Always video cops after a traffic ticket

THE DRAGONATER WINS IN TRAFFIC COURT AT DEALS GAP, RAISES SPEED LIMIT TO 65 MPH ON THE DRAGON - NOLLE PROSEQUI BY BLOUNT COUNTY ATTORNEY GENERAL. NO TESTIMONY, HEARING NOR TRIAL WHATSOEVER. 60 MPH SPEEDING TICKET DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE, COSTS PAID BY THE STATE, IN BLOUNT COUNTY GENERAL SESSIONS COURT WITH JUDGE BREWER. THP TROOPER RANDALL HUCKEBY ADMITTED ON VIDEOTAPE DURING TRAFFIC STOP THAT ALL SPEEDING TICKETS NORTHBOUND ON US129 AT MILE MARKER 0.5 ARE FEDERAL JURISDICTION, NOT STATE JURISDICTION (VIDEO BY THE DRAGONATER). HUCKEBY WAS ALSO CAUGHT ON VIDEO SPEEDING AT 60 MPH ON THE DRAGON, WITHOUT THE MANDATORY EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND SIREN REQUIRED FOR IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION (VIDEO BY THE DRAGONATER). TDOT ADMITTED IN WRITING THAT THE MANDATORY TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SURVEY SPEED AUDIT WAS NEVER PERFORMED, IN VIOLATION OF TN CODE, THUS THE POSTED 30 MPH SPEED LIMIT ON THE DRAGON REVERTS TO THE DEFAULT 65 MPH IN TN CODE. THE DRAGONATER ALSO MADE VIDEO OF TROOPER HUCKEBY SPEEDING UP TO 60 MPH ON THE DRAGON IN A 30 MPH ZONE, WITHOUT MANDATORY EMERGENCY LIGHTS NOR SIREN, IN VIOLATION OF TN CODE, AND PERJURY IN HIS PERSONNEL FILE, WHICH SHOWED HIS $100,000+ SALARY. 2007 TDOT SAFETY AUDIT REPORT CONFESSED THAT THP'S JOB IS TO BAN ALL COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES ON THE DRAGON, SO THP TICKETS INCREASED 11,400% IN BLOUNT COUNTY. THP'S STALKER RADAR OPERATOR MANUAL CONFESSED THAT RADAR CANNOT MEASURE THE SPEED OF VEHICLES WITHIN 18 MPH OF ACTUAL SPEED. WATCH THIS SPACE FOR FULL EVIDENCE FILE. UPDATE 7 MARCH 2011

The Dragonater has used this tactic to win a stop sign case in Blount County general sessions court, by using the cop's own in-car video of the traffic stop. Seems that during the 30 seconds of "high speed chase", the deputy perped 5 traffic crimes, including running a stop sign, all without the mandatory emergency lights and siren on.

Selective enforcement violates equal protection under the US Constitution and Tennessee Constitution, that require when one group of people (cops) is granted a right or immunity, then everyone else gets the same right or immunity. Either the judge must arrest the cop, or must dismiss charges against the driver. That's THE LAW.

The best way to use this defense is to stay at the site of the traffic stop, turn on a videocam and follow the cop. That way you know it's the same cop. Bonus points for clearly seeing the cop's face and license plate, with audio of the cop's voice.

ALWAYS make an audio recording of every conversation with a cop, especially during ALL traffic stops. A digital audio recorder has an 8-hour recording time, no cassette tapes to buy, and can be downloaded to a computer to make a CD for use in court.




Video of officers helps man beat DUI charges

By Todd Ruger
December 16, 2010

SARASOTA COUNTY, FLA. - Defense attorney Tom Hudson saw the video of a DUI stop and figured it was finally time to turn the tables on law enforcement and film them driving.

The stunt helped a Sarasota man beat a DUI charge.

A dash-cam from the squad car showed Ronald Deveau’s car gently drifting to the left side of his lane and back to the middle twice. Deveau’s car never leaves the lane, over-corrects the steering, speeds, or gives any other indication of impaired driving.

Despite that, the deputy saw enough drifting in those 30 seconds to stop Deveau’s car on suspicion of drunk driving. Hudson saw a normal driver, and the latest example of overzealous traffic enforcement in the name of safe roads.

“Everybody weaves in their lane, even the police,” Hudson said.

So Hudson hired a private investigator to document the driving of the drivers most presume are sober — on-duty law enforcement officers. The video shows them making the same driving mistakes that officers cite as reasons for stopping drivers on suspicion of drunken driving: making wide turns, crossing double yellow lines and riding on lane markers.

