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You can do better for heroes Shivering Jemmy Feb 2013 #1
She reminds me of myself when I was 18 reorg Feb 2013 #4
The judge was old and crotchety Shivering Jemmy Feb 2013 #22
I support the 30 day "Time Out" approach. FarPoint Feb 2013 #32
True Shivering Jemmy Feb 2013 #34
30 days is excessive for the finger CreekDog Feb 2013 #68
Nonsense pipoman Feb 2013 #72
perhaps excessive for the finger Animal Chin Feb 2013 #94
I dunno, man. Iggo Feb 2013 #128
I agree with you, CreekDog Carolina Feb 2013 #286
He is a Repuke. LAGC Feb 2013 #299
Yeah, old people suck jberryhill Feb 2013 #78
Been a lot of "old-bashing" lately oberliner Feb 2013 #140
Some of the old-bashers had better hope they live long enough to be called old. n/t RebelOne Feb 2013 #180
Crotchety people rule actually Shivering Jemmy Feb 2013 #328
Don't underestimate the dangers of Xanax... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #301
I'm so sorry to hear that. (nt) Nine Feb 2013 #308
You're very kind. Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #309
I'm very sorry to hear about your daughter. OwnedByCats Feb 2013 #316
Thank you for your kindness. Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #317
Happy Valentine's Day :) Aerows Feb 2013 #318
You are too sweet! Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #319
You're very welcome OwnedByCats Feb 2013 #325
She was bipolar... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #327
Oh gosh OwnedByCats Feb 2013 #331
Again, Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #332
I have not OwnedByCats Feb 2013 #333
Quite true Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #5
has it occurred to you that it was not her intention reorg Feb 2013 #10
No, actually, it hadn't occured to me that she might be deliberately trying to hurt it Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #60
or maybe in some situations reorg Feb 2013 #70
LOL! Your youth worship is hilarious Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #91
I detect two or three persons in that picture reorg Feb 2013 #273
That's why those kids are wearing ponchos labeled "Granny Peace Brigade." nt MADem Feb 2013 #276
the granny in the middle could be my daughter reorg Feb 2013 #278
Sure; whatever you say. nt MADem Feb 2013 #281
You seem to have a well developed ability to classify and reduce people to cartoonish stereotypes Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #296
She wasn't "taking a stand"....she doesnt seem smart enough to "take a stand" blueamy66 Feb 2013 #111
In other words, young people who want to be treated like adults... LanternWaste Feb 2013 #143
No pipoman Feb 2013 #73
That one cost her $5K, Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #97
Insolence caused the judge to double it. pipoman Feb 2013 #98
Saying adios is insolence? Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #101
Since it added to her already insolent behavior.. pipoman Feb 2013 #106
I'll go with the 2nd judge, who already reversed that decision. Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #116
Did you watch the videos? pipoman Feb 2013 #124
I appreciate what you are saying, but I do not see a lawyer there to coach or assist her. Sivafae Feb 2013 #159
Interesting point reorg Feb 2013 #239
All that could be believable pipoman Feb 2013 #249
It's not supposed to be OwnedByCats Feb 2013 #320
I suspect her appointed lawyer was in the courtroom pipoman Feb 2013 #248
I actually did watch the videos Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #184
I don't think I was clear... Sivafae Feb 2013 #214
I'm not sure I can draw a conclusion either way based on the video. However... Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #216
But I know for a fact that prisoners defacto7 Feb 2013 #232
If that's the case, there's an opportunity for a class action lawsuit. nt Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #235
Wow.. defacto7 Feb 2013 #238
It is a very common practice all over the country--has been for years, now. MADem Feb 2013 #277
We could save even more money and manpower by doing away with the trial Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #297
Well, that's just not helpful, nor does it make sense. MADem Feb 2013 #305
Yes let's do away with pesky old things like the constitution Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #307
Yes, because arraignments are "against the Constitution." MADem Feb 2013 #311
Ooooh, insolence. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #161
Exactly...that's a pretty low bar for someone to look up to...nt joeybee12 Feb 2013 #109
