Or perhaps the Progressive Politicians (Carter, Clinton, and that slob who replaced Newt) who authorized the merger of investment and commercial banking. All of whom were paid off. That was what happened in 29, then Glass Steagall mad it illegal in 33. Carter bent that in 77 when he made it legal for banks to make unsecured housing mortgages, then Clinton wiped Glass Steagall and 07-08-09 happened.

Faith in your fellow man, that he or she will do what's right is a religious belief of sorts.

I thought we were talking about real law enforcement, not tax collection.

"sitting behind a road sign waiting to pounce like a thief in a dark alley" exactly

ah, yes, law and order guy. What kind of thinking do you believe gets us to a police state from a Constitutional Republic? I own myself

well...yes

Boo-hoo, the police are pissed off? Too bad. It's about time there was a level playing field. There's a town here in Florida that makes mucho dinero off of a speed trap where the speed limit goes from 55 to a sudden 25, with 24 hour lurkers on duty. There's a very old saying -- turnabout is fair play.

Tell that to the people in Wisconsin that had their doors broke in, computers and other stuff confiscated in predawn raids at gunpoint because they made political contributions to political parties that the left wing did not like. Below is a link to an interview one of the people gave about the ordeal if you care to listen to what happens when law enforcement gets out of hand.

http://www.wiba.com/media/podcast-up-fro...

It happened to my nephew. For two days, cops followed him all over, from his neighborhood, to work, while he was out at dinner with his younger brother. He was followed one evening for 25 minutes, pulled over, and had something planted on him. Corruption is rampant. Someone had a grudge and knew who to call... Insanity!

Bull S$$t. What country do you live in?

Where do you get anarchy from? And it's not gnome, it's troll. It's not 'abrogation', it's a rejection of. The only 'legal' police force is the county sheriff.

As to DC, can't argue with much of that, but no Congress and President will ever be able to 'roll things back'.

I care what Shrug thinks, and I'm not convinced that you actually think.

Faith sounds like religion, not reason.

Sounds as if you could stand a little refreshing of the actual work 'of law enforcement'. For myself, I don't want cops out there trying to 'prevent' crime. I want them doing their jobs of picking up the true criminals, like the bankers and politicians that crashed the economy.

Nonsense. Troll

I do understand the work of law enforcement, and kh is correct.

You are insulting some of the most respected members of this site. Why are you doing that?

Hello sfdi1947.
I find your comment a bit condescending. One does not need to be in law enforcement to understand their work or how they perform it. A citizen has a right to an opinion regarding how every public servant operates and making their job easier is not criteria sufficient to deny citizens a means to oversee and observe that function, nor to be warned of their presence. This technology could be abused, like any other, but it also has advantage as the article points out of having most users check their behavior and thus improve safety for all. The police can't prevent crime. They can only come in and clean up afterwards. The only way one might argue that they can prevent crime is by making their presence known (high visibility), by driving the roads and walking the beat, not by sitting behind a road sign waiting to pounce like a thief in a dark alley. How did we ever get by before LEOs had the use of electronic technology... when we were all on even footing? I do not blame the Cops generally who are only doing their jobs as directed. I blame the officials that set the policy and force police to be revenuers instead of peace officers.

Truckers have been using their radios for years to warn others of police presence. How is this different?

And, as far as if you are "not doing anything wrong" you have nothing to worry about... this flies in the face of all of the wrongly accused, incarcerated and those whose property has been confiscated through forfeiture laws without due process... mistaken identity and many other factors come into play.
Police are imperfect humans also. They are not all angels. "If men were angels, no government would be necessary." - James Madison
Respectfully,
O.A.

Personal profit?

snort...I "don't have a right to determine...." You sound like a young lefty... "do not question, do not judge, do not notice". You almost hurt my feewing with that "nobody cares what I think" bit.
Sit down!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Ah! Anarchy is such a wonderful illness, and before you call me a gnome again, perhaps you might read the document you've referenced, it has little or nothing to do with state, county, or municipal government, where the legal police forces come from, and is a matter of 50 other separate constitutions; that kind sir is stated in the 10th Amendment, and is an abrogation of Federal Power.
In so far as that Unconstitutional Alphabet Soup Centered in Washington, none of it is Constitutionally Legal, and if ever we get a Congress and a President with cohunes, they'll roll things back to John Quincy Adam's time and we'll be on the right track again.
Too much has been done in the name of personal profit and "Pocatello Fever," we and all of our ancestry are all responsible for the travesty that we call Washington, and if we are not careful, we will all pay for it.

lolololol Thank you :)

That would make the government also the criminals (whether illegal or not.)