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Fact or Fiction?
instrumentofwar
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Eating lunch in the office today with a few folks and one guy says he was told a guy walked into a local sporting goods store and asks if they have any 223 ammo. Clerk says they are low and only have something like 20 boxes, and of course the guy says give me all of them, then he says the guy paid with a Homeland Security card.
Fact? Hype? Total lie? Misunderstanding? I'm just saying Hmmm...
Fact? Hype? Total lie? Misunderstanding? I'm just saying Hmmm...
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The Model T ran on hemp seed oil, so can todays vehicles.
Has anyone ever heard of some guy who was climbing on an elderly womans roof to break in to her house. Apparently he fell through the roof (skylight??), into the kitchen, onto a counter top holding the kitchenknives, and getting impaled. Suposedly this guy took her to court and won.
Just wanted to check here. This has come up in discussions in too many places to be just B.S.
Some people just shouldn't be allowed to breed
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1.January 2000: Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas, was awarded $780,000 by a jury of her peers after breaking her ankle, tripping over a toddler who was running amuck inside a furniture store. The owners of the store were understandably surprised at the verdict, considering that the misbehaving little fellow was Ms. Robertson's son.
2. June 1998: 19 year-old Carl Truman of Los Angeles won $74,000 and medical expenses when his neighbor ran over his hand with a Honda Accord. Mr. Truman apparently didn't notice there was someone at the wheel of the car when he was trying to steal his neighbor's ubcaps.
3. October 1998: Terrence Dickson of Bristol, Pa., was leaving a house he had just finished robbing by way of the garage. He was not able to get the garage door to go up, because the automatic door opener was malfunctioning. He couldn't reenter the house because the door connecting the house and garage locked when he pulled it shut. The family was on vacation. Mr. Dickson found himself locked in the garage for eight days. He subsisted on a case of Pepsi he found in the garage and a large bag of dry dog food. Mr. Dickson sued the homeowner's insurance claiming the situation caused him undue mental anguish. The jury agreed to the tune of a half million dollars.
4. October 1999: Jerry Williams of Little Rock Arkansas was awarded $14,500 and medical expenses after being bitten on the buttocks by his next door neighbor's beagle. The dog was on a chain in its owner's fenced-in yard at the time. Mr. Williams was also in the fenced-in yard. The award was less than sought because the jury felt the dog may have been provoked by Mr. Williams who, at the time, was repeatedly shooting it with a pellet gun.
5. December 1997: A Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay Amber Carson of Lancaster, Pa., $113,500 after she slipped on a soft drink and broke her coccyx. The beverage was on the floor because Ms. Carson threw it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument.
6. December 1997: Kara Walton of Clamont, DE. Successfully sued the owner of a night club when she fell from the bathroom window to the floor and knocked out her two front teeth. This occurred while Ms. Walton was trying to sneak through the window in the ladies room to avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge. She was awarded $12,000 and dental expenses.
And, a recent addition. Jan 2002. A man, was stopped by police in
Vermont. After running his name, it came back that there were warrants for his arrest from Florida. Before the police could arrest him, he fled into a nearby forest (in the middle of winter). The police searched for him, but were unable to find him. Three days later, the suspect turns himself in to police and was taken to the hospital with frostbite. He ended up having several fingers and toes amputated. He is now suing the police. Why? The police didn't look for him hard enough! He stated in an interview, 'If they had searched harder, they would've found me.' He's accusing the police of dereliction of duty leading to his loss of limbs. Go figure,
DO WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM, OR WHA
My apologies to the couple hundred normal people who live in California.. Sorry for the rant, these type of crap just gets me fired up...
I'd liquidate all my assets, quit my job, and move to a non-US extradition country.
Justice fails every day.
But when it fails against you, it's time to take action.
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removes most of those with any common sense & then the big problem arises of the judge's instructions. If you follow the instructions you can arrive at the above results.
If I was on that jury I would've ruled in favor of the old lady and made sure that the guy replaced her knives that he fell on!
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BTW, should you do so, please remember the principle of jury nullification!
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