Unfortunately, such language on an international site is truly dangerous. One of our members complained about a landscaper hitting his parked car with stones from his lawnmower and the Landscaper claimed he had been threatened by a gun. Three policemen showed up at his house where he was sick with the flu. They held him at bay in his underwear while they trashed the house looking for a gun. Not warrant, just deadly force. When they found none they wrote a report, left the house in a mess and did not give their names. It seems that under the Patriot Act no one with a gun and a uniform is required to. He went to six different lawyers and finally called the FBI but no one would help him. He was warned that in that county no jury would convict their cousins on the police force and that he was vulnerable to being mysteriously burned out. All of this to a Vietnam Vet with Agent Orange disease and a man who has chosen not to be anywhere near a gun.
So Barry, answering the way to change things is not safe and that is all that I will say about that. This is the second member of our community to have such problems with the Patriot Act. Minorities are ripe for profiling and for being made and example of. I guess its Keith's status stuff. By the way, I didn't get status as the core value of Bob's writing. It was Bob who told me about the incredible number of Arts establishments in America in 1900. He said that in Iowa, a farm state, there were 1,300 working opera houses. At least giving more performances than most regional companies with their three a year give these days. It's interesting how things look on different sides of a problematic situation. The problem is always to walk the whole wheel and not cut linearly across the center. REH From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Stennett Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 8:10 AM To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION Subject: Re: [Futurework] Krugman today Good post - repeating much of what you've been saying for at least a decade! In response to the last line of your posting.... How? (Yes, I know that's a bad joke, considering your background - sorry!). But, how should we 'take back what we have given to the private sector'? Barry On Sep 19, 2011, at 2:48 AM, Ray Harrell wrote: Should we not get back to work or take back what we have given to the private sector and put it where it will work?
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