Crime and No Punishment…

Merry Christmas to all my 2 or 3 readers!  Sorry if I missed anyone…

Today I offer a guest article about a topic I’ve written about:  How the criminals and low life are given special privileges by our warped criminal justice minds.

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Crime and No Punishment

by Jerry Newcombe, D.Min.

In the classic sitcom from the 1960s, “Get Smart,” the bad guys were from an organization called “Chaos.” The good guys, led by Maxwell Smart, were called “Control.”

Today, chaos is often prevailing over control. Only this isn’t a comedy, and the results are tragic.

We are experiencing a crime wave seldom seen in previous times in America.

Murders are up. ABC News notes: “At least 12 major U.S. cities have broken annual homicide records in 2021---and there's still three weeks to go in the year.” One police captain said it’s “worse than a war zone around here lately.”

But homicide isn’t the only crime that is way up. On “Black Friday,” when stores are supposed to have such strong sales because of Christmas (putting them in the black), many businesses were instead hit with a rash of smash-and-grab robberies across the country. Home Depots, Best Buys, Foot Lockers and others have been hit in places like San Francisco, Monterey, and Chicago.

nbcchicago.com (11/27/21) reports, “Police are alerting businesses in Chicago to recent thefts of purses at retail shops….The thieves flee in vehicles, most of which were reported stolen.”

Fox32 of Chicago reports on a robbery over this past weekend, in which luxury jewelry items were stolen. Yet Mayor Lori Lightfoot apparently blames the companies hit. She recently said, “I'm disappointed that they are not doing more to take safety and make it a priority.”

In early December, thousands of dollars’ worth of toys and other goods for Christmas were gathered by a non-profit in Chicago to help the underprivileged–and were stolen under cover of night.

When California Governor Gavin Newsom was on “The View,” Joy Behar, no friend of conservatives, told him, “Critics in law enforcement blame this on your lax bail and theft policies emboldening criminals.”

Newsom responded that the crimes like this are just as bad in Texas as they are in California, only Fox News won’t show that. The claim is misleading at best.

And on it goes, when the lawless are often freed without being punished.

What’s going on? We have crime with no punishment. Leftist prosecutors, district attorneys, and judges are letting many criminals go with a slap on the wrist, if that. Recently a career criminal who tried to run over his wife with a car in Wisconsin was released on a mere $1000 bail—only to purposely drive into a Christmas parade two days later killing six and injuring 62.

Some of those magistrates (including the prosecutor who let the parade killer out) have been elected with money pouring in from George Soros, an atheist who wants to see America (his adopted country) brought down several pegs.

I interviewed Rabbi Daniel Lapin, founder of the American Alliance of Jews and Christians, for our D. James Kennedy Ministries television special on Soros.

The rabbi told our viewers, “There’s no question that Soros money and Soros-inspired money is flowing into the crowds busy smashing plate glass windows in the cities of Denver, Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, and in cities everywhere else around the country.”

As Tucker Carlson of Fox News has pointed out, as quoted in Newsweek: "[Soros’] latest area of focus is criminal justice. From Texas to Philadelphia [and] the state of Virginia, Soros has reportedly spent millions of dollars backing candidates for District Attorney, for prosecutor. Once elected, these candidates…have ended cash bail, treated felonies like misdemeanors, and sometimes ignored some crimes entirely."

Rabbi Lapin adds, “Does he want chaos in the streets? Absolutely, that always been the dream of the revolutionaries. It’s always been the fervent desire of those who understand that in order to rebuild society, you first of all have to destroy what is.”

The founders of America were very concerned about order in society.

What’s happening in America today with our crime wave is bad anthropology run amok. Biblical anthropology asserts that man is sinful and crimes need to be punished. Bad anthropology, like that espoused by Marxists, asserts that man is basically good---but that it’s society or structures are bad and need to be torn down. Instead, the theory goes, we will rebuild these structures to be more just, affirming the goodness of man. We see the results now being carried out by coddled criminals on the streets.

What horrors Marxism has unleashed on planet earth. Yet it continues to exert its demonic influence. These magistrates,, many funded by the George Soros the Marxist, are among the latest examples.

And we all suffer---especially the poorest among us---who lack stronger security measures.

The founders of America showed a better way to live in a controlled society, with liberty under the rule of law. How much better that is than the chaos that so many leftist elitists try to unleash on the rest of us.

Why has this craziness and chaos come about?

