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December 11, 2013

Two Americas - being wealthy is now a quasi-disability that can get you off the hook for homicide
— Purple Avenger

It works like this - you're a wealthy young punk with no restraint or ability to see consequences, but see -- its your parents who did that to you so its not really your fault that 4 people are dead because you stole beer, got drunk and mowed them down, so we're gonna give you probation.

...CouchÂ’s attorneys argued his parents were responsible for the teenÂ’s actions that night because of the way he had been raised. Defense attorneys put a psychologist on the stand who testified Couch was a product of wealth and got whatever he wanted. The psychologist also testified the teen was allowed to drink at a very young age and began driving at 13 years old. Defense attorneys argued Couch needed treatment, not jail and suggested a facility that costs almost half a million dollars a year...

So, the reward for living a life of no consequences and leaving a trail of dead bodies in your wake is to reinforce the attitude that there are no consequences.

If anyone thinks a poor kid with meth head parents, who provided an equally irresponsible upbringing, who did the same thing would be getting off with probation and a posh $500,000/yr treatment facility, raise your hand. Anyone?

The prosecutors wanted 20 years in prison, but 5 probably would have gotten the point across to this kid, and his parents. Now, both the kid and parents are walking away believing they can literally buy their way out of almost any crime. THAT is a lesson they will probably take to heart.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at 11:11 PM | Comments (171)
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1 SMOD.

Posted by: fb at December 11, 2013 11:19 PM (qnMOL)

2 Yep

Posted by: Random Kennedy at December 11, 2013 11:23 PM (28/sA)

I guess there is no such thing as free will anymore. And hey, since kids are now kids until 26, at 16 he really is a minor and doesn't know any better.

Posted by: Darth Randall at December 11, 2013 11:26 PM (Zswg6)

4 It's chesterfield!

Posted by: Pendantic Canuck at December 11, 2013 11:27 PM (LzHLJ)

5 Sue the parents for every goddamn cent they own and spend the proceeds making Shithead Jr's life miserable.

Posted by: I would at December 11, 2013 11:32 PM (UCyxd)

6 In 25 years, people will be calling him...Senator Couch.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at December 11, 2013 11:33 PM (UVadJ)

7 Well Purp, it is a sad thing, but this is the way it has always been. And politicians have an even bigger get out of jail free card.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 11, 2013 11:37 PM (T2V/1)

8 SMOD can't come soon enough.

Posted by: Cato at December 11, 2013 11:38 PM (J+mig)

9 And where is MADD in all this BS? They campaign for stupid .08 and .04 DUI laws based on no evidence and when you have someone drunk as a skunk killing 4 people and getting off they are silent?

Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 11, 2013 11:40 PM (T2V/1)

10 I gotta admit I was a little surprised that the kid's last name wasn't Kennedy.

Posted by: Darth Randall at December 11, 2013 11:46 PM (Zswg6)

11 6 - Whats sad is you're probably right.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at December 11, 2013 11:47 PM (7mQyC)

12 If the parents "were responsible", maybe they should have done the 20 years?

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at December 11, 2013 11:49 PM (UVadJ)

13 In SC felony DUI with a death is 15 to 25 years. I also think it is permanent loss of driving privileges but I would have to check that.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 11, 2013 11:53 PM (T2V/1)

14 Judge Jean Boyd will kill more people; it's just a matter of time. Thank you Judge Boyd. I hope your fellow residents give you their opinion, as H.L. Mencken said, good and hard.

Posted by: SFGoth at December 12, 2013 12:16 AM (JuoVO)

15 Here's hoping the kid eventually does the honorable thing and puts a bullet through his brain. If he takes his reprehensible parents with him, so much the better.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 12, 2013 12:22 AM (lr3d7)

16 Vic,

DUI laws are a scam. How many accidents actually occur at .08 or .09 vs. above .1?

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 12, 2013 12:23 AM (lr3d7)

Can I play the race card here, as well? Just because someone will. This *will* be revisited due to public outrage.

That said, this goes on all the time, but for the most part it's finessed in a way that's not quite so likely to raise hackles. The accused "comes from a good family", with good support networks. Active in the church, made a terrible mistake and so forth. The judges are so grateful to see someone slightly less likely to be a filthy recidivist that they cut a deal. Over crowding and bad press for putting "youths" in jail makes it easier.

I can't blame his family for doing what it took. I'm just amazed that they were so cack handed about it. There are ways to do this without making onlookers feel stabby. That said, families with the ability to do that (and, just as importantly, to see the need to do so) tend to not end up with their scions in that position to start with.

Posted by: Lizzie at December 12, 2013 12:26 AM (3hJcU)

18 Re: lowering the DUI level to less than 0.08 -- it is a scam. That's essentially saying that 1 pint of beer makes you unable to safely operate a vehicle. First, that's nonsense, but 2, if it's true, then make the level 0.0 -- you do not drive if you have been drinking within the last 6 hours (minimum). The reality is that true drunk drivers -- the blitzed ones, not the ones that would have misjudged something were they sober anyway -- are well above 0.08 and 1.0 for that matter. Lowering it to 0.06 is simply: 1) a revenue raiser; and 2) a way to inflict more control over otherwise law-abiding people.

Posted by: SFGoth at December 12, 2013 12:27 AM (JuoVO)

19 I can't blame his family for doing what it took. I'm just amazed that they were so cack handed about it. There are ways to do this without making onlookers feel stabby. That said, families with the ability to do that (and, just as importantly, to see the need to do so) tend to not end up with their scions in that position to start with.

I can. His family, his father especially, should have told him to man up and face the consequences.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 12, 2013 12:30 AM (lr3d7)

20 If I were Mr. Boyles, I might begin following Mr. Couch around during his daily travels.

See if anything interesting pops up.

Maybe even see if an "opportunity" arises.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 12, 2013 12:33 AM (LSDdO)

21 Kentucky Republicans picked up a seat in the state House Tuesday in a special election. Republican Suzanne Miles edged Democrat Kim Humphrey to capture a seat that had been held by Democrats for decades. Trailing late in the race, Miles made the race a referendum on ObamaCare. Her success in using a federal issue to capture a seat in the state legislature could be a harbinger for 2014.

Posted by: Homer Simpson at December 12, 2013 12:33 AM (e8kgV)

22 > Defense attorneys put a psychologist on the stand > who testified Couch was a product of wealth and > got whatever he wanted. So they put Couch on the, well, couch...

