tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post116488287806101575..comments2023-12-29T21:34:44.579-05:00Comments on Political Yen/Yang: The "No Time To Do A Post" Open ThreadLA Sunsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1164947275705245212006-11-30T23:27:00.000-05:002006-11-30T23:27:00.000-05:00This is basically a FYI posting for those interest...This is basically a FYI posting for those interested in the EU-Turkey debacle. I came across this article by Mick Hume at spike-online.com. I thought it was quite insightful, thorough, and to-the-point. Here is the link:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/2197/" REL="nofollow">Time to ‘talk turkey’ about Turkey – and the EU</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1164939482413278572006-11-30T21:18:00.000-05:002006-11-30T21:18:00.000-05:00Ms. Miami,//let me briefly swing back to an earlie...Ms. Miami,<BR/><BR/><EM>//let me briefly swing back to an earlier discussion and clarify my views on behavior profiling.<BR/><BR/>i think that trying to prevent each and every attack that might come our way is a noble, yet unreasonable, goal.//</EM><BR/><BR/>Agreed. But there is no reason we cannot try. <BR/><BR/><EM>//although our law enforcement officials should always strive to do better, it'sLA Sunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1164937642799569172006-11-30T20:47:00.000-05:002006-11-30T20:47:00.000-05:00Greg,//Would this happen in a police state?//I hav...Greg,<BR/><BR/><EM>//Would this happen in a police state?//</EM><BR/><BR/>I have to say that this website profiled in this story you link to, disturbs me greatly. To think that anyone could put something like this online, makes me wonder about the state of mankind. <BR/><BR/>1. This is the obvious one: This will discourage citizen informants, which is where much onformation can be acquired for LA Sunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1164923169250948112006-11-30T16:46:00.000-05:002006-11-30T16:46:00.000-05:00Would this happen in a police state?http://tinyurl...Would this happen in a police state?<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/yb34c9Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1164913281075509792006-11-30T14:01:00.000-05:002006-11-30T14:01:00.000-05:00Does that number take into account all the illegal...Does that number take into account all the illegal aliens?<BR/><BR/>We do have a problem here. We have mandatory minimum sentences for "crimes" like drug possession and we have muggers, murderers and rapists out on parole, or in the case of the criminals paradise of Massachusetts, let loose on weekends while serving their sentence.<BR/><BR/>Your number is artificially inflated as well. By Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425720798126022088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1164911203267412222006-11-30T13:26:00.000-05:002006-11-30T13:26:00.000-05:00The reason Mark is not talking about a civil war i...The reason Mark is not talking about a civil war in America: a police state that works!<BR/><BR/>1 of every 32 Americans (7 millions total) is either in jail, on probation or on parole.<BR/><BR/>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15960666/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1164906069268308332006-11-30T12:01:00.000-05:002006-11-30T12:01:00.000-05:00Mark, upon further investigation, I see that you a...Mark, upon further investigation, I see that you are indeed from my neck of the woods. Small world! I actually work in Westborough now, though I still live in Boston, unfortunately. Grew up in Northboro. How funny....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1164904919928022522006-11-30T11:41:00.000-05:002006-11-30T11:41:00.000-05:00Mark: //Boston has gone to great lengths to make a...Mark: //Boston has gone to great lengths to make a safer working environment for violent criminals.//<BR/><BR/>He, he. Mark, are you from the Boston area? The arrest rate on murders in abysmal here, perhaps on purpose. They were even touting a new "truce" negotiated b/w rival gangs, until one of the scumbags killed another of the scumbags this weekend. They should tell Jim Baker about how Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1164903397800037182006-11-30T11:16:00.000-05:002006-11-30T11:16:00.000-05:00Stop by my blog for details on the Urban Guerrill...Stop by my blog for details on the Urban Guerrilla War in France (that is the term Reuters is using).<BR/><BR/>Greg makes a good point about the violence in the areas of extremist "gun control" in the United States.<BR/><BR/>Boston has gone to great lengths to make a safer working environment for violent criminals.<BR/><BR/>It is also interesting to note that a majority of these crimes are tied Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425720798126022088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1164902595650961422006-11-30T11:03:00.000-05:002006-11-30T11:03:00.000-05:00lasunsett- let me briefly swing back to an earlier...lasunsett- let me briefly swing back to an earlier discussion and clarify my views on behavior profiling.<BR/><BR/>i think that trying to prevent each and every attack that might come our way is a noble, yet unreasonable, goal.<BR/><BR/>although our law enforcement officials should always strive to do better, it's statistically unlikely to always find the muhammed attas or even timothy mcveighs Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1164893968478345402006-11-30T08:39:00.000-05:002006-11-30T08:39:00.000-05:00Mark: what about the civil war going on in our in...Mark: what about the civil war going on in our inner cities? I've been saying for a while that the MSM should cover the violence in our cities the way they cover the violence in Iraq, only they shouldn't get to Iraq until they're done covering the US stuff. It would go something like this:<BR/><BR/>"Two shot and killed in Boston on Saturday. And another man stabbed to death on Sunday. In Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1164893386612835142006-11-30T08:29:00.000-05:002006-11-30T08:29:00.000-05:00Mark: //A Civil War (but Matt Lauer won't call it ...Mark: <I>//A Civil War (but Matt Lauer won't call it that, if it ever makes his teleprompter) in France where the French Police casualty rate is higher than the American rate in Iraq.//</I><BR/><BR/>What the hell are you talking about?<BR/><BR/>Have any number to even start to back that up?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1164891147980894182006-11-30T07:52:00.000-05:002006-11-30T07:52:00.000-05:00I'll kick off here with a reminder of what is goin...I'll kick off here with a reminder of what is going on the rest of world that the MSM isn't covering.<BR/><BR/>A Civil War in Mexico that could send refugees of a shooting war, not just refugees of a collapsed economy looking for work, into the USA.<BR/><BR/>A Civil War (but Matt Lauer won't call it that, if it ever makes his teleprompter) in France where the French Police casualty rate is higherMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425720798126022088noreply@blogger.com