tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post5958819537429874337..comments2023-09-15T08:07:28.542-06:00Comments on Western Hero: You Don't Have a Right to Not be OffendedSilverfiddlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-29925936132766483862012-02-28T05:47:29.031-07:002012-02-28T05:47:29.031-07:00"By using incessant accusation delivered in a..."By using incessant accusation delivered in a haughty manner the left often attempts to gain the upper hand by trying to engender unwarranted feelings of guilt and self doubt in their opponents."<br />-----------------<br /><br />FT, you just described the left's campaign motto for the last century! Guilt...self-doubt...oh yes. Ducky is an expert on these things, ain't ya, Duck?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-82214213195331475712012-02-28T00:15:20.323-07:002012-02-28T00:15:20.323-07:00"The judge's religion is immaterial, so s...<i>"The judge's religion is immaterial, so stop throwing your diversionary stink bombs."</i><br /><br />My point exactly. Leftists -- and others addicted to endless dispute -- employ a legalistic approach disingenuously in order to derail debate. They do this by focusing on irrelevant details that confuse the issue at hand. <br /><br />Ducky's portrayal of himself as calm, cool, collected logician with superior knowledge looking down at those of us who become impassioned as if from a great height is yet another diversionary tactic. It takes us away from the issue, and gets us to focus on HIM instead. <br /><br />By using incessant accusation delivered in a haughty manner the left often attempts to gain the upper hand by trying to engender unwarranted feelings of guilt and self doubt in their opponents.<br /><br />The left uses myriad specifics like a bushel basket full of marbles tossed down the stairs at a posse charging upward in hot pursuit.<br /><br />~ FreeThinkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-76410105148810562162012-02-27T23:20:01.684-07:002012-02-27T23:20:01.684-07:00Aside from this guy being an asshat...
From what ...Aside from this guy being an asshat...<br /><br />From what I've gathered, these guys were known as a "Justice of the Peace" when I lived in PA many many moons ago.<br /><br />http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Pennsylvania.aspx<br /><br />All but Magisterial District Judges and Philadelphia Traffic Court Judges must be members of the Bar of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.<br /><br />An elected Magistrate who is not a member of the bar must take a four week long course and pass an exam.<br /><br />If anyone is interested, the deadline for registering for the June 4-29 Course is 4 May 2012.<br /><br />http://www.mjeb.org/Certification.htm<br /><br />According to the Jan 21, 2011Cumberland Sentinel, Mark Martin was running again for magistrate. Unless recalled or whatever it is they do to bad magistrates, looks like he is in office until 2017.<br /><br />In Pennsylvania, magisterial district judges are elected for six-year terms by the electors in the district that the magistrate judge serves. <br /><br />They serve alone in districts apportioned by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and exercise statewide jurisdiction, with limitations.<br /><br />They conduct criminal arraignments and preliminary hearings, issue arrest warrants and search warrants in some cases, hear civil disputes involving $8,000.00 or less, Landlord-Tenant disputes, except not matters involving title to real estate, issue temporary Protection from Abuse Act orders, decide traffic, game law, and fish and boat code cases, conduct marriages, administer oaths and affirmations, etc. <br /><br />They are state employees and supervise staffs which are county employees.<br /> <br />Unlike judges in the county-level Courts of Common Pleas, or in the appellate courts, magistrates in Pennsylvania are not required to have law degrees.<br /><br />So putting it in perspective, this asshat may have no more than four weeks training.<br /><br />Cheers!Finntannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234170229108668040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-13025362030150731982012-02-27T22:25:41.231-07:002012-02-27T22:25:41.231-07:00"It means that there are a lot of evangelical..."It means that there are a lot of evangelicals in the officer court and they are no less bigoted fools than fundamentalist Muslims."<br /><br />No, not really.<br /><br />Well, I can't speak for the Navy or Marines, but there certainly not what I would classify as "a lot" in the Air Force or Army.<br /><br />As I've said before, I've ran across a few (both officer and enlisted) in 25 years, but they are certainly a small minority. I can also positively state that I've run across far more many atheists than evangelicals. A more apt description is they're the sort of folk you'd be apt to run across in college frat house. <br /><br />But I digress...Finntannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234170229108668040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-7308864787692274182012-02-27T20:32:07.931-07:002012-02-27T20:32:07.931-07:00Ducky,
You're shooting blanks as usual.
