Black Crime Matters

A lot of attention is generated today when a black person dies in confrontation with police. I lived through the 1960's and remember the race riots, and war protests of the era. Particularly the 68 democratic convention and the murderous execution of 4 students by the National Guard at Kent State May 1970. The right to assembly ,free speech is uno in the Bill of Rights. It warms my heart to see the Bill of Rights played out still today. I sleep better knowing that everybody is watching. I am white Caucasian, honky, cracker etc What ever you may call my Scottish ancestry. The US Constitution does not condone those who loot, burn steal and property damage as part of protest. Nor do I have empathy for criminals who commit these crimes and those who became accessories as bystanders who did nothing to stop obvious crimes. You cannot hide behind injustice to commit other crimes. Certainly there is a lot of injustice today as we strive for a more perfect Union. There exists without question a disparity in Police actions with Black people. The voice I hear resonating is Blacks are more likely to encounter Police than others. Numbers are different for each demographic. This tells me that targeted Blacks are not guilty or less guilty than others. It means that other demographics should be held accountable by the same standard. If the racial balance in a Police jurisdiction is 70% white 20% Black 5% Latin and 5% Percent Asian then this balance should be upheld as a quota for Police to follow. Pull over 2 Black citizens for a broken tail light but not another Black accused of that crime until 7 whites 1 Latin and 1 Asian have also been targeted as Police Enforcement. When this happens the rage from other demographics will no doubt stop the process. The Cops should have less contact with people for petty crimes and just mail a letter with warning. If you ignore the warnings then expect trouble. This should free Police to focus on crimes in progress rather that driving without insurance, license or tags which is revenue harassment for the state and insurance titans. These laws should be enforced in accidents or reckless driving cases. With quotas in mind. Police have long had ticket quotas to follow which in turn pays salaries, allows more cops hired. I don't approve of these quotas but if done fairly without discrimination then I could live with the process. Criminals who are caught in a active investigation should not be given a pass get out of jail card because of race. Resisting arrest fighting with police or running, you should expect to encounter deadly force. If you've committed no crime then you have nothing to fear. I detest encounters with Police and feel NO justice can be expected on Police Authority. Only if accompanied by complete video of the body camera..I am certain that if demographic quotas are kept American people will be better off.,,,, PS send the bleeping illegals packing across the border and the sooner the better. Happy Trails to everyone Tom

Hear Ye Hear Ye

Thomas Jefferson is often credited with saying Dissent is the highest form of Patriotism. Bitching and complaining to form a more perfect Union. It's how we roll in 2020. It won't be Dissent that takes us down in the USA!! Apathy is our only weakness. Get out there and bitch today at Congress....... Burma Shave Tom

It Starts Today

We talk about it. We have complained about it. We all have the power as consumers to fix it. Stop buying products made in China!!! I know it's tough to find what we need not made in China. That situation is also our fault. We should have stopped the complaining and seized control long ago, say 1980. We have bought poison dog food poison tooth paste while our intellectual property is stolen with impunity. Now we are led to slaughter by our own greed. So when your out shopping today wearing your surgical mask ,carrying disinfectant towels and hoping you might cut a deal on toilet paper, feeling lucky! Remember how this happened. Remember who turned your life upside down. We have imported Covid 19 with the rest of the planet. Take a swing at the communist who caused this mayhem. Do your part. ...IT STARTS TODAY ...TAKE A LEADERSHIP ROLE... DO NOT BUY ANYTHING MADE IN CHINA..... Burma Shave Tom

Georgia Placebo or Guinea Pigs

The President laid out his plan of phases to restart the economy. AKA push the limits of Covid 19. We have a control group of 50 states and 50 Governors. All represent 50 different levels of complication. If we all followed one plan we would all learn the same outcome. Only by deviation from state to state will we experience positive or negative outcomes  to scale. If everyone took the same actions we learn nothing. Even poor outcomes may reveal new information previously unseen. Forward is the only way out and status quo is slow death without necessary education for the future. Let's all watch the leadership in Georgia and benefit from the outcomes.

Fiscally Irresponsible Pandemic

Every bailout takes us one step closer to Socialism in the US. States like  New York who over spent when times were good now suffer from the added burdens of unemployment and lost revenue. Covid 19 is not to blame for the balance sheet of poorly run state economies. I agree with Mitch McConnel the vaccine for States Economies is Bankruptcy not Bailouts There never was a 2big2fail   and New York being home to Wall Street and High Finance need only to grab their boot straps and pull hard, complain less Burma Shave.  Tom

Stimulus Pains

If you thought the Corona was bad wait until we see the effects of all the free cash flowing out of DC. Does anyone think it odd that our Congress who is tasked with levy of taxes depends on the Treasury to pay these expenditures. Congress depends on the Eternal Revenue Service to collect taxes from guess who. Then why would the IRS be tasked with paying out stimulus bucks? Several months from now and certainly after election day we will feel the pressure in our backside as the stimulus knife is slowly removed. The rule of supply and demand will take place and inflation is on the way. If you read our US Constitution you will find that nowhere does it say Congress has the power to gift, credit, grant money or deduction in article ONE. Due to some fancy foot work by George Washington and Alexander Hamilton this wooden nickle comes The Supreme Court. Along with trillions in debt accrued in paper money accounting. Corona is not good for the lungs but free money from folks who have none is a pain much lower in the behind.. The National Debt is at 23.3 trillion today. Take us to WARP 24 Scotty  we need more power.... Burma Shave Tom

Mythical Value of Toilet Paper

I was stunned upon entering my local super market that on the shelf was a pallet load of Toilet Paper unseen for more than a month. Joy over came my emotion as I grabbed from beneath the ONE Only sign above. This was not my first time purchase as I have been a avid consumer for years. In the check out line the product rang up at $7.99 for 8 rolls. A bit pricey I surmised. It was then that I realized the true value of T.P. cannot be measured on the shelf. The intrinsic nature can only be realized in a sitting position in an uncrowded room. It is also true that those without T.P. are shunned by society. I wondered now that the T.P. is on the shelf, maybe we won't see quite as many masks of other patrons. Happy Trails Tom.