"Nobody can walk down the street and be safe, that is, be free from police interference," says Valley.Now there's a man who knows how to secure the blessings of Liberty! That's because, as The LRC Blog reports:
"We gonna pop [the drug dealers] in the head," says Mayor Valley, who just instituted a 24-hour, non-stop curfew as part of an effort to reduce violence. This means that everyone in the area is essentially under house-arrest. The people who live there are not even allowed on their front lawns.Now there's a safe society for you. And what's more:
There will be peace in the valley for me some day
There will be peace in the valley for me, oh Lord, I pray
There'll be no sadness, no sorrow, no trouble I see
There will be peace in the valley for me!
[Via Zachary G]
So, everyone in these neighborhoods now cannot go to work?
ReplyDeleteSay, I would like a 24/7 curfew at my place!
Just let me stock up on food & beer first.
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Not even during World War II...
ReplyDeleteA nation of suspects? Scratch "suspects" and insert "convicts."
The penultimate line in the sand...
This asshat mayor is another perfect example of someone who should be charged with Conspiracy Against Rights (Title 18, U.S.C., Section 241) and Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law (Title 18, U.S.C., Section 242).
ReplyDeleteHowever, unless Free Men stand up to this sort of thing, he will go unpunished.
They're blaming drugs.
ReplyDeleteWe're coming up on the 100th anniversary of the beginning of alcohol Prohibition, the constitutional amendment that made the '20s roar. With Tommy-gun fire. Gang vs. gang. Gosh, we don't see that anymore. Alcohol is legal and freely available to those of majority age (illegally to those underage, but that's human nature). The reasons for Prohibition -- overindulgence, job loss, violence, accidents, liver failure -- still exist. Alcohol addicts are still with us. The difference is, since it IS legal, there's no longer any profit for smugglers and gangs.
Now drug profits drive crime and violence, and they're going to deal with it by killing or putting away the dealers? That'll solve the problem -- until the next shipment comes in. Supply and demand. Million$ to be made, and people who don't care about the law. Should government be in the business of creating more?
Will we be advised by the government, not only about pollution hazard days when it's unhealthy to go out, but about social conditions requiring house arrest for everyone until further notice?
That's when it's time to go downtown.
Oh, I have no doubt that anyone exercising their freedom to walk in public and peaceably assemble, like in that First Amendment thing, will be turned in by their true-believer neighbor and arrested, if not assaulted by police for noncompliance. So, you think your freedom is more important than public safety?
ReplyDeleteThe false choice, as if we can't have both.
When you get angry enough, fear goes away.
What's the difference between a 24/7 curfew and martial law?
ReplyDeleteOnly the spelling.
ReplyDeleteAlexander Solzhenitsyn was buried last week, along with his hopes for humanity.
"How we burned in the camps..."
Perhaps the citizens will now identify the main danger to themselves and taked armed action. Then go after the culprits their imprisoners were afraid to tackle.
ReplyDeleteMaybe we should give them a hand?
Brantly Womack, political science professor at the University of Richmond (Va.), says Chinese demonstrators for freedom have no popular support. "There's no steamy cauldron of dissent the government sits on... Most Chinese are happy with the direction their leaders are taking the country." He says our Western views only exaggerate our PERCEPTION of authoritarianism. China is modern and prosperous, and has grown SO MUCH in the last few years.
ReplyDelete(That's why they're blocking internet sites, and why they rounded up protestors for about six months before the Olympics started, and why Falun Gong and unlicensed Christians are jailed.)
I guess Womack's REAL mission and purpose is to convince US here in the U.S. that there's no reason to fear the Dragon, so we don't need a national defense, and we certainly don't need personal weapons. Heck, we must all be "unsupported demonstrators" too.
An ex-Navy lieutenant I know says China is a bigger threat than Russia now. They have nuclear subs with submerged-launch intercontinental ballistic missiles, he says. And a million-man military.
But if the Chinese take over, some of us will have trouble telling the difference. Only the uniforms and the accents will be different.
Terribly sorry. Comrade Womack is a professor at the University of VIRGINIA. Thomas Jefferson's academical village. More's the irony.
ReplyDeleteWhat? No takers? Uh huh, now you know why I figure to die alone should I be so trespassed.
ReplyDeleteToo damn many pragmatists.
I think the point is made. We don't really love our liberty enough.
If I lived there, I would unquestionably break that law. A perfect opportunity for righteous civil disobedience. I'd do it armed too.
ReplyDeleteZachary, me too, and I would have harmful intent if accosted.
ReplyDeleteAnd I haven't carried in years.