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Yesterday I read from Imprimis about "Liberal" compassion, and read a few jokes from the New York City Cab Driver's Joke Book and also commented on Rush Limbaugh's and Sean Hannity's inane and irrelevant commentary.

Why Don't More Blacks Vote Republican?

Republican pundits make the same stupid mistakes again and again because they think that being conservative is about where on stands on "the issues" instead of where one stands on change.  Because they make this mistake they get "rat-trapped" into rationalizing injustice, inhumanity and incivility.

The stupid question that conservative pundits ask constantly is:  Why don't more blacks register and vote Republican?

Well let's see...

When any police officer is killed police unions make sure that the funeral is attended by fellow officers from around the country. In some cases tens of thousands attend the services.  Any time that police officers are criticized or "attacked" police union representatives are quick to respond and in some cases make threats.

When Michael Brown was killed how many police officers attended the services? How many police union representatives expressed condolences?  How many talk show hosts?

When Philando Castile was gunned down under color of authority by a Minnesota police officer did Rush Limbaugh attend the funeral?  Sean Hannity? Justice Thomas?  Walter Williams?  Larry Elder? Did they give him the respect due him as a citizen?  As a human being?  No.  They implied that Mr. Castile was at fault and deserved to be shot. 

When Walter Scott was murdered by a police officer in South Carolina how many police unions expressed doubts about the shooting?  Demanded the dismissal and prosecution of the murderer? How many expressed condolences? Attended the funeral?

When a police officer is killed he or she is lionized.  The airwaves are filled with glowing descriptions of the officer's service, family life and even hobbies.  When Michael Brown was shot down he was demonized and dismissed as merely a willful thug who disobeyed police orders. Apparently Mr. Brown had no family or hobbies and deserved the "death penalty" for having the temerity to defy a policeman.

Because conservatives foolishly allow themselves to be brainwashed into playing the issues game law enforcement has become the enemy of justice (and common sense).  This is stupid and wrong.

So...why don't more Blacks become Republicans?  Go figure!

Police Officers Lie?

A few years ago I was a temporary employee at a police department in the San Gabriel valley.

One of my duties was to file reports.
While I was doing so I came across a file that contained a line-up-card. Line-up-cards display multiple head-shots and are used to make identification of suspects. On the card one of the mug-shots was circled and written next to it were the words: "she's the one". From the appearance of the line-up-card one would assume that a suspect had been identified by the victim or a witness. Not so. In the report the reporting officer explained that he had marked the card and used it to psychologically confront and pressure the suspect in question.

I wonder how many people have made false confessions because of tactics like this.

Racism!

I read yesterday chapter 17 of Ayn Rand's non-fiction work titled The Virtue of Selfishness about racism. 

I thought that it would be interesting to compare what Ayn Rand experienced in 1960s America with what is going on today.  It seems that very little has changed.

I like the fact that Ayn Rand is very thorough.  She shows how she reaches her conclusions and defines her terms.  Pundits and writers today fail to define their terms making debate and reasoned discourse all but impossible.

I do take issue with the title of the book.  The Virtue of Minding Your Own Business would have been better.

Ticket Snipers et.al.

While I was out delivering food I received a traffic ticket (moving violation) from a Pasadena PD officer. 

I decided to fight the ticket and use a company that I had seen advertised on billboard signs called Ticket Snipers. I went online and had my case evaluated.  I was told that Ticket Snipers could help and informed that such help would cost $138.00.  I paid the fee and then filled out information on the web site and spoke to a representative on the phone. 

A few days later I received, in the mail, my defense package.  A form to request trial by "paperwork" and my statement.  I signed the forms and wrote a check for $238.00 (my bail) to L.A. County.  I then waited for the result (it was then late October).

At the end of January 2018 I received the result in the mail from the court.  The judge found me guilty.  A note written by the judge stated that he had "disregarded inadmissible evidence".  I was provided with the verdict a form to request a "trial de novo" (a new trial) that must be submitted by February 15th.

I am now deciding whether to request the new trial.

Over all I am satisfied because I learned things that will last me for the rest of my life such as the ability to go to trial via the mail. 

American Culture vs. American Counter Culture

The fundamental struggle in this country is between culture and counter culture. The cultural expression of socialism is idealism which is psychologistic, emotional and concerned with power. Culture is realistic, intellectual, and concerned with ethics.

I experience counter cultural attitudes on a regular basis. At restaurants, at hotels, I am confronted by people who treat all relationships as power struggles. Who seek to dominate. The temptation is to engage these individuals on their terms rather than doing what is right.