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I find the situation there fascinating. I hate what the law has become and how it is used, I hate courts, I hate prosecutors and I hate cops. (that’s a generalized hate–some of them are quite nice in person). The sheriff is no good and totally out of control, and so is the DA. The judges seem to be actually afraid of the cops–I mean, personally, physically afraid of them. Nobody seems to be able to do anything about it.

It is hard to feel sympathy for despotic judges because they hurt so many people, but I can almost muster some sympathy for these ones. When conflicts between different groups of bullies happen, I often wish they all could lose, but rarely do I see it granted.

So I hope they keep going at it. The more they damage each other’s reputations and the rule of law in Maricopa county, (such as it is there) the better. It should be very entertaining to watch.

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The deputy sheriff was eventually charged with Contempt of Court by another judge. He was ordered to make a public apology as well as spend a couple nights in jail. I don’t think Arpio (sic?) has let the deputy do either jail time or make the apology ordered.

Now the deputy is suing to block his having to make an apology by using 1st Amendment. His take is that no one can order another to speak.

Seems that the Sheriff of Maricopa county does what he wants when he wants how he wants regardless of the Constitutional rights of anyone he wants to go after.

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http://reason.com/blog/2009/11/03/welcome-to-marikafka-county-ar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIoyJ-LyAaE

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Can the Drug Subculture Be Beaten?

‘Build resistance from within’ is the advice a no-nonsense educationist keeps giving to parents and guardians, living in constant dread of the drug scene in Bangladesh. But those of the conservative bend, a Victorian mindset, as it were, still insist that a ‘good thrashing’ would be the perfect medicine for brats — before they become die-hard delinquents — should advice/counseling/warning/ fail to bring them back to normalcy.

But what is ‘normal’, in the Bangladesh context ? It obviously isn’t the same for all socio-economic classes, although every full-blooded Bengali, high or low, still holds traditional family and community values dear — where the elderly retain leadership within the extended family and the villages, and have a say in the upbringing of the young ones. That would be considered anathema in today’s upcoming, individualistic models of family in urban Bangladesh. More and more of this bracket of society tend to emulate the west — albeit selectively.

“…the primary reason to outlaw marijuana is its effect on the degenerate races.”
“Marihuana leads to pacifism and communist brainwashing”
“Marijuana is an addictive drug which produces in its users insanity, criminality, and death.”
“Marijuana is the most violence-causing drug in the history of mankind.”
“Reefer makes darkies think they’re as good as white men.”
“There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos, and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz, and swing, result from marijuana use. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers, and any others.”
“You smoke a joint and you’re likely to kill your brother.”
- Harry J. Anslinger – America’s 1st Drug Czar (FDR – JFK)

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“Don’t TAZE me bro.”

I’ll be in town all week. Don’t forget to tip the waitress and try the veal.

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I would imagine that statement would have been followed by a fusillade of TAZER darts aimed at Mr. Marchant.

Maybe he could duck, like President Bush did when that guy flung shoes at him and all the darts would hit the judge, that would be awesome.

That scene would fit right into the remake of Cheech and Chong’s “Up in Smoke”, during the “I was framed” song in the court room.

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