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Fumesucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-11 09:27 PM
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“In the words of Humphrey Bogart, ‘Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.‘ "
Edited on Wed Oct-12-11 09:29 PM by Fumesucker
Bluto "When the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor" Blutarsky is alive and serving the public in Florida..

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/10/12/341867/florida-gop-rep-wants-to-bring-back-electrocution-and-firing-squads-im-so-tired-of-being-humane/

:rofl:

Florida GOP Rep. Wants To Bring Back Electrocution And Firing Squads: ‘I’m So Tired Of Being Humane


Considering the case of Florida death row inmate Manuel Valle in August, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the state’s use of its lethal injection drug is constitutional and lifted his temporary stay of execution. The 61-year-old Cuban was executed in September after 33 years on death row for killing a police officer.

Florida state Rep. Brad Drake (R) is angry that Valle’s execution took so long. So angry, in fact, that he introduced a bill yesterday to eliminate lethal injection as a execution method altogether in favor of electrocution or the firing squad. “I’m sick and tired of this sensitivity movement for criminals,” Drake declared.

Drake got this ingenious idea to bring back electrocution and firing squads from an equally ingenious place: a Waffle House. Overhearing a constituent call for such methods, Drake said he decided to file the bill. After all, “if it were up to me we would just throw them off the Sunshine Skyway bridge,” he said:

In a Waffle House in DeFuniak Springs, Drake said he heard a constituent say, “‘You know, they ought to just put them in the electric chair or line them up in front of a firing squad.’” After a conversation with the person, Drake, 36, said he decided to file the bill.
“There shouldn’t be anything controversial about a .45-caliber bullet. If it were up to me we would just throw them off the Sunshine Skyway bridge and be done with it,” Drake said.


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Read the rest of the article at the link for the money quote.


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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-11 09:27 PM
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1. Link.
Please.

:hi:
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Fumesucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-11 09:30 PM
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3. Aww..
Ah wuz jist teasin' ya'..

;)

:hi:

Link added..

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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-11 09:34 PM
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4. I loved Bogart in Gone With the Wind....
or was it the African Queen?

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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-11 09:36 PM
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5. Frankly, I don't give damn
Here's looking at you, kid. ;-)
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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-11 10:02 PM
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9. and Scarlett said, "you know how to call up the yankee soldiers don't you?
Just press your lips together and blow...."

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MurrayDelph Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-11 11:19 PM
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10. I thought he was great
in It Happened One Night.
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-11 09:30 PM
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2. As dumb as the "16th Century Revolutionary War" Gov Perry. nt
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chollybocker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-11 09:37 PM
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6. All good drunken benders end up at a Florida Waffle House.
Where the bill meets the floor.

But seriously, I think a good crucifixion might get better ratings.
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-11 09:46 PM
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7. that quote was from Clark Gable
in Gone With The Wind---just sayin'
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A HERETIC I AM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-11 09:48 PM
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8. There's a shitload of bridges a whole hell of a lot closer to Defuniak Springs than ....
Edited on Wed Oct-12-11 09:49 PM by A HERETIC I AM
the Sunshine Skyway.

DeFuniak Springs;

http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=30.7179314&lon=-86.1159897&z=8&l=0&m=b

Is.......

About 300 air miles from the Sunshine Skyway bridge.


I mean, if this dipshit is so tired of being humane, why hasn't he considered the advantages of cinder blocks?

He could use the Mid Bay Bridge on SR 293;

http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=30.4297296&lon=-86.4157104&z=12&l=0&m=h

which is only about 28 air miles from Def Springs and plenty high enough to toss someone off of.


Don't throw bodies off the Skyway bridge. It only attracts more Bull Sharks.

On edit to say, Floridians, don't vote for any more morons....but that would be like tilting at windmills.
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