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Posted on March 18 at 5:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Glad to see this. Congratulations to the law enforcement agencies for a job well done.
To the few here who are suggesting legalizing drugs- all you are doing is paving the way for the users to break into your house and steal from you to support their habit.
If you haven't seen the fast-acting and severe faces of meth, you should look online at the mugshots that some sites have. It's not pretty.
Posted on March 17 at 3:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The state will get them for the kidnapping and rape charges. They are in a lot of trouble.
Posted on March 14 at 1:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Posted by Bamabunny (anonymous) on March 13, 2010 at 10:11 a.m.
A lot of child abuse is a "learned behavior". Most abusers were themselves abused as a child.
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I agree. But, it still comes down to choices. If it was done to you- you can either follow the family tradition or you can remember- and change it for the positive.
How many are out there that did far better for their children than was ever done to them. My guess is a lot.
This lady needs to be strung up by her thumbs and beaten with an ugly stick for what she did to that child and likely all the poor unfortunate children who have crossed her path.
Posted on March 11 at 12:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)
DarrylDavis: "Traffic tickets(whether you can afford to pay them or not) are instruments of extortion. IE: we want your money. What a society we live in...."
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When you decided you wanted your driver license, you went to the DL office after reading the book and you took the tests.
You knew the rules. It's free country because it's basically up to you whether or not you obey the laws.
If you drive in such a way as to endanger the public or yourself and you receive a citation, you have a choice. You can pay the ticket or you can go to court and fight it.
Why does this punishment system involve your money? Because it's a common denominator. People of all ages might not care about various aspects of their lives, but most everyone cares about their money.
So, you have the choice to pay the citation or fight it.
You also have the choice of not doing either.
That is when a warrant can be issued for your arrest, because it still hasn't penetrated your thick head that your actions DO affect others. It is not all about you. And if you continue to drive fast or in a reckless manner, innocent motorists' lives could be involved.
The amnesty program is a financially sound one. It allows you to go in and pay your ticket without fear of incarceration. It saves money because the police don't have to go out, find you, bring you in, process you, feed and house you. No judge has to listen to your pathetic excuse for not being responsible enough to take care of your legal business in the first place.
So, technically, this is all on you, your choices and ultimately your maturity level.
And no, I am not a police officer nor do I play one on TV.
Posted on March 6 at 7:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)
If you grab for an officers' weapon, you fully deserve what you get.
Glad the officer is ok. As for the subject; he sounds like a regular customer.
Posted on March 4 at 12:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Good work law enforcement!!
All anyone has to do is, (if they aren't watching someone they love spiral downward due to their addiction to drugs), is look at those booking photos online of the "before" and 2.5 years "after" they've begun to dance with meth.
It really is a sad thing with no winner.
dxegrl77, Look up the psychological definition of "codependent."
Obviously, you mean well. But, your priorities are
anything but healthy.
Your friend is making his own choices regardless of
addiction. As with any other addict, he doesn't care
who he hurts as long as he gets his fix.
Only HE can choose to clean himself up.
To enable him is to help him to the cliff and tell him it's ok to jump.
Posted on February 25 at 8:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I have an adult son who is a "Leigh." Trust me, your concern over your friends' confidentiality is admirable, but not realistic.
Maybe Leigh is not a violent type. But, his actions, (undoubtedly altered by drug use), seem to put him into crisis situations. Desperate people do desperate things.
When desperate also, running back home where it sounds "safer" might be on his mind.
People need to be alerted. Can you imagine, if, in desperation, Leigh got a hold of a weapon or something, was out of his mind and ended up hurting someone?
Do you want to carry that responsibility on your shoulders?
Don't you think that the public has a right to know?
Evidently, from your friends' previous collisions with the law, it doesn't appear that he cares about anyone but himself. He even took off and left his female friend in the vehicle.
You sound like a good friend to have. Try placing your loyalty with someone who deserves it.
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Posted by dxegrl77 (anonymous) on February 24, 2010 at 3:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I also think if the paper was doing it as a public service annoucement thing, there was no need to illuminate his past life. They could just have given his appereance details and said be on the look for.
Posted on February 13 at 1:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Posted by smalltownpolitics (anonymous) on February 11, 2010 at 10:11 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I wonder what would happen if our politicians tried to stop our churches and senior centers from playing Wednesday afternoon Bingo? Whether you are taking part of any Bingo game you are taking a chance to win or lose reguardless if it is electronic or someone stands up in front of the room calling out letters and numbers.
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This is where a card and an electronic device is different.
In church card Bingo, everyone has a chance to win, it is literally up to the fates as to what number comes up.
The ultimate directive is not keeping the money for the entity that hosts the game.
With electronic Bingo, you are not competing against the other participants, but are competing against the house, (who does need to profit in order to remain in business).
If you've ever played games with cards and then played the same games with a computer, you will notice a big difference as to whether you win or not. When you're playing on a computer, even if you see a move you can make that helps you continue and eventually win, the computer does not allow you to do so.
Now, does the computer benefit? Not monetarily. But, imagine putting loss of $ to that equation and people who benefit from it, but keep you just hooked enough to keep on trying. That is the difference between card Bingo and electronic Bingo.
Posted on February 13 at 12:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)
onlyyouwillknow (anonymous) on February 11, 2010 at 8:20 a.m. (Suggest removal):
I go into Florida once a month and buy lottery/powerball tickets for a month and while in Florida we do our monthly shopping for groceries and meds. Why? Florida does not tax groceries or medicial supplies. A big savings. It is time to clean house and move Alabama forward.
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You are right about Florida. But, that is only part of the equation. Florida does not have tax on groceries or medical supplies- but, they have double and triple the property taxes to make up for it.
The way that they pushed for the lottery was to claim that part of the proceeds would go for education.
That was a farce.
The school system has been bogged down with the State paying retirement benefits AND rehire paychecks to the same employees. Double-dipping. Hence, they seem to be struggling as far as more teachers and supplies, STILL.
Absolutely, the people of Alabama should be allowed to vote as to whether or not to allow gambling here.
But, remember- if electronic Bingo is allowed, (if gambling in general, is allowed), then the towns that have gambling will require more law enforcement to intercept the negative side of the sudden influx of money, (thefts, prostitution, more drug use, robberies, murders, rapes, a general transient atmosphere).
You will likely see an influx in homeless, too, as there will be those who have gambling addictions and will follow their last dollar into your towns.
Yes, $ will be coming in, but how much will be left over after you take everything in to account?
Do you really want to live in a miniature Las Vegas?
Personally, to me, the idea of a state-run lottery is not as "in your face" in the gambling thing. Stores that sell them will take a reward when they sell a winner.
Yes, there is a negative to that. Like some have been caught telling a winner that none of their numbers came in- and kept the $ for themselves. But, if everyone read their own numbers and compared them, that would alieviate that issue.
Absolutely, allow the people to vote.
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Posted on March 18 at 5:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Linden, put down that crack pipe. That is the silliest post I've ever read. Marijuana not a drug. Hahaahhahahahahhahahahahhaaaa!!!
On Major drug bust leads to 23 arrests