alberta citylink was an airline based in medicine hat , alberta , canada .

it operated domestic passenger service for air canada as an air canada connector air carrier via a code sharing agreement .

its main base was medicine hat airport , with a hub at calgary international airport

alberta citylink

alberta citylink <EOT> the mailing address of airlines : pobox161 , medicinehat , alberta , t1a7e8 , canada .

alberta citylink is bar xh and they have sold a couple jetstream32 ' s to peace air as well as a bae 31 . quik air is , or was , using flight ops ' s oc and flies the flight ops plane on ther sked back and forth to cyeg .

1999 - 685 - gt group . tn 7 . interim approval with changes . introduction of tariff rates for ontario , quebec and alberta .

the airline was established and initiated operations in 1996 . it was created to operate scheduled passenger services for air bc and air canada in alberta and eastern british columbia . in 2000 , air canada cancelled its contract , but services continued for peace air until 2004 . it had 20 employees . [ 1 ] scheduled services were also operated by bar xh air ( established in 1974 ) under the name alberta citylink . however , scheduled services are no longer operated . [ 2 ]

operating under the name of alberta citylink , bar xh offered reliable standards of service , to provide scheduled services on a subcontracted basis to major air carriers across canada . before the merger of canada ' s national carriers in 2000 , we provided a scheduled commuter service to air canada . bar xh is not currently operating scheduled routes .

• 1600 within canada , the airline industry is clearly divided into three camps : the red , the blue , and the unaffiliated . the red camp includes scheduled air carriers aligned with air canada and includes wholly owned subsidiaries like air ontario , air nova , air bc , and air alliance , as well as smaller privately owned domestic carriers like alberta citylink , central mountain air , first air , air creebec , and bearskin airlines .

1999 - 892 - cnci . tn 8 . interim approval . contribution charges for trunk - side and line - side access - amendment of its contribution rates for alberta to remain consistent with those of the incumbent local exchange carrier .

bar xh was a provider of canadian air charter service based in medicine hat and calgary , alberta , canada . bar xh offered air charter , air ambulance , scheduled flight services to major airlines as well as aviation and flight training services .

1999 - 01 - in re : form of regulation for telus communications ( edmonton ) inc . - telecom public notice crtc 1998 - 03 . application for costs by the consumers’ association of canada , alberta branch . file number : 8085 - rp0007 / 98

1999 - 873 - tci . tns 78 / a . approved . amalgamation of the service charges of the former telus and tcei under a common tariff , so as to provide standard structures , rates and terms and conditions of service throughout alberta . eff . date = 20 . 09 . 99 .

1999 - 14 - in re : service to high - cost serving areas – telecom public notice crtc 1997 - 42 . application for costs by the federation of alberta gas co - ops , submitted on its behalf by the campbell ryder consulting group . file numbers : 8665 - c12 - 04 / 97 and 4754 - 159

mr . stephen smith ( president and chief executive officer , westjet airlines ) : good afternoon , ladies and gentlemen of the standing committee on transport . my name is stephen smith . i am the president and chief executive officer of westjet airlines , a regional low - fare carrier operating completely in western canada , based in calgary , alberta .

1999 - 452 - tci tn 85 . approved . amalgamation of the digital exchange access ( dea ) services of the former telus communications inc . and telus communications ( edmonton ) inc . under a common tariff , so as to provide standard dea structures , rates and terms and conditions of service throughout alberta . eff . date = 24 . 5 . 99 .

1999 - 350 - tci . tn 45 . approved . amalgamation of the centrex - based data services of the former telus communications inc . and telus communications ( edmonton ) inc . under a common tariff , so as to provide standard switched 56 digital service structures , rates , and terms and conditions of service throughout alberta . eff . date = 1 . 5 . 99 .

1999 - 359 - tci . tn 51 . approved . addition of three new calling features : advanced call forwarding , do not disturb tm and call gate tm , and alignment of the services of the former telus communications inc . and telus communications ( edmonton ) inc . so as to provide similar calling features structures , rates , and terms and conditions of service throughout alberta .

1999 - 03 - in re : recovery of local competition start - up and local number portability costs - telecom public notice crtc 1998 - 10 . application for costs by the alberta council on aging , the consumers’ association of canada , la fédération nationale des associations de consommateurs du québec and the national anti - poverty organization . file number : 8622 - s1 - 03 / 98

1999 - 789 - citytel . tn 37 . approved . residential additional line bundle , from 1 september to 31 december 1999 , consisting of : one additional individual residential access line , including the message relay centre charge ; a choice of one custom calling feature service or call answer service ( vmuif - voice messaging user interface forum ) ; citylink unlimited internet service ; and one e - mail address in addition to the address included with internet service . eff . date = 1 . 9 . 99 .

1999 - 364 - tci . tn 66 . approved . special number search - amalgamation and restructuring of the prestige telephone numbers service of the former telus communications inc . and the special number search service of the former telus communications ( edmonton ) inc . under a common tariff , so as to provide standard service structures , rates , and terms and conditions of service throughout alberta . eff . date = 1 . 5 . 99 .

1999 - 1005 - tci . tn 143 . approved . digital channel service and citynet 200 / 300 service - amalgamation of the digital channel - based data services of the former telus communications inc . and telus communications ( edmonton ) inc . under a common tariff , so as to provide standard dcs structures , rates and terms and conditions of service throughout alberta and grandfathering of the citynet service to allow customers with valid contracts to continue receiving citynet service until the expiry date of their existing contracts . eff . date = 22 . 10 . 99 .

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air canada tango was a low - cost subsidiary branch of air canada , which was established in 2001 to offer no - frills service on some of air canada ' s routes and to reduce operating costs at the struggling main company . based in toronto , tango operated on the major longer - distance canadian routes between cities such as toronto , ottawa , montreal , calgary and vancouver , as well as to some holiday destinations in the usa and mexico such as fort lauderdale , seattle , tampa and mexico city .

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air canada ' s purchase last year of canadian airlines international and subsequent merger of operations left a bad taste among the travelling public - many missed flights , faced long delays , got bumped or lost their luggage .

feeling the heat from passengers and regulators alike , air canada president and chief executive officer robert milton appeared in a slick advertising campaign last summer , with a promise to give customers " the best possible service in the world " within 180 days . he claims to have solved most of the problems well before his self - imposed deadline .

lost in the plethora of media horror stories was the fallout from the merger on feeder agreements with both air canada and canadian and their regional partners . prior to consolidation , air canada and canadian had about 16 commercial agreements with smaller operators . today , there are eight codeshare agreements of different forms in place .

the main reason for the reduction is over - capacity - particularly in western canada , according to rick flynn , halifax - based vice - president , business development for air canada regional , the new entity bringing together all air canada ' s feeder partners . flynn says , " the situation at the tier three level was not unlike what was happening at the mainline operations where you had too much capacity and overlapping service . "

president les little is optimistic , however , about future opportunities to get back into scheduled service following a shakeout of the air canada and canadian merger . " i would also love to set up some commercial tie with westjet , " little says .

pacific coastal airlines of vancouver was providing service to canadian regional airlines , but was dropped after air canada took over canadian airlines . it had purchased three shorts 360 aircraft specifically to fly the routes designated to it by canadian . all codeshare flights were transferred to air bc after its contract with canadian was cancelled and pacific coastal is suing air canada for breach of contract .

