Friday - November 30, 2007

Speaking truth to lunacy

If you live outside the USA: Sean Taylor was a professional football player with a bright future. He was shot in the leg in his own house by a burglar. Despite all medical efforts he bled to death. His killer is still at large.

original article here

Taylor’s death a grim reminder for us all

Jason Whitlock
FOXSports.com

There’s a reason I call them the Black KKK. The pain, the fear and the destruction are all the same.

Someone who loved Sean Taylor is crying right now. The life they knew has been destroyed, an 18-month-old baby lost her father, and, if you’re a black man living in America, you’ve been reminded once again that your life is in constant jeopardy of violent death.

The Black KKK claimed another victim, a high-profile professional football player with a checkered past this time.

No, we don’t know for certain the circumstances surrounding Taylor’s death. I could very well be proven wrong for engaging in this sort of aggressive speculation. But it’s no different than if you saw a fat man fall to the ground clutching his chest. You’d assume a heart attack, and you’d know, no matter the cause, the man needed to lose weight.

Well, when shots are fired and a black man hits the pavement, there’s every statistical reason to believe another black man pulled the trigger. That’s not some negative, unfair stereotype. It’s a reality we’ve been living with, tolerating and rationalizing for far too long.

When the traditional, white KKK lynched, terrorized and intimidated black folks at a slower rate than its modern-day dark-skinned replacement, at least we had the good sense to be outraged and in no mood to contemplate rationalizations or be fooled by distractions.

Our new millennium strategy is to pray the Black KKK goes away or ignores us. How’s that working?

About as well as the attempt to shift attention away from this uniquely African-American crisis by focusing on an “injustice” the white media allegedly perpetrated against Sean Taylor.

Within hours of his death, there was a story circulating that members of the black press were complaining that news outlets were disrespecting Taylor’s victimhood by reporting on his troubled past

No disrespect to Taylor, but he controlled the way he would be remembered by the way he lived. His immature, undisciplined behavior with his employer, his run-ins with law enforcement, which included allegedly threatening a man with a loaded gun, and the fact a vehicle he owned was once sprayed with bullets are all pertinent details when you’ve been murdered.

Marcellus Wiley, a former NFL player, made the radio circuit Wednesday, singing the tune that athletes are targets. That was his explanation for the murders of Taylor and Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams and the armed robberies of NBA players Antoine Walker and Eddy Curry.

Really?

Let’s cut through the bull(manure) and deal with reality. Black men are targets of black men. Period. Go check the coroner’s office and talk with a police detective. These bullets aren’t checking W-2s.

Rather than whine about white folks’ insensitivity or reserve a special place of sorrow for rich athletes, we’d be better served mustering the kind of outrage and courage it took in the 1950s and 1960s to stop the white KKK from hanging black men from trees.

But we don’t want to deal with ourselves. We take great joy in prescribing medicine to cure the hate in other people’s hearts. Meanwhile, our self-hatred, on full display for the world to see, remains untreated, undiagnosed and unrepentant.

Our self-hatred has been set to music and reinforced by a pervasive culture that promotes a crab-in-barrel mentality.

You’re damn straight I blame hip hop for playing a role in the genocide of American black men. When your leading causes of death and dysfunction are murder, ignorance and incarceration, there’s no reason to give a free pass to a culture that celebrates murder, ignorance and incarceration.

Of course there are other catalysts, but until we recapture the minds of black youth, convince them that it’s not OK to “super man dat ho” and end any and every dispute by “cocking on your bitch,” nothing will change.

Does a Soulja Boy want an education?

HBO did a fascinating documentary on Little Rock Central High School, the Arkansas school that required the National Guard so that nine black kids could attend in the 1950s. Fifty years later, the school is one of the nation’s best in terms of funding and educational opportunities. It’s 60 percent black and located in a poor black community.

Watch the documentary and ask yourself why nine poor kids in the ‘50s risked their lives to get a good education and a thousand poor black kids today ignore the opportunity that is served to them on a platter.

