Last edited by wvincent; 11-23-2019 at 01:08 PM.
"And for a regular dude I’m maybe okay...but what I learned is if there’s a door, I’m going out it not in it"-Duke
"Just because a girl sleeps with her brother doesn't mean she's easy..."-Blues
Pragmatic, but wrong. Setting aside the moral and practical fact that bribery is illegal, there’s an element of elitism which makes this particularly odious.
If someone walked in off the street to give the sheriff $1k cash they’d be cuffed and stuffed for attempted bribery. But if that individual shook the right hands, went to the right parties and wore the correct clothes they’d commit the same crime and get away clean- with a carry permit to boot. Meanwhile the minimum wage cashier driving a store deposit to the bank is told “tough shit,no permit for you”.
That’s wrong , elitist, and all things which stand against the principles of this country.
The Minority Marksman.
"When you meet a swordsman, draw your sword: Do not recite poetry to one who is not a poet."
-a Ch'an Buddhist axiom.
Sometimes rank and file employees have been expected to make campaign contributions to their bosses' re-election endeavors. I have, and I did. Contributing to an official who lost can put one on the shit list for the new guy. In the distant past, one of my Mississippi relatives shot and killed his opponent after losing the election for sheriff. Though we may on the surface be more civilized today, exacting vengeance continues to be carried out. Money still talks, and bullshit still walks. You never know who might be smoking your ready-roll cigarettes.
I think Duke's statement is poignant and instead of encouraging lawlessness, instead shines a light on the inherent opportunity for corruption in states where may issue is the standard. Limiting access to a right, whether is be to carry a firearm for personal protection, build on your own property near a beach, or operate a business as you see fit, gives power to elected and unelected bureaucrats who can use their discretion to pick winners and losers, thereby profiting criminally off "consultant fees" and the like. It stinks to high heaven and should be banned. I have grown up in San Francisco and it is common knowledge that consulting with the Hon. Willie L. Brown, Jr. will almost guarantee your building project will get approved through the CCSF's onerous building approval process. Similarly, donors to Laurie Smith's campaign miraculously received CCWs in a county that is notoriously difficult in which to get one. Nancy Pelosi really is Gavin Newsom's aunt and his cousin is reportedly involved in investments in the Ukraine. Diane Feinstein's husband's company has profited off of laws she voted on and their connection to business dealings in China is murky, to say the least.
May issue breeds corruption and for the citizens just trying to live their lives while ruled over by these illegitimate oligarchs, like much of CA is, I could see going along to get along. When corruption is pervasive and the standard is pay to play, it sets a climate that normalizes this sort of behavior. This is where we are at in California. This weasel of a Sheriff's Captain deserves firing and conviction, but his scam is small potatoes in the larger scheme of California's criminal enterprise that we call government.
The Minority Marksman.
"When you meet a swordsman, draw your sword: Do not recite poetry to one who is not a poet."
-a Ch'an Buddhist axiom.