I can't
imagine that there's a single person in the United States who saw this
story and didn't mutter "JFC! WTF?" Aside from Chief Joe Payne that
is— who, truth be known, is prolly just standing behind an his
overly officious and idiot patrolman . I'll also posit that there
are a hundred more stories just like this that happened around our
nation yesterday, and every day, but didn't make it to DRUDGE.
And that's the point.
As government takes over every aspect of our lives, we are subject to
the whims of people as officiously stupid as that cop. Every
government agency has people entrusted with pulling levers, and we have
to live by their decisions. It's regulations. I have no idea what
Alan Ehrlich's political affiliation is, but he ought to be elected to
the Pasadena City Council. And get a statue too. It's that
spirit that lived on United Airlines Flight 93. |