> CHERRYVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Authorities said an unsuccessful robber shot
> himself in the foot ... by shooting himself in the foot. Police said Kelvin
> Ethelbert Roberts, 28, botched his plans to rob a Cherryville convenience
> store by accidentally shooting his right foot.
>
> According to an arrest warrant, Roberts dropped a .45-caliber handgun in
> front of Gasland USA on Sunday. The gun hit the ground and went off, a
> bullet striking Roberts in the foot.
>
> Roberts faces several charges that include attempted robbery with a
> dangerous weapon and possession of a weapon of mass destruction. Police said
> the handgun had been altered to fire .410 shotgun shells.
>
> Authorities said Roberts was in illegal possession of the gun because of his
> felony cocaine possession conviction in 2002 in Chautauqua County, New York.
>
> Cherryville is about 40 miles northwest of Charlotte.
> ...

> CHERRYVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Authorities said an unsuccessful robber shot
> himself in the foot ... by shooting himself in the foot. Police said
> Kelvin
> Ethelbert Roberts, 28, botched his plans to rob a Cherryville convenience
> store by accidentally shooting his right foot.
>
> According to an arrest warrant, Roberts dropped a .45-caliber handgun in
> front of Gasland USA on Sunday. The gun hit the ground and went off, a
> bullet striking Roberts in the foot.
>
> Roberts faces several charges that include attempted robbery with a
> dangerous weapon and possession of a weapon of mass destruction. Police
> said
> the handgun had been altered to fire .410 shotgun shells.
>
> Authorities said Roberts was in illegal possession of the gun because of
> his
> felony cocaine possession conviction in 2002 in Chautauqua County, New ...

> Start boring crap -----------
>
> Ok, going to make this quick as I really don't want to go into a
> documented description of how laws in the majority of the world come
> about. The USA system differs slightly from that in England, Canada,
> Australia, NZ etc (the commonwealth countries) but has a basis in the
> same principles. The majority of laws are not written down but exist
> due to decisions made by previous courts, called precedence. These
> decisions are usually based on public opinion at the time, meaning
> that yes, what was once illegal at one point may become acceptable
> over time (one notable area is the increasing amount of freedom, at
> least in some countries, that the courts give to people who are
> protesting the government). The separation between the three branches
> of government (the legislature, executive and the judicial) means that
> the courts will often stand opposed to any laws which the legislature
> introduce, even in countries where freedom is just a memory such as
> Zimbabwe the courts are frequently finding against the government in
> cases where the government has overstepped their power. In the USA the
> supreme court can actually disallow any law it disagrees strongly ...

> 4000+ US dupes died meaningless deaths for LIES, participating in the
> biggest US war crime in modern history.
>
> Study: Bush, aides made 935 false statements in run-up to war
>
> a.. Study searched database for statements by Bush, aides, in
> 2001-2003
> b.. Bush made 260 false statements about Iraqi weapons, al Qaeda,
> study says
> c.. Study accuses former Secretary of State Colin Powell of 244 false
> statements
>
> d.. Also on the list: Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, former White House
> spokesmen
> WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush and his top aides publicly made
> 935 false statements about the security risk posed by Iraq in the two
> years following September 11, 2001, according to a study released
> Tuesday by two nonprofit journalism groups.
>
> "In short, the Bush administration led the nation to war on the basis ...

> CalTrans is removing the Adopt-A-Highway signs that were promoting the
> San Diego Minutemen.
>
> The campaign to remove the signs from the I-5 highway was led by
> Enrique Morones of San Diego.
>
> CalTrans was flooded with calls to its Public Information department.
>
> CalTrans has apparently bowed to the public pressure and has announced
> it will be REMOVING the Minutemen signs.

>
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>
> We probably won't decline to third-world status in the next ten

>> years,

>
> of course not, the republican losing, failing hillbilly fuckups are on the
> way DOWN and OUT,
> and the Clinton or Obama democrats are going to fix this mess,
> rememeber they have a history of balanced budgets and surplus,
> just have to tax the oil and defense industry to balance the books, along
> with the wealthy hogs