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Thu Dec 15, 2011, 08:27 PM
Scuba (12,723 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail
What fun! I got hassled tonight collecting Recall Walker signatures!
My grandmother taught me it wasn't nice to pick on those less fortunate than yourself, but tonight I couldn't help myself.
I was parked in the Public Library parking lot, picking up the occasional signature and rendezvousing with members of my team of volunteers who had signatures to turn in (another 47 tonight - woo hoo!).
The Library is a great spot, 'cause their wireless internet service is unsecured and leaks enough to provide coverage out in the lot. I can keep up on DU between taking signatures.
Anyway, a couple hours ago a truck pulled up next to me. I grabbed my clipboard and jumped out.
"I'm not signing", growled the guy behind the wheel. "Do you have a permit to be here?"
We're not supposed to waste time on these morons, but I had nothing else to do at the moment, so I indulged myself.
"Yes I do", I replied, and gave him a big smile.
"You do?", he asked.
"Yep", still smiling.
He seemed confused for a moment, then asked "Well, where did you get it?"
"From James Madison and some friends of his", I replied. He looked perplexed. I waited a few beats and then helped him out. "The Constitution of the United States, First Amendment".
"Well, well, you can't be on private property" he sputtered.
"I'm not", I replied, "this is the Public Library lot."
"Yes, but it's also private" he said. "It belongs to the Village, and I'm a taxpayer."
At that point I probably looked confused. Then it hit me. "Do you know the difference between public and private property?" I asked.
"It's private public property, owned by the village", he said. "Anyway, that's no good here", he said, "we have local ordinances."
"And you think local ordinances trump the Constitution?" I asked.
I could see he was getting more frustrated by the minute. "I'm going to call the police", he shouted.
"Good idea", I replied, "they love crank calls."
"Well, I'm calling them", he was now spitting as the words came out.
"That's fine. Just wait a second while I take a photo of your license plate, will you please?" I walked around to the back of his truck.
At that point his engine roared to life and his tires screamed as he left the lot. Guy was abusing his truck - and wasting gas - because of his anger and stupidity. More work for Union mechanics and tire manufacturing workers I guess.
Cops never showed, but since I talked to the Sheriff weeks ago and he knows my schedule there at the Library (sometimes his wife drops off signatures she's collected) I only missed out on a few more laughs.
These Walker-backers are mostly dumber than a box of rocks. "Private public property." Priceless.
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"And you think local ordinances trump the Constitution?" I asked.
Localities put limits all over the place you idiot! In deep blue People's Republic of Maryland, you can't plant a bush in your yard without clearing it through several local committees.
I can decide that it would be fun to have a big naked party here in the middle of the village square. We're just expressing ourselves, right? It's First Amendment, right? What do you think would happen?
You can walk down the street with an open glass of beer in New Orleans, but you can't do that in most cities and towns.
Their mistaken belief that FA gives them the right to do any damned thing is what's getting the OWS arrested.
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Bouncy :bouncy: :bouncy: :bouncy:
Always amazed me that they can precisely remember every detail and word.
One bong
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Zero bong.
It strikes me that it would be wise for a counter recall Walker person to be at all places they are gathering signatures to tell the people about to sign the petition what has happened in Ohio. That the property tax bills will skyrocket and teachers will be fired resulting in the CHILDREN!!!!!!!! suffering with even more ineptitude from their teachers.
I bet the DUches would be pretty pissed off at that expression of free speech.
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Next to stuff by adbot and Name Removed this is the most intelligent thing I ever seen on the DUmp.
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Bouncy :bouncy: :bouncy: :bouncy:
Always amazed me that they can precisely remember every detail and word.
One bong
Yer correct.
Star Member Scuba
23. It's called "literary license". I'm not nearly that clever in real time. n/t
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Noob DUmbass calls scuba out on his bullshit:
now_zad (44 posts)
Response to Scuba (Original post)
Thu Dec 15, 2011, 08:29 PM
1. You had a tape recorder?
I am always amazed on blogs how someone can go line by line on a 4 minute conversation elaborating down to the smallest detail exactly what was said by who...
And the DUmp faithful ride to scuba's rescue:
JustAmused (263 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail
Response to now_zad (Reply #1)
Thu Dec 15, 2011, 08:37 PM
5. Wow
I guess you do not realize that some people who post here do not have a problem with short memory.
Star Member Angry Dragon (14,509 posts)
Response to now_zad (Reply #1)
Thu Dec 15, 2011, 08:41 PM
13. The people on DU are amazing people
The ones that have been here a long time have developed
abilities uncommon to the common man................
Star Member Swede (25,035 posts)
Response to now_zad (Reply #1)
Thu Dec 15, 2011, 09:29 PM
22. I'm always amazed by DUers here less than 2 weeks call into question the honesty
of a longtime DUer. But,hey,we all make friends differently.
Star Member Ikonoklast (15,353 posts)
Response to now_zad (Reply #1)
Thu Dec 15, 2011, 10:56 PM
27. Yeah, it was made out of pizza.
Serve The Servants (190 posts)
Response to now_zad (Reply #1)
Fri Dec 16, 2011, 03:01 AM
28. The OPs adrenaline was probably pumping.
Adrenaline has been known to enhance memory.
