Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty vetoed the bill this weekend, rather insultingly proclaiming his compassion and empathy for the sick in the process. Pawlenty cited law enforcement organization opposition to the bill as his primary reason for vetoing it.

If there is such a thing as Karma, then Pawlenty would find himself suffering from such a disease, possibly several.

20 Quatloos for naming that episode!

Soketh, his eyes uncovered.

That episode would be “Darmok”.

I’ll throw my 20 quatloos in the kitty to buy this for the community:

http://mealable.com/douchemeter.html

Not that we need one to know Backstrom is off the fucking scale . . .

I don’t think a policing agency should be able to lobby for or against legislation. I have a problem with saying that organizations that are not run directly by the government, distasteful or not, should not be able to lobby said government. That right is granted for the first amendment, and it’s in their for a reason.

With that said, I don’t think it was appropriate that a law enforcement organization was able to influence the governor in such a way. The governor shouldn’t be kowtowing to a law enforcement organization, and that is an issue for the citizens of Minnesota.

http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20090525150347423

it isn’t supposed to work that way. the job is LAW ENFORCEMENT. if they want to create the LAW, they should put down their badge and run for office.

as private citizens they can do what they want. as arms of the govt … STHU!!!!!

Nah. Just give them all BDC* tests.

(*Blood Donut Content)

I don’t mean individual law enforcement officers shouldn’t be able to lobby legislators (although something akin to the Hatch Act for cops might not be such a bad idea). I mean I don’t think any group pretending to represent “Law Enforcement” should be able to support or oppose legislation. This would include LEAP, unfortunately, but if getting rid of that organization would rid us of the pernicious efforts of all the other cop groups, so be it.

Thanks for the info. Since I watch very little TV, I wasn’t aware of the references.

Would someone please explain what post #13 and those like it on this site mean? Thanks.

That’s a link to some guy’s blog that is referencing Radley’s blog about the original article.

I assume it was generated by a script or something… and inserted into the comments as a way to get traffic to the blog.

Or something like that.

@ Chuchundra #8

At some point the douchemeter maxes out (unless you have one of those fancy new ones that goes past the 100% douche reading.)

;)

“Greatest Douche in the universe” and “Over 9000″ are current viral memes among the geekier places in the internet.

His Douchebag reading is over 9000!!!

That’s impossible! Your Scouter must be broken!

The “Greatest Douche in the Universe is from Southpark, and refers to the ‘psychic’ John Edwards, who uses cold reading to foist his douchebaggery on people.

The “Over 9000!” reference is from Dragon Ball Z, when Vegeta is informed of Goku’s power level, which was over 9000 because of his recent transformation to Super Saiyan.

And now you know! And knowing is half the battle! G.I. Joe!

I’m like that episode in TNG where an entire race speaks entirely in metaphors.

20 Quatloos for naming that episode!

@Bob #3: “Sure, there are people that abuse it, hell, there are people that abuse Pizza.”

Yeah, university students abuse the hell out of pizza. Sometimes while high on pot! Heh.

“Bottom line: Law enforcement NEEDS pot to be illegal so they can continue supporting themselves in the manner they have become accustomed to. THAT is an addiction, they’re overdosing on it, and far too many people have developed a tolerance to it.”

No kidding. The Prison Industry will not have their main cash cow taken away.

At some point the douchemeter maxes out (unless you have one of those fancy new ones that goes past the 100% douche reading.)

Political douchmeters start at eleven.