tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post2762342483816025848..comments2017-04-13T04:47:21.148-06:00Comments on Pro Libertate: Theater of the Absurd (Updated)William N. Grigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-76368084953232749222009-06-03T12:22:54.543-06:002009-06-03T12:22:54.543-06:00Anonymous said: "Answer = < 1965. Populati...Anonymous said: "Answer = < 1965. Population breakdown then: Whites = 90%, All others = 10%."<br /><br /><br><br />NEWS FLASH: Having a bunch of people of all the same skin color does NOT a homogenous culture make.Aaron Kinneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059982934663353474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-76925243457694892362008-02-15T09:10:00.000-07:002008-02-15T09:10:00.000-07:00Let's start playing their game....back at them. S...Let's start playing their game....back at them. State by state we need to send these videos to the Director of our Departments of Public Safety (or your state's equivalent). Then ask them about the failed examination process that is letting these goons through (I.e. the 1,000+or- question nut-job psych exam they all must take), review the standards and material used in the law enforcement academies in your state, ask for the right for citizen groups to monitor their training classes, etc., etc. The assumption is - "Something is obviously failing in your system, and it appears you need outside help in creating a better class of peace officers." Send courtesy copies of all letters to local media, state and federal elected officials.<BR/><BR/>PRDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-13683309842260355092008-02-14T20:35:00.000-07:002008-02-14T20:35:00.000-07:00"America a homogeneous culture? When was that?"Ans..."America a homogeneous culture? When was that?"<BR/><BR/>Answer = < 1965. Population breakdown then: Whites = 90%, All others = 10%. <BR/><BR/>The huge influx of non-Western cultures/peoples, the Welfare State, perpetual war for perpetual "peace", and proliferative drug use - along with its own attendant "war" - are all cunningly wielded tools reshaping America into a new, servile nation bearing little resemblance to its founders nor the ideals and principles they sought to secure for themselves and their posterity. <BR/><BR/>Government (centralized power and coercion) is winning and winning big!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-50919246107633866622008-02-14T13:40:00.000-07:002008-02-14T13:40:00.000-07:00I can assure you that Utah is INDEED a concealed c...I can assure you that Utah is INDEED a concealed carry state. I live in AZ and have one (CCW permit) for our state. Utah does not offer reciprocity to AZ CCW holders, so I have the option of also taking a Utah concealed carry for that state. It is considered "ideal" by many CCW people because having both tickets allows one to carry in many more states.<BR/><BR/>CCW holders are expected to behave much like martial artists: avoid fights and confrontations. Suck it up and walk away if possible. Draw your weapon only if your life--or someone else's is threatened. If you DO draw your weapon it means that you intend to shoot it--and shoot to kill. It is illegal in AZ to "shoot to wound" (so much for the Hollywood fantasies of shooting the gun out of the bad guy's hand).<BR/><BR/>IMO, most cops fall into the "Authoritarian Personality" type. I like to add "Disorder" as much what we see these days with the Tasering, bullying behaviors and bad shootings qualify many of these cops as armed sociopaths with a badge. Bad juju.<BR/><BR/>It's the old 90-10 Principle; 90% of the bad cops give the good 10% a bad image.<BR/><BR/>And just to add: I carry a gun because when seconds count--cops arrive in minutes. In other words cops are little more than armed janitors. They take names, wrap the yellow tape around the crime and call for the EMTs/coroner.<BR/><BR/>The cops you meet in the real world are either giving you a ticket or hassling you about something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-62771339325454430022008-02-14T12:02:00.000-07:002008-02-14T12:02:00.000-07:00For an understanding of how Police abuses grow I, ...For an understanding of how Police abuses grow I, a former Texas Peace Officer, would recommend everyone look into the "Stanford Prison Experiment" covered in the book, "The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil."<BR/><BR/>Letting people get away with committing atrocities is the best way to encourage them to commit more and even worse in the future...