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Doakes Potpourri

Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:

We need universal background checks to keep guns out of the hands of criminals, like these.

 

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When politicians are spending taxpayer dollars, they have a moral obligation to get the most value for their money.  In olden days, that meant “cheapest price” but nowadays, it means “promotes social justice” which is why they have quotas for minority-owned and female-owned businesses that can’t compete on price.  Oddly, the school district is short of money, which couldn’t possibly have anything to do with intentionally overpaying for goods and services, could it?

 

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I’m confused by this protest at the police station.  What, specifically, is the solution they demand?

 

  1. Police should prove the shooting was justified?  They will, in good time.  So why march today?
  2. It doesn’t matter whether the police say the shooting was justified, shooting members of specific racial or tribal groups is never justified, ever, at any time for any reason, not even in self-defense!  Okay, so why march at the police station today, why not lobby the legislature for new law exempting certain groups from being arrested when they shoot up apartment buildings?
  3. Police shouldn’t shoot anybody, ever, at any time for any reason, not even in self-defense!   Okay, so why march at the police station, why not lobby the Mayor and City Council to disarm all cops.  Take guns out of officer’s hands, no more officer-involved shootings.  Simple.

I’d love to get on board with the protest but I can’t figure out what we’re protesting for.  Shouldn’t I know that before I hit the bricks?

Pfft.  All that matters is that you show up when told.

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3 responses to “Doakes Potpourri”

  1. Mammuthus Primigenius Avatar
    Mammuthus Primigenius

    It must be coincidence that the people in the demographic with the highest rate of violent crime want to disarm the cops and law abiding citizens.

  2. Swiftee Pinochet Avatar
    Swiftee Pinochet

    re: Item the first.
    Sacking armories is always the first necessary step for staging armed insurgencies. The problem is not the sacking, it’s which side is getting the jump on everyone else?

    re: Item the second.
    The school board Tuesday was presented with options for further studying the issue and putting new practices in place. The plans come with an estimated three-year cost of $1.8 million to $3.9 million.

    This is a public organization that has a solid, 30 year record of failing to accomplish is reason to exist (graduating kids) 42% of the time. This money does nothing to help with that.

    It fails to accomplish it’s stated goal (graduating well educated students) somewhere between 80 – 100% of the time. This money does nothing to help with that.

    But it accomplishes it’s true goals (providing high paying jobs to supporters of leftist political candidates and lefrist indoctrination of as many kids as possible) somewhere between 99 -100% of the time. This money is all about that.

    re: Item the third.
    Uneducated, ignorant minorities are clamoring for power. They believe that the leftist reprobates enabling and assisting them have their best interests at heart, and they do. In the same way I have my pets best interests at heart.

    Let’s hope the right people are looting the armories.

  3. SmithStCrx Avatar
    SmithStCrx

    “Pfft. All that matters is that you show up when told” and chant the approved “Hey hey, ho ho, officer involved shootings have got to go!”

    😉

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