What
Trump Wants
There's
a very relevant element
to the shooting of
black people by cops
that I think REALLY
needs to be addressed.
The Second Amendment.
It's original purpose
was to allay fears
of Southern states
that they'd no longer
be allowed to perform
their customary slave
patrols. (In those
halcyon days, in
the South, it was
by law every white
man's job to keep
an eye out for escaped
slaves.)
The South was afraid
that Article One
of the then-unratified
Constitution would
ruin all their slavery
fun so the Second
Amendment was added
to the Bill of Rights
in order to get them
to sign on. That's
why it says "well-regulated
militia" not "anybody
with a pulse".
And a "militia" is
not a formal military
force. It means regular
folk banding together
as an auxiliary unit.
In this case for
a not-so-noble purpose.
So when cops shoot
black people today
they're just continuing
a fine old American
tradition of keeping
the slaves in line.
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Yeah, I know it's
an old Boomer reference
but the first book
about t-Rump's presidency
should be called "To
Serve Man".
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Why did the Old World
have plagues but
the New World didn't?
Let good old CGP
Grey lay it all out
for you.
And if you
enjoy this
sort
of
thing
please read the Pulitzer
Prize winning "Guns,
Germs and Steel" by
Jared Diamond.
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I was reminded that
there are 35 states
in this country that
allow the police
to have sex with
someone in their
custody.
I'm no prude but
sex on the time-clock
will get you fired
from most jobs. Therefore,
I think it's a good
idea that the police,
while on the job,
should remain as
celibate as priests.
Uhhh.... let me rephrase
that.
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I learned a couple
of alarming things
about those "rubber-bullet" guns.
•
They're laser-sighted
•
They have rifled
chambers
Meaning, you can
aim for a specific
spot and hit it,
with great accuracy.
So when you hear
about protestors
being head-shot with "rubber-bullets" by
police, the high
likelihood is that
it was not an accident.
=Lefty=
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