Peter McWilliams Remembered
Once upon a time, a "poorly-trained" local police officer (who most likely would not have stopped the woman for the minor offense in the first place) would have walked to the window and started talking to the woman. Had she refused to end the phone conversation, he simply would have started writing a ticket, and had she been belligerent, he would have shrugged his shoulders and left the ticket with her.
Yes, the "poorly-trained" officer might have said something smart to her, but almost surely under the old rules of police work, this would not have turned into a national incident. Today, however, police officers are trained in "military" style. Those people who can access the video can see that he is acting like a marine or some other "roger reg" officer. Police officers trained in "modern" academies are taught that they immediate must "get control of the situation."
# James Leroy Wilson at LewRockwell.com - We Miss You, Peter McWilliams - Mr. Wilson never met Mr McWilliams, but he misses him anyway. So do I. So do I. [lew]
Peter McWilliams himself said it best, in an interview in the autumn of 1999:We are so far away from what the constitution was written as, we as well just tear the whole thing up. It's a sham. It's ridiculous. The constitution was based upon the fact the federal government had exceedingly limited powers. It was only allowed to do eighteen very limited things -- the enumerated powers, period. And everything else belonged to the states and the individuals to regulate.
Now it's become such that if the constitution doesn't specifically guarantee you can have it, it's okay for the government to regulate it or make laws against it. That is putting the constitution on its head. It's like saying, if a woman doesn't carry a sign on her back that says you can not rape me, she has permission to be raped. It is that. And boy, has lady liberty been raped -- repeatedly.
# Steny H. Hoyer in the U.S. House - H. J. RES. 24, "Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the 22nd amendment to the Constitution", was introduced on February 17 of this year. It has four cosponsors, Howard L. Berman [CA-28], Frank Pallone, Jr. [NJ-6], Martin Olav Sabo [MN-5], and F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. [WI-5]. It is in the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution, where it will almost certainly die. So don't get your panties in a bunch, but remember these five as cretins who want the U.S. to be ruled by a dictator for life. Mr. Hoyer's remarks (first link on the page) on introducing this amendment say that he doesn't support Bush, and: [smith2004]
Under the resolution I offer today, President Bush would not be eligible to run for a third term. However, the American people would have restored to themselves and future generations an essential democratic privilege to elect who they choose in the future.
# Garry Reed, The Loose Cannon Libertarian - From the Folderol Folder - five small issues and a "quickie quote".
