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Robbery at badgepoint

Posted on September 18, 2014 | Comments Off on Robbery at badgepoint

The Badge Gang never quits. Government-approved theft is their latest thing according to the Canadian Boadcasting Corporation which has issued a warning to Canadians not to carry any more cash into the U.S. than they’d care to lose to a cop:

“There’s a shakedown going on in the U.S., and the perps are in uniform. Across America, law enforcement officers — from federal agents to state troopers right down to sheriffs in one-street backwaters — are operating a vast, co-ordinated scheme to grab as much of the public’s cash as they can; ‘hand over fist,’ to use the words of one police trainer.”

It’s the assets confiscation racket of the drug warriors, apparently now being used in some states without charges or convictions. Texas is about average on assets confiscation abuse, but, to my knowledge, there’s no cash seizures without charges or convictions going on. If they ever do happen here, there’s going to be hell to pay.

Via Instapundit.

UPDATE:  Don’t steal, the government hates competition.

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Ron Paul has a good point

Posted on February 21, 2012 | Comments Off on Ron Paul has a good point

“…if we’re allowed to read any book that we want under freedom of speech, why is it we can’t put into our body whatever we want?”

The Texas congressman is the only wouldbe Republican nominee, so far, who has the cajones to question our insane drug laws. All they do is give the police an excuse not to spend time fighting real crime and actually protecting us.

As I was reminded the other day reading this tale in the daily of the BIG drug bust (mostly marijuana) at Texas Christian University. I could not help but sneer. What petty nonsense. Well, it keeps the police off the streets.

Very similar to the MSM’s current preoccupation with contraception, instead of focusing on the still-collapsing economy. Reminds me of how the Texas legislature biannually biennially gins up some incremental abortion or AIDS controversy to preoccupy the media and the public so the lobby can get on with the real business of seeking, paying for and receiving special deals for its clients.

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Iraq safer than Mexico

Posted on December 15, 2008 | Comments Off on Iraq safer than Mexico

It’s official, size ten flying shoes to the contrary notwithstanding:

"The police are generally helpless, hundreds of thousands of middle-class Mexicans have fled the border region, often to the United States (if they had dual-citizenship, which many do). Those without money must hunker down and wait for someone to win this war."

We could put the gangsters out of business and stop it all, if Barry had the nerve to end the failed drug war.

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Mexican police refugees

Posted on July 16, 2008 | Comments Off on Mexican police refugees

Three Mexican police chiefs reportedly came in the spring, seeking political asylum in the U.S. from the drug cartels that have turned Old Mexico into a battleground. Their numbers seem to be growing, raising the question of whether Los Estados Unidos de Mexico is becoming a failed state. Or is it just the latest sign of the failure of the inter-Americas drug war?

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Obamavision

Posted on February 1, 2008 | Comments Off on Obamavision

That’s what Cobb calls Obama’s unique style of soft-spoken but vague rhetoric about unity and change and etc. The specifics aren’t readily apparent, which is undoubtedly purposeful. But some positions are dribbling out of the public record. Here’s one on his intention to decriminalize reefer, an idea I could support, because the Drug War has been a disaster, though I doubt he could do it by executive order. But then he confuses things, saying he’s not out to legalize it. Maybe he means to make possession or sale a civil penalty? Maybe it’s just part of his preferred vagueness.

James Taranto thinks he sees a demagogue in the making: "Whatever the merits of compromise vs. confrontation in any given situation, Obama…is standing the meanings of words on their heads–and lots of citizens respond by nodding their heads as if no one has ever made so much sense. Isn’t there something a bit worrying about this Obama phenomenon?"

The Dems are nodding. They did that with Kerry in ’04. They tend to do that. But what a choice they have: Obama the soother or everyone’s wicked stepmother. Fortunately there’s months left for Obama to reveal himself. Then he won’t be so soothing. Mickey Kaus, afterall, already finds him pandering to the Hispanic vote on illegal immigrants–though a lot of them are also upset about illegals. What a crazy political year, and it’s hardly begun.

MORE:  This, and other things he’s said now and then suggest the kind of change he has in mind.

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