[project1dev] Re: OT: microsoft, secretly our friend?

  • From: Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 09:26:57 -0700

I got a red light ticket from one of those in lynnwood too.

when it happened i knew i had literally ran the red light (just barely but
it was for sure) so i didnt bother fighting it.

Totally sucks for you, wtf is up with that
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 9:23 AM, CiD <screamingdazeez@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>   That is active in Lynnwood, WA right now.  The cameras look for cars
> passing through an intersection on a yellow light and not coming to a
> complete stop on right turn on red corners.  I got this ticket, tried to
> fight it (because it was a yellow light), and lost.  The government backs up
> businesses that provide them with money.  Hell, the government IS a
> business.  Isn't the United States of America copyrighted or listed as a
> business somewhere?
>
> --- On *Wed, 3/31/10, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx>* wrote:
>
>
> From: eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Subject: [project1dev] Re: OT: microsoft, secretly our friend?
> To: project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 12:19 PM
>
>
> hey i dunno if i posted to the list about this but there was recently an
> issue in my town where the city council (without approval of the voters)
> allowed a private corporation to install speed cameras in various locations
> throughout town.  the locations were scouted by the company in order to
> catch the most people speeding, not to help safety, etc, and it would
> automatically mail a 100 dollar ticket to anyone going 5 miles per hour over
> the speed limit. There was an expensive and complicated appeals process that
> all but guaranteed that just paying the fine would be cheaper and easier.
> OH, and did i mention the private company paid to have all the council
> members and the mayor up at an expensive resort for a week for their sales
> pitch?  this scam cost drivers 2 MILLION DOLLARS in fines in the first
> couple of months - money sucked out of the local economy and put into the
> pockets of the city with a big fat % going to the camera company!!!
>
> i started a website called www.banthecameras.com and was involved with
> getting the issue put on the ballot last november, not only were the cameras
> permanently banned from the city, but the mayor and the rest of the council
> members lost their jobs :) sometimes democracy works!!!
>
> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 3:08 PM, CiD 
> <screamingdazeez@xxxxxxxxx<http://mc/compose?to=screamingdazeez@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
>
>>   Cops have a terribly over bloated ego and warped sense of the world.
>> They view EVERYONE as a criminal and only let some of us off with a
>> warning.  They are the temporary judge and jury on the street.  Why the hell
>> do we have to pay $150 speeding tickets for going a few miles over the speed
>> limit?!?  Is law enforcement in cahoots with car companies that use analog
>> speedometers?
>>
>>
>>
>> --- On *Wed, 3/31/10, Alan Wolfe 
>> <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx<http://mc/compose?to=alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >* wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Alan Wolfe 
>> <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx<http://mc/compose?to=alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >
>> Subject: [project1dev] Re: OT: microsoft, secretly our friend?
>> To: project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<http://mc/compose?to=project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 12:04 PM
>>
>>
>>  I once had a friend who i'll call "Eric"
>>
>> Me and him were chillin somewhere at night mindin our own business and
>> some cops came and started talkin to us.
>>
>> Long story short, he was peppersprayed, beaten (it took a cop around his
>> middle and one on each arm to take him down), stomped a couple times neo
>> nazi style when he was on the ground, and then arrested for resisting
>> arrest.
>>
>> He was in jail for 2 days i think and when they took him to court, they
>> dropped the charges before the trial since they didn't actually have
>> anything to try him with.
>>
>> good times :P
>> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 12:01 PM, eric drewes 
>> <figarus@xxxxxxxxx<http://mc/compose?to=figarus@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> all joking aside though, im right there with you Cid, but i'd add more
>>> than just lawyers to the list of people dragged out of their overpriced
>>> stuffy offices :)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:58 PM, eric drewes 
>>> <figarus@xxxxxxxxx<http://mc/compose?to=figarus@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> you dont like our justice system?  man, cops have never been anything
>>>> but nice and helpful for me, i dont understand where the anti-gov 
>>>> sentiments
>>>> come from ;)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:55 PM, CiD 
>>>> <screamingdazeez@xxxxxxxxx<http://mc/compose?to=screamingdazeez@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>   Smart man.  Something interesting is military law is different than
>>>>> civilian law under the same country umbrella of power.  I do not like our
>>>>> justice system and think lawyers should be dragged out of their 
>>>>> overpriced,
>>>>> stuffy offices and stripped down to their skivvies and slapped with wet
>>>>> towels until they are severely red bodied and sent home to their mommas 
>>>>> for
>>>>> instructions on how to properly share their milk chocolate with the rest 
>>>>> of
>>>>> the class!
>>>>>
>>>>> --- On *Wed, 3/31/10, Alan Wolfe 
>>>>> <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx<http://mc/compose?to=alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> >* wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> From: Alan Wolfe 
>>>>> <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx<http://mc/compose?to=alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> >
>>>>> Subject: [project1dev] Re: OT: microsoft, secretly our friend?
>>>>> To: 
>>>>> project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<http://mc/compose?to=project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 8:26 AM
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> They must have some angle.
>>>>>
>>>>> Like maybe they have something to hide that they dont want the govt to
>>>>> see or something.
>>>>>
>>>>> I dont trust MSs intentions for 1 second :P
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 8:04 AM, eric drewes 
>>>>> <figarus@xxxxxxxxx<http://mc/compose?to=figarus@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.tgdaily.com/business-and-law-features/49179-google-and-microsoft-call-for-greater-limits-on-government-snooping
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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