Blame drugs, blame Ronald Reagan, blame George Bush, blame it on the rain or whatever. There’s only one group of people who can change the rotten, anti-education, pro-violence culture our kids have adopted. We have to do it.

According to reports, Sean Taylor had difficulty breaking free from the unsavory characters he associated with during his youth.

The “keepin’ it real” mantra of hip hop is in direct defiance to evolution. There’s always someone ready to tell you you’re selling out if you move away from the immature and dangerous activities you used to do, you’re selling out if you speak proper English, embrace education, dress like a grown man, do anything mainstream.

The Black KKK is enforcing the same crippling standards as its parent organization. It wants to keep black men in their place — uneducated, outside the mainstream and six feet deep.

In all likelihood, the Black Klan and its mentality buried Sean Taylor, and any black man or boy reading this could be next.

Yes, I snagged this totally from SmallestMinority. And he snagged the entire essay from FoxSports.com. Just in case, y’know. It’s a statement that needs to be made, and made, and made, and made, and made again. I am not part of the solution, nor am I part of the problem. I see the problem, I can figure out a solution (start with marriage and follow that up with actual parenting, and add in a respect for education and hard work and honesty.  Then get the hell out of the cities and get a job. That’s a good beginning.) but I can’t deliver the message. That has to come from within.




Roughly half the annual murder victims in America are blacks. Of those, black men between the ages of 12 and 35 make up the vast majority. Of those, urbanites are a huge majority. You can look up the numbers and do your own analysis. This is a good place to start, though there are many, many other sources.

This is actually the worst internal problem facing America today, in my opinion.

FOUR ARRESTED IN TAYLOR SHOOTING

MIAMI (AP) - The Miami-Dade Police Department has arrested four people in connection with the shooting death of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor.

Police spokeswoman Linda O’Brien identified the suspects, all males as: Venjah K. Hunte, 20; Eric Rivera Jr., 17; Jason Scott Mitchell, 17; and Charles Kendrick Lee Wardlow, 18. O’Brien said the charges for each had not yet been determined, but “we are talking murder and burglary.”

The four men were arrested Friday in southwest Florida, about 100 miles from Miami. They will be booked into the Lee County Jail and eventually will be returned to Miami, O’Brien said. She did not have any information on when they would appear in court, their hometowns or if they had attorneys.

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Authorities said they had more than one confession, but Parker would not elaborate.

“We’re looking into whether or not one or more of the individuals had been at the residence before,” Parker said.

Police have been investigating a possible link to a Nov. 17 break-in at Taylor’s home, during which they said someone pried open a front window, rifled through drawers and left a kitchen knife on a bed.

Morning after update to the update
It looks like Mr. Whitlock’s statistics bear out. These are the guys arrested on the left, Sean Taylor on the right.

Posted by Drew458     on 11/30/2007 at 09:59 PM   
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A hero Passes

from MSNBC

CLEARWATER, Fla. - Evel Knievel, the red-white-and-blue-spangled motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over crazy obstacles including Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho’s Snake River Canyon made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69.

Knievel’s death was confirmed by his granddaughter, Krysten Knievel. He had been in failing health for years, suffering from diabetes and pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable condition that scarred his lungs.

Knievel had undergone a liver transplant in 1999 after nearly dying of hepatitis C, likely contracted through a blood transfusion after one of his bone-shattering spills.

What boy in the 70’s with a bike didn’t fancy himself as Evil Knievel?  A sad day indeed.

Posted by Drew458     on 11/30/2007 at 07:08 PM   
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Stupid Criminal Tricks

One of the reasons I love reading LawDog’s site is his tales of woe for the criminal element in Texas.

This is no dissapointment.

A couple of days ago, Joe here (being, well, a critter) decided to improve his financial lot in life by relieving a local construction contractor of a ... thingummy. It was a very nice thingummy, as thingummies go, with 18 volt batteries and whole bunch of attachable wozzits and even a couple of doohickies.