Posted by: Captain Obvious at December 12, 2013 12:33 AM (lRTwR)

23 16 Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 12, 2013 04:23 AM (lr3d7)

Statistically virtually none. Those laws are just a step on the way to the second round of prohibition which is what the current MADD wants.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 12, 2013 12:35 AM (T2V/1)

24 If they wanted to stop dui (it wouldn't work in this case though) all they have to do is stake out every bar on a Saturday night.

Anyone driving away will most likely be drunk.

However, there's a reason why they don't.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 12, 2013 12:37 AM (LSDdO)

I suspect that the prosecutors may have overdone things. There is a sense of queasiness at sending minors to adult jails, especially for 20 years. Yes, we can talk about the messed up mindset that says a 16 y/o is adult enough to get an abortion on her own but not to go to grown up jail or be sentenced to death. But the fact is that it evinces a visceral reaction in lots of people to see a 16 y/o being put in with hardened criminals. (Read "The Righteous Mind", by Jonathan Haidt, for why you have to take that visceral reaction into account.)

They would have been better charging him as a minor and putting him in the toughest juvie possible until he was 21. (At which point I'd be spitting at the leniency, but never mind.) The fact remains that the court saw the possibility of ruining someone's life, possibly turning them into a hardened criminal and became incredibly receptive to whatever the defense was proposing. Add in the worst sob story his family could come up with, and he's not being punished.

Posted by: Lizzie at December 12, 2013 12:38 AM (3hJcU)

26 And itÂ’s why you should be on Team Obamacare Â— add your name today:

http://my.barackobama.com/Team-Obamacare

Thanks,

Erin

Erin Hannigan
Health Care Campaign Manager
Organizing for Action

... just like with "wealth", Mr Obama wants to spread around the blame to all of "Team Obamacare"

Posted by: Unabomber at December 12, 2013 12:40 AM (e8kgV)

27 We'll fast track Scandi style penal idiocy once we go full retard on socialism.

Then the demarcator will be whether you are white and your family's political bent.

Posted by: sven at December 12, 2013 12:52 AM (9jfyN)

28 27 We'll fast track Scandi style penal idiocy once we go full retard on socialism.

Then the demarcator will be whether you are white and your family's political bent.

Posted by: sven at December 12, 2013 04:52 AM (9jfyN)

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I dunno. The Scandi style idiocies don't work too badly with a Scandi style population. Look at Iceland, with the police shooting and killing someone for the first time in its history recently. That kind of "justice", while it sticks in my vengeful little craw, might not work too badly with well off whites. It's just that there's a, uh, vibrant population and it rightly violates all sense of justice to have different justice.

Posted by: Lizzie at December 12, 2013 12:58 AM (3hJcU)

29 >>>In 25 years, people will be calling him...Senator Couch.

Posted by: Purp at December 12, 2013 03:33 AM (UVadJ)<<<

*in 60 years, upon the death of Senator (D) Couch*

Those 4 people probably would be glad to have died to make Senator Couch the man he was.

Posted by: MFM at December 12, 2013 01:01 AM (VJpOJ)

30 28 Lizzie at December 12, 2013 04:58 AM (3hJcU)

I am saying white conservatives will have the book thrown at them.

Scandi style doesn't break hard people. Muslims do their time standing on their head. There is no punishment there IMHO.

Anyway whichever, I don't plan on being a criminal until they criminalize my thoughts I'll leave that shit to our political class.

Posted by: sven at December 12, 2013 01:01 AM (9jfyN)

31 The minors usually go to youth facility until they're 18, they they get shipped to actual prisons

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at December 12, 2013 01:02 AM (UVadJ)

32 29 MFM at December 12, 2013 05:01 AM (VJpOJ)

sure four people had to be sacrificed at the altar of abortion, but he was good on womyn's issues and cared about gorebul warming....

verdict heaven bound....

//Pope Francis

Posted by: sven at December 12, 2013 01:02 AM (9jfyN)

33 Paging David Soul, that dude that was in Animal House,and other dudes from that crew in "The Enforcer"

Posted by: fastfreefall at December 12, 2013 01:05 AM (dS5nN)

34 30 28 Lizzie at December 12, 2013 04:58 AM (3hJcU)

Scandi style doesn't break hard people. Muslims do their time standing on their head. There is no punishment there IMHO.

Posted by: sven at December 12, 2013 05:01 AM (9jfyN)

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Oh, I'm not disputing that Muslims are, well, Muslims. I'm saying that the Scandis came up with a plan that worked fairly well for their own population. Maybe not optimally, maybe not entirely morally (I share most of the commenters' here concerns about the welfare state, as well as many more) but it does okay. They'd be doing alright if they hadn't imported, y'know, diversity.

Posted by: Lizzie at December 12, 2013 01:06 AM (3hJcU)

35 18 SFGoth at December 12, 2013 04:27 AM (JuoVO)

also factor in Operant Condition Learning if serious...
Germany must be the best driver/operators on the planet to be able to operate within 45 minutes to an hour of a pint at lunch.

Posted by: sven at December 12, 2013 01:08 AM (9jfyN)

36 In many areas in the US, going to jail/prison (yes there's a difference) is like going on vacation.

A lot of their friends/acquaintances/crime partners are there, they have the same level of respect and associations as they would on the outside, they don't have to provide for themselves or worry as much about a drive by/rip off. They can get pretty much any drug or recreation they want to pay for and they get other freebies they wouldn't have on the outside.

It's a win win win win.

Others of a different ethnicity? Not so much.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 12, 2013 01:09 AM (LSDdO)

37 *drives up, hits mailbox and trash can, throws out empty beer can out window*

Hey, man, that's a harsh punishment, man.

*pops open another beer, speeds off, hitting kid's bike, dragging it away*

Posted by: some illegal alien what does the drunken driving killing Americans won't do at December 12, 2013 01:15 AM (VJpOJ)

38 You know who doesn't fuck around with punishment for crime? Singapore. They will whip your ass or lock you away for a long time for shit that back home wont even get a glance from LE

Posted by: fastfreefall at December 12, 2013 01:15 AM (dS5nN)

39 It's not just the crime or the criminal, it's also the status of the victim(s) that gets weighed. These four poor souls who lost their lives obviously didn't have any of the right connections.

