2 Points Tex!

In NYC, they probably would have arrested the homeowner, and given the burgular a multi-million dollar settlement for mental anguish.

Anybody watch the 1971 movie "Dirty Harry" with Clint Eastwood? Other than the shoot-em-up theme, there is a liberal govt backstory as to how criminials have rights. Harry takes a more conservative approach and settles the score with his .44 Magmum.

davidg wrote: In NYC, they probably would have arrested the homeowner, and given the burgular a multi-million dollar settlement for mental anguish.

Apparently you have never been to NYC in the last 20 years.

Last time I checked NY was a death penalty state and illinois and wisconsin werent.

JoeinNY wrote: davidg wrote: In NYC, they probably would have arrested the homeowner, and given the burgular a multi-million dollar settlement for mental anguish. Apparently you have never been to NYC in the last 20 years. Last time I checked NY was a death penalty state and illinois and wisconsin werent.

I just picked the first large, liberal city that came to mind. I think I had my facts mixed up. NYC will toss you in jail for drinking a 32 oz. Big Gulp soda, or if you eat more than three grams of salt in a day.

Let's use San Fransisco instead....a REALLY liberal city!! Besides, thats the city that "Dirty Harry" was set in.

Considering you live pretty close to a large liberal city you might consider disparaging that one instead of making assumptions about ones you don't have any real knowledge of.. your soda comment is also wrong as it is not illegal to buy or sell a big gulp in any part of NY, NYC or otherwise..

Yea David. I nver heard if they made an offical determination of cause yet. I mean as big as that was that had to have been an entire house just pressurized with gas to go boom like that.

I ran into one of our old mecahnics from the Chrysler dealer I worked at and he lived within a mile and said it knocked stuff off his wall.

JoeinNY wrote: Considering you live pretty close to a large liberal city you might consider disparaging that one instead of making assumptions about ones you don't have any real knowledge of.. your soda comment is also wrong as it is not illegal to buy or sell a big gulp in any part of NY, NYC or otherwise..

Okay, Chicago it is. You are absolutely right. Way too liberal for my liking. Our property taxes are outrageous, even in the burbs, and the state is one of five or so, along with New York and California that are deep in debt due to promises made to govt workers that are unsustainable. But, we don't have the Big Gulp ban....yet.

So, enlighten me. What is the soda ban in NYC that Mayor Bloomberg implemented? And the salt ban? There is definitely something going on there. He is leading the "nanny state" initiative to make sure his citizens don't hurt themselves since they don't have the common sense not to drink too much soda, or eat too much salt without his divine guidance.   

Arrested for possesion of Big Gulps.... haha

Dude, you're bogarting my gulp!    

I saw the Texas story on Red Eye this morning and found it on CBS to make sure it was real. The segment was a riot... "shoot him in the legs, don't kill him". I'll link it if they do.

Restaurants, movie theaters , and street vendors ate regulated... Big gulps are not... Feel free to buy two cups at the movie theater if you come visit.   I don't disagree that NYC has a lot of permitting issues - but if some one truly feels the need to post on a great website that brings people together who share common interests a bunch of disparaging comments about other people that serve to do nothing but drive people apart they could at least do the due diligence of reading and making sure that the devisive comments they are posting are actually true.   

Or you could just not make comments about people or places you don't know anything about- hint if you got your info about these people or places from rush or fox you don't know anything about them.

Found this image, and thought it was appropriate for where this thread has gone. Please enjoy it in the good humor it is intended. I hope it doesn't offend anyone.

I guess between not being either insecure or unhappy with my life I dont feel the need to tear down others to make myself feel better. This is probably why I dont need to cling to right wing propaganda which of course has its stock and trade in pandering to those looking to feel smarter and superior to thier fellow americans.

Me I think we are all a lot more similar than we are different.. so I dont get on a thread about a pretty cool story and start insulting random areas of the country.

To Bruces question...

I don't really know that I feel gun control has much to do with crime rates.. certainly it is hard to say anything about it as a statewide issue in NY as there are extremely rural areas, 6 million acres of adirondack park, and of course dense cities like NY. For my own opinion I have no problem with a locality like NYC deciding to have relatively tight gun control, there is not a whole lot of hunting need down there and there are so many people around there are not a lot of shots you could take without seriously endangering an innocent bystander. Additionally you are never all that far from authorities that can come to your aid, unlike rural maine or in the upper or lower parts of my county in NY.

When I lived in Virginia it was not unusual for us to wear unconcealed pistols during the day out in rural prince george county, but on the few occasions I saw people doing the same in Richmond.. I was not all that comfortable with it and wearing my own wouldnt have helped out the situation. It wasnt long after I moved there that they did ban wearing guns in bars, restuarants, etc.. but it was after someone got shot at a club I had just left (I was in the pizza place next store at the time).

Different things work different places IMHO.. dont like the law in your city/state and cant get enough people to vote with you and change the law then you can always move.

David next time you might want to rely on the new york times a little more and the right wing noise a little less..

Where but Illinois can a State rep who was one of the front runners for a recently vacated House seat,who is an advocate for gun control, be arrested for trying to board a plane at O'Hare with a gun? Not to mention said gun was not registered where he lives in Chicago but at his office in Springfield. "I forgot I had it in there" after he leaves his "job" at a security firm that also is a contributor to him and other Chicago politicians.
"Don't mind the man behind the curtain"

It doesn't seem to me that there is any evidence that gun control has an affect on crime rates. Supposedly DC had to allow possesion of guns due to a Supreme Court ruling. It would be interesting to see what if any affect that has had on crime in that city.

Funny how a librel leaning state like CA voted to uphold the death penalty. I can see it being a deterent if they were carried out swiftly like in Saudi Arabia, but given the time it takes here, it doesn't seem like it is much of a threat to the criminals. They aren't thinking 20 years off.

phatsat67 wrote: Clint Eastwood movies are best! One of my favorites..... Right turn Clyde. I hate when you hear criminals getting off free and the people they were trying to harm get into legal problems because of it.

I agree with you completly.My favorite western movies where from either Eastwood,and John Wayne.3rd would be Charles Bronson.

My favorite Eastwood quote is"I know what you are thinking,did he shoot 5 or 6.Well in all this excitment and cant remeber myself.But you have to ask yourself one question.Do I feel lucky.Will do ya PUNK!!

Right turn Clyde...

They didn't have to spend much investigating this incident.