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‘Public Nuisance’: You’ll Never Believe why This L.A. Entrepreneur Was Forced to Close His Shop

December 23, 2012 at 12:19am

In reply to johnrysf.

My previo0ous post was truncated; last two words are “silly people”.
‘Public Nuisance’: You’ll Never Believe why This L.A. Entrepreneur Was Forced to Close His Shop

December 23, 2012 at 12:14am

So, here’s a local interest story about the LAPD and its officialdom hounding a long-standing neighborhood burger joint out of business. The ex-proprietor is the hero. Nothing is said about what the evil LAPD had in mind, though the LAPD would need an ironclad story of sainted enlightenment to trump the story told here. I would suggest that LA is a rather too large, too ethnically diverse, and too media-savvy place for the PD to persecute one entity, and prevail. Just for fun (and balance), what’s the other side of the story?

btw, with 289 comments at present, I looked at the first 2-3 comments, and didn’t see the usual boilerplate Blaze clarion words. I had to drill down 8 whole comments to find blame assigned to “communists”. Within the next 19 comments, though, there were 2 more “communists”, 3 “liberals”, and 1 each of “progressives”, “fascists”, and “socialists”. Comforted, I quit there.

That the LAPD, a quasi-MILITARY troop in conservative So Cal covers all these bases is a stunning achievement! In fact, they’ve done such a bang-up job, a self-appointed expert way over in Oklahoma knows that L-word is LAPD’s real motive here, not “a disproportionate amount of criminal activity” (or not).

I have installed computer systems for city/county PD’s across the country, and worked with police at all levels. IMHO, cops are, well, cops. The labels used here are pro forma The Blaze, blindly applied. Used incessantly, words lose meaning, sil
Noted Economist’s ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Solution: If We Return to Clinton Tax Rates, Let’s Return to Clinton Spending

December 16, 2012 at 2:13pm

In reply to DisgustedinUSA.

Sadly, IMHO, huge money in politics, lobbyists writing legislation, corporitocracy, the Tea Party capturing the GOP and turning it into the party of stupid obstructionism, regulatory capture, financial sector corruption, a regressive tax code, free trade, and other policies that have decimated the middle class and lead to a new Gilded Age of extreme destructive income inequality, and on and on. Think fascism.

I’m old, and for the first time in my life, I am worried.
Noted Economist’s ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Solution: If We Return to Clinton Tax Rates, Let’s Return to Clinton Spending

December 16, 2012 at 2:01pm

In reply to John Steinsvold.

FYI: Tried hyperlink, doesn’t work correctly.
Holder: ‘We Have to Ask Ourselves Some Hard Questions’ About Gun Rights After Conn. Shootings

December 16, 2012 at 1:54pm

In reply to civilwarcometh.

“either civil war or communism. Question is will i die on the battle field fighting along side fellow americans or will i die in my front yard by myself with a tear in my eye……”

As a senior citizen, and lifelong gun enthusiast, when I read hyped-up, extremist gun talk, I think immediately that we’re hearing from an individual who has just disqualified themselves from ever holding a gun, or any other weapon.

“Question is” did you forget to take your med’s? A friendly suggestion: Now, as the nation mourns mass murder, is NOT a good time for radical, wild-eyed talk. Please restrain yourself for a day or two.
You Won’t Believe How Much the Gov’t Spends on ‘Food Assistance’ Each Year

December 16, 2012 at 1:13pm

In reply to johnrysf.

Sorry my last sentence got cut off. It reads:

So, I’d like to see what went into this article’s “$110 billion, 80 programs”. Meanwhile, as far as food stamps to the poor, I’ll go with the Atlantic. How about you?
You Won’t Believe How Much the Gov’t Spends on ‘Food Assistance’ Each Year

December 16, 2012 at 1:00pm

$110 billion, 80 ‘food assistance’ programs? This is alarming, huh?!

So, I searched on “food stamps benefits”. My conclusion? This article is a hack job, a load of crap.

IMHO, The Atlantic is one of the best periodicals around. The Atlantic article titled “Who Benefits From Food Stamps…a record high…Where is all that money going?”, on 9/5/12, at

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/09/who-benefits-from-food-stamps/261993/

begins “as many as 46.7 million Americans received benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in June, at a cost of $6.2 billion”. $110 billion, $6.2 billion – which is it? Notice that the graph above comes from Senator Jeff Sessions’ staff. I want to see what those 80 programs do, what’s in the $110 billion. Do you?

The Atlantic poses the real question that the article above skirts: “You can look at the enrollment numbers in one of two ways: either it’s a sign that more Americans than ever are in need of help, or that more Americans than ever are receiving benefits who don’t need them.”

Answer? Per The Atlantic: ” those who get benefits are unquestionably poor; many of them aren’t old enough to work or care for themselves; many recipients who are of working age are employed; and that SNAP runs on a shoestring…what you’ve got is a reasonably strong argument for giving needy people the benefit of the doubt at a time of slower-than-expected economic recovery.”

I’ll go with
You Won’t Believe How Much the Gov’t Spends on ‘Food Assistance’ Each Year

December 16, 2012 at 12:16pm

In reply to freeberty.

“…parasites on social security/medicare? The parasites on any kind of government pension?” SAY WHAT? Are you JOKING?! Please allow me to remind this strangely ill-informed commenter – and any other readers who have similar extremely goofy thoughts – that

(1) Social Security is an INSURANCE program against disability and poverty in old age.

(2) Medicare is a medical INSURANCE program designed to provide a minimum level of care in old age.

(3) Employers and employees pay jointly and equally for these two INSURANCE plans based on wages. We employers remit the premiums as quarterly FICA payments (the “I” in FICA stands for “Insurance”). Your taxes pay ZERO – NO TAXES – for these EARNED benefits!!! You, too, are covered by this INSURANCE, assuming you have/had legitimate job(s) that pay/paid FICA.

(4) Government, including military, pensions: Folks EARNED these benefits – it’s part of their employment contract – and they generally plan retirement around this income. You would STEAL it from them? I’m old, remember when these “defined benefit” pensions were common and expected. I expected, and received, one in my first couple of jobs – pension quality was an important consideration when interviewing for a job.

How old are you? Highest grade attained in school? Grow up on another planet? Good GOD, are there others out there saddled with such ignorance?
A Look at the Uniform and the Weapons Used by the Conn. School Shooter

December 14, 2012 at 11:42pm

In reply to jbdiver.

I’m no lover of BHO, but his reaction today was entirely appropriate, and looked pretty damn genuine to me. Can’t you knock off the bashing of the President of the United States for one day of a national tragedy?

Your unsupported assertions about Obama, in this context, are a hateful cheap shot. You should be ashamed.
MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Quickly Laments Lack of Gun Control in Wake of School Shooting: ‘Gun Violence Has Been Epidemic in This Country’

December 14, 2012 at 9:57pm

In reply to romberger.

I’m instantly reminded that literacy rates are way down, too.