tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post453773820648688116..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: We Don't Need No Education.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-35763705861232486112011-06-09T20:42:43.173-04:002011-06-09T20:42:43.173-04:00Gee.
I thought I was bright. Got my degree in a ...Gee.<br /><br />I thought I was bright. Got my degree in a field where they paid me to go to grad school. No loans.<br /><br />So, if you google my name, you get my work address and phone. I've been getting calls for someone with the same first and last name, different middle initial, different last 4 on the social (I forget what his are, they asked I confirmed that's not me) and born 3 years earlier. Bad student loans.<br /><br />And I was upset when the collection agent claimed to be from the Dept. of Education (Sorry, wrong DOE...) Makes me glad the home address doesn't show up in Google. It took this guy six hours in a car convincing the cops he wasn't a woman. Imagine the time I'd have getting them to check the middle name and date of birth...<br /> <br />Always assuming I didn't get six warning shots to the chest (out of 78 rounds expended...)<br /><br />WV - liestinf - liest in f's sake make sure the perp lives there.Dr_Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-82369096012332018322011-06-09T19:42:58.024-04:002011-06-09T19:42:58.024-04:00@Pathfinder: "It's happening on our watch...@Pathfinder: "It's happening on our watch, folks, and all we do is blog about it."<br />So get involved. Write congress, write the newspapers & news sites--bonus points for getting libtard sites to take this issue seriously!--get active in the Tea Party, join Promise Keepers...<br />Run for office yourself, if you're able. <br /><br />Blogging is a big help, actually, especially an extremely popular blog like Tam's, like the patch says, "The Propaganda Department of the Unorganized Militia."Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-87882313273809666742011-06-09T18:47:33.971-04:002011-06-09T18:47:33.971-04:00The only way this could be better is if part of Ob...<a href="http://www.amazon.com/State-Disobedience-Tom-Kratman/dp/0743499204/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1307659625&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">The only way this could be better is if part of Obamacare includes giving HHS the ability to kick in your door and shoot you in the leg if you don't buy insurance.</a>Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-40218088901567175912011-06-09T18:06:40.404-04:002011-06-09T18:06:40.404-04:00Apparently the feds were looking for evidence of f...Apparently the feds were looking for evidence of fraud, to wit: evidence that an applicant for a college loan had lied about having a high school diploma.<br /><br />Jeez, they never do that for folks who lie on 4473s.Turk Turonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02648721047835980871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-15855454150576409122011-06-09T17:37:24.039-04:002011-06-09T17:37:24.039-04:00Dr. StrangeGun
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JoshDr. StrangeGun<br /><br />:-)<br />JoshJosh Kruschkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288700371539530398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79252431846203652662011-06-09T12:39:14.947-04:002011-06-09T12:39:14.947-04:00The point is: All the cop-stuff should be handled ...<i>The point is: All the cop-stuff should be handled by a cop-agency, not some subdepartment of some bureau. </i><br /><br />But that wouldn't justify bigger budgets and mission creep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89324161619819954042011-06-09T12:16:53.473-04:002011-06-09T12:16:53.473-04:00@ParatrooperJJ,
Cry me a river. If the FBI needs...@ParatrooperJJ,<br /><br />Cry me a river. If the FBI needs retasking or the Marshals need more funding, do it. <br /><br />The point is: All the cop-stuff should be handled by a cop-agency, not some subdepartment of some bureau. <br /><br />That way you get accountability and (hopefully) a more professional approach. (See Matt G's comment.)Old Grouchhttp://oldgrouch.mee.nunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-91458713299508996272011-06-09T10:25:37.491-04:002011-06-09T10:25:37.491-04:00The FBI is concerned with terrorism, intellegence,...The FBI is concerned with terrorism, intellegence, and public corruption. They are not really interested in anything else. <br /> The Marshals have around 2500 Deputy Marshals and are already swamped with work. There are already not enough of them to do their current duties much less serve search warrants for all other federal agencies. <br /> As to state agencies serving a federal search warrant, there are some major liability issues involved with doing a tactical entry for something that's not a corresponding state crime.ParatrooperJJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-33249140446339242542011-06-09T08:00:29.621-04:002011-06-09T08:00:29.621-04:00I figure...
