From: MNMikeW on

"R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
news:2010051617051025963-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
> On 2010-05-13 18:26:17 -0400, MNMikeW said:
>
>> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
>> news:2010051318202741171-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
>>> On 2010-05-11 12:25:04 -0400, MNMikeW said:
>>>
>>>> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:2010051023553696677-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
>>>>> On 2010-05-10 13:25:58 -0400, MNMikeW said:
>>>>>
>>>>>> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:2010050723254273798-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
>>>>>>> On 2010-05-07 12:45:24 -0400, MNMikeW said:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:2010050711524348319-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
>>>>>>>>> On 2010-05-07 08:54:54 -0400, MNMikeW said:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> "Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>> news:4be34111$0$4888$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com...
>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 06 May 2010 12:49:06 -0500, MNMikeW wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>>> news:2010050612314318056-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> But as to the Arizona law specifically...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> But where the Arizona law really runs into problems is where
>>>>>>>>>>>>> police
>>>>>>>>>>>>> in that state won't stop me because I "look" illegal, but they
>>>>>>>>>>>>> could
>>>>>>>>>>>>> stop Maria or Miguel, my neighbors, who are both
>>>>>>>>>>>>> second-generation US
>>>>>>>>>>>>> citizens, both born in this country to immigrant citizens of
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the US.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> That's where this law runs into serious constitutional
>>>>>>>>>>>>> questions.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> And that's why I oppose it. It places legal citizens in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> situations
>>>>>>>>>>>>> we've only read about in history books and seen in movies
>>>>>>>>>>>>> about the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Gestapo in Germany. It's unAmerican.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> This is wrong Randy. The law specifically states there must be
>>>>>>>>>>>> lawful
>>>>>>>>>>>> contact BEFORE any paper checking can happen. They cannot
>>>>>>>>>>>> simply pull
>>>>>>>>>>>> you over for looking a specific way.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Yeah, because the police would never routinely pull visible
>>>>>>>>>>> minorities
>>>>>>>>>>> over like that.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Like they do now right?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Yes, like they do right now.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Randy
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Riiiiiiight.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Are you serious, Mike? Do you honestly believe that police don't
>>>>>>> stop people strictly because of the color of their skin?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does it happen, sure. Does it happen a lot, no. There are bad apples
>>>>>> in every group.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I personally know a half-dozen people -- responsible adults, all of
>>>>>>> whom are model citizens -- who have been pulled over by racist cops
>>>>>>> who just wanted to hassle a black person.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Did they say anything racist? Or you just assuming.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And yes, I was even once in the car with someone when it happened.
>>>>>>> I've seen it first hand. We weren't speeding. We weren't breaking
>>>>>>> any laws. And the cop was verbally rude and abusive. It was clear
>>>>>>> that he just wanted to intimidate my friend.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've ran into a few prick cops as most people have. There must have
>>>>>> been a reason for
>>>>>> the stop.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The fact is, 99 percent of cops are good people. It's that 1
>>>>>>> percent that give the rest a bad name in the minds of some.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, this is true for any group. Except for politicans, where it's
>>>>>> reversed. ;-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On a lesser scale, even without a badge and a gun, you put some
>>>>>>> people in a position of presumed authority, they will let their
>>>>>>> presumed "power" go to their heads.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes there a few of those out there.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Like when I was broadcasting a PGA TOUR
>>>>>>> event once and one of the volunteers threatened to have me removed
>>>>>>> from the grounds because I was walking inside the ropes, even though
>>>>>>> I had the credentials clearly on my arm entitling me to be there.
>>>>>>> The same guy even started physically assaulting one of our female
>>>>>>> reporters WHILE SHE WAS TALKING ON THE AIR!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I did volunteer work at the 3M Championship up here a few years ago.
