Anyway, I hope that Matt Lauer didn't break Kerik's super-thin skin when he pinned that "Brave Prison Reform" medal on him.
Jones handed back five Olympic medals and went to prison for lying to a federal investigator.
Seeing how natural gas fracking operations have poisoned the land and watersheds from drilling across the nation.... Tim DeChristopher deserves the Medal of Freedom, not a prison sentence.
Seeing how our nation continues to burn 115,000 tons of coal and releases 250,000 tons of CO2 from coal-fired plants EVERY HOUR... Tim DeChristopher deserves the Medal of Freedom, not a prison sentence.
If only to force our nation -- and President -- to recognize the escalating crisis of climate destabilization and the unacceptable human and environmental costs of unchecked extraction policies, Tim DeChristopher deserves the Medal of Freedom, not a prison sentence.
Seeing how Utah state authorities approved a strip coal mine within 10 miles of the beloved Bryce Canyon National Park... Tim DeChristopher deserves the Medal of Freedom, not a prison sentence.
Seeing how the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill last year devastated untold marine life and coastal livelhoods and resulted in more than $40 billion in damages.... Tim DeChristopher deserves the Medal of Freedom, not a prison sentence.
Seeing how more than 500 mountains and an estimated 1.5 million acres of hardwood forests and 2,000 miles of headwater streams have been irreversibly destroyed by devastating mountaintop removal strip-mining in Appalachia, and in strip-mining operations in 24 states from Alaska to Alabama.... Tim DeChristopher deserves the Medal of Freedom, not a prison sentence.
Seeing how six coal miners and three rescue workers are now entombed in Crandall Canyon, Utah in a violation-ridden mine, as its mine operator walked free and our coal mining companies continue to operate in a state of violation... Tim DeChristopher deserves the Medal of Freedom, not a prison sentence.
Jones, who played college basketball at North Carolina, was stripped of her five Olympic track medals and served time in prison for lying to federal investigators.
