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but i drive a 1979 GMC pickup..seatbelts were not mandatory until 1980...prior vehicles did not have to be retro fitted...i cut the shoulder strap off and use only the lap belt...

had a little young punk deputy sheriff stop me during the click it or ticket campaign...was going to cite me for not wearing a seat belt...I took great joy in asking him if i were required to wear a seat belt in a vehicle older than the law?? he said sure..everyone has to wear one..i offered to call state police troop hq and let him speak to the commander there...he didn't want to do that..

he got really flustered and threatened to take me to jail and i asked what for..he said...not wearing a seat belt and interfering with the duties of a police officer...i then lifted up my shirt and showed him the lap belt...and said oh you mean wear one of these??

he looked very puzzled as if he had never seen just a lap belt before...I then asked him how old he was..he replied that's not important but i'm 23...i told him son, I have been driving a truck cross country since 1974 and just because you went to a 13 week class you think you are qualified to tell me how to protect myself on the road??

well that's my job..that's what i'm trained to do" he shot back...I told him son, you ain't trained to do anything but harass honest law abiding citizens and try to generate money for the parish (county)...you are just a puppet with a big ego and bad attitude with a 4 yr job..what if the present sheriff loses next election?? you will be begging for a job as a night stocker at wally world.

he didn't like that very much, but he knew he had engaged in a battle of wits and his gun was only half loaded.

No true conservative would vote for anything other than the GOP. The more you think about it, the more clear and unmistakable the logic becomes. You cannot sit out elections and/or vote for 3rd parties/independents, then let the Dems take the seat by default and say this advances conservatism. It is completely ludicrous to suggest that, much less actually do it. The ones that profess such ridiculous strategies are leaders of defeat, not victory. If you are too intolerant to vote GOP, you are too intolerant to vote for anybody. If you cannot attain perfection, is that the signal to throw in the towel? No, it most certainly is not.

You have to feel pity for those unfortunates who have no grasp of thankfulness, maturity, realism, or productive uses of the tools at hand. The only have tunnel vision, with their very own selves in the starring role of hero. They remind me of a 70s movie where James Brolin played this demented fruitcake, who hijacks a plane and lands in the Soviet Union, thinking he will be received as a hero. If anyone in here thinks electing Dems is the answer, you are grossly mistaken. If you can justify all of the above, despite the utter contradictions and counter-productiveness of it all, you may not know what the terms "principled" or "conservative" mean either. And for the LP crowd, what reason or logic would appeal to those ubergeeks? LOL, confusion to the enemy!!!

well that's my job..that's what i'm trained to do" he shot back...I told him son, you ain't trained to do anything but harass honest law abiding citizens and try to generate money for the parish (county)...you are just a puppet with a big ego and bad attitude with a 4 yr job..what if the present sheriff loses next election?? you will be begging for a job as a night stocker at wally world.

he didn't like that very much, but he knew he had engaged in a battle of wits and his gun was only half loaded.

I like your style!