" our agreement with canadian represented about 30 % of our business and these new agreements don ' t represent anything near that , " says pacific coastal ' s chief executive daryl smith .

sunwest home aviation of calgary also took legal action against air canada after its codesharing agreement with canadian was cancelled . it had ordered four fairchild metro 23 aircraft to meet expanding route requirements and two had been delivered when air canada took over canadian . sunwest had been providing a wet - lease metro 23 to canadian since 1993 , but entered into a codesharing and risk - sharing agreement with the airline in 1999 before it all came apart five months later .

although its agreement with canadian only represented about 15 % of its business , sunwest was financially on the hook for two metro 23s , having cancelled the two others on order .

" we looked at various options such as carrying on , on our own , but there was nobody to connect to , " says mark eberl , the company ' s managing director . " we looked at doing something similar with us carriers , but that also didn ' t work . "

eberl even contacted westjet , but it was too busy building its own route structure to show much interest . " we don ' t fit their profile , because their clientele would save money by driving to calgary to catch a flight rather than hitch a ride on one of our aircraft . "

eberl says the pain of " being dropped like a hot potato " by air canada has been eased slightly by the booming oil business , the primary focus of his charter operations .

meanwhile , air canada is busy uniting its regional carriers into a single brand whose name and logo is still under development , according to flynn . the plan is to launch the new brand by early autumn as part of a company - wide restructuring that has seen both the airline ' s aeroplan loyalty programme and its technical services operation spun off into separate units .

the regionals - air bc , air nova , air ontario and canadian regional airlines , the former canadian airlines regional feeder - have merged to become a wholly owned subsidiary of air canada . the combined entity has 5 , 000 employees and 132 aircraft , half of which are bombardier dash 8 - 100s . the rest of the fleet consists of 32 fokker f28 - 1000s , 19 dash 8 - 300s , 10 british aerospace 146s and five raytheon beech 1900ds .

plans to expand or modernise the fleet are on hold as part of air canada ' s zero growth policy this year . and the different regionals must create a common bargaining unit for the entire fleet before moving ahead .

" we ' re dealing with more complexities now than with the air canada and canadian merger , because there are over 30 different agreements in place , " says flynn . " it ' s like a moving target with no set deadline , but we want to get an agreement in place as soon as possible so we can move forward with fleet renewal and better labour and customer relations . "

the regional airline ' s scope clause is extremely rigid as far as jet aircraft are concerned and is tied to the growth formula at the flagship carrier , which has a fleet of 239 aircraft , including 25 bombardier crj100s . as long as the mainline fleet stays at 239 aircraft , the regional division can continue to operate its jet aircraft . the scope clause restricts the number of jets , the size of the aircraft , the rate of transfer from air canada and the relative number of available seat miles that can be flown by the regional carrier . in addition , the carrier is limited to 55 - seat and 80 - seat turboprop aircraft . the number of jets it can operate is based on a floor of 39 jets , including the 10 bae 146s , with additions possible only if air canada adds aircraft of 100 seats plus .

the f28s are to be replaced by the crjs as long as new jet aircraft are introduced to the mainline fleet to replace them . since air canada announced no growth this year , however , the f28s can only be replaced by turboprops .

the eventual fleet renewal could lead to new opportunities for air canada in the regional carrier market , says flynn , noting that some of the partners have been approached to look at several different business arrangements .

" with our regional expertise , we are actively seeking out opportunities for our excess capacity , notably the f28s , whether on a training basis or equity partnership with another carrier . it was never part of our business plan up to now , but it has been put on the agenda to research it further . "

only twice in the first decade since the airbus a380 entered service has the double - deck aircraft ended a year with its order backlog higher than that of the previous one . on both occasions middle eastern carrier emirates alone had spared the programme from recording a duck for the year . emirates ordered 32 a380s in mid - 2010 and just eight days before the end of 2013 signed for another 50 of the type .

losing four geared turbofan engines to in - flight failures as a result of a botched durability upgrade was not how pratt & whitney wanted 2018 to begin quite the opposite .

evidence - tran ( 36 - 2 ) - no . 17 - house of commons of canada

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the chair ( mr . stan keyes ( hamilton west , lib . ) ) : good afternoon , colleagues . pursuant to standing order 108 ( 2 ) , this is a study on the future of the airline industry in canada .

we welcome our witnesses this afternoon . representing westjet airlines , we have mr . stephen smith , president and ceo . from bearskin airlines , we have harvey friesen , president . and from first air , we have three representatives : mr . robert davis , president ; mr . pita aatami , chairman ; and mr . sam silverstone , the legal counsel .

gentlemen , good afternoon and welcome to the standing committee on transport . we look forward to hearing your presentations . i ' d like to begin if i might with westjet airlines and mr . stephen smith .

mr . michel guimond ( beauport—montmorency—côte - de - beaupré—île - d ' orléans , bq ) : on a question of privilege , mr . chairman , i am raising section 117 of the points of order , which stipulates that the chair of a committee must maintain order in the committee and ensure that the proper procedure and practices are observed .

i am also raising , mr . chairman , beauchesne ' s parliamentary rules and forms

, 6th edition , in which point 75 deals with members ' freedom of speech . i will read you that point :

75 . the privilege of freedom of speech is both the least questioned and the most fundamental right of the member of parliament on the floor of the house and in committee . it is primarily guaranteed in the british bill of rights which declared “that the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in parliament ought not be impeached or questioned in any court or place outside of parliament” .

i am also raising , mr . chairman , point 69 of beauchesne ' s parliamentary rules and forms ,

69 . the speaker has reminded the house , “it is very important . . . to indicate that something can be inflammatory , can be disagreeable , can even be offensive , but it may not be a question of privilege unless the comment actually impinges upon the ability of members of parliament to do their job properly . ”

• 1540 i answered that i had a job to do , that i was doing this job to the best of my abilities , with my talents and my failings , but also with my heart , that i felt threatened by him , that i had a right to speak here , in parliament , because we live in a democracy and i had been sent here by citizens who trusted in me to represent them as well as any one of us .

i told him that , in a democracy , voters can change their representatives every four years if they ' re not satisfied with their work , unlike senators who are appointed as a political reward .

i went to see the security guards with this individual . i asked him to identify himself . he was wearing a blue card issued by the house security service with the name scott bradley on it .

while all this was going on , ms . parrish arrived . i asked her if she had witnessed the threats he made against me and she said no , she hadn ' t .

the security guard i met went to get his immediate superior and all the notes were recorded . at the moment , an inquiry is being carried out .

today at noon , i went to see the sergeant - at - arms cloutier and indicated to him that i would be raising this question of privilege and that it was up to you to decide , as committee chairman .

mr . chairman , considering the facts i ' ve presented , considering the parliamentary law applicable in these cases , i would ask that you ensure my safety as a member of parliament and that you continue to recognize my right to speak , as you have always done , mr . chairman . i would like to repeat that i am not criticizing your chairmanship . whether you agree with the comments i make or not , you have always conducted the work of this parliamentary committee with a master ' s hand , but i am telling you that my rights have been violated and i am afraid that other people will threaten and intimidate us .

the chair : mr . guimond raises a very important point , a point that we must , individually or as a collective , respect , and that is the ability to sit in a committee . we also have the privilege of being protected by the house of commons , because this committee and any committee of the house of commons is an extension of the house of commons .

we must be able to do our job to the best of our ability , and if that means asking questions that we feel are important and might not be to the liking of a particular individual who might be watching these proceedings , that ' s too bad , because quite frankly , we have a job to do .

i don ' t care if it ' s a member of any opposition party or my colleagues on the government side . i have to remain as neutral as i can as chair and protect the integrity and the abilities of every member of this committee to express their views , ask the questions , and get to the point of whatever it is they want to do with the witness .

