To Serve and Protect... (Updated)

Here's a story update for the To Serve and Protect Opinion that I wrote earlier. Let's hope the scumbag goes to jail for a long time!

All I'm saying is..

Good Creepy vs Bad Creepy...












When it came to scary parts, actor Vincent Price was everybody's daddy. In Josef Fritzl's house he was everybody's daddy too. Literally.

Same Singer.. Different Tune...

Proving that the masses truly are disengaged, Rev. Jeremiah Wright pulls a political 'switcharoo' and no-one seemed to care. Naturally, the spastic national media coverage completely missed the story again. The retired (pronounced retard)reverend who once stated "Jesus said, 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.' You cannot do terrorism on other people and expect it never to come back on you. Those are biblical principles..." and that "America's chickens are coming home to roost" notably changed his tune today. He has now decided that we should all work to heal and eliminate "any teaching of superiority, inferiority, hatred or prejudice" and that we are all "one of God's children ... no better, no worse."
The ridiculously hypocritical reverend then produced an intelligence insulting excuse/whining defense of his moronic anti-American hate speech. He claimed that his comments were taken out of context and that in context to black religious tradition his comments were reasonable. My bad! I was just an out of touch "european-american" when I grew up not noticing that the black America that the good reverend speaks for secretly engages in self-hating, America bashing behavior. His eloquent and somewhat entertaining attempt to rally a pseudo community behind his crappy choice to share his idiocy in past public appearances defies common sense. Instead of showing some responsibility for his poor choice of words and apologizing for the hate speech, he's trying to hide behind a fictitious and microscopic community that, if it does exist, is as petty and insignificant as his initial commentary. Reverend, I know Jesus. Jesus had balls and stepped up and was responsible for what he started. You are a hypocrite and a loudmouth. When you spew hate-speech about your country the target is raceless. We are all Americans here... unfortunately even you.
It's laughable that the Reverend also attempts to hide behind the old 'you just don't understand us' excuse. Many if not most younger people in our country have learned from the tired, divisive, & oppressive attitudes of the civil rights era. So approaching a younger 'European-American' culture that you don't 'get' with your predisposition and antiquated expectations is patently hypocritical as well. BTW, I prefer being called a 'White American.' My family/blood connections to Europe were long.. long ago, and have little to no bearing on my life today. So welcome.. welcome to the 21st century Reverend Dumbass. Now please sit down and shut up! Stop clouding an important race with capable candidates with your ego and stupidity.

Sources: CNN.com, Associated Press Photo

Goodbye MSNBC, Hello CNN...

Well the time has come for me to explain myself. I have removed all RSS links for BSNBC (Yes I'm well aware of the mistake), and replaced them with CNN. The reasoning behind this decision is one that started shortly before the hypocrisy that was 'the Imus in the Morning Debacle' and built up in the aftermath. Prior to the Imus thing MSNBC had undergone some management changes that put prettyboy Dan Abrams large and in charge. And the gutlessness and accountability levels in the network's coverage have gone separate directions since.
Starting with the Imus ordeal, which I could go on about endlessly... Oh irony of all ironies!!! Here's Joe 'holier than thou' Scarborough and David Gregory bashing Imus after appearing on his show time after time and engaging in the childish, humorous and entertaining routine. Et tu MSNBC? The on air personalities scattered like bugs out from under an overturned rock revealing their hypocracy, and eat your own - CYA mentality. Where'd you scurry off to Tim Russert?
The facts are, as I see them, simple: Imus is an idiot not a racist. He'll even admit to that. He's also a humorous idiot. He also appologized profusely. A 6 month suspension would have been both appropriate and smart. Instead pipsqueak and the MSNBC admin decided that they would tear a hole in the entire institution and break up their structure and reliability for a firing. I hardly think that the punishment fit the crime considering how fast MSNBC was willing to book Al Sharpton, and Jesse Jackson after the incient. Consider some of the controversial comments that they've made! I personally respect Al and love to see him speak, yet he has said things that I find equally as reprehensible as the Imus comments. Jackson fits that description as well.
Then there's the coverage of the Clinton campaign (whom I do not politically support), and the arguments between her camp and MSNBC, which were allowed to leak into coverage and headline slant. It was obvious to anyone with a brain that the MSNBC coverage changed once they were challenged by the Clintons. What a joke.
I've suffered enough of this mockery of reporting and credibility. So like everyone else who once was a huge fan, I've left MSNBC, and encourage others to do so as well. The ratings and advertising market is the only way the viewer can speak and MANY of us have spoken. It's a shame that I will have to miss out on such gems as Chris Mathews and the dissent of Keith Olberman but, MSNBC you are todays and tomorrow's WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD!

