tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post5860579972473431751..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: The New AbnormalityFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-66439833933945499112020-07-10T12:31:56.326-04:002020-07-10T12:31:56.326-04:00When all this started in MN I thought it would run...When all this started in MN I thought it would run it's course in a couple of weeks but we are now at 50 some days straight, with no end in sight. If I lived in a town with a population of 50k and over I would be putting my home on the market and beating feet for a nice small quite town. Montana, Utah, Wyoming are going to start getting crowded, prices will skyrocket, buy now and avoid the rush because in a year those prices will boom. Our population is at about 10/12K and we had our march from the high school to the courthouse, 9 blocks, circled the courthouse said bye and everyone went home. So I'm in an odd little section of my state so I'm staying put. squeeky's momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14280728218122440318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-81405093147141668962020-07-08T07:59:53.701-04:002020-07-08T07:59:53.701-04:00This problem mostly affects the largest cities - N...This problem mostly affects the largest cities - NYC, Chicago, Baltimore, Philadelphia. and Washington, DC - that have Democratic mayors who are weak AND whose minorities are Black. Not all cities fall into that category. Some of the cities called 'second tier' cities - Pittsburgh, Cleveland, among others - have Dem mayors and council, but also have the clout to impose order on the unruly, and still get re-elected.<br /><br />Others - Phoenix, LA - have some Blacks, but also others - Asian, Latino - that have, in the past, aggressively resisted intrusion into their neighborhoods by rioters.<br /><br />Most of the more spread-out cities - the ones not listed above as most vulnerable - are more spread out, making direct assault on the neighborhoods less of a problem, and relatively easy to defend. They would be mostly affected by control of the public utilities - water, power, transportation - by rioters. And, while I'm not military, I understand taking control of those assets is a specialty of theirs.<br /><br />Short-term, a lot of chaos, supply disruption, and loss of money.<br /><br />Long-term, that will depend on the resolve of the states and feds.<br /><br />Linda Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15024201252345608291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-23043263885586556012020-07-07T15:25:49.144-04:002020-07-07T15:25:49.144-04:00"Indeed, it was Constitutionally dubious, but..."Indeed, it was Constitutionally dubious, but made mandatory by other Constitutionally dubious ordinances..."<br /><br />My take as well. But I have to say that it is all too easy to throw up the hands and go ahead with each new infringement, never stopping to correct the fundamental problem. Police state tactics, in isolation, and without digging too deeply into them, are pretty attractive. Always a nice quick fix.<br /><br />Oh well, that's what revolutions are for - getting to the fundamentals.Paul Bonneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15279129269584372919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-40388043014784873622020-07-07T13:09:53.997-04:002020-07-07T13:09:53.997-04:00As you might already know, Francis, two of the lin...As you might already know, Francis, two of the links at the beginning of your "ongoing race war" article are dead, and 10 mm Auto's link has also been deleted. Oldfart's link describing unprovoked attacks on cyclists in Portland is still live.<br />Just more suppression of badthink by Our Betters.daniel_dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18399665251275194585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-76568659974007561742020-07-07T12:46:23.170-04:002020-07-07T12:46:23.170-04:00The thought of leaving So Cal breaks my heart, and...The thought of leaving So Cal breaks my heart, and not a little. I've been here for fifty seven years. My roots are deep, and I love this place. Or I did. I lived the California Dream: surfing, motorcycles, cruisin' the boulevard, hiking the hills and canyons, partying everywhere from Haight Ashbury to Ensenada. I worked doing everything from busing tables, scrubbing toilets, to selling surfboards, fixing appliances, to teaching high school in the inner city.<br />The realization that it's all gone is hard to grasp. The change happened slowly, incrementally, imperceptibly... and then rapidly. Every year the streets get more crowded. Every year the demographic shifts farther, and farther into multicult. Our town was typical: mostly white, with a good percentage of Mexican-American. Of course, there was some occasional friction along the edges, but it was very rare. People got along. I used to draw criticism in comment sections when I'd bring up the fact that people here in the Southland really got along quite well, despite the diversity. Being an "Angelino" subsumed most of our individual differences.<br />It isn't like that now. The huge influx of foreign nationals have balkanized the cities. Strip-mine developments have shoved high density housing and section8 tenants into formerly relaxed, and quiet neighborhoods like mine.<br />We narrowly escaped the recent chaos here in this little corner. Even so, I see virtue signalling whites post blak live murder signs in their front yards in hopes of avoiding the kristalnacht.<br />So we're getting out. At first my wife and I were planning to fix up the house, and see what the real estate market looked like in another year. Oddly enough the chaos has spiked housing prices in our neighborhood. Now we're looking at selling "as-is" and heading for a modest dwelling in a resort/retirement town way north and west of us. I have an old high school pal who lives up there, and he encourages us to come. I'm sending my wife up on a scouting expedition in the very near future.<br /><br />JWMJWMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05564732483476859555noreply@blogger.com