The United States has a spiritual problem. No, not merely a “cultural” one. We have lost the sense of morality that our early founders cherished and that enabled our nation to grow and prosper. Now our founders are demeaned and canceled, much like what is happening to devout Christians. A moral vacuum has been created. It has been filled with craziness and uncertainty.

For those seeking a solution…my concern is that we have to reach bottom before we recover. 

My pessimistic prediction:  Things will get a lot worse before they get better.

My advice to all who agree we are on the wrong path:  Stay faithful to your Christian beliefs and act on your faith.

Progressive Insurance: “Don’t become your parents”…

Where to start with this one.

First off, Progressive Insurance lives its namesake:  Progressive.  Politically progressive.

And political progressives believe in change.  They also dislike the past.  They like to rewrite history to show that what we were taught was wrong.

They dislike tradition.  They dislike historical figures, including their statues.

They even dislike parents because they carry on past traditions and values.  Past traditions and values are not good in the mind of Progressive.

Of course, Progressive’s marketing gurus are telling them to focus on this younger demographic.  So they do what typical, run-of-the-mill progressives and leftists do best:  Divide, demean, and antagonize to get their desired results.  In the case of Progressive, they do it for profit.

Here is one among many examples of Progressive’s divisive “anti-parent” commercials:

The Federal government, Department of Education, public schools, and now corporate America are all doing their level best to turn our children against their parents. Parents who believe it is their responsibility to determine what their kids should and should not be taught are called “domestic terrorists” by school boards and federal government agencies.

Progressive Insurance itself should be labeled a domestic terrorist organization – spending millions in advertising to rip apart the social fabric, the family structure, of our nation.

You say “what’s there to worry about? It’s only fun advertising?”  But the not so subtle message is there.  Every age group that views TV views these ads – not just the 25 to 45 demographic targeted by the ads.  The age 5 to 18 that watch TV with their parents get the message.  Why spend millions if their ads are not effective?

The leftist playbook:  Disconnect the children from their parents, their values, their heritage and traditions and you can control them for life.

Don’t parents have a tough enough time raising decent kids without a major US corporation spending millions on what is basically political propaganda to diminish their value in the eyes of their kids?

Advantages of paying attention…

A FOX news headline this morning got my attention:

WOKE UP CALL

The article is about how retailers are bearing the fruits of their misguided wokeness in supporting the side that is destroying their businesses.

You can’t blame them.  They’re busy.  They have been single-mindedly focused on maintaining and growing their business.  Most have not had the time or forethought to cultivate a 360 degree perspective of what’s going on around them.

Consequently they have been exposed ONLY to the primary, force-fed sources of news and opinion from the main stream government propaganda outlets.

Retailers aren’t the only segment of our economy and workplace to be fuddled and misled by the narrow alternate reality check offered by the likes of ABC News and their fellow travelers.

Here is the short list of the various segments of our society, what they are fed by the media, the reality of the situation, and the consequence of their deception:

Retailers: 

These folks got on the Black Lives Matter bandwagon early on –donating millions to that “shoot yourself in the foot” cause -  immediately after the first criminal said he couldn’t breath. The realities are that BLM is a communist organization, and the “I can’t breath” guy was a criminal with a rap sheet, resisted arrest, was high on drugs, and the cops did what they were trained to do.  Unfortunately for the cops they were in the world of instant video, shocking the snowflake masses into observing for the first time what effective police work involved – thus the politically correct court verdict.  Retailers also got on the “defund the police” bandwagon as well, while supporting their local socialist politicians. 

The consequence of all of these boondoggle retailer “great awakenings” was and is unbridled shoplifting, looting, smash and grabs, and locust-like flash mobs wiping out their inventories.  Cops are nowhere to be seen.  Can you blame them?  Would you want YOUR cop son to be accused of a hate crime for doing his job?  Me neither.

Doctors and Nurses: 

Bless their hearts.  These are the most compassionate of this group.  They save  lives.  They expose themselves to horrible disease.  They are highly educated and continue devoting time to keeping up in their profession.  Consequently, their view of the world is also quite narrow.  They must focus on the sources of medical information that are the lowest hanging fruit to keep up.  And unfortunately, the source of that fruit is the often wrong, conflicted of interest, government medical propagandist, the good doctor Fauci himself.  Again, these fine folks have little time to consider the broader alternative views on the topic of COVID and related matters that may be even more effective than what they allow themselves to learn from their single source.