>>>>>> We didnt have that much power to do that. ;-).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For you to mindlessly assert that such things don't happen only
>>>>>>> shows your own ignorance -- or stubborn insistence on keeping your
>>>>>>> head stuck firmly in the sand (or elsewhere just as dark).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I never said they never happen. But for you to mindlessly assert that
>>>>>> this will be the norm only shows your ignorance.
>>>>>
>>>>> I never said it was the norm.
>>>>>
>>>>> You said, "Riiiiiiight," as if to suggest it hardly ever happens.
>>>>>
>>>>> It happens with surprising regularity. Somewhere.
>>>>>
>>>>> To assert otherwise is a lie.
>>>>>
>>>>> Randy
>>>>>
>>>> But the way this law is being painted by the left you'd think this law
>>>> does exactly that. Allows for the police to profile at will. This is
>>>> not the case at all. In fact it was modified to make sure it was more
>>>> than clear.
>>>
>>>
>>> Describe for me what some who is "illegally here" looks like.
>>>
>>> Randy
>>>
>> What?
>
>
> Can you not read?
>
> Describe for me what someone who is "illegally here" looks like.
>
> Randy
>
I can read, you cant type. They can look like anybody Randy.


From: William Clark on
In article <85frsnFrioU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
"MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote:

> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
> news:2010051617051025963-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
> > On 2010-05-13 18:26:17 -0400, MNMikeW said:
> >
> >> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
> >> news:2010051318202741171-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
> >>> On 2010-05-11 12:25:04 -0400, MNMikeW said:
> >>>
> >>>> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
> >>>> news:2010051023553696677-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
> >>>>> On 2010-05-10 13:25:58 -0400, MNMikeW said:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
> >>>>>> news:2010050723254273798-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
> >>>>>>> On 2010-05-07 12:45:24 -0400, MNMikeW said:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
> >>>>>>>> news:2010050711524348319-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
> >>>>>>>>> On 2010-05-07 08:54:54 -0400, MNMikeW said:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> "Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
> >>>>>>>>>> news:4be34111$0$4888$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com...
> >>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 06 May 2010 12:49:06 -0500, MNMikeW wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
> >>>>>>>>>>>> news:2010050612314318056-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> But as to the Arizona law specifically...
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> But where the Arizona law really runs into problems is where
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> police
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> in that state won't stop me because I "look" illegal, but they
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> could
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> stop Maria or Miguel, my neighbors, who are both
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> second-generation US
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> citizens, both born in this country to immigrant citizens of
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> the US.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> That's where this law runs into serious constitutional
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> questions.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> And that's why I oppose it. It places legal citizens in
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> situations
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> we've only read about in history books and seen in movies
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> about the
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Gestapo in Germany. It's unAmerican.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> This is wrong Randy. The law specifically states there must be
> >>>>>>>>>>>> lawful
> >>>>>>>>>>>> contact BEFORE any paper checking can happen. They cannot
> >>>>>>>>>>>> simply pull
> >>>>>>>>>>>> you over for looking a specific way.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Yeah, because the police would never routinely pull visible
> >>>>>>>>>>> minorities
> >>>>>>>>>>> over like that.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Like they do now right?
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Yes, like they do right now.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Randy
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Riiiiiiight.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Are you serious, Mike? Do you honestly believe that police don't
> >>>>>>> stop people strictly because of the color of their skin?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> Does it happen, sure. Does it happen a lot, no. There are bad apples
> >>>>>> in every group.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I personally know a half-dozen people -- responsible adults, all of
> >>>>>>> whom are model citizens -- who have been pulled over by racist cops
> >>>>>>> who just wanted to hassle a black person.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Did they say anything racist? Or you just assuming.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> And yes, I was even once in the car with someone when it happened.
