AndyFromCB

No, me and Scott made up. We're all going to go golfing with 52H soon...

Conditions of Nakoula's probation included not using aliases and not using the internet without prior approval from his probation officer, cause you know, he was a felon convicted of fraud... And here is what Barry actually said: President Barack Obama called the video "crude and disgusting" in a speech to the United Nations this week, saying it was "insult not only to Muslims, but to America." But he cited the U.S. Constitution's free-speech guarantees in saying the U.S. cannot ban the video, adding "Americans have fought and died around the globe to protect the right of all people to express their views, even views that we profoundly disagree with." Sounds to me like a muslim apologist...

Me too, Scott, me too. Nakoula got arrested not for free speech, but for violating the terms of his probation. Here is his original crime: In 2010, Nakoula pleaded no contest to federal charges of bank fraud in California. Nakoula had opened bank accounts using fake names and stolen Social Security numbers, including one belonging to a 6-year-old child,[3] and deposited checks from those accounts to withdraw at ATMs.[26] The prosecutor described the scheme as check kiting: "You try to get the money out of the bank before the bank realizes they are drawn from a fraudulent account. There basically is no money."[7] Nakoula’s June 2010 sentencing transcript shows that after being arrested, he testified against an alleged ring leader of the fraud scheme, in exchange for a lighter sentence.[27][28][29] He was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison, followed by five years probation (supervised release), and ordered to pay $794,701 in restitution.[7][30] He was sent to prison, then to a halfway house,[31] and was released from custody in June 2011. So now you're championing felons? I was under the impression he would fall under the category of a thug not a right wing hero? But then one never knows with you guys. Look at Gordon and Scooter. Once again, it pays to do a bit of research as opposed to blindly repeating that you see on The Blaze. We call that due diligence.

Who got locked up? Never mind.

But as they say, squeaky wheel gets the grease. And while it squeaks, the theft of the rest of the cars on the lot can continue. However, you are incorrect that same sex marriage is 10th on everybody's list. Unholy union of GOP and "god" made it #1 on enough lists for the wealth redistribution from the middle class to the wealthy to continue. The democrats are not that well organized and if they were, they wouldn't care either, despite the pretenses... Conservatives have it right, there is a giant wealth transfer going on, except you have the direction all wrong.

Not exactly, as it tends to be patent trolls who file there. Some opinions coming out there would make this tread look like it was written by Ivy League scholars.

Actually, laws have to pass the "compelling public interest" muster...This is precisely why all same sex prohibition laws are failing. The state simply cannot demonstrate their reasons for discrimination...

And every patent case scampers to TX. Never hurts of have a sympathetic audience in case of 9th, or judges stuck in 19th century, in case of patent in TX.

Hey, I'll be the first one of admit it wasn't effective. I was simply stating that judges are only activist when they rule against your cause. According to our system of government, judges actually do have the right invalidate a law. As simply as that. Majority does not rule. And restrictive laws, on any sort of freedom, have to have basis in things other than simple bias of majority of population.

It doesn't matter that ship has sailed, you guys lost. Funny, apparently you didn't have that problem when a judge voted down Chicago's handgun ban, did you now? If it wasn't for all that SHOVE IT IN YOUR FACE, MAKE A BIG SHOW, gays would still be getting getting beat up by police on regular occasions like they were well into the 1990s. Dude, you're full of shit and using well worn out arguments, same arguments used in Love vs Virginia.

And how do you think they stepped over the line from few dumb rednecks to now a whole continent? It wasn't always like that. Cairo actually used to be a fun place to hang to chill...

I'm sorry, are you high? Give me a specific example of "animals like this being defended"? I can give you a list of multiple terrorist attacks committed in the name of deities of the three beforementioned religions committed in the last 1 year. Quite a lot of Christian on Muslim violence in Africa. Quite a few Hindu on Muslim violence in India. And don't get me started about the ultra right wingers in Isreal. All done with implied if not explicit state consent. Religion is just a tool being used in all of these fights and the people executing that violence are simply being "useful idiots". ISIS is nothing more but a wing of the Baath party. Saddam only became religious when it became useful for him. I despise religion not for its bullshit. You want to believe that a cosmic Jewish zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree, more power to you. But when you buy that, you can pretty much be made to buy anything else that comes with it. Including blowing yourself up for 72 virgins in heavens. It's just a tiny, tiny step to move in that direction.

I think this specific law is being passed for quite a different reason. Something to do with Article VI, Section 2. It's aimed specifically at the upcoming fifth circuit court decision. I have no desire to run for office. I'd rather continue to funnel money to ACLU.

Why? You are claiming that if the majority of TX decided that the penalty for two man/women kissing should be death or life imprisonment , then it should be in TX's power to charge, convict and execute. This is not a far fetched idea, as not so long ago, penalty for homosexual relations in one state was life in prison. And when I say not so long ago, I mean, 2002 and Idaho.

