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VANITY NOTICE: I've just learned that I am an "EXTREMIST!" WOO HOO!! [This is NOT an OPUS]
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| April 5th, 2005
| Jim Robinson
Posted on 04/05/2005 2:22:08 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
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To: day10
Haven't been called a knuckle dragger yet.Well c'mon then, cowboy up! If you work at it, someday it will happen.
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posted on
04/05/2005 2:40:59 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(I thank God Almighty for a most remarkable blessing: John Paul the Great.)
To: jwalsh07
Juries are required in cases where the state may order death. This was one of those cases. The state was not ordering death. It was simply determining whether TS's legal guardian had the power to order her feeding tube removed.
42
posted on
04/05/2005 2:41:03 PM PDT
by
Modernman
("I'm in favor of limited government unless it limits what I want government to do."- dirtboy)
To: Jim Robinson
Oh, now you are just being coy. I know you know that many, many trials get determined without a jury of peers - and that neither the U.S. Constitution nor the Florida Constitution required one in this case. I'm sure you also know that the presence of a jury does not make a proceeding inherently more fair.
That being said, under the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, the Schindlers could've gotten a jury trial if they had properly asked for one. Do you know whether they asked for one at all? Yeah, I figured you didn't.
That's all academic, though - the "falsehood" I referenced - the one that some people might read on the internet and believe - is the Terri Schiavo did not "have the benefit of a trial" - it didn't say anything about a jury trial. I really do wish that those people who understand something about how the internet works would recognize that there is a responsibility that attaches to publishing a statement in cyberspace - because others might read it and attach some truth to it. Truth that may have been entirely absent from the statement up to that time. That's probably even more likely when the publisher is one who commands a certain amount of respect and authority in cyberspace.
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posted on
04/05/2005 2:41:12 PM PDT
by
lugsoul
(Wild Turkey)
To: Jim Robinson
You.. an extremist?
You're the most patient person I know of, and a better man than I.
Something is telling me that the person or people who said that to you have no real basis to make any comparison.
But then again, most of the Founders were called 'extremists'.
;-)
44
posted on
04/05/2005 2:41:24 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
("I'll tell you once more before I get off the floor, don't bring me clowns." -misheard lyrics)
To: Jim Robinson
45
posted on
04/05/2005 2:41:31 PM PDT
by
Michael Goldsberry
(Which part of "Don't Mess With Texas" didn't you get?)
To: Jim Robinson
All this hand-wringing about diversity from the left and here we are as a grand example of that diversity and they're calling us extremists. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
46
posted on
04/05/2005 2:41:51 PM PDT
by
Rockitz
(After all these years, it's still rocket science.)
To: Modernman
"...state civil matters."
Cold dude. Kinda shifts me to your opposite side even more.
47
posted on
04/05/2005 2:42:05 PM PDT
by
Stentor
To: Jim Robinson
Congrats, JR, it couldn't happen to a nicer guy, really.
Did someone say quotes? I love quotes!
"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." --Galileo Galilei
"The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." -- Plato
"The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion." --King Solomon
"If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be if without it?" --Benjamin Franklin
48
posted on
04/05/2005 2:42:19 PM PDT
by
infidel29
("It is only the warlike power of a civilized people that can give peace to the world."- T. Roosevelt)
To: cmsgop
49
posted on
04/05/2005 2:42:23 PM PDT
by
Mo1
("Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it" ~ Pope John Paul II)
To: Jim Robinson
May God continue to bless and watch over America and all her extremists! Amen! *bump*
50
posted on
04/05/2005 2:42:39 PM PDT
by
Cboldt
To: Petronski
That gives me 2 things to strive for: knuckle-dragger and extremist. Wow, I have a bright future ahead!
51
posted on
04/05/2005 2:43:00 PM PDT
by
day10
(Rules cannot substitute for character.)
To: Jim Robinson
That's "extreme"-ly cool! Welcome to the club!
52
posted on
04/05/2005 2:43:00 PM PDT
by
Gal.5:1
(Christ frees from the bondage of legalism, works, religion)
To: Misty Memory
It was a civil trial. As you know.
53
posted on
04/05/2005 2:43:02 PM PDT
by
lugsoul
(Wild Turkey)
To: Jim Robinson
Well, we all knew you are an extremist but no one had the heart to tell you. Particularly because we're all extremists also.:)
54
posted on
04/05/2005 2:43:18 PM PDT
by
xJones
To: Jim Robinson
A front page vanity?
Wait till the mods see this...
/ducking and running for cover/
55
posted on
04/05/2005 2:43:24 PM PDT
by
Tennessee_Bob
(This tagline is Bush's fault.)
To: Jim Robinson
Since when is it constitutional for a civil trial to sentence a person to death? I guess it's a matter of perspective. You see this as a death penalty case, I see it as a civil dispute between family members to determine whether the legal guardian has the power to take a certain action.
The only involvement of the government in this case was due to the request of the civil parties.
56
posted on
04/05/2005 2:43:28 PM PDT
by
Modernman
("I'm in favor of limited government unless it limits what I want government to do."- dirtboy)
To: dead
The 2% to my right are idealists.
You say that like it's a bad thing.
Us pragmatic extreme extremists resemble that remark! ;^:
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posted on
04/05/2005 2:43:29 PM PDT
by
The Spirit Of Allegiance
(ATTN. MARXIST RED MSM: I RESENT your "RED STATE" switcheroo using our ELECTORAL MAP as PROPAGANDA!)
To: jwalsh07
"Juries are required in cases where the state may order death."
Really? Make your argument, counselor. Argue a constitutional right to a jury trial in this case.
I'll get popcorn.
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posted on
04/05/2005 2:44:16 PM PDT
by
lugsoul
(Wild Turkey)
To: day10
Wow, I have a bright future ahead!You gotta wear shades!
59
posted on
04/05/2005 2:44:43 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(I thank God Almighty for a most remarkable blessing: John Paul the Great.)
To: dead
I consider myself a moderate, even though about 98% of the world is to the left of me. Theyre all extremists. The 2% to my right are idealists That me too! I keep telling everyone I haven't changed, just about everyone else moved Left.
60
posted on
04/05/2005 2:44:58 PM PDT
by
Lorianne
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