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jhall

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10/30/2008 9:27 PM	Alert
http://www.kentucky.com/471/story/574675.html Dont ya love the double standard? LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A University of Kentucky student and another man were arrested Thursday, accused of hanging a life-sized likeness of Barack Obama from a tree on the campus. The incident was one of several in recent weeks involving effigies of the presidential candidates or their running mates. No charges have been filed in four other cases that have made national headlines. UK Interim Police Chief Joe Monroe said the men "expressed remorse for a stunt that had gotten out of hand." Arrested were Joe Fischer, 22, a UK student, and Hunter Bush, 21, both of Lexington. Both were being held at Fayette County Detention Center on charges of disorderly conduct related to the hanging of the effigy. They were also charged with burglary and theft at a fraternity house where police said the materials came from. Lt. Tina Strange, a deputy jailer at the detention center, did not know who the men's attorneys were. She said they were each being held on $7,600 bond. Monroe said the two men told detectives they decided to hang the effigy after seeing media reports about a Sarah Palin effigy in California. Witnesses who saw the effigy Wednesday said it was life-sized with an Obama Halloween mask, a suit jacket and sweat pants. It was found hanging from a tree with a noose around its neck. UK President Lee Todd said the effigy violates the university's code of ethics, and Fischer faces punishment that could include expulsion. "As outrageous and offensive an act as the effigy was, I truly believe it has mobilized our campus, the community and the state in an effort to battle racism," Todd said Thursday. It was the second time in about a month such an effigy was found on a college campus. George Fox University, a small Christian college in Oregon, recently punished four students who confessed to hanging a likeness of Obama from a tree. Meanwhile, a Redondo Beach, Calif., woman removed a Halloween effigy of Barack Obama that was hanging from her balcony with a butcher knife in its neck. She took it down Thursday after neighbors complained. In West Hollywood, Calif., a man removed an effigy of GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin from his yard Wednesday after several weeks of complaints. And in Clarksville, Ind., a man had hanged an inflatable doll made to look like Obama from a tree. He took it down Wednesday, and authorities said it didn't appear to violate any state laws.

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BOB

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10/30/2008 9:55 PM	Alert
Yeahhh double standards because we have such a vast history of whites being lynched by blacks! yeahhhh right!

GuyPinestra User is Offline

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10/30/2008 9:57 PM	Alert
Posted By BOB on 10/30/2008 9:55 PM Yeahhh double standards because we have such a vast history of whites being lynched by blacks! yeahhhh right! It's politics, not race, BOB. Your liberal white guilt is showing again...

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BOB

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10/30/2008 10:14 PM	Alert
Posted By GuyPinestra on 10/30/2008 9:57 PM Posted By BOB on 10/30/2008 9:55 PM Yeahhh double standards because we have such a vast history of whites being lynched by blacks! yeahhhh right! It's politics, not race, BOB. Your liberal white guilt is showing again... *No es possible! Yo no soy wero!...soy verde!*

Wompus

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10/30/2008 10:22 PM	Alert
Sorry, you must have pressed numero dos. In America we speak English. And I think you said DOH, but I only speak English...

BOB

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10/30/2008 10:33 PM	Alert
Posted By Wompus on 10/30/2008 10:22 PM Sorry, you must have pressed numero dos. In America we speak English. And I think you said DOH, but I only speak English... *In America we are free to speak as we wish ese!!!* *Hell we can even speak in tongues!*

jhall

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10/31/2008 6:44 AM	Alert


All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. --Edmund Burke

geewiz

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10/31/2008 6:58 AM	Alert
Dang does this mean my obama targets are out of the question.

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AzSandSlinger User is Offline

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10/31/2008 8:08 AM	Alert
Double Standard? did you ride the short bus to school JHall? If so, I'll excuse you.. If not, let me clue you in on some pointers.. 1. The students hung an effigy of Obama on PUBLIC PROPERTY as a prank (read: vandalism)... 2. The West Hollywood homeowner hung an effigy of Palin on PRIVATE PROPERTY as part of a Halloween display Do I agree with either one? no.. they were both in bad taste.. but I am smart enough to realize the difference between the 2.. -Shane