The consequence in my experience and research is that doctors generally are either out of the COVID loop altogether, do not recognize, never mind provide, alternate treatments, or go to extremes in their concern or lack thereof about the disease.

Schools, school boards, teachers and their unions: 

Let’s face it.  Public schools are an arm of federal government. As such, they are required to carry out federal Department of Education policies in spite of school boards being local. And those federal government policies are now suppressing even the expression of opinions of local parents, calling them “domestic terrorists” in a few instances. 

Many of us thought it was bad enough several decades ago when prayer and the pledge were removed from the classroom.  But now: No more American history, no more patriotism, no more civics, no more discipline. The new priority topics are gender studies, why “white man” is bad, why our founders were racist, and why our nation is evil.  The greatest destructive achievement is establishing the lowest common denominator of testing and behavior so that no one’s feeling are hurt.  Is it any wonder why we have school shootings?  No, it’s not the guns.  It’s government policy.

Military:

The military is now also deep in the ditches of “don’t offend anyone,” a priority higher than having an effective fighting force or even winning.  Standards of physical fitness have been reduced in some elements of the military to accommodate women.  Gays are in the same quarters as their sexually oriented opposites.  What could possibly go wrong?

But not only must we accommodate every soldiers perverted whims, we must not offend the enemy.  Don’t let them see the holy books of our predominant religion – they might be offended.  Honor our enemies traditions and beliefs so we don’t offend them.  Don’t fire until fired upon and related insane ROE. News flash:  We are not simply guests in our enemies nation.  We should not have to follow the adage “when in Rome do as the Romans do” when we there as enemy combatants.  We are there to win, not make them love us.

Could these foolish military policies have anything to do with why we haven’t won a war since WW2?  You betcha. 

Entertainers and Sports Stars:

These are the “wokest” of all.  Entertainers are the “artsy fartsies” that are all emotion and no substance.  Sports jocks are the “tough guys” that influence the rest of the gullible.  Both of these groups are so deep in their trade and feelings that they wouldn’t feel a gerbil crawling up anywhere. Yet they spout their ignorance as if they know something.

Unfortunately, these are the personalities the masses look up to the most -  even more so than the main stream media.

The consequence of this corner of public ignorance is destructive voting patterns and and politicians who pander to this ignorance.

Media:  The great majority of media, both news and entertainment, promotes socialism, globalism, immoral cultural values, and racism. These traits are revealed by their negative spin applied to conservative points of view, their portrayal of race and gender, and the absence of conservative content in their programming. In short, they are the conduit and mouthpiece for government policy.

Why is this the case? Lack of diversity in corporate media ownership and management. Virtually all media, ABC/Disney, CBS, NBC, CNN, Washington Post, New York Times, and many in high levels of government, are related by blood or marriage.  Most have a common political agenda:  Usually socialist globalist, and anti-religionist, especially anti-Christian.  Nepotism rules the day.

The consequence is a biased, leftist-driven news source viewed by the majority of Americans.  We become what we consume.  And in this case, what we consumed is destroying our nation.

All these groups are so embedded in their professions, trades, and profits that they don’t have time or refuse to see broader perspectives.

That is an advantage that some of  us have:  The advantage of time to view the broader world and broader perspectives. We look at not just CNN or FOX, but Russia Today, Breitbart, China Daily, Taiwan News, Ukraine National News, religious sites, and dozens of others. We are not locked into the leftist agenda-driven nepotism of the prevailing media and culture.

I wish more of us had the advantage of paying attention.

Leftist mayors promote affirmative action for criminals…

What are some of the guiding thoughts of criminals and the indolent?  Here are a few:

* I deserve what I can get

* Society “owes” it to me

* It’s someone else’s fault

* “They” made me do it

* Others deserve whatever I do to them

* Screw society; screw the white man’s/rich man’s laws; screw the pigs.

And here is Chicago’s “esteemed” leftist mayor, Lori, blaming retailers for her city’s crime wave:

"We also got to push retailers," she said during a Dec. 6 event. "I'm disappointed that they are not doing more to take safety and make it a priority. For example, we still have retailers that won't institute plans like having security officers in their stores, making sure that they've got cameras that are actually operational, locking up their merchandise at night. Chaining high-end bags, these purses seem to be something that is attracting a lot of attention on these organized retail theft units."  From FOX.

