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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (53629)	11/18/2006 3:54:29 AM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

There was a good episode of Law and Order tonight. It really pointed out the responsibility of legislatures to resolve the death penalty one way or the other. A bad guy serving three life sentences for five murders killed two guards in a transfer and before being captured killed six children in a school where he took refuge. The cop arresting him had the chance to shoot the bastard and almost did but thought better of it. McCoy struggled to find a way to meaningfully prosecute the man during a time in NY's history where the death penalty was in limbo and the legislature refused to act. He chose a method that resulted in a the case being thrown out but that would force the legislature to remedy. A father of the victim objected and killed the bad guy on the street outside the courthouse. McCoy then went after the father, but a defense attorney wanting to get elected to the governorship took advantage of the situation by mounting an insanity defense, saying that the man only did what McCoy and every man with cajones would do, and moreover was driven into insanity by the absurdity of the situation that prevented the death penalty on the bad guy. The poor father was convicted, whereupon McCoy offered a reduction in sentence if he would rat on the politician/attorney. The movie ended with a headline showing indictment of the attorney, who had manipulated the situation to her political advantage.

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (53629)	11/18/2006 11:14:08 AM
From: coug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

A coug on a mission, this Apple Cup day.. :)

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (53629)	11/20/2006 8:32:23 AM
From: arno	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 90947

Hallelujah! Now that Democrats have taken control of Congress, we can expect: • Gas prices to drop to $1.25, because Republicans will no longer be able to feather the nest of Big Oil with obscene profits. • Cars to run on hydrogen, corn syrup and refried beans, because Republicans will no longer be able to control the laws of physics. • The wage gap to become non-existent, because differences in intelligence, drive, determination, personal responsibility and common sense will be outlawed. • Unemployment to drop to zero when the minimum wage increases to $22.35 per hour, because the demand for labor increases when the cost of labor increases, and not the reverse, as ignorant, mean-spirited Republicans had stupidly claimed. • Test scores of below-average students to skyrocket to above-average levels, because Democrats will outlaw the Republican-invented Bell curve. • The Dow to hit 18,000 in 2007, because it's an economic fact that the best way of growing an economy is to penalize risk-takers, innovators and the industrious. • The price of medicine and health care to plummet, because it's another economic fact that when you give people free stuff, demand goes down. • Foreign investors to swamp the country in capital, because they really don't care about the return on their investments, as the Republicans had led us to believe. • Government to control even more of the economy, because government is clearly better at allocating scarce resources, as the Soviet Union, Cuba, North Korea and France have proven. • Single-parent households to grow exponentially, because Republicans won't be able to spread the lie that such households are the primary cause of poverty, crime and school dropouts. • Wal-Mart to go out of business, because Republicans won't be able to perpetuate another myth that people prefer low prices to high prices. • Muslim extremists to stop killing Americans and enslaving women, because their extremism was caused by Republicans, who never understood the glories of multiculturalism and the fact that all cultures are equally good, except the American culture. ............... Shamelessly taken from this blog... ....http://curmudgeonlyskeptical.blogspot.com/