> >>>>>>> I've seen it first hand. We weren't speeding. We weren't breaking
> >>>>>>> any laws. And the cop was verbally rude and abusive. It was clear
> >>>>>>> that he just wanted to intimidate my friend.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I've ran into a few prick cops as most people have. There must have
> >>>>>> been a reason for
> >>>>>> the stop.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> The fact is, 99 percent of cops are good people. It's that 1
> >>>>>>> percent that give the rest a bad name in the minds of some.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Yes, this is true for any group. Except for politicans, where it's
> >>>>>> reversed. ;-)
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On a lesser scale, even without a badge and a gun, you put some
> >>>>>>> people in a position of presumed authority, they will let their
> >>>>>>> presumed "power" go to their heads.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Yes there a few of those out there.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Like when I was broadcasting a PGA TOUR
> >>>>>>> event once and one of the volunteers threatened to have me removed
> >>>>>>> from the grounds because I was walking inside the ropes, even though
> >>>>>>> I had the credentials clearly on my arm entitling me to be there.
> >>>>>>> The same guy even started physically assaulting one of our female
> >>>>>>> reporters WHILE SHE WAS TALKING ON THE AIR!!!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I did volunteer work at the 3M Championship up here a few years ago.
> >>>>>> We didnt have that much power to do that. ;-).
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> For you to mindlessly assert that such things don't happen only
> >>>>>>> shows your own ignorance -- or stubborn insistence on keeping your
> >>>>>>> head stuck firmly in the sand (or elsewhere just as dark).
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> I never said they never happen. But for you to mindlessly assert that
> >>>>>> this will be the norm only shows your ignorance.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I never said it was the norm.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> You said, "Riiiiiiight," as if to suggest it hardly ever happens.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It happens with surprising regularity. Somewhere.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> To assert otherwise is a lie.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Randy
> >>>>>
> >>>> But the way this law is being painted by the left you'd think this law
> >>>> does exactly that. Allows for the police to profile at will. This is
> >>>> not the case at all. In fact it was modified to make sure it was more
> >>>> than clear.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Describe for me what some who is "illegally here" looks like.
> >>>
> >>> Randy
> >>>
> >> What?
> >
> >
> > Can you not read?
> >
> > Describe for me what someone who is "illegally here" looks like.
> >
> > Randy
> >
> I can read, you cant type. They can look like anybody Randy.

Who "cant" type? People living in glass houses . . .
From: MNMikeW on

"William Clark" <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote in message
news:clark-555E15.13271718052010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> In article <85frsnFrioU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
> "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote:
>
>> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
>> news:2010051617051025963-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
>> > On 2010-05-13 18:26:17 -0400, MNMikeW said:
>> >
>> >> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:2010051318202741171-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
>> >>> On 2010-05-11 12:25:04 -0400, MNMikeW said:
>> >>>
>> >>>> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
>> >>>> news:2010051023553696677-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
>> >>>>> On 2010-05-10 13:25:58 -0400, MNMikeW said:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
>> >>>>>> news:2010050723254273798-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
>> >>>>>>> On 2010-05-07 12:45:24 -0400, MNMikeW said:
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
>> >>>>>>>> news:2010050711524348319-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
>> >>>>>>>>> On 2010-05-07 08:54:54 -0400, MNMikeW said:
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> "Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
>> >>>>>>>>>> news:4be34111$0$4888$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com...
>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 06 May 2010 12:49:06 -0500, MNMikeW wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> news:2010050612314318056-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> But as to the Arizona law specifically...
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> But where the Arizona law really runs into problems is
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> where
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> police
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> in that state won't stop me because I "look" illegal, but
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> they
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> could
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> stop Maria or Miguel, my neighbors, who are both
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> second-generation US
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> citizens, both born in this country to immigrant citizens
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> of
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> the US.
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> That's where this law runs into serious constitutional
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> questions.
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> And that's why I oppose it. It places legal citizens in
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> situations
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> we've only read about in history books and seen in movies
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> about the
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Gestapo in Germany. It's unAmerican.
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> This is wrong Randy. The law specifically states there must
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> be
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> lawful
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> contact BEFORE any paper checking can happen. They cannot
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> simply pull
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> you over for looking a specific way.