Posted by: Icedog at December 12, 2013 01:19 AM (uZ6Ul)

Equal justice under the law is becoming a thing of the past, and that should offend anyone with any sort of decency.

Posted by: Cato at December 12, 2013 01:25 AM (J+mig)

41 Thanks to Obama and the ACA I was able to overcome my precondition and have corrective surgery for my blindness.

Now I can see clearly the proper victim groups to protect, and the proper villains of society to punish.

Posted by: Lady Justice at December 12, 2013 01:36 AM (VJpOJ)

42 When I was in grad school, our departmental secretary was killed on the freeway in a head-on collision with a 26-year-old wrong-way driver. He was stinking drunk and doing 70 mph. He'd had his license taken away a few weeks earlier and was on probation <i>for doing the same thing</i> (except that he hadn't hit anyone). His public defender pleaded with the judge for probation <i>again</i>, saying he'd "learned his lesson." We suspect the judge would have gone along with it, but we packed the courtroom and made sure that a reporter from the local newspaper was there, too. He was sentenced to five years. I heard later (but can't verify) that he was out in two years.

I really do think that if our admin hadn't had any friends, the bastard really would have been given probation again.

Posted by: Herp McDerp at December 12, 2013 01:45 AM (7QRNd)

43 If we could just go back to a time when Idiocracy was the limit, and not the starting point for stupid.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 12, 2013 01:47 AM (GztZn)

44 If anyone thinks a poor kid with meth head parents, who provided an equally irresponsible upbringing, who did the same thing would be getting off with probation and a posh $500,000/yr treatment facility, raise your hand. Anyone? Okay, but in death penalty cases the entire penalty phase is about how the murder/robber/rapist etc., didn't get a birthday party when they were 6 years old. I shit you not...

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 12, 2013 01:57 AM (h4eud)

45 Ohio Focus Group: Obama a Â‘DisappointmentÂ’

'HeÂ’s not focused on creating more jobs'

Once staunch supporters of the President, former Obama voters are now expressing their disappointment in him, MSNBCÂ’s Chuck Todd reported.

A focus group conducted by Peter Hart, a Democratic Pollster, found that President Obama is losing credibility with his faithful allies.

Eight of the eleven participants in the Ohio group- independents or independent leaners- voted for President Obama in 2012, but not one of them described themselves as Â“proudÂ” or Â“satisfiedÂ” with him. Instead, they said that they were Â‘disappointedÂ’ with him, and used words like Â“inexperienced,Â” Â“powerless,Â” Â“cautious,Â” Â“timid,Â” and Â“overwhelmedÂ” to describe him.

One participant told Hart: Â“I was really excited going into his first term. His first term was certainly a disappointment.Â” one focus group participant shared.Â”

Posted by: Pres**ent Barack “Unexpectedly Not Focused” Obama at December 12, 2013 02:10 AM (e8kgV)

46 45 Pres**ent Barack Â“Unexpectedly Not FocusedÂ” Obama at December 12, 2013 06:10 AM (e8kgV)

What they're saying is "needs more cowbell*"

*and fascist extra legal unilateralism...

//Preznit Urkle X

Posted by: sven at December 12, 2013 02:20 AM (9jfyN)

47 Different laws for different folks. That's America these days.

Posted by: MTF at December 12, 2013 02:20 AM (qCtp4)

48 All this disappointed by his worshipers does not her obama. It does help the next donk candidate.

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 12, 2013 02:22 AM (h4eud)

49 I got $200 the kid ends up in real PMITA prison after the fourth or fifth time he violates his probation. Any takers.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at December 12, 2013 02:23 AM (azHfB)

50 her = hurt

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 12, 2013 02:27 AM (h4eud)

51 I say they should have charged his parents with contributing to the delinquency of a minor based on their admissions, as well as aiding and abetting by allowing his current no consequences attitude to flourish.

Posted by: Cato at December 12, 2013 02:29 AM (J+mig)

52 51 Cato at December 12, 2013 06:29 AM (J+mig)

or make them honorary Kennedy klan members...

I remember when the notion of family honor and hurting your name meant something....

of course I am over 30.

Posted by: sven at December 12, 2013 02:31 AM (9jfyN)

53 It's time for some Choom, chips and quality Reggie time.

Posted by: Barky 'O the Won at December 12, 2013 02:34 AM (sykGw)

54 The bureaucracy tasked with Obamacare implementation may be violating a law that requires government agencies to keep private information safe.

Under the the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), the Department of Health and Human ServicesÂ’ Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is required to have an Â“Authority to Operate,Â” or ATO. In order to receive an ATO, new information tech systems must perform a set of tests, including Â“Security Control AssessmentsÂ” (SCA).

But according to CMSÂ’s 2014 budget request, no such security assessment took place. The Federal Healthcare Marketplace website was rolled out without full endÂ-toÂ-end testing.

... Cue Judas Priest .. "Breaking The Law"

So much for the golden future, I can't even start
I've had every promise broken, there's anger in my heart
You don't know what its like, you don't have a clue
If you did you'd find yourselves doing the same thing too

Breaking the law, breaking the law
Breaking the law, breaking the law
Breaking the law, breaking the law
Breaking the law, breaking the law

You don't know what its like

Posted by: Pres**ent Barack “Unexpectedly Breaking The Law” Obama at December 12, 2013 02:34 AM (e8kgV)

55 "And where is MADD in all this BS?" I bet the judge is a well heeled liberal icon of the Democrat party in that area. There will be no backlash against this turd in a robe by MADD.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 12, 2013 02:37 AM (60Vyp)

56 Richie Rich, the Poor Little Rich Boy

Posted by: Bigby's Boxing Gloves at December 12, 2013 02:42 AM (RLTt1)

57 Get on the stick, Vic.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 12, 2013 02:43 AM (LSDdO)

58 I think this is what is known as "getting the full Kennedy."

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at December 12, 2013 02:44 AM (azHfB)

59 OH, wait. someone has to put up the morning thread for Vic to do his thing. Sorry Vic.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 12, 2013 02:50 AM (LSDdO)

60 Sue the parents for every goddamn cent they own and spend the proceeds making Shithead Jr's life miserable. Posted by: I would at December 12, 2013 03:32 AM (UCyxd) WHen I heard about this, my first thought was, "After the lawsuit, he and his parents won't have to worry about "Affluenza" any more.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at December 12, 2013 02:59 AM (nj9sX)

61 Anybody heard from Bomber?

Posted by: Old Dog at December 12, 2013 03:00 AM (tQYJH)

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Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 12, 2013 03:00 AM (LSDdO)

63 We need to flatten our legal and regulatory systems so that everyone faces the same burden.

That's something that the Republicans could hammer home...that the Dems allow an unequal system because it helps their connected friends.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2013 03:01 AM (QFxY5)

64 Posted by: Vic at December 12, 2013 03:40 AM (T2V/1)

Fuck MADD.