She, in essence, has the same mentality as the criminal:  Looting and stealing is someone else’s fault; the retailers made them do it.  Blame someone else instead of the criminal.

Leftists are morally weak beings.  They can’t control their own behaviors so they transfer their own weaknesses on to others.

The Islamic culture is much the same with regard to their doctrine of gender relations.  In instances of rape, the woman is always wrong.  The woman didn’t have her Burka on.  Her ankle was showing – what else could I do? They practice a doctrine of “no personal responsibility – let emotions run their course.”

Lori-the-panderer-of-criminals would probably blame the rape victim if she had to choose. She doesn’t even have the moral fortitude to decide her correct gender.

I submit that every leftist mayor of every city, large or small, mostly large, consciously or unconsciously, applies an “affirmative action” lens on how they view crime in their cities.

They remove all moral and civic responsibility from the criminal.  They believe the criminal is a “victim” of society.  They believe society owes them a break. They believe “someone else” made them do what they do.  That “someone else” might be a retailer or an attractive woman or a cop. It’s always someone else’s fault.  Affirmative action for them: Reduce enforcement, reduce bonds, reduce jail.  They’re “not responsible” for what they did. 

This helps explain the riots and looting, the promotion of Black Lives Matter (a communist organization), defunding police, catch and release, low or no bonds, and all the rest of the insanity coming from these destroyers of civilization. 

On top of that, they tend to demonize anyone promoting patriotism, law and order, and charging, convicting, and locking up criminals.  INSANE!

The old work song has morphed from..

Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to work we go…

to…

I owe, I owe, it’s off to work I go…

to…

You owe, you owe, its off to loot we go.

Put a rap beat to that and it’ll be a hit.

Tale of two police-involved shootings…

Some will find the following comparison requires a bit of nuance – but the differences are clear:

In the first instance, an off duty police officer, Amber Guyger, was headed for what she thought was her apartment – but it was not. The door was apparently unlocked. She entered.  She saw a strange man. He was on his sofa eating ice cream at the time of her entry.   She said she felt her life was threatened. She shot and killed him.

She was convicted in a Dallas court of murder. HERE is more detail.

In the second instance, an on duty police officer, Kim Potter, was present during a traffic stop. The officers at the scene learned that Duante Wright, the driver, had an outstanding warrant for a weapons violation.  Officer Potter approached and attempted to arrest him, warning “I’ll tase you.” He attempted to flee in his vehicle “…with a police officer (Potter) dangling from his car…".  She unintentionally shot and killed him after grabbing the wrong weapon.

She is charged with manslaughter.

While I hate to see anyone charged with murder or manslaughter for what is in reality an honest, but careless mistake, I see a clear distinction between these two cases.

In the first instance, neither a criminal nor an attempted escape was involved.  There was pure innocence on the part of the deceased.  The police officer’s carelessness or mistake was not provoked by a “heat of the moment” attempted escape by a known criminal.  While the shooting was a mistake, it was intentional, careless, and unprovoked.

In the second instance, a known criminal attempted to escape during an attempted apprehension.  A jury should find the police officer “not guilty” even if she did intentionally shoot. The man was attempting to escape arrest and endangered the officer’s life in the process. The shooting was clearly provoked by the actions of a criminal.

If the Minnesota jury finds this officer guilty and I was a cop in that state, I would hasten my way to a state that had greater respect for law enforcement and the rule of law. HERE is more detail on this case.

See more regarding rights of police in apprehending a fleeing felon:

Use of Deadly Force in the Arrest Process - LSU Law Digital …

https://aizmanlaw.com/evading-officer-causing-death-serious-bodily-injury/

Omicron fear porn update…

As of November 6th, 2021, the mainstream news media continues to report, without evidence, that Omicron poses a grave risk to life and limb.  We all might DIE.

They continue to urge everyone to get vaxed and boosted.

Yet the latest info out of Britain suggests several things about Omicron:

• More than half of Omicron cases in the UK are among the fully vaxed
• No one has died or even been hospitalized with Omicron, whether vaxed or unvaxed.

The takeaways:

• Omicron is a mild version of COVID
• COVID, overall, is waning
• The media continues to hype fear porn
• Backlash against heavy-handed government action relative to COVID will continue and possibly worsen in many nations.
• This all makes many wonder whether the population has developed an unhealthy phobia about getting sick from ANYTHING.  The government is promoting this mentality.