9 Responses to “Santa Needs a Bailout”

1. #1 |  MacGregory |  December 24th, 2008 at 12:50 pm

   OK then. You wanna play it this way. No cookies and milk for you! Fuck you fat bastard and your reindeer too. Your toys suck anyway.

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2. #2 |  chance |  December 24th, 2008 at 1:23 pm

   In lighter news, an article on yahoo taday says 97% of ER docs think the Police are using excessive force on suspects they bring in. Police response: “Excessive force would be to not bring them to the hospital at all”.

   Okay, I made up that last part, but I just know they’re thinking it. Merry Festivus.

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3. #3 |  HorsesAss.Org » Blog Archive » Save Christmas! |  December 24th, 2008 at 2:46 pm

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4. #4 |  Josh |  December 24th, 2008 at 2:49 pm

   And speaking of the wonderful police, any thoughts on Atlanta’s police chief as a possible Drug Czar, per an Esquire article?

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5. #5 |  Bob |  December 24th, 2008 at 3:35 pm

   http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081224/hl_nm/us_police_er

   Actually, it was 99.8% of ER docs that thought excessive force was used, but only a scrubby 97.8% that said they saw it first hand. I guess that one guy got the info hearsay style. Heh.

   Tragically, though… the article also said:

   “Most emergency physicians (71.2 percent) admitted that they did not report cases of suspected use of excessive force by law enforcement officers.”

   Of course, who would they report the cases to?

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6. #6 |  Helmut O' Hooligan |  December 24th, 2008 at 4:33 pm

   #4 Bob:
   “Of course, who would they report the cases to?”

   If communities had dependable inspector general/auditor’s offices (separate in every way from the police department) with subpoena power and true authority, doctors and other citizens could report possible brutality cases to these bodies. If the incident is deemed criminal, and not just a violation of department rules, the case would have to be sent to the state’s attorney/DA’s office (or the state attorney general) for further investigation and prosecution. Communities that are too small to have a set-up like this would probably need to call in the state police/state bureau of investigation (Here in IL, the Illinois State Police are tasked with investigating police-involved incidents, public corruption, etc.). Another option might be to contract with a few private investigators who will report directly to the city council/village board/county board on the incident.

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7. #7 |  josephjsalas |  December 24th, 2008 at 7:51 pm

   The US Federal Government operates under bankruptcy to the
   United Nations. DHS sits on top of all US police departments.
   ABA and AMA members know better than to bring UN agenda’s
   to UN biased courts.

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8. #8 |  Ryan The Sea Lion |  December 24th, 2008 at 8:11 pm

   ¡Whoever made this vid plagiarized Reason.tv’s “Where’s Sock Puppet’s Bailout?”!

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9. #9 |  Edintally |  December 25th, 2008 at 3:20 am

   WTF!? We throw money at corporate fat cats, but congress gives Santa a hard time? We owe that jolly fat bastard for hundreds of years of service. Now is not the time to turn our backs on him.

   Think of the elves!!

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