yes, common core for police departments of cities
over 100,000 people -- just watch it happen. -- j

No. Under current law you can only shoot if you believe your life is in danger. And in a non-"Stand Your Ground" state that cop's advice would be correct: the law assumes that a home burglary threatens your life, while (say) torching your empty car parked in front would not.

Jan, I think that people who achieve financial
comfort let themselves stray from the rigor which
got them there, taking $$-comfort for granted.
when they look around, they think compassionately
and feel generous towards those who haven't "been
so lucky" (forgetting the rigor) and, sloppily, think
that others should do the same. . then, they slur
their logic and forget that government is force ...
so, others should (be required to) do the same.
that is, the comfort-enjoyers get lazy. . it's a part
of the elitist self-righteousness which they never
acknowledge, but always enjoy.

it's a slippery slope . . . and the reason that my
mom's and dad's votes cancelled one another,
almost all the time. -- j

how about government largesse? . it's our $$. -- j

The Democrats continually play the race card because they know that they cannot win without the Black votes. Blacks vote about 95% for the Democrat whoever he or she is. If even 10 % of Blacks switched to vote Republican, many close races would change the winner from Democrat to Republican. The Democrats support income entitlements and racial preferences. By constantly playing the race care, the Democrats make the Blacks believe that they are discriminated against by the White Republican establishment. Democrats believe that they must keep the Black distrust and hatred of Whites alive to ensure that Blacks will stay on the Democrats plantation. Republicans can only offer liberty and freedom from government domination that would be much more beneficial to Blacks in the long run than any government benefits offered by Democrats.

Good morning! Thank you for my first message from the Gulch this morning.

Jan, now searching for more witty oxymorons

I think she's an ass-holette.

I think she was saying she instructed the police to let people exercise their free speech, but allowing these non-violent protesters assemble in such a volatile situation has the unwanted consequence of making it easier for those who wish to destroy.

I don't know if she's telling the truth or doing a good job. But I didn't hear hear her admit to tolerating violence.

I think she was waiting for a blast of "hope and change" to descend from the heavens...or D.C.

I think we have learned going black is not the answer. The answer lies within the content of ones character and the difference between people who only lookout for themselves and their political agenda and those doing what is right for our country. Ayn Rand looks smarter with each passing day on her ability to forecast the future

I agree, especially with your latter statement. And I may be wrong, but except in liberal enclaves where guns are illegal, I thought you could use deadly force to protect your property? You just can't use it "after the fact", i.e., the guy is hightailing it out of there and no longer a threat.

I once heard a (possible urban myth) about a cop telling a homeowner who had a dead perp on his front porch, with a nod and a wink: "Drag him back in the house before anyone else gets here"...

they need to change the picture next to the definition of "Idiot" in the dictionary, we have a new front runner.

Oh my, hold government accountable? What do you want to bet they never give up one dime, unless it is to a black owner... this is just obscene...

Khaling, if you saw the unending Fox news coverage tonight, Giraldo was talking to a big black guy spouting all the usual things, but noticeably, there was a big black dude in a white had, silk suit and tie, standing next to him. It all screamed "Nation of Islam". This whole thing was manufactured, young thugs goaded to do stuff with tales of free stuff, and getting back at "the man".

You have identified the illogic of race baiting, eventually you get what you want, the sh@t hits the fan, and you have no one to blame, so you go back to the well and look really, really, stupid.

well, Jan, people pick on "military intelligence" and
I was military for 28 years, so maybe something
else is up there at the top of the list. . besides
jumbo shrimp and D.C. leadership! -- j

I might be a bit too close to the situation, but here are some links to photos of the inner harbor taken by a good friend from work earlier today:

http://www.mnm74.com/ih1.jpg
http://www.mnm74.com/ih2.jpg

(The inner harbor is within a mile of Camden Yards (baseball- Orioles) and a couple of miles of M and T Bank Stadium (Ravens- football), not to mention the University of Maryland, the National Aquarium, the Maryland Science Center, all of these museums: https://www.google.com/maps/search/balti...)

No one in Baltimore wants these agitators in town, much less the National Guard.

Most of us know we have a high murder rate that is not even remotely racially driven: http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/top-lis...

I'm not much for conspiracy theories, but Baltimore would be a prime location for Marshial Law games given its vicinity to so many 3 letter agencies. So much so that an abject refutation of the idea has been explicitly announced: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2...

One thing is absolutely clear... Baltimore residents did not initiate this insanity.

Good luck to you. That is no small task you have set yourself to - bigger than I have undertaken.

Jan

I think we have plenty of time if people actually use their brains as opposed to taking the Kool-Aid being passed out by the liberal media.

Well said. Thanks!

Well said, Wonky. I'm in the Baltimore area, too. Good summary. +10

If I were a cop and saw "protesters" destroying property, anywhere, the only "space" I'd give them would be a piece of ground about six feet by three.

I really believe the law needs to be changed to let property owners defend what is theirs with deadly force. Property is that important.

I suppose that's still better than leaving the victims to their own resources. But if I were one, I'd take the money and leave town.

The older one is 15 and has no socialist bones in him at all (except for the socialist cartilage of sucking off his parents...). But he is not polluted with "donation guilt" at all. The younger one is 10 and once in a while the peer pressure takes effect, at which times I remind her that money from her piggy back are a very good source... and they remain there. I have no TV, partly home school, minimize outside pollution and try to make them earn everything and take them shooting as often as I can. We'll see how long it'll last. I can hope for the best, that's about all I can do.

What's worse though is when you vote for your inferiors to rule you because of a letter in brackets after their name, because they are good looking, and sometimes even because of the color of their eyes.