<BR/><BR/>The Ol' Grey GhostAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-72458266836187378162008-02-14T11:37:00.000-07:002008-02-14T11:37:00.000-07:00I just ordered you book, William, and I'm really l...I just ordered you book, William, and I'm really looking forward to reading it--then passing it along to others.armed_and_christianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05931404585338000308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-53766669878127102032008-02-14T07:33:00.000-07:002008-02-14T07:33:00.000-07:00Police Strip Search Crime Victim:http://www.wkyc.c...Police Strip Search Crime Victim:<BR/>http://www.wkyc.com/video/player.aspx?aid=53707&bwwww.Onebornfree.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865185718738348312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-73481253842864132782008-02-14T06:06:00.000-07:002008-02-14T06:06:00.000-07:00Is brutality from the pigs increasing? Or is just ...Is brutality from the pigs increasing? Or is just more of it getting caught on tape?Christopher Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11078897898471375150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-31748464716748182472008-02-14T05:37:00.000-07:002008-02-14T05:37:00.000-07:00Vermont is the only state in the union that allows...Vermont is the only state in the union that allows Concealed weapons to be carried without a permit. Its great. It keep everyone honest and crime relatively low. Even the cops seem to be a little more friendly and less bellicose compared to other neighboring states. Better yet the legislature this session is even considering the elimination of jail time for small to medium amounts of marijuana. Hopefully this is the first step towards legalization and one more shackle on the rising police state.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-88073174768819435452008-02-14T03:21:00.000-07:002008-02-14T03:21:00.000-07:00Anonymous said, "The abusive behaviors documented ...Anonymous said, "The abusive behaviors documented here and elsewhere were far less commonplace when America was a more homogeneous culture. <BR/><BR/>"If that basic fact upsets the puerile liberty lover, then so be it."<BR/><BR/>Sorry, this puerile lib lover can't agree. America a homogeneous culture? When was that? <BR/><BR/>What we are witnessing is the militarization of the police due to convergence of two trends: the establishment and extention of the "war on drugs" and the massive wave of ex-military into police forces due to our standing army. What else are the jar heads going to do for a living once they are out? I'd love stats on how many cops are ex-military. They are treating their fellow citizens as the enemy, as they are trained to do. I can think of only one way to stop it: end the "war on drugs" and disband the standing army. Without these sensible actions, boo-hooing by the citizenry will go absolutely nowhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-33858499648604827002008-02-14T01:40:00.000-07:002008-02-14T01:40:00.000-07:00As to what was said about the law in Texas...it is...As to what was said about the law in Texas...it is true that an unlawful force used by a peace officer may be countered with force as if a person was simply defending themselves against a regular attacker. However, this justification will be decided by a court so if you ever get into an altercation make sure the police force you call upon in the aftermath is no the same as the one the problem officer is from (i.e. call the Sheriff's office if you have a run in with a city police officer). All the Branch Davidians who survived, the ones who surrendered before the fire broke out, were all acquitted of any charges since it was proven that the ATF did not declare themselves as law enforcement officers serving a warrant; they simply opened fire on the compound and those inside returned fire thinking they were under attack and even called 911 to report they were being attacked.Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479888592430761318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-16363582859636402492008-02-14T01:02:00.001-07:002008-02-14T01:02:00.001-07:00Of course, the real problem with the police is tha...Of course, the real problem with the police is that they are just a band of officially-looking robbers.<BR/><BR/>Their job is to enforce collections for their political masters, to suppress competition from petty thieves, and to discourage population from acting against the said political masters (while pretending to protect that population from all kinds of puffed-up threats).<BR/><BR/>I find it very unsuprising that thugs in uniform act like thugs. Some of them are probably good people, although severly deluded regarding their role in this life; but the majority are quite conscious of the fact that they are enforcers for the regime.