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Clips from The Wire - Transitions (S05E05)

"Have it say,"
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""Butchie. Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil.""
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"Sign it, "Your true and loyal friend, Proposition Joe.""
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"You ain't thinking no kindly note gonna slow Omar coming at us."
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"It's how I feel. He was a good man."
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"- And Marlo? - Marlo is Marlo, man."
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"He weren't the one that put me in this trick bag."
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"The motherfucker who snuggled up and whispered in Marlo's ear did that."
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"I know what you thinking, and I ain't making a move against no kin,"
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"not till I got more to go on than words."
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"if the boy got 50 grand in his pocket,"
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"it ain't gonna be long before it jump out and find itself in some salesman hand."
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"And that kind of goody, we know."
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"In the meantime, if Omar coming for any of us, he coming for me."
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"And out of respect for that man's skill set,"
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"I'm gonna take myself out of the lineup after the meet tomorrow."
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"Till this shit sort itself out, Cheese gonna watch the shop."
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"You gonna watch Cheese."
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"Very clean. Very nice."
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"When I spoke before, about the condition of your money,"
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"The money, it came from the street,"
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"and so I thought you came... from the street."
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"I did."
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"I do."
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"It was not the money that concerned me. You have been more than generous,"
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"and this is a gift of an honorable man, clearly."
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"we would give you the wrong impression."
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"You come from the street?"
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"The street... doesn't concern us."
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"We know a man here, and we trust him."
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"But... to know more people, to learn more names,"
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"I'm not here to badmouth Prop Joe"
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"but people depend on me."
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"You're right. These are volatile times."
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"It is not unreasonable to carry insurance."
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"Be safe."
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"Your case."
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"Oh, y'all came a ways. Put it to expenses."
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"If we were to tell him no, he will still come back."
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"This he shows us."
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"But he is not Joe."
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"He is not Joe."
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"If I follow this, the senator's mother-in-law gave him $80,000"
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"Later, he paid the money back, which makes it a loan."
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"Which falsifies the loan application."
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"Title 18 of the U.S. Code, chapter 47, section 10-14,"
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"Loan And Credit Applications. 30 years and not to exceed $1 million."
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"The U.S. Attorney's office, call it "the head shot.""
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"30 years for something that every college kid does with a starter home."
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"Daddy loans you money to qualify;"
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"a couple years later, you pay him back. 30 years."
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"Outstanding work, Detective."
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"Counselor, a moment?"
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"Nothing to sneeze at, even without the bank charge."
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"Scott, good to meet you. Have a seat."
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"Next mouth needs fed is the Right Reverend Isaac Cason."
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"You want us to swallow Rawls, you'd better grease that morsel up good."
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"Rawls for 6 months, then Daniels. What, Daniels isn't black enough for you guys?"
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"Burrell came in here with bad stats. He lied to my face."
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"Rawls lied, too, but you're making him acting commissioner."
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"- This isn't getting us anywhere. - Only two more left."
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"Fine. How can I be of assistance to the good Reverend Cason?"
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"He has property he wants to convert to senior housing."
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"We're broke, but we could steer some Hud money his way."
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"That leaves Reverend Myrtle Smith."
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"She wants to extend parking to a vacant lot next to her church."
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"- It's city property. - That's it?"
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"- The last is the least. - A long-term lease, dollar a year."
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"Then there's the matter of Mcculloh Homes."
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"- of the state office complex. - Over 500 units."
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"Public housing. You'll need that Hope VI money for that."
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"- Is there any Hope VI money? - It doesn't matter."
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"All madam president wants from us is the green light."
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"You want him gone, right?"
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"It's good stuff."
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"Some of your feature work is a little wrought"
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"for what we do here language-wise, but it all shows initiative."
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"That's the style they want from me"
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"but to tell you the truth, I prefer to write it dry."
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"- You've been in Baltimore long? - Two years."
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"Wichita Eagle before that."
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"Well, they still beat us often enough in Annapolis"
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"for my Maryland desk to take them seriously."
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"You wanted to go to the page one meeting, right?"
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"That's the plan -"
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"and in six months, make him."
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"He's not the spic-and-span boy they think he is."
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"He came up in the eastern district, part of a bad drug unit"
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"that was skimming seized drug money. I had the feds..."
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"This isn't about Daniels. You came in with bad stats."
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"My numbers were clean, they had gone through staff review. You tell Carcetti..."
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"You're done. Carcetti has moved on you."
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"You tell him if he does me like this, I'll do Daniels."
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"Kill Daniels, and we end up with Bill Rawls as police commissioner."
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"The ministers, the caucus, the council - they'll live with Daniels. Why?"
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"Because Carcetti gave away the store just to push you out."
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"30 pieces of silver each, huh?"
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"We'll have your back. I promise you."
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"and from there, something down in Washington"
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"with one of the police associations - six figures guaranteed."
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"Go the right way, and attention will be paid."
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"But you go kicking and screaming, and no one -"
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"not the caucus, not the ministers, not me -"
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"will be there for you."
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"Your choice."
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"Press conference tomorrow. You play out the string."
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"Carcetti will do the same."
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"Attention - all unauthorized vehicles parked on the loading dock"
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"are now being towed."
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"- No one's saying anything? - I thought you might be able to help."
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"One source at the courthouse says it's true, he heard it at the hall."
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"The mayor's office isn't saying anything, but there's a press conference tomorrow."
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"- What about headquarters? - Daniels had no comment,"
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"- and Rawls won't return my calls. - Fuck."
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"Where the hell is Templeton? He could be throwing calls, too."
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"My last gift to you, Gus."
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"Don't tell me they're firing the police commissioner and you don't know."
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"Don't fucking tell me that."
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"Lucky I signed off on your ass,"
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"or you'd be on your way out to boys' village."
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