• 1545 mr . guimond , when i left the committee this afternoon , i was told of the altercation out front—the altercation of words ; let ' s make that clear . the first thing i did on your behalf , as i would on anyone ' s behalf as a member of this committee , is i had a discussion with mr . cloutier as well . i have asked for , and mr . cloutier has supplied us with , a security guard outside this door so that , for your security and the security of all members , when the committee meeting is concluded and you want to leave , you can leave without fear of being harassed .

we all know there ' s a bit of a game that happens here in ottawa . it ' s an art form . we walk out of question period , and even the door coming out of question period is jammed with cameras and reporters , and everyone is trying to get their clip from the latest hot member of parliament or cabinet minister , and in the case of a committee , the latest witness who happens to be on the hot seat at that moment . so there ' s a scrum , and scrums can be very difficult to get through .

at times witnesses and the friends of witnesses who sit behind our witnesses will get as tempered as we do sometimes , except we have the right to be tempered , sitting here to ask the questions . quite frankly , after the fact , if they want to have a discussion , they can come up to us and have a discussion . we hope that discussion is always done in a non - hostile manner .

unfortunately , in this circumstance , i have heard it didn ' t happen that way .

mr . guimond , i hope you ' ll take some solace in the fact that i have spoken with the sergeant - at - arms , mr . gus cloutier . a security guard will , from this day forward until the end of these hearings , be posted outside this door so as to make sure you can come and go without any harassment .

on the matter of asking this individual to no longer be admitted into the committee room , i too would like to have a discussion with this individual , from the perspective of being a chair , to point out to him that he went over the line in the opinion of one of my members of this committee . i would like to see what this individual does first . from what you have told me—and i don ' t have both sides of the story quite yet—i would expect that if there were no witnesses . . . i am familiar with this individual , and i am probably 90 % sure this individual will get in contact with you in one way or another to express an apology .

i hope that goes some distance in satisfying your point of order with us this afternoon . mr . guimond , do you have anything to add ?

we apologize to the witnesses for the interruption . it was obviously a necessary one .

mr . smith , when you ' re comfortable , we would like to hear your presentation on behalf of westjet .

• 1550 why has westjet been successful when other airlines have not been ? there are a number of factors , but primarily it comes down to our people . westjet invests heavily in its people , and as a result they provide us with a low - cost structure where we average approximately 65 employees per aircraft versus the two major carriers , who currently employ between 140 and 170 employees per aircraft . in addition , our people give us a customer service for which we are renowned and which really is the reason people continue to come back to westjet .

westjet fares are , on average , approximately one - half of those charged by the major carriers , and none of our fares have any saturday night stay requirements in them . we are the true low - cost carrier .

westjet ' s marketing philosophy is not to garner market share , but rather we grow the marketplace in which we serve . in 1997 , when westjet had only seven aircraft compared with 1995 , which was before we had started , we had seen our marketplace grow an average of 150 % . now that we are up to 13 aircraft we believe the stimulation is much greater than that . prior to our arrival , markets would grow an average of approximately 3 % per year , for comparison ' s sake .

from the financial results posted by air canada , the three publicly traded charter airlines , some regional carriers and ourselves , which all appear to be relatively healthy , we can only draw the conclusion that the airline industry in canada is not broken .

first , we request that there not be any reregulation of the industry in canada . we believe this is wrong and definitely not called for .

second , assuming that one of the current offers is successful , we will end up with one major carrier in canada . westjet is very pro competition . we were born in an era of competition . we will thrive in an era of competition . while we do not believe we compete with the major carriers , any restructuring or consolidation in the airline industry would be extremely favourable to westjet . we become a viable alternative to the major airlines as their frequency on routes decreases and ours increases .

we do have a problem , however , if one carrier controlling approximately 90 % of the airline industry in canada is free to do whatever they want in terms of current or potential competition . you can imagine what would happen if a carrier were to control the high - fare market and also decided to get into the low - fare marketplace . there would be very few if any openings for future competition .

• 1555 in addition , it would allow this new large entity to cross - subsidize its low - fare operation from an obviously profitable high - fare operation that would have no competition .

as a result , we are asking transport canada , along with the competition bureau , to ensure that a framework of competition is built into any single carrier proposal .

we have seen a letter from mr . konrad von finckenstein , commissioner of competition , to the hon . david collenette , minister of transport , with respect to some ideas into which we had some input , and we are supportive of many of the ideas contained in that letter .

westjet believes we live in an efficient economy and as a result we must allow competition and the forces in that efficient economy to occur .

obviously this does not guarantee that every company that exists will always exist , and in fact i will suggest to you that would only see a regeneration of the airline industry if there were some dramatic change to the current existing scenario .

in addition , there has been some comment about allowing foreign airlines to operate on domestic routes . while once again westjet is pro competition , without reciprocal agreements in other countries we do not believe this makes sense for canada , and in particular not for westjet .

without the ability to respond to foreign carriers who may decide to set up service on canadian routes , it can create an unequal playing field in which we could find it very difficult to compete .

from my speech , i would like you to take the following . first , westjet has been doing , and continues to do , extremely well . this morning we released our third - quarter results and on a margin basis we are one of the top profitable airlines in north america , if not the top profitable airline , on a margin basis , in north america .

secondly , we believe there ' s a problem with one player in the industry .

third , while westjet will do well with any restructuring or consolidation , if we end up with one dominant carrier , we would ask the competition bureau and transport canada to ensure that we have a competitive , fair , and equitable airline industry .

we would ask that the concept of reregulation not be considered , and we do not support the ability for foreign - owned carriers to operate in canada without reciprocal agreements .

the chair : thank you , mr . smith . we appreciate that , and all within the 10 minutes too , which is terrific .

mr . harvey friesen ( president , bearskin airlines ) : mr . chairman , honourable members of parliament , and ladies and gentlemen , i ' d like to thank you for the opportunity to make a presentation to the transportation committee at this time .

bearskin airlines , or our corporate name , bearskin lake air service , will celebrate its 37th anniversary in july 2000 . bearskin airlines ' roots are deep in the soil of northern ontario , and the company has come a long way since its founding on july 17 , 1963 .

at present , bearskin airlines operates a fleet of 26 aircraft under a variety of schedule , charter , and contract services . bearskin airlines is northern ontario ' s hometown airline and its largest commuter airline .