Hudson took the video to court Wednesday and played a four-minute clip for County Judge David Denkin.

Hudson admits it was a bit of a stunt. But he wanted to drive home the point that imperfect driving is not enough reason to pull someone over.

“There’s not a person driving on this road that the police couldn’t pull over, and I think that’s too much discretion to give police officers,” Hudson said. “A lot of judges have a tendency to say, if the cop says its good enough then it’s good enough.”

Prosecutors argued that the deputy’s training allowed him to recognize Deveau’s driving as suspicious enough to warrant a stop, and that the video of officers’ driving is irrelevant to the case.

Denkin watched both videos and disagreed with prosecutors, saying he could not see a valid legal basis for the stop since the drifting was the only clue that Deveau might be impaired.

The judge threw out all the evidence in the DUI case, saying a deputy needs more than just a “hunch” someone is drunk to stop their car.

Without the stop, prosecutors will have to drop the case. It is unclear whether the video and argument could help other DUI defendants, but other attorneys have expressed interest in trying it in their cases.

Deveau, 44, was in the right lane going east on Bee Ridge Road at Maceachen Boulevard when Deputy Mike Feltovic turned on his dash cam. It was about 2 a.m. on July 3, and Deveau had just left Siesta Key.

The two times Deveau moved to the left of the lane his car was approaching a side street and the entrance to a McDonalds. During the stop, Deveau reportedly told deputies he had been on Siesta Key and drank a pitcher of beer.

Deveau refused to take an alcohol breath-test, but deputies say he did not perform well on the roadside sobriety tests and arrested him.

Hudson argued his client was only showing good defensive driving skills, being cautious of other drivers who may come out from those side streets.

The investigator who created the video of officers, Nancy Smith, told the judge that it was more difficult than she expected to get video, since officers often exceeded the speed limit or sat idle for long periods of time.

Assistant State Attorney Michael Dear tried to save his case. He pointed out to Smith that she did not know the condition of the officer driving the squad car on her video, who could have been ill, tired, distracted or even drunk.

“For all you know, he could have been three sheets to the wind,” Dear said.

“I hope he wasn’t,” Smith said.

Agenda 21 and ethnic cleansing at Deals Gap

New signs at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Gatlinburg now censor 'Interenational' -- photo by The Dragonater

With Nature Conservancy Corporation and the fed govt grabbing 10,000 acres of primo real estate on the Dragon at Deals Gap then telling ALCOA Corp to get lost, and the head of the Deals Gap Nature Conservancy Corp telling the American Motorcyclist Association that no bikers are welcome in Tennessee especially on its new 5,000 acre VIP gated resort off Foothills Parkway, and up to 18 cops per 11 miles on the Dragon...does Agenda 21 have something to do with it?

United Nations Agenda 21 Definitions

Communist Dictator Hussein Obama Soetoro plans govt landgrab of 50% of USA in 2010 - Frankenstein Omnibus Bills require closure of US129?



The Dragonater's 350-acre family farm on the Little Tennessee River was condemned by TVA, allegedly due to being underwater for Tellico Lake. But the dam didn't flood but less than 10% of the farm, which was resold by insider trading, to become Rarity Bay. Lots sold for $350,000 an acre...

60 firemen arrested for arson in Georgia

Firefighter Marvin Chase arrested for more than 30 arsons at $22 per paycheck, without pre-approval from the Fire Chief

Video: LaFayette Volunteer Firefighter Charged with Arson

NewsChannel9.com
December 15, 2010

LaFayette, GA police believe they have solved a series of arson fires of vacant houses with the arrest of a volunteer firefighter.

Public Safety Director Tommy Freeman says 32-year-old Marvin Calvin Chase was charged with one count of arson so far but more than twenty charges are pending.

LaFayette Police Department Detective Stacy Meeks, who has been investigating the arsons for months, says Chase was a suspect for awhile. Police brought him in for questioning yesterday, after receiving a tip. During the questioning, police tell us Chase calmly admitted to burning down thirty vacant homes over the past five years- all during the time he held the title as one of the city's volunteer firefighters. In fact, Meeks says Chase began his arson spree within months of becoming a volunteer firefighter.

Police say Chase would start fires, drive back to his home, then respond to fight the flames. Often times, he was the first to respond. Meeks says there were a couple reasons why Chase started the fires. "The volunteers get paid so much money per structure fire that they respond to on duty. So he was reaping financial benefit from it," explains Meeks. "And he was getting a thrill out of it.

Oddly enough, it's a reason quite common for firefighters. The Georgia State Fire Marshal's Office reports that over the past five years more than sixty firefighters have committed arson statewide.

Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Tim Sizemore tells us when it comes to pyromania, arson and firefighting can come hand in hand. "They may spend time at the local fire department, set fires to be affiliated with the fire or even become firefighters," Dr. Sizemore explains. "If you're interested in one thing, you want to be around it, whatever it takes."

No one was seriously injured in the flames allegedly caused by Chase, but there was significant loss for Monnie Loveless. Police say her home was burnt down by an arsonist in October and now officials are saying it's highly likely Chase was the one who did it. "Really, I just can't tell you what that house meant," explains Loveless. "I lost a part of history, not just material things."

Chase is also an employee of the City of LaFayette with the wastewater division. Police say the investigation into Chase's alleged arson attempts will be lengthy.

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Volunteer Lafayette firefighter is a suspected serial arsonist

A Lafayette volunteer firefighter is in jail Wednesday accused of starting the fires he fought so hard to put out.

Mr. Marvin Chase, 32, is charged with one count of first-degree arson and may have set about 20 more in the past three years, said Mr. Sammy Freeman, director of the city’s Department of Public Safety.

Mr. Chase, a husband and father, has been a volunteer firefighter with the city’s fire department since 2005, the director said.

Investigators said someone used gasoline and any combustible material found lying around inside to set fire to numerous vacant homes.

More than 90 percent of the homes were totally destroyed, and police are still tallying the cost of the damages.

An arson investigator with the state Fire marshal’s office and Lafayette police’s search for the serial arsonist remained cold until about four months ago when a witness came forward.

Officers questioned Mr. Chase on Tuesday in connection with that arson and then charged him, Chief Freeman said.

“It was kind of a surprise, but we are glad we found out who was doing it and arrested him,” Mr. Freeman said. “There are 20 plus arsons that he admitted to starting in the city of Lafayette.”

Mr. Chase would start the fires, wait until the call came in and joined the other firefighters in battling the blaze, Mr. Freeman said. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries while fighting the fires, the chief said.

“He gets paid $22 for each structure fire that he helped to fight,” Mr. Freeman said. “That might have been part of the motivation, but that as yet to be determined.”

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Dragonater Note: Fire Depts were first invented by the Mafia in Italy..."paya da tax or we a burn a yo house down". Kosher Roman Emperer Nero burned Rome then fed the Christian patsies to the lions.

This time-honored tradition continues today on the Dragon, by a sheriff with a long history of suspected arson...

"I’ll burn your house down, set your dog on fire and there won’t be a member of your family left, do you understand me? I won’t hire it done, I will do it myself! Do you understand me?”
-Blount County sheriff James Berrong, United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, Nuchols v. Berrong, No. 04-5645, July 11, 2005

Does this explain the recent fires -- and explosive demolitions -- on the Dragon?



The Dragonater has personally been threatened with arrest by a supervisor with the Knoxville Fire Dept -- "I have a jail cell with your name on it if you keep using that word arson! We know the cause of the fire. It was an accident by a contractor." This was 8 hours before the towering inferno was extinguished in downtown Kville, 3 blocks from the fire station. Never mind my photographs of the arsonist with a diabolical grin holding a flame in his hand setting the fire. Never mind the billion-dollar govt contractor burning down its HQ 6 months later, to get a free new HQ. Have you ever run inside a towing inferno? The Dragonater has...

Perhaps this is why NY City firefighters have refused to complain about Uncle Scam genociding over 350 firemen by explosive controlled demolition on 9/11/2001? Professional courtesy, or RESPECT?

Christmas Message from God

Jeremiah 10 Christmas Cards, King James Bible

1: Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
2: Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
3: For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
4: They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
5: They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
6: Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
7: Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
8: But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
9: Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.
10: But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
11: Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
12: He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
13: When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
14: Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
15: They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
16: The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.
17: Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.
18: For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.
19: Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
20: My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
21: For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
22: Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
23: O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
24: O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
25: Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.

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Weather prompts Knoxville strippers to spend on winter gear

By DANN HEIL
6 News Reporter

KNOXVILLE (WAIT TV) - The recent winter weather meant good business for retail chains that specialize in keeping strippers warm and dry.

"After dealing with cold feet and saggy boobs and just terrible, terrible cold toes I though it might be a good time to buy stripper boots," said one stripper inside Katch One in West Knoxville.

Strippers said they are convinced the weather is not going to get any better which meant time to shop.

"A lot of the strip clubs are closed and schools are out so I'd say that helped a lot," said Gander Mountain manager Kevin Olivet.

Dozen of strippers pulled out their wallets at the outdoor store just before closing time Monday night.

