About Ann's little joke...

[Rose Siding]

Sentence upheld for man who threatened president

By The Associated Press
12.23.03

ST. LOUIS — A delusional, self-proclaimed prophet from Oregon who claimed he meant nothing by suggesting that he or one of his followers would set President Bush ablaze was correctly sentenced to three years in federal custody, a U.S. appeals court ruled yesterday.

"Hopefully, medication over a significant period of years will result in his being able to live outside the prison confines, free of delusions and the type of behavior he exhibited here," the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in the case of Richard Humphreys, formerly of Portland.
.....
Humphreys has said he arrived in Watertown, S.D., on March 8, 2001, and got into a barroom discussion with a truck driver about Christians who drink too much. Realizing Bush was to visit Sioux Falls the next day, a bartender told police Humphreys talked about a "burning Bush" and the prospect of someone pouring a flammable liquid on Bush and lighting it.

"I said God might speak to the world through a burning Bush ... I had said that before and I thought it was funny. It was prophetizing," Humphreys testified, acting as his own attorney with occasional help from a public defender.

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=12391

[Kalisiin]

1. Yep.

Perfectly fine to make "jokes" about hurting Democrats...but make a joke about hurting Repukes, and you go to jail.

Why the hell hasn't Ann been arrested yet?

[KainNero]

14. because if it's against dems it's okay but for repubs?

Oh no! Someone said something bad about a Republican! the world is going to end!

Seriously, what a double standard. Repubs like to dish it out but they can't take the same treatment back...sisses....

[Gman]

17. Hell, it's ok to send anthrax to democrats

and get away with it.

[Guaranteed]

2. Ohhhh Annnnnnn...

Put your fucking HANDS behind YOUR BACK.

Or face the NIGHTSTICK.

[Rose Siding]

7. Handcuffs, straight jacket - I'm open-minded

[tularetom]

16. She probably fantasizes about

the NIGHTSTICK.

[babylonsister]

3. This incident happened over 2 years ago; I wonder what's

being scrubbed? Hell, we can't even get an accurate story or account of who's died in Iraq today.:mad:

[samhsarah]

4. Kick!

[Duncan Grant]

5. Jesse Helms got away with threatening Clinton.

Funny how that works, isn't it?

[regnaD kciN]

8. But that was before 9/11...

...now We're At War, and you have to Watch What You Say. :sarcasm:

[Emit]

18. Ann wrote this about Clinton in her book: impeach or assassinate

Coulter said the debate over Clinton should have been "whether to impeach or assassinate"

Syndicated columnist Ann Coulter argued that the national debate during the Monica Lewinsky controversy should not have focused on whether President Bill Clinton "did it," but rather "whether to impeach or assassinate" him.

The quote appeared in Coulter's book High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton (Regnery, 1998):

In this recurring nightmare of a presidency, we have a national debate about whether he "did it," even though all sentient people know he did. Otherwise there would be debates only about whether to impeach or assassinate.

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:7dOibWFHPisJ:mediamatters.org/items/200508230007+Ann+Coulter+Clinton+assasination&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=2

[The Doctor.]

6. Holy shit.

No really... this is a bunch of holy shit... shouldn't this guy get a faith-based funded ministry or something?

Ok, dude makes a joke at a bar about a 'burning bush' and they throw him in jail?


:wtf:

[babylonsister]

12. "Only" 3 years. nt

[Nothing Without Hope]

9. ***Link to thread about Coulter's call for Justice Stevens to be poisoned:

For anyone who doesn't know the background for this very interesting post:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2399691
thread title (1-27-06 GD): Coulter Jokes Justice Should Be Poisoned

Salon.com article – Ann Coulter says Justice Stevens should be killed for his non-GOP decisions – just “joking,” of course! But there are hate-filled GOP nutcases out there that could well take this as marching orders. It's a death threat and should be prosecuted as such.

[Guaranteed]

13. Why do we keep talking about prosecution of these things?

1) It never happens.

2) In the long run, the damage done is done WELL before any prosecution could occur. And it is HUGE. This is a national media figure saying these things.


Ever seen "The Last Supper"? Coulter sees this as her job- she's creating publicity for herself. She's TRYING to shock people, so attention will be paid to her, and her and anyone she is working for can make money. In the meantime, of course, she's poisoning- so to speak- the minds of Americans, and BushCo pushes forward. So, she's basically destroying our country for money.

Of course, if she really BELIEVES the things that she says, I guess that isn't much better. Or, even better at all.

[Rose Siding]

15. Interesting point on fdl about this- Remember MTP/Obama/Belafonte?

snip>
Timmeh had better be asking every Republican on his show on Sunday about this quote. If Obama and Colin Powell are the prime candidates for "ask the black man about Belafonte," then all Republicans are fair game about Coulter. Hang her idiocy around the neck of every Rethug and make them either denounce this statement or pay the penalty. Equal opportunity runs both ways -- and its about time the people benefitting from Coulter's excesses had to pay a penalty for it.

posted by ReddHedd @ 11:56 AM

http://firedoglake.blogspot.com/2006_01_22_firedoglake_archive.html#113839261464215761

They won't, of course, but it's the equivalent, isn't it?

[Kalisiin]

20. I Think YOU Are Onto Something!!

But you know good and well the "goddamn Liberal Media" will NEVER do it.

Liberal media my aching ass!

[fooj]

10. I think you're on to something!

Excellent find!

The vile bitch is completely out of control!

Peace.

[BiggJawn]

11. But Cuban ball players only get 2 years for dissing Fidel...

That's why the Gubbmint says MLB can't play with them.

We don't torture, though, remember? :sarcasm:

[lpbk2713]

19. Go on a commercial airliner and say "I have a bomb"

so that everyone present can hear you. Then say "Hey. I was just kidding." See what kind of a reception you get when the plane lands at the closest (unscheduled) airport.

I see no difference in this scenario and this stunt Annthrax pulled. She/he/it seems to think she/he/it is above the law because she/he/it speaks for the RWers.

[Kalisiin]

21. You Don't Even Have To Go That Far....

Just say "HI" to your friend, Jack, as you walk down the aisle of the plane.

[dogfacedboy]

22. Coulter is a filthy , vile piece of shit.

May a horrible,painful wasting disease destroy her as soon as possible.