It isn't time for this solution in the United States, but unleashing the peasants may not be the worst idea in the inventory.
Down Mexico way, an enclave of murderers and rapists was getting uppity in the environs of Santa Cruz Tepenixtlahuaca, The village doesn't have many local cops, and the federales weren't much help. So village elders gave aggrieved citizens a green light for direct action.
The results were not optimum. Among other sadnesses, a kid was killed in the crossfire.
This does not necessarily argue against the villagers' strategy. It does suggest the need for a higher level of tactical training for Citizens Juan and Diego, and perhaps a weaponry upgrade. (I've spent a little time on the Tehauntapec isthmus, and one of the enduring memories is of small farmers carrying their old single-barrel shotguns on slings made of sisal. Their hearts are right, but -- along with a good small-unit training program -- they need a bit more firepower.)
As I say, using armed good guys to rein in village thugs may not be right for U.S. villages yet. But I suppose if I were in the village of New Orleans I might be thinking about it. Or Washington, D.C.
Aug 7, 2011
Aug 5, 2011
Gun Porn, and they're for sale
Oh my. It's a spat between my sterling work ethic and my raw desire. Too much actual work staring me in the face to justify the trip, but sometimes a guy's just gotta trust his lust. See. Palpate. Maybe even buy.
Spin it, Somalia!
I certainly share Kurt's sympathy for the Somali people who aren't getting their customary dainties at the post-sundown feasts of Ramadan.
Shortly after he posted, I ran across a later story. The sane world sent food to a Somali refugee camp. Somali soldiers were on hand to guard the supplies but decided to steal them instead. Hungry civilians protested, so the soldiers shot them dead.
Vile, of course, but I don't think it's the real story.
The country's president and prime minister rushed to the camp and planned to speak to journalists.
This marks progress. Somali politicians are learning from from the great democracies. When things go to Hell; when your citizens are starving; when your army mows down your people, why, the thing to do is organize a press conference. Call it the Al Sharpton solution.
Shortly after he posted, I ran across a later story. The sane world sent food to a Somali refugee camp. Somali soldiers were on hand to guard the supplies but decided to steal them instead. Hungry civilians protested, so the soldiers shot them dead.
Vile, of course, but I don't think it's the real story.
The country's president and prime minister rushed to the camp and planned to speak to journalists.
This marks progress. Somali politicians are learning from from the great democracies. When things go to Hell; when your citizens are starving; when your army mows down your people, why, the thing to do is organize a press conference. Call it the Al Sharpton solution.
Aug 4, 2011
Terror in the Morning
The Headline:
Escalating global fears send stocks plunging
Personally, I decline to escalate my fear because I've been soiling small clothes at at alarming rate for about four years now. Enough is enough.
And if you're looking for a talking point, the world's commercial exchanges have plunged more in the few days since we avoided default than they did in the week prior.
Escalating global fears send stocks plunging
Personally, I decline to escalate my fear because I've been soiling small clothes at at alarming rate for about four years now. Enough is enough.
And if you're looking for a talking point, the world's commercial exchanges have plunged more in the few days since we avoided default than they did in the week prior.
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