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pat_k

(12,665 posts)
Fri Mar 21, 2025, 01:19 PM Mar 2025

DOGE to the courts:

Last edited Fri Mar 21, 2025, 03:08 PM - Edit history (2)

We are Federales. You know, the mounted police.

If you're the police, where are your badges?

Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you no stinkin' badges!


On Edit:
For a little anti-racist antidote to the stereotyping, think about purchasing Luis Valdez' Zoot Suit and Other Plays, including "I Don't Have to Show You No Stinking Badges"

https://sites.nd.edu/artnow/luis-valdez/



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DOGE to the courts: (Original Post) pat_k Mar 2025 OP
Whenever I see that movie at home, murielm99 Mar 2025 #1
The lines are classic. pat_k Mar 2025 #2

murielm99

(32,692 posts)
1. Whenever I see that movie at home,
Fri Mar 21, 2025, 04:20 PM
Mar 2025

I rewind it and watch that scene several times. I LOL.

Yes, I know it is racist. But crooks come in every shade and ethnicity. The Anglos in this movie are no better.

pat_k

(12,665 posts)
2. The lines are classic.
Fri Mar 21, 2025, 04:33 PM
Mar 2025

I can't even begin to count the number of times in my life "I don't have to show you no stinkin' badges!" says it all about some situation.

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