So, you don't want contempt of court to be punishable? Recursion Feb 2013 #2
it's all about the context reorg Feb 2013 #7
Which is what? Coyote_Tan Feb 2013 #14
I already addressed it reorg Feb 2013 #26
that little twit is the smirking, sniggering jerk. cali Feb 2013 #37
Lol, hang her! what a joke! n-t Logical Feb 2013 #47
right. that's just what I said, disingenuous genious. cali Feb 2013 #75
As opposed to sending her home in a limousine with a bag of money... LanternWaste Feb 2013 #167
30 days in jail? what do you hope she learned? how to get more drugs? CreekDog Feb 2013 #71
So I guess you'd be more sympathetic to the judge if he was handsome? onenote Feb 2013 #43
I suspect he would act in a different way if he were reorg Feb 2013 #54
Interesting long-distance diagnoses... much like "Doctor" Frist did. LanternWaste Feb 2013 #168
OMG OwnedByCats Feb 2013 #170
Oh. this reply says it all... lunamagica Feb 2013 #181
Not really reorg Feb 2013 #247
Let me buy you a clue onenote Feb 2013 #236
My point was reorg Feb 2013 #245
apparently DonCoquixote Feb 2013 #283
And young. Matariki Feb 2013 #243
No, No she didn't at all.. pipoman Feb 2013 #61
Fully cooperated? OwnedByCats Feb 2013 #166
He had her at a disadvantage. He knew it, or ought to have known. Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #234
No, she had herself OwnedByCats Feb 2013 #254
You are missing the point COMPLETELY Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #289
Oh for goodness sake .... OwnedByCats Feb 2013 #315
not 30 days for the finger CreekDog Feb 2013 #69
No, she was flipping off a hateful asshole. People like him are an embarrassment to the court. nt EastKYLiberal Feb 2013 #100
For raising her bail? Recursion Feb 2013 #103
I don't like when people use positions of power to talk down to people and expect respect in return. EastKYLiberal Feb 2013 #108
See, here's the deal... pipi_k Feb 2013 #125
I'm not sure what some of these "the judge was a harsh prick" posters want or expect. Common Sense Party Feb 2013 #198
Some of these posters just hate judges ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2013 #218
Ok OwnedByCats Feb 2013 #172
The contempt was begun by the judge, not the girl. Lionessa Feb 2013 #139
I disagree; the contempt started with the girl treating court like a joke. X_Digger Feb 2013 #146
No, nooo defacto7 Feb 2013 #237
Exactly Carolina Feb 2013 #288
She's like a modern-day Rosa Parks. Nye Bevan Feb 2013 #3
No, more like Nathan Hale Peregrine Feb 2013 #16
Nathan Hale is "I regret that I only have one life to give (or lose) for my country" alcibiades_mystery Feb 2013 #35
+1 Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #41
wow. could you possibly set the bar for "hero" any lower? cali Feb 2013 #6
Unrec. Sorry that your hatred of authority clouds your judgment of what a hero is. FSogol Feb 2013 #8
You're hero is a drug addict who had illegal drugs? vaberella Feb 2013 #9
so what if 18 year olds experiment with pills reorg Feb 2013 #12
If I had an 18 who experimented with drugs and is caught by me or authorities... vaberella Feb 2013 #20
YOU are alive and kicking 40 years later FrodosPet Feb 2013 #25
Um, make that "Give me Librium or give me Meth!" - :) - n/t coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #118
bzzzt. could you be any more wrong? cali Feb 2013 #27
I'm at a loss as to what you are trying to say reorg Feb 2013 #31
what I said was clear, but you evidently need things explained in VERY cali Feb 2013 #36
none of which has anything to do with the topic at hand reorg Feb 2013 #42
Where was the abuse? OwnedByCats Feb 2013 #204
And who gives a flying crap OwnedByCats Feb 2013 #209
"Abuse of authority"? pipi_k Feb 2013 #303
She stood up to an 'ugly COLGATE4 Feb 2013 #76
Courage? pipi_k Feb 2013 #122
Well said!!! lunamagica Feb 2013 #188
Confusing "courage" and "stupidity" may well be validating to your point of view, LanternWaste Feb 2013 #169
Where did she get the pills? Did she steal them? lunamagica Feb 2013 #185
The girl is an moron and likely on drugs.. Coyote_Tan Feb 2013 #11
more likely withdrawal symptoms reorg Feb 2013 #19
Shows that you really have no understanding what really happens COLGATE4 Feb 2013 #81
"more likely withdrawal symptoms" Sheepshank Feb 2013 #127
Agreed. "Special Snowflake" syndrome. n/t X_Digger Feb 2013 #148
More likely, Tien1985 Feb 2013 #329
Withdrawal symptoms? OwnedByCats Feb 2013 #163
I don't doubt that Ms. Soto deserved a contempt sentence of some length alcibiades_mystery Feb 2013 #38
I think we agree... Coyote_Tan Feb 2013 #50
