[Vision2020] And From Moscow We Have . . .

donald edwards donaledwards at hotmail.com
Wed May 27 12:19:55 PDT 2009



Sometimes turning someone in leads to treatment and recovery.  The "Rock Bottom Wake-Up" scenario.  Whether it's drugs or alcohol or anger managment, etc. First time offenders usually are given treatment options, if it takes a few times it's still better than a wife or kids being beaten to death or the loss of a loved one from a drunk driver.

 

I know my dad would turn me in for a major crime, probably advice for a minor one.  I did see a dad that turned in his son for muder once on Dateline or 20/20 once?  How could he live with himself for not doing it in the understanding of what he would expect if it were his kid that were killed and another father knew their child did it?  Sometimes the safest place for your child may be under 24hr care.

 

Bear, the andecdote about the friend in a hole is great.  Thanks.

 

Don
 
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> 1. Re: Uncommon reading (Tom Hansen)
> 2. Re: And From Moscow We Have . . . (Paul Rumelhart)
> 3. Re: And From Moscow We Have . . . (bear at moscow.com)
> 4. Say What? (Tom Hansen)
> 5. Say What? (local) (Tom Hansen)
> 6. [CORRECTED] Say What? (local) (Tom Hansen)
> 7. "Moscow Cares" Website (Update 052709-01) (Tom Hansen)
> 8. Re: And From Moscow We Have . . . (lfalen)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 18:15:28 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Uncommon reading
> To: bear at moscow.com
> Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Message-ID: <7f72c6de2dd61b9454b288a63b685a32.squirrel at secure.fsr.com>
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> 
> Bear stated:
> 
> "Imagine if you will, a university President, or even an acting president
> saying, "OK legislature/ regents, you have given me X amount of dollars to
> run the university this year. I plan to cut out ALL inter-collegiate
> sports, because they are not part of the core function of the university.
> IF and when there is an up roar from the collegiate sports fans, YOU take
> the heat for it!"
> 
> If I were that university president, I would not be concerned so much with
> the response from the average collegiate sports fan as I would the
> university's alumni association.
> 
> Collegiate sports fans may get upset at the termination of sports at their
> favorite university and eventually they will find another school to cheer.
> But when it comes to alumni, you are talking about their alma mater. Who
> knows what alums with deep, heart-felt ties to their alma mater, deep
> far-reaching connections, and deep pockets are likely to do?
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
> 
> - Unknown
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 18:20:12 -0700
> From: Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] And From Moscow We Have . . .
> To: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>
> Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com, donald edwards <donaledwards at hotmail.com>
> Message-ID: <4A1C954C.1060400 at yahoo.com>
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> 
> Couldn't they simply arrest Kai for possession and then let the courts 
> worry about it? That seems like the simplest solution for them.
> 
> Paul
> 
> Tom Hansen wrote:
> > FYI, Bear -
> >
> > I "frequent John's Alley". A former city council member used to "frequent
> > John's Alley".
> >
> > Exactly what are you implying about John's Alley?
> >
> > You stated:
> >
> > "What does Kai drive while the local plods impound the car?"
> >
> > Are you suggesting that Kai's mode of transportation is more important
> > than the illegal sale of narcotics in Moscow?
> >
> > You went on to state:
> >
> > "The reality is KAI would have been a suspect!"
> >
> > HUH??? If Kai were to surrender, to the police, narcotics he had found
> > under the spare tire of a car he had purchased just a month earlier, while
> > explaining how he had discovered these narcotics (easily verifiable
> > facts), he would become the primary suspect.
> >
> > I'm sorry, Bear. But, I credit the Moscow Police Department with a bit
> > more common sense than that.
> >
> > Thanks for sharing this little bit of humor with me, though, Bear. I'll
> > share it with my father (a retired LAPD officer with 36 years of service).
> >
> > "Yeah, Dad. Some Saturday nights the lobby at the Moscow Police
> > Department is so crowded with dealers wanting to turn themselves in along
> > with their stash that it is standing room only. Heck, by 2:00 in the
> > morning (right after John's Alley closes), the traffic is so heavy, the
> > cops have to establish a traffic control point at Fourth Street and
> > Washington jus to direct them to the cop shop."
> >
> > Thanks, Bear. My Dad will get a kick out of it.
> >
> > Tom Hansen
> > Moscow, Idaho
> >
> > "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
> > and the Realist adjusts his sails."
> >
> > - Unknown
> >
> >
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> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 18:20:52 -0700 (PDT)
> From: bear at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] And From Moscow We Have . . .
> To: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
