Tag Archives: Abuse of Power

Dec 23 2014

Why Don’t We Study Gun Violence the Way We Study Car Accidents?


In the lasted CDC report which is for 2011 2,615.458 people died in the United States; of those all but 190,038 were for medical reasons. Of the 190,038 86,415 were from non vehicle accidents, 39,518 were from suicide, 38,023 were from transportation (mostly cars), 11,068 were from homicides (guns), 5,170 were homicides by other means, leaving 7,854 from various other reasons. Of the other category only 492 deaths were for legal reasons means by the police. Of that amount 133 were black and 337 were white, 22 were other.

Of non medical deaths 20.8% were suicide 18.6% from Motor vehicle 5.8% were homicides so we can see that guns are not a major factor and even if there were no guns the number of deaths would not change much and in fact could go up since criminals would now that there were no armed citizens and they would still have guns!

deacon303's avatarWhiskey Tango Foxtrot

Ah, yes, a conversation sparked by Vivek Murthy being confirmed. Now, suddenly, gun violence is a health care issue instead of a crime issue or a people issue. Because everyone knows guns make people do bad things. If there were no guns, there would suddenly be no crime or unnatural causes of death. Utopia, I tell you! And, of course, there haven’t been any studies about gun violence. They don’t count if they don’t support the “progressive” extremist point of view. There have been lots of studies, they can be found via a Google search if they haven’t been talked about here.

One big reason for the absence of such data is that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been operating for more than a decade under a virtual ban against doing the work. In the 1990s, the NRA persuaded Congress to pass legislation forbidding the CDC from…

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Dec 23 2014

More on lying for justice


This is absolute true and is the core of all our problems today. Personally I feel we are past the point of no return (to sanity) modern technology makes the lies easier to promote but I can hope that I am wrong!

john1282's avatarJunkScience.com

In the science world lying for justice or lying for a liberal agenda or a government agenda is enshrined as proper conduct, since ends justify means, and also advantageous, since the government has the research funds, the lefty NGOs are flush with limousine liberal cash.

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Dec 23 2014

Howard Safir: Anti-Police Rhetoric Unlike Anything I’ve Seen in 45 Years


Re-Post from TIME  Dec. 21, 2014

Michael Brown and Eric Garner died resisting arrest. Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu died doing their job. It is a very important distinction. Michael Brown and Eric Garner were committing crimes. Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were protecting all the citizens of New York City.

The national dialogue on proper and effective policing has been totally distorted. Activists purporting to represent the majority of the black community have been bolstered by a 24 hour news cycle that gives them unwarranted credibility. I do not believe for one minute that Al Sharpton represents the feelings of most hardworking, law abiding black American families. I know through dozens of community meetings during my time as NYC Police Commissioner that what the black community wants most is what we all want—a safe environment in which to live their lives.

There are 18,000 police departments in the United States. They interact millions of times with the public, and make hundreds of thousands of arrests. Very few result in a suspect’s death or injury. We do not have police forces out of control as the media and the Sharptons of the world would have us believe. Does that mean that there are not serious incidents of police abuse or misjudgment? Of course there are. When they take place we should investigate them thoroughly and prosecute and punish those who committed the wrong doing. We should not burn down buildings and murder police officers.

When Ismaaiyl Abdulah Brinsley brutally executed Officers Ramos and Liu he did so in an atmosphere of permissiveness and anti-police rhetoric unlike any that I have seen in 45 years in law enforcement. The rhetoric this time is not from the usual suspects, but from the Mayor of New York City, the Attorney General of the United States, and even the President. It emboldens criminals and sends a message that every encounter a black person has with a police officer is one to be feared. Nothing could be further from the truth. We will never know what was in the mind of Brinsley when he shot officers Ramos and Liu. However we do know that he has seen nothing but police bashing from some of the highest officials in the land.

We should all be concerned about the reaction our police officers will have. I have seen times when police bashing has resulted in officers doing the minimum necessary to complete their tours and go home safely to their families.

Those were the times when murders in New York were over 2,000, cars had “No Radio” signs in surrender to rampant auto theft, and gangs controlled the streets. I know this can happen again in spite of the sacrifice of hundreds of police officers who have given their lives while reducing violent crime across this country to historic lows.

I have given the eulogy at the funerals of too many police officers, most killed in the line of duty defending our citizens during the commission of a crime. When our officers go in harm’s way they need to know that they have the support of their leaders at all levels of government. The President should declare a national day of Support for Police. He should send a clear message to all criminals that he appreciates the willingness of officers like Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu to sacrifice their lives, and that their lives have meaning. Perhaps their families should be present at the next State of the Union.

Howard Safir is the former commissioner of the New York City Police Department (1996-2000) and Chairman and CEO of Vigilant Resources International (VRI).

Dec 23 2014

Open Season On Cops – Five Examples


And we wonder why cops are being shot? Maybe this is being used to drive a wedge between the people and the local police such that the police will stop enforcing the law and then Administration will have to come in with the new military!

Dec 23 2014

THE REVOLUTION MUST OCCUR AT A TIME AND PLACE OF OUR CHOOSING


Dave Hodges has it right, and I speak as a former Green Beret trained in the methods to overthrow a government.