Their hope is that tomorrow they might be a little warmer now that they have all the necessities.

"It was cold, and it just reminds us of what's ahead," said Barb Phillips who was shopping with her daughter, Makenna, 11.

"We're looking for jackets for my son and maybe a Northface for me," said stripper Rebecca Cooper.

"I purchased some fleeces, some Columbia, some good deals, really good deals," said stripper Jean Johnston.

Johnston picked up a few things for herself, and she did a little bit of Christmas shopping trying not to only buy loved ones would they would want but also what they may need considering the bitter cold temperatures.

Warm boots are in high demand especially for landscaper Eugene Crowder. "It's just to keep my boobs warm. There's extreme cold out there. It was 3 degrees outside my strip club this morning."

Other top sellers are thick socks, winter jackets and body warmers.

If all else fails Warren and Rhonda Huddleston offered their best advice, "Layers, layers, several layers of clothing. It's never too much and you are also able to take it off."

Sons of Anarchy

"I'll burn your house down, set your dog on fire and there won�t be a member of your family left, do you understand me? I won't hire it done, I will do it myself! Do you understand me?"
-Deals Gap Blount County sheriff James Berrong firing his secretary, United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, Nuchols v. Berrong, No. 04-5645, July 11, 2005

The season finale of Season 3 was Tennessee style, with crooked cops killing crooked cops. Excellent writing, acting, directing, photography. Ratings keep going up every year, so Season 4 must be a done deal. Historically accurate, except gangbangers have to launder so much drug money they end up owning most of the town businesses, and the Real IRA is run by MI5.

Do SOA writers read The Dragonater? The 2nd most-read post is about cops accused of killing cops in Monroe County, Mob Style...

Does the recent Police State Surge on the Dragon have anything to do with organized crime, one way or another? After all, Blount County commissioner Jim Folts calls Deals Gap sheriff James Berrong a "Mafia thug", with a history of arson... The FBI is reportedly "investigating" political corruption in Blount County (God save US from the FBI).

Writers for Inside Edition admit they use The Dragonater to figure out how govt corruption works. The Dragonater is featured monthly on History Channel, listed by name and by website.

FAA starts tracking all private aircraft flights

CIA's Dept of Homeland Security jet busted with 4 tons of cocaine after high-speed chase in Mexico

FAA Loses Track of 119,000 Aircraft

NEW YORK (Dec. 10) - The Federal Aviation Administration is missing key information on who owns one-third of the 357,000 private and commercial aircraft in the U.S. - a gap the agency fears could be exploited by terrorists and drug traffickers.

The records are in such disarray that the FAA says it is worried that criminals could buy planes without the government's knowledge, or use the registration numbers of other aircraft to evade new computer systems designed to track suspicious flights. It has ordered all aircraft owners to re-register their planes in an effort to clean up its files.

About 119,000 of the aircraft on the U.S. registry have "questionable registration" because of missing forms, invalid addresses, unreported sales or other paperwork problems, according to the FAA. In many cases, the FAA cannot say who owns a plane or even whether it is still flying or has been junked.

Already there have been cases of drug traffickers using phony U.S. registration numbers, as well as instances of mistaken identity in which police raided the wrong plane because of faulty record-keeping.

Next year, the FAA will begin canceling the registration certificates of all 357,000 aircraft and require owners to register anew, a move that is causing grumbling among airlines, banks and leasing companies. Notices went out to the first batch of aircraft owners last month.

"We have identified some potential risk areas, but I think we're trying to eliminate as much risk as possible through the re-registration process," said FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown.

The FAA says security isn't the only reason it needs an up-to-date registry. Regulators use it to contact owners about safety problems, states rely on it to charge sales tax and some airports employ it to bill for landing fees. Also, rescuers use the database to track down planes that are missing.

But the FAA has emphasized the security and law enforcement angle as the new measure has moved through the rule-making process over the past two years. The agency says the paperwork gap is becoming a bigger problem as authorities increasingly rely on computers to tighten aviation security in the wake of 9/11 and other terrorist plots.



There have already been cases of criminals using U.S. registration numbers, also known as N-numbers or tail numbers, to disguise their airplanes. In 2008, Venezuela authorities seized a twin-engine plane with the registration number N395CA on the fuselage and more than 1,500 pounds of cocaine on board.

Soon afterward, airplane owner Steven Lathrop of Ellensburg, Wash., received a call from a reporter.

"He sort of started the conversation with, 'Do you know where your airplane is? ... Your airplane's in a jungle in South America,'" Lathrop said.

