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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:37 PM Original message |
Grandmother Arrested For Buying Cold Medicine Twice In One Week |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. Pay cash, whenever possible. |
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tosh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. It's no longer that simple. |
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woodsprite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. In Delaware, you have to sign for it also. n/t |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. I assure you that the pharmacists hate the situation as much or more than you all do. |
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tosh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
58. I second that assurance. nt. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
53. Then stop criminalizing grandma - either make it prescription or NOT |
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tosh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #53 |
65. Good solution....perhaps TOO LOGICAL? nt. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #53 |
68. Making it a script takes it away from those of us without access to healthcare |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
61. In Texas too |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Most states... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Oooh - just figured they tracked through debit card. Doh! |
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Kadie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Here in Calif. they swipe your driver's license |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Yes. I gathered that from the first 2 responses. |
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Kadie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. LOL |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. :) I could be having a slow day, in which case the third would have been needed. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. God damn America -- one and all -- if we don't stop this nonsense. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. So you're for unrestricted and unlimited sales of the Meth precursor? |
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SoCalNative (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. I'm not very appreciative |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Have you seen what a bad head cold does to people? |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Saline solution in a netti pot works better. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. No. It doesn't. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. What's your complaint? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. That's precisely what you cannot do under these laws: buy more than a 15 day supply. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #49 |
78. That is ridiculous. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #78 |
90. It makes me sympathize with junkies, I have to say. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #42 |
75. keep defending this crap |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #39 |
57. Complaint? That it's inaccurate, maybe even silly to claim netti pots work better than |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Then buy some pseudephedrine |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. As I stated, I use both. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #60 |
76. i don't think your study was a double-blind, clincal study |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. It's my personal experience, not a study, not scientific. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. But you don't know that the non-drug solution works better |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. No. It doesn't. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Netti pots don't work if you have a deviated septum. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. "It says so right on the box". Not on the one I have. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. I don't know, ask your doctor. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Funny story. My doctor wrote me a script for a 30 day supply. Kroger wouldn't dispense it. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
74. are you a doctor? |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. Are you? |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #77 |
86. you are giving people a hard time for choosing Sudafed type products over neti pots |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. If the drug companies stopped making it, then the Meth precursor will find something else to use |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
37. surely there's some middle ground between that and arresting anyone who goes over the weekly |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
41. So, you're for the criminalization of people who purchase a legal medication |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Nope. |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #45 |
63. And get arrested if you buy too much of it in one week |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
43. I have not seen what meth has done to people. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Except pseudephedrine isn't prohibited. |
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tosh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
56. Well, guess what? The meth-heads have already found |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
62. Yes! Legal and clean meth is safer than the current situation. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
64. Strawman. n/t |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
73. I'm against arresting grandma for buying cold medicine twice in a week |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #73 |
81. As am I, never said the current law isn't stupid. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
89. Yes. The war on drugs is a joke. Rather than playing cold medicine police and arresting grannies |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #89 |
95. True, no law will completely stop meth. |
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populistdriven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. i hate these rules but in Oregon they have reduced both violent and non violent crimes significantly |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. If you arrested everyone, you could stop crime altogether. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
79. So they say n/t |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. Utter madness |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. America LOVES their phony "war$." |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's getting to where making "hooch" at home in the bathtub will be cold medicine. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. She shouldn't be liable for those court costs |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. and if she has a job, she'll lose at least one day's work..maybe more |
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subcomhd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. Good thing she's off the streets. nt |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. I had to sign a book when the vet gave me cat-medicine |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
15. It's a fight for me to buy the bloody stuff at all here in Aust. |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
16. If the state already knows how much you bought in a week |
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beyurslf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
18. Hmph! Just another soft-on-crime liberal prosecutor giving her the deal of a lifetime. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
19. Punish the many to prosecute the few... |
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KingFlorez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
20. Completely unfair |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
21. Zero tolerance = No discretion |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
22. Better call the SWAT team out for this out of control good neighbor while they are at it. |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
23. This really is a poor way to resolve a real problem |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
54. Depends on what the problem you're solving is. |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #54 |
67. In this case, I do think the goal is to curtail meth production |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. Why do you expect that people choose to do Meth, if its so much worse than "hardcore" drugs? |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #71 |
82. Because it's a hell of a lot cheaper |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. I think you missed the point. People use meth because other substances aren't available. |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. I don't agree with blanket prohibitions either |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. I just wanted you to think about the unintended consequence of your "just a little prohibition" |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. We use that model for many things |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #91 |
94. Prohibition of basic human social behavior is categorically different |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #54 |
70. Problem was QT4 results for the for-profit prison industry. nt |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
27. Meanwhile, I'm sure those who are actually making meth have found all kinds of ways around this. nt |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
31. Didn't Rush buy his Oxy out of a automobile trunk in a parking lot? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
33. One more granny off the streets. Victory in the Drug War is just around the corner! |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
38. What a bunch of bullshit. One step forward (pot) and two back (this shit). nt |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
40. I'm aware of the law on those medicines, but I'm not sure I would have |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Was thinking the same |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
46. fucking bullshit |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
51. absolutely right |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
69. This happens when you profile people who *might* commit a crime |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
72. Any douchebags here defending her arrest? |
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Ed76638 (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
83. I would've offered the prosecutor a deferral plan of my own. |
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lillypaddle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
92. It's ridiculous |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
93. In my state they scan your D.L.. |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
96. Buying pseudoeph is a pain in the butt these days. |
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