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N.J. Councilman Starts Crusade Against Saggy Pants (total crackdown)
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| 7/15/08
| Christine Sloan
Posted on 07/16/2008 8:36:50 PM PDT by Libloather
N.J. Councilman Starts Crusade Against Saggy Pants
Paterson Politician Is Sick And Tired Of The Look And If He Has It His Way, Indecency Fines Will Soon Follow
Reporting Christine Sloan
Jul 15, 2008 8:08 pm US/Eastern
PATERSON, N.J. (CBS) ― Instead of "stick 'em up," it will be more like "pull 'em up" now that fashion police in New Jersey have started a crackdown on baggy pants.
It's happening in Paterson, where city officials want to put the kibosh on this form of fashion.
Bart Johnson says wearing his pants low in a fashion statement, but one councilman is saying pull it up. He's even crafted a proposal to ban "baggy pants."
Teenagers and even little ones and women are sporting the fashion. The "saggy" or "baggy" look, where pants are pulled down and boxers are exposed seems to be all the rage these days.
Well, at least for some.
"I don't know. I'm not used to wearing my pants to my waist," college student LaToya Williams said.
**SNIP**
"We're tired of seeing your behind," Davis said. "We don't want to see your back side. We don't need to see your underwear. We don't need to see your drawers. Wear your pants."
Some teens we spoke to were all for "baggin'" the sagging look.
"Sometimes you don't have the cleanest underwear on," Rayshon Johnson said.
**SNIP**
Cities have had a difficult time pushing through the baggy pants pans. In Irvington, N.J., a councilwoman recently had to pull her proposal after facing legal questions.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: crackdown; dresscodes; freepun; gangs; nj; pants; saggy
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"Sometimes you don't have the cleanest underwear on," Rayshon Johnson said.
Just remember that while ordering your McNuggets.
To: Libloather
Total crackdownSome say they're getting a bum rap.
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posted on
07/16/2008 8:44:18 PM PDT
by
rfp1234
(Phodopus campbelli: household ruler since July 2007.)
To: Libloather
Just a little cheeky for my taste. The government should butt out.
To: The Spirit Of Allegiance; rfp1234; Billthedrill; writer33; AT7Saluki
"Sometimes you don't have the cleanest underwear on," Rayshon Johnson said.Just say nose.
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posted on
07/16/2008 8:53:37 PM PDT
by
Libloather
(July is Liberal Awareness Month.)
To: Libloather
This started in the 1990’s. When arrested the first things taken from the prisoner is his belt and shoelaces,to keep them from trying to hurt themselves. The young hoodlums started to wear their pants like this to tell the Police they were ready to be arrested and did not care.
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posted on
07/16/2008 8:57:12 PM PDT
by
Peacekeeper357
(God provided food for every bird but he didn't put it in their nest.)
To: Libloather
I wonder how the vote would be split.
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posted on
07/16/2008 9:00:21 PM PDT
by
scott7278
("Before I give you the benefit of my reply, I would like to know what we are talking about.")
To: Billthedrill
They’re trying to be patriotic - they simply misread “for ourselves and our posterity.” Somebody needs to tell them it’s not “posterior.”
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posted on
07/16/2008 9:17:43 PM PDT
by
scott7278
("Before I give you the benefit of my reply, I would like to know what we are talking about.")
To: Libloather
I am all for that look. When I see someone wearing them, it serves as a warning that I am someplace that I do have any business being in.
To: Libloather
Just start a campaign to get everyone to laugh and point at these jackasses and call them “SAGGY PANTS!” all the time.
I mean, if they don’t know enough to be embarrassed on their own about this, we can all teach them to be.
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posted on
07/16/2008 9:31:53 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
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To: Libloather; Rennes Templar; LexBaird; lowbridge; trooprally; Larry Lucido; Charles Henrickson; ...
If 'twere not so ribald I might have laughed:
To be clothed yet undress'd? That's e'er so daft,
Horse sense, manners and good social craft:
Say show the front of the horse, and not the aft.
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posted on
07/16/2008 9:38:00 PM PDT
by
The Spirit Of Allegiance
(Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
To: The Spirit Of Allegiance
Is dat by the late Levi Cotton ?
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posted on
07/16/2008 9:41:38 PM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: The Spirit Of Allegiance
To: The Spirit Of Allegiance; Libloather; rfp1234
I’m glad to see they are finally cracking down on “crack”. :^D
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posted on
07/16/2008 9:43:14 PM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(Free Lazamataz! Free Lazamataz! Free Lazamataz!)
To: Squantos
Dat by yours truly.
Now pull up your pants and wash your hands and pull up a chair and sit down for dinner. ;^)
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posted on
07/16/2008 9:44:43 PM PDT
by
The Spirit Of Allegiance
(Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
To: Peacekeeper357
I thought it was from the prison culture, when the "booty bandits" wore their pants loose so they could...be stupid in a fast manner and be able to go back to "normal" should a guard show up.
Maybe the cops should just sneak up behind baggy-wearing "utes" and give them a quick yank. Pantsing by a cop is probably really embarrassing for gang-bangers.
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posted on
07/16/2008 10:15:24 PM PDT
by
Othniel
(Kirk: Don't trust them. Don't believe them. Spock: They're dying. Kirk: LET THEM DIE.)
To: The Spirit Of Allegiance
I think someone had a belt before he proposed this idea.
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posted on
07/16/2008 10:26:42 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Libloather
The "saggy" or "baggy" look, where pants are pulled down and boxers are exposed seems to be all the rage these days.Or what my mother calls the "poopy pants" look.
To: The Spirit Of Allegiance
Pitchers and Catchers,
That’ the deal.
They’ve invented a fad,
Not the wheel.
They want to offend me,
By appearing a mope,
When you get inside kid,
DON’T DROP THE SOAP!
To: Libloather
I've come up with a name for this fad.
Poopy Pants !
...looks like they are carring a full load.
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
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posted on
07/17/2008 4:02:49 AM PDT
by
musicman
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