'First thing..get a firearm" - Sheriff Ed Galt

reads like a scare tactic to me.... anyway, having lived in unincorporated King Co., I can tell you they're just fine taking care of themselves and most have firearms already.

 

That is just typical extremist malarkey. Short on facts and full of inciteful rhetoric. It is clearly just written to frighten people without educating them about the issue at all. Who even pays attention to such garbage?

 

Martini and Penguin, to clarify whom are you guys aiming your thoughts at the OP who is the author of the article or the police who think that the world will end because we didn't give them enough money? I for one embrace the idea of less police involvement and more self sufficiency.

 

The police are not publishing the article. I have a huge problem with a writing style that perpetuates that absurd "us against them" mentality regarding red and blue. It only serves the interests of the true "them" in the equation...a corrupt government. I am just sick of the whole "keep the citizens angry, ignorant, and blaming their neighbor (because of the letter D or R after their name) so they never unite and solve the real problem" game.

 

The latter... as such, I completely concur with your statement.

 

Well inciteful isn't a word and insightful won't work as a replacement since it doesn't mean to incite or to be provocative so I'll won't debate that statement. I would challenge your assertion that there was no education when clearly there is eduction relevant to the subject of the article that being the Washington state statutes on the justification of the use of deadly force quoted verbatim.

BTW welcome back!

 

Dave, you call it a ploy and I call it a scare tactic... so what's the difference? I lived on FinnHill.

 

Well, the ploy becomes a scare tactic when our elected officials don't get the amount of tax revenue they want and tell us they're going to cut the funding of those that protect us (LEO). Problem is most of us know LEO don't protect us from anything (but rather help bring suspects to a court of law afterwards).

I have no problem with your article and don't doubt the facts you present but tire of the typical cause/effect aforementioned. I remember when they cut the car licensing from over 300 per year down to 35. Some fire chief was interviewed and asked what he thought of it and said something to the effect, "i hope you like your houses burning down with nobody to come help"... :rollingeyes:

 

Really? Who made this allegation about having it out for police? Could you cite your source? Can you point to any minutes or documents where this allegation is made?

Can you name the "democratic programs" that would have been cut if the pay increase had been given or are you just speculating? And what constitutes a "democratic program?" Are road projects or school funding "democratic?" If a program has support from both republicans and dems does it count?

A ploy to "entice" voters to improve a tax increase by dems? Can you once again cite your source on this information please? Surely republican members have spoken out publicly of this if you are reporting it.

 

You said that to pay the officers programs "favored" by democrats would have to be cut. What are these programs and what are your sources?

 

The tapeworms cut police when they don't get all the money they want because they believe it will scare the sheeple into acquiescence. We live in a rural area where the sheriff's troops couldn't arrive in time to save us unless they just happened to be close when things went in the toilet. Not bad-mouthing the county cops, but they don't have magic pixie dust to instantly deliver them to my door.

OTOH, my blue friends (no, not Smurfs) are right there and I am competent in their use. So is my wife. Having to shoot a goblin would be real ugly but not as ugly as not being able to when our lives are at stake.

The protection of the law kicks in when you have already been victimized, so some % of reduction in police coverage probably doesn't make much difference in terms of real world personal security. There aren't too many goblins who could catch a shot string of #000 out of the air, so the old fusil de boudoir would likely be effective help and would be there at the right time whether the kleptocrats have all the $ they want or not.