We probably agree on most aspects of this alcibiades_mystery Feb 2013 #55
exactly n/t reorg Feb 2013 #57
The better lesson, I think... Coyote_Tan Feb 2013 #84
Congratulations, then alcibiades_mystery Feb 2013 #92
Doesn't she watch Judge Judy? marions ghost Feb 2013 #52
I just watched the vid where the judge sent her to a drug program cali Feb 2013 #13
and she wasn't Go Vols Feb 2013 #120
A few days in the slammer probably helped her adjust her attitude a bit. Common Sense Party Feb 2013 #153
per the news article Go Vols Feb 2013 #156
He was asking about her jewelry because he was trying to determine bail. Nine Feb 2013 #15
Yes, she was cooperating reorg Feb 2013 #21
How much does your jewelry cost if they are expensive; is pretty clear. vaberella Feb 2013 #24
If you asked me how much does the stuff in my living room cost reorg Feb 2013 #28
it would take you a few hours to look in your living room Heddi Feb 2013 #158
Has it occured to anyone here that maybe she doesn't know how much her jewlery is worth because Sivafae Feb 2013 #174
seems to be a valid assumption reorg Feb 2013 #250
I think you nailed it. MADem Feb 2013 #280
So your answer would be "Rick Ross" while giggling like a schoolgirl too?? thelordofhell Feb 2013 #165
Would you respond with the name of a rap artist? Common Sense Party Feb 2013 #195
I think if she answered $20,000 Peregrine Feb 2013 #29
He was asking about her jewelry Go Vols Feb 2013 #121
I stand corrected. (nt) Nine Feb 2013 #126
No, I believe the judge Seeking Serenity Feb 2013 #129
To me, there is no correct or right side here Shankapotomus Feb 2013 #17
+1 Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #219
excellent post Carolina Feb 2013 #290
lol Sheldon Cooper Feb 2013 #18
Trashing....3....2....1.....GONE!! nt. OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #23
Is this satire?? Gman Feb 2013 #30
Awesome! Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #33
seriously? Maine-ah Feb 2013 #39
The difference in her behaviour between the first video above and the second A HERETIC I AM Feb 2013 #40
one night's good sleep reorg Feb 2013 #45
No, having boundaries finally set did obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #62
Exactly. The child had probably never learned their could be consequences for acting like that. alphafemale Feb 2013 #117
Because the first judge......in the part of the video that hardly anyone saw...appointed one thelordofhell Feb 2013 #191
no, you are wrong reorg Feb 2013 #287
Yep--Tuff Luv marions ghost Feb 2013 #49
. baldguy Feb 2013 #44
Thanks for this. Of course the righteous DUers loved this girl going to jail.... Logical Feb 2013 #46
The system IS corrupt marions ghost Feb 2013 #51
1 or 2 days is a lesson, 30 days is a idiot judge! Shit, DUI drivers get no time! n-t Logical Feb 2013 #150
Not long enough marions ghost Feb 2013 #151
Blech leftynyc Feb 2013 #48
She needed a wake-up call,and got one riqster Feb 2013 #53
Wow oberliner Feb 2013 #56
A dumbass is your hero? hobbit709 Feb 2013 #58
What's that old country song? "My Heroes Have Always Been Dumbasses"? Common Sense Party Feb 2013 #265
Welcome to National Enquirer Underground. callous taoboy Feb 2013 #59
that's how I feel about most of the comments reorg Feb 2013 #64
Yes, and ALL of us are 100% WRONG and you--YOU ALONE--are the paragon of reason. Common Sense Party Feb 2013 #212
lololololol obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #63
I know reorg Feb 2013 #65
Oh, she absolutely isn't "lesser known" obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #83
reorg would love the judges in the Lohan case ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2013 #221
Yuck. You should choose better heroes. proud2BlibKansan Feb 2013 #66
If you link insolence to heroism pipoman Feb 2013 #67
You might want to rethink your definition of 'hero.' MineralMan Feb 2013 #74
Hero....Not even close. NCTraveler Feb 2013 #77
You need to look up the definition of Hero Carnage251 Feb 2013 #79
Coming from someone with a drug addict brother - GOOD for the judge SWTORFanatic Feb 2013 #80
The bottom line marions ghost Feb 2013 #107
I rec'd this for the entertainment value. Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #82
hahahahaha obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #85
Winning! Dr. Strange Feb 2013 #114
Lol. My hero has TIGER BLOOD Matariki Feb 2013 #271
I am shocked that someone who self-medicates with Xanax might behave as if she has social anxiety.nt Ian David Feb 2013 #86
ROFL alcibiades_mystery Feb 2013 #95
I wouldn't go that far. sadbear Feb 2013 #87
