tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post4640519712788885798..comments2024-02-24T05:19:10.949-05:00Comments on Durham-in-Wonderland: Defending the Durham Status Quokcjohnson9http://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-90600362834649759542007-05-31T23:56:00.000-04:002007-05-31T23:56:00.000-04:0010:59Oh, hello Mikey.Thanks, but no thanks.10:59<BR/><BR/>Oh, hello Mikey.<BR/>Thanks, but no thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-74941579995067708072007-05-31T22:59:00.000-04:002007-05-31T22:59:00.000-04:00How can I help defend Durham status quo? Being a g...How can I help defend Durham status quo? Being a giving person, I'm there to help.<BR/><BR/>AGPA Giving Personhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10690736831680276718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-34163516948450011562007-05-31T21:35:00.000-04:002007-05-31T21:35:00.000-04:00I thought that Prof. KC Johnson himself is a liber...I thought that Prof. KC Johnson himself is a liberal, so it's quite amusing to me reading all the liberal-bashing going on here. I'm a liberal, too, but I'm just as incensed at Knifong, the DPD, and the Group of 88 as much as the next fair-minded person. Oh well. Anyway, I was disappointed when the Indy endorsed Knifong for DA during the Nov elections. I certainly didn't vote straight ticket that time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-54716393860430043002007-05-31T21:07:00.000-04:002007-05-31T21:07:00.000-04:00to anonymous @ 8:34 PMI had forgotten that both Ed...to anonymous @ 8:34 PM<BR/><BR/>I had forgotten that both Edwards and Kerry raised the issue of Cheney's daughter's lesbianism to try to make political hay in 2004. Good point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-25757160722462468102007-05-31T20:34:00.000-04:002007-05-31T20:34:00.000-04:008:21pm HamiltonRe: The Cheneys. For me, what stan...8:21pm Hamilton<BR/><BR/>Re: The Cheneys. For me, what stands out about the "caring" liberals are people like John and Elizabeth Edwards. I feel sorry about her cancer, but millions of Americans get cancer and don't have the kind of money the have from suing the very medical system that is giving Elizabeth such good care. I hope she pulls through, but she has a very cancerous persona.<BR/>Edwards and his wife might be even more artificial that the Clintons. Forget about him getting $400 haircuts. Forget about them building a tasteless 6 million home. What reveals their true character is the way both of them continued to bring up Mary Cheney's lesbianism during the 2004 campaign.<BR/>Mary Cheney is not a public figure and the Edwards used a daughter of a rival as political fodder. I find the both of them repulsive and artificial. John Edwards will go nowhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-2602871556764000442007-05-31T20:21:00.000-04:002007-05-31T20:21:00.000-04:00anonymous @ 3:05 said:First, quoting debrah as say...anonymous @ 3:05 said:<BR/><BR/><I>First, quoting debrah as saying,]"What I and many others are against are the fascist methods of a poison element of the Democratic Party."<BR/><BR/>The "poison" element you refer to comprise <B>a very, very small portion of the Democratic party </B>at large. In case you haven't realized, most people on both sides of the aisle can be characterized as "normal", and aren't zealots.<BR/><BR/>Liberal college professors obviously are a part of the fringe. But what is lost on you, Debrah, is that <B>the total number of those who comprise this looney fringe do not exceed the number of those on the right.</B><BR/></I><BR/><BR/>From what I've noticed, this is true as far as it goes: The <B>percentage</B> of loony-lefties in the Democratic Party does not exceed the <B>percentage</B> of raging-righties. Indeed, it may be slightly smaller.<BR/><BR/>However, the <B>difference</B> is that the fringe of the Dem Party <B>dominates its upper echelons</B>, whereas the same cannot be said of the fringe of the Republican Party. For instance, after Bush got probably 1/3 of his total 2000 vote from Christian fundamentalists, how many of them did he appoint to his cabinet? One. And <B>look</B> at how high your credentials have to be to get a seat at the cabinet table if you're a Christian fundamentalist: Former attorney general, governor, <B>and</B> senator of the most <B>non</B>-fringe state in the union. Moreover you have to have been elected president of the national associations of state attorneys general and state governors -- at a time when your party is in the <B>minority</B>. I'm speaking of course of John Ashcroft (and I rank Missouri as the "most non-fringe state in the union" on the basis that it has a better record than any other state, by far, of voting for the winner of every presidential election since 1900). With the departure of Ashcroft, the conservative Christians now have <B>no</B> "seat at the table"; meanwhile, the talking heads' new "symbol of rightwing extremism", Cheney does photo-ops with his out-of-wedlock grandchild.