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Turner & Hooch (1989)
IMDB rating: 5.50
Plot: Scott Turner has 3 days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some “real” cases, not just misdemeanors. Then Amos Reed is murdered, and Scott Turner sets himself on the case. The closest thing to a witness in the case is Amos Reed’s dog, Hooch, which Scott Turner has to take care of if it’s going to avoid being “put to sleep”.
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Turner & Hooch
Directors: Spottiswoode Roger
Actors: Hanks Tom,Nelson Craig T.,VelJohnson Reginald,Paulin Scott,Quinn J.C.,McIntire John,Knell David,Smith Ebbe Roe,Scannell Kevin,Bailey Joel,Lively Ernie,Kusatsu Clyde,Comedy,Crime,Thriller,
Those who favor congressional representation for DC usually talk about taxation without representation…?
…as their primary reason for ignoring the Constitution in the name of "fairness".
If this is so, do they also propose extending the right to vote in federal elections to Miley Cyrus and other young performers who are most certainly taxed much more than is the average resident of DC? How about (legal) resident aliens, who are taxed at the same rate as US citizens? Perhaps they’d like to enfranchise the dog from "Turner and Hooch" as well, as I’m sure he was compensated for his performance.
My point is that the Constitution is pretty plain about the D in DC standing for District. It is not a state, and only states are entitled to congressional representation. Why do so many people refuse to acknowledge this simple fact?
Anyone who lives in DC who wants a representative in congress can move without restriction. If you stay, you are a volunteer.
wartz | Mar 03, 2009
Why do you think – they know it would be a democrat.
Thomasina Paine | Mar 03, 2009
The original purpose for the District of Columbia (DC) was to house people that worked for the government…so it was thought unwise to have people voting that might have a vested interest in the outcome. Today however, many residents in DC do not work for the government…and for them, they do pay federal taxes without being able to vote. I am not sure how we might go about allowing them to have a say in what their government does without also including those that might have that vested interest of which I spoke.
Poohcat1 | Mar 03, 2009
First, who in DC is paying taxes? The politicians certainly don’t as proved by not being able to seat a cabinet.
I agree with you 100%.
Fonz | Mar 03, 2009
The District was never intended to be a home to anybody. It was a place that people came to to do their duties, then went home afterward. Like a big version of a county courthouse square. This squawking about their rights reminds me of people that buy land at the end of an airport runway because the land was cheap — then start up petitions to close the airport because of the noise.
skonch01 | Mar 03, 2009
Who really would want to live in DC anyways? Ever been there? It’s a dump. The entire east part of DC is crime ridden, the only people who work there are immigrants since the locals refuse to work, choosing rather to live off the government and use drugs.
The West part of DC is where all the lobbyists live who make there living bribing our politicians.
Then you have the few White working class areas that have been there since DC was founded, that put up with all the crap because it is where they came from and don’t want to give it up.
If DC became a state, then it would be the poorest for sure, and all those free museums would likely start adding admission fees. DC might as well go back to Maryland then.
Me | Mar 03, 2009
They just view the Constitution as a nice poem with no legal powers because it clearly no longer holds any sway over our government. Even if Bush broke it, Obama is running it through the shredder and burning it.
Reason Enforcer | Mar 03, 2009
Your reasoning is faulty. A child star like Cyrus does pay taxes but she also has representation. She just can’t vote for it until she is of legal age but she can call, write, lobby, and influence her fully voting representative and senators because she does have them. Whereas a tax paying citizen of the District doesn’t have a fully voting representative at all. Under your logic a child star from DC would pay taxes perpetually and never have full representation.
Legal resident aliens aren’t citizens so that is moot. But again, they do have a path to representation in the place where they choose to live whereas DC residents don’t.
grob | Mar 03, 2009