Lawy...Ducky,<br /><br />You're shooting blanks as usual.<br /><br />Lawyer Mom nailed it.<br /><br />Oh, which reminds me, did you get a copy of the two homosexual men kissing at the USMC welcome home event?<br /><br />I'm sure you did. How proud are you, big fella?! You go, girl. Your progressive Oprah mindset is doing our nation soooo much greatness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-36316255954050727162012-02-27T20:21:37.101-07:002012-02-27T20:21:37.101-07:00SF..."I see a judge who put some foreign reli...SF..."I see a judge who put some foreign religious code ahead of the US Constitution."<br /><br />Yes, so why can't all commenters stick to that fact? <b>No, instead, we get smokescreens about bigotry and Evangelicals and ... balhblahblah.</b><br /><br />..and just who expected anything else from the left inclined? It's what happens when you're bereft of sense.98ZJUSMChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00835592067007059336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-29139829153749910952012-02-27T20:18:11.188-07:002012-02-27T20:18:11.188-07:00Usually it's some Catholic or Protestant, or w...<i>Usually it's some Catholic or Protestant, or worse yet, Evangelical... or an Objectivist, or a Libertarian, or a Feminist, or an Atheist, or some other uniquely American form of judicial activism. </i><br /><br />Does your head hurt?<br /><br />I mean, more than average?98ZJUSMChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00835592067007059336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-6050621416261595782012-02-27T20:12:13.960-07:002012-02-27T20:12:13.960-07:00twoguys, thanks for establishing that this has not...twoguys, thanks for establishing that this has nothing to do with sharia.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-39564000493973590802012-02-27T20:11:32.887-07:002012-02-27T20:11:32.887-07:00"Let's all play "my God is bigger th..."Let's all play "my God is bigger than your God", a game that is popular among the officer class in the military."<br /><br />You're even more dense than I gave you credit for.<br /><br />Congrats, Dufus.98ZJUSMChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00835592067007059336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-25456771998214737972012-02-27T19:49:10.493-07:002012-02-27T19:49:10.493-07:00Saw that and I, for one, look forward to our new S...Saw that and I, for one, look forward to our new Sharia overlords.<br /><br />Cheers.LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-83792003085140539862012-02-27T19:29:08.900-07:002012-02-27T19:29:08.900-07:00Tim, over at Left Coast Rebel, posted a similar ar...Tim, over at Left Coast Rebel, posted a similar article about this issue and one of the commenters, Lawyer Mom, caught my attention with her brilliant comment.<br /><br />Here it is:<br />----------<br /><br />Lawyer Mom <br />Feb 27, 2012 02:36 PM<br /><br />The so-called "invocation of Sharia law" Turley mentions was more subtle and insidious. I listened to the entire recording of the hearing and the judge held that the attacker could not have formed a criminal intent to harass because he believed the victim -- Zombie Mohammed -- was breaking the law. It's a "justification" defense piggy-backing on a "mistake of law" defense (which is hardly ever applicable in a criminal case, and certainly not applicable here).<br /><br />Look for more defenses like mistake of law, justification and necessity in Muslim cases in the future. They don't work for "regular" religions -- for example, in the pro- and anti-abortion violent tussles. But hey, if Mohammed is your defense, anything's possible.<br />ReplyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-87690515292572952622012-02-27T18:35:17.960-07:002012-02-27T18:35:17.960-07:00"I don't see a Sharia conspiracy either, ..."I don't see a Sharia conspiracy either, which can be confirmed by reading what I wrote.<br /><br />I see a judge who put some foreign religious code ahead of the US Constitution."<br /><br />As do I, with the exception I don't know what you mean by "foreign." Religious code is religious code, none have a nationality, not even Israel.<br /><br />We have lots and lots of examples of crazy decisions coming from crazy judges based on religious, or political, or just plain crazy codes. It happens all the time. <br /><br />This time it just happened to involve Islam. Most of the time, in America, it does not.<br /><br />Usually it's some Catholic or Protestant, or worse yet, Evangelical... or an Objectivist, or a Libertarian, or a Feminist, or an Atheist, or some other uniquely American form of judicial activism. This kinda stuff happens. We do have recourse, and this judge and this case should and will be taken to account. Hopefully we handle it wisely. No sense going crazy over this.<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-68009724215860360582012-02-27T17:13:53.880-07:002012-02-27T17:13:53.880-07:00SF..."I see a judge who put some foreign reli...SF..."I see a judge who put some foreign religious code ahead of the US Constitution."<br /><br />Yes, so why can't all commenters stick to that fact? No, instead, we get smokescreens about bigotry and Evangelicals and ... balhblahblah.<br /><br />As for your last paragraph, there are plenty of Americans who do NOT 'value our freedoms, culture, way of life.." and we're letting in more who won't learn our language, won't fit in, don't feel our laws apply to them. SO, now what?<br />If you insist people come here and fit in, not take our money for nothing, stay firm on OUR constitution and OUR laws, then you're a bigot or too nationalistic; the left's had it sewn up well in advance. You know that.