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2011-08-10 Britain

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Posted by Fred 2011-08-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11125 views ] Top

#1 "Riots...coming to your town soon!"

I didn't want to be first, but here you are:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/08/09/pennsylvania.curfew/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Posted by Skidmark 2011-08-10 00:06|| 2011-08-10 00:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Forget the plastic bulets, until you shoot to Kill this crap will spread.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2011-08-10 00:13|| 2011-08-10 00:13|| Front Page Top

#3 An anarchist, wanting money from a government, claims it is Tea Party behavior.

Sloppy.

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-08-10 00:22|| 2011-08-10 00:22|| Front Page Top

#4 If, and it's a BIG if, there is some truth to the "protesting gov't. cuts" meme. I can actually sympathise to some degree.

If gov't is up against the wall financially the first things to go have to be the obscene salaries and perks of the parasites, especially at the top. Here that would mean cutting all salaries above some minimum ($50,00?) by 25%. Redo all pensions so that they are merged into social security. Look at lay-offs and hiring freezes for the long term.

Will this solve the finances? No. BUT, it would help AND it would start the process of regaing respect for the institutions which is, as I understand it the main problem in UK.

If even the middle class, the support base for the police holds them in contempt along with the rest of the justice system, then there is nothing to restrain the rioters at all. Democratic, sovereign gov't. (of by for) all hinges on the belief of the citizenry that the gov't by and large works for them.

I think that trust is rapidly fading here and in the UK it's worse.

Posted by AlanC 2011-08-10 08:45|| 2011-08-10 08:45|| Front Page Top

#5 The looters have admitted that they're looting because "there's nothing else to do, there's no jobs". I'm of the opinion that one or two incidence of Lead Poisoning by store-owners would stop the riots quite quickly.

Posted by Charles 2011-08-10 09:45|| 2011-08-10 09:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Whats the cause of the riot? Im guessing lack of incoming fire.

Posted by Beavis 2011-08-10 10:08|| 2011-08-10 10:08|| Front Page Top

#7 Three people were killed during riots in Birmingham, England, apparently while attempting to protect their neighborhood

Posted by gr(o)mgoru 2011-08-10 11:22|| 2011-08-10 11:22|| Front Page Top

#8 "Rule .303 is now in effect - conduct yourselves accordingly. Looters will be shot on sight."

Posted by mojo 2011-08-10 11:48|| 2011-08-10 11:48|| Front Page Top

#9 Validation about the worth of a commitment to a multi-cultural society. Not multi-racial, but multi-cultural. It leads to self-segragation, and eventually, for those from cultures (not races) without an enterprise/self-reliance ethic, to dependence on government largesse. When the money runs out and the subsidy to peaceful indolence decreases, the violent youth, especially those who have reverance for the "gangsta) ethic, display their nature.
A salutory note for other Western nations, including ours.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2011-08-10 13:48|| 2011-08-10 13:48|| Front Page Top

#10 Well, I had wondered how far Britain had fallen. Looks like "pretty fucking far".

Farewell.

Posted by DarthVader 2011-08-10 14:50|| 2011-08-10 14:50|| Front Page Top

#11 Cameron has authorized use of water cannon on British main isle for the first time. They have been used in Northern Ireland for some time before.
Long past time for rubber bullets, teargas, curfews, radio jamming, etc. Getting near time for real bullets & grapeshot.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-08-10 15:06|| 2011-08-10 15:06|| Front Page Top

#12 This is what you get with mass immigration from the 60's onwards!

Look up what Enoch Powell said in the 60's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivers_of_Blood_speech

Posted by Paul D 2011-08-10 17:22|| 2011-08-10 17:22|| Front Page Top

#13 "Rivers of Blood speech". "Margaret Thatcher thought that although some of Powell's speech was "strong meat". Powell was ahead of his time.
Paul D thank you. England has had more of it's fair share of great speakers. I will return now to read more of this man. Like a lighthouse beacon in the night he pointed the way but they continued lost.

Posted by Dale 2011-08-10 18:34|| 2011-08-10 18:34|| Front Page Top

#14 Shame really. He stood his ground. He presented a problem and offered a solution. He could have looked the other way and avoided all the later difficulties. Sweep it under the rug he said but he said no he would do it again. This is how things are done in many countries. Much of what he spoke of has come to pass. Beatles "Get Back to where you once belonged" tune was of the time.
The will of the majority was ignored. Tide of immigration has overwhelmed the indigenous population. Race card only works for all others.

Posted by Dale 2011-08-10 20:07|| 2011-08-10 20:07|| Front Page Top

#15 When various colo(u)red PRIDE trump "(British) national" parties, that is when bigotry reigns. It is sad when TRUE patriotism is stained by German Socialist nationalism. At a certain point, standing up for the Nation transcends the mere politics of a next election.

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2011-08-10 23:04|| 2011-08-10 23:04|| Front Page Top

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