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1 posted on
12/06/2005 12:30:16 PM PST by
paulat
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2 posted on
12/06/2005 12:30:52 PM PST by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: paulat
Hey, it beats fighting actual crime.
3 posted on
12/06/2005 12:30:56 PM PST by
Wolfie
To: paulat
Beats stopping crime, I guess.
4 posted on
12/06/2005 12:31:22 PM PST by
atomicpossum
(Replies should be as pedantic as possible. I love that so much.)
To: paulat
5 posted on
12/06/2005 12:32:34 PM PST by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: paulat
** ARMED TAX COLLECTER ALERT **
7 posted on
12/06/2005 12:34:31 PM PST by
hang 'em
(Is Devil Worship "one of the World's Great Religions"?)
To: paulat
Our wonderful soviet state's new form of taxes.
8 posted on
12/06/2005 12:34:31 PM PST by
RetiredArmy
(I have no faith in any politician or political party any more. They all lie for their agendas.)
To: paulat
More proof that "law enforcement" is now "tax collection"
9 posted on
12/06/2005 12:34:42 PM PST by
Zathras
To: paulat
Oh fer cryin' out loud...
Since police generally are given quite a bit of discretion in deciding what is and is not important enough to investigate and puruse -- think turn signal laws here -- why shouldn't LEOs just treat these nanny-state laws the same way and summarily ignore them?
Instead, they are enforced as if national security depended on them.
10 posted on
12/06/2005 12:34:55 PM PST by
TChris
("Unless you act, you're going to lose your world." - Mark Steyn)
To: paulat
wow...this revenuer brought in 3000 bucks for WA in 4 hours...imagine if they had 10 troopers doing this. 60k for a days worth of work isn't too shabby.
Of course, that would be the quickest way for this cash cow..err law...to get over turned. Then again it does keep the taxes down.
11 posted on
12/06/2005 12:35:11 PM PST by
tfecw
(It's for the children)
To: paulat
These are the ways that the police make themselves unpopular.
You want to support them, on the one hand.
On the other hand, they spend time and energy on this sort of crap.
13 posted on
12/06/2005 12:35:13 PM PST by
Vicomte13
(Et alors?)
To: paulat
I live in a very small town. A few months ago I drove by the sheriff standing on the side of the road - on the line. He was leaning over looking into car windows. In fact I had to swerve to miss him. I had my seatbelt on, but there was somebody pulled over by another cop further up the road.
14 posted on
12/06/2005 12:35:15 PM PST by
loreldan
(Lincoln, Reagan, & G. W. Bush - the cure for Democrat lunacy.)
To: paulat
Nanny state clowns.
Similarly, in leftist-run Montgomery County Maryland, the keystoners there were using night-vision goggles to spot seatbelt violations.
15 posted on
12/06/2005 12:35:49 PM PST by
dagnabbit
(Vincente Fox's opening line at the Mexico-USA summit meeting: "Bring out the Gimp!")
To: paulat
I'd think that this sort of covert surveillance (since the officer is in "disguise") would not be legal.
16 posted on
12/06/2005 12:35:51 PM PST by
DBrow
To: paulat
Damn I hate that... They do it around these parts once a month or so. Although they have a car on the side, and a cop hanging out of it lookin at ya as you pass, it is still a "weaselly" thing to do...IMHO...
17 posted on
12/06/2005 12:35:56 PM PST by
sit-rep
(If you acquire, hit it again to verify...)
To: paulat
So who cares. If they do not wear their seat belts it is them who will be dead. If they do not belt up their children that is another problem.
But is they are old enough to drive they should have the right to chose safe or unsafe.
18 posted on
12/06/2005 12:36:50 PM PST by
YOUGOTIT
To: paulat
The supporters of seat belt laws laughed when I called it a slippery slope. They said the police can't pull you over for that alone. In Michigan they do exactly that now. Looks like they're now putting money into paying undercover cops to ticket people not wearing theirs.
Seat belts, A great idea and a really bad law.
19 posted on
12/06/2005 12:37:29 PM PST by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: paulat
At what point does this go from a safety issue to a revenue issue?
$6,000.00 per day, 8 hrs - 60 citations
$30,000.00 per 5 day week
$120,000.00 per 4-week month
$1,440,000 per year!
Show Me The Money!
To: paulat
Aww, poor local government needs money.
24 posted on
12/06/2005 12:41:41 PM PST by
WinOne4TheGipper
(When in Rome, yell and complain until Romans do what you want them to do. If that fails, sue.)
To: paulat
"
Drivers fooled By Jennifer Sullivan Seattle Times staff reporter"
She sure is a sneaky one, that Jennifer!
26 posted on
12/06/2005 12:46:12 PM PST by
chs68
To: paulat
I thought about standing out on a corner with a sign saying
WORTHLESS DRUNK AND DRUG ADDICT
TOO SORRY TO WORK, HAD RATHER BEG
PLEASE FEEL SORRY FOR ME GIVE ME YOUR MONEY.
I NEED A HIT ON THE PIPE REALLY BAD
(insert appropriate religious aphorism here)
I wonder how long it would take for the cops to run me off?
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