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  Police Get The Wrong House In Galveston, Assault 12-Year old girl

  by Elsewhere in

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  http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2008/12/galveston_false_arrest.php.

  police get the wrong house in galveston, allegedly assault 12-year-old girlwed dec 17, 2008 at 12:37:01 pmit was a little before 8 at night when the breaker went out at emily milburn's home in galveston.

  she was busy preparing her children for school the next day, so she asked her 12-year-old daughter, dymond, to pop outside and turn the switch back on.. .

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  They are not getting a pass... if they lose they may lose a job. Or go to jail... or pay a civil judgment out of the insurance many officers carry so they dont loose their assets.

  There are two sides to every story... I have a good retired Detroit officer as a freind...he was a founding member of the SWAT unit , is a published author and teaches tactical marksmanship to federal agents now days. He was sued over 15 times in his 20 + years in Detroit... never lost a case.

  Most of you folks dont work a job were a mistake will get you or somebody else killed. Stuff happens daily. Police are held to a higher standard-they should be... but the outcome of an officers mistakes make better press than a gangsta malicious criminal actions.

  Hill
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  Police Get The Wrong House In Galveston, Assault 12-Year old girl

  by Elsewhere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2008/12/galveston_false_arrest.php.

  police get the wrong house in galveston, allegedly assault 12-year-old girlwed dec 17, 2008 at 12:37:01 pmit was a little before 8 at night when the breaker went out at emily milburn's home in galveston.

  she was busy preparing her children for school the next day, so she asked her 12-year-old daughter, dymond, to pop outside and turn the switch back on.. .

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  eleswhere... this is a prime example of what goes wrong when everything happens in a "tactical" mode of operation. Community policing (ie "beat cops") cost money. Sweeps and stings are cheap.

  Before you go off ... it's all about taxes and budgets. Worst thing this country ever did was put city cops in squad cars... they only get to know the problems in a area and dont know the residents anymore.

  Cars compress manpower...walking or biking a beat cost tax money.

  The cops will probably loose...they make mistakes and pay insurance out of their pockets in many cases... I know the paper sounds good.. but those guys will get thrown under the biggest bus the city can find.

  Police work... lose- lose for the officers... and in this case for a little girl too. Not her fault all... but in fairness we dont get to see the officers whole story in this report.

  the rest of you... i hope you dont need a "pig" when your ass is in the bight.

  Jeff
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  I Just Ate 5 Xmas Cookies ...

  by snowbird in

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  ... and they were so good!.

  now, i shall have a cuppa tea.. any questions?.

  sylvia.

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  we all in the office had to share. SB

  Snowbird... you need to "box out' and throw an elbow if you need too. I'd rather see you take a foul than miss out on cookies.

  Hill
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  Why The Hoopla Over Rick Warren's Selection

  by snowbird in

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  ... to do the invocation at obama's swearing in on january 20, 2009?.

  gregor asked this on bts's thread, but i am afraid it may get buried underneath all the other stuff.

  what denomination is rick warren and why all the blather about him giving the inaugural invocation?

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  Better than war and pestilence to thin the population.

  silly girl...we are good at war and pestilence. If mankind went gay we would all die out. War and pestilence insures that the strongest me... the ones who dig foxholes fastest and duck the best will survive.

  (there must be some emoticon-thingy for this statement)

  Hill
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  Terry?

  by hillbilly in

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  anyone heard from terry?

  i see he has not posted since october.

  a notable void when he is not here.. hill.

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  Anyone heard from Terry? I see he has not posted since October. A notable void when he is not here.

  Hill
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  Why isn't our politics this interesting?

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  it's a few steps past british parliament!.

  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_skorea_us_free_trade.

  skorean lawmakers brawl over us free trade pact

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  Just to clarify here kids for those of you that are humor challenged. I was joking

  I'm not. If some of those pompous windbags in Congress would man up and beat the tar out of each other maybe we would see some "change" in Washington.

  I' pay to see several pairings duel on the Mall.

  Hill
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  Why The Hoopla Over Rick Warren's Selection

  by snowbird in

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  ... to do the invocation at obama's swearing in on january 20, 2009?.

  gregor asked this on bts's thread, but i am afraid it may get buried underneath all the other stuff.

  what denomination is rick warren and why all the blather about him giving the inaugural invocation?

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  Beks... even I will tell ya that Junction is "half a bubble" off... but after the Wright deal and the "cling to god and guns" posturing in PA... Dave is right....lotsa folks see it as trading one preacher for the other.

  The "left" that was conned into backing Obama will provide the hardest push-back. The "right" that opposed him will be a hard sell. Obamas only course now is to somehow form a 'balanced charge" and polarize neither fringe and fortify the middle.

  Barry-O is a smart guy... maybe he will learn that all sides can not be played to the middle. Some one is gonna get the sh*tty end of the stick...

  Hill
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  Dansk

  by faundy in

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  just to let everyone on here who knows my dad, that he is seriously ill, and unfortunately on life support.

  he has renal and respiratory failure as a result of the quickest onset of pneumonia i have ever seen... it came on in the early hours of this morning.

  he is waiting for an intensive care bed but the nearest one is 200 miles away.

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  Prayers sent.

  sorry to hear that the turns been for the worse.

  Hill
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  Why The Hoopla Over Rick Warren's Selection

  by snowbird in

  1. social
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  ... to do the invocation at obama's swearing in on january 20, 2009?.

  gregor asked this on bts's thread, but i am afraid it may get buried underneath all the other stuff.

  what denomination is rick warren and why all the blather about him giving the inaugural invocation?

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  Ok then...just dont say ****** and Obama....

  I read that book once...and have read passages qouted by others often.

  Worth a read for all youngsters who are enthralled by charismatic leadership styles.

  ~Jeff
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  When a guy doesn't text (sms) you back...

  by Newborn in

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  he's not that interested is he?.

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  He may be a well grounded man who's first priority is not chasin skirt. See what happens ...he might be a keeper.

  Hill