Ron Paul was on CNN, talking to Wolf Blitzer about the racist material in his newsletters. He repudiates the content of the offending pieces, but he still says he has no idea who wrote them. I have a lot of trouble with that statement. Paul must have known there was racist material in the newsletter, but he appears not to have done anything about it. In fact, he claims not to … [Read more...] about The Utility of the Ron Paul Revolution
Paulocaust?
Something calling itself The New Republic has an article by James Kirchick called "Angry White Man" accusing Republican/libertarian presidential candidate Ron Paul of racism, and it looks pretty ugly. The piece quotes from some newsletters sent out in Paul's name during the 90s. It's vile stuff: "Order was only restored in L.A. when it came time for the blacks to pick up their … [Read more...] about Paulocaust?
“…deviant murderers awaiting their just desserts…”
Among the issues near and dear that I shall post on presently are the disastrous decision in New Jersey to abolish the death penalty, giving much holiday joy to the various deviant murderers awaiting their just desserts on Jersey's sadly slow death row, the Supremes taking on the supposed cruel and unusual nature of lethal injection, thoughts on waterboarding (is it really … [Read more...] about “…deviant murderers awaiting their just desserts…”
Some Advice for the New Top Cop
Unless the City Council does something other than rubber-stamp the Mayor's nominee, former FBI agent Jody Weis will soon be the next police superintendent. As an observer and commentator and self-important blogger, I'd like to offer him the following advice: Your initial top priority should be to eliminate corrupt cops. Indict them, fire them, or convince them … [Read more...] about Some Advice for the New Top Cop
Meet the Lima SWAT Team
The town of Lima, Ohio (population 40,000) has a 14-member SWAT team. According to their web site, the SWAT team deploys about once a week. Check out these badasses: That picture is from their web site. Here's another one from their web site: Now that you've seen how these macho bastards portray themselves, would you be surprised to learn that on Saturday they … [Read more...] about Meet the Lima SWAT Team