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Post by Raven on Apr 27, 2008 10:20:14 GMT -5
They said they wanted no prison and no fine though. That's crap. Nobody's above the law, man. Death and taxes!
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Post by vampyre on Apr 27, 2008 11:24:05 GMT -5
Maybe he can do $2.7M worth of community service? The government needs that 2.7 mill. The senator from Rhode Island is in need of a new toilet seat.
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Post by Raven on Apr 27, 2008 15:33:33 GMT -5
^Yeah, no kidding.
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Post by mouse on Apr 27, 2008 19:04:45 GMT -5
Honestly I think taxes are a bunch of bull. The government is robing from us. If I could get away with it, I wouldn't pay taxes. I think everyone wouldn't. It's not our fault our country is in debt. But that's a different story I rather not talk about. I hate politics. It just makes everyone angry.
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Post by Raven on Apr 27, 2008 19:18:39 GMT -5
Point is, if we have to, he has to.
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Post by mouse on Apr 27, 2008 19:19:57 GMT -5
I'm sick of the mentality that celebrities should have a different set of laws than the rest of us. [/color][/quote] I completely agree with ya there Raven. Though taxes isn't much of a big deal to me as when you see an underage starlet out drinking and doing drugs or dating someone much older much less getting pregnant before they are 18. Honestly. If I got caught drinking before I was 21 *didn't really drink before 21* I would have gotten my ass thrown in jail or worse. But oh no! These people are stars and are going through a rough time. Lets slap them on the wrist and send them on their way to do it again. But next time they'll be driving and nearly kill someone. So what they go to rehab! They end up leaving early and for what? They go back to their normal habits. What happened to the judge that kicks our asses and send us to prison, not this make believe holding sail, for not full filling our sentence? No where because they too are star struck. Sorry for rambling. it just.. pisses me off.
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Post by deathlynx on Apr 28, 2008 15:25:33 GMT -5
Well, there's no argument from me that he owes the 2.7 mil but that technically doesn't count as even a fine...that's just the amount owed...
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Post by Raven on Apr 28, 2008 21:42:01 GMT -5
Right. So what would the fine be? A percentage? The rest of us get JACKED if we try to rip off Uncle Sam! Just because you're loaded shouldn't make it easier. We should all be just as susceptible to the laws and their punishments if we don't abide by them.
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Post by Starlit Rogue on Apr 28, 2008 23:45:06 GMT -5
Reminds me of a Paris parody by omovies on youtube. xD
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Post by mouse on Apr 29, 2008 0:24:41 GMT -5
Woman Found Guilty for Fiance's killing Daughter*CHICAGO -- Tabitha Pollock was asleep when her boyfriend killed her 3-year-old daughter. Charged with first-degree murder because prosecutors believed she should have known of the danger, Pollock spent more than six years in prison before the Illinois Supreme Court threw out the conviction. "Should have known," the high court ruled, was not nearly enough to keep Pollock behind bars. Five years later, Pollock remains in limbo, freed from prison but not free from the snags of a wrongful conviction that upended her life. With a felony record, she cannot become a teacher, as she wants. She cannot collect damages from the Illinois government. On a trip to Australia, where customs officials questioned her when she arrived, she learned that the murder conviction always follows her. To fully clear her name, Pollock -- as well as a dozen or so other former Illinois inmates who have been exonerated -- needs an official pardon, which only the governor can give. She applied in 2002 but has received no word. This just proves how screwed up our judicial system really is. We send innocent people to prison. Waisting YEARS of their lives that that can't get back and let them go with a sully record saying 'OOP's. We're sorry. I guess you were guilty.' It's like a slap in this face. This poor woman lost a daughter, but not from a stranger, her fiance, then gets thrown into prison with real criminals, then lets out SIX years later with a sully record, and has to go back to life like nothing happened?
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Post by deathlynx on Apr 29, 2008 2:08:09 GMT -5
My mother-in-law lost her kids for a number of years because they were molested (well my wife, like 4-6 at the time, was actually raped) when she left them with someone to watch over them...apparently she was expected to know that said men were into that...but what's even worse, she was expected to understand that her brother was not only into it, but was willing to go after his neice!? That's right, it was my wife's uncle they were left with...
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Post by Raven on Apr 29, 2008 8:49:00 GMT -5
HOLY SHIT! I don't know what else to say.
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Post by slayercat on Apr 29, 2008 13:23:53 GMT -5
This kind of thing drives me crazy. It is bad enough that criminals get off on technicalities but when an innocent ends up in jail - for years! - it just isn't right. Why isn't our legal system about getting the truth out - instead of politics, money and power?
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Post by mouse on Apr 29, 2008 14:40:30 GMT -5
My god father is going through something similar. He got charged for molesting his grandchildren. Only to find out later that it was their step father saying "I'm doing this because of your grandpa. It is his fault." Now the oldest boy who is now 17 is in counseling because his step dad made him hold his sister down then do the same things that were done to him to her.
Our system is so fucked up.
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Post by Raven on Jun 3, 2008 16:35:21 GMT -5
CDC: Tomatoes eyed in salmonella cases in 9 states ATLANTA - An outbreak of salmonella food poisoning first linked to uncooked tomatoes has now been reported in nine states, U.S. health officials said Tuesday.
Lab tests have confirmed 40 illnesses in Texas and New Mexico as the same type of salmonella, right down to the genetic fingerprint. An investigation by Texas and New Mexico health authorities and the Indian Health Service tied those cases to uncooked, raw, large tomatoes.
At least 17 people in Texas and New Mexico have been hospitalized. None have died, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Another 30 people have become sick with the same Salmonella Saintpaul infection in Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Idaho, Illinois and Indiana. CDC investigators are looking into whether tomatoes were culprits there, too.
In Texas and New Mexico, raw large tomatoes — including Roma and red round tomatoes — were found to be a common factor in the 40 illnesses. But no farm, distributor or grocery chain has been identified as the main source, said Casey Barton Behravesh, a CDC epidemiologist working on the investigation.
"The specific type and source of tomatoes is under investigation," she said.
Salmonella is a bacterial infection that lives in the intestinal tracts of humans and other animals. The bacteria are usually transmitted to humans by eating foods contaminated with animal feces.
Most infected people suffer fever, diarrhea and abdominal cramps starting 12 to 72 hours after infection. The illness tends to last four to seven days.
Many people recover without treatment. However, severe infection and even death is possible. Infants, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems are at greatest risk for severe infections.
In Texas and New Mexico, the patients ranged in age from ages 3 to 82. Of the 40, 38 were interviewed. Most said they ate raw tomatoes from either stores or restaurants before becoming ill between April 23 and May 27.
Another 17 cases are under investigation in New Mexico, CDC officials said. OMG. Kim was right about the danger of tomatoes to humans.
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