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Schadow Vice Admiral
Joined: 30 Sep 2004 Posts: 936 Location: Huntsville, Alabama
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 2:16 am Post subject: McKinney beats the rap |
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Grand jury: A display of anger is not a criminal offense. But how about the battery against the officer? Hmmm?
I suppose we'll be treated to the inevitable press conference.
(Various sources)
Schadow _________________ Capt, 8th U.S. Army, Korea '53 - '54 |
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dusty Admiral
Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 1264 Location: East Texas
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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It's true, it's true! They really are 'above the law'.
Odds are Jefferson gets away with taking bribes on film with only a slap on the wrist.
And look at Kerry. One of the worst traitors this country has ever spawned and he's still up there. One of the 'good ole boys'.
And then we wonder why people don't bother to vote.
Dusty _________________ Left and Wrong are the opposite of Right! |
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Anker-Klanker Admiral
Joined: 04 Sep 2004 Posts: 1033 Location: Richardson, TX
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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I'm guessing this grand jury was from DC (anyone know for sure?) - the same citizens that saw fit to keep re-electing Mayor Barry. I guess we should have seen this one coming, if we'd really thought about it. |
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Schadow Vice Admiral
Joined: 30 Sep 2004 Posts: 936 Location: Huntsville, Alabama
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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Anker-Klanker wrote: | I'm guessing this grand jury was from DC (anyone know for sure?) |
Yes, it was a DC Grand Jury. Probably not the same jurors who sat on Barry's cases but drawn from the same pool.
I suppose one has to admit that our representative form of government is alive and well in spite of its warts. The people of McKinney's Georgia congressional district decided that she was the person best qualified to represent their interests. I can't imagine that, but there it is. Same with Rep. William Jefferson (D-La) and, sadly, Duke Cunningham (R-Ca) if you look at it objectively.
Two quotes from Winston Churchill are apt:
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." and,
"Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those others that have been tried."
It's sure in need of tweaking, though. For example, term limits maybe?.
Schadow _________________ Capt, 8th U.S. Army, Korea '53 - '54 |
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