So you're in favor of laws that cannot be challenged in court? Are you even listening to yourself? First you tell the protesters if don't like the law, challenge it. Now you want to take away the ability to challenge it? Dude, listen to yourself, for once? Why even have laws then? Why have courts? Why just not let the mob lynch anyone at any time? After all, the mob is always the majority. And then you guys wonder why I call you crypto-fascists. Constitution is a tad larger of a document than half of the 2nd amendment, which quite frankly I do understand why you're all so enamored with, being it's not like you'd ever actually use it. Or does the process for regressive works like this: -obey law, if you agree with it, -challange law in court, if you disagree -protest with your representatives, if you disagree -shoot people Sure sounds like it to me...

Ok guys, Here is a great one. Texas and South Carolina just saw two bills introduced to ban judges from even hearing cases about gay marriage under the penalty of removal from office: A state or local governmental employee officially may not recognize, grant, or enforce a same-sex marriage license. If an employee violates this subsection, the employee may not continue to receive a salary, pension, or other employee benefit at the expense of the taxpayers of this State. A court of this State shall dismiss a legal action challenging a provision of this section and shall award costs and attorney’s fees to a person or entity named as a defendant in the legal action. I guess all issues facing these states (like the 3rd highest public debt in the nation, yeah, TX) have been solved. I love how the bill is challenge proof as well, any cases brought against must be automatically dismissed. And you all wonder why I feel that the tea party crowd is the one inching us one step closer to dictatorship. Stay classy, TEA PARTY A libtard I might be, but this one smells very fishy to me.

I see you point, makes all of us looking like crazies. I'm not the proudest of some of my 11pm drunken comments in retrospect, but I own them and I did apologize to Scott. Decided to quit drinking sometimes in December so if anything, this thread will save me some money now and in the future ;-) Maybe this thread just needs to get removed and no politics rule instituted on MS. We can all go over the pilots of america forum and argue there. They have a lively political thread there.

Still pro ACA, still pro Obama but I reserve my right to change my mind when presented with facts just like I did when I looked at tort reform pros and cons. Initially I simply looked at premium numbers and payout statistics. Then I dug deeper to try to understand. When I see 1%, it's not worth chasing to save money. When I see 5%, then there is something to it. But once again, tort reform alone won't do shit as it's still an issue of perception with 1% causing the other 4%. Dad would not step his foot in a KA of any sort if you gave him 100 million. It either has two jet engines and two pilots upfront, or he ain't flying in it. So not my video. Actually, I don't think there is any videos of me flying. Never really got on the "look at me" bandwagon. Still no twitter, facebook or instagram for me. I lead a fairly boring life and don't feel others would benefit much from watching it. It might actually be to their detriment to follow my example. Plus videos equal evidence in any future potential litigation.

Everyone and then see what sticks. That's the general anatomy of a personal injury lawsuit. Joint and several liability.

Council Bluffs/Omaha area, not Chicago. Love Chicago, but I like the fact my office is less than 5min away form my house and living in Chicago would kill what's left of my sanity. Happiest days every year is when we pack the plane up and head to even smaller places in the mountains. Never been a big fan of cities. I'm a redneck liberal with a large firearm and camping gear collection. No disagreement here. Wipe them out with extreme prejudice. However, I have always been against our methods of bringing a chain saw to perform brain surgery because first we must identify who needs killing and somehow all fingers always point to a very uncomfortable place, actually, one place: Saudi Arabia. Can't even fart in this world without money and that happens to be the primary funding source of all extremist Islamic activity.

Looked into some more, actually believe it or not, and came to a slightly different conclusion. 1% is still a correct number when it comes to premiums and liability paid. However, according to some studies, further 4% or so could be correlated to and caused by "defensive medicine". So once again, the only thing we've got to fear is fear itself.

Cannot separate one from the other anymore. When they started preaching how to vote form the pulpit and created an unholy alliance of trinity and GOP, the holy book or two became par for the course. When the good book is used as a diversionary tactic by throwing issues on a ballot at each election to limit rights of our fellow citizens, it needs to be pointed out for what it is. I find it hilarious how many people are now all "Je suis Charlie". Maybe they should take a look or do a google image search. Charlie happens to be one of the most leftists, anti-religious newspapers in the world. How about punching in "Charlie Hebdo Trinity" into google image search. You might just return saying "Je ne suis pas Charlie Hebdo". Scott knew what he was doing when he originally posted this and knew it was going to bring out the worst in people. Keeps this shit off the rest of the board.

Because it's America. To quote Winston Churchill: "you can always count on America to do the right thing, after they exhausted all other possibilities"

What do you mean what do I do. I call 911 then start giving CPR. That's what I'd do. Not a doctor, but I did take a wilderness medicine course, so CPR is the least I can do. Why is the guy jogging without any pants on?

Well, I'm not going to dig thru the dude's pants to look for a proof of insurance before calling 911, but then I don't know how you guys do things in NJ ;-) What if the guy is wearing "Mitt for president" T-Shirt? Now, there is a dilemma.