Monday, January 18, 2016

ANOTHER COP SHOOTING... IN UTAH



Yesterday morning, two cops were called to the scene of an accident in Holladay, Utah, about ten miles south of Salt Lake City.  A male running from a BMW opened fire at the cops, killing one of them.  In a subsequent gun battle, the suspect was killed and another officer wounded.  A woman also emerged from the car and escaped. 

COMMENTS:

This latest shooting involves a rash of officer-involved shootings across the United States where the first shots fired were at cops.  Regardless of the causes, which can certainly be argued, these shootings have got to stop.  It appears to me that cops have become wild-game targets.  Unfortunately, the shooters usually end up dead at the scene; I would prefer that they be captured and slowly hung by their testicles. 
 
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. A friend was telling me that the feds are secretly out confiscating money and assets from law-abiding citizens.  Is that true and how are they getting away with it?  (Lorna ~ Beaumont, TX)
A. Federal laws allow law enforcement to seize cash and assets upon mere suspicion they are being used to further a criminal activity.  Once seized, they can be sold and the funds retained by the law enforcement agency; so, there is incentive on the part of law enforcement to conduct such activity.  Once a seizure takes place, the burden is upon the owner to prove his innocence.  These guys make the IRS agents look like angels. 

Q. How many foreign students attend colleges in the United States?  (Ed ~ Morgan Hill, CA)
A. Approximately one million.  Most of them are from China, India and South Korea.  I’m sure they artificially increase the prices of tuition and crowd out many American students.  I don’t mind helping out the rest of the world, but we’ve got to learn to take care of our own first.  We don’t have enough money to give Social Security recipients a raise, but we have enough money to take in Syrian refugees, some of which will undoubtedly be terrorists; go figure. 

Q. What do you think of the hostage exchange with Iran that happened over the weekend?  (Bill ~ Sioux Falls, SD)
A. I’m sure the families are happy and relieved and I’m glad to see them home.  They should have been released as a condition of the Iran nuclear deal; instead, they were traded for seven criminals and charges were dropped against another 14.   In short, I’m not very happy with it.  Yet to come: the closing and turning over of Gitmo to Cuba. 

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“I still remember, as a kid, tying a yellow ribbon around a tree in front of my house during the 444 days that Iran held 52 Americans hostage.  Iran is not a place we should be doing business with.” ~ Scott Walker

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