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JDPriestly

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14. K&R. Excellent. Excellent.
Fri Nov 28, 2014, 02:30 AM
Nov 2014

Sometimes you have to be smart enough to see that you do the right thing not just because it is the right thing, but because a system that works is insurance against chaos and rioting in the streets.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/27/1347424/-Mr-McCulloch-s-America-Can-t-Stand

Well said. K&R. Overseas Nov 2014 #1
KnR sheshe2 Nov 2014 #2
I was trying to explain to my wife why I can't simply paraphrase the tour-de-force KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #3
Yes~ sheshe2 Nov 2014 #6
Powerful, extremely powerful. Thanks for posting. nm rhett o rick Nov 2014 #61
Like a snowball RobertEarl Nov 2014 #4
McCulloch is the elected DA of St. Louis County. He was most recently re-elected for KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #5
He makes a fine target RobertEarl Nov 2014 #8
It's also spread to London (U.K.) LiberalElite Nov 2014 #40
Holy Shit! The photos are mind-blowing. Thanks for posting! - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #44
People need to wake up. bvf Nov 2014 #7
Bob Dylan said it best: "A hard rain's gonna fall." It will not be pretty and KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #9
Once upon a time I would have said bvf Nov 2014 #16
The last round of municipal elections in Ferguson had something like a KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #17
I don't doubt it. bvf Nov 2014 #20
I've heard tell that there are competing factions within the bourgeoisie (those who KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #23
Wouldn't be surprised at that either. bvf Nov 2014 #26
K&R Excellent piece. nt Live and Learn Nov 2014 #10
HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Nov 2014 #11
".....yes, you can have full faith in the rule of law." Not since at least December 2000. WinkyDink Nov 2014 #12
I actually trace the beginning of the rot back to Iran-Contra. I'm sure others (like Octafish) KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #13
I'm just talking about the court system. For SURE "America" has been a fraud for decades! WinkyDink Nov 2014 #31
K&R. Excellent. Excellent. JDPriestly Nov 2014 #14
"It's a dire evil to have any cultural, political, or institutional tolerance for lynching by Cha Nov 2014 #15
On Monday night, as my wife and I stood vigil with about 30 other fellow KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #18
"I find it a breathtaking compounding of injustice to have a man like Bob McCulloch at the wheel at Cha Nov 2014 #19
A sense of entitlement and a lack of empathy are terrible, destructive partners democrank Nov 2014 #21
It's getting late out here in LA and I'm a little punch-drunk from all the KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #27
What just happened to me chervilant Nov 2014 #63
Wow, I'm very sorry to hear about your losing your job. This is a rough time KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #64
Thank you, chervilant Nov 2014 #65
K&R ReRe Nov 2014 #22
I felt I should honor the spirit of the stylebook for Late Breaking News, which says KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #24
Those 4 paragraphs... ReRe Nov 2014 #25
I think the 4 para rule is universal on this board, not specific to LBN. You dun rite. Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #48
Yeah, I figured as much, given the 'Fair Use Doctrine' and what-not. Glad to see KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #51
I believe it goes farther up the chain than McCulloch Lars39 Nov 2014 #28
MO Governor Jay Nixon's lackluster response is certainly implicated in this, as is the KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #34
this is it in a nutshell Locrian Nov 2014 #29
RE the "hit a cop" trope, if one reads Mr. Dorian Johnson's testimony KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #36
They are comfortable, why should they azmom Nov 2014 #45
Excellent essay! It's heartbreaking, isn't it?... truth2power Nov 2014 #30
I use Firefox (with AdBlock), so I think I am spared a lot of the annoying pop-ups and KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #33
Excellent read blackspade Nov 2014 #32
They really fucked up this time. azmom Nov 2014 #35
Some say there was nothing 'accidental' about it and that it was just the brutal KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #37
Why this one? Why this time? What was azmom Nov 2014 #38
Those are damned good questions. One could have asked the KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #39
Maybe it's not something that can be predicted. azmom Nov 2014 #41
Personally, what lit my fuse is azmom Nov 2014 #43
With all due respect and out of a persnickety desire to make sure we get the details KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #49
I missed hearing about or seeing the store video. truedelphi Nov 2014 #57
I am going to have to punt on the issue(s) around the Ferguson Market video, at least KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #58
I did find this report cetnered around Johnson's recollection of truedelphi Nov 2014 #59
Oh and coincidentally to our discussing the store's video truedelphi Nov 2014 #60
me too Locrian Nov 2014 #47
These are excellent observations. Methinks I feel an OP forming by you around this KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #50
thanks - I'll try Locrian Nov 2014 #54
Kickin' Faux pas Nov 2014 #42
Excellent, excellent commentary.... Spazito Nov 2014 #46
KnR!-nt Anansi1171 Nov 2014 #52
k and r niyad Nov 2014 #53
K and R DocMac Nov 2014 #55
K & R Ineeda Nov 2014 #56
What is the future? people Nov 2014 #62
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