<BR/><BR/>Any sane person thus avoids contacts with the police just like they avoid contacts with the neigborhood gang. Kids should be taught to make themselves very scarce at the very first sight of a uniformed asshole - even if they don't do anything bad or proscribed at the time.<BR/><BR/>And, of course, no sane person would give a cop time of day, leave alone help him or socialize with him. They should be treated like lepers.averrosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-81012321949434507462008-02-14T01:02:00.000-07:002008-02-14T01:02:00.000-07:00A few thoughts, from one on the inside:Police are ...A few thoughts, from one on the inside:<BR/><BR/>Police are conditioned to think of themselves as an army of occupation. Private citizens are mere "civilians." <BR/><BR/>Too few police live in the same communities in which they work. "I don't s**t where I eat," was how one officer recently explained it, to a large, multi-agency training session. In California, an officer can have his driver's license and vehicle registration information reflect his agency's address, rather than his own. In some jurisdictions, it is illegal to divulge a police officer's address. In short, there's no community accountability and the occupation mentality is further reinforced.<BR/><BR/>Too many checks on law enforcement power have been eroded in the name of fighting some threat (drugs, Mafia, insider trading) that supposedly defies opposition by Constitutional means. Expect Dubya's normalization of torture and warrantless surveillance to filter down to general law enforcement sooner rather than later, given the accelerating pace of our decline.Darylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16531287766762347658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-83492559522320251492008-02-14T00:57:00.000-07:002008-02-14T00:57:00.000-07:00Mormons fled to what is now Utah to escape tyranni...Mormons fled to what is now Utah to escape tyrannical, brutal government tactics and persecution. They later suffered an army invasion. Did they learn anything at all from these actions?<BR/><BR/>Apparently not. Now they've become the despotic masters they once left behind. My relatives in Utah all back up as genuine the despotic law enforcement belligerence Mr. Grigg brings to our attention. How can such a record-keeping people have so short a memory?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-81252103565355023322008-02-14T00:32:00.000-07:002008-02-14T00:32:00.000-07:00You want to know how the US are perceived in the r...You want to know how the US are perceived in the rest of the world?<BR/>The copper vs boy clip is perfect.<BR/>Here you have it all in a nutshell.<BR/>Gimme your skateboard or we (US) will bomb you into oblivion. You better respect us (US) or we will kick your ass. We (US) are educated, you are dumb. We (US) have manners, you have none. Don't dude me, bro.<BR/>The poor idiot just incorporates his nation. He's american, why blame him?geroldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-69517303637458831082008-02-13T23:44:00.000-07:002008-02-13T23:44:00.000-07:00If they were only talking during the previews and ...If they were only talking during the previews and were silent during the main feature -- as your write-up suggests -- then I don't think this couple was even being all that rude. Certainly whatever minor discourtesy they committed by talking during the previews was outweighed by the deputy glaring at them, using a racial slur, and calling the woman a bitch.<BR/><BR/>So, basically, the deputy sat there fuming through the entirety of the movie, and then decided to launch a testosterone contest over a minor discourtesy that had been committed nearly three hours earlier.<BR/><BR/>The legal term for that is "being an ass" -- and that's before his misuse of his (irrelevant in the situation) authority.Walternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-32205073732178679792008-02-13T23:30:00.000-07:002008-02-13T23:30:00.000-07:00Anyone else notice that at the very end of the fir...Anyone else notice that at the very end of the first video, the cop threatens the cameraman? If he thought what he was doing was right and proper, why is he so concerned about finding himself on you-tube? My question, though, is how he managed not to notice he was being filmed until that point. I'm also curious why the cameraman didn't put down the camera and question the officer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1933121487208486652008-02-13T22:09:00.000-07:002008-02-13T22:09:00.000-07:00would deputy Curtis have acted in the moveie theat...