Pericles
12-24-2011, 12:47 PM
Read this:
http://www.nationalreview.com/articl...is-hanson?pg=1 (http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/286354/vandalized-valley-victor-davis-hanson?pg=1)
Money quote:
"Indeed, farmers out here are beginning to feel targeted, not protected, by law enforcement. In the new pay-as-you-go state, shrouded in politically correct bureaucratese, Californians have developed a keen sense of cynicism. The scores of Highway Patrol cars that now dot our freeways are looking for the middle class — the minor, income-producing infractions of the generally law-abiding — inasmuch as in comparison the felonies of the underclass are lose–lose propositions.
If I were to use a cellphone while driving and get caught, the state might make an easy $170 for five minutes’ work. If the same officer were to arrest the dumper who threw a dishwasher or refrigerator into the local pond among the fish and ducks, the arrest and detention would be costly and ultimately fruitless, providing neither revenue from a non-paying suspect nor deterrence against future environmental sacrilege. We need middle-class misdemeanors to pay for the felonies of the underclass."
And yet, none of these people intend to do anything but complain and write the occasional missive for publication.
Solution: Get away from population centers, be well armed and have a local government accountable to you, by whatever means necessary.
http://www.nationalreview.com/articl...is-hanson?pg=1 (http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/286354/vandalized-valley-victor-davis-hanson?pg=1)
Money quote:
"Indeed, farmers out here are beginning to feel targeted, not protected, by law enforcement. In the new pay-as-you-go state, shrouded in politically correct bureaucratese, Californians have developed a keen sense of cynicism. The scores of Highway Patrol cars that now dot our freeways are looking for the middle class — the minor, income-producing infractions of the generally law-abiding — inasmuch as in comparison the felonies of the underclass are lose–lose propositions.
If I were to use a cellphone while driving and get caught, the state might make an easy $170 for five minutes’ work. If the same officer were to arrest the dumper who threw a dishwasher or refrigerator into the local pond among the fish and ducks, the arrest and detention would be costly and ultimately fruitless, providing neither revenue from a non-paying suspect nor deterrence against future environmental sacrilege. We need middle-class misdemeanors to pay for the felonies of the underclass."
And yet, none of these people intend to do anything but complain and write the occasional missive for publication.
Solution: Get away from population centers, be well armed and have a local government accountable to you, by whatever means necessary.