So it's all good Lurker Deluxe Feb 2013 #130
Doesn't matter. sadbear Feb 2013 #131
Yeah, she's the Nelson Mandela of the 21st Century hatrack Feb 2013 #88
I thought she was quite disrespectful. bigwillq Feb 2013 #89
Excellent, thorough and factual post. rug Feb 2013 #90
it virtually fact free. OPINION. Learn the difference between fact and opinion cali Feb 2013 #112
An opinion that disregards facts and context is worthless. rug Feb 2013 #132
I won't say a hero, 'cause, what's a hero? deutsey Feb 2013 #93
Hero? HappyMe Feb 2013 #96
That judge is an asshole... and I question any sentences handed down by such a crabby prick. nt EastKYLiberal Feb 2013 #99
Not been in many courtrooms, eh? pipoman Feb 2013 #102
Judges shouldn't demand respect without earning it. nt EastKYLiberal Feb 2013 #104
Judges earn it while in their courtroom the minute they are pipoman Feb 2013 #110
don't know anything about it, I see. cali Feb 2013 #115
The Court demands respect, and should be given it obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #154
Do you have personal knowledge of his record? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2013 #220
Obviously. Iggo Feb 2013 #133
As the person pipi_k Feb 2013 #105
Really? that's your hero? Marrah_G Feb 2013 #113
Way to set the bar low. Lizzie Poppet Feb 2013 #119
meh, good cop, bad cop (errr, I mean judge) Sheepshank Feb 2013 #123
I wouldn't call her a hero, but I'm glad to see she's got a second hearing! nt. polly7 Feb 2013 #134
That usually happens with a CoC charge obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #155
Judges are sometimes arrogant, as are police. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #135
What the judge was doing was proving everyone is equal before the Court AngryAmish Feb 2013 #136
30 days of jail for the finger is not equal CreekDog Feb 2013 #137
True. If she was black it would be sixty. AngryAmish Feb 2013 #141
30 days for f-bombing in court is pretty standard jberryhill Feb 2013 #147
I was mortified about the responses here yesterday. It is getting harder and harder Lionessa Feb 2013 #138
What's that mean? OldHippieChick Feb 2013 #149
You seem to fail to recognize that the judge was disrespectful initially, there's not a thing Lionessa Feb 2013 #164
It wasn't the "adios" that got her 30 days, it was the "Fuck..." that did. hobbit709 Feb 2013 #175
The adios got her the $10K BS which prompted the fuck you. Lionessa Feb 2013 #210
I learned a long time ago not to lip off to judges or cops hobbit709 Feb 2013 #215
but the whole Carolina Feb 2013 #291
doesn't matter. hobbit709 Feb 2013 #292
Adios said pipi_k Feb 2013 #206
Hard truth here OldHippieChick Feb 2013 #222
Before saying a snarky "Adios" to the *Latino* judge, she tblue37 Feb 2013 #241
really? it's mortifying to see an op calling this girl a hero cali Feb 2013 #162
I think some of Ms. Soto's supporters are as stoned as she was. Common Sense Party Feb 2013 #199
Or attention trolls Matariki Feb 2013 #272
THREAD. WINNER Number23 Feb 2013 #275
+1. I have little use for people with a law-and-order fetish. 2ndAmForComputers Feb 2013 #229
The judge is a jerk. Apophis Feb 2013 #142
How does that work? How did she get another hearing after having ChisolmTrailDem Feb 2013 #144
They usually do that with CoC charges obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #157
I was surprised as well, happily, that the majority of DUers sided with the judge. nt Skip Intro Feb 2013 #145
So, does this news development displease you? 2ndAmForComputers Feb 2013 #226
No. However... Skip Intro Feb 2013 #227
You guess or you hope? 2ndAmForComputers Feb 2013 #228
Oh the drama and veiled accusations... Skip Intro Feb 2013 #231
Yes, she is quite the hero. I'm showing the video to my daughters and I'll tell them, Common Sense Party Feb 2013 #152
Like a Kardashian? marions ghost Feb 2013 #176
Oops. Did I forget my sarcasm tag? Common Sense Party Feb 2013 #194
you did marions ghost Feb 2013 #196
I must confess I only have the vaguest idea of who the Kardashians are. Common Sense Party Feb 2013 #197
You know enough marions ghost Feb 2013 #211
lol obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #186
Hero? Rider3 Feb 2013 #160
"'Hero'? You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." Common Sense Party Feb 2013 #171
You have a very strange idea of "heroism". zappaman Feb 2013 #173
Firefighters are heroes. Nurses are heroes eissa Feb 2013 #177
You Really Need to Watch the Video a Few More Times - She's A Strung Out Addict - Not Hero. dballance Feb 2013 #178
It was a bail hearing -- she had to appear obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #187
