Prison Nation

More than one percent of Adult Americans are now behind bars. The United States beats even China and Russia in the percentage of its citizens that are in prison. The numbers get worse for minorities, with 1 in 36 Hispanic adults locked up and 1 in 15 African American men. For black men between the ages of 20 and 34 the number is 1 in 9! Perhaps this is the future, with economic collapse coming and our increasingly tyrannical government, maybe we'll all either be employed in our nations biggest growth industry (prisons) or living in a jail cell.

I was watching an old episode of Cops on G4 and two African American men got pulled over for not wearing seatbelts. The cop discovered marijuana in the car (how terrible)! and you know what happened next. The government is evil and anyone who continues to support it and its agents (so-called law enforcement, in reality government thugs with a legal- but not moral-monopoly of force) is evil also.

One doesn't have to advocate the use of drugs to recognize that current laws are unjust. Before 1912 the US didn't have any drug laws! Thanks big government "progressives," your continual advocacy for expanding the reach of the Federal Government into our lives is what lead to all this. You'll note that Hillary calls herself progressive. Did the last Clinton White House do a goddamn thing about getting rid of federal laws against even the use of medical marijuana? No, Bill's Drug Czar was one of the worst drug warriors ever, Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey. Do you really want the Clintons anywhere near the executive mansion ever again? I sure as hell don't!

Let's stop passing more and more laws and start getting rid of a few. Every new law just makes it more likely that you'll find yourself guilty of breaking one, probably by accident (for who could possibly keep up with them all). Every law gives government and its criminal agents, i.e., the police, more power, as in the case above on Cops where a seemingly innocent thing like the seat belt laws lead to getting pulled over. It's no ones business if someone decides not to wear a seat belt. The nanny state must go! (it is going, to the ash heap of history, that is, along with everyone who supports it).

Here is a current example of what the drug war has given us:

A Cookeville officer is seen allegedly placing drugs on...Carlos Ferrell, before arresting him.

Ferrell is now suing the city of Cookeville, the police department, Putnam County, and the sheriff’s office for $10 million.

During the arrest, Ferrell was also bitten by a police K9.

The Video


Now, even if the cops in this case didn't plant the drugs, what happened during the arrest with the use of dogs was unnecessary. If you don't think this is the best example, check out these instances of police criminal misconduct.



Deputy sheriff dumps a quadriplegic on the floor:



Videos Via Pro Libertate.

Hope and Fear

In 2004, campaigning for John Kerry, Bill Clinton said:
"One of Clinton's laws of politics is, if one candidate is trying to scare you, and the other one is trying to get you to think, if one candidate's appealing to your fears, and the other one's appealing to your hopes. You better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope."



Hillary's new fear mongering ad:



I guess she took neocon monster William Kristol's advice. The reality is that the neocons would not be too upset with a Hillary presidency. It's Obama they hate and fear.

Racism, Barack Obama, and Two Old Bags for Hillary

Just recently I overheard two older ladies talking about the contest between Hillary and Barack. They were both Clinton supporters and were asking each other how any white person could prefer a black over a white for president. One of them even suggested to the other that Obama was a possible Al Qaeda plant!

I know there is still a lot of racial prejudice among the older generation who grew up in less tolerant times, and they vote in larger numbers. However, it may just be that the excitement that Obama has generated among the young could translate into actual votes this time (younger people historically tend not to go to the polls in large numbers on election day) and that might offset that factor.

I started out this election cycle supporting Ron Paul. Obviously he is going nowhere in the Republican primaries, so I have decided that Obama is our best hope for some real change in American foreign policy and getting us out of Iraq. Even though I consider myself a libertarian, I would be willing to accept things like universal health care in exchange for ending the war and bringing our troops home. I really believe the overriding issue this year is restoring our reputation around the world and ending the American empire. Now, I don't expect any Democrat to actually close all our overseas bases and support a truly noninterventionist foreign policy, not even Obama is going to do that, but at the very least an Obama presidency will end the influence of the war crazed neocons (don't be too sure that a Clinton presidency would do the same). At this point, I don't hope for more than that.

If it finally does come down to Hillary Clinton Vs John McCain, then, as corrupt as I believe the Clintons to be, and as much as I don't want to see them in the White House again, I would have no choice but to root for Hillary. She may be reprehensible in many ways (in my opinion), but McCain is dangerous. He would likely lead us into war with Iran and start us on the path to a new cold war with the Russians. I'll take corrupt over dangerous any day.

Some Democrats hope for a "Dream Team" ticket of Clinton/Obama, and I don't really think it impossible, as Hillary may need Obama as running mate to unify the Democratic party and gain the enthusiasm of his supporters. If she doesn't have the Democratic base, especially African Americans, energized, she can't win. An Obama/Clinton ticket, however, would be less likely, as Obama, for a number of reasons, will probably choose a white male as his running mate

The American public, by all the polling, is fed up with the Iraq fiasco, so we have to hope that that trumps any racism among the electorate this year. If John "100 years in Iraq" McCain is the Republican candidate, that, along with the fact that many conservative Republicans can't stand McCain, may be enough for a Democratic victory.

A Sign of What America Will Look Like Under President Hillary Clinton?

I found the following "poll" here:

Who do you think will secure the Democrat nomination in the 2008 US election ?

Hillary Clinton 1 (100%)

Barack Obama 0 (0%)

John Edwards 0 (0%)

Votes so far: 1

Poll closed

For a real reason not to want another Clinton Presidency, go here.