Comments for The paramilitarization of the police, Episode 4,564,233 We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/the_paramilitar.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:27:01 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification The paramilitarization of the police, Episode 4,564,233 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/the_paramilitar.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/the_paramilitar.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:24:22 -0600 Comment from Justthisguy on 2008-09-25 P.s. I have no shame when it comes to little-kid potty humor. Jtg, ten years old, going on sixty. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/the_paramilitar.html#comment-78611 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/the_paramilitar.html#comment-78611 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:16:26 -0600 Comment from Justthisguy on 2008-09-25 lv, there is a very old and very bad joke along those lines: "Q:Why is the Starship Enterprise like toilet paper? A: They both circle Uranus, searching for Klingons." http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/the_paramilitar.html#comment-78610 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/the_paramilitar.html#comment-78610 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:09:53 -0600 Comment from lv4921391 on 2008-09-25 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/the_paramilitar.html#comment-78603 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/the_paramilitar.html#comment-78603 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:14:52 -0600 Comment from Justthisguy on 2008-09-24 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peelian_Principles ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/the_paramilitar.html#comment-78571 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/the_paramilitar.html#comment-78571 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:25:59 -0600 Comment from Justthisguy on 2008-09-24 I won't pee on you if you don't pee on me. I do recall all of us South FL Boy Scouts giggling when being instructed on how to identify the Pisonia plant. Sorta like there being no non-funny way to pronounce the name of that planet, Uranus. Where be Kling-ons. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/the_paramilitar.html#comment-78570 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/the_paramilitar.html#comment-78570 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:16:11 -0600 Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2008-09-24
And for those who don't know... that would be Peel-ist, and "Peeler" would be more accurate.  Might as well give 'em a history lesson!]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/the_paramilitar.html#comment-78564 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/the_paramilitar.html#comment-78564 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:39:39 -0600 Comment from Justthisguy on 2008-09-24 But, then, Armorer, I believe you to be a strict Peelist, as am I. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/the_paramilitar.html#comment-78563 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/the_paramilitar.html#comment-78563 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:35:01 -0600 Comment from Heartless Libertarian on 2008-09-23
The really bad folks in that area are in West Columbia, across the river in Lexington County.
]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/the_paramilitar.html#comment-78549 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/the_paramilitar.html#comment-78549 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:56:04 -0600 Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2008-09-23 One thing is for sure - if I was in a neighborhood and these guys drove up in that - I would *not* be reassured.

But then, I'm honest enough to admit I'm unlikely to live in a neighborhood where those guys would show up with that gear.

]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/the_paramilitar.html#comment-78546 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/the_paramilitar.html#comment-78546 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:18:17 -0600 Comment from Yu-Ain Gonnano on 2008-09-23 I know - this is the SWAT team, not a neighborhood patrol.

Given that increasingly SWAT teams no longer seem to be Special Weapons and Tactics but rather Standard Weapons and Tactics, that's not much of a relief.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/the_paramilitar.html#comment-78544 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/the_paramilitar.html#comment-78544 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:04:10 -0600 Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2008-09-23 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/the_paramilitar.html#comment-78543 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/the_paramilitar.html#comment-78543 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:37:58 -0600 Comment from RonF on 2008-09-23 Out here in Chicago I can think of a couple of neighborhoods where that COULD be a neighborhood patrol. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/the_paramilitar.html#comment-78542 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/the_paramilitar.html#comment-78542 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:15:30 -0600 Comment from Wollf on 2008-09-23 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/the_paramilitar.html#comment-78541 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/the_paramilitar.html#comment-78541 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:15:16 -0600