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"there is none so blind as he who will not see" The question is, did I post that to refer to you, or to your "flag wavers?" witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

No way. If you and kallend are Jedi icons, I am definitely Sith. Darth En-ar-ray has a nice ring, don't you think? witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

That ranks right up there with "thusly." Lord how I hate that (non)word. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

The only difference between ponzi and America's social security is that ponzi made short term promises he couldn't keep, while social secuirty makes long term promises it can't keep. Returns: ninety days versus forty years. Lasted: two hundred days versus... well we're at seventy years and getting there. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

As for the Dems championing that, post some proof. My politicas aren't lock-steped as I've seen most Repubs. I am critical of Clinto for signing NAFTA, even tho Bush 1 started it, he signed it. Clinton pardoned SLimington and did a couple other things I disagree with, so I don't always agree with the Dem Party. I'm not convinced Derug was a Democratoc baby. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/transportation/jan-june03/airlines_1-9.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline_Deregulation_Act Carter intentionally brought in the man who dismantled the CAB, and democratic senator Howard Cannon introduced S 2493 to deregulate the airlines. It was the democrats. Personally I'm not against the idea of the airline deregulation, I just don't understand why you would intentionally subject an industry to market forces and then costantly step in to bail them out when they have trouble coping. If the market isn't supporting a business, that business needs to adapt of go under. I still don't understand why you hate government control when you call it fascism, but love government control when you call it socialism. They're basically the same thing. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

I'm not saying snopes is BS, just that they don't always have all the facts, either. Two demerits for spelling x2 (it's not an insult until you call me names or start accusing me) First there's a story about gangland initiations, and everyone believes it. Then there's a story about it being a hoax that never happened, and every one believes it. Do you think maybe neither absolute is true? (nah, because newspapers never get it wrong) Honestly, more often than not when you have more than one law enforcement agency involved, one hand doesn't know what the other is doing. Unless those reporters spent hours calling every city with a gang or weeks going through old police reports themselves, they're just going with a story that will bring ratings. Who says it actually has to be fact? No doubt he's a mess, and he got himself into one. I'm just not ready to label him a murdering psychopath and condemn him to hell. If you're playing Yoda, can I be Obi-wan? witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Lets define "grasp" after seeing this bit of homework http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/lightout.asp Well, if you read it on snopes, it must be true. I guess I should ignore the fact that I personally viewed crime scene photos and interned with a crime scene unit who covered such an incident (PG County, MD). They suspect it was MS 13. I suppose I should ignore testimony of a Florida officer who was first responder to a random shooting in which the victim had no gang ties and couldn't think of any reason someone would shoot at his car (he honked instead of flashing brights -no personal injury, just holes in the fender and hood). They have no clue who the shooter was. I hate to be the one to break it to you, but snopes is just another website. It can be just as wrong as any other. Even if the CS Unit was completely wrong, even if the florida officer was lying through his teeth (I don't believe either to be the case), my point still stands that gangs have no standards other than greed and violence, and describing law enforcement as lower than these scum is wrong. ps - your next assignment: How To Make Your Link -CLICKY- (1) Two demerits for grammar. correction: "Face it, this cop, like all cops, is human." (2) If the first incident is one quarter as severe as EBSB describes it (considering how he talks about infamous NYPD incidents, it's probably less than 1/4), then the officer should have been counselled and reviewed for termination. The fact that he is the most expensive officer in the department's history just shows that men like him don't become officers often, and when they do they don't stay officers. He is very human, and made a very questionable choice, twice. If I took EBSB52's words for fact, I'd agree that the former officer should rot in hell. As I try to read facts and bypass BS, I'll say he screwed up, has/is suffering, and is now a fired cop who can't get a gardening job. I'm just wondering what "better system" EBSB52 is going to describe for us. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Maybe they're being nice to you, because no woman's ever had to tell me that. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

They didn't deserve it, but it's hardly unexpected. Idiocy is bad. Don't do idiocy. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Murder 2nd degree = intentional killing. Chasing a person that is of no danger to you and shooting them in the back is intentional kiling. I thought you understood the law better than that. Yes, murder in the 2nd is an intentional killing, but not every intentional killing is murder in the 2nd. Uh, I disagree. I think depts look for egos like this Then you know less about law enforcement hiring than I thought. Call any law enforcement agency and ask about their hiring proceedures and screening processes. SO was OJ.....OJ really didn't do it either, right? Not guilty is not the same thing as innocent. However, that doesn't mean you should treat people who've been aquitted the same as convicts. Have you looked? Yes, and I didn't find anything. Have you looked? If so, what did you find? If nothing better, then be happy we have the best. If you haven't, what right do you have to bitch? Gangbangers, not defending them at all, but they do have standards and they would not kill unarmed women that are driving kids around for the most part. Hell, you know the deal if you hurt a mother or child and go to prison - yes, they have standards. I really thought you had a better grasp on crime than this. First, do some homework on gang initiations. It was a common initiation rite to drive around at night with your lights off and let the new guy shoot at the first person who flashed brights you. Second, gangbangers are the epitomy of "spray and pray." They'll do their best to hose down a city block trying to 'cap' one enemy in a drive-by. Third, look at the retaliations against rival gang's families. Woman and children are not off limits to street gangs. These gutter scum have no standards, and it's truly amazing that you believe gangs have more and higher standards than police officers. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

