CrimsonWeltall

QUOTE (FlySox87 @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 06:55 PM) Ah, should have expected the typical "military hate" card sooner or later. And you wonder why I suspect you of being unpatriotic. It's a real shame that we are sworn to protect people of your caliber who don't realize the immense good created by the military. You're pathetic. To the admins, I'm not going to tolerate people insulting the military. Several friends of mine have died in the services, and to hear someone call their deaths part of "necessary evil" infuriates me beyond belief. If thinking someone who says that is the scum of the earth is not allowed here, then so be it. Cry more. Not everyone has to share your opinion.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Jul 8, 2011 -> 07:12 PM) If nothing else it should fall under child neglect. I really haven't followed this case at all but did she ever have an explanation of why she didn't report the kid missing for a month? Because she was trying to track down the "kidnapper" herself.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 8, 2011 -> 03:22 PM) Teenage pregnancy and teenagers having sex are two different things. My point wasn't to be all preachy about it, I just never understood why people were against teaching abstinence. As if that's some horrible advice. I don't think anyone is against teaching abstinence. The problem is with abstinence-ONLY education, which leaves kids ignorant at best and purposely misinformed at worst.

QUOTE (FlySox87 @ Jul 6, 2011 -> 03:48 AM) The military is fine. Some of the most brilliant minds I've ever come across. It's the civilians we work with who are idiots. Lazy, undisciplined, selfish, incompetent, mean-spirited. It's disgusting that we have to put up with this. Ah, I see. Somehow, you're the exception.

QUOTE (FlySox87 @ Jul 6, 2011 -> 02:04 AM) I'm in the military... Quality workers go private; the idiots go public. Did you just call yourself an idiot?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 11:19 PM) Is there any chance the judge could give the mom/alleged murderer the strictest sentence on the minor charges she was found guilty of? I mean in a f***ing murder case you shouldn't be lying to the police. I assume she could get a few years in jail if the judge goes max. sentence. He'd also be a fricking hero. Can he do that?? Will he do that?? Serious question here. I think it's like a year max for each of those 4 lying charges, and she's already been in jail almost 3 years, so....not likely.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 10:12 PM) Why would granny take the heat for her granddaughter? Didn't she feel terrible for her greatgrandaughter? It was Casey's mom, Caylee's grandmother. Doesn't want to see her daughter get the death penalty, I imagine.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 11:07 PM) Yes, why wouldn't she go on trial now for perjury? Not worth it.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 10:25 PM) It's not illegal to google chloroform I think he meant for perjury.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 09:06 PM) Well shouldn't granny go on trial? What was granny's reason for looking up information on that kind of stuff? The grandmother said she searched for "chloroform" because she was looking up information about chlorophyll. She couldn't explain the "how to make chloroform" and "neckbreaking" searches.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 09:38 PM) Seriously folks, how did they justify the mom checking the internet for articles on neckbreaking and chloroform. Did she admit in court she had thoughts of killing her child but thought better of it, then wham, suddenly unfortunately the child died anyway?? The defense had the grandmother testify that it was SHE, not Casey, who made the searches. The prosecution later showed that the grandmother was on to her work computer at the time, so she pretty blatantly perjured herself.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 08:15 PM) That isn't true. You absolutely can convict someone based on circumstantial evidence. Right. Almost all evidence is circumstantial unless you have witnesses or ballistic evidence showing it had to be your gun that shot somebody. They could have found the kid's blood in the car trunk and the defense could argue that Casey was changing her diaper in the trunk and the kid got a scratch on her knee.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 08:12 PM) They could never even determine a cause of death. How can you convict somebody of murder when you don't even know if a murder occured? C'mon, of course a murder occurred. The defense didn't even try to deny that all the evidence pointed towards murder; they just argued (absurdly, and without a shred of evidence) that the ex-cop grandfather and Casey made an accidental drowning *look* like a murder.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 07:15 PM) What makes the verdict even worse is that she is probably going to get rich off of killing that little girl because our society is full of a bunch of f***ing idiots who will watch her interviews, buy her book, etc. Book. Reality show. Sex tape. 2/3 will exist within a year.

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 07:54 PM) I may be wrong, but I don't think there was any chloroform found in the car. I know none was found in the autopsy. The prosecution "trunk guy" testified that there were traces of chloroform and elements of decomposition present in the trunk. The defense "trunk guy" said the decomposition could have been something else, but I don't think they rebutted the chloroform. Also, I got the impression that the body was pretty wasted away, like a skeleton. Would they have expected to find chloroform during the autopsy?

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 06:29 PM) Not surpirsed. My wife watched this all weekend. I tried to avoid it as much as possible, but it seemed from what I gathered that although there was lots of damning evidence against her as a person, there was little that she actually committed the murder of that the poor little girl. Their defense was a story that is completely incoherent and depends on the word of people (Casey and her parents) who are known to be liars. Sorry, but I think any doubt about her guilt is unreasonable. You don't do google searches for "how to make chloroform" and "neckbreaking", then have your daughter go missing for a month (which you don't report because you're busy partying), and have the trunk of your car have traces of chloroform and the stench of death....all as a coincidence.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 04:39 PM) Do you at least have 11 year old Chinese kids harvesting the cotton and melting down the American made steel which you pay 30 cents a day so you can then create these American made I love my country pins and flags? Is a small child not entitled to the sweat of her brow?

QUOTE (FlySox87 @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 03:12 AM) Don't want your kids to vote Republican? Don't celebrate the 4th. Interesting study. Along with most people, I've always held that the GOP is the party of patriotism. It shows in the ideology of 95% of the military, it shows in our belief in American exceptionalism, and personally I think our belief in small government and free market enterprise is more in line with the beliefs of our Founding Fathers. But it's still interesting to see a study that backs it up empirically. I love my country more than you because I have more merchandise with American flags on it.

Godfather, Goodfellas, Casino, etc I simply have no interest in mob-themed movies.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jul 1, 2011 -> 05:47 PM) Do the aliens take on the characteristics of the beings from whose chest they break out of or something? Yes - the alien that was dog-like in Alien3 and the "Pred-aliens" in the AvP movies.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 1, 2011 -> 03:49 PM) 3 out of every 4 voters wouldnt approve a subsidy to keep the team in town. They had a chance to give the owners a big f*** you we are keeping our team, but they didnt feel like it. There was no way the team was going to stay in town. Bennett wanted them in OKC. He was going to make outrageous demands of Seattle and once they couldn't meet them, whooosh, off they go. "Hi, I just bought this team for $350 million. Now build me a $500 million stadium."

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 03:10 AM) If a theater chooses not to enforce the ratings system, do they face legal issues? Or is it strictly a private company thing? It's a voluntary system. I suppose they could be sued by an angry parent if their snowflake saw something which offended them.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 01:32 AM) Still the same idea. They are banning under 17 year olds from obtaining whatever it is they want to legally consume. Well, the Cali law was trying to make it illegal for them to consume it. Video game stores, like movie theaters with tickets, can still refuse to sell the games to minors.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 12:49 AM) The other thing I was thinking was R rated movies. Movie ratings aren't enforced by law, the theaters just use them so they don't have to listen to parents complain or get sued.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 22, 2011 -> 04:11 PM) Hmm, anecdotes from police. Wonder if there's any sort of sample bias, confirmation bias or "lack of rigorous, nation-wide" data there? True, but I also doubt that people in interviews are going to be 100% honest about their illegal drug use, especially if they think it might affect their public assistance.