in 1999 the company will carry more than 200 , 000 passengers to 38 destinations on almost 200 scheduled departures daily . bearskin is also a charter carrier in the region , providing services to government , corporate , and private interest groups .

bearskin ' s scheduled network extends from flin flon , the pas , and winnipeg in the west , to sudbury , north bay , and ottawa in the east , and as far north as peawanuck and fort severn on the hudson bay coast .

our current marketing agreement with air canada ' s connector carrier , air ontario , provides for our participation in the aeroplan frequent flyer program as well as joint fares with air canada .

affiliation with air canada provides for a number of marketing tools that enable the red camp to be more competitive than they could be individually . wholly owned subsidiaries and some of the privately owned carriers participate in code sharing with air canada .

all airlines in the red camp are offered participation in the aeroplan frequent flyer program , as well as through fares or joint fares . these airlines also endeavour to facilitate connections between each other at the hub airports , providing a seamless service for passengers and baggage that make multiple connections .

globally , air canada is aligned with other carriers in the star alliance , including lufthansa , united airlines , sas , and other carriers . the benefits to these member carriers are similar to those outlined above .

the blue camp includes scheduled air carriers aligned with canadian airlines international and includes wholly owned subsidiaries like canadian regional , as well as privately owned carriers like ontario regional , inter - canadien , and calm air , in which canadian has a part interest .

globally , canadian airlines is aligned with other carriers in the oneworld alliance , including american airlines , british airways , and other carriers . the benefits to members of this alliance are similar to those outlined in the red camp and star alliance partners .

unaffiliated carriers include scheduled and charter carriers who have remained independent , like westjet , canada 3000 , royal aviation , and others . most of these carriers serve only larger markets on a point - to - point basis . although these carriers can be and are competitive in the markets they serve , they are unable to compete effectively in a true global sense .

within the current environment , wholly owned subsidiaries of either the red or blue camp can receive specific direction in terms of markets served or fares charged . privately owned affiliated carriers are free to do as they like , although policies that are not endorsed by the major carriers could have negative effects on their relationship .

bearskin airlines prides itself on being a canadian airline , and , as an operator and business owner in this country , we would not like to see any changes that would effectively place control of our industry out of the hands of canadians .

there has been much said about the impact of job losses and layoffs , and again , comments have been made on minimizing this impact by expansion and attrition . for independents our size , the concern is , will this expansion to reduce layoffs result in dumping aircraft and financial resources on routes currently operated by independents , commuters , and regionals , who will be stripped of their marketing tools and end up going it alone against their former partner ? if this occurs , the layoffs will happen not with the large carrier , but with the small independents who cannot fight such a huge competitor .


darlie ( chinese : 黑人 ; literally : " black person " ) , formerly known as darkie , is a toothpaste brand of hawley & hazel chemical company ( official slogan : ' powering your smile . ' ) .

established in shanghai in 1933 and later based in hong kong and taiwan , hawley & hazel was acquired in 1985 by the united states corporation colgate-palmolive , although the product is not marketed by colgate-palmolive .

darlie

darlie <EOT> my sister actually requested that i buy some cause she needs to use darlie . i don’t mind colgate actually but i would actually prefer darlie .

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around 2 . 30am , on 6 june 1996 , darlie called police , frantic .

welcome to the darlie routier forum . mary yes i believe darlie murdered her two precious boys also but i also believe that her husband darin had something to do with it also .

however , the defence called a string of witnesses , all vouching for darlie’s good character . a chief medical examiner also testified darlie’s wounds were actually extremely serious , missing her main artery by 2mm .

on 6 june 1996 darlie routier’s two young sons were brutally butchered . did she commit the unthinkable crime ?

i thought you might like to see a memorial for darlie mollohan bush i found on findagrave . com .

if it hadn ' t been for that crazy silly string , darlie lynn routier might be a free woman today .

the name darlie is a girl ' s name . darlie and is often added to user - created lists like delicious d names [ girls ] and discussed in our forums with posts like " this or that ? - - girls " .

“there’s so many exonerations now , ” kee said . “and i just keep thinking , ‘when is it darlie’s turn ? ’”

be careful what you wish for . macdonald ' s dna tests only reaffirmed his guilt and so will darlie ' s .

unthinkable . but darlie was arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder . soon , the evidence began to mount up .

as prayers were said , there wasn’t a dry eye to be seen…apart from darlie’s . she didn’t shed a tear . and just eight days later , darlie held a graveside birthday party to celebrate devon’s 7th birthday . smiling and laughing , she sprayed silly string everywhere .

at her trial , in january 1997 , darlie pleaded not guilty . but the prosecution branded darlie a heartless killer , self - centered and materialistic . coroner janice townsend - parchman testified the boys’ wounds were savage and deep , but described darlie’s as ‘hesitation wounds’ , possibly self - inflicted . next there was the kitchen sink clean - up , done by darlie after she’d made the alleged self - inflicted slashes to her neck and shoulder . then of course there was the lack of any real evidence of an intruder in the house . detectives believed the crime scene looked ‘staged’ .

on top of all the inconsistencies , a picture was emerging of a family in dire financial troubles , and of darlie struggling to maintain her lavish lifestyle .

and still in china , darlie is referred to as , ‘the black man toothpaste’ . with the symbol of a black man in top hat on its cover .

yes , darlie is guilty . i also think the aisenbergs had something to do with sabrina ' s disappearance . ( sorry - - subject change . ) karen

i believe that darlie is guilty also and i also believe that darin has something to do with the murder of their 2 precious boys also . i do believe that she does deserve a new trial due to the first court reporter errors so that the ng ' s can ' t say that justice was denied for darlie .

a bloody fingerprint has been found that does not belong to darlie , darin , the children or any of the police or other people in the routier house the night of the murder . " when they arrested darlie , we just pretty much lost it , " says darin , and says they have never been able to grieve for their children but it is darlie ' s husband and mother who have steadfastly continued the fight . they have appeared 10 times on nationally televised talk shows , printed up bumper stickers and have a toll - free phone number ( ( 888 ) 883 - fair ) appealing for donations and information that could help " find the real person who attacked darlie and murdered her children . " they have gathered support . right now , they say , freeing darlie is the only fight that counts .

buy $ 10 worth of darlie all shiny white toothpaste and stand to win grand prize ( 5 winners ) - dyson supersonic hair dryer ( worth $ . . .

the birthday party film that was viewed by the jury that made me think that is a killer , showed darlie dancing on the graves of her son along with other family members , but did not show the hours previous to that scene when darlie sobbed and grieved over the graves with her husband darin . why was the entire footage not shown ?

“they ended up deliberating on the silly string , ” her mother , darlie kee , told the dallas morning news this week . “silly string is not a lethal weapon . ”

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no she should not . darlie ' s appeals process is ongoing and if there were anything that would exonerate her , they ' d have already gotten a new trial imo .

if i ever import darlie at a mass scale , i would love to have a celebrity endorse my toothpaste . who could i have endorse darkie… . hm… . . i know !

why don’t they sell darkie in us ? well , maybe because darkie is offensive and racial . well , it’s fine , we’ll just change the name to darlie ! that sounds flowery .

