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Think popping the question at Medieval Times is bad? Brace yourself. A man in Baltimore used actual cops to stage a fake police raid as part of what has to be the worst wedding proposal we've ever heard of.Jon S. Cardin, left, a State Delegate from Baltimore called the city police commissioner and commissioned up some cops to stage a raid on the boat he was cruising on with his girlfriend. After police marine and helicopter units circled the craft, some of them boarded, pretended to ransack it, and then hauled out a box with a ring in it.
Cardin and the city of Baltimore -- a town so plagued by crime and police corruption that they made a hit HBO show about how plagued by crime and police corruption it is -- are in a hot water for using on-duty cops, helicopters and boats to stage the proposal. Thankfully (?), he's offered to repay every last taxpayer dollar spent on scaring the Christ out of his girlfriend via S.W.A.T. team.
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Saturday 22 August
By rebecca
ok, so it wasnt the most romantic proposal, but i think his heart was in the right place....maybe he likes to be humerous and thought that it was funny, and as long as he pays back whatever it cost, then why would you have him **black balled** ??? give him some slack.....it's a once in a lifetime thing and i think he just got carried away....
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Sunday 23 August
By agnes
OMG ARE YOU SERIOUS!?!
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS GUY!!
EVEN IF IT DIDNT MAKE NEWS OR DIDNT COST A THING
THIS WAS A REALLY STUPID NON FUNNY JOKE
SHE SHOULD RUN!
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Saturday 22 August
By j peters
I am sorry, but I think that is hilarious! wonder if he doesnt have a black eye from her socking him first! sorry. waste of money, probably, creative, for sure, and funny. pay it back, and have a laugh people. lighten up for christ sake!
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Sunday 23 August
By socrfr999
Totally agree, j peter. I thought this was hilarious. Was it romantic, not really but, props for creativity. And definately memorable. Did it waste time and money, probably but, no need to be uptight about it. Enjoy it for the crazy, ridiculous stunt it was.
Saturday 22 August
By m
two words:
MO RON!!!
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Saturday 22 August
By Paul
Hey, did you read it? The author wrote "...scaring the Christ out of..." not the "socks," which was merely suggested as a much more suitable and inoffensive alternative by the writer to whom you refer.
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Sunday 23 August
By senselesssleep
maybe the commissioner should be part of the blame, allowing the cops and such to be "commissioned up"
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Sunday 23 August
By K
First of all the Wire never featured crooked cops. The only corruption shown was of local politicians which is more suited to your story anyway, so maybe you should watch it before you say something about it.
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Sunday 23 August
By Jade
Taylor, read his comment again, he doesn't say "scared the socks off" is offensive, he is using it as an example of what WOULDN'T have been offensive. He says using 'scared the Christ out of her" was offensive which I don't think it is in this setting as he's not taking the name in vain, he is using it as a tool of measurement as to how much she was scared......
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Sunday 23 August
By Bill
Well, technically; a question. If she actually had Christ scared out of her would she have to be re-saved or would that situation be overlooked by the Holy Trinity and Christ allowed to re-enter after the scaring? And would she be allowed to eat hot dogs on Friday since there is no Christ in her? This religion stuff has become VERY confusing. I can't see the offensiveness of the statement at all. Perhaps she wasn't even wearing socks, considering the fact they were on a boat at the time but then it doesn't really explain what they were doing on that boat except for the delegate wasting city funds by showing off his ability to call in helicopters and marine police but alas! if she were filled with Christ then she should have had the option to call down a host of angels to intervene, or at least part the waters and divert the marine police from boarding; I'd think. Not sure. OK...I'm done. Did I waste any space here?
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Tuesday 29 December
By Sally G
LOL! You wasted no space whatsoever; I enjoyed the speculation. Why didn't those angels appear, anyway? The Heavenly Host must have thought he was the right guy, since they didn't intervene?
To the complainer who preferred "socks being scared off"—PC speech censorship can and does go way too far, IMHO—and many of my friends "accuse" me of being PC myself. Hyperbole, humor, and criticism all have their place in intelligent communication and use of language.
Thursday 30 September
By brattypants
bwahahahahahahah! Love your sarcasm and insight! some people really need to stop complaining and criticising and do something productive with themselves!
Sunday 23 August
By Danielle
What on earth is he going to do to her if he's mad at her? Throw a cobra into bed with her while she's sleeping? Have someone call to "jokingly...ha-ha" tell her someone she loves is dead?
If he thought this was acceptable, what's left that he considers inacceptable?
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Tuesday 25 August
By AJ
I admit he shouldn't have scared his girlfriend, but I guess he just wanted it to be a moment she would never forget. I'm not that appalled by it really, at least he wants to be with her for life and not just shack up for ten years have a bunch of babies and then when the youngest is about ready for marriage he takes his girlfriend to City Hall. That's just my opinion.
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Tuesday 25 August
By Pj
The only reason he is reimbursing the city is because he got caught. If the story never went public, he wouldn't shell out one penny for this ridiculous act. What a lucky girl. I'll bet she'll love being seen in public with him and getting publically humiliated on a daily basis for marrying an idiot politician who feels he can squander the time and expense of a city police dept. And the police commisioner is a bigger idiot for allowing it to happen. The fact she said yes tells me she's as dumb as a box of rocks, and likely an ex stripper turned gold digger who threw her vial of cocaine overboard when the ''raid'' began. And I'm sure she has the personality of a wet mop. Wouldn't surprise me that in a couple years she shoots his ass because she caught him screwing an ex stripper turned goldigger with the personality of a wet mop.
His father is an idiot too. Senator Ben Cardin. Basically because he's an Obama jock strap who supports the idiotic Health Plan. But I will give Ben credit for having the balls to face his constituents in more than 1 Town Hall in Md. More than I can say for his gutless colleagues ''representing'' the citizens of Md. who haven't been seen or heard from since they went on summer break.
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Wednesday 26 August
By LEGAL REPORTER
what an idiot...they should have put him in a state mental instituion instead....a scary type of guy...the girl must be just as sick..or in it for his money...two sorry saps...
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Thursday 15 April
By night stalker
THIS IS SO UNCOOL
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Monday 24 May
By IlikePie
Get your head out of your ass, Paul.
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Monday 14 June
By Allie
When ever an article on the internet or a television broadcast brings up Baltimore, they always give us a bad rep. Why must this be? I've lived here my whole life. Yes of course this is a bad place to live. But it sounds like a hell hole from the way people talk about it. I grew up here, and I'm personally fine. But my point here is that whenever a story takes place in good ol' balto-with the exception of the sweet ones such as the storyline to 'He's Just NOT That Into You'-it's either a murder case, a raid, or a sport story for the Orioles or Ravens. Please, publishers, gives us a little bit of good rep once in a while--Ken Kwopis was able to do so!!
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Thursday 16 December
By Kim
This guy is a twit, why would a man who want's to do this to the Love of his life, why not just take the girl out for a nice dinner or better still have a nice dinner at home and propose in his undies like my husband did. It certainly made me laugh and defiantly said yes. Guys do something romantic for your loved ones because they are going to remember it for the rest of there lives.
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