Dec 22 2014

REPORT: FEDS PRESSURING MORE DOCTORS TO ASK PATIENTS ABOUT THEIR GUNS


So now they have the teachers and the doctors as informants all they need now are the priests.!

Dec 22 2014

GUN CONTROL ADVOCATE URGES KIDS TO INFORM ON PARENTS, TURN IN THEIR FIREARMS


WOW, just like what Hitler and Stalin did , turn the kids into informers!

Dec 22 2014

High School: Islamic vocabulary lesson part of Common Core standards


Re-Posted from FoxNews.com

By Published December 20, 2014

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Parents in Farmville, North Carolina want to know why their children were given a Common Core vocabulary assignment in an English class that promoted the Prophet Muhammad and the Islamic faith.

“It really caught me off guard,” a Farmville Central High School student who was in the class told me. “If we are not allowed to talk about any other religions in school – how is this appropriate?”

The Islamic vocabulary worksheet was assigned to seniors.

“I was reading it and it caught me off guard,” the student told me. “I just looked at it and knew something was not right – so I emailed the pages to my mom.”

I asked the school district to provide me with a copy of vocabulary worksheets that promoted the Jewish, Hindu and Christian faiths. The school district did not reply.

“In the following exercises, you will have the opportunity to expand your vocabulary by reading about Muhammad and the Islamic word,” the worksheet read.

The lesson used words like astute, conducive, erratic, mosque, pastoral, and zenith in sentences about the Islamic faith.

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“The zenith of any Muslim’s life is a trip to Mecca,” one sentence read. For “erratic,” the lesson included this statement: “The responses to Muhammad’s teachings were at first erratic. Some people responded favorably, while other resisted his claim that ‘there is no God but Allah and Muhammad his Prophet.”

Another section required students to complete a sentence:

“There are such vast numbers of people who are anxious to spread the Muslim faith that it would be impossible to give a(n)___ amount.”

I spoke to one parent who asked not to be identified. She was extremely troubled by what her child was exposed to in the classroom.

“What if right after Pearl Harbor our educational system was talking about how great the Japanese emperor was?” the parent asked. “What if during the Cold War our educational system was telling students how wonderful Russia was?”

The parent said the material was classwork disguised as Islamic propaganda.

“It’s very shocking,” she said. “I just told my daughter to read it as if it’s fiction. It’s no different than another of fictional book you’ve read.”

A spokesman for Pitt County Schools defended the lesson  – noting that it came from a state-adopted supplemental workbook and met the “Common Core standards for English Language Arts.”

“The course is designed to accompany the world literature text, which emphasizes culture in literature,” the statement read.

The problem is it’s emphasizing a specific culture and religion – and the school district acknowledged there were concerns “related to the religious nature of sentences providing vocabulary words in context.”

“Our school system understands all concerns related to proselytizing, and there is no place for it in our instruction,” the statement goes on to say. “However, this particular lesson was one of many the students in this class have had and will have that expose them to the various religions and how they shape cultures throughout the world.”

I asked the school district to provide me with a copy of vocabulary worksheets that promoted the Jewish, Hindu and Christian faiths.

The school district did not reply.

I also asked for the past or future dates when the students would be given those vocabulary worksheets.

The school district has yet to reply.

The student I spoke with told me they have not had any other assignments dealing with religion – other than the one about Islam.

Why is that not surprising?

Based on its official statement, Pitt County Schools seems confident that the vocabulary lessons are in compliance with three Common Core standards related to literacy. If you want to look up those standards, reference CCSSELA-Literary L11-12.4.A, 12.4.D and 12.6.

Since the Common Core folks seem to be infatuated with sentence completion – let me try one out on them.

Use “Islamic” and “proselytizing” in the following sentence: Somebody got their ____ hand caught in the ____ cookie jar.

UPDATE: I asked the school district if there had been similar vocabulary assignments about Judaism, Christianity or other religions. I also asked for the exact dates of those assignments. Here’s the reply I received from the school district:

“The class recently finished reading Night by Elie Wiesel. As part of the study of this book, students were exposed to Judaism. I’m told that one of the next couple of lessons that will be taught in this class includes an examination of Psalm 23 as part of the lesson. Additionally, the workbook in question has another vocabulary lesson with words used in a passage about India’s three great beliefs (Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism). Keep in mind that this workbook is just one of numerous resources used in the course. Students are exposed to various cultures, values, and beliefs through the reading of multiple types of literature, but teachers certainly aren’t advocating for any of them.”

Notice how the school district dodged my question?

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Dec 22 2014

Military Analysts: Bergdahl Report to Show He Deserted


There is no doubt that he deserted, all that means is Obama will make him a hero! Obama wants to reduce the capability of our military and these kinds of actions will reduce the moral in the services for two reasons; first the enlisted will lose respect for the officers that will not stand up for them and two they will see no reason to risk their lives when deserters are rewarded.

Dec 22 2014

Students Sign Petition to Deport Americans in Exchange for Illegal Immigrants


I think we need to tighten up the entry requirements for college, for if this is the caliber of the students — the colleges might just as well be shut down!