Removing the Police from Society

What a big event the media had planned for the one thousandth casualty in (was it just in Iraq or was it the whole “War on Terror” that was being tallied) wasn’t it?

Whichever, it was blown way out of proportion, much like just about every little or large thing that happens around the current administration by the current media, especially in the ‘politicking season’ as it were. I just want to know why

Note, these are things unlike what may have plagued Bill Clinton; after all, his were self-inflicted! (Well, insofar as the Bill Clinton analogy goes, it seems that Kerry never had a platform to start with, just ran on his ‘use ta was’ ‘inner-child,’ and, having nothing current to run ON, he has resorted to a position of fomenting hatred for the Commander-in-Chief.

I listened to that, from the usual media, as if it meant that the war was too tough and it was time to pull out. No way, Americans aren’t that easily mislead, are they?

I mean, what if we looked at all the murdered police and civilians in this country due to crime? How should we look at that? If too many police are killed on the streets, should we just remove the police in order to protect them; or should we enlist a lot more police in order to stop the problem?

The President engaged our enemies shortly after 9/11 and re-engaged them again in Iraq. This is all, unquestionably (if you discount politics) a large part of “The War on Terror” and, as such, has been a great strategical victory for the US of A.

But over 1000 of our people have died there, what about that?

Should we pull out because of that number; or should we quicken our resolve and send in more troops? Would we rather fight these murdering, baby torturing, random, and multiple killers, here or in the Middle East? Why not in Iraq? We get to kill multiple birds by being there.

It seems like Rummy’s strategy there is working real well, doesn’t it? Of course the tactics of the Pentagon is not public (thank God) but I see what I see on the battlefield, don’t you? We have our Armies entrenched and the Jihadists just keep coming and coming and we just kill them and kill them, right there in Iraq. Hell, if we keep this up long enough we will exhaust all the primary (or mobile) global terrorists.

Meanwhile life goes on as usual here. So far there are no suicide-murderers on our busses, in our Malls, or in our day-to-day lives; so far, so good. Our troops are keeping them busy.

The problem, as far as I can tell, is how the story is presented; and whether the whole story is, in fact, being told at all. Is the story being told all the time; or, is it suppressed some of the time in order to promote a cause or a candidate?

What if most of the media moguls had formed a news cartel? What would we learn about candidates (or issues) then except just the side of an issue (or a candidate) that the news moguls wanted to present to us?

I want an unbiased source of news to show me graphs and charts and side-by-side comparisons of whatever issue is under discussion. I liked it when I saw how a ‘knock-off’ AK-47 was compared with another AK-47 to show what the difference was between the “banned” guns and those allowed. The weapons looked the same except that the one with a bayonet stud and flash suppressor was one of the banned ones.

Of course if that ad were available to the general public we would all know how worthless our Congressmen really are. We would also know that, effectively, there was no difference between the ‘banned weapons’ and the rest of them.

Oh, BTW, when did it become “known” that the second amendment was about hunting? I understood, after reading the Federalist Papers, that the reason for the Second Amendment was the “final vote” of the people to insure that we were the government!

FW: flat tax

Finally, we have a President who wants to completely overhaul and balance out the Federal Income Tax monster. Praise God, and pray that there will finally be fairness instilled on the outrageous current system.

As my long-term readers know, I have been calling for an outright repeal of the sixteenth amendment for a long, long time now. As I was reading the Washington Post today I saw the following story: http://tinyurl.com/3njpu and by an odd coincidence (is there really such a thing?) I had shown what I have written to date on the subject to a new friend (who I met at a party, yadda, yadda…). So, here we are. I think I’ll post what I have written, so far, on my blog site. Please, comments are welcome – for, against, or ideas for embellishment. (I think I will be changing my position on a military draft, for example; my position on that has actually changed 180° and I do feel that there should be a mandatory draft of every high-school graduate who is physically and mentally able, no other exceptions. The well-to-do can just steam, their precious little, silver spoon-fed, precocious little brats will have to go too. The only thing that needs polish on that concept is the duration. (I will look into how Switzerland does it, they seem to have their shit together.

Anyway…

Go to http://aimew.spymac.net/blog/ for the rest of the story...

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Best regards,
Ichabod Crane

Veritas vos Liberabit!

God Bless America.

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New David Limbaugh Column flays Kerry

Please read David Limbaugh’s Column at http://www.davidlimbaugh.com/ and see if you can come up with anything positive about John Kerry. (Anything EXCEPT “He ain’t Bush” because even Bush is glad about that.)

I keep asking for positives about Kerry but have yet to get a single one; is everybody voting for Bush? Why not?

Go to http://neoconservative.blogspot.com/  for the rest of the story...

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Best regards,
Ichabod Crane
also: http://aimew.spymac.net/blog/

Veritas vos Liberabit!

One Nation, Under God.

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Support the troops

Although the Bush administration has done a wonderful job with the military insofar as pay-raises and benefits (68% increases in his term) it seems that, like many well-intentioned programs, there are a few cracks in the new laws that need ‘mortar.’

The Federalist has outlined them better than I could (oh, the humility!). Please read the excerpt below and if you agree, please write to your Senators and Congressman and ask them to clean up this inequity, ASAP! (This is how to show that you support the troops. Do that at least, OK? Blast at the CiC later.)

[You’d also do well reading this Friday’s ‘The Federalist’ in its entirety; it is long and detailed but unlike a liberal’s view of the world, the detail is necessary for understanding.]

Please pass this on to anyone who you know that cares (or even pretends to care) about our troops…

;->Best regards,

Veritas vos Liberabit!
One Nation Under God
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From The federalist: www.federalist.com

From the "Department of Military Readiness"...

Ever since the hordes of Demo-funded lawyers swept into the state of Florida to contest the bogus issue of military absentee-ballot postmarking, politicos on both sides have learned these veterans might indeed be essential swing votes once again. (Perhaps military votes will actually be counted in the upcoming election.) The top priority of every military family right now must be the continued well-being of their military loved ones. That said, improved body armor, Humvee armor, IED detection equipment, increased training opportunities and the like will do more to improve family morale than any two dozen quality-of-life initiatives could hope to.

Without doubt the Bush administration and Congress have greatly improved military pay and benefits. One issue that needs to be tackled, however, is the unfortunate twist in tax law that actually hurts some of the junior personnel assigned to combat zones. By moving them into lower income tax brackets through well-intentioned combat provisions, as many as 10,000 troops actually lost money because they were no longer eligible for other federal programs and tax breaks such as the earned-income tax credit and certain child credits. Also, the Bush administration begrudgingly enacted a veterans' provision that finally, but only partially, eliminated the disability offset for retired pay. Here, it's our opinion that the administration must complete the circle and bring all disabled veterans into equity and end the offset entirely.

Wouldn't it be nice if we had a military that didn't have to live on welfare?

Remember the Stark

Saddam Hussein was never our friend; we tolerated him because Iran was a bugger issue. It still is and they need to be disarmed. Remember the USS Stark?
http://eightiesclub.tripod.com/id344.htm

Eureka

I found a new one. This is nonsence, just to see how it works.

Primus as it were.

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