Join DAMM

Drunks Against Mad Mothers

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2013 03:03 AM (QFxY5)

65 "A nation of laws, not men."

What a quaint notion.

It was nice while it lasted...

Posted by: Nighthawk at December 12, 2013 03:05 AM (OtQXp)

66 Compare that to the way Zimmerman is treated, his family has been targeted,
the Minitrue blatantly altered the video evidence, a mob put a bounty on him,
they have sought to poison everyone's relation with him, yet you still think it's his fault.

Posted by: jeffrey pelt at December 12, 2013 03:05 AM (Jsiw/)

67 We need to flatten our legal and regulatory systems so that everyone faces the same burden.
That's something that the Republicans could hammer home...that the Dems allow an unequal system because it helps their connected friends.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2013 07:01 AM (QFxY5)

Could, but won't. And for the same reason as the Dems.

Posted by: mugiwara at December 12, 2013 03:06 AM (hpYnL)

68 Since this is a local story for me, been aware of this idiocy for a couple of days. It screams lack of justice for the victims. What a maroon of a judge.

Posted by: dogfish at December 12, 2013 03:07 AM (nsOJa)

69 NASA Reveals New Results From Inside the Ozone Hole Â– Dec. 11, 2013

NASA scientists have revealed the inner workings of the ozone hole that forms annually over Antarctica and found that declining chlorine in the stratosphere has not yet caused a recovery of the ozone hole.

More than 20 years after the Montreal Protocol agreement limited human emissions of ozone-depleting substances, satellites have monitored the area of the annual ozone hole and watched it essentially stabilize, ceasing to grow substantially larger. However, two new studies show that signs of recovery are not yet present, and that temperature and winds are still driving any annual changes in ozone hole size.

Posted by: Ho Li Fuk at December 12, 2013 03:08 AM (e8kgV)

30: "Anyway whichever, I don't plan on being a criminal until they criminalize my thoughts I'll leave that shit to our political class."

Too late. With the number of laws and regulations on the books between the feds, State, and local levels, you probably broke some law just getting out of bed.

I forgot where I saw it, but I read somewhere that the average citizen commits three felonies a day. All without being aware of it.

We are all criminals now.

Posted by: Azenogoth at December 12, 2013 03:09 AM (LJpVo)

71 Hasn't the Kennedy family been doing exactly that for years?

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at December 12, 2013 03:09 AM (Qh9fr)

72 Could, but won't. And for the same reason as the Dems.

Posted by: mugiwara at December 12, 2013 07:06 AM (hpYnL)

Yup.

I think we need a tag along the lines of a "sarc tag" that indicates an unreachable (because of the stupidity of the Rep. party) goal.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2013 03:11 AM (QFxY5)

73 The brits came out with a two parter on Lord Lucan. Watching part one, the people are creepy. They keep referring to themselves as superior breeding stock and the natural order of things. Besides being closet nazis they were really not all that in that they were criminals. One guy ran a gambling club where he cheated the customers and the other treated his wife like shit and bludgeoned the nanny to death. Lady Lucan said just the other year that she would have helped him cover up for the crime if he had stuck around instead of fleeing. She's nuts.

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 12, 2013 03:12 AM (h4eud)

74 Martha Moxley could not be reached for comment.

Posted by: Just another sockpuppet at December 12, 2013 03:13 AM (2EddW)

75 So, is this that "income inequality" thingy everyone in DC is talking about these days?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at December 12, 2013 03:13 AM (0HooB)

76 It would be wonderful if the entire Kennedy clan died out but since they fuck like bunnies, the chances of that happening is nil.

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 12, 2013 03:18 AM (h4eud)

77 I looked up Lord Lucan on wiki, and ended up following a link to an article on the Ford Corsair to several other articles on foreign Ford products of the 1980's. What the hell is wrong with me?

Speaking of the 80's, does this bring back any memories?

http://youtu.be/qLLyS88_DB8

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at December 12, 2013 03:18 AM (azHfB)

78 .08 is nuts...is it 2 beers or 3...how lucky do you feel today? They actually hunt you down around here. When I would be on the road to work at 4 or 4:30 am the cops would sit on the middle island with their lights in your face as you went by. Then they'd whip around and get up your ass to see how you react. All about the money and no, I don't drink beer before work.

Posted by: dumbartist at December 12, 2013 03:19 AM (ahBY0)

79 I'm no altar boy when it comes to drinking beer and doing....well,.....things, but how do you even argue this. Wait, lawyers.... Never mind.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at December 12, 2013 03:21 AM (yIOT2)

80 I saw a program eons ago, where a guy who killed somebody when he was driving drunk, the judge fined him some amount that came to $10 a month for, I think every year the person who died had been alive (I think it was a teenager who was the victim).

The perp was required to WRITE A CHECK every month, for $10, and send it to the family.

When they talked to him he was broken up about it, said it was the hardest thing to do every month.

Now, some of that strikes me as cruel, but then, so is life. He's never going to forget what he did. So yeah, if you don't want to throw these punks in jail, find another way to make them pay.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 12, 2013 03:22 AM (BeSEI)

81 I forgot where I saw it, but I read somewhere that the average citizen commits three felonies a day. All without being aware of it.

We are all criminals now.

Posted by: Azenogoth at December 12, 2013 07:09 AM (LJpVo)
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Yup- and it's all part of how an out of control government tries to control the populace.

As Lavrentiy Beriya infamously said: "Show me the man and I will show you the crime."

Posted by: Nighthawk at December 12, 2013 03:23 AM (OtQXp)

82 What the hell is wrong with me?

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at December 12, 2013 07:18 AM (azHfB)

Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in.

