by chiggerbit » Wed Nov 30, 2005 3:14 pm
Considering the theme of Jeff's blog, I'm sure this subject has already been covered and I have missed it. I also must have missed it in the major media sources too, although I saw plenty there about Mary Kay Letourneau herself, the teacher who not only sexually abused a 13-year-old student of hers, but also had at least one child by him before he came of age. What I amazingly missed was that Letourneau's father, John G. Schmitz, had been a Congressman at one time, one so far right of right wing that even the John Bircher's disowned him, it seems.<br><br>Not only was Letourneau's father a Congressman, but this "family values" John G. Schmitz had a second family while stilll married to Mary Kay's mother. Mr. Schmitz had two children by a German woman who had been...a student of his when he taught college.<br><br>But the story of Mary Kay's father doesn't end there.<br><br>snips<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://kateablog.blogspot.com/">kateablog.blogspot.com/</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>He's also the father of the "infant boy treated at an Orange County hospital for having hair tied so tightly around his penis that it was almost severed. The baby was placed in protective custody, and the court demanded that the baby's father step forward. It turned out that Schmitz, a purported defender of family values, was the father." This scandal effectively ended his political career.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.spitfirelist.com/f469.html">www.spitfirelist.com/f469.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Emphasis mine:<br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr> One of the strangest episodes in Schmitz’s saga concerns a second family he raised by his German (!) mistress. A young boy conceived in that relationship appears to have been sexually mutilated. <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Mr. Emory muses about the possibility that the strange circumstances of the boy’s torment may have been part of some kind of mind control procedure.</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> “But the man who saw conspiracies everywhere, who was an equal opportunity bigot, and who decried America’s moral decrepitude, had, himself, a skeleton in the closet. It came to light in a curious way. An Orange County child abuse case in 1982 concerned a thirteen-month-old infant who was discovered with hair so tightly wound around his penis that the organ had nearly been severed. The baby was placed in protective custody, and the court demanded that the father step forward. It turned out to be none other than John G. Schmitz, now again a state senator, paterfamilias of five children and, er, two others with his German mistress, once his student at Santa Ana. It marked the end of Schmitz’s political career (although he did attempt to run for Congress once more). The charges against the mother were eventually dropped and the infant restored to her care. <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>But it was never explained what was going on with the hair-wound penis. One historian has suggested that it was a ‘mysterious sex—or probably anti-sex ritual . . . as if a chastity device.’</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> Schmitz, feisty as ever, remarked, ‘I ought to get the Right to Life man-of-the-year award for this.’” (Idem.)<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br><br>But wait, if you missed this story too, again, it doesn't end there. Two of Letourneau's brothers, one Joseph E. Schmitz, amd one John P. Schmitz ,have been a part of of the two Bush administrations. <br><br>The latest that I could find on Joseph was that he now works for Blackwater International, but his resume also includes a stint as Special assistant to Attorney General to Ed Meese, as well as Inspector General at the Pentagon from 2002 to 2005.<br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.nndb.com/people/466/000104154/">www.nndb.com/people/466/000104154/</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>But it gets even goofier, a la Michael Brown.<br><br><br>(original LA Times article not available, so this one will do, emphasis mine)<br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2005_09/007197.php">www.washingtonmonthly.com...007197.php</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>THE FAMILY THAT KEEPS ON GIVING....Today's LA Times story about former Pentagon inspector general Joseph Schmitz is hilarious: <br><br>[Current and former colleagues] described a management style in which Schmitz asked for updates on personal projects — such as a new bathroom in his executive suite or the hiring of a speechwriter — while avoiding substantive issues such as tight budgets.<br><br>....<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Some of the more unusual complaints regarding Schmitz deal with what senior officials called an "obsession" with [Baron Friedrich] Von Steuben, the Revolutionary War hero who worked with George Washington to instill discipline in the military. Von Steuben reportedly fled Germany after learning that he was going to be tried for homosexual activities.</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>Shortly after taking office, Schmitz made Von Steuben's legacy a focus. He spent three months personally redesigning the inspector general's seal to include the Von Steuben family motto, "Always under the protection of the Almighty."<br><br>He dictated the number of stars, laurel leaves and colors of the seal. He also asked for a new eagle, saying that the one featured on the old seal "looked like a chicken," current and former officials said.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br><br><br>And then there is the other of Mary Kay's brothers, John P. Schmitz, who played a part in the Iran/contra cover-up. <br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.spitfirelist.com/f469.html">www.spitfirelist.com/f469.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr><br>Of more contemporary significance is the career of Schmitz’s son, John P. Schmitz. The younger Schmitz has—as Mr. Emory says—more connections than a switchboard. Among the younger Schmitz’s credits is his representation of the elder George Bush during the Iran-Contra and Iraqgate affairs. Note that he joined with Janet Rehnquist (the daughter of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court) in protecting Bush. “ . . . There’s still another chapter to the story. John G. Schmitz’s son John P. Schmitz did not share his father’s disdain for George Bush, whom he served as Deputy Counsel from 1984 to 1993. He was involved in Iran-Contra as a deputy to C. Boyden Gray (and as an associate of Janet Rehnquist.) Schmitz was one of the few Iran-Contra players to refuse to be interviewed by the independent counsel, and was highly instrumental, as was Rehnquist, in protecting Bush. Bush was never questioned, and a diary he kept was never examined; Walsh’s final report read ‘The criminal investigation of Bush was regrettably incomplete.’ (Chapter 28, second paragraph.).” (Ibid.; pp. 1-2.)<br><br>15. Schmitz’s other clients place him in the “mix” of the various 9/11 investigations and lawsuits. In addition, the younger Schmitz (a partner in a German international law firm) represents many German corporations—more about that below. Among his credits is his presence on the American Council on Germany, an organization whose heritage is at one with the Americans who rehabilitated Third Reich alumni to serve in the Federal Republic of Germany (as well as for U.S. intelligence.) “Since then, John P. Schmitz has popped up every once in awhile. He seems to have had dealings with Iraq before the Gulf War, and with his present law firm has worked for Enron, Bayer (producer of Cipro), and United Airlines (9/11 lawsuit); his firm also has a Central Asian office in Tashkent. Schmitz, along with many men of high repute, is a member of the boards of directors of the American Council on Germany and the Atlantic Council of the US. . . .” (Ibid.; p. 2.)<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br><br><br>This makes me wonder if he knew Donald Gregg. Hmmm....<br><br><br><br><br>More can be found here:<br><br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.dark-wraith.com/2005/09/special-analysis-follow-up-blackwater.html">www.dark-wraith.com/2005/...water.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/find/whorm/judicial.html">bushlibrary.tamu.edu/rese...icial.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:tM7h1yxAlvEJ:www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jgschmitz.htm+Joseph+E.+Schmitz%2BMary+Kay+Letourneau&hl=en">72.14.203.104/search?q=ca...neau&hl=en</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br> <p></p><i></i>