Just So They Know Who Owns Them

A school in Texas will force students who don't follow the rules to wear prison-like jumpsuits in a controversial move this coming school year.

Sounds like good preparation for the Chattel of Tomorrow. And what a moral lesson for impressionable young minds: If you have the power, you can force those with less to do any damn thing you please.

Props for Jerry

American comedian Jerry Lewis has been held by police after an unloaded gun was found in his hand-luggage at the main airport in Las Vegas.

If it was a prop, why do the cops say it was registered?

Per this account:

Lewis's manager, Claudia Marghilano, said the handgun was a hollowed-out prop gun that Lewis sometimes twirls during his show.

We shall see...

Olofson Incarceration Update

From Len Savage:

On Monday I received a collect call from David Olofson. David says he is doing well. He was assigned to the prison law library and does duties as teachers aide, and helps other convicts look up the subject laws involving their cases. He tells me he helped three so far.

He has been receiving correspondence regularly and he enjoys it. He was disappointed at the level of censoring, and his family photos keep getting sent back to his family.

David remarked at the sub-standard food. He gave me an example that when they serve ground beef, it means it includes beef byproducts like gristle, kidney, etc. He said if that is the worst he has to deal with he will manage just fine.

David is very concerned for his family, his wife could use some encouragement. The fact is his family is getting the worst of the punishments according to David. His wife gets up at 4:00am to gather the children together so she can still work, as they have a home, and to make ends meet.

As a side note please give David's mailing address again. If possible a link to GOA website for those who would like to help save the family home during his incarceration.

"De Oppresso liber" to liberate the oppressed...

Gladly:

David R. Olofson
08632089-K1
Federal Correctional Institute
PO Box 1000
Sandstone, MN 55072

Olofson Relief Fund

Why Not Treat it Like the "Gun Epidemic"?

The AIDS epidemic among African-Americans in some parts of the United States is as severe as in parts of Africa, according to a report out Tuesday.

Sounds like some people can't be trusted with genitals. Time to get them out of the hands of young people, off the streets, out of our homes...perhaps a "buyback" of sorts could be arranged, with gift certificates offered in exchange for...

And why aren't "community leaders" calling for the same types of "solutions" they do with "gundeaths"? You know, laws, prohibitions, bans...but for everyone, everywhere...or wait...should it be based on "home rule"? They keep changing demands...

Maybe Snuffy Pfleger can lead a march on a suburban sex shop...

[Via John G]

We're the Only Ones Improving Race Relations Enough

A white police officer accused of fatally shooting an unarmed black woman holding her 1-year-old son thought he was being fired upon by a drug dealer when he pulled the trigger, his attorney said Tuesday.

Turns out his fellow raiders were the "Only Ones" who fired...

Eight months maximum sentence...? Really?

And an all white jury in a community with a substantial black population?

Oh, this should end well.

[Via The Price of Liberty]

“Have I Said or Done Something to Offend You?”

Oh, gee, I don't know, Bob Barr campaign.

[Via Luke O and Say Uncle]

Bound by Law

The lone 19-year-old female clerk was confronted by two of the robbers, one of whom was armed with a black semi-automatic pistol. She was moved into a back room where she was bound with duct tape.

Very scary. And once they have you bound, they can do anything they want to you, no matter how much muffled-howling terror or agony it causes. That they did not seems more a matter of luck for the clerk than anything else, because anyone lacking sufficient morality to pull a gun and bind a fellow human being for petty gain is capable of any evil.

And, of course, while 19 is old enough to serve in the military, well, California law wouldn't permit this young lady to even possess, let alone carry a handgun. Of course, it's a sure bet that the predators aren't allowed either, not that such formalities ever stop them.

We're the Only Ones Commemorating the Occasion Enough

The allegations began when pictures were posted on MySpace. We are told they were from a negligee party the weekend before last where teenagers were drinking and having sex...

But there weren't any pictures of the dispatcher.

Investigators are being told the dispatcher, Lorene Cheswick, was the one behind the camera taking the racy pictures.

Say chee-eese!

[More from the "Only Ones" Files]

"Nothing Was Lacking"

Mall marketing director Bob Jenkins said nothing was lacking the day the bullets flew inside the mall. Police were on the scene in minutes, and surveillance cameras captured the shooting and footage of the suspect.

Of course something was lacking, Bob. And that you don't know what it was shows something lacking in you.

This Day in History: July 30

July 30. 1775
- Samuel Adams writes his wife that the Continental Congress will adjourn soon, the delegates having decided "to make a Recess during the sultry August of August."