<I>would deputy Curtis have acted in the moveie theatre as he did if he knew that the other guy was or could be carrying?<BR/><BR/>Did he have a Motorola with him at the time?</I><BR/><BR/>Well, obviously, I don't know if he had a radio with him at the time or not. Regardless, that is nonetheless extraneous concerning this particular event. I mean, assuming Curtis had no radio, and assuming that Utah allows CC, how would the copper know whether the man was carrying? He still acted like a punk regardless. So from that, I can't see how whether the victim was carrying or not would've deflated how Curtis chose to act upon this guy.<BR/><BR/>Of course, it must be pointed out that Curtis was not acting against this victim on behalf the department from the get go, only that he belatedly used the implied power of the department to back him up after the thug in him was at full bore. Certainly, if the deputy was acting on behalf of the department, he would certainly have had a radio handy ;), in any case, and used it to learn any pertinent info about this guy the Leviathanette had handy <I>beforehand</I>.<BR/><BR/>Ergo, that being the case:<BR/><BR/>"...will likely <B>already know about it before they commence whatever action</B>. In fact, you'll probably be treated more harshly (like that really would be a surprise?)."<BR/><BR/>For example, if you possess a CCP and you get stopped by the cops in Virginia, trust me, they'll almost certainly already be aware that you possess a CCP before they ever walk up to your vehicle.dixiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845646940134894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-89738485506527991622008-02-13T18:59:00.001-07:002008-02-13T18:59:00.001-07:00dixiedog:would deputy Curtis have acted in the mov...dixiedog:<BR/><BR/>would deputy Curtis have acted in the moveie theatre as he did if he knew that the other guy was or could be carrying?<BR/><BR/>Did he have a Motorola with him at the time?<BR/><BR/>DocDoc Ellis 124http://www.blogger.com/profile/08543939658083915285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-50519169024765242662008-02-13T18:59:00.000-07:002008-02-13T18:59:00.000-07:00dixiedog:would deputy Curtis have acted in the mov...dixiedog:<BR/><BR/>would deputy Curtis have acted in the moveie theatre as he did if he knew that the other guy was or could be carrying?<BR/><BR/>Did he have a Motorola with him at the time?<BR/><BR/>DocDoc Ellis 124http://www.blogger.com/profile/08543939658083915285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-33746487521554667732008-02-13T17:19:00.000-07:002008-02-13T17:19:00.000-07:00I believe that that Baltimore policeman who commit...I believe that that Baltimore policeman who committed police brutality on that 14-year-old skateboarder has been suspended.Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565620274260288512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-15560727823776799512008-02-13T10:47:00.000-07:002008-02-13T10:47:00.000-07:00Sans Authoritas,Thanks for your comments. I couldn...Sans Authoritas,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comments. I couldn't agree more.Al Newberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12702350396853727859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-15464777650009600232008-02-12T23:22:00.000-07:002008-02-12T23:22:00.000-07:00Will, I really think I would be in jail right now ...Will, I really think I would be in jail right now if I was the kid in that first video. In fact, it would've been nigh impossible for me to even remain cool. I'd have simply tried to remain silent throughout, but my blood pressure would've risen into the stratosphere! Only his gun (not his badge!), I'm afraid, would've kept me in check.<BR/><BR/>I'd have described that savage as just that, or a state-sanctioned barbarian with badge, to anyone who would've listened in the cell and among the other tax-consuming paladins in the premises. I'm glad someone had a camera to catch that nauseating cretin and slap it up on Youtube.<BR/><BR/>But I must ask, will that community become enraged and demand punitive action?? I can only hope so.<BR/><BR/>Just a note about the second video. The victim in the wheelchair appears to be a paraplegic rather than a quadriplegic, simply judging by observing the video here, although that certainly doesn't lessen in any way the injustice perpetrated upon the person in that wheelchair. Either way, he was obviously incapable of normal mobility.<BR/><BR/>And in the second video, if I had witnessed that entire episode and the attendant action by the police, my freedom would've (or my life possibly would've) just ended permanently that day!