billisonboard
Community Leader
Joined: Dec 20, 2010 22:45:44 GMT -5
Posts: 38,227
|
Post by billisonboard on Feb 21, 2012 9:38:24 GMT -5
Hell, might as well throw in a (hi-jacked on topic) musical interlude
|
|
vandalshandle
Senior Member
Never give a sucker an even break, or smarten up a chump...
Joined: Oct 12, 2011 20:34:13 GMT -5
Posts: 3,005
|
Post by vandalshandle on Feb 21, 2012 12:00:12 GMT -5
Southeast Florida has changed so much that I would no longer recognize it. In my youth, growing up in Atlanta, South Florida was the retirement mecca for New York Jews. Before freeways, most of Georgia's economy seemed to rest on fleecing them as they drove back and forth. There were speed traps in every little town. Gas station attendants would let the air out of the tires of people who had Yankee plates, and then sell them new tires at double the price. The speed traps were especially tough, because the cop would demand whatever he wanted, based on his assessment of the value of the car. Their favorite trick was to tell them that if they did not come up with cash bail, they would have to spend the weekend in the county jail until the judge opened for business on Monday. They always had a place in town where, if necessary, these victims could wire for money. Everything was cash only. One guy I knew used to remove the rotor from the distributor while he changed the oil. Of course, the car would not start, and would have to go on the rack...and. of course, mechanics charged double time on weekends.
|
|
gavinsnana
Senior Member
If we forget we are One Nation Under God, then we are a Nation gone under. Ronald Reagan
Joined: Oct 13, 2011 11:02:40 GMT -5
Posts: 3,201
|
Post by gavinsnana on Feb 21, 2012 14:53:05 GMT -5
No, I am for AOBO.. I'm with nana and give her a k Why Thank you sweet Diamonds!
|
|
diamonds
Senior Member
Not as Tame as I Look!!
Joined: Feb 8, 2011 11:57:07 GMT -5
Posts: 3,522
|
Post by diamonds on Feb 21, 2012 15:59:00 GMT -5
;D
|
|
djAdvocate
Member Emeritus
only posting when the mood strikes me.
Joined: Jun 21, 2011 12:33:54 GMT -5
Posts: 76,482
Mini-Profile Background: {"image":"","color":"000307"}
|
Post by djAdvocate on Feb 21, 2012 16:50:45 GMT -5
Hell, might as well throw in a (hi-jacked on topic) musical interlude shorter's playing is so goood!!!!! argh!
|
|
sgtjer
Familiar Member
Joined: Feb 17, 2012 15:56:38 GMT -5
Posts: 629
|
Post by sgtjer on Feb 21, 2012 17:06:50 GMT -5
Before freeways, most of Georgia's economy seemed to rest on fleecing them as they drove back and forth. There were speed traps in every little town.
They got you too, huh?
There was a section of route 301 (before they completed I-95 in that area) where I got nailed, just as you described, can't remember the name of the town.
I was in the military, but the sheriff didn't care .... my cash was his cash.
|
|
AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP
Distinguished Associate
Joined: Dec 21, 2010 11:59:07 GMT -5
Posts: 31,709
Favorite Drink: Sweetwater 420
|
Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Feb 21, 2012 17:10:01 GMT -5
Before freeways, most of Georgia's economy seemed to rest on fleecing them as they drove back and forth. There were speed traps in every little town. They got you too, huh? There was a section of route 301 (before they completed I-95 in that area) where I got nailed, just as you described, can't remember the name of the town. I was in the military, but the sheriff didn't care .... my cash was his cash. Activists got New Rome, Ohio completely disbanded for operating primarily as a speed trap. It's a great precedent for dealing with this crap.
|
|
djAdvocate
Member Emeritus
only posting when the mood strikes me.
Joined: Jun 21, 2011 12:33:54 GMT -5
Posts: 76,482
Mini-Profile Background: {"image":"","color":"000307"}
|
Post by djAdvocate on Feb 21, 2012 17:16:45 GMT -5
Santorum is now in a statistical tie in Michigan, after having a double digit lead. Romney leads in AZ, but he is in the "barely leading category", down from double digits, as well.
|
|
diamonds
Senior Member
Not as Tame as I Look!!
