Your tax dollars at work #546
Tim Kreitz
sometimes riding buddy of mine who owns an aviation maintenance company
at Midland (TX) International Airport. It seems he has contracts to
work on several law enforcement aircraft, including a helicopter owned
by one of the local departments, and being a motorcyclists, has had
multiple conversations with the LEO pilots concerning local
sportbikers.
As the story goes, these helicopters and their hi-tech gear are being
utilized for the surveillance of sportriders -- often from miles away
-- with infrared cameras. My friend said the officers had shown him
videotape of 15 or 16 bikes parked on the side of the road out in the
middle of nowhere as two other motorcycles drag raced.
"You could mainly see the infrared hot spots on the videotape," he
remarked. "But it was definitely sportbikes."
The tale caused me a silent anger far beyond my ability to fully
articulate it. These bored LEOs, with apparently no REAL matters of law
enforcement to contend with, are spending taxpayer moneys to the tune
of around $2,000 per hour of aircraft operation to spy on a bunch of
harmless motorcyclists doing a little late-night drag racing out in the
desert, miles away from civilization. Behold, your tax dollars at work.
As for street racing being illegal, that's another issue for another
day. My main beef is that there has been a rash of unsolved burglaries
and other crime in both Midland and Odessa since the beginning of the
2005 holiday season, and rather than doing their jobs, these guys are
apparently out in their whirlybirds playing 'I Spy' all night while
fiddling with expensive, unnecessary toys that were purchased by the
likes of you and me.
At this point in American history, tales of government waste often come
as no surprise to the complacent, desensitized ears of the American
public. I suppose that's the way of things these days, but it
shouldn't stop US from stopping IT. Demand fiscal and civil
responsibility by government, before we allow ourselves to be whipped
into Orwellian submission at their hands.
Cheers,
Tim Kreitz
2003 ZX7R
2000 ZX6R
DoD #2184
http://www.timkreitz.com
Tim Kreitz
Bill Walker
"Tim Kreitz" <timk...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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That's just one of the stories that makes the news these days.. We have
elected leaders in our State and Nation, that find this kind of behavior
acceptable.. Those same taxpayers in that district voted for their
representatives in government..
The law enforcement agencies request funding for the various projects in
their area and they depend on those taxpayers for that support.. They depend
on the public for the sympathy and support, when one of their own is fallen
in the line of duty.. Federal, State, County and Municipal law enforcement
are mostly hired by the political leaders of that District.. The County
Sheriff is elected, as well as the District Attorney..
The people who elect that Sheriff and District Attorney appear to be
oblivious to the exposures they are subjected to .. While the surveillance
of a group of motorcyclists entertaining themselves in a remote area is
acceptable to them, the fact that their own personal telephone conversations
might be monitored, do not register alarms, either..
Our leaders who violate the laws of the land, the Constitution and Bill of
Rights are far more serious enemies of Democracy, than all the terrorists
and dictators around the world.. Regards
Bill Walker
Irving, Tx..
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Gary Walker
I easily agree with you - However....
LEO's don't like to be outsmarted/outrun.
And, I suspect, certainly way out in the spaces of west
Texas, that the (C)rotch (R)ockets are doing just that.
It may not be financially justifiable, but with relative little
to do, the LEO's will roll out the Concorde if they have to, in order to
show those rogue riders.
Gary
"Tim Kreitz" <timk...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Greek Shipping Magnets
wrote:
>I had an interesting (albeit infuriating) conversation today with a
>sometimes riding buddy of mine
We hard ya the first time... ;)_
Well nothing new here. Society runs on its own with the exception of
maybe 10% of the population that insists on doing otherwise. The idea
that government somehow provides any valuable input is a fallacy
supported by idiot representatives and liberals seeking to perpetuate
their careers.
Lock up the douchebags and pretty much everything else takes care of
itself. Of course once all the criminals are locked away there ain't
anything left for law enforcement to do and the scads of officers that
were necessary to tame a crime wave aren't anymore.
In the private sector these officers would be laid off, since demand
is not longer meeting supply. But in the wonderful world of government
they are "repurposed" into other work. Like catching those heathen
criminal sportbikers with their high tech laser weapon chopper.
Whatever may happen one thing government never does willingly is cut
down its size. It is increased to deal with
terrorism/crime/poverty/younameit and then when the situation is
largely under control the PR weenies[1] start spinning new reasons for
the continual justification of said dept's existence.
[1] And there is no shortage of them working in public office.
jim rozen
says...
>Lock up the douchebags and pretty much everything else takes care of
>itself.
Hey Mr. Delay, they're a-comin ta git ya!!
Can't do the time? Don't do the crime, Hammer.
Jim
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Vito
> Hey Mr. Delay, they're a-comin ta git ya!!
>
Deja vu. Back in RR's day Don Wildmon was a big anti-porn sponsor ... until he
got caught robbing the S&Ls. Similarly DeLay even hauled congress into session
to keep a brain-dead lady from a dignafied death. Now he too is caught with his
hand in the cookie jar.
As I understand it, he got bribed to have the gummymint shut down one tribe's
casino 'cuz it was undercutting another tribe's casino. Gee, the company I work
for is owned by a tribe but "professional managers" run it for them day to day.
Wonder who runs the casinos ??