Nude Beach Near NYC
Mabye I'm not so far off.
Monday, June 30, 2008
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Friday, June 27, 2008
The Second Amendment - Still Works
Terrible how we confuse our problems in this country. There is no question that illegal guns, usually illegal handguns, cause lots of hurt and anguish in this country: the suicides, the accidental shootings and of course the crime. But you gotta keep clear that the hardware's not the problem. Criminals are the problem, troubled people are the problem - do we make them illegal. Now there's an idea. But the social scientists closed all the insane asylums in the 70s because we believe we can medicate and talk to everyone for everything. Or was it Reagan, later shot by a madman, whose programs emptied the crazy houses of the mad men? Ad Nausem.
But we continue to sloganize, sermonize and scream about handguns, certainly here in New York City. We have a police force of almost 30,000 men and women with state of the art technology and intrusive minded prosecutors - 30,000 police men and women. That's an Occupying Army!
In D.C. where crime continues to drive the economy - poor people taking advantage of poor people and the powerful ignore it. Name one other national capital where the crime rate is routinely that high (okay, maybe San Paolo Brazil but is that really the parallel we want)? So DC, without 30,000 police officers wants to make it illegal to defend yourself at home.
Well finally the Court gets it right and the radio waves are blaring with the "lots of people will get killed now" wails. Aren't the numbers of people killed the same, it's just that now the law abiding, honest tax paying people can arm and defend themselves.
Read Eugene Robinson's take on this and see if I'm nuts.
But we continue to sloganize, sermonize and scream about handguns, certainly here in New York City. We have a police force of almost 30,000 men and women with state of the art technology and intrusive minded prosecutors - 30,000 police men and women. That's an Occupying Army!
In D.C. where crime continues to drive the economy - poor people taking advantage of poor people and the powerful ignore it. Name one other national capital where the crime rate is routinely that high (okay, maybe San Paolo Brazil but is that really the parallel we want)? So DC, without 30,000 police officers wants to make it illegal to defend yourself at home.
Well finally the Court gets it right and the radio waves are blaring with the "lots of people will get killed now" wails. Aren't the numbers of people killed the same, it's just that now the law abiding, honest tax paying people can arm and defend themselves.
Read Eugene Robinson's take on this and see if I'm nuts.
Election 2008 - Maureen Dowd
Sometimes she misses but no by much - when she's right her wit is rapier sharp. See her New York Times piece on Obama and elitism.
Don Imus Not a Racist, just a Publicity Ho!
Don Imus is not a racist. Gotta let this go. Anyone who listens to the show knows good and well he's not a racist. Not sure he's always well served by his sports people. If you think about this dust up it started with that very unfunny and overplayed Warner Wolf. Warner was really trying to make a point about PacMan Jones that was not positive and I-man started in behind him. Not sure why Imus is letting Warner run his old vaudeville act every day anyway. Reminded me of the trouble that often started with Sid Rosenberg. Wonder what it is about guy's that they always want to hang out with someone who's right at the edge.??? Women are smarter about things like that.
Anyway Imus should get a NAACP award for introducing America to The End of Blackness by Debra Dickerson. She's the smartest voice out there today about issues pertaining to Black America (if there is such a thing).
Anyway Imus should get a NAACP award for introducing America to The End of Blackness by Debra Dickerson. She's the smartest voice out there today about issues pertaining to Black America (if there is such a thing).
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