The Death of Innocents [sic]
There's a school of thought that says chasing bad guys fleeing in cars endangers the public, so law enforcement should not pursue drivers at high speed. Sounds reasonable.
It also says that the best defense of any offense in which a car is involved is to drive like hell and get away. (Doesn't work as well in L.A. where choppers hit the air and make ground pursuit less necessary, but in the REST of the country, just gas it and go, Baby!) And it says that law enforcement doing their job (enforcing laws) are responsible for the irresponsible actions of fleeing people in vehicles.
Brain seizure. (B.S.)
The bad guys are responsible for their own actions, including trying to out-drive law enforcement, and law enforcement is responsible for enforcing the laws. What part of "D'uh!" don't some people understand?
This applies, believe it or not, in Iraq.
Innocents die in war. 'But some politician started it for political reasons!' D'uh! Militaries don't start wars. Militaries (when left alone to do the job) FINISH wars. And politicians are about politics. None of this is rocket surgery.
Rain falls. Snow is cold. War is hell. Life is precious. Innocents are to be defended. Schtuff happens.
Kerry will do similarly immoral things as Bush. Almost anyone who wants the job of President badly enough to sell out and suck up as much as Mssrs. Bush and Kerry (and Clinton, and Reagan) will do whatever foolish thing they conceive in order to further their political goals.
The status quo is bemoaned, but the remedy for it is always to form a new party, or get a "fresh face" into the race.
Sadly, the only real salvation from a polluted, corrupted system is to re-install the system ... or install a new one. And a reboot will not be pretty, or occur without bloodshed. I didn't say it first. Some old dude talked about the blood of patriots and tyrants, as I recall.
I do not advocate violence to promote any agenda (other than the "agenda" of self-preservation against violence). The Founders, wiser than most people really, really grasp, made commitments (lives, fortunes and sacred honors) and then proclaimed those commitments in writing for the world. If King George had decided to dodge the bullet, the American Revolution would not have required a war. But the polite (if resolute) words of gentle men were disregarded, and bloodshed was called for. I am a firm believer in peace, but not at "any" price, especially freedom.
It is time to turn the clock back by re-installing a Constitutional government without the libraries of suffocating regulations and by-laws, or to try something altogether different.
So, for decades now, I have signed much of my correspondence...
"Looking for a Tea Party,"
Cliff
It also says that the best defense of any offense in which a car is involved is to drive like hell and get away. (Doesn't work as well in L.A. where choppers hit the air and make ground pursuit less necessary, but in the REST of the country, just gas it and go, Baby!) And it says that law enforcement doing their job (enforcing laws) are responsible for the irresponsible actions of fleeing people in vehicles.
Brain seizure. (B.S.)
The bad guys are responsible for their own actions, including trying to out-drive law enforcement, and law enforcement is responsible for enforcing the laws. What part of "D'uh!" don't some people understand?
This applies, believe it or not, in Iraq.
Innocents die in war. 'But some politician started it for political reasons!' D'uh! Militaries don't start wars. Militaries (when left alone to do the job) FINISH wars. And politicians are about politics. None of this is rocket surgery.
Rain falls. Snow is cold. War is hell. Life is precious. Innocents are to be defended. Schtuff happens.
Kerry will do similarly immoral things as Bush. Almost anyone who wants the job of President badly enough to sell out and suck up as much as Mssrs. Bush and Kerry (and Clinton, and Reagan) will do whatever foolish thing they conceive in order to further their political goals.
The status quo is bemoaned, but the remedy for it is always to form a new party, or get a "fresh face" into the race.
Sadly, the only real salvation from a polluted, corrupted system is to re-install the system ... or install a new one. And a reboot will not be pretty, or occur without bloodshed. I didn't say it first. Some old dude talked about the blood of patriots and tyrants, as I recall.
I do not advocate violence to promote any agenda (other than the "agenda" of self-preservation against violence). The Founders, wiser than most people really, really grasp, made commitments (lives, fortunes and sacred honors) and then proclaimed those commitments in writing for the world. If King George had decided to dodge the bullet, the American Revolution would not have required a war. But the polite (if resolute) words of gentle men were disregarded, and bloodshed was called for. I am a firm believer in peace, but not at "any" price, especially freedom.
It is time to turn the clock back by re-installing a Constitutional government without the libraries of suffocating regulations and by-laws, or to try something altogether different.
So, for decades now, I have signed much of my correspondence...
"Looking for a Tea Party,"
Cliff
posted by Author | 3:05 PM
1 Comments:
Why I object to Bush is that he proclaims to be a religious man. And he goes off and does immoral stuff. I would MUCH prefer it if he didn't claim to be a moral person.
*shakes head*
He's a hypocrite, but so are many others in the political arena.
It's sad to know that there is no one in politics to trust anymore.
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