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-21446191090077620902012-02-27T16:46:46.664-07:002012-02-27T16:46:46.664-07:00Andrew McCarthy says it nicely and he makes a good...Andrew McCarthy says it nicely and he makes a good point i think.<br /><br />As for the original incident, can't say i feel terribly sorry for the atheist ass, seeing as how they so often intentionally insult and hurt Christians. None the less, they still have the right to be assholes and i hope an appeal is lodged, the decision overturned and that judge reprimanded.MathewKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14385674205383405783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-91770416117648869632012-02-27T16:36:32.358-07:002012-02-27T16:36:32.358-07:00This is the first I have heard about this incident...This is the first I have heard about this incident.<br /><br />I agree completely with you. Some Muslims are volatile and we most certainly do not want them here, nor do we want their Sharia Laws shoved down our throats.<br /><br />The turmoil and horrendous chaos in Afghanistan should be an eyeopener for everyone.<br /><br />They have zero tolerance for anyone who doesn't share their belief.Trekkie4Everhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03226981394122557804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-29253655620446376372012-02-27T11:49:44.301-07:002012-02-27T11:49:44.301-07:00I don't see a Sharia conspiracy either, which ...I don't see a Sharia conspiracy either, which can be confirmed by reading what I wrote.<br /><br />I see a judge who put some foreign religious code ahead of the US Constitution.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-38097793535652239232012-02-27T11:45:57.750-07:002012-02-27T11:45:57.750-07:00This PA decision was an anomaly, and even very lef...This PA decision was an anomaly, and even very left-leaning pundits are upset with it. Something tells me this judge is in big trouble and further cases like this will be handled very differently. I don't see any great Sharia - or lefty- conspiracy here.<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-74964946814847319382012-02-27T11:39:35.886-07:002012-02-27T11:39:35.886-07:00I'm calling bull, sharia has nothing to do wit...I'm calling bull, sharia has nothing to do with this case.<br />----------<br /><br />Perhaps. Or maybe the Judge is scared if he ruled against the Muslim, his head would wind up in the trash can. Or his house burned down.<br /><br />Either way, he shat upon the Constitution in full view of the false god of Islam. On American soil. In an America courtroom.<br /><br />Like I said, he must be a leftist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-9546602776185950322012-02-27T11:35:31.184-07:002012-02-27T11:35:31.184-07:00"Any leader would have done it, I am sure GWB..."Any leader would have done it, I am sure GWB would have, and if they did not, it would have been viewed by most countries as being arrogant and out of protocol."<br /><br />Yeah but the NY Times would have this on the front page for a week if Bush were president you know like they always used to.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02173702830006208833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-13472790710071835052012-02-27T11:24:50.457-07:002012-02-27T11:24:50.457-07:00An idiot judge, citing Sharia law ...
-----------...An idiot judge, citing Sharia law ...<br /><br />------------<br /><br />I'm calling bull, sharia has nothing to do with this case.<br /><br />You have to be careful what you imply.<br /><br />This gets the evangelicals knickers in a pretty tight know. You threw the first bomb.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-67935950269939937552012-02-27T11:09:58.951-07:002012-02-27T11:09:58.951-07:00Agree with the first part of your analysis. But re...Agree with the first part of your analysis. But regarding immigrants from Muslim countries, wouldn't it make more sense to require something of the immigrants rather than the government they are fleeing from?Shane Atwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12268148003641995554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-41826980793828983412012-02-27T10:49:41.110-07:002012-02-27T10:49:41.110-07:00The people of Pennsylvania should impeach that jud...<i>The people of Pennsylvania should impeach that judge for trampling the constitution he has sworn to uphold.</i><br /><br />No they shouldn't. They should behead him for swearing to the Constitution instead of Allah.(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-69471228649771039482012-02-27T10:21:15.087-07:002012-02-27T10:21:15.087-07:00Ducky: Please note that my argument is not predic...Ducky: Please note that my argument is not predicated upon the judge being a Muslim. In fact, I never say that because I found out yesterday as I was researching this that a misunderstanding of the transcript incorrectly identified the judge as a Muslim.<br /><br />The judge's religion is immaterial, so stop throwing your diversionary stink bombs.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-9777439372672724082012-02-27T10:14:07.255-07:002012-02-27T10:14:07.255-07:00The victims friend was said to be dressed as a zom...The victims friend was said to be dressed as a zombie Pope. Can we assume if Catholics had attacked him that this judge would have dismissed the case against the catholics? I doubt it-Jim at Conservatives on Firehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07883910260694255582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-16957339384141128472012-02-27T10:10:05.128-07:002012-02-27T10:10:05.128-07:00I haven't heard any outcry or outrage from the...I haven't heard any outcry or outrage from the mainstream media. Did I miss that outcry or outrage?Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.com