tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post167956102769538419..comments2023-10-19T21:48:56.560-05:00Comments on meaning in history: UPDATED: What's The Incentive For Big City Cops To Stay?mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-71862775242539296342021-04-25T18:03:48.268-05:002021-04-25T18:03:48.268-05:00Ray, I'm not discounting the importance of fun...Ray, I'm not discounting the importance of funding, but look at 2016: Trump was wildly outspent (but got tons of free publicity). IMO, Lacey had enough money to win, but ran up against other factors. LA is a real outlier demographically for major metro areas--Black population in LA (9.8%) is LESS than Black proportion nationally<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-11137819254691453722021-04-25T17:47:07.195-05:002021-04-25T17:47:07.195-05:00Campaign Spend LA DA Race;
$12 million Gascon
$7...Campaign Spend LA DA Race;<br /><br /> $12 million Gascon<br />$7 Million Lacey<br /><br />Gascon had endorsements of:<br />- Soros - funding<br />- Netflix ceo - funding <br />- Kamala Harris<br />- BLM<br />- Gov. Newsom<br />- LA County Democratic Party<br />- LA Times<br />- SF Chronicle<br /><br />Police unions were backing Lacey. And she got the LA Mayor.<br /><br />Spending on Gaston may Ray - SoCalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293232996007277071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-23252453534443817642021-04-25T16:47:22.260-05:002021-04-25T16:47:22.260-05:00That's not at all what Pushkin means. I have t...That's not at all what Pushkin means. I have the advantage on you in that I disallowed an earlier comment by him in which he basically called me ignorant--re the rigging of it all in the very literal sense.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-88404872325350150612021-04-25T15:38:13.186-05:002021-04-25T15:38:13.186-05:00@Mark (and Pushkin)
Not to prolong the disagreeab...@Mark (and Pushkin)<br /><br />Not to prolong the disagreeable disagreement, but...<br /><br />I still kinda agree w Pushkin and so I can't quite agree his comment was ignorant.<br /><br />I certainly agree with you that there was no need for Philadelphia-style vote rigging in the NY 14th. AOC was always going to win. <br /><br />But the rigging I perceive (and I'm a native New Yorker) Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-3222828280834820482021-04-25T13:54:08.868-05:002021-04-25T13:54:08.868-05:00As a native New Yorker and Senior Citizen I can te...As a native New Yorker and Senior Citizen I can tell you the Democrat always wins, unless crime gets really out of hand or we teeter on bankruptcy at which point temporarily we get someone competent and then go back to politics as usual.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-1762344830249247692021-04-25T12:02:27.383-05:002021-04-25T12:02:27.383-05:00@mistcr
Yes, the veneer is very thin and disappea...@mistcr<br /><br />Yes, the veneer is very thin and disappears when you start looking at reality instead of insisting that everything was rigged. I don't deny election fraud, but the reality of the American electorate is more complex than fraud.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-29912104834642300362021-04-25T12:00:10.971-05:002021-04-25T12:00:10.971-05:00@Cassander
Not to rub it in, but reread the comme...@Cassander<br /><br />Not to rub it in, but reread the comment you seem to think you agreed with. You're actually disagreeing with it. Unlike you, Pushkin, as he has in the past, is maintaining that those people didn't vote for AOC--it was all rigged. Except when Giuliani was elected.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-46596078438255656532021-04-25T11:53:00.630-05:002021-04-25T11:53:00.630-05:00"the young cops seriously questioning why the..."the young cops seriously questioning why they should care about public safety anymore"<br /><br />And I would expect a lot more cops to go on the take, adding yet more corruption.<br /><br />FrankAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-41110976509082053932021-04-25T11:38:40.488-05:002021-04-25T11:38:40.488-05:00I think there's a veneer of plausibility to An...I think there's a veneer of plausibility to Anon's comment. However, that veneer quickly disappears when you consider that these blue city dwellers flee to red sanctuary and immediately turn their new homes into blue hellholes.<br /><br />I agree they should "get the government they vote for, and get it hard." I would only add that we need to build high walls around those mistcrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-6374970048550228452021-04-25T11:37:47.589-05:002021-04-25T11:37:47.589-05:00"Democrats have been rigging the vote for dec..."Democrats have been rigging the vote for decades"<br /><br />Then how did Giuliani get elected?<br /><br />"New Yorkers ... would vote in another Giuliani if they could"<br /><br />If that were the case another version of Giuliani would run. <br /><br />Ignorance explains a lot. For example: Pushkin Pullyou.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-13531711321465764212021-04-25T11:36:17.274-05:002021-04-25T11:36:17.274-05:00Whoops!
