DesertAttorney

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    At the very least the judge's political career is over.



    If I was an attorney in his court, the moment I got notice a case of mine was assigned to his division, I'd immediately petition for a change of judge. Here we get to do that once in every case and don't even need a reason...

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    I've said it before and I will say it again. If you want to get rid of bad cops you got to get rid of the police unions. Before you can fire a bad cop, you have to go through a wall of lawyers and legislation.

    Till you do that, you get what you get. Suck it up or make the change.



    ...and there you have it folks.
    Read it and weep.



    Police unions protect good cops against the whiny little prick thugs who readily attack Cops, but immediately cry brutality when their aggression is met in kind.

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    Forty-six percent of Americans say "Occupy Wall Street" represents the views of most Americans, compared to 34 percent who say it does not. Asked specifically what they think about "Occupy Wall Street" as a movement - as opposed to the ideas behind it - Americans were more reticent to offer an opinion: 25 percent said they had a favorable impression of the movement, 20 percent said they have an unfavorable impression, and 53 percent said they were undecided or haven't heard enough.




    http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20125515-503544/poll-43-percent-agree-with-views-of-occupy-wall-street/



    So what are the steps toward this "equalization" thievery you say is incoming? Are you a member of some Privy Council on Marxist Redistribution?

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    the 1% have lost control of the agenda...

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    While there are different agendas within the "Occupy Wall Street" movement, nearly all of the protesters say that wealth has become too concentrated among a relatively small group of Americans. The poll found that most Americans agree with that assessment: Two in three say that wealth is not distributed as equitably as it should be, while just one in four says wealth is distributed fairly.



    http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20125515-503544/poll-43-percent-agree-with-views-of-occupy-wall-street/



    Wealth is not to be distributed. It is to be earned. And, This is not preschool--No one ever said Life is fair, nor should it be forced to be.

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    Throughout the fall, the United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll has revealed an electorate that's extremely critical of Congress and wary of embracing any particular policy prescription for getting the American economy growing more briskly. The millionaire's surtax has cut through the clutter. Although it may not be surprising that 90 percent of Democrats support this Democratic proposal, it's notable that 71 percent of independents do and even 37 percent of Republicans like this kind of a tax increase.

    When it comes to those Wall Street protests, there's also a populist streak: Remarkably, nearly one-third of Republicans--31 percent--completely or mostly agree with their aims.



    http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/10/poll-most-americans-support-occupy-wall-street/246963/



    Again, once more for clarity: And...?

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    At a time when protests have erupted across the country over a growing inequality of wealth and Congress is considering measures to impose a surtax on those earning more than $1 million annually, the public seems to be in a populist mood--one that's tempered by skepticism about Washington's ability to do anything about the grim economy.

    A new survey shows that Americans overwhelmingly support the self-styled Occupy Wall Street protests that not only have disrupted life in Lower Manhattan but also in Washington and cities and towns across the U.S. and in other nations. Some 59 percent of adults either completely agree or mostly agree with the protesters.



    http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/10/poll-most-americans-support-occupy-wall-street/246963/



    And...?

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    getting silly...

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    Kayvan Sabehgi, 32, a former Army ranger who served two tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, is in intensive care with a ruptured spleen after being beaten with batons by police while he was walking home from an Occupy Oakland protest. After being arrested, he was left in agonizing pain for 18 hours before getting medical help. The Police and Sheriff's Department are investigating. Goddamn: you think?



    http://www.commondreams.org/further/2011/11/04-1



    Being a Veteran does not free one from the obligation to follow the law. He is entitled to no more or less consideration than a non-Veteran.

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    But I'm not seeing anybody arguing that known threats should have guns.



    Then I think you should reread this thread.



    I used to think that a panel of mental professionals would be a good way to determine if the mentally disturbed should be put into our legal system and judged competent and allowed their full rights as Americans... but after seeing how some of those supposed "professionals" act..I have to ask, who gets to make sure those selected for the panel are not megalomaniacal nutters.

    Too many of them are all too small minded people with their own personal agendas and on self-serving power trips.



    So what is your solution? To whom would you grant the power to adjudicate someone incompetent to have full rights?



    Lets go with all those here blithering about rights.... the REAL solution.. a Constitutional solution...

    GUNS FOR EVERYONE



    *facepalm*

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    But I'm not seeing anybody arguing that known threats should have guns.



    Then I think you should reread this thread.



    I used to think that a panel of mental professionals would be a good way to determine if the mentally disturbed should be put into our legal system and judged competent and allowed their full rights as Americans... but after seeing how some of those supposed "professionals" act..I have to ask, who gets to make sure those selected for the panel are not megalomaniacal nutters.

