Phil Roe of the 1st Congressional District. Roe was "infuriated" about the situation and started his staff working on getting the pastor released. Roe was a cosponsor of the national right to carry reciprocity bill in 2009 and was Mayor of Johnson City.
Tennesseans helping Tennesseans...Taxpayers footed the bill for this.
Taxpayers footed the bill for this.
Proving once again, it isn't what you know it's who you know. If a poor black resident of DC was found carrying a gun in his car do you think it would have went so well? The pastor should have been convicted and then fought through the courts just like everyone else.
Proving once again, it isn't what you know it's who you know. If a poor black resident of DC was found carrying a gun in his car do you think it would have went so well? The pastor should have been convicted and then fought through the courts just like everyone else.
Tennesseans helping Tennesseans...
Would you not want your NC Representative helping you if you got in a jam?
I disagree. While he did get favoritism, the outcome was proper. He was not penalized for exercising his right to self-defense.
The proper solution is for everyone else to get the same outcome, not penalize him like everyone else. Just because bad things are done to some people does not mean they should be done to all people just so everyone has equal misery.
This fish escaped the government net; the solution is to get rid of the net so all fish can swim free.
Oh, I absolutely would. But he didn't help BECAUSE he was a representative. He helped because he was a friend. He simply used (abused?) his office because that was the best tool he had. But it wasn't to help a mere average constituent.
Splitting hairs? Maybe. But it's a big difference in my book.
I doubt very seriously that there is a person here that wouldn't take advantage of a friend helping them out of trouble. Sure it's easy to say they wouldn't but when it comes down to brass tacks and they're facing jail time and lawyer fees, they would be the first ones thanking their friend for help.
There are several people here that I've notice live in their own world where you can get by with what you know instead of who you know. Well those people should really join the rest of us in the real world where things are a bit different. Then again it is easier to sit behind a computer screen and whine about the way things are and tell others how things should be. It's sad but those people have no real concept of life and how the world really works. Oh well, their loss I suppose. Only a fool lives in a fool's paradise.
I sincerely hope you aren't calling me a fool, and in the interest of keeping things civil I will assume you are not.
I never said I wouldn't take advantage of my contacts; I will state that I absolutely would. I would try anything I had at my disposal, starting with my contacts. My point was that the representative used government resources to help a friend in a way that he would not have done for Joe Constituent.
The statement about a fool living in a fools paradise was just that, a statement. It wasn't directed at any one person but if anyone here feels it applies to them then far be it for me to argue with them.
I can assure everyone here that this is not the first time nor will it be the last time that a person in power pulled strings to help a friend out. The only people that complain about it are the ones with no friends in power. If anyone here feels this isn't fair, maybe they should try to acquire different friends in more prominent positions.
I think we would be surprised just how many people do not know that.I don't know how anyone who owns a gun can not know that carrying a gun in DC is currently illegal.
Yep,, same here...When Im planning on crossing state lines, I usually try and study their laws on carrying.
Rep. Roe did say he was going to have a chat with DC mayor Adrian Fenty, mayor-to-mayor. Perhaps that conversation will start cutting away the net; perhaps not.I disagree. While he did get favoritism, the outcome was proper. He was not penalized for exercising his right to self-defense.
The proper solution is for everyone else to get the same outcome, not penalize him like everyone else. Just because bad things are done to some people does not mean they should be done to all people just so everyone has equal misery.
This fish escaped the government net; the solution is to get rid of the net so all fish can swim free.
That is a good question, Procarryguy.Taxpayers footed the bill for this.
Proving once again, it isn't what you know it's who you know. If a poor black resident of DC was found carrying a gun in his car do you think it would have went so well? The pastor should have been convicted and then fought through the courts just like everyone else.
It's funny you should feel this way considering that you know the tax payers would be footing the bill if you were to win one of your frivolous law suits.
Guess it's only fair if you're the one stealing taxpayers money huh?
That's what I've observed, too. While it didn't involve avoiding jail or legal expenses, friends, and friends of friends have helped me over the years.I doubt very seriously that there is a person here that wouldn't take advantage of a friend helping them out of trouble. Sure it's easy to say they wouldn't but when it comes down to brass tacks and they're facing jail time and lawyer fees, they would be the first ones thanking their friend for help.
Most people began/begin social networking as children and teenagers. I still have friends from high school I call for advice and help.There are several people here that I've notice live in their own world where you can get by with what you know instead of who you know. Well those people should really join the rest of us in the real world where things are a bit different.
But is it really that they have no real concept? I mean, look where we're discussing this. OCDO is a social network. Like minded people join together. They then segregate into more refined groups based on beliefs, concepts, location, ideals. Agreed, not all that defines one group is applicable to or amenable to other groups, but that is the same as in the real world, isn't it......It's sad but those people have no real concept of life and how the world really works. Oh well, their loss I suppose...
How do you know that? How do you know that he would not?...My point was that the representative used government resources to help a friend in a way that he would not have done for Joe Constituent.