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caveman

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10/31/2008 10:43 AM	Alert
Posted By jhall on 10/30/2008 9:27 PM http://www.kentucky.com/471/story/574675.html Dont ya love the double standard? LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A University of Kentucky student and another man were arrested Thursday, accused of hanging a life-sized likeness of Barack Obama from a tree on the campus. The incident was one of several in recent weeks involving effigies of the presidential candidates or their running mates. No charges have been filed in four other cases that have made national headlines. UK Interim Police Chief Joe Monroe said the men "expressed remorse for a stunt that had gotten out of hand." Arrested were Joe Fischer, 22, a UK student, and Hunter Bush, 21, both of Lexington. Both were being held at Fayette County Detention Center on charges of disorderly conduct related to the hanging of the effigy. They were also charged with burglary and theft at a fraternity house where police said the materials came from. Lt. Tina Strange, a deputy jailer at the detention center, did not know who the men's attorneys were. She said they were each being held on $7,600 bond. Monroe said the two men told detectives they decided to hang the effigy after seeing media reports about a Sarah Palin effigy in California. Witnesses who saw the effigy Wednesday said it was life-sized with an Obama Halloween mask, a suit jacket and sweat pants. It was found hanging from a tree with a noose around its neck. UK President Lee Todd said the effigy violates the university's code of ethics, and Fischer faces punishment that could include expulsion. "As outrageous and offensive an act as the effigy was, I truly believe it has mobilized our campus, the community and the state in an effort to battle racism," Todd said Thursday. It was the second time in about a month such an effigy was found on a college campus. George Fox University, a small Christian college in Oregon, recently punished four students who confessed to hanging a likeness of Obama from a tree. Meanwhile, a Redondo Beach, Calif., woman removed a Halloween effigy of Barack Obama that was hanging from her balcony with a butcher knife in its neck. She took it down Thursday after neighbors complained. In West Hollywood, Calif., a man removed an effigy of GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin from his yard Wednesday after several weeks of complaints. And in Clarksville, Ind., a man had hanged an inflatable doll made to look like Obama from a tree. He took it down Wednesday, and authorities said it didn't appear to violate any state laws. What is a double standard? I don't see what you are comparing this to.

asugrl

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10/31/2008 1:34 PM	Alert
Not surprising. Some guy in CA did the same thing with Palin, all in fun he says. He finally took it down, but it already left people wondering what would happen if someone did the same to an Obama doll. It has nothing to do with race, and everything to do with simply hating people who don't share your same view, which is ridiculous.

jhall

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10/31/2008 2:18 PM	Alert
I understand it was public property. You know they wouldn't have been arrested had it been palin or mccain

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. --Edmund Burke

caveman

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10/31/2008 2:40 PM	Alert
Posted By jhall on 10/31/2008 2:18 PM I understand it was public property. You know they wouldn't have been arrested had it been palin or mccain This was done in the South which has a history of lynching blacks. I don't see how inciting racial hatred is a case of a double standard.

AzSandSlinger User is Offline

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10/31/2008 3:05 PM	Alert
JHall still doesn't get it... The difference? I'll type it phonetically so you understand... read it slowly.. Van - duh - li - zim... No double-standard.. one is a crime and the other was exercising free speech and satire.. regardless of whether it was Palin, McCain, Obama, Biden, Bush, etc... -Shane

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drummer72

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10/31/2008 4:46 PM	Alert
JHall and Cholo are scum...end of story.

"Everything for everyone and nothing for ourselves"

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10/31/2008 5:35 PM	Alert
Posted By AzSandSlinger on 10/31/2008 8:08 AM Double Standard? did you ride the short bus to school JHall? If so, I'll excuse you.. If not, let me clue you in on some pointers.. 1. The students hung an effigy of Obama on PUBLIC PROPERTY as a prank (read: vandalism)... 2. The West Hollywood homeowner hung an effigy of Palin on PRIVATE PROPERTY as part of a Halloween display Do I agree with either one? no.. they were both in bad taste.. but I am smart enough to realize the difference between the 2.. -Shane My son rides the little bus. Please don't insult him by comparing him to some of the people on this site! Despite being very limited verbally, I have taught him to say, "President Obama!"

BOB

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11/01/2008 10:42 PM	Alert
*OMG did someone say Palin was hung like an effigy! wait til the msm gets a hold of this!!!*

Wompus

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11/02/2008 8:50 AM	Alert
How is it vandalism if nothing was destroyed ot altered? They weren't charged with vandalism, they were charged with disorderly conduct, burglary and theft. It wasn't public property, it was land owned by the university. These guys simply expressed their artistic expression at an institution of so called higher learning... well unless it insults a democrat. I have said time and time again that both groups are idiots but the only difference is that the douche in Hollyweird gets a wink and a nod from the mayor and these 2 guys in college get a criminal record.... for doing the same thing. As for teaching your kid to say that foul statement... you don't need a license to be a parent... too bad.

drummer72

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11/02/2008 12:08 PM	Alert
Obama was hung like a horse...is what I heard.

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corman

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11/02/2008 1:06 PM	Alert
You should know....because you have been stroking him long enough...

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