Update: SUNNYSIDE SLAYING: Officer’s stolen gun may have been used in shooting

September 9, 2008 by Leave a Comment

This is from the Tri-City Herald: SUNNYSIDE SLAYING

First step: Admit we have a gang problem in Sunnyside that is not being effectively dealt with.

Second step: Change strategy and tactics to more effectively deal with this situation.  Proper storage of guns is a place to start.  How was this particular firearm being stored?

Also, recognize that the ‘property crimes’ the Sunnyside Police are too busy to investigate have now lead to law enforcement firearms being used to commit murder.  Police must be active in fighting the petty theft, tagging with graffiti, and vandalism taking place in the community; or it will lead to more devastating crimes like this one.  City Council are you listening?  Push for more effective policing.  This should not be where you want to cut the budget right now.  Start planning on changes in how the Police Department is being run.  Look at the crime fighting techniques from other cities that are reducing gang crime for ideas.  Restructure the Police Department to better respond to changing threats within the community.  Do not continue to operate with a business as usual attitude.

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US Is “More Communist than China”

September 9, 2008 by Leave a Comment

The Federal Government is now the mortgage industry.  The complete takeover occurred over the weekend.  Other than the taxpayers, is anyone else being held accountable for this?  No one is being prosecuted for cooking books and telling everyone that all was o.k.  As a matter of fact, the executives responsible are being paid millions in severance packages.  Both Democrats and Republicans are responsible for this.  Both McCain and Obama favor this government takeover of financial institutions.  

For some thought provoking analysis of this check out this CNBC article:   US Is “More Communist than China”

Corporations are generally chartered by the states.  Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are chartered by and for the Federal Government.  They are GSEs (Government Sponsored Enterprises).  That generally means if you are part of the ‘in’ crowd, your Washington cronies will take care of you no matter what happens.  Someone has to pay the bill, of course.  Thus, the taxpayers face increasing economic burden while Wall Street and the politically connected act as parasites on the economy.

The Ludwig von Mises Institute has a detailed article on this matter: Fannie Mae: Another New Deal Monstrosity

The Soviet Union showed that a big central government run economy is less efficient, and ultimately doomed to fail.  Its time to get the Government back to the business of governing, and out of the business of nationalizing more private industries.

At least one person in the Senate is getting wise to the situation: Senator Bunning Says Paulson Acts Like Socialist, Should Resign

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