Posted on 02/27/2005 6:43:56 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
His aim is not too bad -- something like 80% of handgun bullets miss their target when fired by trained processionals, but he got a hit.
He may be a hero but he needs work on his sanity. There are thousands of other towns in the country he could live -- places that won't expose him or his family to the risks that he now faces.
I think that Jerry Moonbeam is still running things ~ that's the ultimate blame for this thread's topic.
I moved out after two years, about fifteen years ago. Though the weather and amities were swell, the native language and culture were not adaptable, mallable, or workable.
Excellent point.
This is the only part of your post I can take issue with. Housing prices are pretty crazy now, even in Oakland. The only place you can find a shack for under $400,000. in the Bay Area is North of Ukiah (Willits); East of Sonoma-Napa Counties (Lake County); or near Vallejo-Fairfield.
bump
And I remember the Berkeley Campus of the mid70s. Believe or not, it was a really lovely and relatively safe place for a youngster to hang out. And like you wrote; sit at a table alone, and find lots of friendly people to visit with. it's so different there, now.
You are still young, beautiful, and carefree. Laughter and Joy are ageless!
The parents of the shot thug are part of the problem. A MAJOR PART OF THE PROBLEM. They take no responsibility for how they've raised their own. They see deep pockets. They've got their own racket going within the community under the rubric of "identity politics".
From this story, it sounds like groups of people should get together, perhaps using the legal tool of a syndicate of even incorporation, to buy up whole neighborhoods, in Oakland, and rehabilitate them, while retaining control over their own safety and protection of their investments.
Imagine the turnover value of a gated community in that area. Also if such communities could be developed they might bring in people who would make more realistic choices in the government's actions.
The Oakland Board of Education gave birth to the idea incorporating Ebonics in to their curriculum as a legitimate foreign language.
Ya gotta drag the punk back inside the doorway to make it legitimate.
Me, too, but I'm trying to make up for lost time. ;o)
it sounds like groups of people should get together, perhaps using the legal tool of a syndicate of even incorporation, to buy up whole neighborhoods, in Oakland, and rehabilitate them, while retaining control over their own safety and protection of their investments.
Could work.
I heard Mr. McCullough interviewed by Barbara Simpson on KSFO am radio in San Francisco last evening. Good interview, sad situation. Makes me sick how the perps are now the victims, and actual victims are punished if they have the temerity to fight back and protect their homes and families.
I understand your reasoning, parents should not get a FRee pass., agreed.
In Oakland, gangs are problem number 1 or very high up there,, also, doesn't Oakland have the highest paroleee population in the state?
It seems to be a breeder ground for crime and criminals.. and not to mention the sideshows where innocents get killed just for having turned down a wrong street at night.
Back to the real world... NormsRevenge, thank you for hearing me rant. I dug up an old article concerning Oakland, and Jerry Brown I thought you'd find a perfect capper to this recent event, published October 25, 2002, CCTimes:
Oakland residents call for more police
---snip (no pun on the anti-circ stuff..) Critics of a ballot initiative authorizing 100 new police officers to fight Oakland's rising murder rate are slamming the plan as a misguided and costly approach. "This is not going to really solve any problems," said former Black Panther Bobby Seale, who recently moved back to Oakland and appeared at a news conference Tuesday denouncing the initiative.
I'm in the process of compiling a ping-list for firearms-related self-defense stories. If you want to be on it, Freepmail me and let me know.
Please! Thank you.
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