>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>> Yeah, because the police would never routinely pull visible
>> >>>>>>>>>>> minorities
>> >>>>>>>>>>> over like that.
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> Like they do now right?
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> Yes, like they do right now.
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> Randy
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Riiiiiiight.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Are you serious, Mike? Do you honestly believe that police don't
>> >>>>>>> stop people strictly because of the color of their skin?
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Does it happen, sure. Does it happen a lot, no. There are bad
>> >>>>>> apples
>> >>>>>> in every group.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> I personally know a half-dozen people -- responsible adults, all
>> >>>>>>> of
>> >>>>>>> whom are model citizens -- who have been pulled over by racist
>> >>>>>>> cops
>> >>>>>>> who just wanted to hassle a black person.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Did they say anything racist? Or you just assuming.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> And yes, I was even once in the car with someone when it
>> >>>>>>> happened.
>> >>>>>>> I've seen it first hand. We weren't speeding. We weren't
>> >>>>>>> breaking
>> >>>>>>> any laws. And the cop was verbally rude and abusive. It was
>> >>>>>>> clear
>> >>>>>>> that he just wanted to intimidate my friend.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> I've ran into a few prick cops as most people have. There must
>> >>>>>> have
>> >>>>>> been a reason for
>> >>>>>> the stop.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> The fact is, 99 percent of cops are good people. It's that 1
>> >>>>>>> percent that give the rest a bad name in the minds of some.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Yes, this is true for any group. Except for politicans, where it's
>> >>>>>> reversed. ;-)
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> On a lesser scale, even without a badge and a gun, you put some
>> >>>>>>> people in a position of presumed authority, they will let their
>> >>>>>>> presumed "power" go to their heads.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Yes there a few of those out there.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Like when I was broadcasting a PGA TOUR
>> >>>>>>> event once and one of the volunteers threatened to have me
>> >>>>>>> removed
>> >>>>>>> from the grounds because I was walking inside the ropes, even
>> >>>>>>> though
>> >>>>>>> I had the credentials clearly on my arm entitling me to be there.
>> >>>>>>> The same guy even started physically assaulting one of our female
>> >>>>>>> reporters WHILE SHE WAS TALKING ON THE AIR!!!
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> I did volunteer work at the 3M Championship up here a few years
>> >>>>>> ago.
>> >>>>>> We didnt have that much power to do that. ;-).
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> For you to mindlessly assert that such things don't happen only
>> >>>>>>> shows your own ignorance -- or stubborn insistence on keeping
>> >>>>>>> your
>> >>>>>>> head stuck firmly in the sand (or elsewhere just as dark).
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>> I never said they never happen. But for you to mindlessly assert
>> >>>>>> that
>> >>>>>> this will be the norm only shows your ignorance.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I never said it was the norm.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> You said, "Riiiiiiight," as if to suggest it hardly ever happens.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> It happens with surprising regularity. Somewhere.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> To assert otherwise is a lie.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Randy
>> >>>>>
>> >>>> But the way this law is being painted by the left you'd think this
>> >>>> law
>> >>>> does exactly that. Allows for the police to profile at will. This is
>> >>>> not the case at all. In fact it was modified to make sure it was
>> >>>> more
>> >>>> than clear.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Describe for me what some who is "illegally here" looks like.
>> >>>
>> >>> Randy
>> >>>
>> >> What?
>> >
>> >
>> > Can you not read?
>> >
>> > Describe for me what someone who is "illegally here" looks like.
>> >
>> > Randy
>> >
>> I can read, you cant type. They can look like anybody Randy.
>
> Who "cant" type? People living in glass houses . . .

Of course YOU never make typos.


