine is Online for July

The July issue of Pursuit Magazine for Private Investigators is posted and available for download.

Just click on the "Current Issue" button located on the left side of the page.

This issue is about technology and its application to the investigation industries.  We've lined up a few great authors, like Tom Slovenski of CellularForensics.com and James M. Atkinson of the Granite Island Group & TSCM.com, who provided extremely interesting articles which I am sure you will find enlightening.

I would like to ask you a favor.  Would you please tell a colleague (or two) about Pursuit Magazine? 

If you are in an association or in an online newsgroup, perhaps you could mention it to other members?

We could toot our own horn all day but the power of "word of mouth" advertising cannot possibly be understated and it would be a huge help for us in attracting a diverse group of readers and building a community magazine!

Pursuit is a magazine for bail enforcement agents, fugitive recovery agents, bail fugitive investigators, bounty hunters, bail agents and bondsmen, paralegals, legal investigators, skip tracers, judgement recovery professionals, collateral recovery agents and repo men and other professional investigators.

Thanks!

July Pursuit Issue

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The Gun is Civilization

The Gun is Civilization
by Maj. L. Caudill USMC (Ret)

Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force.

If you want me to do something for you, you have a choice of either convincing me via argument, or force me to do your bidding under threat of force. Every human interaction falls into one of those two categories, without exception. Reason or force, that's it.

In a truly moral and civilized society, people exclusively interact through persuasion. Force has no place as a valid method of social interaction and the only thing that removes force from the menu is the personal firearm, as paradoxical as it may sound to some.

When I carry a gun, you cannot deal with me by force. You have to use reason and try to persuade me, because I have a way to negate your threat or employment of force.

The gun is the only personal weapon that puts a 100-pound woman on equal footing with a 220-pound mugger, a 75-year old retiree on equal footing with a 19-year old gang banger, and a single guy on equal footing with a carload of drunk guys with baseball bats. The gun removes the disparity in physical strength, size, or numbers between a potential attacker and a defender.

There are plenty of people who consider the gun as the source of bad force equations. These are the people who think that we'd be more civilized if all guns were removed from society, because a firearm makes it easier for an armed mugger to do his job. That, of course, is only true if the mugger's potential victims are mostly disarmed either by choice or by legislative fiat; it has no validity when most of a mugger's potential marks are armed.

People who argue for the banning of arms ask for automatic rule by the young, the strong, and the many, and that's the exact opposite of a civilized society.  A mugger, even an armed one, can only make a successful living in a society where the state has granted him a force monopoly.

Then there's the argument that the gun makes confrontations lethal that otherwise would only result in injury. This argument is fallacious in several ways. Without guns involved, confrontations are won by the physically superior party inflicting overwhelming injury on the loser.

People who think that fists, bats, sticks, or stones don't constitute lethal force watch too much TV, where people take beatings and come out of it with a bloody lip at worst. The fact that the gun makes lethal force easier works solely in favor of the weaker defender, not the stronger attacker. If both are armed, the field is level.

The gun is the only weapon that's as lethal in the hands of an octogenarian as it is in the hands of a weight lifter. It simply wouldn't work as well as a force equalizer if it wasn't both lethal and easily employable.

When I carry a gun, I don't do so because I am looking for a fight, but because I'm looking to be left alone. The gun at my side means that I cannot be forced… only persuaded. I don't carry it because I'm afraid, but because it enables me to be unafraid. It doesn't limit the actions of those who would interact with me through reason, only the actions of those who would do so by force. It removes force from the equation... and that's why carrying a gun is a civilized act.

Don't Know How to Say Thank You to a Sailor, Soldier, Airman or Marine?

Have you ever seen one of our military walking past you and wanted to convey to them your thanks, but weren't sure how or it felt awkward?

Recently, a gentleman from Seattle created a gesture which could be used and has started a massive movement to get the word out.

Please everybody take just a moment to watch.... The Gratitude Campaign ..and then forward it to your friends!

CLICK ON THIS LINK :    
http://www.gratitudecampaign.org/shortmovie.php

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