Thank you, I already knew that lol
Whasington DC, has the most call girls and gays in the nation, more gays than girls, in the yellow pages, I think conservatives may be going there more to refresh their minds lol, and see if they come up with some good ideas of their own.
I just wish they would come out of the closet, all of them. lol
Last edited by pentomato; 05-04-2009 at 12:53 AM.
Yeah, right!!!
A bloke is driving his Large Goods Vehicle up to a junction, doesn't stop, and crushes a cyclist, who has right of way, underneath his wheels.
When I say crushed, I mean crushed...
So, what sentence did this LGV driver get?
A £400 fine and six points on his license for failing to give way at a 'give way' sign.
There are plenty more examples of people who should be locked away for a long time serving little or no sentences. There was one bloke who was given community service for a violent crime.
Then there was the shyster who conned hundreds of people out of thousands of pounds, and was handed out concurrent sentences totalling 18 years, but because they were running concurrent, meant he only spent three years behind bars. His total scam was somewhere in the region of about £6 million. He even threatened some of his victims if they testified. This was all to do with damp proofing, and all his victims were pensioners.
The simple fact is that the more criminal you are, the lesser the sentencing you get, while the less criminal, like farmer Martin who was defending his farm against burglary, got a hefty sentence.
Still a long way to go to approach the idiocy of the US of A
'Shoot first' laws make it tougher for burglars in the United States
Published: Saturday October 27, 2007
Burglars in the United States could once sue homeowners if they were shot, but now a growing number of states have made it legal to shoot to kill when somebody breaks into a house.
John Woodson, 46, found that out last week when he ambled into Dennis Baker's open garage in a Dallas suburb. A surveillance video showed the robber strolling inside, hands in his pockets.
From the shadows, Baker opened fire and killed Woodson.
"I just had to protect myself and that was it," Baker told reporters despite the fact Woodson had not tried to enter the bedroom near the garage where Baker had been sleeping.
The incident made national headlines since it was Baker's parrot that gave the alarm when it innocently squawked "good morning" at the intruder.
But Woodson's death seemed anecdotal compared to another Dallas resident who a few days earlier had killed his second robber in three weeks inside his home.
Police are investigating both cases, but it is unlikely charges will be filed. Texas recently passed a law branding anybody breaking into a home or car as a real threat of injury or death to its occupants.
In contrast with traditional self-defense laws, this measure does not require that a person who opens fire on a burglar be able to prove that he or she was physically threatened, that force was used only as a last resort and that the victim had first tried to hide.
Florida was the first state to adopt in 2005 a law that was dubbed "Stand your ground" or "Shoot first."
But now they have proliferated largely under pressure from the powerful National Rifle Association (NRA), the main weapons lobby in the United States.
Today 19 out of 50 US states, mostly in the south and the central regions of the country, have this kind of laws, and similar legislation is pending in about a dozen others.
"This law will bring common-sense self-defense protections to law-abiding citizens," said Rachel Parsons, a spokesperson for the NRA.
"If someone is breaking into your home, it's obvious that they are not there to have dinner with you," she continued. "You do have a right to protect your belongings, your family and yourself.
"The law needs to be put on the side of the victim, and not on the side of the criminal, who is attacking the victim."
But for the Freedom States Alliance that fights against the proliferation of firearms in the United States, these new laws attach more value to threatened belongings than to the life of the thief and only serve to increase the number of people killed by firearms each year, which currently is estimated to stand at nearly 30,000.
"It's that whole Wild West mentality that is leading the country down a very dangerous path," said Sally Slovenski, executive director of the alliance.
"In any other country, something like the castle doctrine or stand-your-ground laws look like just absolute lunacy," she continued.
"And yet in this country, somehow it's been justified, and people just sort of have come to live with this, and they just don't see the outrage in this."
Last edited by IdolEyes787; 05-04-2009 at 02:16 AM.
Gotcha...hookers and escorts=gay.
And you contend that there are more of them in DC than say, New York, LA or Vegas.
See, had you stated that DC has more lawyers per capita than anywhere in the US, that would probably pass the initial "truthiness" sniff test (although I have no idea if it's actually the case), but gays and hookers?Originally Posted by pentomato
Uh, no.
"I am the one who knocks."- Heisenberg
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