From: William Clark on
In article <85g589FmueU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
"MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote:

> "William Clark" <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote in message
> news:clark-555E15.13271718052010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> > In article <85frsnFrioU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
> > "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
> >> news:2010051617051025963-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
> >> > On 2010-05-13 18:26:17 -0400, MNMikeW said:
> >> >
> >> >> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:2010051318202741171-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
> >> >>> On 2010-05-11 12:25:04 -0400, MNMikeW said:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
> >> >>>> news:2010051023553696677-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
> >> >>>>> On 2010-05-10 13:25:58 -0400, MNMikeW said:
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
> >> >>>>>> news:2010050723254273798-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
> >> >>>>>>> On 2010-05-07 12:45:24 -0400, MNMikeW said:
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
> >> >>>>>>>> news:2010050711524348319-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
> >> >>>>>>>>> On 2010-05-07 08:54:54 -0400, MNMikeW said:
> >> >>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>> "Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
> >> >>>>>>>>>> news:4be34111$0$4888$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com...
> >> >>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 06 May 2010 12:49:06 -0500, MNMikeW wrote:
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> news:2010050612314318056-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> But as to the Arizona law specifically...
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> But where the Arizona law really runs into problems is
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> where
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> police
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> in that state won't stop me because I "look" illegal, but
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> they
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> could
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> stop Maria or Miguel, my neighbors, who are both
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> second-generation US
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> citizens, both born in this country to immigrant citizens
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> of
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> the US.
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> That's where this law runs into serious constitutional
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> questions.
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> And that's why I oppose it. It places legal citizens in
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> situations
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> we've only read about in history books and seen in movies
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> about the
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Gestapo in Germany. It's unAmerican.
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> This is wrong Randy. The law specifically states there must
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> be
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> lawful
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> contact BEFORE any paper checking can happen. They cannot
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> simply pull
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> you over for looking a specific way.
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>>> Yeah, because the police would never routinely pull visible
> >> >>>>>>>>>>> minorities
> >> >>>>>>>>>>> over like that.
> >> >>>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>> Like they do now right?
> >> >>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>> Yes, like they do right now.
> >> >>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>> Randy
> >> >>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>> Riiiiiiight.
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>> Are you serious, Mike? Do you honestly believe that police don't
> >> >>>>>>> stop people strictly because of the color of their skin?
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> Does it happen, sure. Does it happen a lot, no. There are bad
> >> >>>>>> apples
> >> >>>>>> in every group.
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>> I personally know a half-dozen people -- responsible adults, all
> >> >>>>>>> of
> >> >>>>>>> whom are model citizens -- who have been pulled over by racist
> >> >>>>>>> cops
> >> >>>>>>> who just wanted to hassle a black person.
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> Did they say anything racist? Or you just assuming.
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>> And yes, I was even once in the car with someone when it
> >> >>>>>>> happened.
> >> >>>>>>> I've seen it first hand. We weren't speeding. We weren't
> >> >>>>>>> breaking
> >> >>>>>>> any laws. And the cop was verbally rude and abusive. It was
> >> >>>>>>> clear
> >> >>>>>>> that he just wanted to intimidate my friend.
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> I've ran into a few prick cops as most people have. There must
> >> >>>>>> have
> >> >>>>>> been a reason for
> >> >>>>>> the stop.
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>> The fact is, 99 percent of cops are good people. It's that 1
> >> >>>>>>> percent that give the rest a bad name in the minds of some.
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> Yes, this is true for any group. Except for politicans, where it's
> >> >>>>>> reversed. ;-)
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>> On a lesser scale, even without a badge and a gun, you put some
> >> >>>>>>> people in a position of presumed authority, they will let their
> >> >>>>>>> presumed "power" go to their heads.
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> Yes there a few of those out there.
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> Like when I was broadcasting a PGA TOUR
> >> >>>>>>> event once and one of the volunteers threatened to have me
> >> >>>>>>> removed
> >> >>>>>>> from the grounds because I was walking inside the ropes, even
> >> >>>>>>> though
> >> >>>>>>> I had the credentials clearly on my arm entitling me to be there.
> >> >>>>>>> The same guy even started physically assaulting one of our female
> >> >>>>>>> reporters WHILE SHE WAS TALKING ON THE AIR!!!
