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The event of Wednesday February 14, 2018 was a dastardly deed being condemned by all and rightly so. It is not the first time such an event occurred and it will not be the last. The reason, like any crime, is that we are human and are weakest asset is self-governance. The Hebrews, from whom we adopted codified law recognized it and their laws were fashioned to remove from the society those who could not exercise self-control and as a deterrent for those who might contemplate losing it. If you do not believe me, read the English translation of the book of Leviticus as translated from its original Hebrew. I say the original Hebrew because all later translations temper the punishment and in some cases exempt some from it. It is this moderation and exemption which is the cause of the current spate of mass murders.
Ted Bundy was the one of the mass murderers put to death in the electric chair in Florida. He languished in jail for 11 years before the sentence was carried out and nearly 400 currently await execution in that state. The national average wait for death sentences to be carried out is about 14 years and all that time the convicted are fed, housed, clothed and given medical care at the expense of the taxpayers and in an atmosphere where they have recreation, libraries and of course taxpayer funded lawyers filing appeals.
This situation has been created by the lawyer politicians who do the bidding of the thieves who give them that power through the exchange of money and the Progressives they have created who hypnotize the unknowing that forgiveness or lack of prosecution is the alternative to law breaking. It begins with treating the traffic laws as a game and when caught trying to bribe those empowered to enforce them to not enforcing them because there are too many and when those enforcing the law are punished for attempting it. Like little children we keep testing the limits as to what we can get away with. When we see people like O J Simpson actually get away with murder because he could afford the best attorneys we begin to realize we are now living in a lawless state where the only means of recognition, or standing out from the crowd of lawbreakers is to resort to the most heinous of crimes.
This case will be no exception but for the fact the perpetrator has been apprehended. It is said he confessed, but he will not be allowed to plead guilty. He will have a court appointed attorney provided him at taxpayer expense and may even be found innocent for some obscure reason, other than insanity and even if found guilty will languish in jail for many years before he is either released or dies in jail.
It is said, you are innocent until proven guilty. Where in our constitutions is such nonsense written? It isn’t there. Our Constitutions say you are entitled to representation when accused of a crime. It doesn’t say and the framers of these documents never intended, that the public should pay for them. It is much harder to prove guilt than innocence and when caught in the act or confessing doesn’t mean the perpetrator is “accused”. Bankers steal through usury, merchants steal through fraud and deceit, unions and government protected monopolists steal through extortion and all of it made perfectly legal by your government, who is the biggest thief through confiscatory taxes laid in order to protect not only themselves but the people who enable them.
When will it end? Never, because when one band of thieves is ousted from power they will be replaced by another, only to repeat the process. Such has been history.