kallend 2,106 #1 December 28, 2005 www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,179842,00.html news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4563212.stm... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhondaLea 4 #2 December 28, 2005 I really hope they remove this guy from the bench. rlIf you don't know where you're going, you should know where you came from. Gullah Proverb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,563 #3 December 28, 2005 I agree with Fox. That is a serious abuse of restraining orders. The judge is a moron.Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
micro 0 #4 December 28, 2005 They wouldn't call her a prophet when she couldn't -walk on water -turn water to wine -heal the blind -raise the dead -etc etc No prophetess card for her. I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #5 December 28, 2005 Nope they would have stoned her..... since she was refusing to get the proper message from a man. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
micro 0 #6 December 28, 2005 QuoteNope they would have stoned her..... since she was refusing to get the proper message from a man. Yet a man saved a woman from stoning after being caught in a "stonable offense." hmmm... interesting. I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GTAVercetti 0 #7 December 28, 2005 QuoteThey wouldn't call her a prophet when she couldn't -walk on water -turn water to wine -heal the blind -raise the dead -etc etc No prophetess card for her. wait a damn minute! did all of the prohets do that? I don't remember Abraham or Daniel or any prophet keeping the party rolling with the wine trick. Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #8 December 28, 2005 QuoteYet a man saved a woman from stoning after being caught in a "stonable offense." hmmm... interesting. Adn he saved her by shaming the men there by telling them that the first one without sin should cast the first stone. and then told her to sin no more. ONe save as opposed to?????? THOUSANDS Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
micro 0 #9 December 28, 2005 QuoteQuoteYet a man saved a woman from stoning after being caught in a "stonable offense." hmmm... interesting. Adn he saved her by shaming the men there by telling them that the first one without sin should cast the first stone. and then told her to sin no more. ONe save as opposed to?????? THOUSANDS Who knows how many women were saved from that ONE incident. I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #10 December 28, 2005 The judge should have just given this lady an aluminum foil hat & sent her on her way. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #11 December 28, 2005 Boy, can you guys hijack a thread, or what?? Back on topic: maybe the judge is or is not a moron; but more to the point, he was lazy. Temporary Restraining Orders are designed to be granted on an emergency basis (i.e., for a day or two, until an injunction hearing can be held) without "the other side" being present, but that still does not relieve a judge of the duty to READ THE DAMNED APPLICATION in the first place. Even a TRO request must meet minimal threshold requirements, such as not being beamed down from Saturn, and this judge obviously just signed the document in front of him without bothering to read it. Lazy shit. The only thing worse than a stupid judge is a lazy one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GTAVercetti 0 #12 December 28, 2005 Quote such as not being beamed down from Saturn That is why I wear the foil hat.Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #13 December 28, 2005 Quote but that still does not relieve a judge of the duty to READ THE DAMNED APPLICATION in the first place. The judge said he HAD read the application before he signed it, according to the article. The article also implies that most likely, the judge was covering his ass because after it happened a news story about it reavealed that the judge's colleagues were saying he often doesn't bother to read documents before signing them. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #14 December 28, 2005 From the newspaper Free New Mexican: QuoteIn the application for the restraining order, which was filed Thursday, Nestler alleges that between May 1994 and now, Letterman forced her to go bankrupt and caused her “mental cruelty” and “sleep deprivation.” Nestler — who lived in Nevada, New Jersey, New York City, Maine and Santa Fe during that period — requested that Letterman, who tapes his show in New York, stay at least 3 yards from her and that he not “think of me, and release me from his mental harassment and hammering,” according to the application. Nestler’s application was accompanied by a typed, six-page , double-spaced letter in which she said Letterman used code words, gestures and “eye expressions” to convey his desire to marry her and train her as his co-host . Her story also involves Regis Philbin, Kathie Lee Gifford and Kelsey Grammer, whom Nestler says either supported or attempted to thwart her “relationship” with Letterman, according to the letter. Nestler wrote that she began sending Letterman “thoughts of love” after the Late Show With David Letterman began on CBS in 1993. “Dave responded to my thoughts of love, and, on his show, in code words & obvious indications through jestures (sic) and eye expressions, he asked me to come east,” she wrote. Then, three days before Thanksgiving in 1993, Letterman asked Nestler to be his wife during a televised “teaser” for his show when he said, “Marry me Oprah,” Nestler wrote in the letter. “Oprah had become my first of many code names,” she wrote. “... (A)s time passed, the code-vocabulary increased & changed, but in the beginning things like ‘C’ on baseball caps referred to me, and specific messages through songs sung by his guests, were the beginnings of what became an elaborate means of communication between he and myself.” Nestler, who apparently lived in Maine as late as this year, doesn’t provide a reason for why she sought the restraining order recently. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #15 December 28, 2005 I usually don't defend restraining orders anymore unless there are kids involved. The reason is that at the very least I can help get some custody and visitation orders from it. TRO's are way too easy to get. In fact, they are a kind of "poor man's divorce." All the judge needs to do is make a discretionary finding that an act of abuse occurred, or there is a reasonable fear of an act of abuse. Judges have a lot of latitude to deny them, but no judge wants to read about himself/herself in the paper one day that he/she denied a TRO for the mother of two who was just killed by her abusive boyfriend. Honestly, if I hear a person has a restraining order against him, I really don't think less of the person. It's sad, ain't it? My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,106 #16 December 28, 2005 QuoteQuote such as not being beamed down from Saturn That is why I wear the foil hat. It occurs to me that many here may not be in possession of some very critical knowledge. Click here for instructions.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuvToFly 0 #17 December 28, 2005 Thank goodness for this post! Here I thought I was the only one going through this. Donald Trump has been mentally harassing me for years - ever since I can remember. And frankly, I'm tired of it. I wonder what Sanchez' schedule looks like next week, and it we could wrap up a quick financial settlement... Also, it's important to note that aluminum foil doesn't work. I've alternately tried steel-wool earmuffs and full-metal jackets, but that bastard still gets through. He's got to pay, I tell you! Here a question that's been bugging me though; can't figure out why it's only rich people or celebrities that seem to pose a threat to this woman. Isn't there any poor folks or no name harassment going on there...?? hmmmmmmmmm "The helicopter approaches closer than any other to fulfillment of mankind's ancient dreams of a magic carpet" - Igor Sikorsky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #18 December 28, 2005 QuoteQuote That is why I wear the foil hat. It occurs to me that many here may not be in possession of some very critical knowledge. Gosh! Get with it, John. Tin Foil Hats will not stop "them". Strangely, tinfoil actually amplifies signals allocated to the US Government. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/10/1839224&tid=133__ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,106 #19 December 28, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuote That is why I wear the foil hat. It occurs to me that many here may not be in possession of some very critical knowledge. Gosh! Get with it, John. Tin Foil Hats will not stop "them". Strangely, tinfoil actually amplifies signals allocated to the US Government. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/10/1839224&tid=133 Andy, you know as well as I do that this is just a Government funded plot to stop people wearing appropriate protection. Who do you think funds MIT's Lincoln Lab, the FSM?... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yamtx73 0 #20 December 28, 2005 I want some of what that judge was smoking... he had to be stoned out of his mind to grant a restraining order.....The only naturals in this sport shit thru feathers... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuvToFly 0 #21 December 28, 2005 QuoteI want some of what that judge was smoking... he had to be stoned out of his mind to grant a restraining order..... Ah.. but the real question is how will the court ever know if Letterman is complying with the order? He'd have to wear a "Brain Bracelet" to assure that his thoughts go no where near this woman. A little touch to enforce. My guess is he's thinking some very "special" thought about her, right now.... "The helicopter approaches closer than any other to fulfillment of mankind's ancient dreams of a magic carpet" - Igor Sikorsky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yamtx73 0 #22 December 28, 2005 QuoteQuoteI want some of what that judge was smoking... he had to be stoned out of his mind to grant a restraining order..... Ah.. but the real question is how will the court ever know if Letterman is complying with the order? He'd have to wear a "Brain Bracelet" to assure that his thoughts go no where near this woman. A little touch to enforce. My guess is he's thinking some very "special" thought about her, right now.... LOL.. I'm sure he has a few rather choice thoughts he'd like to share with her too...The only naturals in this sport shit thru feathers... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
micro 0 #23 December 29, 2005 that is likely the funniest thing I've ever seen you post! thanks for the laugh. I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #24 December 29, 2005 I think, the poor woman is certifiable and should be fitted with a coat with a built-in hug! Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhondaLea 4 #25 December 29, 2005 QuoteI think, the poor woman is certifiable and should be fitted with a coat with a built-in hug! If she thinks she's getting coded signals from the TV, she's probably schizophrenic, or at the very least, prone to psychotic breaks. So there doesn't seem to be much blame to assign there. The judge, however, needs to have his head examined. What he did in signing the TRO is inexcusable, and as I said above, he should be removed from the bench. rlIf you don't know where you're going, you should know where you came from. Gullah Proverb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