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> I did volunteer work at the 3M Championship up here a few years
> >> >>>>>> ago.
> >> >>>>>> We didnt have that much power to do that. ;-).
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>> For you to mindlessly assert that such things don't happen only
> >> >>>>>>> shows your own ignorance -- or stubborn insistence on keeping
> >> >>>>>>> your
> >> >>>>>>> head stuck firmly in the sand (or elsewhere just as dark).
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> I never said they never happen. But for you to mindlessly assert
> >> >>>>>> that
> >> >>>>>> this will be the norm only shows your ignorance.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> I never said it was the norm.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> You said, "Riiiiiiight," as if to suggest it hardly ever happens.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> It happens with surprising regularity. Somewhere.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> To assert otherwise is a lie.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> Randy
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>> But the way this law is being painted by the left you'd think this
> >> >>>> law
> >> >>>> does exactly that. Allows for the police to profile at will. This is
> >> >>>> not the case at all. In fact it was modified to make sure it was
> >> >>>> more
> >> >>>> than clear.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Describe for me what some who is "illegally here" looks like.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Randy
> >> >>>
> >> >> What?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Can you not read?
> >> >
> >> > Describe for me what someone who is "illegally here" looks like.
> >> >
> >> > Randy
> >> >
> >> I can read, you cant type. They can look like anybody Randy.
> >
> > Who "cant" type? People living in glass houses . . .
>
> Of course YOU never make typos.

At least not when I am accusing others of not being able to type, I
don't :-)
From: MNMikeW on

"William Clark" <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote in message
news:clark-E3894B.15024818052010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> In article <85g589FmueU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
> "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote:
>
>> "William Clark" <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote in message
>> news:clark-555E15.13271718052010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
>> > In article <85frsnFrioU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
>> > "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:2010051617051025963-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
>> >> > On 2010-05-13 18:26:17 -0400, MNMikeW said:
>> >> >
>> >> >> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:2010051318202741171-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
>> >> >>> On 2010-05-11 12:25:04 -0400, MNMikeW said:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
>> >> >>>> news:2010051023553696677-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
>> >> >>>>> On 2010-05-10 13:25:58 -0400, MNMikeW said:
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>>> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
>> >> >>>>>> news:2010050723254273798-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
>> >> >>>>>>> On 2010-05-07 12:45:24 -0400, MNMikeW said:
>> >> >>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
>> >> >>>>>>>> news:2010050711524348319-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
>> >> >>>>>>>>> On 2010-05-07 08:54:54 -0400, MNMikeW said:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> "Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> news:4be34111$0$4888$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com...
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 06 May 2010 12:49:06 -0500, MNMikeW wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> news:2010050612314318056-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> But as to the Arizona law specifically...
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> But where the Arizona law really runs into problems is
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> where
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> police
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> in that state won't stop me because I "look" illegal,
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> but
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> they
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> could
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> stop Maria or Miguel, my neighbors, who are both
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> second-generation US
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> citizens, both born in this country to immigrant
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> citizens
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> of
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> the US.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> That's where this law runs into serious constitutional
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> questions.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> And that's why I oppose it. It places legal citizens in
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> situations
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> we've only read about in history books and seen in
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> movies
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> about the
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Gestapo in Germany. It's unAmerican.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> This is wrong Randy. The law specifically states there
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> must
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> be
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> lawful
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> contact BEFORE any paper checking can happen. They cannot
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> simply pull
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> you over for looking a specific way.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> Yeah, because the police would never routinely pull
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> visible
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> minorities
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> over like that.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> Like they do now right?
>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>> Yes, like they do right now.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>> Randy
>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>> Riiiiiiight.
>> >> >>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>> Are you serious, Mike? Do you honestly believe that police
>> >> >>>>>>> don't
>> >> >>>>>>> stop people strictly because of the color of their skin?
>> >> >>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>> Does it happen, sure. Does it happen a lot, no. There are bad
>> >> >>>>>> apples
>> >> >>>>>> in every group.
