Brigid’s new book is out.

My dead tree copy is on it’s way here to my home.

You need to order your own.

And I don’t do drugs, and I seldom ever carry anything illegal in my car. . But still, I think this is a very good ruling.

Cops can’t delay you for a search outside of that  time needed to cite you for a traffic stop:

But Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said in her majority opinion that prolonging the traffic stop beyond the time needed to deal with the initial offense was improper, even if only for a few minutes.

Now, I am all for getting drugs off the streets. And I am all for getting scumbags put behind bars. But I am also all for cops having limits on what they can and can’t do in searches.

This clarifies things. Better for all of us. Even more so because cops with K-9’s often use an “alert” (which is subjective much of the time) as an excuse to search further, even when there isn’t any real probable cause for a search.

What this does is make sure that a traffic stop can’t become a fishing edition.

(and yes, I do know what I am talking about, as I let the local County, State and many municipal  K-9 officers train at my facility. They admit that they often claim that the dog “Alerted” when it really hasn’t, just to justify a more thorough search….and yes, likely the majority of time they have suspicions that are valid….cops aren’t stupid. They know. Doesn’t change the fact that the searches are illegal, because no Probable Cause.)

I hadn’t been considering Scott Walker at all.

But this made me sit up and pay attention:

“When it comes to immigration, as a governor I don’t have any direct role in that—but having talked to border state governors and having talked to other people, seeing how screwed up immigration has become under this president, it was clear to me talking to them and listening on this issue, traveling to the border actually going there with the governor of Texas Gov. Abbott, seeing the problems there, yeah from my standpoint going forward we need to secure the border, we need to enforce the laws that we currently have with an e-verify system,” 

Might be that I’ll have to look a bit closer, if and when….

But Jesus, how can anyone be stupid enough to say something like this?

On Tuesday’s “Michael Medved Show,” Former Florida Governor and prospective presidential candidate Jeb Bush (R) said that President Obama’s “continuance of the protections of the homeland using the big metadata programs, the NSA being enhanced” has been the best part of his presidency.

I mean, I admit that the pickings for the “best part of Barry’s presidency” are very very slim, but still.

Perhaps he meant it as a joke?

With the Patriot Act?

Like the fact that it authorizes bulk surveillance..the fact that the NSA can choose to track your calls, your texts, your emails….”Just Because”.

Are you thrilled by the rest of the loss of freedoms and loss of privacy? With all the other freedoms and additional government powers implemented since 9-11 (in the name of Safety and Security)?

DO YOU REALIZE THAT THE SURVEILLANCE POWERS STILL DIDN’T GET USED TO STOP THE TSARNEVS (the brothers that blew up the bombs at the last Boston Marathon) but are still being used to spy on  you….All in the name of Security….

Realize that the Patriot Act is going to expire on June 1. UNLESS CONGRESS RENEWS IT. Call, write, email, fax. Tell ’em NO! Tell ’em to let it expire.

You can find your Senator and Congressman (if you don’t know who they are (mine are on speed dial in my cell phone)) via the “contacting the Congress link on the left…just below the Amazon link (which you should use when buying from Amazon to earn me a commission at no cost to you, but that isn’t important right now).

Remember, that is part of where the TSA came from too (although that is a different bit of legislation).

Just tell ’em to vote NO. We don’t need it, and it hasn’t caught a single Terrorist.

But then again, I’m not a liberal, big government solution, “it’s somebody else’s job” kinda guy.

But the irony, it burns.

National Mall trashed after Global Citizen 2015 “Earth Day” concert. 

I mean, at lest they got close to the trash cans. Better than most liberals can do.

Bet if that had been an NRA rally, we’d have had the trash in bags.

Unless, of course, the courts (and especially the judges) are partisan hacks that do the bidding of a political party and/or the unions that helped get them appointed.

Not to mention the (apparently) bought and paid for district attorney who began the harassment.

Or the cops who, despite knowing that the raids were, at best harassment and very close to illegal, followed orders and executed the harassing raids anyway.  Because orders.

But we should, always (according to some people), “Let the System Work” even when it destroys the lives of people whose only crime is being on the wrong political party.

Trust  the Police. Yeah, that works so well too,

Yer supposed to be afraid of the cops in Banana Republics and the Communist USSR and North Korea….But not in the US. Right? Right?

Sure. I mean, Wisconsin is kinda almost a socialist area anyway, what with the Union influence and all….Especially Milwaukee…..”


Don’t call your lawyer. Don’t talk to anyone about this. Don’t tell your friends.”



READ THIS. If it doesn’t make you angry (and just a little bit afraid) then you aren’t paying attention. This happened in the heartland of the United States.

People should be charged and incarcerated for these actions. Judges and attorneys who enabled these actions should be hung (after a fair trial, of course)for perverting our system of Justice. Policemen who participated in these raids KNOWING that they were illegal should be stripped of their powers (and pensions).

And remember, the Police were “Just Following Orders” when they raided the homes of the people in this article.

Realize that it has taken FIVE YEARS for these actions to come to light.

Think about it. What if it were you…?  Or your friends….Or your parents. People who worked peacefully and legally to make changes in their state who were terrorized because of their actions….

Our ancestors, for those of us who may have had ancestors who were original colonists, or our FIGURATIVE ancestors for those of us who are patriots…..Anyway….

Our ancestors fomented revolution (and actually fought a revolution!) for fewer injustices then, than we are experiencing now…..

Not the law.

Got that? ICE follows the directives of Barry Obama, not the laws that are passed by Congress. Not the laws of the land, but the decrees by Barry.

She should be fired immediately.

Rubio wants too much “Immigration Reform” and doesn’t seem to understand what the issues are.

So that makes my job easier come 2016…. One more person off the list….

“Well, at some point it is going to have to end, that is to say, it can’t continue being the permanent policy of the United States,” Rubio said. “I believe, if I become President, it is going to be possible to achieve immigration reform. It is not going to be comprehensive, that is to say, it is not going to all be in one massive bill. We already tried that a few years ago. We’ve seen there isn’t political support for it and I think we’ve wasted a lot of time in this process, when we could have made progress through the steps I’ve advocated.


AND


Rubio answered that DACA will end only when a legislative substitute with the exact same or similar policy prescriptions—a legislative amnesty for illegal alien minors—is implemented. He also said in Spanish that, if elected president, he believes that America cannot deport illegal aliens here in the country right now, and he expects a legislative solution will be implemented that essentially has all the parts of the massively controversial “Gang of Eight” bill that he would pass piece-by-piece.

Question: Why do some people think that everyone in the world has the right to come into the United States and assume the benefits of citizenship?…especially those who have come over the border illegally?

I’d really like an answer to that question.

Oh, and before I get hate speech tossed my way? I am the son and grandson of immigrants.