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Rhettorical

The rantings, views and commentary of a right-winged criminal justice student on current events, politics, law, and even life. The goal of this blog is to allow the writer to vent on articles and experiences that make him angry and to open up discussions in a hostile atmosphere. So please sit back and relax as I convert you to the dark side.

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Location: Kansas, United States

I'm a single 23 year-old Christian (non-denom) male from an undisclosed location in Kansas. I am in the process of furthering my education and hopefully starting up a career in law enforcement.

Sunday, February 06, 2005

Psycho Right-Wingers

I've started to post on some old forums I used to visit before I got wrapped up into college after the summer break and what I've been finding lately is surprising.

Now I am one who can hardly be called middle of the road or a nanny-labeling liberal. My views are pretty Conservative/Constitutionalist. Conservative meaning we need morals and principle and constitutionalist meaning that freedom beats out security or social programs. With that said it shocks me how fast people freak out when they hear the word law enforcement. I've been treated in a large hostile manner just by mentioning that I've done ride-along with LEO's on what used to be friendly forums. Now they hear someone is going into law enforcement and it is like someone is announcing they are gay to the congregation.

So with this, I present:


A Message To Right-Wingers.....

I have a distrust to government, a high percentage of the population does. [88% according to my American National Government Class.] A government needs to be distrusted. It helps keep it in check. But when someone mentions that they are getting into an agency of the government and are then met up with distrust, hostility, insults, constant belittling that tells me that something is wrong with some people's inner cogs. I've consistently seen full-fledged criminals give more respect to a police officer than some organized people on the internet. It is to the point that I start expecting them to yell pig and start tossing donuts at me in the same fashion the hippy movement did to law enforcement in the 1960's. Yes, you are acting like the hippies of yesteryear. This full-fledged paranoia tells me that you all should either act on your choice to change the government, or to move out of the country. Talk is cheap, actions are not.


These same people love other aspects of the government. They give shout outs when they see an American bomb take out a terrorist camp. I can tell you right now that if the government takes over the country, its not gonna be with FBI agents or CIA spooks. They cost too much to train and they'll never get the resources to get that big. It will be people in the military. I love, admirer, and respect our boys in green, white, and blue, but not all of them are themselves outstanding citizens. And as the founding fathers wrote the biggest threat to freedoms is a large standing army. The very paranoids who freak out at the mention of police are full fledged supports of quadrupling the service budget at the drop of a pin. Think about that.

Another thing to think about is law enforcement is not at fault for loss of freedoms. You are! For your actions or inactions, for your complacency or convenience you allow politicians to change and pass laws restricting the constitution. When was the last time you handed out flyers supporting a candidate? When was the last time you met your candidate? When was the last time you wrote a member in office? It doesn't matter if they share or disagree of your political views, if you think they are wrong on an issue write them, organize against them. If they see a majority against them they'll change their vote or lose the election. Now we have people that match our way of thinking that sit in liberal territory because it is too inconvenient to move. They don't vote because it won't count, or they won't get politically active because it will have no use. Instead people just like to sit at home and whine instead of fixing the problem, and if you continue to do so you will destroy the constitution. Not some uniformed agent of the government.


- Rhett


Friday, February 04, 2005

Targeted Gamers

Before even looking at Ravenwood's and Miss Lucas's comments on evil violent games I knew I had to comment.

Videogamers are like us gun nuts. We don't agree on every issue. But when it comes to attacking our games there is always some hell to pay. We gamers do need to get more organized and actually develop some political clout. We need to do this before they actually start a register system on keeping track of which games go to whom. Do you think I'm kidding? With people like Lieberman and Feinstein in charge anything is possible.


Thursday, February 03, 2005

Contracts...


heard a very interesting thing in my American national Government Class.

"Contracts are for keeping you out of court, not getting you into it."

I've never heard that so well defined. I've wanted to create contracts on several occassions but never did thinking they would insult the other side. With that consideration in hand I'll be sure to use one next time.

Wednesday, February 02, 2005

Shift from hell

Wow!

I had to work on the 31st from 10:00 pm to 6:00 am. Doesn't seem to bad but then consider that I had classes that morning, got a half hour nap in before the night work, got home and got 2 hours sleep and then was up riding along with the police and than going out to an evening class. 7:00 - 10:oo pm yesterday.

I'm still recovering.