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Essentially Flyertalk / Why is Steve dave so angry today?
« on: November 16, 2016, 03:28:54 PM »
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Garrett Gebhardt · Kansas City, Missouri
Statists gonna State. They don't understand:
1. There is no crime without a victim. Speeding itself cannot be a crime. In fact, of most traffic "offenses", a moral argument can only be made for reckless driving, as applied where actual damage against person, property or liberty is potentially imminent.
2. Speeding itself does not kill. Poor vehicular maintenance or construction, speed differential (slow-moving vehicles or objects in a highway lane), poor road conditions or impaired judgment/distracted driving are all major factors in fatal or near fatal crashes. Speed limits prevent none of these and in fact often contribute to crashes as faster drivers often wish to pass and get out of the way of unsafe, slower drivers or potential hazards. This leads us to...
3. Speed limits are mostly a revenue collection device, another hidden "tax". In fact, most traffic "safety" laws are used primarily for filling government coffers, enriching bureaucrats and taking valuable police time away from solving real crimes. Much like similarly victimless crime drug laws, they divide and alienate a large segment of the population from the police paid to oppress those who indirectly pay their salaries. Sometimes it gets so bad that even the Justice Department objects to the level of the extortion, as they did in Ferguson, MO. Most of the time though, they get away with it as they get away with almost anything nowadays.
The role of law enforcement should not be that of an overpaid metermaid. A new focus on only crimes with real victims would cause officers to be lauded by more than just the usual authoritarian apologists. An end to the militarization of local police and real, community service reachouts could help end the conflict. As it stands, for all of the racial division narrative being pushed, the real war is not black vs. white. It's blue vs. you.
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My Fellow Americans,
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Like millions of Americans, I had hoped this year would bring us better nominees who, despite party differences, could offer compelling visions of a better future. Instead, we have been left with two candidates who are fundamentally unfit for the profound responsibilities they seek.
Hillary Clinton is a corrupt career politician who has recklessly handled classified information in an attempt to avoid accountability and put American lives at risk including those of my former colleagues. She fails the basic tests of judgment and ethics any candidate for President must meet. Moreover, she only offers stale economic ideas like the same old top-down government control that has brought us eight years of historically low growth.
Donald Trump appeals to the worst fears of Americans at a time we need unity, not division. Republicans are deeply divided by a man who is perilously close to gaining the most powerful position in the world, and many rightly see him as a real threat to our Republic. Given his obvious personal instability, putting him in command of our military and nuclear arsenal would be deeply irresponsible. His infatuation with strongmen and demagogues like Vladimir Putin is anathema to America values. We cannot and must not elect him.
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With Hope For Our Future,
Evan McMullin
Evan McMullin is an independent candidate for President.
keep going on long screeds saying the same thing
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