Comments on: Nonsense, Absurd, Ridiculous, Inexplicable

By: Dave Schuler

Dave Schuler — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 00:27:21 +0000

“Well, we don’t have laws quite as dopey as California,”

Sounds like a good candidate for replacing “The Sunshine State” on the license plates.

By: FredW

FredW — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:05:51 +0000

Wow - it's a good thing Rush Limbaugh was not caught in Florida - he would have really been in trouble there

By: G.A.Phillips

G.A.Phillips — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:56:57 +0000

You guys should spend some time in Wisconsin, we are well armed stupid and drunk.

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:30:37 +0000

Grewgills: Nope. It only means that we have a healthy enough distrust of government that even the government recognizes it. We don't expect 'nanny' to wipe our bottoms all the time. Of course, I'm not speaking for all Floridians. Fark.com doesn't have the 'Florida' tag for nothing, after all....

By: Grewgills

Grewgills — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:40:59 +0000

But John does point to one thing that clearly settles the issue of which state is more dopey; Florida does have a “must issue” law when it comes to firearms and licenses.

I don't see how that would settle things in Florida's favor. We may be stupid, but at least we're well armed?

By: Steve Verdon

Steve Verdon — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:41:43 +0000

Steve: As a Floridian, I'll ask that you restate your assertion about stupid Floridians. Perhaps more apt would be: stupid local judges and attorneys.

As a Californian, I'm quite sympathetic to your plight. However, the problem is that these are drug laws that were passed by the legislature in Floridia...in short, Floridians, not all of them to be sure, but enough of them favored this kind of stuff for the legislature to put these kind of things in place.

But not all of us meet the stupid criteria. Why, some of us even voted for Bush in 2000, a majority, in fact. We also have "must issue" on the matter of concealed carry.

Okay, you win. You guys aren't as stupid as us Californians. Damn, I was really hoping to shift that moniker over to another state.

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:11:01 +0000

Steve: As a Floridian, I'll ask that you restate your assertion about stupid Floridians. Perhaps more apt would be: stupid local judges and attorneys. I'll even accept "Stupid Floridians are really stupid". But not all of us meet the stupid criteria. Why, some of us even voted for Bush in 2000, a majority, in fact. We also have "must issue" on the matter of concealed carry.

By: Radley Balko

Radley Balko — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:24:42 +0000

The "hydrocodone" the text is referring to is the Vicodin. The marijuana was obviously illegal, but it was a misdemeanor amount. Hardly worth 25 years.

My guess is they were trying to nail him for the pot and the fact that he was convicted of drug charges in the 1980s.

By: Steve Verdon

Steve Verdon — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:19:48 +0000

The hydrocodone is the vicodin, the marijuana was illegal, but only enough to warrant a misdemeanor charge.

By: Fersboo

Fersboo — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:14:47 +0000

Tampa airport police arrested O’Hara in August 2004 after they found the hydrocodone and a small amount of marijuana in his illegally parked and unattended bread truck.

Was the hydrocodone and marijuana legal?

By: davod

davod — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:51:31 +0000

Why did the defense and the judge stop the defense of having a prescription?

By: floyd

floyd — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:33:07 +0000

Steve;
Thank you for bringing our attention to this travesty!
It seems "inexplicable, absurd,unreasonable, and ridiculous" that this story isn't all over the national media.
As you point out,this is not an isolated incident.
Sorry to say, but it sounds as though there may be legislative remedies necessary!

By: cirby

cirby — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:16:32 +0000

Seems like his first action should be to sue the defense attorney for being a complete moron.