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BakersfieldNow.com : Mail being stolen from PO Boxes | Local & Regional News | Bakersfield Now - News, Weather and Sports

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:34:49 +0000

How about a Neighborhood Watch for our Post Offices? Armed, of course.

BakersfieldNow.com : Breaking News: CHP officer wounded in Kern River Canyon shooting | Local & Regional News | Bakersfie

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:44:31 +0000

I’m thankful the officer survived and is getting better. I hope he is back on the job soon. That said I hope these guys are positively identified soon and STOPPED. If you think that seems harsh or that I’m just pro law enforcement, remember: These guys purposely targeted someone obviously known (a uniformed officer in a CHP vehicle) to be armed, trained to shoot back and by vocation is a protector of the public. What do you think will happen if their next target is someone without any of the above qualities? As various governments in California progressively remove our ability to protect ourselves they make our state a “target rich environment” for thugs who want easy prey.

BakersfieldNow.com : 911 tape released: Emergency call shows CHP officer calm under fire | Investigations | Bakersfield N

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:41:45 +0000

I’m thankful the officer survived and is getting better. That said I hope these guys are positively identified soon and STOPPED. If you think that seems harsh or that I’m just pro law enforcement, remember: These guys purposely targeted someone obviously known (a uniformed officer in a CHP vehicle) to be armed, trained to shoot back and by vocation is a protector of the public. What do you think will happen if their next target is someone without any of the above qualities? As various governments in California progressively remove our ability to protect ourselves they make our state a “target rich environment” for thugs who want easy prey.

BakersfieldNow.com : Question rise over supervisors\' salary hike | Local & Regional News | Bakersfield Now - News, Weath

Thu, 31 May 2012 23:42:09 +0000

On principle I am against ANY elected official “voting” themselves a pay raise. If they are doing a good job the voters that put them in office can vote them a raise, the money comes out of our pickets, right? Continuing with that logic, on every election ballot there should be a standing item where voters can decrease the elected officials pay by “x” amount. That way even if they stay in office voters can at least reduce their pay when they are doing a lousy job of representing us.

BakersfieldNow.com : 3 arrested, accused of kicking in door to burglarize home | Local & Regional News | Bakersfield Now

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 02:31:47 +0000

Hope the daughter is OK, too bad she didn't shoot the intruders. A lot of people are wishy-washy on this subject but I figure if a trespassers are going to take the time to kick-in your door to enter your home they are likely to do worse to whoever they find inside.

BakersfieldNow.com : Store robbed repeatedly, business frustrated by police response | Crime | Southwest Bakersfield News

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:34:20 +0000

Sounds like the threats are escalating but the police response is not keeping up. As this is happening in California I don't suppose you have many options to protect yourselves do you?

Breitbart.com : Protesters disrupt US senator over immigration

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:58:58 +0000

Senator Marco Rubio, why do we need to "create legal immigration" when we already have it? DHS statistics show that over 25 million immigrants obtained Legal Permanent Resident status between 1980-2009 and that over 9 million of that group became naturalized citizens. THE SYSTEM WORKS!

BakersfieldNow.com : Pedestrian on cellphone hit by Mustang | Bakersfield Now - News, Weather and Sports | Local & Region

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:06:41 +0000

Not just the pedestrians... I just believe it a good idea to keep as must distance from stupid people as possible.

BakersfieldNow.com : Pedestrian on cellphone hit by Mustang | Bakersfield Now - News, Weather and Sports | Local & Region

Thu, 9 Jun 2011 23:37:55 +0000

1) I hope everyone survived with minimal injuries, 2) If the driver had been on a cellphone you would know who it was, 3) There should be some way to identify people who do stuff like this, so we can avoid them.

BakersfieldNow.com : Judge sides with LA in first action on state sludge lawsuit | Bakersfield Now - News, Weather and Sp

Thu, 9 Jun 2011 20:57:22 +0000

I always knew that Los Angeles was full of...biosolids! Keep those biosolids in L.A. where they were created don't flush it to Kern County where we don't want it. I'm sure this Tulare judge would feel differently if L.A. were treating his back yard as their very own outhouse.

BakersfieldNow.com : Brother of man in wheelchair questions sheriff\'s shooting | Bakersfield Now - News, Weather and Spo

Wed, 1 Jun 2011 02:48:51 +0000

"They didn't shoot to hurt him," Ronnie Medrano said. "They could have shot him in the shoulder, or hurt him." The people who say this sh!t don't know shinola about shooting. This is Real Life, not TV.

