Comments on Pro Libertate: Why "Support Your Local Police" is a Formula for Despotism

We need to enforce the third amendment and stop qu...

2015-01-06T16:19:38.518-07:00

We need to enforce the third amendment and stop quartering the standing armies known as police departments in our society.

The final photo in this piece is quite telling. I...

2014-12-16T12:00:48.354-07:00

The final photo in this piece is quite telling. If you point that rifle at me, you had damned well better use it because I promise I will be using mine on you once I have retrieved it.

No, I don't support my local hide-behind-the-b...

2014-12-15T22:38:20.344-07:00

No, I don't support my local hide-behind-the-badge oinkers.

There is a strong anti-cop brutality segment livin...

2014-12-15T20:58:40.003-07:00

There is a strong anti-cop brutality segment living in Canada. Witness some of the comments following a poll taken on the topic of Canuck Cops turning "Power Ranger" on the people who pay them.

The Poll:

http://www.thetyee.ca/Polls/2014/12/08/Police-Brutality-in-Canada/

The Comments:

https://thetyee.wufoo.com/widgets/h1b6hq3p1xrpj2s/

I stopped supporting the Support Your Local Police...

2014-12-12T05:23:43.303-07:00

I stopped supporting the Support Your Local Police campaign shortly after my suggestion to change their slogan to "Support Your Local Police As Long As They Support The Constitution" was ignored.

Mr. Gregg: Yep, I'm tired too of hearing about...

2014-12-11T13:40:05.629-07:00

Mr. Gregg:
Yep, I'm tired too of hearing about how the police are our friends, our heroes, and they are here to protect and serve us. Then we see stories like the one I'm posting a link to where a cop pulls over someone on their way to the hospital and allows the person to die just a few miles from the hospital in order to follow police protocol rather than put a value on human life. Of course, the police chief supported the cop. Naturally, we're expected to do the same:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/wis-man-dies-asthma-cops-stop-car-er-article-1.2031939

The second amendment is there so that we have the ...

2014-12-11T12:11:06.080-07:00

The second amendment is there so that we have the tools necessary to fight the oppressors. The local police departments all over America have become the oppressors. We need to treat them like our ancestors treated the red coats.

In any forum (that isn't rabidly pro-liberty) ...

2014-12-11T10:45:00.684-07:00

In any forum (that isn't rabidly pro-liberty) where I post "Abolish Sovereign Immunity", I get vitriolic hate replies about how without an unaccountable elite murdering force people would simply kill each other over table scraps.

There are a whole lot of very unstable people who think that the only reason people cooperate is because government police will kill them if they don't.

Just repealing Sovereign Immunity frightens such people, and as has been said many times, "Do not frighten a small man, he will kill you."

Elected sheriffs are, in principle, accountable to...

2014-12-10T16:49:53.348-07:00

Elected sheriffs are, in principle, accountable to their constituents. Police chiefs and their subordinates are not. County sheriff's departments, unfortunately, are nearly as federalized as municipal police departments, owing to the "War on Drugs" and the associated federal subsidies.

Many, if not most, of the "constitutional" sheriffs who resolved to resist new gun laws are on the Federal take through drug war subsidies and as partners in "civil asset forfeiture."

It's worthwhile to make this a campaign issue in county sheriff elections.

If we cant use the ballet box to secure our law en...

2014-12-10T16:02:43.929-07:00

If we cant use the ballet box to secure our law
enforcement then what do you say is needed? you require the militia? Or the federal government?
I say you only get what you work for I worked for a good sheriff and good deputies

You might appreciate this insight on the expanding...

2014-12-10T13:54:33.852-07:00

You might appreciate this insight on the expanding militarization of the USA's police:

http://ronaldthomaswest.com/2014/12/09/metadata-panorama/

It's merely a thumbnail sketch analysis but touches aspect that need thorough study

Sounds like the John Birch Society is trying to ri...

2014-12-10T11:33:49.244-07:00

Sounds like the John Birch Society is trying to ride yet another wave.

Will, You've demonstrated a good example of w...

2014-12-10T10:33:27.530-07:00

Will,

You've demonstrated a good example of why I left the JBS. They really aren't interested in liberty or freedom. They're interested in a, for lack of a better way to say it, right-wing tyranny.

They're perfectly OK with the police spying on "the left" and they're OK with a "House Un-American Activities" committee prying into the lives of Americans - so long as those Americans are "on the left" or are so-called "communists". But they're not OK with being spied on themselves or having a government that doesn't conform to their vision of how government should be.

That's why I finally resigned over a decade ago - the JBS doesn't want freedom or liberty. They want power and control - through a government of their choosing.

I continue to appreciate your excellent writing and hope you keep up the good work.