Joe attempted to resell his acquired thingummy, but—unfortunately—the previous (rightful) owner had etched his name and the name of his company rather flamboyantly upon the side of the thingummy. All of the local item redistributing/financial centres thereabouts know the gentleman whose name was so clearly attached to the afore-mentioned thingummy, and none of them were dumb enough to glom onto the thingummy.

Finally, pushed to the brink of desperation, Joe was cruising the main street and noticed an extremely large diesel pick-up truck with a familiar name emblazoned on the side parked at a local fast-food eatery. The same name, as a matter-of-fact, as the one etched into the side of the thingummy.

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Breaking: Hostages Taken at Clinton Campaign Headquarters

Michelle Malkin has good coverage, as does the Gateway Pundit

WMUR reporting…

An armed man has taken people hostage at the Hillary Clinton campaign office in Rochester, police said.

It was not clear how many hostages there were or what weapons the man has. Police have set up a command post near the office on 28 North Main St.
Will monitor it.

Pray that it turns out alright and that no one is hurt.

WDHD is reporting Rochester has been evacuated after a bomb threat.

Take with a grain of salt, but here’s one eyewitness report from WMUR:

“A young woman with a 6-month or 8-month-old infant came rushing into the store just in tears, and she said, ‘You need to call 911. A man has just walked into the Clinton office, opened his coat and showed us a bomb strapped to his chest with duct tape,’” witness Lettie Tzizik said.

Posted by Drew458     on 11/30/2007 at 03:30 PM   
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Freedom or Justice?

Bill Whittle asks a great question:  Do you want Freedom or Justice?  Can you really have both?

Are you in favor of Freedom? Well, who isn’t?

What about Justice? Put me down for that too.

Everybody wants freedom, and everybody wants justice… but it occurs to me, if you really get down to brass tacks, that pure freedom and pure justice are mutually exclusive.

For example, if one was truly free, utterly at liberty to do whatever one wanted, whenever they wanted to do it, then that person would leave a vast wake of injustice. To walk wherever you wanted: trespassing. To take what you wanted: stealing (or rape if it was who you wanted). If you were absolutely, utterly free you could murder at will. Or perhaps just drive as fast as you want.

The fact that you are not able to do any of these things puts constraints on your liberty. It limits your freedom to act. Thank God.

Posted by Drew458     on 11/30/2007 at 03:26 PM   
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SCRATCH TWO FRAKEN GREMLINS … THREE CHEERS FOR JOE HORN.

I don’t care what any bleeding heart, hand wringing, weepy eyed libtard thinks.  This guy is number one and should get a medal.
Probably old news to the blog site but I just found it in the Telegraph.
Two gremlins less. GOOD! 

Texan ‘hero’ shoots and kills burglars
By our foreign staff
Last Updated: 1:08pm GMT 30/11/2007

A Texas man has become a hero after he took it upon himself to shoot and kill two burglars who had broken into his neighbour’s house.

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Joe Horn called the police to report the burglary and then stepped outside and shot the burglars dead as they left the neighbour’s house.

advertisementA recording of the call suggests Mr Horn, 61, was itching to kill the two burglars.

“Don’t go outside the house,” the 911 operator pleaded.

“You’re going to get yourself shot if you go outside that house with a gun. I don’t care what you think.”

“You want to make a bet?” Horn answered.

“I’m going to kill them.”

Admirers, including several of his neighbours, say Mr Horn is a hero for killing the burglars, protecting his neighbourhood and sending a message to would-be criminals. Critics call him a loose cannon. His attorney says Mr Horn just feared for his life.

Prosecuting Mr Horn could prove difficult in Texas, where few people sympathise with criminals and many have an almost religious belief in the right to self-defence.

The case could test the state’s self-defence laws, which allow people to use deadly force in certain situations to protect themselves, their property and their neighbours’ property.