Posted by: Michael Corleone at December 12, 2013 03:23 AM (QFxY5)

83 Back home in Alabama, everybody knew who drove drunk. It was always the same people. They never had any money because they were constantly paying their lawyers and couldn't hold a job. Since that's not much of a market for lawyers, they decided to expand it. Soon you'll be pulled over for even thinking about drinking a beer while behind the wheel.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at December 12, 2013 03:24 AM (0HooB)

84 By the way, I like this new and improved morning thread format. Free from Obamacare, or anything related to Washington. Even if I am 4 hours late.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 12, 2013 03:27 AM (BeSEI)

Sooner or later

He will murder somebody

The lesson we teach

Posted by: Haiku Guy at December 12, 2013 03:27 AM (bIy5N)

86 81 I forgot where I saw it, but I read somewhere that the average citizen commits three felonies a day. All without being aware of it. A County cop buddy of mine said that he could follow anyone around and they would do something ticketable within 2 miles.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at December 12, 2013 03:27 AM (yIOT2)

87 OK, pixel people, work beckons. Say "Hi" to the rest of the day shift Horde for me. Work is going well. Y'all have fun and try not to trash the place, 'k?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at December 12, 2013 03:27 AM (0HooB)

88 what's four souls when this young man is on his own personal life journey.

Posted by: willow at December 12, 2013 03:28 AM (nqBYe)

89 Soon you'll be pulled over for even thinking about drinking a beer while behind the wheel.

I don't drink beer while I drive b/c the roads around here suck and I don't want to spill it.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at December 12, 2013 03:29 AM (hO8IJ)

90 Damn. Is it going to be another one of those days? Who's in charge of this place? Can I make a request for nothing but good/happy news? I have enough depressing shit going on IRL, One day of goofy shit isn't asking too much, is it? One more day of Ryan, TFG, idiot judges and general debauchery may send me over... Maybe I should just ignore this place and go spend the water bill at ToyRUs. Good morning, horde. Vic, thanks in advance for all your hard work - i'll check it out later.

Posted by: shredded chi at December 12, 2013 03:30 AM (nttL5)

91 Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™ at December 12, 2013 07:29 AM (hO8IJ)

Your tweet is great.

I am so fucking sick and tired of weather hysteria.

They closed the schools here two days ago. One inch of snow.

Posted by: Michael Corleone at December 12, 2013 03:30 AM (QFxY5)

92 Out, damned mob sock!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2013 03:30 AM (QFxY5)

93 I don't drink beer while I drive b/c the roads around here suck and I don't want to spill it. Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™ at December 12, 2013 07:29 AM (hO8IJ) :-)

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at December 12, 2013 03:31 AM (yIOT2)

94 awful awful story couldn't tell if he was sentenced by a judge or jury need to reread maybe they were thinking a white rich 16 year old would be butt raped to death in prison

Posted by: thunderb at December 12, 2013 03:32 AM (zOTsN)

95 89 -HeatherRadish I think there's an old Dean Martin quote in there somewhere

Posted by: shredded chi at December 12, 2013 03:33 AM (nttL5)

96 three felonies is not the same as two traffic infractions.

Posted by: Jimbo at December 12, 2013 03:33 AM (V70Uh)

97 Posted by: thunderb at December 12, 2013 07:32 AM (zOTsN)

So?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2013 03:34 AM (QFxY5)

I have enough depressing shit going on IRL, One day of goofy shit isn't asking too much, is it? One more day of Ryan, TFG, idiot judges and general debauchery may send me over...

Maybe I should just ignore this place and go spend the water bill at ToyRUs.

If by "ToyRUs," you mean the local strip club and sex toy shop, I'm with you.

No story today, I'm afraid. Too tired and, frankly, too damn depressed, especially after the Ryan thread. I just want them all dead, no matter the letter after their name.

How about some cheesecake: Jane Russell, posing for The Outlaw:

http://tinyurl.com/l9z8my5

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 12, 2013 03:35 AM (zF6Iw)

99 I don't drink beer while I drive b/c the roads around here suck and I don't want to spill it.

I love beer humor in the morning...

Posted by: dumbartist at December 12, 2013 03:36 AM (ahBY0)

100 I am so fucking sick and tired of weather hysteria.

My rookie at work grew up in Virginia Beach. Started bitching about "cold" when the overnight lows were in the 40s.

I kind of want to give him a pair of wool socks and tell him to STFU. But I also need to keep this job.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at December 12, 2013 03:38 AM (hO8IJ)

101 I don't drink beer while I drive b/c the roads around here suck and I don't want to spill it.

Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™ at December 12, 2013 07:29 AM (hO8IJ)

I can't imagine that this comment will have much competition for "Comment of The Day."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2013 03:40 AM (QFxY5)

102

Rise and shine daywalker cob-loggers...

Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 12, 2013 03:41 AM (d7H2D)

103 Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™ at December 12, 2013 07:38 AM (hO8IJ)

I used to go skiing in Tahoe, and they would keep schools open after two feet of snow the night before.

It wasn't a big deal.

But it seems as if we have become afraid of everything. Perhaps it is my reflexive "Get Off My Lawn" attitude, but I don't think it was this bad 10 years ago.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2013 03:43 AM (QFxY5)

104 Minus 2 here. Two hour school delay. wtf, don't they have a damn furnace in the school?

Posted by: Cicero Kid at December 12, 2013 03:43 AM (6fSty)

105
I don't drink beer while I drive b/c the roads around here suck and I don't want to spill it.

I love beer humor in the morning...

It was David Lee Roth of Van Halen days, that when asked if he jogged, replied hell no, because the ice cubes in his glass kept bouncing out.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at December 12, 2013 03:44 AM (0IhFx)

106 Some animals are more equal than others.

Posted by: noone, really [/i][/b] at December 12, 2013 03:49 AM (5ikDv)

107 Wait, is this the morning thread or a mid-morning Purp Stomp? 'Cause I gotta know which shoes to wear.

Posted by: Clove Hookahsmoker, the mindful webworker at December 12, 2013 03:51 AM (Tqh1Y)

108 I would go ahead and enter the morning links but as soon as I do a new open thread will go up and this will be dead.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 12, 2013 03:54 AM (T2V/1)

109 Please refer this case to the Star Chamber.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at December 12, 2013 03:56 AM (l0lja)

110 I saw Vince Neil of Motley Crue in an interview ruefully admit that he got away with killing his friend while driving drunk only because he was wealthy. He admitted that he should have gone to jail, but since he had a million dollars in cash, that was good enough for the court.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 12, 2013 03:57 AM (JDIKC)

111 a little tune while we wait...

