- There was a time in these once great United States, when
a man could walk proudly down the street, stand tall, and know that his
world, his life, was his own. Know that no matter what his abilities, a
man was able to determine his own destiny. It was a time of growth and
of pride in his country. People everywhere, from sea to shining sea, held
in awe and in respect, the nation's flag, the nation's Constitution and
the nation's bounty.
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- I once knew a man who founded a business in the back
of his garage. His product was a passive electronic device which revolutionized
electronics, allowing circuit size to shrink, to use less power and more,
to become extremely stable. His name was Bart Weller. And Bart founded
Vitramon, Inc. Located in the heart of Connecticut in a town called Monroe,
Bart's Vitramon was the pride of the industry and the pride of the State.
That ended quickly. In an interview he gave in a local (Bridgeport) newspaper,
Bart made a statement which was (of course) taken completely out of context,
and ended his popularity among Jews and conservatives in his state. These
were his supporters and investors.
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- Well, Bart did not need these folks because by the time
he had been misquoted, his power had taken hold, his company became rich
and his name was impeccable. But the damage had been done. Bart said that
Adolph Hitler had the right idea. Of course, Bart was referring to the
Autobahn system as well as Uncle Addy's impressive technological growth.
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- The press picked this up and made poor Bart Weller into
a NAZI. No such thing.
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- Which forms the title of this piece.
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- Adolph Hitler DID have the right idea. Make that "ideas!"
He took from his people, every freedom he could steal and created the stuff
which should be studied in our history books, but is not. Not to sufficiency.
Of course the right idea had to do with taking away none but the (then)
German culture could endure. To remove freedom and direct citizens to follow
orders blindly.
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- Such is happening here. However we need no Hitlerian
demagogue to bring forth World War Three and the end of freedom. We have
a more insidious and amoral way of bringing about our slavery. How? Just
ask any politician. Or better, pay attention to what has happened to your
freedoms in the past twenty years. It's the way of it you know. To reduce
freedom slowly, with great patience, so that as one generation slips into
oblivion, all which preceded within that generation, all which was good
and wondrous about it, is forgotten. And in our schools, history is distorted
and reduced to pap ... the oatmeal of oblivion, the groats of our demise,
the gruel of slavery.
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- "Eat this! Don't do that or we'll place you under
arrest. Hey, YOU! there's a law against that. Cut it out." Please,
if you will, think about how many little freedoms culminated into the taking
from us of all of the important ones.
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- Whenever something happens which the press in their infinite
stupidity (Hey, I mean the mainstream press, not the Rense press) finds
newsworthy, something which involves a freedom held by many, an abuse of
that freedom by an idiot, ONE idiot, a hue and cry go out to demolish that
particular freedom for EVERYONE. This is accomplished by a few vocal politicians
who use the newsworthy event to enhance their own image and provide free
advertising... PR as it is otherwise known. So, people who had hitherto
carried knives more than three inches long are now required by LAW to cease
and desist. Now, you may not carry a knife unless it is less than three
inches. And they measure it.
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- Guns ... La Meme Chose.
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- Let's take a look at a subject which should enjoin both
the gun people and the antigun people. Bullet Proof vests. Right. Did you
know that you are not only not allowed to carry concealed guns or knives
(a knife worth carrying for protection and self defense is not a three
inch toothpick), but you are also precluded from carrying around on your
body, protection from being shot.
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- Perhaps the Gestapo perceives that anyone who is wearing
a bullet proof vest cannot do so because they reserve the right to shoot
you with complete abandon, with impunity. Or perhaps they do not want BAD
guys being protected from the law enforcers' bullets. Well, I can sort
of understand the latter, but does anyone out there imagine for a brief
moment in time, that bad guys will NOT get just about any goddamned thing
they want to get, easier, faster and cheaper than you or I, the law-abiding
citizen? AND WILL GET IT no matter how many laws we pass to the contrary?
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- So - who suffers the indignity of being shot innocently
in an armed robbery or hijacking of your car? You, Mr. and Mrs. Citizen.
The same, THE VERY SAME people who scream, "SHAME" when referring
to guns, knives and bullet proof vests. The same people will take out their
paranoia on alarm and security systems, body guards and Lord knows what
else, but will look at you as if you were a child molester if you suggested
that they carry a gun, a knife or wear a vest.
