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It's not Lazarus Long. I forget the name though. Google to the rescue... I believe it was Professor Bernardo de la Paz from The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Doh!

This is a favorite quote of mine but I think it's important to note that Heinlein was putting these words into the mouth of one of his characters and it shouldn't be attributed to him directly. Fair Point. Though to be honest, when I read Lazarus Long, he has Heinlein's voice in my head.

Don't even have to go that far, it comes with a belly band. Might as well just go ahead and preemptively shoot yourself in the junk and get it over with.

Just because she's politically left doesn't make her wrong about this. Never said it did. In fact I applauded it greatly when I first saw it, then I remembered who she was. My point was to be sure that her actions here were praised, not the person who is to be found severely lacking.

That's the ATF way, F### up, Move up.

Don't get too fond of her before you get familiar with her terrible, terrible political views.

Once again, if somebody ran on a platform of voting only to repeal current laws, regardless of party the cat would have my vote.

A "wannabe cop" who turned down a uniform and a marked car, riiiight.

While in my experience they are not the norm, they are a sizable enough of a group that one must be cautious when dealing with MPD unless the officer is familiar and a known quantity. I have several friends on the MPD, I like and trust them. It is their coworkers I don't trust. Harsh, but prudent in my opinion.

Your POV is flawed. Hitler's Reich was not far right, it was a far left government. In fact it was much farther left than our government currently is situated.

I too saw the genius in "felony stupid" And with JayC's permission i will use it where needed. Darryl Issa gets credit for that one I believe. Dropped it during the Fast & Furious hearings.

Godwin's Law is the reference.

At first I liked this post, and was all in agreement with what you said. Then I remembered a conversation I had with an Officer Gooch of the MPD after he accosted and lectured a gentleman who left my place of employment open carrying one late night. He had essentially the same mindset as the officer DS conversed with. I know he is not alone with that mindset in the MPD. There are also just as many officers with their heads on straight, actually more by my experience, but there are still a sizable amount that are the enemy.

Damn, I love those cats.

Oh good lawd! The comments on that thread make me think just one thing. Thank you David for not putting up with that kind of over the top racist garbage on this forum. Seriously, thank you.

When is a politician not fibbing? When you have the muzzle of a rifle in their face?

I'm not saying that the consequences were not deserved or that it should have been handled any differently, only that unlike Thuggy McThuggerson who gets ventilated trying to rob someone, this isn't a happy ending. It is just a tragic event for all involved.

I don't really think this one falls under a "thug down" designation. The offender in this case a man suffering from mental illness, who obviously had a psychotic break that endangered others and ended his life. While I do not mourn his death, I will not celebrate it either.

It's more common than some would think.

Sorry to hear that, I know how disappointed you are. :D

I will try and walk this line as carefully as possible. Folks like him are the enemy, no two ways about it. Especially when folks like him are allowed into a position where they have any sort of perceived power or authority. The second best method of dealing with people like that is that once they are discovered, expel them from their positions and prevent them from ever again having more responsibility or power than a volunteer crossing guard. That man and those like him are the enemy, and should be treated as such.

I've been back and forth on my thoughts of the likelihood of anything significant actually happening if Zimmerman is acquitted. There is definitely a part of me that thinks a lot of this is just talk. While there has been isolated riots in the past (Rodney King, Watts, etc.) there hasn't been anything really widespread. Then I realized that everything in the past was pre-Twitter. From the on Twitter organized flash-robs/mobs to the Arab Spring uprisings, Twitter has allowed for on the fly organizing and communication in a manner not seen before. It would be very easy for a few folks to hit the streets, send out a few tweets and then be joined by hundreds or thousands in very little time. I initially brushed the idea off, but now I think that it would be prudent to have a plan in place in case things really pop off here in Memphis.

Now he is being looked at for a 2012 double murder. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/27/aaron-hernandez-2012-murder-investigation_n_3510977.html

I'm totally gonna buy one.