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Sarah Ibarruri

(21,043 posts)
28. Excellent! Look at this: Alan Simpson had "run-ins with the law"
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 05:11 PM
Apr 2012
Simpson had several run-ins with the law during his youth. A "friend of the Court" brief filed before the United States Supreme Court in the juvenile imprisonment cases Graham v. Florida and Sullivan v. Florida states: In Simpson’s words to this Court, “I was a monster.”

One day in Cody, Wyoming, when Simpson was in high school, he and some friends “went out to do damage.” They went to an abandoned war relocation structure and decided to “torch” it. They committed arson on federal property, a crime now punishable by up to twenty years in prison if no one is hurt, and punishable by up to life in prison if the arson causes a person’s death. Luckily for Simpson, no one was injured in the blaze. Simpson not only played with fire, but also with guns. He played a game with his friends in which they shot at rocks close to one another, at times using bullets they stole from the local hardware store. The goal of the game was to come as close as possible to striking someone without actually doing so. Again, Simpson was lucky: no one was killed or seriously injured. Simpson and his friends went shooting throughout their community. They fired their rifles at mailboxes, blowing holes in several and killing a cow. They fired their weapons at a road grader. “We just raised hell,” Simpson says. Federal authorities charged Simpson with destroying government property and Simpson pleaded guilty. He received two years of probation and was required to make restitution from his own funds – funds that he was supposed to obtain by holding down a job.

... As he [Simpson] has described it, “The older you get, the more you realize . . . your own attitude is stupefying, and arrogant, and cocky, and a miserable way to live.” Simpson stated;"I was just dumb and rebellious and stupid. And a different person." And then added;"You're not who are when you're 16 or 18. You're dumb, and you don't care and you think you are eternal."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_K._Simpson

Actually, Alan, you're still a stupefyingly ignorant, cocky, dumb, rebellious and stupid asshole, only now you're an OLD stupefyingly ignorant, cocky, dumb, rebellious and stupid asshole.



Don't ask how much he "earned". Ask how much he was "paid". There's a difference. SharonAnn Apr 2012 #1
Amen! FiveGoodMen Apr 2012 #20
Another point is how much did they benefit from their position of power? LiberalFighter Apr 2012 #57
From her written statement to Mitch O'Connell, et al's eyes. Cleita Apr 2012 #2
Simpson Should Be Run Out Of Town On A Rail Anywhere He Goes TheMastersNemesis Apr 2012 #3
They ALL should be run outta town on a rail. ANYONE with an "r" by his or her name. calimary Apr 2012 #24
He did attack Veterans also. He said they were heroes when they were sabrina 1 Apr 2012 #33
He said that about Vets? Fuck him. Love Bug Apr 2012 #52
Veterans should receive medical no matter how long they served LiberalFighter Apr 2012 #59
Epic rant felix_numinous Apr 2012 #4
K & R for the truth! Ganja Ninja Apr 2012 #5
That isn't just hitting the target, hifiguy Apr 2012 #6
She sounds like a teabagger. ieoeja Apr 2012 #7
I thought the same thing when I read it, drm604 Apr 2012 #36
My thought as well. Doremus Apr 2012 #37
worse yet hfojvt Apr 2012 #44
This is the first time I've noticed it on here. drm604 Apr 2012 #48
And now it's on the front page! drm604 Apr 2012 #60
Pure Teabaggery. Re: Taxes, losers, age change, etc. Written by and for people who hate Democrats. freshwest Apr 2012 #40
what part of "Lady from Wyoming" is ambiguous? fromwyoming Apr 2012 #43
in other places it is attributed to a "fellow in Montana" hfojvt Apr 2012 #47
Agree, when she rants about "tax increases" there is no mention Fla Dem Apr 2012 #53
If only these assholes like Simpson could be sat down and made to listen gtar100 Apr 2012 #8
k&r HappyMe Apr 2012 #9
Hell, are you kidding? sulphurdunn Apr 2012 #10
i'll never forgive him for his role in the thomas confirmation hearings noiretextatique Apr 2012 #14
Yea. sulphurdunn Apr 2012 #17
As a social security recipient, RebelOne Apr 2012 #11
people are getting angrier and angrier noiretextatique Apr 2012 #12
kick Angry Dragon Apr 2012 #13
k&r patrice Apr 2012 #15
Hypocrisy run rampant in DC. This is Exhibit A, Your Honor. BB_Troll Apr 2012 #16
Obama should be kicked in the ass for creating the Simpson-Bowles commission rurallib Apr 2012 #18
Yeah, I'm worried about him resurrecting it once he's safe. lark Apr 2012 #21
several times. definitely one of his worst moves. nt tomp Apr 2012 #49
Brilliant! She's right on the money badtoworse Apr 2012 #19
It wasn't "mismanagement"... zaj Apr 2012 #22
Social Security Ponzi scheme? progressoid Apr 2012 #23
Go on with your Bad Self, Ms. Myers!...You speak for me and the rest of whathehell Apr 2012 #25
Captain Bullshit! tanyev Apr 2012 #26
Isn't that great?....I love it!..n/t whathehell Apr 2012 #30
That is a real winner " Captain Bullshit" goclark Apr 2012 #46
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ cbrer Apr 2012 #27
Excellent! Look at this: Alan Simpson had "run-ins with the law" Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2012 #28
and to think he was my Senator gejohnston Apr 2012 #35
kick Liberal_in_LA Apr 2012 #29
So just exactly who do we turn to? truedelphi Apr 2012 #31
Oh and my Good Ol' Boy Blue Dog Dem, Mike truedelphi Apr 2012 #32
Bookmarked ! K&R K Gardner Apr 2012 #34
The sad thing is he's to the left of most if not all GOP office-holders today. libinnyandia Apr 2012 #38
I Really Like... WiffenPoof Apr 2012 #39
Did you bother to "Snopes" it first? No? I thought not. James48 Apr 2012 #41
Does Snopes actually say that parts were made up? MannyGoldstein Apr 2012 #42
This lady is completely wrong. JayhawkSD Apr 2012 #45
VOTERS have been demanded more and more tax cuts??? MrMickeysMom Apr 2012 #51
I love this woman... THIS IS EVERYWOMAN (& MAN) MrMickeysMom Apr 2012 #50
The Lady speaks for me lunatica Apr 2012 #54
"She" had me until "zero ambition losers" klook Apr 2012 #55
A rightwing rant gets 162 recs on DU. ieoeja Apr 2012 #56
Nevertheless Simpson messed up DaveJ Apr 2012 #62
Send this everywhere Glaisne Apr 2012 #58
TAX THE RICH THEN! ErikJ Apr 2012 #61
for those who think this person is a Teabagger or RWer...please read! LongTomH Apr 2012 #63
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