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At least he didn't call it a high-tech lynching
Topic Started: Nov 16 2010, 09:24 AM (228 Views)
jon-nyc
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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



In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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jon-nyc
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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
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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.
"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
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Oops! I guess so.
"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
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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
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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
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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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jon-nyc
Nov 16 2010, 09:27 AM
Fvcking scumbag.
+1

Once again, great to see public figures above the law.


Not...


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jon-nyc
Nov 16 2010, 10:20 AM
Seriously, though, to see a privileged - and guilty - black man try to hide behind past abuses of his racial brethren is particularly loathsome.
+ 1

I heard he was just re-elected with an 80% win.
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JBryan
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He could run over puppies with his chauffered limousine and wouldn't lose Harlem.
"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
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Didn't he beat the son of Adam Clayton Powell?
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jon-nyc
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I believe he did.
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Piano*Dad
Nov 16 2010, 11:33 AM
Didn't he beat the son of Adam Clayton Powell?
:yes:
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