A citizen of Storm Lake suggests that cops get a clue about the laws they're paid to enforce.
An agitated deputy sheriff is bad enough. It's worse when he's ignorant of the perfect legality of an empty and cased shotgun in a vehicle.
It's a fairly small deal by the usual standards of police misbehavior, but it makes a guy wonder how this deputy would handle a more complex situation.
At least someone in the department had the grace to apologize.
Apr 14, 2011
Apr 13, 2011
His Obamaness Speaks.
I thought the speech was cute; "cute" in the '50s sense of a well-crafted scam to con a naif into giving you money.
Yes, restoring U.S. solvency -- if possible at all -- will require new net revenue. It is the the adjective "net" which queers the Obama deal. Is there a soul alive who doesn't understand that the sworn duty of politicians is to keep sucking so they can spend whatever it takes to buy your vote?
It is as though the lawmakers and all their pals view our intelligence as a silly virgin with a self-regenerating hymen.
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(A Chuck Grassley release after the speech plausibly claims that, over the past few decades, each one dollar of new federal revenue, has been seen as a license for $1.17 in spending. Compound that a few times, Bunkie.)
Yes, restoring U.S. solvency -- if possible at all -- will require new net revenue. It is the the adjective "net" which queers the Obama deal. Is there a soul alive who doesn't understand that the sworn duty of politicians is to keep sucking so they can spend whatever it takes to buy your vote?
It is as though the lawmakers and all their pals view our intelligence as a silly virgin with a self-regenerating hymen.
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(A Chuck Grassley release after the speech plausibly claims that, over the past few decades, each one dollar of new federal revenue, has been seen as a license for $1.17 in spending. Compound that a few times, Bunkie.)
Apr 12, 2011
La Belle France
Just when things are going less horribly for the better (I think) guys, the French foreign minister is telling NATO what a bad job it's doing running the Libya war. He is Alain Juppe. He may be best remembered as the politician convicted of felony theft of taxpayers' money.
NATO General Mark Van Uhm, a Hollander, told him to bugger off. That counts as a score for the Dutch if you ask me.
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Meanwhile, France and Britain are bickering about sending aid to alleviate the misery in Misrata. Wouldn't they just. Five gets you ten the snit is about who tells Uncle Sam that he's expected to foot the bill.
NATO General Mark Van Uhm, a Hollander, told him to bugger off. That counts as a score for the Dutch if you ask me.
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Meanwhile, France and Britain are bickering about sending aid to alleviate the misery in Misrata. Wouldn't they just. Five gets you ten the snit is about who tells Uncle Sam that he's expected to foot the bill.
Iowa Caucus Sidebar
The United States of America hasn't had an ugly president since Richard Nixon, and he got elected because his actual 1968 opponent was Abbie Hoffman, even uglier.
We've noticed that most of the GOP contenders infesting Iowa these days -- and all the faves -- are rather attractive people who look really nice on television, even Donald Trump (Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your comb).
It's hard to be confident that a good result will follow electoral strategies derived from What Not to Wear and recent advice from the Hair Club for Men and L'Oreal.
We've noticed that most of the GOP contenders infesting Iowa these days -- and all the faves -- are rather attractive people who look really nice on television, even Donald Trump (Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your comb).
It's hard to be confident that a good result will follow electoral strategies derived from What Not to Wear and recent advice from the Hair Club for Men and L'Oreal.
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