    Too many of them are all too small minded people with their own personal agendas and on self-serving power trips.



    So what is your solution? To whom would you grant the power to adjudicate someone incompetent to have full rights?

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    I mean for my car, I had a choice, BMW 3.0%, BoA (FU!) 2.5% and my credit union 1%
    Well that was an easy choice!



    With all due respect you are whining that BoA wanted to charge you 2.5% instead of 1%. This just illustrates the generational gap between those of us who experienced the last big recession as young people coming out of school and finding huge hurdles to overcome (the recession of the early 1980s) and this current economic climate we find ourselves in. Not saying things aren't bad now, except those of us who had to deal with the recession of the early 1980s, we also had to deal with double digit interest rates sometimes as high as 20%. And here you are whining about 2.5% rates.




    I didn't hear any whining, just smart consumerism.

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    >Don't support "Medical" Pot simply because you like to get stoned.

    I support medical marijuana both because it's a useful medicine for some diseases and I think it should be a legal drug. And I've never smoked anything in my life.



    Fair enough. I just refuse to support the intellectualy dishonest. If they came out and said legalize it, tax the bejezus out of it like Tobacco or Alcohol, and enforce DUI laws as stringently as they apply to Alcohol, I'd vote for it.

    Bullshit me and I will vote against it, and if you are caught with it--don't drop the soap.

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    Thought I'd give you guys another update FWIW....

    I have since gotten rid of my pup..although I loved her and gave her a ton of attention, she wasn't a right fir for my roommate and I, she just had too much energy for our little apartment. It broke my heart to get rid of her but she's going to have a great home with a big yard to play in...

    In regards to the biting incident, the girl who I'm paying decided to only make me pay half the bill. She finally came to her senses that there were 2 dogs involved, hers wasn't on a leash, and the $90 for an emergency vet visit wasn't my responsibility. We both agreed that splitting the bill half n half is the best possible solution for both of us...so signed papers and copies of bills and what not have been thrown out the door and she decided to settle it like adults...



    What is truly important here is: How big were the girl's boobs?

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    Thank you for your efforts to change things. If you have a green card or have voted to change the laws in favor of cannabis, Thank you so much.



    Just be intellectualy honest. Don't support "Medical" Pot simply because you like to get stoned. Support it openly, stating it is because you like getting stoned. Stop co-opting other's illness to advance your favorite vice.

    I opposed the AZ MediPot initiative simply because the majority of those who supported it wouldn't be honest about their motivations...

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    Would you vote for a religious leader for President? (I mean a Preacher/Rabbi/Imam, etc...)
    Why or why not?



    Fuck no. Someone whose job is pimping their brand of Invisible Man in the Sky? I'd prefer someone who knew how to run a business that actually produces something.

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    Nope.. no anarchy to be seen our here in the country...



    Actually, if, hypothetically, it really came right down to it (general uprising, revolution, etc.) your land in the country would really be more valuable than all the other stuff the occupiers are clamoring for. Can't eat cash or grow blueberries in a condo. All those really destitute folks and functionally disabled who are now totally dependent on the government for food and shelter would be the real losers.



    Canned food and Kalashnikovs...Canned food and Kalashnikovs.

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    Just an idea, JR:

    This man should have been moved into your close neighborhood. Including all his weapons and you knowing he's just a *bit* handicapped.

    If my memory serves me right, you are a father of several kids - how much would you appreciate that idea, old fellow?

    :|

    ..... he already had the guns.

    What sh*t is that? Nobody courageous enough to remove those deadly toys from his hands? Before he's enjoying himself playing with it?



    If he was declared mentally ill, the system is already supposed to take his weapons.

    You advocating a Stasi-like organization that keeps tabs on the mental health and firearm inventories of everyone? No thx.

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    But seriously - who the hell can afford to sit out someplace and not leave? And bitch about the professional homeless. Only those with significant resources. And few with resources they themselves earned.



    unemployed people can.



    Lots of expensive stuff (iPads, Macs, Smartphones, designer clothing) for those "unemployed" folk...

    A lot of rich kids slumming with a scant few bona fide poor folk. Rich kids who think it's cool to bite the hand that feeds them foie gras and beluga caviar.

    These people seem to fail to realize that Apple started in a Garage, and Google and Facebook started in dorm rooms. Hilton started as a single hotel...

    Stop whining about what you don't have, and go out and DO SOMETHING TO EARN IT.

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    And you're part of the 1% because you do own one. Self-hatred of one's socioeconomic group--creepy.



    If I suffered from self hatred I would have become a divorce lawyer, not an educator.:P


    Meh. No self-loathing here. I like money and winning. That's why I do what I do, which I do quite well...


    Does it ever both you to profit off the the despair and suffering of others...


    No.