I was driving the ’25 Lincoln Corsair they just dropped off the other day and trying to offer up some initial thoughts – when my peaceful train-of-thought was interrupted by the sight of an armed government worker lying in wait like a bandit by the side of the road. And that is exactly what AGWs are – among other things.
Back in the horse-drawn carriage days, bandits would lie in wait similarly. A coach would come by and they’d chase it down on their horse, pistol drawn, yelling stand and deliver! This meant, give up your valuables.
It was more honest work.
An AGW does the same drill dishonestly – and legally. He pretends not to take your valuables by handing you a piece of paper, so that the courts can take your valuables. He does not say, stand and deliver! He says: Do you know how fast you were going? It is a difference with little distinction.
I feel a mix of disgust and anger whenever I see one of these cretins lurking by the side of the road. I often think about pulling over and asking whether they’ve caught all the criminals who are out there? Of course, there’s no money – for the government, which is who armed government workers work for – in that.
It is the opposite of that, in fact.
It is the people who are made to stand and deliver who do pay the salaries of the AGW – via taxes and “tickets,” which amounts to the same thing.
But we’re all aware who “serves” who. Good and hard.
Anyhow, sorry for the interruption. More about the Corsair is coming. And I’ll be on Knights of the Storm Tomorrow (Saturday) at 10 east.
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In a free country (we are not) it would be unconscionable that government enforcers would sit by the roadway, constantly monitoring the population without suspicion or report of a crime.
The mere fact that one is exercising their right of free movement is not proof of any wrongdoing.
There is no link to monitoring and safety.
The enforcers are given cart blanche to decide when and against whom to enforce the rules. There is no equal treatment or enforcement. It is arbitrary.
In prison, a small group controls a large group using threats, containment, and monitoring.
Traffic enforcement is the same, though the containment occurs once you are targeted.
Minor engagements do result in death. This is an indefensible escalation.
If the purpose of police was to keep the peace, how does traffic enforcement do this?
Remember to stand tall during the national anthem in the “land of the free”.
‘He does not say, stand and deliver! He says: Do you know how fast you were going?’ — eric
There’s a reason for this. About half of those confronted with this question will blurt out a hedged semi-confession, then start offering excuses (‘rushing to pick up my sick child from school,’ etc).
Whereas the only prudent answers are either ‘no’ or ‘I decline to answer.’ Lawyers advocate the latter, but it is more likely to provoke escalation than a simple ‘no,’ which is likewise not a confession.
Respect mah authoritah, damn you!
The unhinged conspiracy theorist in me has wondered if the “clovers” who dawdle along 10 miles under the speed limit–in both lanes of traffic–are deliberately planted by the police in order to aggravate and incite drivers to break the speed limit by getting around them. When one’s frustrated attempts at passing these sluggards succeeds, experience shows that one is apt to maintain a higher speed until the anger wears off. But before that happens, the liers-in-wait are there to serve you a ticket.