Will The Same Rules Apply?
Mar 24, 2015 Commentary
A man in Maryland was sentenced to three years for slashing a dog’s throat.
Forty-four-year-old Lamont Coston was sentenced to three years in jail for an animal abuse case in Baltimore County where a German Shepherd was killed. The judge suspended all but 18 months. Coston will be spending the next year and a half in the Baltimore County lock-up. FOX 45 Baltimore
A Baltimore police officer slashed the throat of a dog and he did so when it was not necessary. The officer, Jeffrey Bolger, claims he did this to put the dog out of its misery after the neck loop, according to him, left the dog near dead. But as the story reports:
That statement about Bolger’s big heart heavily contradicts Bolger’s statement prior to the slashing where he was overheard saying “I’m going to gut this (expletive) thing.” The Free Thought Project
**The officer cleared in this story is the one that held the dog down. The one who slashed its throat awaits his day in court.
The officer will stand trial later and there are plenty of others who have condemned his action. The question is, will he receive the same punishment as Lamont Coston or will his cruelty to the animal be ruled as justified?
Officers should be held to a higher standard but that is rarely the case.
We will see how this all plays out. If I had to bet on it I would say he walks but stranger things have happened.
Cave canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
Voting Is For Citizens Only
Oct 25, 2010 Political
The dilution of American culture and its rules continues as some states are considering letting noncitizens vote. They are doing this in spite of the fact that the Constitution does not allow noncitizens to vote.
Let me be clear, this is not about illegal aliens who have no rights and should be removed. This is about those who are here legally and, in some cases, paying taxes. They do not have the right to vote and they think it is not fair. After all, they are here legally and (in many cases) pay taxes, so they should be allowed to vote. The big argument comes from folks who pay taxes and think they should be allowed to vote. Nice concept so how about we deny the vote to anyone who does not pay taxes?
The Constitution is pretty clear about this. Voting is not even the right of the people in the original Constitution. Elections call for electors selected from the states or by the state’s legislatures. The closet thing is the election of House members who are elected “…by the people of the several states.” Then electors and qualifications are discussed so it is not clear as to whom is allowed to acutally vote. One thing is certain, all other elections are done by the states and not by the people.
Several amendments to the Constitution changed these procedures and electors are now selected based upon the vote of the state. When people vote for a president they are actually voting for an elector to cast a vote for that person in Congress (the electoral college). Senators are now selected by popular vote in the state and no one may be denied the “right” to vote.
All this is well and good and there have been plenty of changes but one thing is abundantly clear. In all instances where voting is mentioned in any amendment that discusses the issue the word citizen is used in conjunction with the “right” to vote. The 14th, 15th, 19th, 24th, and 26th Amendments all qualify who may vote with the word CITIZEN.
Therefore, noncitizens are NOT allowed to vote.
People who come here and want to vote should have an allegiance to this country and they can demonstrate that by becoming a citizen.
If that is not good enough then they can always go back whence they came.
Source:
FOX News
Cave Canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
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