tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post9217113111469052785..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: My Personal Brexit: Courthouse Security Checks Hunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-65452414038386336512016-08-09T00:35:28.034-04:002016-08-09T00:35:28.034-04:00Consider the law that allows current and retired L... Consider the law that allows current and retired LEO's to carry a concealed weapon anywhere, in any state.<br /><br /> Consider the post office signs prohibiting weapons, at the public entrance-hint-it wasn't the patrons who gave rise to the phrase "going postal".<br /><br /> Consider the California politicians who, I have read, recently passed a bunch of gun control laws while exempting themselves from those laws.<br /><br />ThepPhotographer David Duncan took a trip in the Soviet Union in the 1960's, IIRC. His book and pictures included a tray of various nail clippers, pen knives, etc, that had been removed from the public who were attending a political conference, with the caption to the effect "unlike the USA, the communists do not trust their own people". Gotta say, that really hit home.ravennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-81084233734263608622016-08-09T00:19:19.832-04:002016-08-09T00:19:19.832-04:00In Western societies, there is now a tremendous di...<i>In Western societies, there is now a tremendous disconnect between the traditional political and business elites and the citizenry. The populations of the West now find themselves ruled by a transnational elite who see tradition, loyalty, and patriotism as primitive, and whose promoters within academia, nonprofits, government bodies, labour unions, NGOs, and the media teach that nations, citizenship, borders, and law defined by elected parliaments are irksome problems to be overcome.</i><br /><br />Yah, that about covers it. The ivory tower gets higher and higher. And <br /><br /><i>To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood.</i>--George SantayanaTom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-4935383321967463842016-08-08T22:07:43.721-04:002016-08-08T22:07:43.721-04:00The judges and other political elite are above the...The judges and other political elite are above the law. It starts with no security checks at the courthouse and spreads from there. (No insider trading for congressmen for example). Anyone serfs that obey the law when they don't have too are suckers. Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18379011331847919780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-27315292384600752792016-08-08T12:14:39.139-04:002016-08-08T12:14:39.139-04:00Several voter referendums have reformed the Oregon...Several voter referendums have reformed the Oregon public employee retirement system (PERS, full salary until death do us part). But a state supreme court decision always overturns the voters decision. Why? Because the judges are members of PERS. Legalized corruption.Claude Hopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07114367698684566264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-17876067176797584672016-08-08T10:19:25.085-04:002016-08-08T10:19:25.085-04:00The first time I took note of this phenom was over...The first time I took note of this phenom was over 30 years ago. I lived in California and there had been several physical assaults on teachers in the classroom. (Yes, this was reported as a shockingly big deal back then.) So the legislature rushed through a law adding extra penalties for attacking a teacher. Soon thereafter they tacked on corrections officers. And so on and so on until almost every public employee was protected by stronger statutes than applied to everyone else. I wasn't very political at the time, but I noticed that public "servants" were seemingly being elevated to a privileged class. And then I started reading about their pensions, benefits, pay, non-accountability, early retirement, etc. <br /><br />It has now metastasized to the point they hold the public in contempt, becoming ever more partisan while taking advantage of every self-enrichment scheme their unions provide them.<br />It's going to take a very strong president WITH a determined Congress to put them back in their place. <br />Jeannebeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13588799524715124493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-12517336782242905282016-08-08T08:18:51.640-04:002016-08-08T08:18:51.640-04:00"The populations of the West now find themsel..."The populations of the West now find themselves ruled..."<br /><br />And this is the biggest problem. We are not "ruled" by anyone. The "elites" may think they "rule" us, but they are mistaken. We attempt to elect representatives to help "govern" us. Huge difference. The people are starting to push back on this misrepresentation by those "elites". Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-29841521320295795682016-08-07T13:19:29.922-04:002016-08-07T13:19:29.922-04:00"The current system is a bad result which mus..."The current system is a bad result which must teach the public to disrespect the judiciary, as it must teach the judiciary to disrespect the public."<br /><br />Seems our problem is oversupply, not scarcity, of public deference to judges. Intoning about separation of powers might prove more or less effective than observing the practices of security queues. Whatever gets the message across. Tim Kowalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02196125161888520769noreply@blogger.com