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if there really was anything new to warrant a new trial , yes sure why not , but there isn ' t . darlie and her family just want the public to think there is .

darlie has no history of mental illness . she was not abusive to her sons . she was faithful to her husband and there is no fact from anyone saying differently on any of this .

stand a chance to win a apple watch ( worth $ 500 ) ( 1 winner ) or darlie hampers worth $ 50 ( 10 winners ) with every $ 15 purchase of da . . .

the neighbors never saw them as wild though . she had kids in she baked cookies for and those kids stood up for her against the accusation that she killed her sons . darin and darlie helped out a cancer patient neighbor with a mortgage payment and seemed to have a heart . whose idea was that , i don & # 8217 ; t know , but darlie was baking the cookies .

after hours of deliberation a jury found darlie routier guilty of murder . three days later she was handed the death penalty . she’s currently still on death row awaiting execution , but has appealed her conviction .

and , what was the killer’s motive ? expensive jewellery and cash remained untouched , and there’d been no sexual assault . meanwhile , darlie and darin had to endure the horror of going to their own children’s funeral .

that’s what the manufacturers did anyway . you know what ? i want to import it to us . maybe i should try selling the 15 darlie toothpastes that i have imported from penang the last trip back home .

drake lives in lubbock with his father . darlie and darin routier divorced in 2011 . neither darin nor drake could be reached for comment , but darin routier has previously said he believes his ex - wife is innocent .

the company said it would change the name of the toothpaste to darlie and make the logotype a portrait of a man of ambiguous race wearing a silk top hat , tuxedo and bow tie . two - year changeover planned

now , i don’t pretend that suddenly the symbol or name of darlie ought to be changed outright . that’s not possible , but in this article i intend to educate the public on the toothpaste’s dark - racist past .

also of concern , which were never brought to the attention of the jury , comprised the pictures of darlie ' s cuts and bruises on her arms which were taken when she was hospitalized the night of the murders .

before long , the routier home was flooded with police . but the key piece of evidence – the bloody knife – was covered in fingerprints , including darlie’s , after she’d picked it up from the lounge floor after the attack .

with darlie what i did not see was the same as others did not see , any proof , and how long will our rotten dirty judicial system keep getting by with having their say , right or wrong and hiding information to make things go the way they want ? why do they continually do this ? what i and the jury did not see was darlie ' s horrible cut and bruised black arms and hands , defensive wounds , without one doubt .

darlie was said to be obsessed with the trappings of wealth and , apparently , had little patience for her boys , who she blamed for losing her looks . but despite the whispers , in october 1995 the couple had their third son drake .

china has been selling a toothpaste for years with an offensive and dark - racist past . between the 1920s and 1950s , darlie toothpaste was called , “darkie” . the latter , a racial slur used commonly used towards africans and african - americans .

i don ' t understand how someone can read the transcripts and come to a different conclusion than the rest of us . i truly believed the girl didn ' t do it until i found those docs . that imooc sealed darlie ' s fate .

some writers who have interviewed darlie routier have decided to help her fight to get a new trial . since reporting their opinions on her situation , they report that their ability to visit her has been blocked or made so inconvenient that little can be accomplished .

we also know that they both committed perjury on the stand when they claimed that their finances and their marriage were " healthy . " they were up to their eyeballs in debt , darin was bringing in less than ever before and darlie was stuck at home with three boys ( not an easy thing to do ) . we know that they had an argument that night that led to darlie asking darin for a separation . we have no way of knowing whether this was a typical thing for darlie to do since she and darin both lied on the witness stand . it would have been a good time to say they did it all the time , so we don ' t put as much emphasis on it , but who am i to tell them what to do ?

darin routier has admitted to trying to arrange an insurance scam , which included someone breaking into their home . he has admitted that he had begun the initial steps to arrange a break - in , but that it was to be done when no one was at home . no jury has heard this admission . surely any law would be all over this , how many ways could this be the answer ? maybe not even the way darin meant it to be but caused with unlawful schemes . i could understand them suspecting him , i really could , and why don ' t they ? i don ' t believe darlie would even suspect him , but if i were darlie i would have to give that some serious thought , but i think darlie is as i say so much like my own daughter . either a lack of intelligence or too much into her self , which does not equal a murderer . i keep waiting for my daughter to change and act more mature , but i suspect like darlie it is just who she is . no changing .

darin and darlie moved into her mother ' s home after the murders and lost the $ 200 , 000 house they built , also their 35 - foot cabin cruiser , ' 86 jaguar , plus some . legal fees and bad publicity about the case ruined him financially . his electronics business , bringing a salary of $ 500 , 000 in 1995 , lost 14 of its 17 clients and all employees . there was many bad testimonies from people making darlie look bad , there was no testimonies of the people who saw her much differently . darin and ms . kee claim darlie ' s trial mocked the judicial system . evidence that would have cleared her was never presented , witnesses who could have contradicted the prosecution ' s assertions never testified , forensics testing was botched , depositions were distorted . forensic fingerprint tests done after darlie ' s trial still show that she is innocent of the crime for which she was convicted . a bloody fingerprint taken from her living room coffee table did not belong to anyone living in her home , and two more fingerprints in the utility room and door leading to the garage in which darlie thinks the murderer escaped the darin ' s home after attacking her and her two sons . no matter , repeated requests , the court will not grant the evidential hearing necessary to investigate and evaluate this evidence .

i have always had the feeling that darlie was guilty . it ' s not just spraying the silly string on her children ' s graves either . it was just something off about her . i believe she killed her sons or knows the person who did it .

nothing points away from darlie . only to darlie . the silly string party at the grave isn ' t evidence , but it does give one pause . there is discussion of a mourning video at the grave , but it has not reared it ' s head in 19 1 / 2 years . would that not have been played after the state played the ss tape ? also , the jurors did see all of the pictures , that is one of the oldest rumors about this case . i just can ' t see anyway that anyone other than darlie could have done this . now that her date is drawing near , she is starting to throw it back on darin . i ' m so hoping that he will finally tell all he knows about what she did that night as darlie herself will never tell what she did . she is a combination of many things - narcissistic , selfish , etc . look up " profile of a sociopath " and it practically comes up with her picture on it . the only time she seems sad or mournful is her mug shot .

as paramedics tried to patch darlie up , she was hysterical , convinced the intruder was still hiding somewhere . but detectives found no trace of him . finally , they found the murder weapon in the kitchen . a butcher’s knife , presumably left behind as the attacker fled .

hi and welcome to websleuths 4baddogs ( love that name ! ! ) . my opinion about the darlie / darin pack is that they both have enough on the other that neither of them will spill what they know for fear the other one will spill what they know .

if they were in cahoots , i wonder why darlie never implicated him . and he divorced her a few years after she was put on death row . if my husband helped me plan the murder of two of our sons , i ' d be singing like a canary .

among the first steps the company took was to run a computer program that listed all possible one - letter changes in the name darkie . from this list , and from names suggested by several professional marketing firms , came a list of around 20 names , from which darlie was chosen .

i believe the courts ( in good faith and to shut darlie up ) should retest the evidence with the new dna techniques . just to see if these new tests come up with a different outcome . but that is it . no new trial . it would be a waste of money .