CNN, has always been a guilty pleasure and I always felt like I was cheating when I flipped the channel. But their coverage is fair, they even have some old credible MSNBC faces like Cambell Brown! They have seriously ramped up their political coverage and I would argue that it is the best in complexity, presentation, and fairness on cable news. With that said.. Goodbye BSNBC and hello...

All I'm saying is..

Are we REALLY suprised when they keep coming back?!?

Get Yo Cheney On!

Fly fishing? Naked Lady? Whatever! Now that it's about 70 degrees & sunny out for the first time this year all I'm saying is damn you Dick! You don't have to rub it in that some of us have 'day jobs' that don't include either fly fishing or naked ladies.
Is that really a naked woman in Dick Cheney's sunglasses?

The Great SONY Heist

SONY's offer to replace defective new PlayStation 3 with refurbished units valued at hundreds less and with reduced warranty swindles loyal customers.

Virginia, USA (n3utr0n press) -- story pending...










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The Tazer Tango...

So lately there's been a disturbing national trend of serious injury and fatalities due to taser use that may or may not have been questionable on the part of the law enforcement involved. The media has been working itself to a froth with dash-cam footage, local news footage, and average Joe with a digicam footage of everyday people doing the newest dance sensation in the USA, the taser tango. Usually it involves one misguided 'normal' person, and one or several law enforcement personnel with what appears to be an itching to do a forceable version of the electric slide. The media would have you believe that it's a crisis, all these taser deaths and injuries, and it is indeed a tragedy at the least! But I tend to fall into this school of thought:

If you don't want to run the risk of injury or, unfortunately, possible death.. DON'T FIGHT WITH THE POLICE! Golly that's simple to figure out. They have guns, they have clubs, and they have tasers! They also have a job to do that the average person wouldn't touch. You have the right to remain silent and get a lawyer. So please help yourself and do just that! I can't talk about the old days because I've only graced this planet for about 28 years, but what ever happened to respecting the police? Yeah you're pissed about the speeding ticket and the injustice in the world. How dare that cop talk to you like that, ticket you, or ask you to allow others to talk at a public forum! Meanwhile somewhere out in the world children are being sold into slavery, and people are getting violently killed because of their religion. What ever happened to having a little perspective! Yes you do have rights, and yes people died so you could have them! But acting like an entitled sniffling little candy-*** baby isn't a right as far as the constitution is concerned, so until your lobby can get that amendment added.. DON'T FIGHT WITH THE POLICE! My guess is that 99.9999% of the time you will lose. The only level playing field is a court of law.. (on a good day.)
These knuckle-heads have to understand that your job when interacting with the police is to balance the safeguarding of your rights with the understanding that for safety reasons they are trained dominate and control the situation. Because we have a judicial system 'making a stand' in some of these situations is pointless, and only creates chaos that can put you, the officer, and the surrounding public at risk. Case and point is the 'Don't Tase Me Bro' guy. If he'd have gone to court, people would have been long talking about the significance of the ruling on civil liberties. Instead his poor choice made the issue into office water-cooler joke. He really stood up for the cause alright. I do believe that the taser should not have been used in this case, but people have to understand that the police have to control the situation as a matter of public safety. This guy's irrational and aggressive behavior only agitated the situation, and put the very-much human and fallible police presence in a position of having to make a quick decision for the surrounding public and themselves. Yes they made a poor choice in using the taser, but my observation in this 'type' of situation is that it takes two to do the taser tango!

