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Exactly my point. Our system assures that we rarely convict an innocent person. If we allowed our rights to be trampled, more innocent people (and more criminals) would be convicted. No, I do not support the death penalty. 1. Not a deterent. The murder rate in states that execute a lot of criminals is as high or higher as those states that do not. If murder was not a crime, would you have killed someone? Murderers occure as "crimes of passion", "during a rage" or by people who do not think like you and I. Do you think murderers are leaving Texas to go to New Hampshire to commit their crime? 2. Not reversible if a mistake is made 3. I respect all life (unborn and walking) 4. Thou shall not kill 5. Too expensive 6. Our legal system is far from perfect or fair (it can be bought) If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will accidentaly shoot their kids. And no, I do not support a ban on handguns. I do think for protection while you are home, you need the gun accessible, loaded, with no locks, so you can get to it quickly to protect yourself. I do not see how someone can do that and insure their kids do not get a hold of it.

The underlying premise of our legal system is innocent until proven guilty. Mexico operates on the Naploeonic code of guilty until proven innocent. Once you've seen what happens when the accused have no rights, you'll never argue innocent until proven guilty. I believe it is better that an occassional criminal is set free than on occassional innocent person is locked up. I do not believe many people are wrongly convicted, and that is because we have defense attorneys who take US law seriously. Mark Furhman framed a guilty man. Imagine of a Mark Fuhrman was investigating you and you were innocent. Unless criminals are allowed free when the police screw up, one bad cop can really wreck a lot of lives.

PaleHose, A note about the current cartoon. Bush is the first President who speaks Spanish. He held any conversations with President Fox in Spanish when the Mexican President visited the US. Si, habla espanol!

What I disagree with is the premise that if you are innocent, you do not need any of your rights. If you are innocent, why object to the police searching your home, if you are innocent why object to the police photographing you 24/7? If you are innocent why object to the police pulling you over and asking you why you are in a certain neighborhood?

Link Things to ammuse with currency, and regular paper. LMAO

If you are innocent you have no need for your miranda rights, no fear from any search and seizure, no need for habeas corpus, no need for an attorney . . .

He's got you confused with One pill makes you larger And one pill makes you small, And the ones that mother gives you Don't do anything at all. Go ask Alice When she's ten feet tall. And if you go chasing rabbits And you know you're going to fall, Tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar Has given you the call. Call Alice When she was just small. When the men on the chessboard Get up and tell you where to go And you've just had some kind of mushroom And your mind is moving low. Go ask Alice I think she'll know. When logic and proportion Have fallen softly dead, And the White Knight is talking backwards And the Red Queen's "off with her head!" Remember what the dormouse said: "Feed your head. Feed your head. Feed your head"

Nothing like more young kids learning to hate . . .

You wouldn't but you know both parties are wondering what to do . . .

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That's one way to use your annual allotment of 27 posts Are the Bulls still playing? Let's hope they win the lottery . . .

-4.0 -2.72 I'm over there with Ghandi, I am very comfortable with that.

It's a big year for him. Another down year and his career may never get back on track. I hope he has a good April and builds from there. We have four or five players that could post very big gains over last year; Kong is at the head of the list but Mark, Koch, Crede, and Olivo could all blow away last season. If 3 of them do, we will have a very nice season.

We need to remember that most of the price of gas we pay is taxes. In many states more than half the price at the pump is taxes for roads, etc. I heard that 10 years ago Kerry is quoted as saying he would agree to a .50 per gallon tax for road and infrastructure. The bill never came to a vote. I thought it was a little unfair to take 2004 gas prices, add .50 and say that Kerry was in favor of those prices. I am also trying to figure out what the public opinion statute of limitations should be on views. 10 years ago I was much more conservative than I am now. If someone trotted out some of my comments then, I would not agree with them. I am thinking of Pickering in that statement. We are pulling quotes from apers he did in college 40+ years ago. That seems a little excessive. ALso things I have done in one position, I might not do in another.

Traffic is whizzing by and this guy was able to run away? Without anyone seeing him?

Does that mean you don't like Madonna?

I agree with your view of the problem. However, could you imagine the gridlock trying to reach a majority in a three party system? Could you imagine the deal making to get X passed? We would be adding Y and Z to everything.

The Edinburg Roadrunners; Best team I can see live in a regular basis. UTPA Broncs; Good college team with a strong early season schedule Houston Astros; The most coverage on local tv and radio. Listening to Milo Hamilton is a but spooky. I'll admit it, if the Cubs were somehow to win a WS *after* the Sox, I would not feel too bad. If they do it first, it's a nightmare. I only developed this attitude after being 1,600 miles away and do not live, work, play, and drink around Cub fans. This statement is void north of St Louis.

It could be some of his fellow patients at the mental health facility where he resides. I am certain his close personal friends Frank Thomas, Eddie Einhorn, and JR will ride to his rescue

Just kidding

I heard this and read the article what doesn't make sense is what the other guy in the accident did when this guy disappeared.