the attorney that represented darlie routier at trial had an apparent conflict of interest , because he was said to have had a prearrangement with darin routier and other family members not to pursue any defense that could implicate darin . this attorney supposedly stopped key experts for the defense from finishing forensic examinations .

suffering from post - natal depression , and unable to lose her baby weight , darlie , then 26 , confided to darin about having suicidal thoughts . but as they talked , it seemed things were looking fixable for the young couple . until , tragedy struck . something no - one could fix .

note from american girl : penang boy isn’t kidding . there really is a brand of toothpaste named darlie ( formerly darkie ) and it is the toothpaste to use in asia . the chinese name for the brand translates to “black man toothpaste” . unlike the u . s . , there are no negative connotations in naming something “dark” or “black” in asia . darlie uses a racial caricature , yes , but it’s also a brilliant marketing ploy since i’ve known many taiwanese who fervently admire the “shiny white smile” of black people . seriously though , you’ve got to use it . it tastes like clean candy .

when the paramedics arrived at the scene they said that darin routier was outside , but darin was inside trying to save his children , so who was the man they thought was him ? it was reported the testimony of the nurses was coached and rehearsed in mock trials by the prosecution prior to their testimony . saying the cut in her neck was 2mm of the carotid sheath but external to the carotid artery was what darlie ' s operating surgeons reported , and that the necklace she had on blocked the cut from going deeper , showing the seriousness and unlikely darlie would or even could have done this herself .

childhood sweethearts , darlie and darin routier were the ultimate all - american family . with darin’s computer business booming , they were ‘living the dream’ in an upper middle class area of texas . with a flash car , lavish home and expensive clothing , their two sons , devon and damon , wanted for nothing .

darlie moved to lubbock as a teenager with her mom and step dad , meeting darin in a western sizzlin ' where her mother worked and so did darin as a cook . he was 17 and she was 15 and they married four years later . after moving to the dallas area he began his own small company that tested electronic components and when he became a success in the early nineties they bought a nice house and spent thousands getting it just how they wanted . darin bought a thirty - foot cabin cruiser and a 1982 jaguar . they went a little wild with their money and darlie bought new boobs and flashy jewelry .

luckily for darlie , her wounds were only superficial . distraught she managed to explain an intruder had entered their home and climbed on top of her on the sofa while she slept . she struggled with him before he eventually fled the scene . it was only then she noticed her two sons lying butchered on the floor .

routier’s family says the silly string , provided by darlie’s sister , was part of a birthday celebration . her oldest son , devon , would’ve turned 7 that day . the party followed a prayer service for both devon and his younger brother damon , but tv cameras didn’t capture the tears , kee said , only a frolicking routier .

june 6 , 1996 : routier brothers damon , 5 , and devon , 6 , are found stabbed to death in the family ' s rowlett home . darlie routier , 26 , has cut and stab wounds on her neck and upper body . husband darin routier , 28 , and son drake , 7 months , are unharmed .

officers soon arrived to find a sickening scene . damon , then 5 , and devon , 6 , lay on the floor in the living room by the telly , in pools of blood . snuggled up with their 8 - month - old drake , darin had slept through the whole horrific ordeal . only woke to darlie’s gut - wrenching screams .

we know that darin had been thinking about some illegal insurance fraud scheme that he may or may not have done previously . we also know that he failed the lie detector tests . while the results of darlie ' s tests have not been made public , i pretty much think if she had passed , we ' d have heard about it before now .

the second print taken from this door is a latent print located below the patent bloody fingerprint . latent print consultant robert lohnes checked this print in 2003 and said that it matched the second finger joint of darin routier on the middle finger of the left hand . in addition , langenburg currently is conducting a second examination of the bloody fingerprint on the utility room door to determine whether darin routier can also be excluded as the source of this print . if , as darlie expects , darin routier is not the source of this print , darlie definitively will have demonstrated that an unknown third party deposited two separate fingerprints , one of them in the victims ' blood , while fleeing the scene on the night of the murders .

this is also new information to me . do you know a website where i can read about the most important details of this case ( from the beginning ) ? i am still on the fence about darlie ' s guilt , but i now have a better understanding of why people believe she ' s the murderer . still , why was the blood concentration on the back of her gown / shirt ? if she stabbed her own sons , wouldn ' t the splatter have been on the front ? also , what is the deal with the unknown fingerprint ? why hasn ' t that been matched yet ( the print itself , not the dna from the blood content ) ? finally , wasn ' t there a strange car spotted in darlie ' s driveway the night of the murders ? this case is so complex and messy .

its long been my opinion that we will hear from darin one day . now that it looks like darlie ' s getting desperate enough to at least be hinting that she ' s ready to throw him under the bus , he may talk to save his neck . after all , he ' s already said he wants to help her , but not if it means he has to change places with her . what a man !

never brought to the attention of the jury were other things of alarm and great importance included the pictures of darlie ' s cut ' s and bruises on her arms taken when she was hospitalized the night of the murders . one juror told reporters he would never have voted to convict if he had seen the photographs . i would be sure others would have agreed . that is when i knew without a doubt ! these are defense wounds , clearly .

i remember this case . i ' ve always been torn about her guilt or innocence . the prosecution used the fact that she and her husband were having financial problems as the motive for her killing two of her three boys , but the gruesome way the kids were killed indicates to me that whoever stabbed them had to really hate them or be really sick in the head . if she wanted to get rid of the kids for financial reasons , why didn ' t she kill the baby as well ? and wouldn ' t she have found a cleaner , more simple way of killing them like suffocating them or poisoning them ? and she herself was stabbed near her carotid , which could have killed her . i don ' t see why someone would risk killing themselves because they were struggling financially . i also always wondered what , if any role , her husband played in the murders of the two boys . if darlie did kill them , did he know she was going to do it ? he was upstairs sleeping with their youngest son when darlie said the alleged attacker broke in the house and allegedly stabbed darlie and the older boys . but the police claimed he made a very odd statement when they got there . it was something to the effect of he could see why a man would want a attack a beautiful blonde with double d ' s .

i voted " no " . i think she is guilty and should remain where she is until her date with the needle . this is my first post but i have lurked here for more than a year . after reading the trial transcripts and hearing the evidence against her it is apparent to me that no one else could have killed those two darling boys but their mother . someone in an earlier post said the silly string episode was darlie ' s way of celebrating her freedom from her burden in life being lifted of taking care of two very active boys 24 / 7 . i agree . at the grave site she looked absolutely giddy and " free " . on the trip to penn . with the boys for two weeks would have been tiring and time consuming . without the boys she could have basked in the limelight of her relatives . drake being an infant would have been no problem as many there would have taken care of him for darlie . i think she buckled under the pressure of money problems and children . she needed child care for those 3 boys more than she needed extra maids and cleaning help . devon was out of school for the summer and probably bored silly and seeking things to entertain himself . damon was a tag - a - long after devon . darlie wanted everything in her life easy and problem free . not so with two very active youngsters roaming the neighborhood and house and hot tub . i read she is receiving parenting magazines in prison . that ' s closing the barn door a bit late . jmo ashley

drake routier looks just like his mother . the blue eyes , wide face , and his mother ' s mouth . the court took darin ' s custody of the child , who was 7 months old at the time of the murders , simply because he defended darlie ! this is texas law ? his parents were allowed to raise the baby and he was given rights to visit him but still ! does this horror never end ? if darin is guilty of nothing how could they take custody of his child from him ?

