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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 09:38 AM
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Man Arrested For Spitting In The Face Of Jane Fonda
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. --


Police said they arrested a man for spitting on two-time Academy Award-winning actress Jana Fonda during a book-signing stop in Kansas City Tuesday night.

Fonda, 67, spoke at Unity Temple, in The Plaza shopping district, about her new best-selling book, "My Life So Far," and her new movie with Jennifer Lopez called "Monster-In-Law."

At about 9 p.m., police said, a man who had been waiting in line for about 90 minutes, passed a book to Fonda and then spit a large amount of tobacco juice into her face.

They said the man then ran away and was taken into custody by off-duty officers, who were providing security for the event.

Fonda declined to prosecute the man.

Michael A. Smith, 54, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, which is a city charge.

In 1972, Fonda was photographed sitting in a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft tank. About her involvement in the Vietnam War, Fonda has apologized for her anti-aircraft tank photo. She has called it an incredible lapse in judgment.

http://www.news4jax.com/entertainment/4397174/detail.html
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 09:43 AM
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1. Tobacco juice. That is beyond disgusting.
"Fonda declined to prosecute the man."

Wow. She must really believe in turning the other cheek and other teachings of Jesus.
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dArKeR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 09:59 AM
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14. Herpes, AIDS, SARS, Bird Flu... this is much different than a pie in the
face. Much much different. Forcing your bodily fluids into another persons body is sick. This should be an "Attempted Murder" type felony charge. Jane should NOT have to decide to press charges. This should be an automatic Felony.

I should assume this person is completely uneducated. United States Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamar, in the Fog of War, said everything we had done in Vietnam was wrong, immoral, murder, and Crimes Against Humanity. McNamar is preparing to explain his murders to God. As all the NeoNaziCon types of the times are dying off, they all know they are slated for Hell for the Crimes Against Humanity they committed.

http://www.sonyclassics.com/fogofwar/

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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 09:44 AM
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2. Well, the right-wing hate-filled nutjobs have their hero for the day.
Ugh.
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 09:45 AM
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3. Aren't freepers wonderful?
:puke:
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Blue Diadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 09:45 AM
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4. That's disgusting,
and the neo-nuts complain about pies..

Glad they got the guy.
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cry baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 09:46 AM
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5. Obviously a morally superior man.
If I were Fonda, I would have puked right on the spot. Tobacco juice - how incredibly believable. I bet he has a pick-um-up-truck and a gun rack with his gun in it. Probably carries his dog in the back without protection from falling out. Probably spits into a clear cup in public. Probably missing a few teeth. Overalls, maybe? Dirty fingernails?

But he is a god-loving, gay hatin' manly man.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 09:47 AM
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6. ah, a true vietnam spitting story
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 09:50 AM
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10. good one, sniffa
:thumbsup:
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 09:47 AM
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7. God, Guns and Tobacco Juice
That's what makes America grating
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 09:49 AM
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8. Disorderly conduct?
It's ok to spit BODY FLUIDS on a person and ONLY be charged with disorderly conduct? Aggrivated Assault, perhaps?

Are there not more charges that can be levied against this guy? Disorderly conduct---he will get off with a fine, a very SMALL fine.
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LiberallyInclined Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 09:51 AM
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12. an assault charge would require Fonda to press charges-
she's not going to.
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 09:49 AM
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9. Probably would have spit on Jesus for being a long-haired
liberal socialist peacenik Jew. That would have showed him.

Jane Fonda did what Jesus would have done, though: she forgave him.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 09:51 AM
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11. Tobacco juice, eh? That explains everything.
hyuck hyuck hyuck.

The freeps are probably considering this guy a hero.
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LiberallyInclined Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 09:54 AM
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13. most of them are- but some are above it.
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marions ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 09:59 AM
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15. slightly better than dog poop in the face...
which is what a flag-waving moran in a pickup threw at us anti-war demonstrators one time. Drive-by poop attack at close range. We were just happy it was not a little spray from his gun rack. Everyone was too paralyzed to get a license plate number. Will never forget that twisted red face with the steam coming out of the ears.
Satan lives.
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 10:23 AM
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16. Gee, Jane Fonda realizes she was wrong, apologizes, finds "God"
and people demonize her. (Apologizes repeatedly, mind you)

Yet, a guy serves in the Hitler youth, and in the German army, and people fly to Rome to be near him . . . hmmm
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 10:43 AM
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17. Isn't there a statute of limitations
Edited on Wed Apr-20-05 10:43 AM by Ellen Forradalom
on that kind of resentment? Give it up, already.
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LiberallyInclined Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 12:01 PM
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18. This is a metaphor for why the right will always have the 'upper hand'...
No matter what kind of shit they're willing to pull, once we have a position of power, we(the left) are always willing to 'forgive and forget'...and they know it. that's why they're not afraid to use the 'nuk-u-lar' option in the senate- they know that we would never retaliate in kind when we have the opportunity...that's why the texas repukes flaunt the laws and redraw districts to suit them in a non-census year...that's why george bush the elder granted the christmas pardons to his iran-contra crew...that's why they stole the election from Gore in BROAD DAYLIGHT...that's why they've decided it's easier just to steal the 'elections' from now on...that's why they shot kennedy...

that's why our side is destined to always be taking it up the ass...without lubrication.

but at least we get to feel good about knowing that we're doing the 'right thing'...isn't that what they usually tell rape victims to get them into court? - except that i don't see anyone getting up to testify.

it sucks being in a world/country/party where being spineless in the face of evil always seems to be 'the right thing'.
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Hobarticus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 12:05 PM
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19. Pretty fucking brave, spitting in a woman's face...
Regardless of whatever she's done, he's still a fucking pathetic right-wing kookaburra coward. I'd hate to see him take on someone his own size.
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thecai Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 12:07 PM
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20. Did She Punch Him For That?
Edited on Wed Apr-20-05 12:10 PM by thecai
It's commonly a natural relfex.:rofl:
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