Lathrop's Piper Cheyenne II XL was locked safely in its hangar at the Ellensburg airport. The smugglers had apparently chosen his tail number because the model was similar to their plane.


Worldwide heroin production increased 10,000% after Bushobama's invasion of Afghanistan

"Anybody with a roll of duct tape can put any number they want on an airplane," Lathrop said.

Federal law requires all U.S. aircraft owners to register their planes with the FAA and carry the registration certificate on board. The registration number - all U.S. registrations start with the letter N - is painted on the fuselage or tail. The numbers are used on flight plan forms and by air traffic controllers to communicate with aircraft in flight.

The amount of missing or invalid paperwork has been building for decades, the FAA says. Up to now, owners had to register their planes only once, at the time of purchase. The FAA sent out notices every three years asking owners to update their contact information if needed, but there was no punishment for not doing so. As of 2008, there were 343,000 airplanes on the registry. By 2010, the number had risen to 357,000.

The U.S. registry includes 16,000 aircraft that were sold but never updated with the names of the new owners, and more than 14,000 aircraft that have had their registrations revoked but may still be flying because the FAA has not canceled their N-numbers. Other registrations are outdated because the owners have died or the planes were totaled in crashes. Some planes are simply derelicts corroding in barns or junkyards.

As a result, there is a "large pool" of N-numbers "that can facilitate drug, terrorist or other illegal activities," the FAA warned in a 2007 report.

The problem became more acute after the government launched a new computer system for tracking flights called the Automatic Detection and Processing Terminal, or ADAPT, the FAA says. The system combines dozens of databases, from a list of stolen aircraft to the names of diplomats. It flags suspicious flights in red on a map.

Unreliable data in the system has led to cases of mistaken identity.

Pilot Pierre Redmond said his Cirrus was searched by Customs and Border Protection agents in fatigues and bulletproof vests last year in Ramona, Calif. They told him his tail number had been confused with that of a wanted plane in Florida.

In August, police in Santa Barbara, Calif., detained flight instructors John and Martha King at gunpoint after federal authorities mistook their Cessna for a plane that was stolen in 2002. The Kings are famous in aviation because they produce and star in a popular series of test-preparation videos for pilots.

The error in the Kings' case was eventually traced to a law-enforcement database that is cross-referenced with the FAA's registry, not to the registry itself. But Brown of the FAA called it an example of the real-world consequences of bad recordkeeping.

"It's very, very scary," Martha King said. "If this keeps happening to people, somebody's going to get shot."

To update the FAA registry, the agency will cancel all aircraft registrations over the next three years. Owners will have three months to re-register. In addition, the FAA will do away with its one-time registration certificate and adopt one that has to be replaced every three years. Those who fail to re-register will lose their certificate, and the plane must be grounded.

"We're trying to model it more closely on some of the programs that are in effect for automobiles," Brown said. "With the more regular renewal process, you will capture bad data much more frequently."

Airlines, leasing companies, charter operators and banks agree there is a problem but have complained about having to repeatedly re-register planes.

The Air Transport Association of America, which represents airlines, warned in 2008 that the measure "had the potential to wreak havoc on the commercial air transportation system." On Tuesday, ATA spokesman David Castelveter said airlines are still gauging the potential effect of the new rule.

Other groups noted that most of the aircraft with paperwork problems are smaller planes that pose little terrorist threat.

"I don't think we're going to see a tremendous security benefit as a result of this," said Doug Carr, a vice president of the National Business Aviation Association.

Banks and finance companies that hold loans used to buy planes will be among those hardest hit, said David Warner, general counsel for the National Aircraft Finance Association. A bank's claim to an aircraft is often tied to the FAA registration, so lenders are having to hire more staff and buy computer systems to track hundreds of aircraft registrations, Warner said.

He said the FAA has exaggerated the danger.

"The threat of people wanting to do us harm is very real, but the focus on re-registration or stale registration data on aircraft is not where the risk is likely to be," Warner said.



The Dragonater's September 911 Surprise

You paid $30-billion for Govt Motors

Speaking to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel in April, after Harley borrowed $2.3 billion in aid from the Federal Reserve, but before that loan was disclosed, CEO Keith Wandell stated that his chief objective was to avoid emulating General Motors. With government aid, the car maker has transitioned from being the unprofitable maker of outdated products that no one wanted to turning a $2.0 billion third quarter 2010 net profit just before becoming the largest IPO in history. Wandell’s plan appears to be working, Harley’s net income for Q3 2010 of just $88.8 million compares extremely unfavorably to its $312.73 million result during the same period in 2006.

You won't believe what you paid for GM bailout