the blood on the back is in a splatter such as would be by raising the knife above her head whilst raising and lowering it during stabbing . in almost every murder case there is a " black car that was seen " . the print you mention is too smudged to be id ' d , yet darlie has not been ruled out as it being hers . there is a fb page " justice for devon & damon routier " . it is a public page and all are welcome regardless of whether guilt or innocence is thought . at the top of the page are " file " and you can find everything there . start with the transcripts - a long tedious read but so much info right there . there are people there that have studied the case for over 19 years and don ' t mind at all answering any questions regardless of how small or large it may be . i for one , believe fully in her guilt - evidence and dna do not lie . darlie has been caught in so many lies that i can ' t possibly see innocence in her . no one wants to believe a mother could do this , yet it happens often . heartbreaking isn ' t it ?

i saw darlie dancing around her children ' s graves ; spraying silly puddy , laughing and acting so happy . of course she killed those babies , i was filled with hate , seeing her acting this way and those babies of hers , murdered and in the ground beneath her . i can ' t say that i accept this behavior even now but people are different and i know they are , it still doesn ' t make them guilty of murder . i really felt so guilty the more i listened , read , and learned . i am not the only one with a change of mind .

all of a sudden their business went downhill and they got behind on their bills it is claimed ; owing $ 10 , 000 in back taxes and $ 12 , 000 on credit cards . about a month before the murders darlie considered suicide it is said by darin and an incomplete diary entry . it was a fleeting thought apparently . my doctor once asked me if i had ever thought about suicide and my answer was , " hasn ' t everyone ? " he laughed , for it is true . maybe to different extents but if you know the word you have thought about it , if you have something you just think you can ' t face you may think about it , so i consider that pretty normal and nothing to even consider in anyone ' s sanity .

motive the prosecution ' s contention was that darlie routier murdered her sons because of the family ' s financial difficulties . she was a full - time homemaker but her husband darin , a small business owner , earned a relatively high income . this was later referred to as " living large " by her husband darin routier in an interview a few days after the deaths with joe munoz of kxas channel 5 in dallas - fort worth . the family lived in a two - story home in a middle - class neighborhood , drove a mid - sized suv , owned a used jaguar automobile and a used boat . prosecutors described routier as a pampered and materialistic woman with substantial debt , plummeting credit ratings , and little money in the bank who feared that her middle class lifestyle was about to end ' ' - murderpedia

there is definitely something off about her . i can ' t imagine calling the press to meet me at the graveside of my 2 kids that were murdered . she obviously had no fear of the " intruder " coming to finish her off . also , when the reporter is questioning her she ' s all smiles - yet when she says " we ' re sad " and then tries to appear sad , it just doesn ' t appear to be real at all . the hardest point for me is that ( other than her changing her stories ) how the heck does someone come in ( darlie is well known to have been a very light sleeper ) violently stab 2 kids , cut on and leave the adult alive to tell ? her staying on the phone for almost 6 long minutes doesn ' t make sense to me either . give the address and then try like hell to save your kids . i just cannot find her innocent at all . and i tried . i really did .

i rememer seeing photos of darlie ' s bruises and injuries , which seemed too severe to be self - inflicted . i remember hearing that these photos were not shown to the jury , but i don ' t know why . i heard one or more jurors saying that if they had seen the photos , they would have voted ng . then there was also something about a bloody sock being found outside , a ways away from the house . also , there is lack of motive . just like in the ramsey and aisenberg cases , i don ' t see a motive when there is still one or more children of the family uninjured . it ' s not like in the susan smith case where she killed both of her children . in each of these 3 cases there are still children left in the family , that weren ' t targets of the crime . like i said , i haven ' t followed all the information on this case carefully , but based on what i have seen and heard , i think there is reasonable doubt .

latest dna results show no unknown dna . ( she also requested that these results be sealed ? ? ? ? not looking good ) it ' s just not physically possible for anyone else to have done it . the fingerprints everyone claims are not hers and must be the intruders are so smudged yet darlie has not been ruled out on those as they are her size . so much of what she says has been proven as lies . her changing stories , the magical intruder not even leaving a single skin cell . she never lifted a finger to save her kids , stayed on the phone setting up alibi . darin knows she did it , knew the second he came down the stairs . you can hear her on the 911 recording saying " i didn ' t do anything , darin , someone came in here and did this " . she also tells him nothing was touched . how would she know ? she showed zero interest in the boys conditions , i believe she was hoping they would die before they could tell . both she and darin admit that they fought about divorce that night , that ' s why she slept downstairs . i believe she did it to punish darin , to shirk her responsibilities and to garner attention ( she needs it more than air ) . the screen being cut ( with a knife from her butcher block ) yet it wasn ' t stretched out as tho someone had passed thru it . the blood trail ( with the boys blood ) magically stops at that window . the luminol proved a cleanup at the sink ( nice intruder w / ocd ? ) . the letters she wrote in prison about knowing who it was and then naming 2 names ( when questioned about the letters on the stand she asked the judge if it was legal for the prison to read her mail ) . the boys being brutally stabbed so they had no time to scream , darlie being cut ( she didn ' t know where any major veins or vessels were ) . she wasn ' t as smart as she thought she was . why didn ' t their dog - who was well known for being an annoying barker , not utter one yip ?

there was a pubic hair found in the living room . who ' s ? did debris on the knife in the kitchen get debris on the knife from police in the kitchen investigating the murder or did it come from the screen door ? darin ' s jeans had blood on them , no one should look into this ? darin routier admitted to trying to arrange an insurance scam , which meant someone breaking into their home . he admitted that he had begun the initial steps to arrange a break - in , but that it was planned for when no one was at home . no jury has ever heard this admission ! ( dear god ! he is walking around free , he looks the more guilty of the two ! ) sometimes i think children could run this world better . does nothing enter their minds about this ? is it too late because they would be hanging themselves ? are they just that lazy ? pick someone , have it over ? the court reporter made mistakes in the manuscript so was there an improper read - back of testimony ? why is prosecution not forced to turn over evidence they have that should be available to both sides ? gee anyone who watches tv knows this rule . why ? dna testing could put many of these questions to rest . why is there such a reluctance to do the testing ? many , such as people interested in writing darlie ' s story have come to her side and since then have run into convenience problems seeing her or simply blocked !

faux ken burns - style documentary recounting the last 140 years of american history as if the south had won the civil war is more intriguing on paper than when it actually unspools onscreen . kevin willmott ' s small - scaled but ambitious picture is well - researched , sometimes amusing . most promising markets loom in cable and homevid .

with : with : rupert pate , evamarii johnson , larry peterson . narrator , charles frank .