As an attorney, I've had my share of judges. no_hypocrisy Feb 2013 #179
Agree! OwnedByCats Feb 2013 #182
I agree with 100% of what you've said steve2470 Feb 2013 #207
She's a punk who flipped off a judge. NightOwwl Feb 2013 #183
I confess, I owe this judge more than 20 days :-) Coyotl Feb 2013 #189
A great teaching tool Vinnie From Indy Feb 2013 #190
Wow. I cannot believe you are playing the mysogonist angle... Earth_First Feb 2013 #192
We all like OwnedByCats Feb 2013 #193
She's a Rebel Without a Clue. Common Sense Party Feb 2013 #200
OK she shouldn't have flipped off the judge bluestateguy Feb 2013 #201
Perhaps she should have been charged with theft then. Seeking Serenity Feb 2013 #203
thank you, bluestateguy Carolina Feb 2013 #293
Seems to have cured her insolence pipoman Feb 2013 #300
Sorry, but anyone stupid enought to flip off a judge in the courtroom gets no sympathy from me. GumboYaYa Feb 2013 #202
I watched the video and while the judge may be a crotchety old crank Kelvin Mace Feb 2013 #205
she reminds me of a Drugged out version of Snookie, Kardashians etc JI7 Feb 2013 #208
What a poor choice of heroes. If you want a case of a really fucked up judge getting righteously Bluenorthwest Feb 2013 #213
Abusive? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2013 #217
This woman shouldn't be anyones hero yeahitsme72 Feb 2013 #223
Welcome to DU! Recursion Feb 2013 #224
+1000 dballance Feb 2013 #261
He certainly isn't a good representation of good Court room decorum. lonestarnot Feb 2013 #225
Lame hero. bayareamike Feb 2013 #230
You're serious? Matariki Feb 2013 #233
The judge is Cuban, her jail record lists her as white. The 'adios' comes off as rude and racist. Matariki Feb 2013 #240
I suspected he is reorg Feb 2013 #244
You "suspected he is one of those Cuban exiles" ??? Matariki Feb 2013 #251
You brought it up reorg Feb 2013 #255
Her rap sheet says she's white. Whatever she is, she's a little asshole. Matariki Feb 2013 #256
sorry, I'm unfamiliar with her "rap sheet" reorg Feb 2013 #264
You've shown yourself to be racist, ageist, and 'lookist' through this whole thread Matariki Feb 2013 #267
So *I* am the racist now? reorg Feb 2013 #269
"one of those" Renew Deal Feb 2013 #257
huh? reorg Feb 2013 #262
Really? You don't know? Do you also say "you people" to minorities? Matariki Feb 2013 #263
methinks you are trying to deflect reorg Feb 2013 #266
What I didn't bring up is "one of those" - what the hell kind of racist shit is that Matariki Feb 2013 #258
But of the judge's accent you say: Bluenorthwest Feb 2013 #314
I would have tossed her ass in jail as well dlwickham Feb 2013 #242
I showed this video to my students today the devil Feb 2013 #246
Yes, be very afraid, obey, conform, submit. After all, those are the principles this Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #253
No, those aren't the principles this country was founded on. bayareamike Feb 2013 #259
Of course you are right, and this woman is no hero. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #323
A Black kid doesn't do what you scorn and he's dead. vaberella Feb 2013 #295
You're right, see #323 Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #324
Nobody said pipi_k Feb 2013 #302
Spoken like a well conditioned authoritarian. n/t Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #321
It looks like the judges tactics worked Renew Deal Feb 2013 #252
I once had a little dog reorg Feb 2013 #260
I'm glad the judge cared enough to cite her for contempt DevonRex Feb 2013 #268
You really should aim higher GObamaGO Feb 2013 #270
What would Judge Judy do? LeftInTX Feb 2013 #274
Unfortunately in some cases, no matter how mad you are at a judge, no matter how insane JDPriestly Feb 2013 #279
Judge is a jerk with attitude who picks on girls. A waste of our tax dollars!!! anneboleyn Feb 2013 #282
Thank you Carolina Feb 2013 #294
She's not a girl. Nine Feb 2013 #310
Actually... pipi_k Feb 2013 #313
she's a tweaker Motley Michelle Feb 2013 #284
SHE'S your hero? Dorian Gray Feb 2013 #285
The way she was giggling and playing with her hair... cherish44 Feb 2013 #298
Overnight in jail contimplating a 30 day sentence whistler162 Feb 2013 #304
"hero" WTF ...adding her to the list of football players and race car drivers. Pfffft. n/t L0oniX Feb 2013 #306
Just adding to the similar comments Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #312
Good for the judge rjj621 Feb 2013 #322
Everybody loves the underdog... Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #326
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