Horn was home in Pasadena, about 15 miles southeast of Houston, on Nov 14 when he heard glass breaking, said his attorney, Tom Lambright.

He looked out the window and saw 38-year-old Miguel Antonio DeJesus and 30-year-old Diego Ortiz using a crowbar to break out the rest of the glass.

He grabbed a 12-gauge shotgun and called 911, the police emergency number, Lambright said. “Uh, I’ve got a shotgun,” he told the dispatcher.

“Uh, do you want me to stop them?”

“Nope, don’t do that,” the dispatcher responded.

“Ain’t no property worth shooting somebody over, OK?”

Horn and the dispatcher spoke for several minutes, during which Mr Horn pleaded with the dispatcher to send someone to catch the men and vowed not to let them escape.

Over and over, the dispatcher told him to stay inside.

Horn repeatedly said he couldn’t.

When the men crawled back out the window carrying a bag, Mr Horn began to sound increasingly frantic.

“Well, here it goes, buddy,” Mr Horn said as a shell clicked into the chamber.

“You hear the shotgun clicking, and I’m going.”

A few seconds passed.

“Move,” Horn can be heard saying on the tape. “You’re dead.”

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Mr Horn redialed 911 and told the dispatcher what he’d done. “I had no choice,” he said, his voice shaking. “They came in the front yard with me, man. I had no choice. Get somebody over here quick.”

Mr Lambright said Mr Horn had intended to take a look around when he left his house and instead came face to face with the burglars, standing 10 to 12 feet from him in his yard.

Mr Horn is heavyset and middle-aged and would have been no match in a physical confrontation with the two men, who were young and strong, Lambright said.

So when one or both of them “made lunging movements,” Mr Horn fired in self-defence, he said.

Family members of the two shooting victims have made few public statements.

Diamond Morgan, Ortiz’s widow, who has an 8-month-old son with him, told Houston television station KTRK that she was stunned by Horn’s statements on the 911 tape.

“It’s horrible,” she said. “He was so eager, so eager to shoot.”

Texas law allows people to use deadly force to protect themselves if it is reasonable to believe they could otherwise be killed.

In some cases, people also can use deadly force to protect their neighbours’ property; for example, if a homeowner asks a neighbour to watch over his property while he’s out of town.

At issue is whether it was reasonable for Mr Horn to fear the men and whether his earlier threats on the 911 call showed he planned to kill them no matter what, said Fred C. Moss, who teaches criminal law at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

GET ME OUT OF HERE ...

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Santa hit by elf and safety killjoys

WELL HERE WE GO AGAIN WITH HEALTH and SAFETY.  The nanny states socialist cocoon where nobody ever gets hurt. Ever. What never? Well, hardly everrrr.

Tradition has it that Father Christmas travels by sleigh, but it seems even he is not exempt from the diktats of the health and safety police.

They have told one Santa that he must be strapped into a full body harness in case he falls out of his sleigh as it is towed by a Land Rover at the gentle speed of five miles an hour.

Meanwhile, another has been forced to abandon his sleigh altogether, and travel on a rather less magical bus.

Members of the Halesowen and Rowley Regis Rotary Club were told that they would have to raise a four-figure sum to cover the insurance costs of a visit by Father Christmas, until he agreed to belt up.

Barry Wheeler, the president of the West Midlands club, said: “Every year we have made sure Santa gets to go through the town and wave to the children. It just seemed ridiculous, especially because he doesn’t actually ride on the sleigh that often.

“He would be more likely to injure himself getting in and out of the sleigh than actually falling out of it.”

One of the members of the club, which has been organising visits by Father Christmas for the past 20 years, has now taken the sleigh to be fitted with the harness. This means the club saved £200 on its insurance policy and could still go ahead with the event.

However, members said the tough rules took “the magic out of Christmas”.

