Post what you're thinking right now.

[El]

The kid says it was about free speech.  It had to be at least 50% shit-stirring.  I don't think it should be a very big deal, but come on.  He knew he was going to push someone's buttons.

What did he hangt the banner from, is my question.

[Lucifer]

What did he hangt the banner from, is my question.

his knob.

[Peter]

More US legal nonsense:

US man loses $54m trousers claim

A US judge has lost a $54m (£27m) claim against a South Korean dry-cleaning firm which lost a pair of his trousers.

Roy Pearson, a judge of administrative law, claimed that Custom Cleaners had violated the Consumer Protection Act.

By refusing to pay him $1,000 (£500) after losing his trousers, they failed to honour a pledge to provide "Satisfaction Guaranteed", he argued.

But a Washington judge dismissed the case, which drew international attention, awarding the cleaners costs.

Legal groups have said the case, which has dragged on for two years and involved thousands of hours of legal investigative work, has damaged the image of the US judicial system.

'American nightmare'

The National Labor Relations Board has called for Mr Pearson to be disbarred so that he can no longer serve as a judge.

His case began in 2005 when Mr Pearson took several suits to his local dry-cleaner's in Washington to have some alterations made.

When he returned two days later, a pair of trousers was missing.

The South Korean family running the dry-cleaners, the Chungs, said they found the missing trousers a few days later and tried to return them but Mr Pearson insisted they were not his.

His multimillion dollar calculations for damages included the 1,400 hours he says he spent preparing the case.

According to the Washington Post, he also added the cost of hiring a car every weekend to enable him to drive to an alternative dry-cleaners for the next 10 years.

The Chungs' lawyer, Chris Manning, said that the protracted case had transformed the family's American dream into "the American nightmare", according to the AP.

He said the family, who own three dry-cleaners in the Washington area, were considering returning to South Korea.

   

[El]

More US legal nonsense:

US man loses $54m trousers claim

A US judge has lost a $54m (£27m) claim against a South Korean dry-cleaning firm which lost a pair of his trousers.

Roy Pearson, a judge of administrative law, claimed that Custom Cleaners had violated the Consumer Protection Act.

By refusing to pay him $1,000 (£500) after losing his trousers, they failed to honour a pledge to provide "Satisfaction Guaranteed", he argued.

But a Washington judge dismissed the case, which drew international attention, awarding the cleaners costs.

Legal groups have said the case, which has dragged on for two years and involved thousands of hours of legal investigative work, has damaged the image of the US judicial system.

'American nightmare'

The National Labor Relations Board has called for Mr Pearson to be disbarred so that he can no longer serve as a judge.

His case began in 2005 when Mr Pearson took several suits to his local dry-cleaner's in Washington to have some alterations made.

When he returned two days later, a pair of trousers was missing.

The South Korean family running the dry-cleaners, the Chungs, said they found the missing trousers a few days later and tried to return them but Mr Pearson insisted they were not his.

His multimillion dollar calculations for damages included the 1,400 hours he says he spent preparing the case.

According to the Washington Post, he also added the cost of hiring a car every weekend to enable him to drive to an alternative dry-cleaners for the next 10 years.

The Chungs' lawyer, Chris Manning, said that the protracted case had transformed the family's American dream into "the American nightmare", according to the AP.

He said the family, who own three dry-cleaners in the Washington area, were considering returning to South Korea.

   

I'd heard about that.  It's completely fucking ridiculous.

[ozymandias]

That is a judge that should be kicked out of the courtroom on his ass.  $54 million dollars for a fucking pair of pants!!   Shit happens dude....take your sorry ass out of the judges chair, because you have about as much good judgment as road kill.!

[Natalia Evans]

I need a nap.

[El]

Sweet, merciful crap, is Adam Gontier hot in the video for Pain.

Shallow?  Me?  Nah.

[DirtDawg]

The kid says it was about free speech.  It had to be at least 50% shit-stirring.  I don't think it should be a very big deal, but come on.  He knew he was going to push someone's buttons.

What did he hangt the banner from, is my question.

I'd say closer to 100% shit-stirring and button pushing from the kid who started it, but I still think he was a pawn. Something unrelated to the kid's rights (Wait a minute - he was a minor. How can he have Rights? ) shoved this thing to the top. My main point is that it is not a Federal issue, but it should be a local issue and, even more properly, a per school issue. Obviously, we can't have kids "promoting" Bong Hits, but the fact that the case went to the Supreme Court makes me suspect that there was some manipulative precedent setting going on and I further suspect that it was Right Wingnuts on both sides of the fight. I've read a translated version of Mein Kampf enough to see way too many similarities to the "dressing and preparation" of youth towards a goal, which most of us can't bear to think about.

I tried to find something about where he had hung the banner with no luck, but that part of the story is pretty old. Maybe Lucifer is on the money.

[Natalia Evans]

Damn WP is down again and I'm bored and tired.

[odeon]

This is the Western values thing that TJ spoke of in another thread, right?

Sorry if it was already posted. I had not seen his post.

No, it was an ironic reference to his wanting to start a new crusade to defend the Western values. I know, I know, I'm assuming everybody reads the same threads I do...

[DirtDawg]

This is the Western values thing that TJ spoke of in another thread, right?

Sorry if it was already posted. I had not seen his post.

No, it was an ironic reference to his wanting to start a new crusade to defend the Western values. I know, I know, I'm assuming everybody reads the same threads I do...

I've been right there with you.

[SovaNu]

Bong Hits For Buddha, i'd buy that tee shirt. Bong Hits For Jesus doesn't sound as good.

[ozymandias]

"Once I was all messed up on drugs, now, I'm all messed up on the Lord."   (from a Cheech and Chong album from the 70's)

[BadgerTom]

Got a better one than bong hits 4 Jesus lol.

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSPEK16970120070611?feedType=RSS

[SovaNu]

sounds like something Onion would write.