tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post3955007029155305428..comments2024-02-24T05:19:10.949-05:00Comments on Durham-in-Wonderland: Tracey Cline's Philosophy of Justice (Updated)kcjohnson9http://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-6750097072060461322011-09-17T04:28:09.630-04:002011-09-17T04:28:09.630-04:00After the working day is over, Mike Nifong and Tra...After the working day is over, Mike Nifong and Tracy Cline walk into a Durham bar, and Cline shouts, "We're here, get it over with!" <br /><br />The bartender says, "What?"<br /><br />Nifong then looks the bartender straight in the eye and calmly announces, "The News&Observer told us we need to be here right now."<br /><br />Not knowing anything about what the former prosecutor was talking about, the bartender drew back the blinds and pointed through the window at a pub across the street, "Are you sure the N&O wasn't talking about that bar?"<br /><br />"No," they both shouted together, "dis bar."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-42008338766225092182011-09-16T00:12:37.420-04:002011-09-16T00:12:37.420-04:00"This is off subject, but is ANYTHING at all ...<i>"This is off subject, but is ANYTHING at all actually happening in the civil suit?"</i><br /><br />When the entire establishment of a state (to include its courts and judiciary) are scared to death of having the full truth made public, it sometimes takes a bit of a struggle to get that truth out. (MOO)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-4042894975439363622011-09-15T17:20:38.582-04:002011-09-15T17:20:38.582-04:00This is off subject, but is ANYTHING at all actual...This is off subject, but is <b>ANYTHING</b> at all actually happening in the civil suit?jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01287697720919718478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-16628740563528208952011-09-14T18:33:13.523-04:002011-09-14T18:33:13.523-04:00I've been lurking the lacrosse case since the ...I've been lurking the lacrosse case since the beginning. I predict that Cline will continue to dig the hole she is in for some time to come. To quote more than one hooligan, " you can't make this $hit up". I have my popcorn. Entertain me Tracy!QuadDognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-92012137191908464462011-09-14T15:27:29.832-04:002011-09-14T15:27:29.832-04:00Is Cline a Communist?Is Cline a Communist?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-3349982628014656552011-09-14T10:12:14.441-04:002011-09-14T10:12:14.441-04:00Cline's ad in the HS.
What. A. Beyotch.
More...Cline's ad in the HS.<br /><br />What. A. Beyotch.<br /><br />More of a bint, actually.RighteousThugnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-37502874073392670902011-09-14T08:45:23.762-04:002011-09-14T08:45:23.762-04:00I apologize for a tangent here, but remember the 8...I apologize for a tangent here, but remember the 88 and how the pot banging was orchestrated?<br /><br />It appears that a similar thing may have happened yesterday in Wisconsin.<br /><br />The "Vice Provost for Diversity and Climate Change" - and that appears to be his actual title - sent out the following "Important Invitation" for an "urgent meeting" to University of Wisconsin-Madison students.<br /><br />http://diversity.wisc.edu/spotlights/important-announcement/<br /><br />The meeting is described in the following:<br /><br />http://badgerherald.com/news/2011/09/13/report_spurs_uw_stud.php<br /><br />Here is the quotation that reminded me of the 88 and pot-bangers:<br /><br />“Don’t wait for us to show the way,” Williams said to students, who were already assembling poster board to make signs against the CEO president’s report and visit.<br /><br />Here is what happened next:<br /><br />http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/education/campus_connection/article_fcf57b76-de46-11e0-9c1b-001cc4c002e0.html<br /><br />A small excerpt:<br /><br />"Unfortunately when escorting meeting attendees out of the hotel through a private entrance, staff were then rushed by a mob of protesters, throwing employees to the ground."jim2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-78918310575032769462011-09-13T22:18:46.676-04:002011-09-13T22:18:46.676-04:00KC:
I see you have coined a new phrase: Perry-esq...KC:<br /><br />I see you have coined a new phrase: Perry-esque. I assume its meaning is to denigrate or to ridicule. Correct?<br /><br />Allow me to offer a suggestion. Take a few moments and listen to any public conversation with either Joe Biden or Al Gore (both VPs). Then come back and tell me you are concerned about the quality of Perry's remarks.<br /><br />You're a good man, KC. You're just a dyed in the wool liberal. That's a shame.