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>> I personally know a half-dozen people -- responsible adults,
>> >> >>>>>>> all
>> >> >>>>>>> of
>> >> >>>>>>> whom are model citizens -- who have been pulled over by racist
>> >> >>>>>>> cops
>> >> >>>>>>> who just wanted to hassle a black person.
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>> Did they say anything racist? Or you just assuming.
>> >> >>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>> And yes, I was even once in the car with someone when it
>> >> >>>>>>> happened.
>> >> >>>>>>> I've seen it first hand. We weren't speeding. We weren't
>> >> >>>>>>> breaking
>> >> >>>>>>> any laws. And the cop was verbally rude and abusive. It was
>> >> >>>>>>> clear
>> >> >>>>>>> that he just wanted to intimidate my friend.
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>> I've ran into a few prick cops as most people have. There must
>> >> >>>>>> have
>> >> >>>>>> been a reason for
>> >> >>>>>> the stop.
>> >> >>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>> The fact is, 99 percent of cops are good people. It's that 1
>> >> >>>>>>> percent that give the rest a bad name in the minds of some.
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>> Yes, this is true for any group. Except for politicans, where
>> >> >>>>>> it's
>> >> >>>>>> reversed. ;-)
>> >> >>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>> On a lesser scale, even without a badge and a gun, you put
>> >> >>>>>>> some
>> >> >>>>>>> people in a position of presumed authority, they will let
>> >> >>>>>>> their
>> >> >>>>>>> presumed "power" go to their heads.
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>> Yes there a few of those out there.
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>> Like when I was broadcasting a PGA TOUR
>> >> >>>>>>> event once and one of the volunteers threatened to have me
>> >> >>>>>>> removed
>> >> >>>>>>> from the grounds because I was walking inside the ropes, even
>> >> >>>>>>> though
>> >> >>>>>>> I had the credentials clearly on my arm entitling me to be
>> >> >>>>>>> there.
>> >> >>>>>>> The same guy even started physically assaulting one of our
>> >> >>>>>>> female
>> >> >>>>>>> reporters WHILE SHE WAS TALKING ON THE AIR!!!
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>> I did volunteer work at the 3M Championship up here a few years
>> >> >>>>>> ago.
>> >> >>>>>> We didnt have that much power to do that. ;-).
>> >> >>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>> For you to mindlessly assert that such things don't happen
>> >> >>>>>>> only
>> >> >>>>>>> shows your own ignorance -- or stubborn insistence on keeping
>> >> >>>>>>> your
>> >> >>>>>>> head stuck firmly in the sand (or elsewhere just as dark).
>> >> >>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>> I never said they never happen. But for you to mindlessly
>> >> >>>>>> assert
>> >> >>>>>> that
>> >> >>>>>> this will be the norm only shows your ignorance.
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>> I never said it was the norm.
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>> You said, "Riiiiiiight," as if to suggest it hardly ever
>> >> >>>>> happens.
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>> It happens with surprising regularity. Somewhere.
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>> To assert otherwise is a lie.
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>> Randy
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>> But the way this law is being painted by the left you'd think
>> >> >>>> this
>> >> >>>> law
>> >> >>>> does exactly that. Allows for the police to profile at will. This
>> >> >>>> is
>> >> >>>> not the case at all. In fact it was modified to make sure it was
>> >> >>>> more
>> >> >>>> than clear.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Describe for me what some who is "illegally here" looks like.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Randy
>> >> >>>
>> >> >> What?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Can you not read?
>> >> >
>> >> > Describe for me what someone who is "illegally here" looks like.
>> >> >
>> >> > Randy
>> >> >
>> >> I can read, you cant type. They can look like anybody Randy.
>> >
>> > Who "cant" type? People living in glass houses . . .
>>
>> Of course YOU never make typos.
>
> At least not when I am accusing others of not being able to type, I
> don't :-)

Sure you do.