To Serve and Protect?

Just what does it mean to be a law enforcement professional in these times? One indication is the oath that most, if not all, policemen and women take when they decide to put on that shield. The oath "To Protect and Serve" has been around for ages and whether implied or acknowledged, it is the standard that citizens apply to law enforcement professionals. The oath is a promise as well as an expectation of excellence that secures every aspect of our culture and society from the local to the national level. The previous sentence is the understatement of the millennium.

When you really think about it, the concept of stable and civil society has been rooted in some form of protective structuring since the dawn of history. Plato's The Republic made a thought provoking discussion of the role of "Auxiliaries," an entire class division consisting of police soldiers and civil servants. Plato provided that the police and military were to be the guardians of the state. While many different variants to the concept of societal protective structures have been discussed and practiced throughout the ages, I've found American police to be closest to Plato's ideals in expectation. Plato believed that the police in his state needed to be well educated, well trained, and held in a position of high regard amongst the citizens. The police required, in turn, modest compensation by way of non corruptible public funds and access to vast and special public services including housing. In essence it was socialism.

The American version of police completely decimated Plato’s concept of compensation. It is an established fact that more police officers in the US qualify as poverty level income than most highly regarded Congressmen and Senators would care to admit. Their services from the public often don't even include complete health care for them or their families. Considering the demands and risks of modern law enforcement, the compensation model for America's "guardians" is widely accepted an insufficient. Without suggesting that socialism is the only preferable solution, it is interesting to note that compensation is historically regarded as a critical component of effective police structure. Despite the acknowledged disparities faced by police, the public expectation is that they will "Protect and Serve" faithfully. The public expectation of modern police is ripped from the pages of The Republic.

Enter: Jan 29th High Speed Auto Chase Resulting in a Wounded US Airman...

Most of us read about it and saw the video. Many of us shook our heads in disgust. It was impossible to imagine that one of our protectors, who had made the vow of public service, would be capable of what appeared, on video, to be obvious baiting of an unarmed civilian. The purpose of this bait was perceived, by many, to be intended to simulate an attack by the civilian thus legitimizing the use of deadly force. If these actions were taken by anyone other than this law enforcer, the term to describe it would be "conspiracy, and attempted murder." The video was truly a horrific scene of darkness that deeply disturbed me as I replayed it in my mind. It's like that "gotcha scene' in the ironic horror film where you realize that on some level you're related to the humanity that is capable of such evils. The chills down your spine, the introspection... the guilt.

The alleged crime was bad enough, but what happened afterwards was a blatant and troubling public display of governmental and societal hypocrisy: The officer was placed on paid leave for over a month during a slow and bizarre investigation process. Imagine, if you will, that your cousin or neighbor, while carrying a legal concealed weapons permit, was captured on a nationally publicized video engaged in a shooting incident with a registered weapon where he/she had claimed self defense. Imagine the expectation and response from law enforcement and society when the video clearly showed the claim of self defense to be erroneous. Law enforcement officials weren't asleep at the wheel regarding this incident like some civil rights commentators proclaimed. They were methodically following a biased and hypocritical process where law enforcement officers are treated as a class of citizens that are protected and given more than reasonable rights.

What happened to the age-old saying "No man is above the law?" The month plus in paid leave, the slow and 'methodical' investigation, the hesitancy to act on behalf of a reasonably defined victim were a monumental lapse and an embarrassment for the judicial system. What happened to the American tradition of equality as defined in our founding texts? There was clearly probable cause to suspect a crime had taken place with the combinations of witnesses and video. The officer even had a previous misconduct case brought against him involving a hispanic. Why wasn't this citizen placed in custody? He was above the law with paid vacation.

