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  1. JohnnyD
    Just do the math on your starting $/hr and per diem. You're nowhere near 60k. It would be a real shame to get all hyped up and then think your getting screwed by your gf's dad, which would then cause trouble at home with the gf. Not an easy situation.
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    Change your major.
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    Ding ding ding! It was said that 70% of Americans support such research. So those 70-percenters just need to put their money where their mouth is, and pony up some donations to do it on their own, without taxpayer funding. Don't take money from people who don't agree with it. Liberals: Quit your bitching, and donate. Or do you prefer to be charitable only with other people's money? What about the office of faith based initiatives? Should that be closed immediately?
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    Suzanne sucks pussy!
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    You just got your Ovaltine Super Secret Decoder Ring in the mail, right?
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    Those boys are folk heros. Those boys are criminals. Yeah, well most folk heroes started out as criminals.
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    Dave's a killer!! Dave's a mess.
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    Dan, In all the rhetoric you read, please know that while many of us are very much against staying in Iraq one minute longer, we are eternally grateful for your service. Keep doing what you have to do over there and hopefully we can get you home asap.
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    What happened to we can definitively prove...... I hope the American public refuses to buy into the same weak sales pitch again.
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    I believe you left the most significant member of that group off that list. It is unbelievable to me that people squabble so endlessly over whether the skunks are black on white or white on black. They're still all skunks. The important people are out there in green with guns. Every day I read SC I am amazed how forgotten they truely are in the endless sea of sophmoric nicknames and insults.
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    That was done with an ink pen and a piece of paper?
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    PhillyKev AggieDave That's all I'm saying.
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    While I agree with all that, are we not killing Iraqis in far greater numbers than SH was?
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    Breaking news! May 9, 2007 Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, the US State Department today proclaimed that the United States does not torture prisoners. This, of course, would not include enemy combatants, who are not prisoners and don't fall under the protections of the Geneva Conventions. These combatants are clearly a threat to America and are forced to drink water upside down through their nose while having their Islamic balls shocked off. Accordingly, they are afforded no protections under the US Constitution because they are imprisoned outside US soil expressly for that purpose. To clarify in closing, The United States does not torture prisoners.
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    I guess I find it offensive that people would accuse more than 50% of the American Congress of outright treason. As I typed that, it just sounded so ridiculous that I am not offended, but also not amused. I guess its actually pretty sad.
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    It did stop all the torture and executions - committed by Saddam. Unfortunately, the US has far greater resources and is much more efficient at it.
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    I see this crap posted from time to time. Is it just me, or am I the only one who finds this to be about the most ridiculously offensive and completely unbelievable bullshit to creep into the forums? For me, that someone would actually believe this, even a little bit, truely speaks volumes about their character.
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    You're being sarcastic right? Driving IS more dangerous than skydiving. The dull thumping noise you hear is lot of people banging their heads on their desks.
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    I often wonder if the administration of those schools collectively cringe every time he is unable to put together a coherent thought.
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    Kennedy - I'm actually really glad some actual cops got .02 on this. What really surprised me about the article wasn't that there is an actual quota, but the admission of it. I've never heard anything but complete denial of true quotas until this article. IMO, the admission is damaging to DPD's image among the public. The public will now believe they are just being pulled over to fill the officer's quota and the inevitable will follow - isn't there an actual crime being committed somewhere? Here in Denver, the public trust in DPD is very low. This is absolutely not going to help. IMO, even if they have a quota, they shouldn't admit it.
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    I agree that a performance measurement for an officer should be that he/she issues a _reasonable_ amount of citations. That, of course is a subjective measurement that seeks the middle road between never writing and doing nothing but writing. When you put a number on it, it is no longer subjective - its a quota.
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    I would think it is only a part of the performance measurement program and not the only part. I know that here in Toronto tickets written is part of the performance measurement of uniformed officers on general duties, I don't see what the issue is with that. I would want an officer who only gives warnings and never writes a tickets to be asked why by his superior. I agree that a supervisor worth his weight in piss will know if a cop is out there only writing tickets or never writing tickets and neither extreme is good. However, when you institute a quota, you are dictating the daily performance of your officers. If they miss it one day, they will try to make it up another day. Their focus will turn from being a good cop to writing an average of 16 per shift = good cop = raise & promotion. Performance goals such as these are counter productive and, again, a clear indication of a failure in leadership.
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    I think it is used as a performance measurement tool, like in many other police departments around the world. Peer review and community feedback alone are not enough. Plus, Community Feedback in a city of for instance 4 million is not really effective at all.... There are not many cities with 4 mil people (@ 550,000 in Denver). Further, you are assigned to a station that covers a smaller portion than the city. People should know who you are. Business owners should know who you are. You are there to protect and serve the law abiding citizens. The fact that there is not only a quota, but a publicly acknowledged one is a clear sign of leadership problems.
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    16 - that is a quota. Writing 16 tickets a shift certainly doesn't make you a good cop and possibly indicates you are a bad one. True measures of performance are peer based and community feedback. edit: Imagine this - right at the start of your shift, you are called to a nasty fatal accident. Highway blocked off, hazmat clean up, multiple fatalities. Takes a lot of time in the field and who knows how muck paperwork. On top of that you have to go out and bust out 16 traffic tickets, because that is how you are really being judged.