BakersfieldNow.com : State soda tax is bubbling up debate among taxpayers | Bakersfield Now - News, Weather and Sports |

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 05:38:51 +0000

Make no mistake, it is for the money! Even when they say "Its for the children", ITS FOR THE MONEY! At the most basic level what all politicians and most bureaucracies want is more money and power. Money buys influence which gathers power, power gives control over you to steal (fee, tax, confiscate (whatever you want to call it)) more money, repeat cycle. It is like a drug to them and once tasted they want more. If you ever find an politician or government agency that does not want more money or power, you have entered the Twilight Zone...

BakersfieldNow.com : Locals weigh in on role politics played in Giffords shooting | Bakersfield Now - News, Weather and S

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:33:03 +0000

If the gunman was crazy (or not), who benefits from this action? It is not congresswoman Giffords who was more centrist than robot Democrat; she is pro Second Amendment (gun rights), strongly believes we should secure our borders and is not anti-military. It is not the conservatives, especially The Tea Party movement as they are being labels the right-wing nutjobs that caused the shooting (at least according to the left-wing nutjobs). There is even some talk about using the Tea Party as scapegoats the way President Clinton used the militias and pro-gunners for the OKC bombing back in his day. It won’t be the First Amendment if what you want to say is against the current administration and definitely not the Second Amendment as the anti-gunners from all over will be out in force. So, with this admittedly limited list of what people, groups, causes or principles that do not benefit from this horrible event, who does?

BakersfieldNow.com : Family reflects on doctor who died in chimney | Bakersfield Now - News, Weather and Sports | Local &

Fri, 3 Sep 2010 00:00:50 +0000

My sympathies to the Kotarac family. However, I want to take exception to Carrillo’s statement: "I don't think a drunk person could have gotten on a roof and torn off a chimney" as one of the stupidest comments I have seen in a long time. Being “under the influence” almost by definition means a person’s judgment is negatively affected and sites like www.darwinawards.com are full of people whose last acts were taken when intoxicated.

Breitbart.com : LA cardinal: Nazism in Arizona immigration bill

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:28:26 +0000

Only if they stay in Hell-A or Frisco and they secede from the rest of California. Then we can go back to being California and they can stay Kleptofornia. IMO

BakersfieldNow.com : Teen murder suspect breaks promise to testify against partner | Bakersfield Now - News, Weather and

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 01:20:12 +0000

At first I was going to argue with you and suggest capital punishment instead, but after spending a while with Bruno the Bulgarian b-buddy as his cellmate/date he may take care of that himself. And without the additional cost of all those mandatory appeals...

CSMonitor: Innovation : Bloom box: What 60 Minutes left out / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:15:29 +0000

Sounds good, but still mostly hype and not near enough fact to make a judgment call. All “generators” need some kind of energy or fuel to transform into energy you can use: light for Photovoltaic cells, moving air for wind generators, burning petrochemicals for most engines and even splitting atoms for nuclear steam powered generators, all with various efficiencies and trade-offs. Not one of these methods produces more energy than it consumes but some are easier or cheaper to use, some produce more unpleasant or even toxic byproducts during use, some will run out far sooner than the others and they all overlap to some degree. The solution is not easy to see, but most people would rather curse the darkness than make the effort to light one candle. IMO

BakersfieldNow.com : Should the county limit time spent translating for Spanish speakers? | Bakersfield Now - News, Weath

Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:47:51 +0000

Most places expect you to learn the local language to live there, some places expect it even if you are just visiting for a few days and treat you like scum if you don't (France comes to mind). If you like it or not our version of English is the de facto language in the United States and I don't think we should have to expend scarce resources to pamper non-English speakers. IMO

BakersfieldNow.com : CHP launches investigation into racy photo | Bakersfield Now - News, Weather and Sports | Local & Re

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:45:53 +0000

That is assuming they were on-duty when the photo was taken. When off-duty I would say it is their own business. One of my older brothers was a CHP and was occasionally in uniform when off-duty.

BakersfieldNow.com : Wanted: Men steal surveillance cameras | Bakersfield Now - News, Weather and Sports | News

Sat, 9 Jan 2010 03:02:25 +0000

They want the cameras for their new local access TV show, Bakersfield's Dumbest Criminals!