Make them pay ... Rant

[Loosecannon]

A Government should fear the people

[Elysium]

Originally Posted by Loosecannon

A Government should fear the people

Maybe we should all go out and protest more...

[Hitman]

Originally Posted by yellowhello

Maybe we should all go out and protest more...

Damn Californians, always thinking that protesting solves problems.

[PrOLifIC_onE]

Originally Posted by Tech Geek Deluxe

OK ... this is a rant ... so be forewarned.

Thanks for the warning. My opinions/rants to follow.

They do try to catch elected officials that take bribes, but my guess is that they don't catch them often enough. However, I would like to state that no country/democracy is perfect. None ever will be.

Originally Posted by Tech Geek Deluxe

OK ... so you get a speeding ticket ... I say that if that Police officer has no recent and pre-qualified standards of criminal prosecutions and arrests of "real criminals" ... then their Citations should be thrown out!

Why Not? Heck ... are they hired to harrass honest Citizens or police crime?

So someone breaks into your house to beat you to a pulp and rape your sister/mom/wife. The police risk their health and lives, driving very fast to get there, potentially getting into a fight/shoot out with the suspect(s), and/or possibly chasing the suspect. Are they harrassing honest citizens then?

Back to traffic tickets. If police wrote zero traffic tickets, who would obey traffic laws? I'll answer: less than 1% of the population. This would put you and your family and friends at great risk. Police are trained on traffic AND criminal laws. Police don't just get hired one day and get handed a gun, keys to a car and a ticketbook the next day. Most officers have extensive training before going out and 'harrassing citizens' by writing traffic tickets. Oh, BTW, citizens have every right to fight the traffic tickets in court, just like they have the right to a trial in criminal cases. If you feel you are being harrassed report it to the supervisors at that officer's agency or take the ticket to court.

Originally Posted by Tech Geek Deluxe

Ever notice that often when Taxes are brought up ... that there isn't enough money for schools? Or that there isn't enough money for Prisons ... Usually these two issues happen at the same time.

Heck why don't they just say if you don't give us more money then the prisoners will out of prison preying on your kids!

I think the people in charge of the budget should be held on charges of Criminal Negligence and Incompetency ... when there isn't enough money for schools!

Prisons/jails do let inmates out early if they can't afford to keep them. Unfortunately it does happen, especially when it comes to local/county jails. Many school and jail issues are handled by local bonds that 'the people' directly vote for or against.

[Elysium]

Originally Posted by Hitman

Damn Californians, always thinking that protesting solves problems.

Heh, never been to a protest in my life, matter of fact. I heard about Berkeley and the hippies in my history class though.

[Hitman]

Originally Posted by yellowhello

Heh, never been to a protest in my life, matter of fact. I heard about Berkeley and the hippies in my history class though.

Oh yes the Vietnam Day Committee.

[fstroupe]

220 years ago, the founding fathers decided that our country should be a republic. It was a good idea then and still is.

But, we don't elect them to do our will...we elect them to make what they determine is the "right" decision. Unfortunitely, even if they go to DC to do our will, they soon realize that if they don't do what the party leaders want, they will be rendered totally and completely ineffective, given bullshit jobs, and spend the rest of their time there in a corner jerking off.

And, the leadership are like the rest, they are elected from their own particular state or district. Being in charge, they bring home the bacon, and their constituents seldom vote them out of office, even if they don't particularly care for their politics.

I could rant on this for a long time...but congress, a majority of them anyway...is so out of touch with the people. I.E., the immigration issue. The people have spoken...they don't want amnesty. But the elites think that they know better than those that sent them there, they tried to get a second amnesty bill shoved through in a spur of the moment bill, that was discovered in time for another outcry. It will happen again next year, and keep happening until they get one, or the majority again becomes the minority. (personally, I have decided I don't care one way or the other...we have gotten some really good Mexican restaurants since the illegals moved in)

BUT>>>whose fault is it? The morons that keep sending those people to Washington decade after decade. Most of them couldn't tell you how their representative or senators stand on a single issue.

I personally know my representative, and he votes exactly how I like. If he didn't, I'd be out there campaigning against him every other year.

Originally Posted by yellowhello

Maybe we should all go out and protest more...

Yes, we should...at the polling place.

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As far as speeding tickets, if you don't like or want them, don't speed.

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Taxes for schools is kind of an individual school district issue. You can throw infinite amounts of money into a failed school system and it won't improve much if at all. We have an excellent school system here. But it pisses me off to see teachers spending their own money for supplies, and they do daily.

Prisions shouldn't cost much...tents, concertina wire, and bologna sandwiches would lower the cost a lot.

[NoctisReitop]

Originally Posted by Hitman

Kill Them All!

*loads weapons*

[PrOLifIC_onE]

Originally Posted by fstroupe

...As far as speeding tickets, if you don't like or want them, don't speed.

...But it pisses me off to see teachers spending their own money for supplies, and they do daily.

...Prisons shouldn't cost much...tents, concertina wire, and bologna sandwiches would lower the cost a lot.

Amen... Amen.... and Amen...

[NoctisReitop]

I almost think that sometimes jail is incentive. A homeless man that cannot afford a place to sleep, no food, no anything would actually do better in several ways to be in jail >.< . That's kind of sad.