Joined: Feb 8, 2011 11:57:07 GMT -5
Posts: 3,522
|
Post by diamonds on Feb 21, 2012 17:42:33 GMT -5
A lot of Catholics in Michigan, that's why Santorum's numbers are so high.
|
|
billisonboard
Community Leader
Joined: Dec 20, 2010 22:45:44 GMT -5
Posts: 38,227
|
Post by billisonboard on Feb 21, 2012 21:17:03 GMT -5
... There were speed traps in every little town. ... When I was stationed in Mississippi in the mid-70's I remember a radio announcement from the State Attorney General asking that people who had been ticketed in some little town contact his office for free representation in traffic court. That must have been some interesting stuff going down there.
|
|
Value Buy
Senior Associate
Joined: Dec 20, 2010 17:57:07 GMT -5
Posts: 18,680
Today's Mood: Getting better by the day!
Location: In the middle of enjoying retirement!
Favorite Drink: Zombie Dust from Three Floyd's brewery
Mini-Profile Name Color: e61975
Mini-Profile Text Color: 196ce6
|
Post by Value Buy on Feb 21, 2012 22:04:30 GMT -5
OK, back to the thread. Santorum slowly fades, and lose Michigan to Rommney. It will be close, but Mitt takes the prize.
|
|
vandalshandle
Senior Member
Never give a sucker an even break, or smarten up a chump...
Joined: Oct 12, 2011 20:34:13 GMT -5
Posts: 3,005
|
Post by vandalshandle on Feb 21, 2012 22:17:25 GMT -5
...as Santorem slowly fades, only his halo remains....
|
|
Deleted
Joined: Oct 6, 2024 8:56:20 GMT -5
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2012 22:24:38 GMT -5
...as Santorem slowly fades, only his halo sweater vest remains.... fixed!
|
|
vandalshandle
Senior Member
Never give a sucker an even break, or smarten up a chump...
Joined: Oct 12, 2011 20:34:13 GMT -5
Posts: 3,005
|
Post by vandalshandle on Feb 21, 2012 22:34:41 GMT -5
Crafty, I keep hearing about this vest, but since I canceled cable TV, I have never seen it. I does sound kind of strange....
|
|
weltschmerz
Community Leader
Joined: Jul 25, 2011 13:37:39 GMT -5
Posts: 38,962
|
Post by weltschmerz on Feb 21, 2012 22:39:10 GMT -5
Here ya go!!
|
|
djAdvocate
Member Emeritus
only posting when the mood strikes me.
Joined: Jun 21, 2011 12:33:54 GMT -5
Posts: 76,482
Mini-Profile Background: {"image":"","color":"000307"}
|
Post by djAdvocate on Feb 21, 2012 22:44:54 GMT -5
oh man. that is so unappealing. sorry to be so shallow, but it is.
|
|
weltschmerz
Community Leader
Joined: Jul 25, 2011 13:37:39 GMT -5
Posts: 38,962
|
Post by weltschmerz on Feb 21, 2012 22:48:46 GMT -5
Evidently lack of sex sells too. At least that seems to be the current strategy of Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum, who recently has been making contraception a campaign issue. To be plain: The candidate has said that he would not seek to ban the pill, though perhaps it would be cool if the states did. Vanity Fair asks the question if modern contraception was taken off the table (or counter, or nightstand, or purse, or bar bathroom) what would a country embracing the new traditional values do? Their answer was to call makers of chastity belts. Of which, apparently, there is still quite the business (thanks, Internet, we guess). According to one maker, “we’ve had a boost” in sales in the current political climate. bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/21/10469003-the-politics-of-contraception-helps-sell-chastity-belts Now there's progress for you! Plowing full speed ahead into the Middle Ages!!!
|
|
weltschmerz
Community Leader
Joined: Jul 25, 2011 13:37:39 GMT -5
Posts: 38,962
|
Post by weltschmerz on Feb 21, 2012 22:49:38 GMT -5
oh man. that is so unappealing. sorry to be so shallow, but it is. Lol! Ya think?
|
|
billisonboard
Community Leader
Joined: Dec 20, 2010 22:45:44 GMT -5
Posts: 38,227
|
Post by billisonboard on Feb 21, 2012 22:54:27 GMT -5
Message deleted by mmhmm. No need to go there, billis. Doesn't contribute a thing to the subject of the thread.
|
|
AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP
Distinguished Associate
Joined: Dec 21, 2010 11:59:07 GMT -5
Posts: 31,709
Favorite Drink: Sweetwater 420
|
Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Feb 21, 2012 23:07:37 GMT -5
OK, back to the thread. Santorum slowly fades, and lose Michigan to Rommney. It will be close, but Mitt takes the prize. So, you think Romney's strategy of shitting all over his closest opponent with an expensive air war will work? Again? I'm thinking that dog ain't gonna hunt forever... Romney better figure something else out. He has scarcely won anything, and he's won NOTHING decisively. "Mr. Electable" is looking anything but.
