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Re: Homeless being sent to camps in CA

Unread postby FourOfSwords » Wed 01 Apr 2009, 12:52:27

'Homeless being sent to camps in CA' ~ Whether true or not, or to what degree this may be happening there and elsewhere, I think a re-read of:
The Grapes Of Wrath, and Of Mice And Men might be illuminating...or has this generation forgotten. :cry:
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Re: Obamavilles Growing in the Cities

Unread postby gnm » Wed 01 Apr 2009, 12:56:37

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('cbxer55', 'A')t least he did not use cocaine, as oobs has admitted to. :-x


And I believe Bush as well was known to have abused cocaine in his past...

Like oxycotin is any different than coke... drug is drug is a drug..

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Re: Obamavilles Growing in the Cities

Unread postby AgentR » Wed 01 Apr 2009, 14:14:54

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gnm', 'A')nd I believe Bush as well was known to have abused cocaine in his past...
Like oxycotin is any different than coke... drug is drug is a drug..


And if it helps someone in pain feel better, it must be outlawed, regulated, and held as far out of reach as possible.
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Re: Homeless being sent to camps in CA

Unread postby AgentR » Wed 01 Apr 2009, 14:17:07

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vision-master', 'N')O fault insurance....


Would NOT change the fact that these people are driving WITHOUT insurance. They'd still be driving WITHOUT insurance.

Do you think that is ok, or not?
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Re: Homeless being sent to camps in CA

Unread postby PenultimateManStanding » Wed 01 Apr 2009, 14:19:06

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ReverseEngineer', 'J')umbo Shrimp.

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Re: Obamavilles Growing in the Cities

Unread postby UncoveringTruths » Wed 01 Apr 2009, 15:17:12

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('deMolay', 'S')eems the Obamavilles are growing in size and number. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ax-aVoism0&feature=related


These are still Bushvilles it takes 8 years to really fark $hit up this bad not two months. Call them what you will though.
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Re: Obamavilles Growing in the Cities

Unread postby endtimes » Wed 01 Apr 2009, 15:49:06

not really.
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Re: Homeless being sent to camps in CA

Unread postby MarkJ » Wed 01 Apr 2009, 16:03:10

Night drivers and the people in the suburbs, rural and exburban areas used to be able to get away with driving with expired registrations, inspections, tags and no insurance.

Now that everything is computerized, they get bagged by license plate readers.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]Trooper's Car Can Read Your Plates

You've just had your plates suspended due to an accidental insurance lapse. While you are trying to get the problem corrected, you still need to get to work. Thankfully, you work the night shift. You are fairly certain that there's no way you're going to get caught during the week or so that you'll be driving with suspended plates. Then, you pass a state trooper - in the middle of the night on a back road. Well, you think, there's no way that he could have read the plate and no reason he would have bothered to check it against the computer system - right?

Too bad he doesn't have to. Representatives at the State Police station in Canton, NY indicate that several State Trooper vehicles in St. Lawrence County are equipped with ELSAG Mobile Plate Hunter 900 systems.

These systems can read and analyze license plates from any vehicle that passes the trooper. It can read a plate passing by at 120 mph in the rain and in the dark. It then checks the plate number against it's database and will alert the trooper if there is any 'flag' on the license plate.

State Police representatives locally indicate that the system works incredibly well at catching drivers with suspended plates - most often for insurance lapses. The MPH-900 updates its database twice per day against the DMV records. The troopers also have the ability to manually input a plate number to search for. If a trooper in Massena was investigating a report of a stolen car, a trooper in Ogdensburg could input the plate number into the MPH-900 system and the system would immediately alert the driver if the vehicle passed by the trooper's car.
Additionally, the MPH-900 system records every plate that it passes. It saves the information, along with a photo of the vehicle and its immediate area, a datestamp, and GPS coordinates. This data is downloaded to a central computer at the end of every shift. The data can then be utilized later for witness identification, watch-list development, placing a witness of suspect at a scene, and more.
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Re: Obamavilles Growing in the Cities

Unread postby TheAntiDoomer » Wed 01 Apr 2009, 16:06:33

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('UncoveringTruths', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('deMolay', 'S')eems the Obamavilles are growing in size and number. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ax-aVoism0&feature=related


These are still Bushvilles it takes 8 years to really fark $hit up this bad not two months. Call them what you will though.


Yah exactly, i'm shocked at the amouth of right wing loonies on this site.
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Re: Obamavilles Growing in the Cities

Unread postby gnm » Wed 01 Apr 2009, 16:23:16

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AgentR', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gnm', 'A')nd I believe Bush as well was known to have abused cocaine in his past...
Like oxycotin is any different than coke... drug is drug is a drug..


And if it helps someone in pain feel better, it must be outlawed, regulated, and held as far out of reach as possible.


Funny, I never saw anything about that in the constitution....