In Heaven there is no beer,
That's why we have to drink it here...

Posted by: dumbartist at December 12, 2013 03:57 AM (ahBY0)

112 Posted by: Vic at December 12, 2013 07:54 AM (T2V/1)

Put up one link, and that should immediately cause the morning thread to appear.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2013 03:57 AM (QFxY5)

113 I accuse my parents, accusingly yours,
douche boy.

Posted by: berserker lurker at December 12, 2013 03:57 AM (Uq6lw)

114

Purp,

Interesting possibly true side note to this case: posted by a guy claiming to be a Texas attorney.

"This was not a criminal case

In Texas JUVENILE CASES are tried under Civil Court Rules. Not criminal.

The theory in juvenile cases is "What's in the best interest of the CHILD."

The Judge found that the sentence she gave was.

He's also on 10 years probation. You can bet the probation officers will keep a microscope on him. There are always 'terms and conditions', e.g., refrain from using alcohol. That means even once. "Break no laws of Texas or any other State." Once is enough to yo-yo him back to Texas, there is usually no bond before a probation hearing.

The Judge then has the power to set aside the probation, give him the full 10 years in the State Pen. That's what the DA said was going to happen. And you can damn well bet the Judge WILL throw his young ass in the pen for 10 years. The time he served on probation doesn't count against the 10.

He either gets his head straight and has what's called a "come to Jesus" discussion with himself, or he's on the barred window bus to Huntsville.

Although, it's interesting the Judge delayed the Hearing to 16 hours after the deadline for anybody to file to run against her in next year's election."

Posted by: noone, really [/i][/b] at December 12, 2013 03:58 AM (5ikDv)

115 Morning all

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 12, 2013 04:01 AM (t3UFN)

116 Good Morning Morons. Today is Thursday, December 12, 2013. On this date in 2000 the Supreme Court issued its decision in Bush v Gore. Gore is the one who actually started the court crap in an effort to steal the election. But after SCOTUS ruled no more recounts and issued the remedial action liberal heads all over the country exploded. For one brief moment in history the Republicans refused to let the Democrats steal an election.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 12, 2013 04:01 AM (T2V/1)

117 My rookie at work grew up in Virginia Beach. Started bitching about "cold" when the overnight lows were in the 40s. --------------- If you're his Secret Santa at the office Christmas party, you could give him an insulated vagina coozy. Sounds like he could use one.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 12, 2013 04:01 AM (JDIKC)

118 A spoiled 16 year old will no doubt screw up again

Posted by: Thunderb at December 12, 2013 04:01 AM (zOTsN)

119 I applaud this decision by the judge.

Posted by: Ghost of Ted Kennedy at December 12, 2013 04:02 AM (PFy0L)

120 In my house, the cardinal rule is: actions equal consequences.

If you make straight A's you get money so you don't have to work to play, because school is your work.

If you violate a punishment, like no computer and I catch you? The computer goes out the effing window, literally (Oh yes, I. did.) and then you will be supervised when school dictates you need the computer because it's mine you must use.
I do not want to hear the words akin to "boo-hoo. woe is me. I'm a bad person, I fucked up. Feel sorry for me." Nope. I want you to own it, and never make the same mistake, er, bad choice again. Is it too much to ask? No.

This kid needed to go to jail for homicide. The fucking judge is an accomplice to the parents. He also suffers from Affluenza.

Posted by: DefendUSA at December 12, 2013 04:02 AM (nAHMK)

121

Today is Thursday, December 12, 2013. On this date in 2000 the Supreme Court issued its decision in Bush v Gore.

--------------

It's also the day the Left started to rewrite the decision into something it wasn't.

Posted by: @JohnTant at December 12, 2013 04:03 AM (PFy0L)

122

>>>.08 is nuts...is it 2 beers or 3...how lucky do you feel today? They actually hunt you down around here. When I would be on the road to work at 4 or 4:30 am the cops would sit on the middle island with their lights in your face as you went by. Then they'd whip around and get up your ass to see how you react. All about the money and no, I don't drink beer before work.

.We did a reverse sting at our VFW when I lived in Connecticut. They local cops were constantly setting up traps for people leaving the bar and popping them for DUI. The cops there didn't have dash cams so they would roll up on someone leaving the place with their bright lights on and claimed they crossed the yellow center line.

So one Friday night they sent out a guy who does not drink first and sure enough the cops were all up in his stuff accusing him of crossing the line refusing a breathalyzer, etc. He demanded to be taken to give a blood sample and told the cops he doesn't drink. They got pissed and let him go, meanwhile everyone else had already left the bar.

DUI for most small towns is nothing but a money maker. They split the fines with the State in CT and they are encouraged to make as many DUI arrests as they can. An average person is going to blow .08 if they have two beers or a shot within an hour or so.

Posted by: Registered Voter at December 12, 2013 04:05 AM (nUbHY)

123 120 -

That's odd. I have taken away devices before, but since I paid for them I can't see any sense in throwing them out the window.

Unless I wanted to demonstrate to my kids that I'm a violent person who is prone to irrational acts. I guess that sends a message too.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 12, 2013 04:05 AM (BeSEI)

124 Until I saw this case in the Columbia paper today I would have said this would not have happened in SC. This case is also BS.

http://tinyurl.com/nyom5sd

Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 12, 2013 04:06 AM (T2V/1)

125 Bitter Clinger, I'm impressed the ASCII art came out so well! Proportional fonts killed the ASCII art stars... Pixy helps.

Posted by: Clove Hookahsmoker, the mindful webworker at December 12, 2013 04:06 AM (DgUzc)

126 What's up with NBC News pounding FB with charts and graphs of children killed by guns......?

Posted by: KWdreaming at December 12, 2013 04:07 AM (/yOZJ)

127 Fake Sign Language guy is apparently a schizophrenic with a history of violence. Now they're looking for the company that hired him...

Posted by: --- at December 12, 2013 04:09 AM (MMC8r)

128 126 What's up with NBC News pounding FB with charts and graphs of children killed by guns......?