> Cc: vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Message-ID: <be9c5a7e9306322d5493c69940d434c4.squirrel at secure.fsr.com>
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> Tom,
> 
> An interesting moral proposition and one that does make one think.
> 
> I had a friend here in Moscow a few years back that was going through some
> really rough times at home and at work, and he got caught with some
> marijuana. He lost his job, his family broke up, and he moved. He was my
> friend, is my friend and always will be my friend, even though what he did
> was illegal. You'd be suprised how many folks wouldn't even say hello to
> him, how many co-workers shunned him.
> 
> Rape, I'd have a problem with, as well as murder, treason, and mopery. BUT
> the perpetrator would STILL be my friend, my brother/sister or a relative.
> 
> A fellow fell down a deep hole, and he couldn't get out. His priest walks
> by and he shouts up, "Hey Father, will you help me out of here?". The
> priest writes him a prayer and tosses it in the hole and moves on. Next
> his doctor walks by and he hollers up, "He Doc, I fell down this hole and
> can't get out, will you help me out of here?". His doctor writes him a
> prescription and tosses it in the hole and moves on. Then his friend walks
> by, and he hollers up, "Hey Bill, I fell in this hole and can't get out,
> will you help me?", and Bill jumps down in the hole! The poor sod looks at
> Bill and asks, "Bill, I'm stuck down here and now you're down here with
> me!"
> 
> Bill looks at him and smiles, and says" Yeah, I know friend, but I've been
> down this hole before and I know how to get out!"
> 
> 
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Sunil stated:
> >
> > "Let's say the last owner knows who put it there; let's say he knows his
> > brother or girlfriend put it there. You really want him to rat them out?"
> > If that were the factual scenario, I would not expect him to roll over on
> > his friend or brother.
> > This brings up a question that I have attempted to table here on the Viz a
> > few times.
> > Would you EVER report your sibling or best friend to the police for a
> > crime you know they have committed.
> > Immediately I would say "No". Upon closer analysis, this question appears
> > too general. The question should be . . .
> > How heinous of an act would your brother/sister or best friend have to
> > commit for you to report them to the police? Aggravated assault? Murder?
> > Rape? Major physical spousal abuse?
> > The degree of heinousness (if their is such a word) for you to take such
> > action may vary from sibling to friend.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > Tom Hansen
> > Moscow, Idaho
> >
> > "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
> > and the Realist adjusts his sails."
> >
> > - Unknown
> >
> >
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> > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.
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> >
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 05:17:31 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
> Subject: [Vision2020] Say What?
> To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Message-ID: <a3c7dd5cc2436cf3e99a0418ff3efdf3.squirrel at secure.fsr.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1
> 
> "In my long experience in Washington, few matters have inspired so much
> contrived indignation and phony moralizing as the interrogation methods
> applied to a few captured terrorists."
> 
> - Dick Cheney
> 
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
> 
> - Unknown
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 07:57:23 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
> Subject: [Vision2020] Say What? (local)
> To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Message-ID: <d6ab85b593ccd464f5d7a34d131f9cdb.squirrel at secure.fsr.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1
> 
> "When you hate white people, the laws, arguments and facts of the case are
> of no import whatsoever. It was non-whites vs. whites, and Sotomayor
> didn?t need any ?facts? to decide how to rule. The non-whites get what
> they want, and white people get screwed. That?s what Equality and
> Diversity are all about - hating white people. And Sotomayor made it clear
> with this and other rulings that she believes the white man has no rights
> the law is bound to respect. That?s why Obama wants her on the Supreme
> Court, because she has ?empathy? for minorities, which means hatred of
> whites."
> 
> - Dale Courtney (May 27, 2009)
> http://right-mind.us/blogs/blog_0/archive/2009/05/26/67557.aspx
> 
> ----------------------
> 
> Seeya round town, Moscow
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
> 
> - Unknown
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 08:42:06 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
> Subject: [Vision2020] [CORRECTED] Say What? (local)
> To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Message-ID: <262e509945fd97c2af80543d71560c0a.squirrel at secure.fsr.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1
> 
> My apologies for misinterpreting Dale Courtney's lack of proper citation
> on his blog.
> 
> The following quote originated from "Political Cesspool" at:
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/qjkhe4
