November 11, 2005

Moron Menino

I am so thankful I no longer live in a place that would re-elect someone as stupid as Boston's Mayor Menino. And to think the people of Boston just did so by a landslide...It boggles the mind, it really does.

His latest act of idiocy? Read it and weep:

Pointing to the rising number of shootings in Boston, Mayor Thomas M. Menino is calling for a "handgun summit" in New England and raised the possibility of random police searches of cars crossing into the state to intercept illegal weapons.

The summit would be a meeting of the minds to try to figure out ways to stop more guns from flooding the region’s urban streets.

"Somebody’s got to take the lead. You can’t just say we have a problem," Menino said. "I will be looking to meet with public safety officials in the next several weeks to try and put a plan in place to bring a summit together to meet with public safety officials over the summer, whatever it takes."


Whatever it takes? How about ARRESTING SOME CRIMINALS AND LOCKING THEM UP?!!

Menino, speaking a day after his landslide re-election over Maura Hennigan, said guns are no longer just coming to Boston from the South. Weapons are filtering in from New Hampshire and other abutting states, he said.
Yes folks, it's true, the "guns" have grown limbs and are walking and driving themselves over state lines. No human involvement here, just bad evil nasty killer GUNS.
He raised the potentially explosive issue of random searches as a remedy.
Yeah, because the taxpayers would much rather see their money spent stopping soccer moms in mini-vans at the NH border than arresting and (here's the trick) JAILING a bunch of scum in Roxbury, Dorchester, Charlestown, etc...
“How are guns transported across state lines? We have to spot-check the cars that come across state lines. What’s the mechanism? I’m not a public safety official but I think we have to get these folks together,” Menino said.
Oh, pardon me, I thought it was the GUNS bringing themselves into MA, now I realize what it really is: It's the CARS.

Who knew inanimate objects were so crafty!

Well I'm not the only person who's shocked not at all surprised at what this sorry sack of shit Mayor plans to do about violence in his city. Bruce was similarly disgusted. In summary, speaking to Mumbles's "plan" he says:

...had to re-read that to make sure I read it correctly. Yep, that's what it said. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Translation: I have no plan clue.


The scary thing though is he does have a "plan" of sorts, and that plan is INSANE.

If you want a preview of what a society without the ability to defend itself against lawless miscreants looks like, take a peek at FRANCE.

You're right about one thing "Mister Mayor," you're NOT a "public safety official." You're the exact opposite: You're a PUBLIC ENDANGERER!

Posted by insomnomaniac at November 11, 2005 1:16 AM
Comments

Deb--

I'm so glad that you got away from your Nanny State. That's a good way to lose your sanity if you stay too long.

Do you read Mitch Berg? He's in St. Paul and is a gifted and acerbic critic of NannyStatism, especially as it concerns gun laws. Check him out: http://www.shotinthedark.info

Posted by: Pete (Alois) at November 14, 2005 6:23 PM

This will have the positive effect of deterring people from visiting Massachussetts and spending money there. Of course, when I heard about how they have tax assessors wander around looking in windows to assess taxes on furniture there, I knew all that I needed to.

I think back to something in the Old Testaments about one of the prophets warning that if the Hebrews took a king they would face a future where they paid 1/10th of what they produced as taxes. Imagine that being an _increase!_

Really, a big security fence to keep out people from Second Amendment states would be the best solution. We'd even gladly build it from the outside.

Posted by: Murel Bailey at November 15, 2005 1:10 AM