1 - Any given federal agency may actu...I figure...<br /><br />1 - Any given federal agency may actually need a tactical *protection* force, depending on what they operate, why, how, and where<br /><br />2 - the FBI is already tasked with enforcing and investigating violations of federal law<br /><br />3 - any given IG office ought to stick to inspecting and auditing, and leave the enforcement to agencies who enforce<br /><br />4 - a $6 an hour cubicle farm debt collector or skiptracer would probably have been able to determine not only the actual whereabouts of the woman the charges are being laid against, but also that the woman in question no longer resides with her estranged husband at that address<br /><br />5 - a white-collar crime search warrant was just executed in a way that didn't give this guy time to go downstairs and open the door... were they afraid he was going to flush his computers down the commode? Is there even an arrest warrant out for the defrauder in question? How exactly do you defend this kind of raid for an evidence seeking activity when you're trying to find a *paper trail* with essentially an accusation behind it?<br /><br />6 - What color was the boathouse at Hereford?Dr. StrangeGunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349076338197668654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-65036554575716986812011-06-08T23:35:40.741-04:002011-06-08T23:35:40.741-04:00Now repeat after me children, "J is for Jackb...Now repeat after me children, "J is for Jackboot."Odysseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16710666926746925370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-40041942681557907712011-06-08T21:34:59.415-04:002011-06-08T21:34:59.415-04:00I used to, for my sins, work in New York City.
I ...I used to, for my sins, work in New York City.<br /><br />I used to joke with my co-workers that everyone but decent law abiding people seemed to have guns.<br /><br />The Crooks did<br />Every "authourity" had it's own "cops"( bridge and Tunnels, airport, train co., Subway, Port Authourity... I could go on) <br />The real local police<br />The Feds<br />I think the library system had it's own "police" who were packing.<br /><br />Ordinary decent citizens....god forbid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-54053112333182227912011-06-08T20:22:48.336-04:002011-06-08T20:22:48.336-04:00Criminally stupid = lending big bucks to attain a ...Criminally stupid = lending big bucks to attain a PHD in in some obscure field that will never generate enough income to ever pay back the loans. Design for fail. Our institutes for higher learning are mostly greedy on an industrial scale and could care less if they encourage young people to borrow more than they could ever pay back when the majority of them would be much better off attending community college and getting a useful degree or trade.blindshooternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-84394239350462344212011-06-08T20:07:54.144-04:002011-06-08T20:07:54.144-04:00My problem is not that the warrant was issued, but...My problem is not that the warrant was issued, but that they are so lazzy they couldn't even be bothered to find out if the person they are looking for was even there. <br /><br />:-(<br />JoshJosh Kruschkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288700371539530398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-66064343471916566232011-06-08T19:08:32.969-04:002011-06-08T19:08:32.969-04:00It's also still wicked leverage to have over T...It's also still wicked leverage to have over Teh Student Body, from MD's to PhD's - to own their loans with go-getter Police doing Collections is to own them. <br />"Say that's a nice little degree in French Literature you got there, shame if something were NOT to happen with it, looks like you need a job in Publications and I know a guy at a newspaper in New York, do some community-service for us and we'll knock 20% off..."<br />Funding is absolutely everything about the job: it's money with a contract and a name written down - they don't have to justify it, it justifies them.<br />Just think if Fannie Mae had a police force - but the .Gov doesn't really want all that empty real-estate all the time, they Kelo for it when they need it...NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-28886275925398085812011-06-08T19:02:50.514-04:002011-06-08T19:02:50.514-04:00It they're calling in SWAT for student loans, ...It they're calling in SWAT for student loans, what do they do for overdue library fines, an air strike?BobGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405172215849046373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-64071686836301971182011-06-08T18:27:39.428-04:002011-06-08T18:27:39.428-04:00Bram,
There are PRO'S and then come all the re...Bram,<br />There are PRO'S and then come all the rest. I did not want to out my friend by agency name. To easy these days for someone mean to figure things out. The LEO I know tends to use Matt G's methods.Nowayoutbutuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08705275760084273602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-2710932568700650352011-06-08T18:24:46.213-04:002011-06-08T18:24:46.213-04:00Even if it was fraud, that's a nonviolent offe...Even if it was fraud, that's a nonviolent offense. Why the heck are you sending SWAT to deliver the warrant?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88856552559338818102011-06-08T17:31:30.915-04:002011-06-08T17:31:30.915-04:00“Why does every federal agency need their own inte...<i>“Why does every federal agency need their own internal cop shop, to include SWAT teams, which they then have to use at the drop of a hat to justify funding?”</i><br /><br />Easy. <br /><br />There's a certain kind of person that likes to play soldier. <br /><br />Do it in Iraq and you sleep in barracks, eat lousy food, have to talk to your sweetheart across half a planet, and actually stand a chance of getting blowed up for real. <br /><br />Do it in Mayberry and you still get be a tough soldiery-guy, but get to sleep in your own bed, hang out with your own family, and the chances of the folks you're busting in on actually banding together to launch a rocket at *you* are next to nil. <br /><br />All the cool points of busting down doors for real, no downside.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682072668997410668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-71917705788682195542011-06-08T16:14:31.447-04:002011-06-08T16:14:31.447-04:00@ Matt G: We need more cops like you.