I turned on the news late today and learned that the morally bankrupt dirtbag was finally being brought to justice. My mystification on matters of American societal illness was momentarily dissipated. "Attempted voluntary manslaughter" huh? So that's what "conspiracy and attempted murder" translates to if you work for the man? Noted. I tried to be less cynical and reasoned to myself that perhaps considering the nature of the judicial system, this outcome was really not such a disappointment. The charges weren't watered down, but they were reflective of the difficulty of the situation and it's implications as explained by the various talking heads on the tube. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that other than for a few days, this story hadn't reached but "blip" status on the public radar. It must've been the news cycle; it was buried under larger national stories.

Something brought me back to Plato's The Republic and guilt. I was the reason this happened this way. I explained to myself that it was ok to accept the watered down charges. I made up excuses not to be furious. I accepted the outcome that didn't serve justice. I continued to live quietly, knowing that this slimy individual's actions don't represent the majority of hardworking underpaid police. I agreed, in my silence, to support the idea that American police should be under compensated for risking their lives to serve, with minimal equipment, and often with minimal educational opportunities. I supported imposing unrealistically high expectations of police that are and should be treated as average citizens. I disregarded the idea that police should be treated fairly if we are to expect consistency and faithfulness to the oath that they take. I had allowed myself to take ill with the great American societal illness. I became apathetic, and then I wrote this.

PittBull Gestapo!

DENVER - The city of Denver has decided that a "20 year history" of data, revealing that attacks attributed to pittbulls are amongst the most damaging and fatal reported, is justification for the Gestapo tactics attributed to a new harsh ban on the breed altogether (n3wz st0ry linkz). The new ban coupled with strict totalitarian enforcement has led responsible owners of pittbulls to a lifestyle of hiding, and undeserved fear. Aside from the constitutional concerns involved with the invasive search and seizure tactics used by Denver, in that they are actually busting down doors and taking family pets that have no history or complaints for behavior, the policy also denies what is most likely a clear majority of responsible pittbull breed owners representation on the matter. The breed specific ban and enforcement policy also fails to address the matter of punishing and holding accountable persons that are not responsible and ethical in their treatment of these excellent companions. The most disturbing fact in this Associated Press story is that PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) creators of such zany movements as http://kentuckyfriedcruelty.com ,are in actually in full support of this unreasonable, unethical, and unjustly executed policy. I called PETA and asked them how, in light of their proclaimed efforts to teach and encourage responsible and ethical treatment of animals, they could support such a policy. The response: generalizations about pittbulls and misinformed nonsense.

Go back, if you will to the "20 year history" of data on pittbull attacks. Exactly what data does this history include? Does it have a criminal history of the owner? Does it contain a detail of living conditions of the canine? Does the list have a category for known interactions or interventions prior to the attack? Does the list have a breeding history for the canine in question? The questions and ambiguities of this data seem to be limitless. Denver has public officials creating bad policy that affects hundreds perhaps thousands of constituents without addressing the justifications for such policy in a scientific, academic, and honest manner. Even the 'experts' disagree with this bone headed policy. “If anyone says one dog is more likely to kill — unless there’s a study out there that I haven’t seen — that’s not based on scientific data," said Julie Gilchrist, a doctor at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who researches dog bites. (Associated Press Link)

What in the hell is the justification for the genocide of a breed of dogs that are equally as capable of living as perfectly good companions to humans as most others? What in the hell does PETA think they are accomplishing with their public approval of this nonsense, aside from further showing the hypocrisy and ignorance that often makes that organization the target of humor columnists worldwide. If you're a responsible pittbull owner like me, I encourage you to do your part by calling the dishonest cowardly weasels of PETA and letting them know how you feel. I've posted PETA info under LINKZ.

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