I don't get the "confederate rant" part. There was nothing about the Confederacy in Mr Spondike's comments. Seems to be a completely gratuitous slam, which marks the author (Timothy Geigner) as racist and prejudiced as Mr Spondike.
And no, I'm not a southerner. I'm also not a guilty white liberal trying to look good for other people.
I doubt it. Other versions of the story say she didn't even know the docs were missing until a month later, when someone called her and told her they were in the evidence locker.
"But if the files were actual physical papers, and they found them as part of say, opening a desk drawer where a gun could reasonably be... well then thats a different situation."
No, its not different. Neither the computer nor the hardcopy files were the firearms or ammunition the warrant was written for. Its illegal seizure in a sane world.
I have several issues with the incident beyond the whole evil government thing.
1) Lady is an investigative reporter whose reporting in the past has made some people mad. 2) Cops with a search warrant for her husband's gun show up. 3) Lady who has pissed people off doesn't immediately call her lawyer. While a lawyer couldn't stop the warrant, he would be there as an extra witness and might have kept the woman's personal papers (which were obviously not guns) from being seized. 4) Lady who has pissed people off has the oh-so-important seekrit papers unsecurely stored in her home. A personal safe would have kept her papers secure long enough to keep from being immediately seized. (and the lawyer she didn't call would have been instrumental here) Or she should have stored said docs off-site. 5) Overall, the Lady who has pissed people off completely failed to think ahead and makes me wonder just how good an investigative reporter she really is.
"First, one of the people on the "search" was with the Coast Guard Investigative Services, and the Federal Air Marshals are a part of the Coast Guard."
No, Federal Air Marshalls belong to the TSA. The Coast Guard belongs to the DHS, as does the TSA.
"See, I think the National Rifle Association is largely a group of privileged blowhards who have gone so far past their original purpose as to be a caricature of their former selves."
Much like any other political organization.
Free speech is free speech. I'll defend your right to be an ass, but I don't have to like it.
McDonald's coffee had been reported numerous times prior as being too hot to drink and they had promised to keep the temp down to a safe level. But they didn't. That's why the lady got money; the coffee was too hot to drink and McDonald's, though warned about it, did not change.
Author's Double Standard
And no, I'm not a southerner. I'm also not a guilty white liberal trying to look good for other people.
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Yes, and you stand exposed.
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Also, good job on blatantly padding your post with the extra unnecessary sentence.
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Re: Hardcopy or softcopy?
No, its not different. Neither the computer nor the hardcopy files were the firearms or ammunition the warrant was written for. Its illegal seizure in a sane world.
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1) Lady is an investigative reporter whose reporting in the past has made some people mad.
2) Cops with a search warrant for her husband's gun show up.
3) Lady who has pissed people off doesn't immediately call her lawyer. While a lawyer couldn't stop the warrant, he would be there as an extra witness and might have kept the woman's personal papers (which were obviously not guns) from being seized.
4) Lady who has pissed people off has the oh-so-important seekrit papers unsecurely stored in her home. A personal safe would have kept her papers secure long enough to keep from being immediately seized. (and the lawyer she didn't call would have been instrumental here) Or she should have stored said docs off-site.
5) Overall, the Lady who has pissed people off completely failed to think ahead and makes me wonder just how good an investigative reporter she really is.
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No, Federal Air Marshalls belong to the TSA. The Coast Guard belongs to the DHS, as does the TSA.
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There's a problem?
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/politics/28scotus.html?_r=0
Yeah, its messed up. But it gives these clowns an out.
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Much like any other political organization.
Free speech is free speech. I'll defend your right to be an ass, but I don't have to like it.
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Not Irony
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