“We’re going to try to make the belt as discreet as possible,” said Mr Wheeler. “The sleigh ride through the towns starts in December and starts Christmas off for so many people. It would have been such a shame to see it cancelled.”

Kelly Ostler, from the Association of British Insurers which represents about 400 UK insurance companies, said: “This is as much about protecting Santa from other drivers as protecting him from the speed of his own sleigh.”

But Father Christmas has not been so lucky in the Northumbrian town of Alnwick. There, a 30-year tradition of visits to the town by Santa and his sleigh have been brought to an abrupt halt by a similar insurance wrangle.

As usual, the organisers - Alnwick Lions Club - planned to mount the sleigh on a district council trailer. But this year the council has ruled that using the trailer would be too dangerous because Santa is not a council employee, so he would not be covered by its insurance.

Instead, he has had to cancel the tour and will have to ride into town by bus to switch on the Christmas lights. Graham Luke, of the Alnwick Lions, told the Northumberland Gazette newspaper: “It is health and safety. We have become Americanised - that’s the best way of putting it.

“It is very frustrating because it is a tradition that has been going on for so long.”

An Alnwick district council spokesman said: “We always try to help with community projects, but regrettably, this is out of our hands.”

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Doctor who killed is free to work

Doctor who killed is free to work

I wasn’t gonna post anything this early but, going thru this mornings paper (and much thanks Drew for reminder re. Google it) there is this very scary story.  Hey,,, this is in my back yard.  Whoops, Brits say garden, not yard.  Whatever ... this is beyond the fringe.  I would hate to fall ill and find myself in hands like these.  Reading further we find this doc doesn’t even pass medical tests.  But he’s free to carry on business as usual.

A doctor convicted of killing a patient through gross negligence has been told that he can return to work in the NHS.

Amit Misra, 37, fled to India after being found guilty of the manslaughter of Sean Phillips, a 31-year-old sales executive, who died from a common infection while recovering from routine knee surgery.

A court was told that the trainee surgeon had failed to diagnose the infection and was “too proud” to ask senior doctors for help until it was too late. He was suspended from working for a year and avoided a jail term after his barrister pleaded that his career was in ruins.

Yet despite failing to prove himself in a series of medical assessment tests, the General Medical Council has ruled that Dr Misra should now be allowed to return to Britain to work, seven years after Mr Phillips’s death.

Under the law all cautions and convictions given to doctors have to be examined by the governing body, but in many cases the GMC allows those convicted of serious crimes or unprofessional conduct to work again.

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   Thursday - November 29, 2007

Streisand Supports Clinton, Clinton Blames Obama

[Washington, DC] The campaign for the Democratic Presidential nomination may be getting ugly… frighteningly ugly.  In the midst of a major drop in national polls, Sen. Hillary Clinton is suddenly endorsed by actress/singer/activist Barbra Streisand - a virtual kiss of death.  The Clinton camp is calling it a ‘dirty trick’ and points the finger at Hillary’s principal rival, Sen. Barack Obama.

“Hillary is a powerful voice for change as we find our country at an important crossroads,” said Streisand in a written statement on Tuesday.  “Under her leadership, our country will regain its respect within the global community.”

Clinton supporters call it a ridiculous coincidence that Streisand’s announcement would come only one day after the uber-powerful media queen Oprah Winfrey promised to campaign for Obama in 2008. One Clinton campaign worker, speaking on condition of anonymity, simply said that ‘the gloves are coming off now.’

“There was no reason for this,” said Democratic strategist Marlon Davis.  “Question her ethics, call her a ‘flip-flopper’, even demand financial records, she can dance around that until after the election.  But to sick ‘Babs’ on her is just beneath contemptible.”

“For a presidential campaign, the endorsement of Barbra Streisand is akin to the President finding out that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is having sex with Jane Fonda.  You’re done.”