No one. (do we need to dig up pics of cruisers buried in living rooms. or reports of injuries caused by reckeless riders?) Idiocy hurts everyone. Unfortunately, far too often it seems to hurt the offender least. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Do you want every defendant's address made public knowledge? Obviously being found not guilty in a trial doesn't mean a person is innocent, but should they all be treated like serial sex offenders? Or do you just want this ex-cop to suffer more? (did the child die? if not, who was the second life?) I read a study similar to the one you describe, but it studied gangsters like Al Capone and his ilk, not gangbangers like the local crips and bloods. Have you got a good place to look for te source? (I didn't find it online) As for the "cap" comment, well, when you have to deal with the scum of the earth you have to learn to communicate with them. Sometimes your English or Spanish blurs to include their trash. You do realize that most murderers are cowards, and would very much prefer to come on someone from behind than stand and face them like a man, right? Your hatred for all cops is showing again. He is responsible for her death, which technically makes him a killer, but he is not a murderer. He is guilty of making a poor choice in a split second decision. In most instances, law enforcement hiring will remove such a person from the applicant pool, and if not the poor choice tends not to cost anything remmotely near a human life. In this instance, it did. He was tried in court and not convicted. He was considered by the city and fired. Not everyone agrees with both of those points, but the system performed as designed. It's not perfect, but I've yet to find a better one. You're kidding, right? witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

I think we can all agree that stupidity can get you and others killed in just about any activity, but that's no reason to come down on everyone who participates, recklessly and responsibly. Yes? Good? Wonderful. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

No, you didn't use the word sniper in your post. You used a defintion. And where did you get the definition "rifle capable of firing a center-fire cartridge in .50 caliber, .50 BMG caliber, any other variant of .50 caliber, or any metric equivalent of such calibers," hmm? It was from a bill with "50 Caliber Sniper Weapon" in the title. It was from the section of that bill that defines what a "50 Caliber Sniper Weapon" is. Yes, after revisions, the bill now excludes handguns and black powder firearms. Does that mean it makes sense now? Only if you consider all the .50 caliber cartridges I mentioned to be sniper rounds. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Look into the .50 beowulf, or the .50 gibbs. or the rifle being chambered for the new .500 smith and wesson cartidge. Just because something is .50 centerfire doesn't mean it is a "sniper weapon." That des n't even begin to cover how ridiculuos the ban on .50 BMG rifles is in the first place. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Stiles was the bitchy one that dated Heath Ledger (in some movie) and the dancer who moved to the city (other movie)? (yeah, I don't know those movie titles and I'm damn proud of it) If that's her, I can see the resemblence. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

back when America was a republic, not an empire... ***America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She well knows that by one enlisting under other banners than her own, were they even the banners of foreign independence, she would involve herself beyond the power of extrication in all the wars of interest and intrigue, of individual avarice, envy and ambition, which assume the colors and usurp the standards of freedom. — JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1821) ...and then there's that popular bit about "foreign entanglments." Think anyone in Washington DC has taken that to heart? witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

I know that's how they use the law, but if you reallt read it, everything is based on what the owner intends to use it for. How could they show that I intend another purpose? witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Well, I've got the idolization and worship thing going on already, so I don't need to post those pics. the drinkin bone's connected to the party bone... witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Get yourself one of these dogs? witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Whaa? They don't look like each other at all - how do you look like both? witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

I've gotten "Matt Damon" more times than I care to remember. Two or three times I've heard "that guy frm rincess Bride." Of course, when I was in school I had people come up to me everyday thinking I was either "Jack" or "Ryan." I never met the guys, but apparently we're separated triplets. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Hence the 'aka' definition. It's only a bad thing when no one is doing it to you. Most people's principles are funny that way... witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

[skeevy VN voice] Anny-ting you wahhhn [/voice] witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Lots of people. Am I the only guy with a great ass who hasn't posted it? WTF? Women, not men, are supposed to be "degraded and treated like meat" (aka idolized and worshipped). witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*