> 
> "When you hate white people, the laws, arguments and facts of the case are
> of no import whatsoever. It was non-whites vs. whites, and Sotomayor
> didn?t need any ?facts? to decide how to rule. The non-whites get what
> they want, and white people get screwed. That?s what Equality and
> Diversity are all about - hating white people. And Sotomayor made it clear
> with this and other rulings that she believes the white man has no rights
> the law is bound to respect. That?s why Obama wants her on the Supreme
> Court, because she has ?empathy? for minorities, which means hatred of
> whites."
> 
> - "Political Cesspool" at http://tinyurl.com/qjkhe4
> 
> And clearly posted without any dissenting comments on Dale Courtney's
> "Right-Mind" blog at:
> 
> http://right-mind.us/blogs/blog_0/archive/2009/05/26/67557.aspx
> 
> ----------------------
> 
> Your silence speaks volumes, dale
> 
> Seeya round town, Moscow
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
> 
> - Unknown
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 09:57:30 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
> Subject: [Vision2020] "Moscow Cares" Website (Update 052709-01)
> To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Message-ID: <cc5a339ab72bea6d57feb51a3ec6aa21.squirrel at secure.fsr.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1
> 
> Greetings Visionaires -
> 
> The "Moscow Cares" website has been updated to include video and related
> reports of the following segment of Moscow's Administrative Committee
> meeting of May 26, 2009.
> 
> Proposed Resolution Regarding Defense for Legal Actions Against Public
> Officials and Employees
> 
> "Recent events resulted in a review of the current Resolution No. 83-20
> regarding legal representation for elected officials and City employees
> who are subject of litigation. The current policy does not cover those
> elected officials or employees who are subject to pre-litigation
> activities, legal claims, or civil legal actions which are not covered by
> City sponsored insurance or other related programs meant to provide
> appropriate coverage for them."
> 
> http://www.MoscowCares.com/052609_Admin_PrposedLegalRep.htm
> 
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
> 
> - Unknown
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 8
> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 10:36:42 -0700
> From: lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] And From Moscow We Have . . .
> To: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>, "Sunil Ramalingam"
> <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com>
> Cc: vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Message-ID: <21e003e6c43c0257ad3cc3ea0e4083e0 at turbonet.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> 
> Any major crime should be reported. I do not like the mafia mentality of not being a rat, snitch or stooly. When I was in Denver one of our truck drivers daughter worked at a Mini-Mart. She was abducted, raped and stabbed over 100 time with a small object. She was dumped in the woods.She was able to drag herself up to a road where she was found the next morning. The father of the kid that did it turned him in. She survived.
> Roger
> -----Original message-----
> From: "Tom Hansen" thansen at moscow.com
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 18:00:30 -0700
> To: "Sunil Ramalingam" sunilramalingam at hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] And From Moscow We Have . . .
> 
> > Sunil stated:
> > 
> > "Let's say the last owner knows who put it there; let's say he knows his
> > brother or girlfriend put it there. You really want him to rat them out?"
> > 
> > If that were the factual scenario, I would not expect him to roll over on
> > his friend or brother.
> > 
> > This brings up a question that I have attempted to table here on the Viz a
> > few times.
> > 
> > Would you EVER report your sibling or best friend to the police for a
> > crime you know they have committed?
> > 
> > Immediately I would say "No". Upon closer analysis, this question appears
> > too general. The question should be . . .
> > 
> > How heinous of an act would your brother/sister or best friend have to
> > commit for you to report them to the police? Aggravated assault? Murder?
> > Rape? Major physical spousal abuse?
> > 
> > The degree of heinousness (if their is such a word) for you to take such
> > action may vary from sibling to friend.
> > 
> > Thoughts?
> > 
> > Tom Hansen
> > Moscow, Idaho
> > 
> > "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
> > and the Realist adjusts his sails."
> > 
> > - Unknown
> > 
> > 
> > =======================================================
> > List services made available by First Step Internet, 
> > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. 
> > http://www.fsr.net 
> > mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com
> > =======================================================
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> =======================================================
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> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. 
> http://www.fsr.net 
> mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com
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