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Asset Forfeiture Just Thuggery

Posted by BradHarrington 9 years, 1 month ago to Politics
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When our local County Sheriff Danny Glick came out in favor of asset forfeiture the day before yesterday, I decided that I wasn't quite done spewing on this topic. This ran in today's Wyoming Tribune Eagle, and I'm pretty sure I'd better not speed in Laramie County any more. LOL

P.S. Haven't been here the last few days, but I will comment on all the thought-provoking responses I've received over the next few days!

Make It A Great Day! We're Still Alive And Breathing!!!

Love,
Brad Harrington
SOURCE URL: http://wyomingnews.com/articles/2015/03/20/opinion/guest_column/01column_03-20-15.txt#.VQwVvuGgtEp


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  • Posted by khalling 9 years, 1 month ago
    you just took on the SHERIFF?!! I think you should have to check in daily so we can sound an alarm if you "disappear" or you were stopped and drugs were found on your person. you really push things to the edge, mister.
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  • Posted by Eudaimonia 9 years, 1 month ago
    Brad, just wow.

    For those of you who don't live in a community rural enough to have a sheriff, calling out a sheriff is a pretty big deal.
    Plus, this particular sheriff is popular.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 1 month ago
    It should be called "ass forfeiture."
    The last time I was in Laramie, I had a brand new '69 Dodge with a 440 hemi under the hood. I'd probably still be in jail if these rules were in effect then. When the cop stopped me back then (I don't recall if he was state or sheriff) he asked to look under the hood, and we discussed various cars and wondered how the Dodge compared to the Pontiac GTO. I thought I was getting off, but in the end he ticketed me anyhow, but shaved 20 mph off the speed. It still was pretty expensive. Lesson learned, but no forfeiture.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 1 month ago
    Many thought George Carlin was going over the line with his comedy when he introduced terms like Smiley Faced Fascism and Left Wing Fascist.
    But see how fast that attitude creeps into everyday use. And check how many of each of the two halves of the Government Party voted for the start point in the Patriot Act even to the point of ursurping that word.

    Then go out and vote for a Republican or a Democrat again. Voting for the lesser of two evils won't change a thing at the top they have all the available slots on the ballot locked in place and really don't care which of the four gets the two positions. Probably the same, but maybe not for the 50 Governors,.

    But voting against all evil in any form might still work at the lower levels. Especially the supporters of George Soros and the rest of the left wing fellow travelers on the path of evil.

    Try to get an initiative petition going to get things like None Of The Above WITH no plurality winners allowed. Fifty percent is not a majority it's only half. Go for 50% plus one.

    Try to get Recall if you aren't lucky enough to be in a State with that sort of control over bad politicians, That includes for use against Senators and Representatives to Washington D.C. Even though the Supreme Court won't allow it doesn't mean it can be used as a mechanism to against re-election.

    Don't speak with or listen to, don't donate money, time or material to any candidate at any level who is Republican or Democrat unless they prove by their actions over a period of time they have left the Government Party.

    The schwerpunkt or center of balance for them is money at the top and the firesack is local elections battle by battle.

    For sure you won't win all the time but you will cost them time, money and a lot of negative exposure.

    Remember they use each other to keep passing the buck and the blame. Like two loggers on a crosscut saw. One pulls, one pushes. Don't be the next tree to get clearcut.

    Keep those initiative petitions going. There is a great deal of subject material of which this conversation is just one example.

    And while your shooting the Sheriff with ballots not bullets don't forget the Deputy. If you can get them to not enforce and unconstitutional law nothing wrong and everything right with that. No different than the leftists not supporting control of illegal aliens or being soft on crooked politicians.

    And as for due process the rot goes clear up to the top in the Act of Succession? Why is a Representative from a tiny little district third in line? Senators at least required the vote of a whole State. Governors would be a better choice and why isn't required they be of the same party? That Act is nothing more than an illegal method of overthrowing the duly elected government.

    Just to throw gas on the fire.

    Congratulations - If you can do one of these things at the local level even with the understandable fear of retaliation you are a member of the counter-revolution to reinstate the Constitution and then ask for legal changes not shyster lawyer tricks.

    Now the first disagreement besides the money of George Soros will be how long before some or before they block what I just wrote?

    So I'll give you the alternative. Keep your arm straight when you salute and recite "We serve the party comrade."
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  • Posted by nsnelson 9 years, 1 month ago
    Excellent article! The notion that taking what belongs to another is morally permissible as long as a strong group of people called the State approves. This disrespect (or denial) of private property is at the heart of socialism, and is antithetical to capitalism, and Objectivism. It is good to highlight this contrast where it applies.
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  • Posted by jimslag 9 years, 1 month ago
    Excellent article about a pertinent topic. This is happening everywhere. Like Brad said, even Wyoming, the land of cowboys and freedom. The drug war is nothing but a demolition of individual liberties. As for the taking on of the Sheriff, remember, he is elected and can be voted out if he is not doing his job or a better candidate comes along.
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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 9 years, 1 month ago
    I thought that Eudaimonia had the right idea of having Wyoming has our summer Gulch. After this and a couple of prior posts, even Wyoming is no longer unsullied.
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    • Posted by Eudaimonia 9 years, 1 month ago
      No place is perfect, and I don't expect perfection (let the Marxists manifesto-thump away on the irrationality making perfection real).
      But compared to The PRC, WY is a ridiculously vast improvement.

      Also, in the short time I have been here, I have met more like minded, liberty-minded people who are ready to build communities of barter and the good-will that comes with it than I had the enitre almost 50 years in The PRC.
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      • Posted by khalling 9 years, 1 month ago
        yea, about that barter stuff. Of course under capitalism barter is certainly welcome, but from an efficiency model I am skeptical that it encourages the creation of wealth. I actually see its ultimate usefulness as a legitimate form of protest. Even though theoretically the govt compels you to report bartering activities on your taxes, it is extremely hard for them to track such activity. Could you speak to your motivations for this?
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  • Posted by dbhalling 9 years, 1 month ago
    Thank you Brad for taking on this important issue. The Supreme Court had a chance to fix this and they could not read this straight forward passages and interpret them correctly. This just proves that we are no longer a nation of laws.
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  • Posted by $ jdg 9 years, 1 month ago
    Are you going to run against this sheriff, or do you at least know who will? Because it may do no good to vote him out if his replacement is just as bad or worse.
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  • Posted by DanShu 9 years, 1 month ago
    I was already aware of this forfeiture scam. I have DISH TV and get the Blaze. Beck has a show called "For the Record" they have done episodes on this. They explained it real good. If you get the Blaze TV online you can watch. They kick butt exposing not only this but a lot of the crap that is going on. It's only $9.95 a month and well worth it.
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