i would like to especially thank joe simpson -- jill simpson, the whistle-blower in alabama. i sent out an e-mail asking people to call the department of justice and to call chairman conyers about my father's case so that we could be a part of the hearings. within a day, within two hours, i received an e-mail from jill saying, this is a tragedy. wo hours of sending out an e-blast, i received an e-mail from joe simpson saying this is a tragedy. she made some referrals to a coup of people and the next thing you know three or four days later, i was purchasing a ticket to come up to d.c. to be a part of this selective hearings. as a result, my father's case was included in the letter to the department of justice to be investigated. i must tell you, though, the selective prosecution of democrats is just as indefensible as racial bias. judge clemon can very well tell you that there were marches and you all know that people were killed for civil rights. these are our leaders. they make laws. they chose the life of servanthood. how can the average american in these united states expe