by La Shawn on October 13, 2008
in Lunacy
Apparently, a record-free police recruit is hard to find.
More than one third of recent graduates of the Atlanta Police Academy has been arrested or “cited.” Crimes range from shoplifting to assault. (Source)
Strange to know the gun-equipped cop pulling you over may have a record of violent crimes. Nice.
“We would like, in an ideal world, to see every applicant with a clean record, but obviously that’s not reality,” whined Lt. Elder Dancy. “I don’t think you’ll find any departments who hire only applicants with squeaky-clean records.”
So, why is a cop with a criminal record more common today than “three decades ago”? Let’s speculate. Lowering standards for whatever reason (to redress past wrongs, to increase skin-deep diversity, etc.) in one institution reverberates throughout others. The dumbing-down tendency is pathological and irreversible. If I were a betting woman, I’d wager that the percentage of cops with criminal records and the department’s “diversity” goals are correlated.
But since I’m not, I won’t.
by La Shawn on October 13, 2008
in General
Wouldn’t you know it? As soon as I get here, the Santa Ana winds are welcoming me to California in a most unwelcome way. Toward the Santa Clarita Valley the winds (and fire) are blowing, and that’s where I am. Will we have to evacuate? Hopefully not.
Never a dull moment on the left coast!
Later…Reader John I. writes: “You need to understand, and WAY too many people don’t, that wildfires are a part of this state, just as snow was a part of your life (and mine) on the East Coast. I urge you to accept this, otherwise you’re in for a rough ride out here.”
OK. 
(Photo credit: LA Times)
By now I’m sure you know about the Connecticut Supreme Court’s Friday ruling. Four of seven judges said homosexuals have a “right” to marry. After being outlawed and stigmatized for thousands of years throughout most cultures and every major religion, sodomy has gone mainstream. An attempt to make respectable that which perverts God’s order of things…it’s a pity. But we are without excuse.
It’s like this: I tell you what God says about it. I pray for you. But I don’t care what consenting adults, homosexual or otherwise, do in private. I really don’t. I don’t want to know or have anything to do with your business. But I’m forced to know and to care, because certain people are pushing to redefine marriage in order to normalize what is abnormal and make acceptable what is abhorrent.
Did you know that in California, homosexuals can register as domestic partners and receive rights, protections, and benefits? But they want much more than mere rights, protections, and benefits. Homosexuals who want to “marry” in the traditional meaning of the word seek a societal stamp of approval. They want us to accept them as normal. They want “dignity” and “respect” for their unions.
At the same time, they want to shake up the foundation and build a new one. They want to strip us of our prerogative to make judgments. Anything we have to say contrary to what they desire is “bigoted” and “intolerant.” They are the only ones allowed to judge.
Not on my watch.
California’s a weird place. It’s a got a raging-liberal reputation, yet 61.4 percent of voters chose to ban homosexual “marriage” in 2000. In June, the California Supreme Court overturned that law 4-3. Four judges said the people’s will was nil. Consequently, over a million Californians signed a petition for Proposition 8, which defines marriage as between only a man and a woman. The measure will appear on the November 4 ballot.
I arrived in California too late to sign the petition, but I will be voting YES on Proposition 8.
Later…As expected, the ballot language presupposes that “same-sex” couples have a right to marry, which they do not:
ELIMINATES RIGHT OF SAME–SEX COUPLES TO MARRY.
INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
No matter how hard you try, you can’t eliminate all instances of bias.
By the way, if you can’t afford a parochial school, homeschool your kids.
Listen to this guy, a John McCain-supporting conservative living in California. Sounds like a male me. Parental warning: he says a couple of risque things, but overall, good speech.
Personal note: In California, adjusting. I like it. What I like even more is yet another publishing house editor interested in receiving a book proposal from me. Very nice. Working on it!