Looks like I may have agreed with an ign...Whoops! <br /><br />Looks like I may have agreed with an ignorant comment!<br /><br />What happens next? Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-47527143229820217672021-04-25T11:22:58.406-05:002021-04-25T11:22:58.406-05:00What an ignorant comment.What an ignorant comment.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-61460660236784842422021-04-25T11:19:58.659-05:002021-04-25T11:19:58.659-05:00@Pushkin
"Are we so sure the people really vo...@Pushkin<br />"Are we so sure the people really voted for this?"<br /><br />Yes. In this vein I have found it hard to believe that the largely working class, largely Hispanic voters in New York's 14th Congressional District actually knew who or what they were voting for when they overwhelmingly 'voted' for AOC. Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-64791224663272133952021-04-25T11:11:24.094-05:002021-04-25T11:11:24.094-05:00The problem is when policing ceases to be a callin...The problem is when policing ceases to be a calling and becomes a career. You want the salary and benefits, generally including early retirement, and go through the motions not expecting to accomplish much of anything. This is what has happened to teaching in the inner cities. Don't be a hero. Play it safe. All the more so given that any perp you bring in will likely be released Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-53886909952865741552021-04-25T10:14:43.913-05:002021-04-25T10:14:43.913-05:00I think "money" is an oversimplification...I think "money" is an oversimplification.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-20355559674188741332021-04-25T09:24:32.889-05:002021-04-25T09:24:32.889-05:00Those tourism dollars, foreign and domestic, are g...Those tourism dollars, foreign and domestic, are going, going, gone with the increasing mayhem on the streets of these democrat run cities, and will eventually spread into the ritzier neighborhoods where private security and 'walls' will not be enough. <br /><br />It may be time for a new Law and Order TV series spin off - Law Versus Disorder - where the remaining cops are facing off Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-29648782817917332632021-04-25T09:02:33.534-05:002021-04-25T09:02:33.534-05:00The reason the Soros DA’s are elected and re-elect...The reason the Soros DA’s are elected and re-elected is money. Both for the candidate, and to the establishment to support that candidate. <br /><br />Since the Soros DA’s are in Blue areas, the GOP is MIA.<br /><br />And there seems to be a huge effort to turn a blind eye to any Soros Funding by the press. The narrative is it’s a myth and bugaboo dreamed up by the far right. And it’s Ray - SoCalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293232996007277071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-29643368789156271162021-04-25T08:44:29.064-05:002021-04-25T08:44:29.064-05:00New Dispatch From The Brady White Files: Why Risk ...<a href="https://pjmedia.com/uncategorized/jeff-reynolds/2021/04/20/new-dispatch-from-the-brady-white-files-why-risk-your-life-if-youre-a-cop-n1440238" rel="nofollow"> New Dispatch From The Brady White Files: Why Risk Your Life if You're A Cop? </a><br /><br />And with what is happening to the officer for shooting Ma’Khia Bryant, the exodus will increase.<br /><br />Even if it’s the right Ray - SoCalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293232996007277071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-36856926495858456542021-04-25T08:15:25.431-05:002021-04-25T08:15:25.431-05:00@yance
Are we so sure the people really voted for...@yance<br /><br />Are we so sure the people really voted for this? November 3d exposed a shocking level of corruption in our elections. It's possible that we have fallen for an information op that NYC and other supposed Blue jurisdictions vote for this madness. Sure, undoubtedly there will always be a number of useful idiots and true believers who vote for the insane neo marxism but the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-14816556865533127622021-04-25T06:12:17.357-05:002021-04-25T06:12:17.357-05:00When crime goes wild and criminals are released af...When crime goes wild and criminals are released after a Soros DA is elected, why would anyone reelect that DA? Your choice, people, but don't look for sympathy if you make that choice.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-55397157985432667322021-04-25T00:17:54.816-05:002021-04-25T00:17:54.816-05:00One of my closest friends and his wife, both Sheri...One of my closest friends and his wife, both Sheriff officers packed it in at the beginning of the BLM takeoff and both retired out of Florida. They got the message early. devilmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00256049667739001018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-68108274105255456302021-04-24T22:35:02.835-05:002021-04-24T22:35:02.835-05:00People need to get the government they vote for, a...People need to get the government they vote for, and get it hard. Apparently nothing ever learned is ever retained.Yancey Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16427042729449397357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-10022243566382029812021-04-24T21:17:17.562-05:002021-04-24T21:17:17.562-05:00Same thing's happened in Atlanta, after the Ma...Same thing's happened in Atlanta, after the Mayor to the BLM side in a couple cases. Was clear the cops were going to get fired and charged with murder if they did their job properly. Patrols went way down, crimes gone way up, and lots of cops have got jobs in smaller dept's outside the city where they make as much or more, without the aggravation. Now we have lots more murders, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com