Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Greetings fellow Bizarros:I read a frightening statistic the other day. The number of law enforcement officers who were killed nationwide has jumped nearly 17 percent according to newly released statistics from the FBI.
I guess it can be blamed on persistently high unemployment. I mean, even V.P. Joe Biden said that if congress doesn't pass President Obama's recent jobs bill everybody is going to get raped and murdered. It makes sense. When people don't have jobs or money they turn to crime, and the cops frequently pay the price for it.
Or, part of it could also be due to all of the illegal guns the cops are smuggling.
According to nypost.com eight current and former New York City cops were part of a ring that smuggled guns, cigarettes and slot machines into New York from out of state, the feds charged.
The 12 defendants -- including five active-duty officers based in Brooklyn -- were busted on charges including conspiracy to transport firearms and conspiracy to transport and receive stolen merchandise.
Awkward!
While their fellow officers are getting mowed down in the streets, these guys are smuggling guns for money. Or who knows, maybe it's not money. Maybe the police are just trying to stay busy. I guess it's hard to blame them with the example the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives set with their Fast and Furious gun-trafficking operation.
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RIGHT HERE! Only $1.07!*-- READER COMMENTS --*The Occupy Wall Street crowd are have no idea what they are protesting. It is an example of emotion triumphing over logic. Obama is welcome to take the largest donations ever from Wall Street and then thrown his lot in with the protestors. But I am starting to believe Steve Jobs "You're headed for a one-term presidency". Steve thought this due to Obama's anti-business rhetoric and policy. In the end that only produces bad things like high unemployment and lost elections. -John
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He only talks like he is anti-business while his policies are designed to give giant, multi-national banks and business all of the leeway it needs to rape and gamble with our money.]
Why don't they demonstrate outside of the Capital in DC? They're the ones who have been passing all those laws and exempting themselves from the consequences? -Susanne
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There is an Occupy DC movement.]
As long as this does not turn into another "French Revolution" as you read from history it got out of hand and the streets of Paris flowed with blood.
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And the French didn't even have a Second Amendment.]
Your comments regarding OWS were right on. Though bankers and corporate fatcats are indeed greedy [DELETED]suckers, the primal evil that enables their ride on the gravy train lives in the heart of central banking-The Fed. Ron Paul is one of the few politicos who understands economics, and his call to "End The Fed!" should be taken up by OWS. -Jerry
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If the Fed shouldn't be ended then at least it should be audited, transparent and regulated. No one even knows exactly who or what makes up the Fed in its entirety! How can people stand for that?]
I think that all the republicans in congress who continue to block the presidents attempts to pass bills to help the economy should either be paying much higher taxes or taking deep cuts in salary. The poor and middle classes cannot take much more garbage from this congress who resist any help for americans who are not gazillionaires. -J.H.
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I am all for a $447 billion jobs bill...as long as the prez and congress cut $447 billion in spending. If Obama has to borrow it or tax it then it is counter-productive.]
I know I have read this comment before, but I think you should seriously consider running for President of the USA. If all of the candidates from the past 20+ years were all lumped together into one, they still wouldn't be able to shake things up the way you could. I also think you would be surprised at just how easy it would be to be elected, most people these days are thoroughly disgusted with the way things are going. Just saying... Linda, MO
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"Lewis in 2012." I like the sound of it. Anybody have any good platform ideas?]
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