Noise violators in Fort Lupton sentenced to listen to Barry Manilow

AP via Rocky Mountain News ^ | November 22, 2008

[rightwingintelligentsia]

FORT LUPTON — Barry Manilow's "I Write the Songs" may begin with the line, "I've been alive forever,'" but for noise ordinance violators, listening to Manilow may feel like forever.

Fort Lupton Municipal Judge Paul Sacco says his novel punishment of forcing noise violators to listen to music they don't like for one hour has cut down on the number of repeat offenders in this northwestern Colorado prairie town.

[SparkyBass]

re: My Take on Barney.... now for mine!

I hate you, you hate me,
Let’s go down in his-to-reee
as the family, who without any remorse,
Killed that freakin’ di-no-saur!

:)

[Funee Kat]

Everybody loves to rag on poor old Barry Manilow, but at least after many years he still makes a good living in a tough business, my hat’s off to him.

[Kevmo]

for the not-a-ping list

[Slings and Arrows]

Stern, but just.

[absolootezer0]

Sorry, but as much as I might agree with the sentiment, “Cruel and Unusual Punishment” is specifically banned by the Constitution.

i don't mind if this is an option to opt out of fines or jail time, but this doesn't seem legal as a mandatory punishment, altho it seems to be a very fitting one.

[CrazyIvan]

Sorry, but as much as I might agree with the sentiment, “Cruel and Unusual Punishment” is specifically banned by the Constitution. If Barry Manilow doesn’t qualify, I don’t know what does.

Yoko Ono.

[70th Division]

How about 3 hours of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”.

[absolootezer0]

or HD’s with straight pipes?

[IYAS9YAS]

How about 3 hours of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”.

So, what, they make them listen to it twice? Big deal.

By the way, I like In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, means at least fifteen minutes on the radio where I don't have to listen to some moron d.j. or a commercial.

[johnthebaptistmoore]

The judge should force then to listen to minimalistic music instead (e.g. Philip Glass and Steve Reich, among others).

[JoJo Gunn]

Might I also suggest endless loops of the screeching ad libs at the end of the Bee Gee's "Nobody gets too much Heaven no more"?

[70th Division]

That was funny.

[seoul62]

Force them to listen to Yoko Ono singing./Just Asking - seoul62......

[IYAS9YAS]

OR:

I hate you.

You hate me.

We're a ******-up family.

Well a shot rang out,

and Barney hit the floor

No more purple dinosaur...

[Revolting cat!]

You did (make my day), but the past tense of sh*t, you can tell Pat, is ‘shat!

[envisio]

Don’t you know,
that according to the oath taken upon HD ownership, one of the bylaws of the HD “rules of ownership” states that an individual MUST believe that sound equals power.

More sound equals more power.

An individual that does not swear to this credo is denied communion into HD community.

[pandoraou812]

lmao!

[GOP_Lady]

Well, you have to admit that it’s better than listening to Roseann Barr screeching our National Anthem.

[GOP_Lady]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK8z8oWERMk