Lawyer faces marijuana charge

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | 6/17/02 | Michael Hasch

[Dane]

You will have to hit the link to read the article, but it seems that this attorney(Richard McCague) was smuggling marijuana to his "client"(Germaine Cook) who is charged with kidnapping a University of Pittsburgh student on Jan. 9th and making him drive around for nine hours and forcing him to make purcahses on his credit card.

[zarf]

"Some inner-city kid goes to prison for 15 years over a few grams of crack while these jokers have 5,000 pounds of cocaine and are sleeping in their own beds."

- Rodney Tureaud, special agent in charge of the U.S. Customs Service in Seattle

[KDD]

pot is baaaad Kevin pot is baaaad...stick to the script Kevin.

As a prime example of our public school educated and commercial television indoctrinated society, you serve as great entertainment. You sir, are a parody.

[CWRWinger]

That may be why General/President Grant stayed drunk much of the time. Perhaps he knew that our Constitutional Republic was dead.

That's probably the only way he could carry out lincoln's tryanny.

[vin-one]

although he did post this article. but only to try and prove
everyone is a libertarian, little does he know that this is a conservative isse,
although this idiot lawyer, trying to smuggle contraband into a prison,
is not someone I would want representing me.
Dane like to confuse the issues, and not address the real issue,
pot is less harmful than most legal drugs out today,
and nobody should be able to tell me what i can or cannot smoke or drink

[CWRWinger]

Well, I see you may be on the fast track to personal substance-dependency and self-imposed slavery. But don't impose your moral values on the rest of us. Thank you.

[KDD]

Cultural Jihad, Kevin Curry and Dane...

The three government stooges.

[zarf]

Thank you for your concern over my self imposed slavery. Have any bottles of booze at your house or are you one to forego an occasional spirit?

The WOD is the imposition of morality by the state (DARE I SAY: not to mention a racist and classist imposition!!).

[Cultural Jihad]

No arguments to offer either, eh?

[KDD]

No arguments to offer either, eh?

Specify.

[vin-one]

I'll give you an argument, should anyone be able to tell me how much booze I can drink?
Let's assume I don't drive, I just sit at my home
and get blindly drunk everynight, can or should the gov't tell I can't do it?

[Kerberos]

"although this idiot lawyer, trying to smuggle contraband into a prison, is not someone I would want representing me. "

If there is anything this guy should be tried and convicted for, which unfortunately we do not have laws to cover, it is for being stupid.

"little does he know that this is a conservative issue"

I find your comment interesting in that most of the poster on this board see ending the WOD as a liberal issue. Although some conservatives are starting to speak out on the issue, most remain silent and repeat the party mantra.

When I was involved in local Republican politics, which has been several years ago, one of the things that I found very strange is how many people in the party privately used marijuana but would never publicly challenge the issue of its illegality. And although I understand their need for secrecy, after all this is a criminal offense, I thought they billed themselves as the party of principle. Saying one thing publicly, but practicing the opposite privately, did not seem real principled to me.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Like being in jail isn't enough, this guy still feels the need to get wasted. What a pathetic loser.

[metesky]

Looks like the guy was a double dipper, trying to smuggle two contraband items in:

When guards began to search McCague, they found a bag taped to his back underneath his belt. The bag was filled with what is believed to be cigarette tobacco.

However, four ounces of marijuana was found in a bag hidden inside the tobacco, authorities said.

What a moron!

Oh, by the way stupid, the perp says to tell you, you're fired!

[vin-one]

I find your comment interesting in that most of the poster on this board see ending the WOD as a liberal issue. Although some conservatives are starting to speak out on the issue, most remain silent and repeat the party mantra.

While ending the WOD does seem like a liberal issue, the WOD'ers on this forum would
try and make it seem like a libertarian issue, which it is part of their platform
however on this forum you will find a high percentage of freepers,( mostly conservatives) are against the WOD
We see it as an infringement on our rights, and as a gov't tool to expand the fed power and reduce the states power,
all in the name of protecting us from our selves.
and I have also been surprised at just how many people will smoke a duper when available,
I truely believe that if MJ was legal, you would see just how many people actualy partake of the evil weed.

[Kerberos]

"The three government stooges."

Yes for Cultural Jihad, Kevin Curry and Dane, in their quest to feel safe and secure, the federal government cannot have too much power.

[CWRWinger]

I have no booze in the house or office, never have and with God's help, never will. I have never consumed alcohol. I decided young it was not the responsible thing to do.

[68 grunt]

Cultural Jihad, Kevin Curry and Dane...

The three government stooges.

I disagree. I feel our gubmint is for the most part honorable. These three buffoons are not gubmint stooges, they are democrats! Their main goal is to drive wedge issues between us, to make so many of us so angry with the others that we never, ever, vote republican. Any division is a success for them. If you vote L, they win, if you vote D (never!!!), they win big time. If you vote R, they lose. I'm surprised at how many dim bulbs out there don't recognize this.

[FatherTorque]

That's what really scares me about the WOD cheerleaders. I wonder what extremes that they would allow the feds to reach.

I honestly believe that if the feds were not arresting drug dealers simply assassinating them that Dane would still be Huzzahing and Hurrahing all over the place.

[muggs]

Most people learn to use physical exertion and other means to alter their endorphine levels, some of them to excess and self destruction.

Hush, if Dane finds out I run 5 miles every morning because I can't live without my endorphine high, he/she will try to have me arrested.

[tacticalogic]

Hush, if Dane finds out I run 5 miles every morning because I can't live without my endorphine high, he/she will try to have me arrested.

Probably. And justify it by pointing out that if you keep it up you're going to need new knees and hip joints some day, and Medicare might have to pay for them, not to mention the time your spending doing it that could have been used for some other productive (and taxable) activity.