|
|
weltschmerz
Community Leader
Joined: Jul 25, 2011 13:37:39 GMT -5
Posts: 38,962
|
Post by weltschmerz on Feb 21, 2012 23:08:24 GMT -5
Just the daughters?
|
|
AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP
Distinguished Associate
Joined: Dec 21, 2010 11:59:07 GMT -5
Posts: 31,709
Favorite Drink: Sweetwater 420
|
Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Feb 21, 2012 23:08:47 GMT -5
And conservatives have NOTHING against contraceptives, we're just against buying them for you.
|
|
AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP
Distinguished Associate
Joined: Dec 21, 2010 11:59:07 GMT -5
Posts: 31,709
Favorite Drink: Sweetwater 420
|
Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Feb 21, 2012 23:10:08 GMT -5
If conservatives were the amoral, fascists we're made out to be- we'd fully support abortion and contraceptives. Studies show it's the liberals that make the most use of them- and so basically, we could wipe out liberals with their help.
|
|
billisonboard
Community Leader
Joined: Dec 20, 2010 22:45:44 GMT -5
Posts: 38,227
|
Post by billisonboard on Feb 21, 2012 23:16:37 GMT -5
If conservatives were the amoral, fascists we're made out to be- we'd fully support abortion and contraceptives. Studies show it's the liberals that make the most use of them- and so basically, we could wipe out liberals with their help. Control isn't about morality. Contraceptives and abortions allow females to be equal sexually with males.
|
|
AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP
Distinguished Associate
Joined: Dec 21, 2010 11:59:07 GMT -5
Posts: 31,709
Favorite Drink: Sweetwater 420
|
Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Feb 21, 2012 23:38:46 GMT -5
If conservatives were the amoral, fascists we're made out to be- we'd fully support abortion and contraceptives. Studies show it's the liberals that make the most use of them- and so basically, we could wipe out liberals with their help. Control isn't about morality. Contraceptives and abortions allow females to be equal sexually with males. Baloney. That's the argument, ingeniously crafted by males who- let's be real here- have been HUGE beneficiaries of the so-called 'sexual liberation' of women, and of course sex without consequences. And of course there's the whole "phony theology" angle- the "we need to prevent and/or kill as many babies as possible because of overpopulation". Last but not least, let's not forget that abortion mills gotta make their money somehow. Sexually equal? That's a crock.
|
|
AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP
Distinguished Associate
Joined: Dec 21, 2010 11:59:07 GMT -5
Posts: 31,709
Favorite Drink: Sweetwater 420
|
Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Feb 21, 2012 23:41:02 GMT -5
The bottom line is that our personal liberty is dependent on our ability to govern ourselves. We will either choose what is right voluntarily, or we will have it dictated to us by through the discipline of a tyrannical government. Liberty does not equal licentiousness. And when we finally, once and for all, confuse the two-- we're toast.
|
|
billisonboard
Community Leader
Joined: Dec 20, 2010 22:45:44 GMT -5
Posts: 38,227
|
Post by billisonboard on Feb 21, 2012 23:49:40 GMT -5
Control isn't about morality. Contraceptives and abortions allow females to be equal sexually with males. Baloney. That's the argument, ingeniously crafted by males who- let's be real here- have been HUGE beneficiaries of the so-called 'sexual liberation' of women, and of course sex without consequences. .... The women that I have been with have received at least equal benefit.
|
|
djAdvocate
Member Emeritus
only posting when the mood strikes me.
Joined: Jun 21, 2011 12:33:54 GMT -5
Posts: 76,482
Mini-Profile Background: {"image":"","color":"000307"}
|
Post by djAdvocate on Feb 21, 2012 23:56:05 GMT -5
The bottom line is that our personal liberty is dependent on our ability to govern ourselves. We will either choose what is right voluntarily, or we will have it dictated to us by through the discipline of a tyrannical government. Liberty does not equal licentiousness. And when we finally, once and for all, confuse the two-- we're toast. i am not following your logic, here. how is licentiousness not an exercise of personal liberty? and what makes said exercise the business of the state?
|
|
Deleted
Joined: Oct 6, 2024 8:56:20 GMT -5
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2012 0:01:25 GMT -5
Liberty is the ability to define licentious for yourself (so long as it does not damage another/'s liberty in the process...)...
|
|
Deleted
Joined: Oct 6, 2024 8:56:20 GMT -5
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2012 0:02:17 GMT -5
church... state.... when we finally confuse the two... we're toast...
|
|