Second, I have been tazed. A long time ago, when they first came out. I was in the Navy at the time and they were being evaluated for use by the Shore Patrol. Thought I wouldn’t care to repeat it, it isn’t the end of the world.

Let the cops provoke the incident, not you.

I’m amazed that he hasn’t been. The power of a video camera? That’s one of the reasons I find those videos fascinating.

That guy is just asking to get tazed.

The Texas minister story is a internet sex sting.

You specifically promised a circle jerk in a porn theater bust.

That’s a total bait and switch.

Needless to say, I’m not happy.

I completely agree.

His appointment of her to begin with had a little something to do with Waco.

Respecting the joke, the two major parties seem to compete to be the butt of it.

I’m no fan of Clinton (sworn enemy, actually), but I don’t think he had anything to with those incidents, besides refusing Reno’s offer of resignation after Waco. The point of the joke is that Republicans tend to be much more gung-ho for harsh law-enforcement tactics that aren’t proportional to the “threat” at hand.

Or would that be Democrat Clinton via ruby ridge or Waco? Too bad neither were actually a joke.

I understand your point and, to be honest, it’s probably what I would do. But the guy in the videos below has a different idea. It’s really fascinating, I think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxVXZqMN6XI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL0WRbPHPNo&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHTtal_EK0A

“Paris said that consumers can activate for free the same safeguards that LifeLock does, but the company fails to mention that in its marketing campaign.”

You can send in forms to the three credit agencies and have them lock your credit (I’ve done this). They send you an access code that you must use to unlock your credit when applying for more. IIRC it was $10 each for two of the agencies and the other was free. I’m surprised that this isn’t more widely known- the only reason I know about it is because a friend of mine who is a veteran had his locked a few years ago when that Veteran’s Administration laptop containing personal information for a huge number of veterans was stolen. I assume that it is not publicized because the credit industry would prefer that people not have a system in place that makes it a little more cumbersome to apply for credit.

Another thing one of the agencies does when you have them lock your credit is to stop providing your address to these bulk mailing places. I think it was Experian, and apparently they are where most of those places find you. Anymore I receive a fraction of the junk mail that I used to get.

A couple of things here pop out. First, the reporter claims that people mixed up in drug stings don’t make reliable sources. You’d never know that from listening to cops tell it.

Second, though, it’s nice to see that the mayor canned the police chief and a couple of officers right away. No wagon-circling, instead hand-wringing over tainted cases and genuine concern. We need to see much, much more of this.

The formula is pretty much: Large crowd gathers, police show up with vague excuse (ID checks for minors, a scuffle, the smell of marijuana) to justify making everyone leave. A few peopl ask why and get pepper-sprayed, or tased, or whatever for their trouble. It seems as if, rather than behaving as peace keepers, the cops who show up to these thing are really there just to smack some smarmy college kid in the mouth.

This happens in CT with every large crowd I can remember. Spring weekends, graduations, concerts, sporting events (pretty much every time people are gathered outdoors with an official body having sold them a ticket to be there, sometimes even then) and is almost always followed by demands for new laws banning tailgating, bonfires, etc. This is notable because having been to some of these incidents in the past I can say that both the police reports and the media coverage are great exaggerations of what actually happened.