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ckramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 11:54 PM Original message |
Clinton proposes 100,000 new police officers on streets |
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cloudbase (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
1. What works is that there is less crime |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I like your idea a heck of alot better than the more cops thing. n/t |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Me too. n/t |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. A two-fer...make all felons serve time as police. All the cops I know are fucking crooks anyway. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. although I've heard there... |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Shhhhhhh. It's Hilly's moment. |
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BunkerHill24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 03:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
29. co-signed...n/t |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
2. great policy |
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juajen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 01:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Thanks for your post. |
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Kool Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 02:05 AM Response to Reply #18 |
27. And that policy is probably the main reason |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #18 |
45. Community policing and the various policies... |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #18 |
49. I also support things like midnight basketball |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 02:11 AM Response to Reply #18 |
72. I think you can dream on about added social services |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
5. I just got an incredible feeling of deja vu reading that... |
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man4allcats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
7. I wouldn't mind a few more cops. |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
8. It's not a bad idea |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:47 AM Response to Reply #8 |
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12string (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 01:12 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. more cops |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 01:25 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. A number of laws need to be repealed. Both Criminal and Civil. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:41 AM Response to Reply #22 |
35. start with the victimless crimes. |
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MrTriumph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 07:46 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Drug abuse is not a victim-less crime |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. I did not mention meth, and I agree. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #39 |
47. The same can be said of alcoholics... |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #39 |
51. Much like alcohol. And we should treat other drugs like alcohol. |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #39 |
53. That is hysterical exaggeration. Cut it out. |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:57 PM Response to Reply #39 |
59. Humans are social animals. |
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MrTriumph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 08:17 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Taking drugs is a choice and a bad one at that. |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. Should we criminalize "poor choices"? |
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MrTriumph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:04 PM Response to Reply #65 |
70. physical harm is all that concerns you? |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:20 AM Response to Reply #39 |
71. Ah! The poster did not mention ABUSE. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:40 AM Response to Reply #12 |
34. I only wish you said it with emotion. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #34 |
52. If there were more accountability for police in there, I'd praise the idea. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I'd vote for more teachers first. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
56. The people here are not "so fucking incredibly stupid" |
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khaos (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
66. "t must be something they're putting in the water to make people so fucking incredibly stupid." |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 02:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
73. Being a police officer now is joining a brotherhood |
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Gonnuts (525 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
10. So, this is her "job creation program"? |
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RadioactiveCarrot (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
13. Great. |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
14. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:52 AM Response to Reply #14 |
32. Who will watch the watchmen? |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
16. Your husband also effectively started the drug war Clinton. Which has caused massive amounts of ruin |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #16 |
55. Bill Clinton didn't start the drug war, but he did nothing to stop it, either. |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
17. We need 100K cops in the oval office RIGHT FREAKIN NOW! |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 01:22 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Let us keep "Bitch" out of it. I know we are angry aboutthis from Clinton but we must not be hostile |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 01:39 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. But I was trying to keep the word hang out of it. |
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housewolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
20. Bill Clinton ran on that campaign platform |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 01:28 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. In 1992 This is 2008 |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
76. It worked pretty well, too... until Bush killed it. |
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raystorm7 (944 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
21. We could use 100,000 officers on just the streets of Houston Texas right about now! |
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Kip Humphrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #21 |
46. How original! |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
25. We want Cops to lock up people like Bush and Cheney. |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
57. Congress should be changing 401K tax laws RIGHT NOW |
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Ellipsis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
26. Why not 100,001 or 100,235... exactly 100,000 like Hubby proffered in 92 |
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Yes We Did (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
28. The election year ploy from an untrustworthy politician. Crime. She'll use anything. |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:26 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Well the fact that she used it lost ANY chance she has in the GE in my view. |
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darue (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:50 AM Response to Original message |
31. wont somebody please thing abouts the children? if it takes a village of cops, deputize EVERYBODY! |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:24 AM Response to Original message |
33. Gawd...don't we have enough 'jackboots'..come onnnnnn. |
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rsmith6621 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
36. Yep Hillary A Hillary Not Original Moment |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
37. Oh Hum!! |
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newburgh (225 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
38. Perfect. The further militarization of our streets instead of jobs. |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
40. I thought her "old man" already did that? |
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raebrek (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
41. 100,000 police sounds familiar. How many police do we need? |
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raebrek (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
42. one more time as so many noted the 1992 time frame. |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 09:14 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. And the state and local level tax base was to pay the wages of the police after the earmarks were |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
48. Back to giving people fish instead of teaching them how to fish, |
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lakeguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
50. lets see... |
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Texano78704 (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
58. How about... |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
61. That's right, increase that 1 out of 100 to 1 in 10 |
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RoadRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
62. Clinton's administratoin "reduced crime to historic lows" |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #62 |
69. You read that in Freakonomics didn't you? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
63. How about spending that $4 billion on education grants, anti-gang programs... |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
64. Yes, 1/100 citizens in prison is not enough! |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
67. Maybe we can double our current incarceration rate |
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Johnny Harpo (330 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
68. When In Recent Political Campaigns Didn't A Candidate.... |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
74. Why not split the difference? |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
75. I suppose their 'solution' for tough economic times is more jackboots and more tasers |
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