<BR/><BR/>Now look at the top echelon of the last Democratic Party administration. Donna Shalala, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Lani Guinier (Clinton tried to appoint her as Asst AG for Civil Rights(!)). Try to imagine a major Republican candidate appointing someone like Amanda Marcotte to a high-ranking campaign position. <BR/><BR/>So yes, there are lunatics in the GOP asylum, but once in power, the GOP tends to ignore them. The lunatics <B>run</B> -- at least a significant portion of -- the Democrat asylum. That's why so many of us here, including yours truly, are former Democrats.<BR/><BR/>R.R. HamiltonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-27954470585487054222007-05-31T20:13:00.000-04:002007-05-31T20:13:00.000-04:006:17--Insightful, indeed.6:17--<BR/><BR/>Insightful, indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-50786349646449507932007-05-31T19:44:00.000-04:002007-05-31T19:44:00.000-04:00i can't believe that the indy really thinks that t...i can't believe that the indy really thinks that their comments on erick daniels are in any way original<BR/><BR/>months ago professor coleman noted on 60 minutes that if this is the way nifong treats rich white defendants, you can just imagine what he would do to poor black ones<BR/><BR/>instead of using this simple fact to dump on seligman, they should use it to reconsider their own positionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-46342627479336205072007-05-31T19:30:00.000-04:002007-05-31T19:30:00.000-04:007:26Try to keep up. That post was Polanski preten...7:26<BR/>Try to keep up. That post was Polanski pretending to be Debrah. He's the village idiot and retard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-23555790746243751202007-05-31T19:26:00.000-04:002007-05-31T19:26:00.000-04:00Debrah opines ...Spook and Amac,For a $5 glass of ...Debrah opines ...<BR/><I>Spook and Amac,<BR/><BR/>For a $5 glass of white wind and a Big Mac (pun, that), I can be yours.</I><BR/><BR/>OK ... so where can I buy "white wind" ... same place where I buy White Rain, perhaps?<BR/><BR/>One SpookOne Spookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00592774438681904368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-35122091170909336802007-05-31T19:18:00.000-04:002007-05-31T19:18:00.000-04:00Debrah,5:09 is not Polanski. It's me. I find your ...Debrah,<BR/><BR/>5:09 is not Polanski. It's me. I find your prose brilliant while managing to be highly erotic.<BR/><BR/>I'm shy. Have we met?<BR/><BR/>Tumescentus MaximusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-12086804538206354292007-05-31T18:24:00.000-04:002007-05-31T18:24:00.000-04:006:17...I didn't realize it was amateur psychologis...6:17...<BR/><BR/>I didn't realize it was amateur psychologist day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-13924438695944588992007-05-31T18:21:00.000-04:002007-05-31T18:21:00.000-04:00Now we have prospective jurist requesting "bench c...Now we have prospective jurist requesting "bench conferences" with the Judge. What jurisdiction do you live in?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-1987981476531815122007-05-31T18:17:00.000-04:002007-05-31T18:17:00.000-04:003:05 says..my big problem with most of the posts h...3:05 says..<BR/><BR/><I>my big problem with most of the posts here is that they try and drag in everyone who might be labeled as a "liberal" or "Democrat" with the looney fringe </I> <BR/><BR/>Problem is, all the institutional "Paid" liberals represented in Durham supported this frame-up; the NAACP, the mayor, the DA (obviously), Police Chief, the detectives in the DPD, the local reps in Congress (ie Price), the judges, and so on. These are people representing and supported by the so-called "normal" Democrats you applaud. This is an alarming and frightening abuse of power by the majority (as opposed to the underdog) .<BR/><BR/>As per typical liberal discourse, you choose to argue this is no different than supporting the LAPD and evangelical anti evolutionists and whatever. Sounds like sophistry and non-equivalence to me. In any event, it sounds like youve lost interest in this case and think theres nothing exceptional about it; possibly becuase it makes certain of your allies look bad. That says it all right there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-79107753990136522432007-05-31T17:55:00.000-04:002007-05-31T17:55:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248016116043347912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-304715778632415042007-05-31T17:43:00.000-04:002007-05-31T17:43:00.000-04:00Debrah @ 5:09That goddam idiot Polanski continues ...Debrah @ 5:09<BR/><BR/>That goddam idiot Polanski continues to hang around on KC's blog all day and night. He's written stuff like 4:56 all over the place.<BR/>This thread was enjoyable and the people here had a very productive dialogue. Polanski saw that and he did what he always does.<BR/>I wish there was some way to ban that idiot and put his goddamn ass in jail somewhere. He's probably a child molester by trade.