<br /><br />Ken - DallasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-48995955947026118462011-09-13T02:25:40.470-04:002011-09-13T02:25:40.470-04:00Excellent post, Jim Peterson. Great series of post...Excellent post, Jim Peterson. Great series of posts, Professor Johnson. Cline should be removed by the State Bar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-47311315853182850932011-09-12T22:02:55.573-04:002011-09-12T22:02:55.573-04:00Has anyone asked Cline why she did not immediately...Has anyone asked Cline why she did not immediately investigate Nifong for obstruction of justice and witness intimidation for his treatment of Elmostafa;<br /><br />Gottlieb and Himan for putting false statements on a warrant request; and<br /><br />Judge Bushfan for agreeing to convict another defendant for Nifong (intimidation)?<br /><br />As DA, she could have taken all these actions without needing anyone else's consent. (No need for the DOJ or the SBI to become involved.)<br /><br />And as a DA committed to "doing what's right", regardless of social class or ethnicity or gender, what other choice did she have?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-33728331943843691412011-09-12T19:24:20.316-04:002011-09-12T19:24:20.316-04:00Cline seems to be trying to justify her decisions ...Cline seems to be trying to justify her decisions and methods as a prosecutor with a mixture of, "My heart tells me where the truth is about a case", and "I need to get re-elected and to get along in the sewer of a legal culture that I choose to live in." If both parts of my summary are correct, Cline is admitting that she has the heart-based instincts of a sewer dweller.<br />Perry could best be translated as, "We teach abstinence education because we believe abstinence is morally superior to non-abstinence (and if adhered to will prevent pregnancy, disease, etc.) And we will teach it even if teaching it has no measurable effect on teen pregnancy - because it is the right thing to do per se. We test for steroids among all athletes and statewide we find single digit numbers of violations. But we test for them because kids really should not take steroids and we will not, as a matter of principle, give a hint of acceptance of that happening. IOWs, this is not about the money."<br />In ways this Cline-like; but in some ways it is different.<br />The case regarding the possible wrong conviction and subsequent execution - it has been discussed here for years. The forensic evidence supporting the conviction may have been crap, I do not really know. But the Governor in Tx. can do little to stop the process once it gets to his desk unless there is something clearly and dramatically wrong with the case. In that case he was not being told by the responsible sources that such problems existed.<br />As a matter of per capita executions Texas is by no means the highest.hmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-12078568853448839472011-09-12T18:07:18.812-04:002011-09-12T18:07:18.812-04:00It's quite obvious that Durham replaced its no...It's quite obvious that Durham replaced its notorious disbarred, disgraced District Attorney with another who appears to be as fundamentally misguided, and who is arguably as ethically challenged and seemingly incompetent as the hapless Nifong. <br /><br />Perhaps one day Durham will see the error of its ways and begin to elect to public office individuals who understand what their actual duties are and what they should be, and how they are to comport themselves in the performance of those duties. Until then, however, Durham County will continue to be associated as much with Wonderland as with the State of North Carolina.<br /><br />All is not lost, I suppose. In addition to Nifong and Cline, not to mention Gottlieb, Wilson and Meehan, among others, there are also balanced, dedicated, and effective individuals working in the criminal justice system, such as Joe Cheshire, Wade Smith, Roy Cooper, Brad Bannon, Jim Cooney, and many others. Unfortunately, not only are they tasked with carrying out their own duties but they also have to act as watchdogs for rogue prosecutors and their enablers. It's not the way the system is supposed to work, but there it is.Scot Foleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-20864963860484168292011-09-12T12:33:42.164-04:002011-09-12T12:33:42.164-04:00If it were possible, communities everywhere suffer...If it were possible, communities everywhere suffering from their local versions of Mike Nifong or Tracy Cline should hire a battalion of KC Johnsons, and turn them loose. <br /><br />"Nifonged" has already become a recognized word in ordinary usage. According to the "Urban Dictionary",<br /><br />"Nifonged describes the railroading or harming of a person with no justifiable cause, except for one's own gain. It is someone being taken advantage of unfairly by someone without scruples or morals."<br /><br />We can now begin to define a new word, "Clined".<br /><br />First try: "Clined describes the railroading or harming of a person by someone who has appointed themselves the final arbiter of the truth without consideration to verifiable facts or the rule of law"<br /><br />Unfortunately, people like KC Johnson do not work for money, and cannot be found by placing an ad in the help-wanted columns.<br /><br />Jim PetersonJim In San Diegohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959286127760699852noreply@blogger.com