In the past weeks, promises of civility from both Obama and Clinton seemed to go by the wayside as the issues heat up and poll numbers get closer.  Clinton has, on different occasions, charged that Obama has no foreign policy experience, and accused his political action committee (PAC) of paying for support from politicians in key early nomination states. 

For Obama’s part, in response to Clinton’s claim that during her eight years as First Lady she was ‘actively involved in issues both here and abroad’, he slammed the door by suggesting that former Secretary of State Madeline Albright might be surprised to find out that Hillary was the ‘face of foreign policy’ during her husband’s administration. 

Obama spokesman Bill Burton also said that until Sen. Clinton discloses White House records that she’s been reluctant to turn over for some time now, she has no room to criticize anyone’s campaign finance practices.  But Streisand… Barack Obama supporters say that he’s just not capable of such tactics.

“Senator Obama had nothing to do with Barbra Streisand’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton.  He didn’t talk her into it,” said campaign advisor Ed Senheis.  “Admittedly, it’s a tough blow to take and it couldn’t happen to a nicer person, but it didn’t come from this organization.  To suggest it did is simply more misdirection by the Clinton Machine… more politics as usual.”

Publicly, Sen. Clinton has graciously accepted Streisand’s nod, gushing that she deeply appreciates her confidence.  Privately, campaign workers are scrambling to find a way to fend off the downward spiral in poll numbers they know is surely coming.

Heh.

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One Fatwah, Coming Up!

Via LGF

Dutch lawmaker planning film criticizing the Quran

THE HAGUE, Netherlands: A Dutch conservative lawmaker said Wednesday he is making a film to highlight what he describes as “fascist” passages in the Quran, his latest high profile criticism of Islam.

The interior and justice ministers said they were concerned, but believed they had no authority to prevent the lawmaker, Geert Wilders, from screening his film.

Wilders plans to depict parts of the Quran he says are used as inspiration “by bad people to do bad things.”

Less than 10 minutes long, the film is expected to air in late January. It will show “the intolerant and fascist character of the Quran,” said Wilders, whose anti-Islam campaign helped his Freedom Party win nine seats in parliament in last year’s election.

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EU emission rules could limit Army vehicles

Hey Drew ..Doc Jeff ... Mr C and anyone else interested. Wanna inlist?  Incentives include bad housing, lack of ammo at times, not near enuff appreciation but hey ... you get to risk life and limb .... oh the glory of it.

EU emission rules could limit Army vehicles
By Laura Clout
Last Updated: 2:39am GMT 29/11/2007

The fighting capability of the Army’s new generation of armoured vehicles could be limited by European rules on greenhouse gas emissions.

To avoid breaching the EU rules, the 3,000 vehicles must be specially designed to limit the damage to the environment in the battlefield.

However, critics claim that this could compromise their fighting effectiveness and say protecting British troops should take priority over complying with the regulations.

The design of the armoured vehicles - called Future Rapid Effect System (FRES), is yet to be finalised, but each will be fitted with cutting edge electronic equipment.

At the request of the Ministry of Defence, the design will incorporate defences against roadside bombs and rocket-propelled grenades.

Liam Fox, the shadow defence secretary, fears the EU rules could prevent soldiers from being able to share fuel with American allies.

He said yesterday: “At a time when equipment shortages in Iraq and Afghanistan are leading to the deaths of our brave service personnel, it is preposterous that this Government is pre-occupied with whether our military vehicles are compliant with EU environmental regulations.

“They should be built to protect our forces and to enable them to carry out the tasks asked of them. The Government needs to wake up and realise that we are fighting two wars.”

The MoD has admitted that FRES will have to meet rules that cut emissions from cars, vans and lorries.

A spokesman said: “Our first priority for FRES is to provide capability and protection for our troops. Decisions about fuel and emissions - although important - are secondary and should not impair our ability to conduct operations.”

The award of the £16 billion FRES contract has been beset by delays and the vehicles are not expected to be ready until at least 2012. In February, the Commons defence committee said it had been a “sorry story of indecision… and delay”.