But legalizing them might lead to the amoral horrors of the whole 19th century! And think of the dealers, geez how would they make a living if the bottom drops out of the price!? And how are you going to support random checkpoints, night home invasions on rumor, and massive militarization of the police if you don't have that war on drugs money and open ended excuses to violate civil rights?! :roll:

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Re: Homeless being sent to camps in CA

Unread postby 35Kas » Wed 01 Apr 2009, 16:26:08

Can anyone really say that system is a bad thing?

It will make it much easier to find stolen cars and people driving without insurance.
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Re: Obamavilles Growing in the Cities

Unread postby gnm » Wed 01 Apr 2009, 16:26:34

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TheAntiDoomer', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('UncoveringTruths', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('deMolay', 'S')eems the Obamavilles are growing in size and number. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ax-aVoism0&feature=related


These are still Bushvilles it takes 8 years to really fark $hit up this bad not two months. Call them what you will though.


Yah exactly, i'm shocked at the amouth of right wing loonies on this site.


I liked "Shruburbs" better :lol:

So I noticed Obs has made it known he won't support any kind of legalization or marijuana.. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss... They're all hypocrites.

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Re: Obamavilles Growing in the Cities

Unread postby mos6507 » Wed 01 Apr 2009, 16:48:43

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AgentR', 'I') keep wondering about people that bring up Rush and Oxy.


It's because Rush is a moral hypocrite, that's all.
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Re: Obamavilles Growing in the Cities

Unread postby mos6507 » Wed 01 Apr 2009, 16:49:26

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AgentR', '
')And if it helps someone in pain feel better, it must be outlawed, regulated, and held as far out of reach as possible.


That's Rush's position, hence the double-standard.
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Re: Obamavilles Growing in the Cities

Unread postby mos6507 » Wed 01 Apr 2009, 16:50:47

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gnm', '
')So I noticed Obs has made it known he won't support any kind of legalization or marijuana.. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss... They're all hypocrites.


Rush was using Oxy at the same time he was getting on his moral high horse. Obama, Clinton, and Bush were basically kids going through a phase. In Bush's case, a quite prolonged adolescence.
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Re: Homeless being sent to camps in CA

Unread postby mos6507 » Wed 01 Apr 2009, 17:10:15

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('35Kas', 'C')an anyone really say that system is a bad thing?

It will make it much easier to find stolen cars and people driving without insurance.


Uninsured motorists (many of them illegals) are a menace in CA.
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Re: Obamavilles Growing in the Cities

Unread postby gnm » Wed 01 Apr 2009, 17:30:14

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', 'R')ush was using Oxy at the same time he was getting on his moral high horse. Obama, Clinton, and Bush were basically kids going through a phase. In Bush's case, a quite prolonged adolescence.


True but I still think they're hypocrites. Enforcing laws that basically can ruin young peoples lives with mandatory sentences for non violent drug possession and continuing the failed "war on drugs" - Or are other young people not allowed "this phase" that the politicians went through...

Personally I don't think the phase ever stopped except in show. Clinton was probably doing blow off Monica's ass while she serviced him and theres quite q few times Bush appeared drunk... Heck how many in congress were fingered as possible attendees at various hooker and drug loaded parties. O wait the one who knew ended up dead... suicide wasn't it.. ? :badgrin:


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Re: Obamavilles Growing in the Cities

Unread postby perdition79 » Wed 01 Apr 2009, 17:37:22

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MarkJ', '
')For example, people may purposely work lower paying jobs, turn down promotions..... in order to qualify for housing and other public assistance benefits.



You're claiming that people turn down higher paying jobs and promotions in order to get public assistance?


Sorry, I'm not buying it.


We can thank Bill Ayers for the proliferation of this tactic. We can thank Cloward and Piven for coming up with it. Overburden a social system in order to expose its flaws, ultimately causing its failure, in order to bring about the "change" sought by a particular group. The Cloward-Piven strategy nearly succeeded in bankrupting New York in the late 1970's.

I only hope this tactic can work as effectively in protest of auto industry bailouts. Obama did give Federal guarantee to Chrysler and GM vehicle warranties, after all...
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Re: Homeless being sent to camps in CA

Unread postby Jotapay » Wed 01 Apr 2009, 17:39:37

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('35Kas', 'C')an anyone really say that system is a bad thing? It will make it much easier to find stolen cars and people driving without insurance.
Uninsured motorists (many of them illegals) are a menace in CA.

Good thing we have a handy camp for all those menaces!
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Re: Obamavilles Growing in the Cities

Unread postby TWilliam » Wed 01 Apr 2009, 18:14:33

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gnm', 'B')ut legalizing them might lead to the amoral horrors of the whole 19th century! And think of the dealers, geez how would they make a living if the bottom drops out of the price!? And how are you going to support random checkpoints, night home invasions on rumor, and massive militarization of the police if you don't have that war on drugs money and open ended excuses to violate civil rights?! :roll:

Hey, no worries on that front. They're already lining up the next "War On Terror Civil Rights"...

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