Posted by: KWdreaming at December 12, 2013 08:07 AM (/yOZJ)

The talking points went out from the WH a few days ago to start looking for gun violence cases and start pushing gun control on the anv of Newtown. I said this was coming a week ago.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 12, 2013 04:10 AM (T2V/1)

129 What's up with NBC News pounding FB with charts and graphs of children killed by guns......? They're memorializing Sandy Hook.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 12, 2013 04:10 AM (BC6cY)

130 The kid just looks like an arrogant, punk. And I'm not buying Fake Sign Language Guy's schizo story one bit.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 12, 2013 04:11 AM (7ObY1)

131 That statement about the sentence, it's from a defense attorney of a codefendant. He also said that if the kid was sentenced to 20 years, he would still be out in 2 when he turned 18. Defense attorney argued that this way, kid will be under the microscope for ten. Except I think when he got out in 2, he would be under the microscope for the remaining 18

Posted by: Thunderb at December 12, 2013 04:11 AM (zOTsN)

132 Post #2

A cooling pump aboard the "international" space station has had a major malfunction.

http://tinyurl.com/n2qn3y6

Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 12, 2013 04:11 AM (T2V/1)

133 What was that line in Repo Man?

Duke: The lights are growing dim Otto. I know a life of crime has led me to this sorry fate, and yet, I blame society. Society made me what I am.

Otto: That's bullshit. You're a white suburban punk just like me.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 12, 2013 04:11 AM (JRmiD)

134 They're memorializing Sandy Hook.

--

Yes, and Heaven forbid they actually do so by calling attention to mental illness.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 12, 2013 04:12 AM (XB5Ak)

135 Post #3

More embarrassing outcome from the POS Obamacide web site. The Obamanites have been forced to send out an e-mail to staffers on the hill telling them not to trust the web site that they gave a crony $600M to produce under a no-bid contract.

http://tinyurl.com/m48qaex

Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 12, 2013 04:12 AM (T2V/1)

136 Obviously, the 4 victims were white...

Posted by: runningrn at December 12, 2013 04:13 AM (PLOz8)

137 Interesting possibly true side note to this case...

If they know he's gonna fuck up again, then they did him no favors by teeing him up for a hard 10 down the road.

Its kinda aircraft glide slope corrections -- done early enough there's no panic at all. Done later, you're gonna be brown staining. Done too late, and nothing is gonna save you from crashing.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at December 12, 2013 04:13 AM (UVadJ)

138 ANC received the same complaints when nut interpreter performed at a speech by current SA leader last year. He may be a nut, but he is a well connected nut.

Posted by: Thunderb at December 12, 2013 04:13 AM (zOTsN)

139 Post #4

Republicans are going to put the big stall on Obama nominee conformations. Pay no attention to the "non-controversial" statement in this mostly AP article. Obama has not made any nomination since he has been in office that is not a radical leftist in one form or another. He has publicly stated that it is his intention to "remake" the courts (i.e drive then further left than they already are).

http://tinyurl.com/l9d5khv

Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 12, 2013 04:13 AM (T2V/1)

140 #5 The US and Great Britain have suspended aid to the Syrian rebels after "concerns" that it would fall in the hands of Al Qaeda. Hahahaha, did the stupid SOBs finally realize that the rebels were Al Qaeda? And Obama, McShitty, and Nancy Boy wanted us to get involved in fighting ON THEIR SIDE. As we have said many times, there are no good guys in this civil war.

http://tinyurl.com/l9d5khv

Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 12, 2013 04:14 AM (T2V/1)

141 So you guys think that this occurred in a vacuum? Not. You find the 'right' Attorney with the 'right' connections, pay him a BUTT-LOAD of money and don't ask any questions. Get the picture?

Posted by: Uncle Rick at December 12, 2013 04:15 AM (ZbB1q)

142 Kid is a baby faced ginger. One of the victims, a passenger in his car, is Hispanic, another is Muslim of some sort. Victims on sidewalk all white

Posted by: Thunderb at December 12, 2013 04:15 AM (zOTsN)

143 Uh oh, Obama might be pushing himself too hard to fix this Obamacare mess - here's his schedule:

10:30 am || Receives the Presidential Daily Briefing

Posted by: Lizzy at December 12, 2013 04:16 AM (JRmiD)

144 141 You find the 'right' Attorney with the 'right' connections, pay him a BUTT-LOAD of money and don't ask any questions.

Get the picture?

Posted by: Uncle Rick at December 12, 2013 08:15 AM (ZbB1q)

When I first moved here that was common. The normal cost then was $5K plus lawyer fees. The $5K went to the court to lose the ticket.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 12, 2013 04:16 AM (T2V/1)

145 #6 Hahahhaaha, the government has invented a new word for corruption.

A simple Â“misunderstandingÂ” allowed GoogleÂ’s top executives to pay between $3.3 and $5.3 million less than market price for fuel to fly a fleet of private jets on both scientific missions and flights to some of the worldÂ’s most exclusive beaches.

This "misunderstanding" allowed Google to cheat CA out of millions in taxes. Another "what if" this had happened under Bush and this was Halliburton instead of liberal Google.

http://tinyurl.com/mgyjcug

Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 12, 2013 04:17 AM (T2V/1)

146 What ever happened to the axiom: "To those whom much is given, much is expected"

Posted by: Jean at December 12, 2013 04:17 AM (3hIs0)

147 Morning, kiddos.

Posted by: DangerGirl at December 12, 2013 04:17 AM (x1L8S)

148

They're ~~memorializing~~ pimping Sandy Hook.

Fixed.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 12, 2013 04:18 AM (zF6Iw)

149 How about some cheesecake: Jane Russell, posing for The Outlaw: http://tinyurl.com/l9z8my5 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Wellllll, if you can't tell us a story, Mr I'm So Bummed, Jane will do. Maybe it's just the photographer angle, but that pose looks uncomfortable to hold for a painting.

Posted by: Clove Hookahsmoker, the mindful webworker at December 12, 2013 04:20 AM (cdYeu)

150 I forget: Are we serfs or peons?

Posted by: Hrothgar at December 12, 2013 04:20 AM (o3MSL)

151 Levin's show last night is required listening in pointing out how the big spending of GWB set the stage for the JEF. For six fucking years the Repukes controlled everything and went hog wild on spending. Why should we trust those cocksuckers?

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 12, 2013 04:20 AM (EMzt4)

152 news up

Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 12, 2013 04:20 AM (T2V/1)

153 Morning all y'all. We saw the sun yesterday! Won't see it again til Monday. Maybe I should put another sun lamp on my wish list. (The first one died, probably depressed over so many cloudy days.)

