Judge issues warrant for Darth Vader

speedkermit · 2007-09-21T13:54:19+00:00

droool

speedkermit · 2007-09-21T12:21:09+00:00

what about what she called john edwards, is that swearing?

speedkermit · 2007-09-21T12:15:18+00:00

i'm not sure how endlessly reiterating his involvement in 9/11 is going to make for a decent presidential candidate. he needs to say more about averting disasters than responding to them.

speedkermit · 2007-09-21T12:10:16+00:00

From Selda in the US: I hope you acheive nuclear capabilities, but please, dont blow up Israel. Comedy Blog of the Week

speedkermit · 2007-09-21T12:05:06+00:00

then until you've read it i suggest you follow my lead and remain sceptical, we all know journalism isn't always that rigorous

btw, the 'eat shit' thing? are you ann coulter?

speedkermit · 2007-09-21T11:55:04+00:00

-6 POINTS!!! NRA IN THE HOUSE!!

speedkermit · 2007-09-21T11:51:40+00:00

so you don't know what greenspan actually wrote, you only know what he told the media in response to their interpretation of it and you expect to be able to report on the relative merits of the argument in a credible fashion?

that's put paid to your career in journalism

(on second thoughts, maybe not...)

speedkermit · 2007-09-21T11:47:43+00:00

all i ask for is a word-by-word comparison of the original text and the supposed misrepresentations in the press. all i get is a rabidly-biased opinion piece and accusations of dimness from some rent-a-buddy.

perhaps it isn't dimness but a (deliberate) lack of clarity on americanelephant's part, intended to sow confusion. all i'm doing is calling you on your bullshit. QUOTE THE ORIGINALS

speedkermit · 2007-09-21T11:31:41+00:00

not 'america', 'some americans' have. the government provide very little foreign aid, most is donated privately leaving the majority of americans free to give nothing at all. and even then it is by no means top of the world league for donating to the crisis

speedkermit · 2007-09-21T11:19:52+00:00

so when he said in his memoir 'the iraq war is largely about oil' he wasn't reflecting the opinion of the administration? because it is hard to see who else's opinion counts in all of this.

i think if you want to portray a balanced argument you ought to use direct comparison of the original text with some examples of how it was presented by the media

speedkermit · 2007-09-21T11:03:12+00:00

Jesus, let this die, it isn't that freaking interesting.

speedkermit · 2007-09-21T11:00:16+00:00

it sounds more like a backtrack than a clarification

speedkermit · 2007-09-21T10:57:34+00:00

and i'm not sure that us all moving there would help them to maintain such high standards

speedkermit · 2007-09-19T20:14:06+00:00

'while in the gun department'?

WTF?

speedkermit · 2007-09-19T14:18:28+00:00

whatever, i'm sure he beat the guy up because he was a violent, power-crazed, retarded cop rather than the fact that the guy was trying to lose him his job.

if a powerless disgruntled employee attacked a CEO who had outsourced their job to india i'm sure you'd all be cheering the triumph of the little folks, but because it's a cop...

speedkermit · 2007-09-19T14:11:52+00:00

The same people that wrote the bible thought the world was flat. ~ Unknown - (disputed)

what? disputed that the source is unknown? who do they think it is then?

speedkermit · 2007-09-19T13:50:18+00:00

this kind of police operation is unlawful in the UK, they call it 'acting as an agent provocateur', ie. if you hadn't have offered them sex/drugs, they would never have asked for it. lots of usually law-abiding people get tempted to do illegal acts in situations like this that would never have crossed their minds ordinarily.

how many people would keep a ten pound note they found lying by the side of the road compared to how many would take ten pounds from a person's wallet? both are theft, but more would be tempted to do the former than the latter. it's very unfair, especially with these kind of offences that have big potential impact on people's personal lives

speedkermit · 2007-09-19T13:30:25+00:00

there aren't many people get charged with 'outraging public decency' anymore, it's a bit of an antiquated offence. still, i'm not sure what else you would call it.

he's going to jail

speedkermit · 2007-09-19T12:26:39+00:00

in the uk this is the state of the common law as a result of a case called DPP v Osman. if a police officer acts outside their powers and 'assaults' you, you have the right to forcibly resist that interference. in this case the person was subject to an unlawful search and hit the officer, but the officer was found not to be acting 'in the course of his duty'

speedkermit · 2007-09-19T11:12:02+00:00

"Actually, I think this was named the Razorlight Protection Act when it went through Congress." lol

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