<BR/><BR/>Seriously, time for apathetic passivity is long past and it's now time to <I>react</I> when/if we witness these actions. I've not yet witnessed these kinds of antics myself.<BR/><BR/><I>Is UT a concealed-carry state? If not, would this have happened in a concealed carry state the way it happened in UT?</I><BR/><BR/>doc ellis 124, yes it could and most likely would happen in a CCW state as well because, if you've been issued a CCW license, the Leviathanette (and by extension Daddy Leviathan) will likely already know about it before they commence whatever action. In fact, you'll probably be treated more harshly (like that really would be a surprise?).<BR/><BR/>However, in many areas in VA you can open-carry in public locales with no problem. That defeats the purpose of a viable defense, obviously, since you'll be the first line target in any crime in progress, or otherwise having to endure the aftermaths of the inevitable 911 calls from terrified soccer mammas and effeminate men in the immediate area...sigh. I'm not jokin', it happens!<BR/><BR/>On another note, in Virginia, a first time charge of carrying an unlicensed concealed weapon is a misdemeanor ( I forget what class). Serious? Indeed, but survivable and, depending on the circumstances upon which you were charged, can be dismissed or the charge reduced.<BR/><BR/>At least I take comfort in the fact that <A HREF="http://www.vcdl.org/static/ccw.html" REL="nofollow">Idaho is among the states that do honor VA CCWs</A>. However, unfortunately, some southern states like SC, Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia do not.<BR/><BR/>Traitors...:(.dixiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845646940134894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-22319792226118049142008-02-12T22:26:00.000-07:002008-02-12T22:26:00.000-07:00Do you want to know why cops act the way they do? ...Do you want to know why cops act the way they do? It's not complex. <BR/><BR/>Ever notice that the people working at the DMV can hardly speak English, are rude, unprofessional, and obviously don't care about the quality of their work? Care to guess why? They, and their supervisors, and indeed, the whole DMV, have something called a <I>monopoly.</I> You will get your car registered, you will get your traveling permission slip, and you will get your permission plates, or you will pay a fine or go to prison. DMV is the only place you can do those things. They're not going to lose their jobs for doing them poorly. Their pay is secure: their paycheck is transferred, by gunpoint, from people who actually work and offer voluntary goods and services, to these miscreants. It's called taxation. <BR/><BR/>A policeman is nothing more than a person whose job it is to protect the individual rights of individual men. Not the rights of God, not the will of the State. The rights of men. Life, liberty, and property. Period. There is no reason why these ends cannot be accomplished by private companies, operating on much the same principle as a car insurance company. <BR/><BR/>When you give monopoly power of violence to anyone, he is going to act like he has a monopoly: he will do anything he damn well pleases, because his paycheck is secure. So is that of his supervisor. They have no monetary incentive to offer high-quality service, or to treat anyone with respect. <BR/><BR/>In a real business, the workers must strive to treat their customers with respect. Otherwise, their customers will take their business and their money elsewhere. Again: this is not the case in a monopoly. These animated entities (in lieu of more aptly descriptive, yet less charitable terms)are coercively funded. You either pay the money they tell you that you owe, or your door is kicked down, and you are arrested or shot, or both. <BR/><BR/>As long as you have policemen funded with money taken by force or the threat thereof, you will have this bestial behavior. Privatize the police, and I guarantee these badgethugs will be weeded out in a heartbeat. <BR/><BR/>-Sans AuthoritasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-26201057534196158262008-02-12T21:48:00.000-07:002008-02-12T21:48:00.000-07:00Gee, Deputy Curtis must have gone to the same "cop...Gee, Deputy Curtis must have gone to the same "cop school" as these Tampa cops, who didn't believe a quadriplegic was really quadriplegic, so they dumped him out of his wheel chair to find out...BTW, he was arrested for a "traffic offense".<BR/><BR/>http://www.wlbz2.com/news/watercooler/article.aspx?storyid=80510prairiesurferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07402231586346610350noreply@blogger.com