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 12, 2013 04:21 AM (SUKHu)

154 38 You know who doesn't fuck around with punishment for crime? Singapore. They will whip your ass or lock you away for a long time for shit that back home wont even get a glance from LE Remember that American teenager who vandalized the cars and was sentenced to four months in jail, a fine of 3,500 Singapore dollars (US$2,214 at that time), and six strokes of the cane. His parents were divorced, so boohoo. Bill Clinton and other mucky mucks intervened. Out of respect for Clinton, the President of Singapore reduced the caning down from 6 strokes to 4. The stupid kid became a butane addict, had some sort of "butane accident" and got burned. He blamed his substance abuse on trying to erase the bad memories of the caning. He has subsequently had several arrests for various infractions. I'm sure he is living today as a member of the FSA.

Posted by: runningrn at December 12, 2013 04:21 AM (PLOz8)

155

113I accuse my parents, accusingly yours,
douche boy.

Hey, the kid just won an essay contest. Let's cut him some slack.

Posted by: KGB at December 12, 2013 04:21 AM (4fVw4)

156 I swear the cobs see me typing...

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 12, 2013 04:21 AM (SUKHu)

157 I caught five minutes of Morning Joe today and watched Ryan on to publicize his rick-rolling. They have some guy on the panel whose name I can't recall but who was once an advertising person and that guy asked Ryan if this deal "means you are finally sticking it to" the fiscal cons, are you "repudiating" the right? Ryan might have responded with an "are you nuts?" line of his own, but he didn't. He merely said this was out of his purview, or beyond his pay grade or something. Sad to watch.

Posted by: MTF at December 12, 2013 04:22 AM (qCtp4)

158 144 141 You find the 'right' Attorney with the 'right' connections, pay him a BUTT-LOAD of money and don't ask any questions. Somewhere, Amish Dude is reading this, and his blood is boiling...

Posted by: runningrn at December 12, 2013 04:23 AM (PLOz8)

159

Maybe it's just the photographer angle, but that pose looks uncomfortable to hold for a painting.

It's a publicity shot. You can tell by the way the "artist" has basically nothing in the way of paint. Sorry - should have mentioned that.

As far as "bummed" - it's OK. The anti-depressants just haven't kicked in yet, so I'm a little slow off the mark today.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 12, 2013 04:23 AM (zF6Iw)

160 Oh, this mixed-up, crazy world. Where multiple homicides by car are just a slight misstep, and shooting the guy who is pounding the back of your head into jelly is the worst crime ever.

Posted by: Gem at December 12, 2013 04:23 AM (zw+pb)

161 159...the artist is using pastel paints or crayons...pigment mixed with a binder formed into sticks. Link in my nick.

Posted by: dumbartist at December 12, 2013 04:36 AM (ahBY0)

162 "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made." -- Great Gatsby

Posted by: Matt S. at December 12, 2013 04:39 AM (m7EhJ)

163 Our civil society was created, in part, to ensure criminal acts were punished by the state and not vigilantism. When the state begins to regularly abdicate its role, perhaps it is time for the families of the 4 killed by this punk to ensure justice is served.

Posted by: baboy at December 12, 2013 06:53 AM (I/qGC)

164

The same judge:

Teen who hit 66-year-old pizza man with baseball bat won't stand trial as an adult (Ft Worth TX )
STAR-TELEGRAM ^ | DEANNA BOYD

Posted on January 9, 2010 12:04:49 PM EST by Dubya

FORT WORTH Â— Fred Rein used the tips he earned delivering pizzas to help people, whether paying for a pizza for a financially strapped family or a young motherÂ’s electricity bill.

But on Oct. 3, authorities say the 66-year-old Fort Worth man encountered a 16-year-old boy intent on stealing money from Rein.

On a friendÂ’s phone, the teen later told police, he called DominoÂ’s Pizza, gave the false name Joseph and placed an order for four pizzas, cheesy sticks and two bottles of soda. He provided an address on Bessie Street, a house where he used to live and now knew to be vacant. Then he and three friends walked to a park across the street from the house and watched and waited.

When the deliveryman arrived, the teens approached and demanded the pizza. When Rein laughed, the teen later told investigators, he hit the man with an aluminum baseball bat.

Prosecutors Amy Mills and Tim Bednarz sought to have the teen certified as an adult, pointing to his lack of remorse for the attack, which left Rein with a permanent brain injury. He is still hospitalized in a rehabilitation facility.

"He may be 16 but this was a cold, calculated, premeditated attack on an innocent victim," Mills told state District Judge Jean Boyd.

Boyd, however, denied prosecutorsÂ’ request, siding with defense attorneys Chad Lee and Jonathan Simpson, who had argued that the teen had not yet been afforded the counseling services and treatment programs that are available in the juvenile system. They had also pointed out that a psychological exam raised concerns about the teenÂ’s maturity and sophistication.

Posted by: Book at December 12, 2013 06:57 AM (qWES6)

165 If my family had been the one killed in the accident, and this ruling were presented to me, I would be fully justified in the eyes of a just God to kill his remaining family members. Let the prosecutor take that one to trial. There is such a thing as "righteousness," to serve the will of God.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at December 12, 2013 07:01 AM (Ec6wH)

166 I said to my wife, for justice we have to go to Don Corleone ...

Posted by: Amerigo Bonasera at December 12, 2013 07:04 AM (aTXUx)

167 This is close to me...had it happened just a stone's throw away (Johnson County), I guarantee he would get jail time...we have a vicious DA

Posted by: Oopsy at December 12, 2013 07:12 AM (RpYAF)

168 Is the family changing their surname to Kennedy?

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 12, 2013 07:18 AM (vjQ/G)

169 Our drunk driving laws are not the problem, if anything, .08 has gone overboard. The ones that cause the accidents are the ones that are really trashed like this piece of shit. I have no problem throwing the book at someone that's 3 times the legal limit.

And something tells me this kid is going to wind up "missing" some day.

Posted by: McAdams at December 12, 2013 07:50 AM (2TMCu)

170 The justice system is a farce. You have people serving 20 years for "Crimes" where nobody is even hurt, and then you have rapists and killers out in 7 to kill and rape again, or they get off scot free like in this case.

Posted by: Dan at December 12, 2013 09:08 AM (gR5OX)

171 If one of the survivors or next of kin hunted this lot down and stuck their heads on pikes, I'd probably have to vote "give that person a medal" if I'm stuck on their jury...

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at December 12, 2013 10:55 AM (1hM1d)

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