Sunday, January 07, 2007

We're the Only Ones Who Can't Drive a Stick Enough

A teenager harassed by police in St. Louis, Missouri caught the incident on tape. Brett Darrow, 19, had his video camera rolling last month as he drove his 1997 Maxima, minding his own business. He approached a drunk driving roadblock where he was stopped, detained and threatened with arrest when he declined to enter a conversation with a police officer about his personal travel habits...

Brett: Why am I being detained officer? (directed toward Officer #4)

Officer #4: You better stop runnin your mouth or the other officer will find a reason to lock you up tonight.
This is one gutsy, intelligent and mature young man. He gives me hope for the next generation.

And Officer H-A-L-L-Q-U-I-S-D, your ignorant authoritarian arrogance represents everything that's wrong with "law enforcement."

Watch the video.

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Boston city councilors, law enforcement officials, and community leaders are pressing City Hall to come up with $1.5 million to buy a promising acoustic gunshot- detection system.
Hmmm...where have I heard about that before?

I guess if they need to resort to this, Operation Ceasefire must not be working all that well...

The heirs of liberty from one of the forges of freedom...

Pathetic.

Let Them Eat Cake!

PRINCE William's girlfriend Kate Middleton will soon be under round-the-clock guard by gun-toting women police officers.

Despite not yet being a member of the Royal Family, Kate, 25 next week, will be protected by her own unit from Scotland Yard's elite Royal Protection Squad.

The women are being trained in unarmed combat and weapons after the move was requested by Prince Charles, who is worried for Kate's safety.

Normally she would not get gun guards until she was engaged to William, 24, who is expected to propose within months.

Right. And if you're a British subject, they'll be sending an armed squad 'round to protect your girlfriend, too. Right?

The government that throws Tony Martin in the dungeon for defending himself throws this in the face of the rabble.

As Mr. Paine observed:
[T]he idea of hereditary legislators is as inconsistent as that of hereditary judges, or hereditary juries; and as absurd as an hereditary mathematician, or an hereditary wise man; and as ridiculous as an hereditary poet laureate.

The need to be ruled has always baffled me. Sovereign human beings are not meant to subject themselves to parasites.

"There Ought to Be a Law"

Catherine Crowley tried to change a state gun law after her 18-year-old son killed himself with a shotgun he bought at a Wal-Mart.

Her endeavor fell short when lawmakers rejected her idea to require a waiting period for young people to buy guns in Maine. But her effort can now be seen in a new documentary.

The 55-minute film, "There Ought To Be A Law," provides a look at Crowley's experience navigating the legislative system in hopes of getting a law on the books to make it harder for young people to get their hands on guns.

Ms. Crowley, honest to God, I'm sorry for your loss, but why should that have any bearing on what freedoms the rest of us claim? And can you honestly tell us that your son's life and upbringing revealed no indications that he had difficulty coping with his troubles?

I don't mean to belittle you for being "divorced and working two jobs," a situation many unfortunately (or, more often, through unwise mate selection) find themselves in, but who is providing the children with the stable parenting they need while you're out there, and God bless you for it, doing your best to provide for them? I can tell you, as the father of two teenage boys, I've not met too many single mothers up to the task of providing the needed perspective, example and authority that a loving dad in the home does. And the ones who come closest are there with the children, not absent because of work.

What will you do if the waiting period you wish for is imposed--and someone else's son or daughter dies because they were denied the means of protection until it was too late? Besides, if you really want to reduce "gun suicides," you're looking at the wrong segment of the populace.

Listen to people blind with grief, helplessness and (possibly) guilt if you wish to lend a sympathetic ear. But to heed their counsel as justification for limiting the rights of those not so afflicted is not only insane, but the blood dancers are counting on it.

Wayne Fincher Update: January 7

Email from Wayne's Daughter (via Joe & Barb McCutcheon):
We went [to see] dad this morning. He is weak but feeling better. They took him to the hospital last night. He is back in jail this morning. He is in good spirits. Mr. Stilley was there to see him also. The inmates are helping him out by giving him extra food. He has lost about 40 pounds. He says not to worry about him. He is ready to go to trial. I will be sending a letter that an inmate wrote as soon as I get it typed up. Thanks to everyone for all the help and prayers that you have giving us and dad. We been putting signs up everywhere but someone or somebody is taking them down. We are going to put up more. Also the court day is for Tuesday Jan.9th. Everything has been crazy around here this week sorry it has taking me so long to get news to everyone. Thanks. Connie Fields

Testimonial from an Inmate (via Connie Fields):
Mr. Hollis Wayne Fincher,

I've spent a lot of times in hospital,jails,and multiple prisons around the United States. A career criminal if you would. I've never met a Greater and most Wonderful man in my life- my own father included. Mr. Fincher has had a profound effect in my life. He has taught me about God & Country. I feel like this man has been treated so unjust by this goverment. The very thing Mr. Fincher loves most. Never has a man in my life either on T.V.,Radio, Teacher, College Professor, Preacher or other ever had such a profround effect in my life. I will always cherish his friendship in my heart. I pray that someday we are able to meet on different grounds under much freer circumstances. I know that God has His hand on your sir. The men in BB Pod (BAD BOYS POD),are all in agreement that you are the best man in the Pod. With the Utmost respect we thank you for your presence. A real blessing from God.

Respectfully,

An inmate in Sebastian County Jail

Fincher Letter Transcribed: This is the letter Wayne wrote to me--I posted it as an image file (courtesy of and gratitude to Hairy Hobbit)

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This Day in History: January 7

From Philadelphia, Samuel Adams writes to his friend Colonel James Warren that the idea of a confederation, or loose political union, among the colonies "is not dead, but sleepeth.” To those who believed they would see the confederation completed long ago Adams wrote, “I do not despair of it -- since our Enemies themselves are hastening it.”