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Elderly Man Jailed For Trashy Yard Gets Cleanup Help From Guards
WTAE TV NEWS ^ | 12-20-2007

Posted on 12/21/2007 9:44:07 AM PST by Cagey

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1 posted on 12/21/2007 9:44:09 AM PST by Cagey
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Prayers up for John Allen.


2 posted on 12/21/2007 9:55:24 AM PST by A. Morgan
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unruly grass

Typical political writing. So, what is their definition of unruly grass?

Grass is too high?

Grass is too low?

Blades of grass are arguing with each other?

Blades of grass are grouping in gangs?

Grass is singing 'Give peace a chance' all night long after smoking one of their own??

3 posted on 12/21/2007 10:00:52 AM PST by technomage (Radical Islam makes me want to go to the bathroom and drop a big mohammed!)
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Your attempt to protect the English language is appreciated, but if “unruly” is the language of the statute/ordinance, it simply means “not managed.”


4 posted on 12/21/2007 10:03:57 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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Is this for real?
In the worst case, I can see the town bringing a civil lawsuit, but putting the old man in jail??? Unbelievable.
Something must be missing here, or maybe I really am happy not to be back in the USA :(
6 posted on 12/21/2007 10:05:39 AM PST by AlexW (Reporting from Bratislava, Slovakia. Happy not to be back in the USA for now.)
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Grass is singing 'Give peace a chance' all night long after smoking one of their own??

Dude ! ROFLMBO ! Please ! It's lunchtime at the keyboard and now I need to clean it !

7 posted on 12/21/2007 10:06:11 AM PST by cinives (On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
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It’s an awful story and it’s a sweet story.

Sometimes being independent means being willing to accept the kindness of strangers (I must be channeling Blanche Dubois today).


8 posted on 12/21/2007 10:08:51 AM PST by najida (As God is my witness! The cockatoos ate my breakfast..)
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Don’t try this where illegal aliens have moved in; those broke down cars are going to stay in the front and back yards.
The city would get hammered by the ACLU and other criminal protection organizatiion.


9 posted on 12/21/2007 10:09:02 AM PST by em2vn
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Ain’t freedom grand?


10 posted on 12/21/2007 10:13:50 AM PST by Cagey (Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.......Thoreau)
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11 posted on 12/21/2007 10:18:26 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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Grass that argues with you when you smoke it ?


12 posted on 12/21/2007 10:22:08 AM PST by festus (Fred Thompson '08)
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ROFLOL! I like it!


13 posted on 12/21/2007 10:23:55 AM PST by Old Mountain man (Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice!)
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Sadly, one of the hardest things for the elderly to accept is the loss of independence they had in their younger days. Here’s hoping he’ll have learned his lesson and accept help when offered.


14 posted on 12/21/2007 10:26:02 AM PST by OCCASparky (Steely-Eyed Killer of the Deep)
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When we lock up 86 year-old American citizens in jail for this kind of insipid nonsense, it tells me that the American judicial system is severely broken and that America, as the bastion of freedom in the world, has gone the way of the dinosaurs and dodo birds.

What a sad statement about a once great nation. However, kudos to the guards who have more honor and integrity than those responsible for the judicial system.


15 posted on 12/21/2007 10:41:04 AM PST by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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So, what is their definition of unruly grass?

"Unruly" grass is grass that makes demeaning comments at passersby that are intended to embarrass and/or humiliate. Because their free speech is protected (as a protected minority), there is little that the judicial system can do to limit to prevent their verbal assault.

Apparently, locking up their 86 year-old owner is about the only remedy!!



/sarc

16 posted on 12/21/2007 10:45:58 AM PST by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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Yup, tossing him in the slammer for any length of time sure seems beyond the pale. However,

He also refused the help of an organization that assists the elderly and he rejected offers from his neighbors.

His pride may be the source of his problems.

I hope, as I advance in years, that I will always be able to tell the difference between pride and dignity.

17 posted on 12/21/2007 10:49:00 AM PST by grellis (Is this the best we've got??!)
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I can understand why this man doesn’t want any locals on his property. The locals delight in imprisoning an old man because they don’t like the look of his property.


18 posted on 12/21/2007 10:54:22 AM PST by Outership
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Man this is FR all problems in the world can be blamed on Mexicans, Muslims or Gay people. (or some combination of those 3)


19 posted on 12/21/2007 11:52:30 AM PST by Eyes Unclouded (We won't ever free our guns but be sure we'll let them triggers go....)
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“”Unruly” grass is grass that makes demeaning comments at passersby that are intended to embarrass and/or humiliate.”

Too funny:)!


20 posted on 12/21/2007 12:01:51 PM PST by Mila
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