a faux ken burns - style documentary recounting the last 140 years of american history as if the south had won the civil war , “c . s . a . : the confederate states of america” is more intriguing on paper than when it actually unspools onscreen . kevin willmott’s small - scaled but ambitious picture is well - researched , sometimes amusing and not unintelligent . still , the laudably provocative impulse behind the project never busts loose into incendiary or subversive outrageousness due to a combination of historical fastidiousness , lack of stylistic bravado and an ever - growing feeling that the premise is played out well before the finale . after fest play , an enterprising distrib could chalk up some limited mileage theatrically , but most promising markets loom in cable and homevid .

willmott , an assistant professor at the u . of kansas who wrote and co - directed the 1999 vid - released feature “ninth street , ” displays his academic erudition throughout , from the way he deals with grand historical matters to his archival use of actual products like darky toothpaste and sambo axle grease .

unfortunately , his adherence to real history quickly straitjackets the narrative , as it forces the film to pretend that american and world history would have unfolded in much the same way had the confederacy prevailed . the non - viability of this approach fatally hits home once the chronology reaches the post - world war ii era and willmott tries to square such events as the jfk assassination , vietnam , the watts riots , etc . , with the continued existence of the confederate states . it just doesn’t wash .

partly for this reason , pic’s early stretch is easily the most successful . positioned as a history of the c . s . a . as reported by the british broadcasting service , pic recounts how french and british troops joined robert e . lee at gettysburg to rout the north and force the yankees’ surrender on april 9 , 1864 . a deftly rendered mock - d . w . griffith short entitled “the hunt for dishonest abe” helps recount how , with the help of harriet tubman , the defeated president lincoln attempted to flee in blackface before being arrested , imprisoned and ultimately exiled to canada , where he languished in disgrace prior to a final filmed “interview” in 1905 .

meanwhile , the nation goes through a reconstruction in which slavery is introduced in the north , “dixie” becomes the national anthem , new york city and boston burn , asians are made slaves along with blacks and jews are put on a reservation on long island . info is conveyed not only in usual combo of stills and narration , but via additional “fictional” creations , such as excerpts from “the jefferson davis story” ( rko , 1946 ) and “i married an abolitionist” ( 1955 ) , might - have - been tv shows ( “leave it to beulah” ) and commercials for the likes of “coon chicken inn” and “niggerhair” cigarettes ( actual products through the ’50s , per willmott ) .

some of the wittiest material posits canada as a haven for anti - slavery proponents . many eminent americans , including mark twain , susan b . anthony and ralph waldo emerson , move north , many negroes exile themselves there and the “cotton curtain” is constructed along the two countries’ massive border .

meanwhile , the confederacy pursues its ambition of a “tropical empire” by spreading its ideology into mexico and south america , then pursues world domination via a world war ii alliance with hitler , who is seen visiting the white house .

as the narrative crumbles nonsensically thereafter , willmott turns to mock tv shows and commercials to pad out the remaining running time , and climax turns on a “revelation” that scarcely seems far - fetched after the recent strom thurmond incident .

willmott offers up quite a few pointed ideas and imaginative flights of fancy that succeed , up to a point , in removing the insulation from the kind of race talk that most people avoid for one reason or another . but pic sorely needed an anarchic spirit and irreverent humor to provide both the hilarity and the discomfiture to make it really connect with audiences .

despite the inspiration provided by ken burns , aesthetic approach is at once zippier and less elegant than burns’ own . pic was made on modest means almost entirely in kansas .

production : a hodcarrier films presentation . produced by rick cowan . executive producer , marvin voth . co - producers , sean blake , matthew jacobson , benjamin meade . directed , written by kevin willmott .

crew : camera ( color / b & w ; video ; 1 . 33 aspect ratio ) , matthew jacobson ; editors , david gramly , sean blake ; music , kelly werts ; production designer , scott murry ; sound , mark bovos , rich stobaugh , robert sokol ; associate producers , ollie hall , kerwin looney ; assistant directors , timothy rebman , blake ; additional camera , tim de paepe , mike gunter , niki newland , troy paddock , fred paddock , roland schlotzhauer ; casting , wright / laird casting . reviewed at sundance film festival ( american spectrum ) , jan . 18 , 2004 . running time : 89 min .

a faux ken burns - style documentary recounting the last 140 years of american history as if the south had won the civil war , “c . s . a . : the confederate states of america” is more intriguing on paper than when it actually unspools onscreen . kevin willmott’s small - scaled but ambitious picture is well - researched , sometimes amusing and not unintelligent . still , the laudably [ … ]

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at least , that’s what many people believe about the notorious rowlett woman now on death row after savagely stabbing her 5 - and 6 - year - old sons 20 years ago monday as her husband and 7 - month - old son slept upstairs .

shortly after the murders , nbc5 ( kxas - tv ) captured video of routier — with bleached hair , smacking gum and giggling — spraying silly string on her sons’ graves . jurors in kerr county watched the video at least seven times before convicting routier of capital murder in 1997 for the deaths of one of the boys .

kee maintains her daughter’s innocence , saying an intruder killed the boys . and even two decades later , there are lingering questions in some minds about routier’s guilt .

some point to a bloody sock found in the alley behind the family’s home as proof routier was telling the truth about an intruder . others don’t believe routier is innocent but wonder if she really acted alone . and many people still have a hard time believing that a young mother could butcher her babies in cold blood .

prosecutors in the case believe the matter is settled , but it continues to wind its way through the state’s appellate court system . no date has been set for routier’s execution .

her attorney and family say they believe new dna testing will prove that someone else was in the home that night 20 years ago . they say the pending tests could give routier , now 46 , a chance at a new trial .

“this is not solved , ” kee said . “they have not found who killed my grandsons . that person is still walking the streets . ”

the case of a suburban mom fatally stabbing her young sons and then faking her own attack to cover the crime made national news in june 1996 .

photos of devon and damon routier , wearing matching white jackets and bowties , peppered tv screens and newspapers . and people had suddenly heard of rowlett , then a town of 35 , 000 people .

police were called to the routier home on eagle drive around 2 : 30 a . m . on june 6 , 1996 . devon , 6 , was already dead when paramedics arrived . he had been stabbed all the way through his torso .

damon , 5 , was gasping for breath . he had been stabbed in the back and died shortly after .

“it just tears at your heart , what those two boys went through that night , ” said lead prosecutor greg davis . “even 20 years later , it’s hard to think about the suffering they went through . it’s something you never forget . ”

routier had stab wounds on her right arm and a slash across her throat , within 2 millimeters of her carotid artery . she was taken to the hospital , where she underwent surgery .

she told police that damon woke her up and she saw a man leave through the garage . the screen over a window in the garage had been slashed . but detectives quickly suspected someone inside the home killed the boys , and medical professionals said routier’s wounds appeared self - inflicted . police , doctors and nurses who talked to routier after her sons’ murders described her as unaffected by their deaths . she didn’t appear to be grieving . the silly string video played into that narrative . friends , family and former neighbors described routier as a good mother . she had no reason to kill her baby boys , they said . but that silly string video painted a different picture . it showed a gleeful woman literally dancing on her slain babies’ graves . she was charged with two counts of capital murder days later . “the defense claimed she was grief - stricken and shocked , ” prosecutor davis said . “the video shows she wasn’t either of those . ”