Star Member jerseyjack (374 posts)
Response to now_zad (Reply #1)
Fri Dec 16, 2011, 07:17 AM
31. Some of us richer (closer to the 1%) Democrats have cell phones that can actually record voice.
They can do it word for word. Mine is called an Iphone and all I gotta do is press the button and say, "Turn on voice memo" and sommabitch, it just does it.
Star Member The Doctor. (15,227 posts)
Response to now_zad (Reply #1)
Fri Dec 16, 2011, 09:38 AM
35. This might be a little bit trick for you to mentally navigate, but I'll give it a try:
People don't have to 'elaborate down to the smallest detail' (which the poster didn't, by the way) in order to remember (big word coming) the pertinent details of an exchange.
It's not difficult to carry a 2 minute exchange for the several minutes to even an hour or so it takes to get it down.
So when someone like yourself doubts it can be done, I recommend ginko biloba.
Star Member Octafish (29,161 posts)
Response to now_zad (Reply #1)
Fri Dec 16, 2011, 10:13 AM
37. Good reporters don't need them.
They remember the most important parts.
Star Member TygrBright (12,379 posts)
Response to now_zad (Reply #1)
Fri Dec 16, 2011, 12:53 PM
44. Congratulations for making it to 44 posts! See you soon....
...probably.
(They never seem to learn. AND they have serious memory problems, which might be part of the reason they can't imagine what it's like to actually be able to remember stuff.)
amusedly,
Bright
Sadly, the DUmmie snark was completely unnecessary since scuba decided to admit that it was bullshit:
Star Member Scuba (12,723 posts)
Response to now_zad (Reply #1)
Thu Dec 15, 2011, 09:29 PM
23. It's called "literary license". I'm not nearly that clever in real time. n/t
But, alas, poor noob DUmbass now_zad didn't live to tell the tale....
Star Member trumad (29,005 posts)
Response to now_zad (Reply #1)
Fri Dec 16, 2011, 11:11 AM
42. Delete
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Didn't realize the douchebag was tombstoned.
Star Member progressoid (21,324 posts)
Response to now_zad (Reply #1)
Fri Dec 16, 2011, 01:26 PM
45. Bring back the TOMBSTONE!!
"Posting privileges revoked" Lame
Sorry about that, comrade now_zad, it seems that some some animals are more equal than others and any type of questioning is not permitted. The camp "shower room" is down the hall and to your left...
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So stealing internet access from the taxpayers is OK as long as it's for a Democrat cause. And these are the people that want to continue to run everything in this country. Sorry but we the people have had enough corruption in Government and it needs to end starting with getting rid of Liberals.
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What's the carbon footprint of the recall? Why do liberals hate Mother Gaia so much?
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Scuba has been getting a lot of press time lately. I see him as a future contender.
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Scuba: "Would you like to sign our "Recall Walker" petition?"
Normal Person: "Go f--- yourself, moonbat."
This is how most of the conversations actually go.
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Is there any way I can change my golden bouncy vote from Nadin to Scuba?
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Is there any way I can change my golden bouncy vote from Nadin to Scuba?
Nope.
Voting ended Wednesday night, and as far as I know, they've already been counted and certified.
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Nope.
Voting ended Wednesday night, and as far as I know, they've already been counted and certified.
You know that Nadin didn't wait for a new calendar year to begin before she started racing for the top spot. She got started as soon as the previous year votes were tallied.
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You know that Nadin didn't wait for a new calendar year to begin before she started racing for the top spot. She got started as soon as the previous year votes were tallied.
But at the moment--this moment, Friday evening--only Mr. Wiggum knows for sure how well the yenta did in the balloting. Because of pressures here at my own end--in real life and on the internet--he kindly waits until I ask for the results, which is usually about a day before the awards start getting released.
If I were the yenta, I'd hold my breath.
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The Library is a great spot, 'cause their wireless internet service is unsecured and leaks enough to provide coverage out in the lot. I can keep up on DU between taking signatures.
:whatever:
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Nope.
Voting ended Wednesday night, and as far as I know, they've already been counted and certified.
Did you send the exit poll data to TIA?
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Did you send the exit poll data to TIA?
We might have to.
I've heard a rumor there's some surprises that didn't match the exit polls.
And no, I really don't know the numbers and winners myself, yet.
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We might have to.
I've heard a rumor there's some surprises that didn't match the exit polls.
And no, I really don't know the numbers and winners myself, yet.
How many votes came from Florida?
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How many votes came from Florida?
I'm not sure, but as we all know Mr. Wiggum, and as we all know Mr. Wiggum to be of undeniable integrity, I suspect his counts are right on the money, as to how the voting went.
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I didn't notice any exit pollers when I cast my vote.
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The Government Accountability Board, which will then review the signatures, indicated Wednesday board members would consider names like Mickey Mouse and Adolf Hitler valid as long as they are properly dated and accompanied by a Wisconsin address.
Responding, the Wisconsin Republican Party announced Thursday that it had filed a lawsuit seeking to eliminate “patently false names†and duplicates from the petition.
Currently, it’s the responsibility of Scott Walker’s campaign to challenge any signatures they find suspicious within 10 days of the petition’s filing. The Wisconsin Republican Party says that means they would have the impossible task of examining and verifying more than 540,000 signatures in 10 days - averaging to over 50,000 signatures a day.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70511.html#ixzz1gp6MPk1Q
Oh scuba, all you have to do is sit at home and make up names and addresses to fill sheet after sheet and the Government Accountability Board will accept that..... what's that you say? oh, that's exactly what you are doing.
Carry on.