Now if only...@ Matt G: We need more cops like you.<br /><br />Now if only you had been in charge of search warrants in Pima Co., AZ.Jake (formerly Riposte3)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02976718318892210404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26554097372423481142011-06-08T16:00:28.248-04:002011-06-08T16:00:28.248-04:00Meanwhile, here's how I served a felony warran...Meanwhile, here's how I served a felony warrant the other night: <br /><br />I sat around the corner and called the guy at his apartment on the phone. He answered. I asked to speak with him in person. He said okay, what was this about? I told him that I had some paperwork to show him, and that, given the hour, I'd appreciate it if he would come out to speak with me, so that I wouldn't have to bang on his door. We met outside. The paperwork that I showed him was a felony warrant. I asked him to put his hands behind his back. I handcuffed him, took him to my car, and put a transport belt on him so that I could move the cuffs to the front for his comfort. We went to jail. <br /><br />See how easy that was? The shotguns, the auto guns-- all stayed put up. One man converses with another man, and serves the order by a judge, and it's just business. <br /><br />I sure wish my life was exciting as a real-live federal school cop!Matt Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500429239798601210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-85822669260836077012011-06-08T15:56:29.931-04:002011-06-08T15:56:29.931-04:00Look Nathan Bedford Forrest and Stonewall Jackson ...Look Nathan Bedford Forrest and Stonewall Jackson in the eye . . .Big Chiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06390966752131979458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-83886346452328996302011-06-08T15:53:51.201-04:002011-06-08T15:53:51.201-04:00Sigivald,
For a start, maybe just have the variou...Sigivald,<br /><br />For a start, maybe just have the various agencies do the legwork and investigatin' and then call in the locals or the feds, as appropriate, should there need to be any actual door-kicking or handcuffing.<br /><br />I can't see how that approach would have worked any worse at, say, Waco.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-20357932162623817922011-06-08T15:51:21.136-04:002011-06-08T15:51:21.136-04:00In the "War on Some Drugs" they justify ...In the "War on Some Drugs" they justify these dynamic entries by saying the 200 kilos of whatever they want to ban because someone, somewhere might be having fun will get flushed if they don't get in there quickly and stop the fiends responsible.<br />I wonder what their justification is for this one? Do they think she was going to flush the loan papers?<br />And janitors bitch about paper towels...Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11308171394825291900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-77455359850252824212011-06-08T15:48:22.384-04:002011-06-08T15:48:22.384-04:00On the updated question, well...
There's frau...On the updated question, well...<br /><br />There's fraud and corruption.<br /><br />Someone has to investigate it, right?<br /><br />Those people need to be "cops" at some level.<br /><br />So the question is, is it better to spread them about in each agency, so that they can know the specifics of the laws in question and work with the notional experts in those agencies?<br /><br />Or is it better to make the FBI do <i>everything for everyone</i>, with inter-agency communication?<br /><br /><i>Both</i> approaches have problems and are likely to lead to some sort of abuse; in the latter alternative, imagine FBI agents doing wrong because the memo got garbled (figuratively) between administrative boundaries.<br /><br />(My solution might well be to abolish the DoEd, simply because if there's no department, you cant' embezzle or defraud it, and it's not Constitutionally justified or useful.<br /><br />But even then, there <i>are</i> such agencies, like Defense, and the core problem is persistent.)Sigivaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-57933957832412431612011-06-08T15:13:21.647-04:002011-06-08T15:13:21.647-04:00DirtCrashr,
That's what I've been saying ...DirtCrashr,<br /><br />That's what I've been saying all morning. ;)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.com