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William Kostric is to be commended for keeping his cool while under attack by Chris Matthews.  History continues to show that when rights are not exercised they are taken away.  Here’s the clip from Hardball:

Here’s the original report from MSNBC:

The Washington Examiner has an article that has been linked from Drudge about the D.C. Police Chief calling iPhone users ‘cowardly’ for monitoring speed traps.
One would think that slowing speeders down would be a good thing, but no…it’s now cowardly to slow down.  Speed limits are big money for a lot of communities.  It’s not safety first in those areas.  It’s no surprise, when it comes time for a raise they can always state that it is really “revenue-neutral” and not really taking more money from the tax payers.  Speed traps are just another way of taking hard earned money away from the people.  Anything that keeps that money in the pockets of those who have earned it should be applauded.  The fact that speeders are slowing down is a side benefit of this iPhone app…not something that is cowardly or unjust.  D.C. really needs a new police chief.

There are a couple of apps, one of them is Trapster.  People report the locations of cameras and traps so that other users will slow down and avoid a ticket.  This is social networking at its finest where others are influencing the behavior of their online friends…to follow the rules and slow down.  Sad to see that law enforcement is against that.

June 19th marks the emancipation of slaves in Texas.  Liberty is something to be protected and this is a great day to think about the state of liberty in our country.
James Aalan Bernsen has written a short article about the history of Juneteenth at the Texas Republic News. 

Finally, belatedly, but justly, freedom came to all Texans on Juneteenth. As history has proven time and time again, the truth failed to live up to the ideal, but nonetheless, the biggest step had been taken.

In a move that should not surprise anyone, a well-known Republican Senator has requested Congress to look at reimposing a national speed limit.
He didn’t cite any Constitutional reasoning for his request, just that he would like to see Americans cut fuel consumption and that Congress should have the power to force whatever it wants on the people.
One wonders what the country is coming to when the party of Reagan starts talking this way. Perhaps the States should stop pretending that they have power and just cede all territory and power to the central government. They seem to know what’s best and the Republicans and Democrats are comrades in strengthening that power.