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- "Wear your vest. It could save your life" is
reserved only for cops and their perps. But not for you.
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- Take the subject of driving. These days you cannot drive
a car in my state whilst using a cell phone. You must use a hands free
system. It's the law. But wait, there's more! Someone just completed a
study suggesting that even TALKING on a hands free phone whilst driving
detracts from your concentration enough to cause an accident. Of course,
everyone doing these studies is neglecting a very important fact. Well,
maybe more than one. The infrequent use of Common Sense is the biggest
one. And the inability of SOME citizens to give a rat's arse about anyone
but themselves. This precludes ALL citizens from enjoying a little freedom.
Why? Because some jerk could not make the grade.
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- "The needs of the few ... " Thanks Spock. We
needed that.
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- So, we cannot use our hand held in the car. We cannot
use a hands free in the car. We cannot use the car. It's too dangerous.
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- We cannot use a knife except to cut steak. Anyone caught
using a knife cutting anything other than a bit of undigested beef is breaking
the law. Say you ain't go no teeth and you need to cut them veggies up
a bit more? Tough toenails. Buy a meat grinder.
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- It's a losing fight. Too many people. Too many inconsiderate
ones. Too many idiots out there thinking that their world is the one surrounding
them out to the extent of their cars or other conveyance. Too many idiots.
Culpable ones.
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- This very morning I was driving through a neighborhood
in which there are many children playing and crossing. A community pool
and playground faced my right. Little ones were darting in and out between
parked cars with their little towels and blankies, rubber duckies and toys.
And this young lady was driving through all this at nearly 40 mph. The
speed limit is 15 mph. She was talking on her cellphone too. Paying no
attention to anyone but her phone. As she approached my car she swerved
to avoid hitting me head on. She sideswiped three parked cars and hit a
little boy standing between two other parked vehicles before coming to
a stop. She came out of her car screaming that I almost hit her and it
was my fault.
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- Retired as a Reserve police officer, I produced a badge.
I brought her over to my car and showed her on my display just how fast
she was going and also to place her under arrest and cuff her. No, I don't
use radar. I developed my own speed sensing device, using nothing but pulsed
sound waves. Low frequency and low power. It displayed 43.87 mph. I placed
her under arrest for speeding, unsafe operation of a motor vehicle and
demonstrated to the attending police officer, the trail of rubber she left
on the street as she swerved from MY lane into the correct lane. Approximately
forty feet of rubber. Forty feet. And since my car came to an immediate
stop when she hit her brakes I discerned that she never swerved into the
middle of the street in order to avoid hitting all those parked cars. Which
is why the little one was hit. He was between cars, peeking out from them
waiting to cross. He never left the safety of standing between the two
parked cars. She ran her motor vehicle straight into the area between the
two parked cars, hitting the little one.
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- I did not write her up for using her cellphone illegally.
The attending black and white did that.
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- She'll be in jail for at least a week until arraignment.
B***h. Not even 21 years old. Her boyfriend was still on the phone after
the regular police arrived and after they took her away. The sergeant on
the scene spoke with him, garnering information which will hang her. He
heard everything. Even the curse she shouted out when she hit the little
boy.
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- "That little **** ran out into the street!"
Sure. Which is why he died on the scene smashed in between two parked cars
and her own Pontiac.
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- Now the Gannett papers and the local TV channel will
get a hold of this and blame it on the cell phone. Am I the only one who
objects to that opinion? Or is there anyone else out there with an ounce
of common sense left? "Hartsdale woman kills child whilst driving
with her hand held cell phone! Film at eleven." No Charley, it wasn't
the cellphone that caused this misery, took a child from his loving (I
hope) parents and knocked him into an early grave, it was stupidity. Culpable
stupidity. Selfishness. A lack of respect for anyone but herself. Perhaps
her parents were not all that nurturing. The car she was driving was a
sports model. Looked faster than it was. All show. No go. But it stops
good on little children.
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- If I were God, I would end our misery. Maybe that rock
they found out there is the answer. Maybe. Maybe not. Be a lot easier if
we all just sat down, took a few deep breaths and thought long and hard
about ourselves. About how we act. How we think and how the hell we get
away with being called "human." Frank Herbert had the right idea.
Test every young person with the Gom Jabbar. If they don't make the grade
... well, there's always Soylent Green.
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- Jim Mortellaro
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