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-71612628670384971702007-05-31T17:18:00.000-04:002007-05-31T17:18:00.000-04:00Legal Eagle said... "Re: jury duty - Upon heari...Legal Eagle said...<BR/><BR/> "Re: jury duty - Upon hearing your objections, a Durham judge would threaten contempt. Better to phrase your concerns about the DA as questions, or just keep quiet."<BR/><BR/>--------<BR/><BR/>Admittedly my post was a bit flamboyant, if not over-the-top in its specific language.<BR/><BR/>But I doubt that a judge would hold me in contempt for expressing my doubt, during jury selection, about whether I can "give a fair trial to the State," in view of what we now know about the Durham District Attorney.<BR/><BR/>And although it would be more fun to make a raucous speech out of it (which would force the Court to dismiss the entire panel of veniremen), I think I could say whatever I wanted about Nifong, short of obscenity and abuse, if I first politely ask to approach the bench to describe my "concern" to only the Judge and counsel.<BR/><BR/>This could put a serious hurtin' on the criminal justice system in a big hurry, and something would have to give -- and it would be Nifong.<BR/><BR/>Besides, it's just being honest. But thanks for your thoughts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-12544416635073231522007-05-31T17:09:00.000-04:002007-05-31T17:09:00.000-04:00TO "mac"--Obviously, you know that the (4:56) post...TO "mac"--<BR/><BR/>Obviously, you know that the (4:56) post is the mental case and stalker Polanski.<BR/><BR/>He never gives up his tired Sybil act. <BR/><BR/>DebrahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-88514638738097822982007-05-31T16:59:00.000-04:002007-05-31T16:59:00.000-04:00Debrah,Thanks."Clowns to the left of me,jokers to ...Debrah,<BR/><BR/>Thanks.<BR/><BR/>"Clowns to the left of me,<BR/>jokers to the right:<BR/>stuck in the middle with you."machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248016116043347912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-9779356564409646202007-05-31T16:56:00.000-04:002007-05-31T16:56:00.000-04:00Spook and Amac,For a $5 glass of white wind and a ...Spook and Amac,<BR/><BR/>For a $5 glass of white wind and a Big Mac (pun, that), I can be yours.<BR/><BR/>Me, that,<BR/><BR/>DebrahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-48962731503444005292007-05-31T16:39:00.000-04:002007-05-31T16:39:00.000-04:00TO "mac"--You and the poster "Spook" are very funn...TO "mac"--<BR/><BR/>You and the poster "Spook" are very funny.<BR/><BR/><BR/>DebrahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-4535154581087507252007-05-31T16:29:00.000-04:002007-05-31T16:29:00.000-04:00OK. No bait bitten.The Move House in Philly,and t...OK. No bait bitten.<BR/><BR/>The Move House in Philly,<BR/>and the Branch Davidian compound<BR/>in Waco Texas.<BR/><BR/>Wonder if Soros used the "Move"<BR/>from those folks for his organization?machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248016116043347912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-1017713845878481412007-05-31T16:14:00.000-04:002007-05-31T16:14:00.000-04:004:08Getting warm...(another hint)I was thinking of...4:08<BR/>Getting warm...(another hint)<BR/>I was thinking of 2 specific instances<BR/>where agents of the government <BR/>("agents" in the sense of <BR/>carrying out any duty or<BR/>obligation) were either directly <BR/>or indirectly involved in <BR/>the demise of the occupants.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248016116043347912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-85158147296215282752007-05-31T16:08:00.000-04:002007-05-31T16:08:00.000-04:00mac:I'm an ex-firefighter and an attorney. There ...mac:<BR/><BR/>I'm an ex-firefighter and an attorney. There is a concept called "flashover" that is now generally accepted and occurs when a room is engulfed in flames.<BR/><BR/>It was not generally accepted in previous decades and many men were put to death because the naturally-occurring phenomenon of "flashover" makes the ground in a home or taxpayer building look exactly like someone dumped gasoline on the floor and lit it up.<BR/><BR/>Dozens of convictions were overturned, and more than a few death sentances were already handed down and meted out before flashover theory became generally accepted.<BR/><BR/>I can name many other instances were injustices were committed, as I was forced to take criminal law, criminal procedure, advanced criminal procedure, constitutional law I and con law II, etc., during law school, and take a general scholarly interest in due process, overreaching, criminal protections, rights of the accused, 4th Amendment, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-38975306375507502542007-05-31T16:06:00.000-04:002007-05-31T16:06:00.000-04:00Hint: there are two of them.2nd hint: whacko Soro...Hint: there are two of them.<BR/>2nd hint: whacko Soros<BR/>named his organization<BR/>similarly.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248016116043347912noreply@blogger.com