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| jon-nyc | Nov 16 2010, 09:24 AM Post #1 |
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Cheers
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Rangel walks out of his hearing and says the process is 'unfair'. Right, because if it were fair Mr. Rangel would be in a cage, where he belongs. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/16/nyregion/16rangel.html |
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| jon-nyc | Nov 16 2010, 09:25 AM Post #2 |
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Cheers
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But his convistion was handed down a few minutes ago: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/16/rangel-found-to-have-violated-multiple-ethics-rules/?ref=politics |
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| JBryan | Nov 16 2010, 09:26 AM Post #3 |
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I am the grey one
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I think if I ever find myself in court I will try the same tactic and just walk out. Or do you think they might just go on without me and let me know how it came out. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| JBryan | Nov 16 2010, 09:26 AM Post #4 |
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I am the grey one
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Oops! I guess so. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| jon-nyc | Nov 16 2010, 09:27 AM Post #5 |
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Cheers
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They did just that. But he's playing for his audience in Harlem, and no one else. Fvcking scumbag. |
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| Kincaid | Nov 16 2010, 10:02 AM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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[Harlemite]But at least he's our fvcking scumbag![/Harlemite] |
| Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006. | |
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| jon-nyc | Nov 16 2010, 10:20 AM Post #7 |
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Cheers
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Seriously, though, to see a privileged - and guilty - black man try to hide behind past abuses of his racial brethren is particularly loathsome. |
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| OperaTenor | Nov 16 2010, 10:57 AM Post #8 |
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Pisa-Carp
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+1 Once again, great to see public figures above the law. Not... |
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| musicasacra | Nov 16 2010, 11:19 AM Post #9 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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+ 1 I heard he was just re-elected with an 80% win. |
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| JBryan | Nov 16 2010, 11:22 AM Post #10 |
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I am the grey one
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He could run over puppies with his chauffered limousine and wouldn't lose Harlem. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| Piano*Dad | Nov 16 2010, 11:33 AM Post #11 |
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Bull-Carp
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Didn't he beat the son of Adam Clayton Powell? |
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| jon-nyc | Nov 16 2010, 02:44 PM Post #12 |
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Cheers
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I believe he did. |
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| Jolly | Nov 16 2010, 06:06 PM Post #13 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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