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Re: Quick Hits

jonoflocke — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:55:41 -0400

Already, elected officials in Salisbury and Wilson are trying their hands at providing cable and Internet and thinking they can do better than private businesses working specifically in the industry.

It helps, of course, that if they're wrong, they aren't bearing the huge financial risk — they've put the risks all on the taxpayers, of course.

Re: Hate crime hoax?

cdtew — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:49:01 -0400

Generally, the Klan and Westboro are not liable to be prosecuted, because the organization generally doesn't commit a crime. Therefore there is no "ideological conspiracy" to prosecute.

Now, the individual members may commit crimes, and they may be charged with hate crimes, but its not like the Sheriffs are tackling large, multi-state organizations in hate crimes circumstances.

Generally, the only way the Klan has ever been brought down is under RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) charges for tax fraud, money laundering or other financial crimes, as well as for endangering minors and violating various other social prohibitions. Those are mostly federal charges anyways.

Which brings me to my main point. The Feds don't come in on state hate crime charges. Period. That's a state charge, and state prosecutors and investigators work it. They Feds only come in when a limited and rare number of circumstances are met.

Re: Quick Hits

Gosh — Sat, 02 May 2009 10:50:48 -0400

(And don't try sprinkling the grits. That's an urban legend started by the grit sellers.)

So true. Especially if you add cheese. That attracts an entirely different kind of gluttonous varmint.

Re: Quick Hits

domewatcher — Sat, 02 May 2009 10:42:32 -0400

Getting thrown off BlueNC is bad enough but what is worse is the fact you tried to post over there in the first place. You should have known better.

They're like fire ants. The only way to get them is to bait them. To do that simply post some normal stuff over here. It drives them crazy.....normalcy. They fear reason, John Hood and fried foods. Just sprinkle a little common sense here and watch them swarm.

(And don't try sprinkling the grits. That's an urban legend started by the grit sellers.)

Re: Hate crime hoax?

Gosh — Sat, 02 May 2009 09:10:27 -0400

Foxx speaketh the truth.

BitterEx or FFC or whoever you are now, the "special treatment" for those victims of ideolical crime is the same for all terrorists. The Feds come in. That's it.

Not every po-dunk Sheriff in America is equipped to prosecute an ideological conspiracy like the Klan, Eric Rudolph or the Westboro Baptist Church without some help.

Re: Quick Hits

Gosh — Sat, 02 May 2009 08:57:08 -0400

Come on punks and bullies I am here. They may have kicked me off of BlueNC for disagreeing with their attacks on Republicans but I am here.

Great Paul! Er, welcome.

But don't climb down off that Cross on our account.

Re: Hate crime hoax?

BitterEXdemocrat — Sat, 02 May 2009 08:48:46 -0400

The real HOAX is that 'hate crimes legislation' gives special treatment to certain groups which is UNconstitutional. Foxx speaketh the truth.

Virginia Foxx is a hoax of a human being

Real_Americans_Think — Fri, 01 May 2009 23:13:30 -0400

Virginia Foxx is a hoax of a human being, but like Repugnant-CANTs in general she is a bigoted homophobe and engages in revisionist misinformation to suit a Repug gay hating agenda. When is America going to wake up to the shameful depravity of Repugs - Repugs are not moral just because they proclaim themselves to be good Christians and wrap themselves in the flag. At best, Repugs like Foxx are ignorant, if not hateful, or perhaps just incredibly stupid.

Re: Quick Hits

PaulTerrell — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:49:53 -0400

Quote from a previous post: I didn't hear your outrage when Sen. Robert Byrd used the phrase "white n****r" several times in an interview. Not the words that a former KKK grand dragon (or what ever they call themselves) should use.

Do you actually believe those on the far left to be fair and honest in their attacks on anyone who does not agree with their views?
Just look at the slime balls who are still attacking Miss California. Apparently it is not ok to believe in traditional marriage. Come on punks and bullies I am here. They may have kicked me off of BlueNC for disagreeing with their attacks on Republicans but I am here. Oh and how did Al Gore make $100 million off of his global warming scam? The left just proves day in and day our how corrupt it is.

Re: Quick Hits

Gosh — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:15:05 -0400

I am still awaiting your refute of my arguments as to why it was appropriate to water board Mohammed...

You already admitted you were against waterboarding in that thread after being caught in countless other false assertions.

What particular coffin nail are you waiting for now? You conceded waterboarding is torture, and then threw Burr under a bus.

You don't get this debate stuff at all do you, Citizen?

When you lose, it's over!

Re: Quick Hits

Gosh — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:45:07 -0400

The death threats her office receives are turned over to the Capitol Hill Police force to investigate not to local police authorities.

Whoops.

The Capitol Police are unaware of any death threats against the congresswoman. Sgt. Kimberly Schneider, a spokeswoman for the Capitol Police, tells the Sleuth there is "no ongoing investigation" of the matter, which means the police have received no information about death threats from Foxx's office.

I think the Good Congresswoman should produce these death threats to the proper authorities before spewing another word, don't you?

Re: Quick Hits

Gosh — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:42:11 -0400

She has a relatively (compared to other congressmen) small staff and it would be impossible to answer every call as it comes in.

That's her choice as all get the same budget allocation for constituent services.

You can either spend it on Franked Mail for re-election or Constituent Services to help people.

I'm not surprised the Good Lady from Banner Elk that promised to not bring tax money home also didn't invest in staff for constituents.

Re: Quick Hits: Virginia Foxx

lpetrou — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:35:53 -0400

Kedavra I agree with what you wrote. But it is hard to have a rational discussion on this issue as it has been not a discussion over an issue but one over emotions. What those two men did was hate filled, but they are paying the price. If it had been classified a hate crime under this new legislation what additional could be done to them? This is just a step towards a thought police mentality.

Re: Quick Hits

lpetrou — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:29:23 -0400

The death threats her office receives are turned over to the Capitol Hill Police force to investigate not to local police authorities. And to the snide comment about her phone not being answered could it be because of the unusually large number of calls that are coming into her office? She has a relatively (compared to other congressmen) small staff and it would be impossible to answer every call as it comes in. As a result the voice mail box gets full quickly and it is almost impossible to clean out. Take a deep breathe folks. Calm down. She would not be the first politician to say something stupid. Her only sin as far a most of you are concerned is that she is a woman and a Republican. I didn't hear your outrage when Sen. Robert Byrd used the phrase "white n****r" several times in an interview. Not the words that a former KKK grand dragon (or what ever they call themselves) should use.

Re: Quick Hits

GrayJ — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:16:54 -0400

James you know you are probably right there have never been any extremist "commie hippies".....Without opening the history book, didn't "commie hippies" violently deny free speech in Chapel Hill just weeks ago? No left wingers would never take extreme measure, just those crazy gun-toting hillbillies.