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Shameless plug for PC Mug

After my last post on the gun crazy British, my BMEWS coffee mug felt “uncomfortable” so I helped it out with a little “reassurance” by surrounding it with nearly half as many real guns as the Brits seized in their nationwide raid. Get your BMEWS gear today, and comfort it all you want. Notice that the mug is a little different from what you see in the Cafe Press BarkStore; this is the Special Edition Politically Correct in the Extreme^tm coffee mug that is adextrous. The label placement favors neither left nor right handed drinkers, being equally unviewable by either when actually held in a hand. Or a paw. Or a pod or a tentacle, because the BMEWS mug doesn’t discriminate against anyone or anything! Plus people sitting across from you can’t read it either! Get yours now!

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Big anti-gun sweep in Britain … oops

Peiper’s post reminded me that the Daily Mail is always a great source of moonbattery. It’s a great way to start your day.

Full article here .

Nearly 120 people were arrested and 1,300 guns and imitation firearms seized in a major police crackdown, it was announced today.

Raids in hotspots which account for more than half of Britain’s gun crime - Manchester, London, Liverpool and Birmingham - involved more than 1,000 officers yesterday.

Wow, sounds impressive! Looks like a major crackdown on criminals. You go Britannia!!

The operation seized 10 handguns and £5,900 in cash.

Officers also confiscated six imitation handguns, 1,290 other realistic imitation firearms, three CS gas canisters, a stun gun and four air weapons.

Aah, what? The headline says 1300 guns but it turns out that 1296 of them were toys? And 4 BB guns. Calling London ... calling London, this is Reality Base One. ‘Allo ‘allo? Um, is this thing on?

A large number of knives and batons were also recovered, along with five separate seizures of live ammunition. In all, 67 warrants were executed and 34 vehicles were seized.

Wow, 5 whole boxes of ammo. And some knives. And a bunch of sticks!! Damn, I am impressed. Such a shame that it took over 1000 cops to gather a haul like that.

The operation was part of an anti-gang action plan set up by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith in September, shortly after schoolboy Rhys Jones was shot and killed near his Liverpool home.

Ms Smith said: “Getting guns off our streets is a top priority for the Government and the day of action sends a strong message to criminals and the community that weapons won’t be tolerated.

“Yesterday’s success proves that gun crime can be tackled and communities can stand up against the intimidation of guns.”

Especially the eviiil intimidation^tm of all those toys. I’m sure little Timmy can sleep better at night because of this.

As one commenter put it “I wonder if I should call 999 and inform the police that the little boy down the road has a complete cowboy outfit, including a pair of cap guns?”

Posted by Drew458     on 11/29/2007 at 09:46 AM   
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School Bussing Works?  Where?

Well, according to an article in The Daily Mail by Laura Clark and based on an interview with the Brits head “Equality Chief” who is Trevor Phillips and who has returned from the USA after seeing how great it works back home (USA), he is all aglow.

He has based his conclusions on his visit to Wake County, North Carolina.  He has, “heaped praises on a US scheme” the article says.

Now then, because the Daily Mail which is normally a good read but unfortunately has a very screwed up way of trying to find articles to link to, I am unable to do so. 

He is in praise of No. Carolina mixing kids of different social class rather then by race.
Of course Mr Phillips won’t have to bus his kids (if he has any) across town in winter weather an hour out of their local district.

Anyway ... it really is all pie in the sky and that’s my own opinion. 
Why in the world would N.Carolina want to throw together kids who may have nothing in common with each other? But I guess it makes him feel warm and fuzzy especially as he’s on the left of the spectrum.

If anyone wants to read the article it’s published under the title:
School bussing works, claims equality chief.

Hey by the way ... I’ve been away for a few years.  Do we have an “Equality Chief” back home ?  Just curious.

Mr Phillips further claims that the experiment in Carolina works so well that “white families are now returning from the suburbs.” Whatever the hell that means.

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