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Trouble in the cards as psychic-licensing rules debated
The Salem News Online ^ | Wednesday, June 28, 2006 | Chris Cassidy

Posted on 06/28/2006 4:30:33 PM PDT by Momaw Nadon

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1 posted on 06/28/2006 4:30:35 PM PDT by Momaw Nadon
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To: Momaw Nadon

This should not have been a surprise to any psychic who was any good...


2 posted on 06/28/2006 4:32:09 PM PDT by pabianice
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To: Momaw Nadon

when psychics are outlawed only outlaws will have psychics.


3 posted on 06/28/2006 4:34:16 PM PDT by Rakkasan1 (Illegal immigrants are just undocumented friends you haven't met yet!)
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I've never been to a psychic or fortuneteller.

But, I'm against licensing of psychics.

What's next, licensing of churches?


4 posted on 06/28/2006 4:34:20 PM PDT by Momaw Nadon ("...with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.")
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To: pabianice

Maybe they're only peripheral visionaries, like Stephen Wright........and why doesn't the psychic on the hot line know my name when I call?


5 posted on 06/28/2006 4:35:15 PM PDT by jimtorr
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To: Momaw Nadon

Exactly what is the difference between a rogue clairvoyant and an ethical fortune teller? A license?

Time to form a union to control unregulated workers.

Amalgamated Witches of Salem sounds about right to me.


6 posted on 06/28/2006 4:35:32 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Momaw Nadon

Hey, I could have told them that.


7 posted on 06/28/2006 4:35:43 PM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: Momaw Nadon
..dozens of psychics argued before a city licensing panel about what the future holds if Salem cracks down on rogue clairvoyants.

"Rogue" clairvoyants? They must be the ones who tell you "lady,I don't have the foggiest idea what the future has in store for you".

8 posted on 06/28/2006 4:35:49 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative
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... rogue clairvoyants ...

Is that what we used to call Gypsies in a less enlightened time?

LOL


9 posted on 06/28/2006 4:40:26 PM PDT by caryatid (Jolie Blonde, 'gardez donc, quoi t'as fait ...)
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To: Cicero
Exactly what is the difference between a rogue clairvoyant and an ethical fortune teller?

Good point.

How does the government distinguish between a legitimate psychic and a charlatan? Sould there be a test? What would the criteria be?

This is clearly a case of government overstepping its bounds, and is most probably not Constitutional.

10 posted on 06/28/2006 4:46:57 PM PDT by Momaw Nadon ("...with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.")
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"Hey, I could have told them that"

Yeah, I saw that one coming, too.

Did you ever wonder why you never see help wanted ads for phsycics? The psychic hotlines require a lot of psychics, 3 shifts, 24/7/365, to man all the phones, and yet you never see a help wanted ad for all those thousands of job positions.

What I think is, the psychics just *know* where the job openings are and just go there.

11 posted on 06/28/2006 4:48:34 PM PDT by Dumpster Baby ("Hope somebody finds me before the rats do .....")
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To: Momaw Nadon

So didn't any psychic see this coming?


12 posted on 06/28/2006 4:49:33 PM PDT by Koblenz (Holland: a very tolerant country. Until someone shoots you on a public street in broad daylight...)
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"They don't restrict the number of pizza parlors," said Christian Day, a local witch . . .

Interesting name for a witch.

13 posted on 06/28/2006 4:49:37 PM PDT by Momaw Nadon ("...with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.")
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To: Momaw Nadon

Sould = Should


14 posted on 06/28/2006 4:53:01 PM PDT by Momaw Nadon ("...with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.")
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To: Momaw Nadon

If the city is going to license them, then they will be accountable for all frauds.

What is their litmus test for licensing?


15 posted on 06/28/2006 5:14:34 PM PDT by weegee (If fetal tissue is non-viable, then why are they trying to use it to stimulate cell production?)
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To: Momaw Nadon

I saw this one coming. Didn't AlGore invent the Tarot card deck just before he invented the internet?


16 posted on 06/28/2006 5:15:54 PM PDT by rod1
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What is their litmus test for licensing?

I have no idea. That's an interesting question.

The article then goes on to say:

"The city now issues licenses to four shops, which can then license five individual psychics apiece."

So, should the city then restrict the number of churches or the number of priests each church can have?

17 posted on 06/28/2006 5:22:00 PM PDT by Momaw Nadon ("...with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.")
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To: Momaw Nadon

Psych me up those five lottery numbers and I'll vote however they tell me.


18 posted on 06/28/2006 5:24:59 PM PDT by humblegunner (If you're gonna die, die with your boots on.)
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To: Momaw Nadon

The power to tax is the power to destroy.


19 posted on 06/28/2006 5:34:55 PM PDT by weegee (If fetal tissue is non-viable, then why are they trying to use it to stimulate cell production?)
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To: Momaw Nadon
In a paranormal public hearing last night, dozens of psychics argued before a city licensing panel about what the future holds...

If they're real psychics, shouldn't they already know what the future holds?

20 posted on 06/28/2006 6:58:16 PM PDT by John Locke
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