LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE SPITS IN FACE OF TALK SHOW HOST ON THE AIR

DFU listening to KABC in Los Angeles | 9-8-02 | Doug from Upland

[doug from upland]

The evening started innocently enough for Brian Whitman, Sunday evening talk show host on KABC in Los Angeles.

He had on his show four minor candidates running for governor of California. Three were on the phone and the fourth, Libertarian candidate Gary Copeland, was in studio.

The conversation eventually turned to illegal immigration. Copeland did not like Whitman's position and called him a racist. Although Whitman kept trying to answer, Copeland kept talking over him and would not let him speak.

Just as Whitman puts callers in "timeout" on his show when they won't let him have his say, he told the engineer to cut off Copeland's microphone. Copeland became incensed and started packing his things to leave the studio.

Then, in great FReeper tradition, Whitman told Copeland not to let the door hit his ass on the way out. He also called Copeland a lunatic.

Then the rain came. Copeland walked over to Whitman and spit in his face. Whitman couldn't believe it. Two others on the KABC staff couldn't believe it.

Whitman had the station call the police and is considering filing assault charges.

Poor Copeland. He may no longer be the Libertarian candidate for governor. An official high ranking representative of the party called in to Whitman and told him that Copeland would be receiving no more backing and they were going to see what they could do to take him off the ballot.

Now that was classic talk radio. The unbelievable happened. A candidate for governor actually showed himself to be a bigger jackass than Gray Davis. Davis has spit on the law but never on Whitman, at least not yet. Brian, get him in studio.

[realpatriot71]

My body is MY property and "contraband" is an arbitrary definition . . .

[Roscoe]

My body is MY property

So?

and "contraband" is an arbitrary definition . .

False.

[Roscoe]

John Locke

"Whosoever, therefore, out of a state of Nature unite into a community, must be understood to give up all the power necessary to the ends for which they unite into society to the majority of the community, unless they expressly agreed in any number greater than the majority. And this is done by barely agreeing to unite into one political society, which is all the compact that is, or needs be, between the individuals that enter into or make up a commonwealth. And thus, that which begins and actually constitutes any political society is nothing but the consent of any number of freemen capable of majority, to unite and incorporate into such a society. And this is that, and that only, which did or could give beginning to any lawful government in the world." -- John Locke

[tpaine]

Right to property is a "fundamental right,"
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Contraband isn't property.
519 roscoepap

Making property into 'contraband' without due process of law, [14th amendment] is unconstitutional.
Fiat prohibitions & confiscatory taxes violate due process.

[Roscoe]

Making property into 'contraband' without due process of law, [14th amendment] is unconstitutional.

Your ignorance of what constitutes "due process" notwithstanding, our laws against illicit drugs aren't "unconstitutional"

[tpaine]

Fiat declarations that property is 'illicit' have no constitutional basis, as is evident by the attempted 'prohibition' amendment. The very concept that government can 'out-law' some types of property for the 'good of society' flys against the principles of our free republic.

You advocate a socialist agenda. Be ashamed.

[Roscoe]

Fiat declarations that property is 'illicit' have no constitutional basis

Fiat? Begging the question, as always.

[tpaine]

Get a dictionary, if 'fiat' puzzles you.

You beg EVERY question, with your repetitive 'begging the question' inanity. -- Weird behavior roscoe.
Get some new lines.

[Roscoe]

Our laws and regulations are created openly through well established procedures.

Fiat? Not even close.

[tpaine]

An amendment was attempted to prohibit booze. Were's the 'intoxicating drug' amendment?

[Roscoe]

Were's the 'intoxicating drug' amendment?

Not needed.

[tpaine]

You bet. -- 'Drug' control is not needed.
Thanks.

[Roscoe]

'Drug' control is not needed.

Get out your crayons and write your Congressman.

[tpaine]

Take your inanities elsewhere.

Congress, and government, is the problem, in that they ignore our constitution, backed by a majority of fools, exactly like you.

[Roscoe]

Smoking dope isn't a "Constitutional" right.

[N. Theknow]

A face made for radio.

[tpaine]

See the ninth.

[Roscoe]

See the ninth.

It's not there. Not in the fifth, the pint or the quart either.

[tpaine]

Whatever.

'Cute' doesn't make your case roscoe.

[SJC_Libertarian]

Glad you appreciated the jibe. I knew, of course, and appreciated your joke.