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I continue to believe that certain things most of us like to have such as police officers, firefighters, schools, and paved roads are desirable and ought to be paid for by taxes and that each should pay his or her fair share

they don't want to solve the crime problems. if there was no crime, the police would have nothing to do and we can't take that power out of the hands of the authorities. police need criminals. I could cut crime in half in this town in 15 minutes. I know where all the crime is. all they need to do is have a couple of sting operations. they don't do it. they don't want to fix the problem. they want to show us the problem on the news to try to scare us. they use fear to justify that $1.5 million dollar police budget. if crime increases, they can ask for more tax money. if we see an increase of crime on the news, we will mindlessly give them our money. this is classic terrorism. using fear to get what they want(money).

I am not blaming the cops. people take orders from a higher authority. my point is this. I know where the crime is. why do they wait for it to happen. what happened to doing some stakeout or sting operations. why not try to prevent the crime. I go to the high crime areas of my town. there are NEVER cops there. they are catching speeders. it's not the fault of the officers, they don't get to choose the assignment. I am also not saying that perhaps your town is different. but let me tell you, living in detroit, washington DC, memphis, and here, you don't have to look too far for crime. I agree that cops are underpaid. like I said, the blame isn't with the officers themselves, it's with city management.

Dear friends,

Burma has been devastated by a cyclone—and by the military junta's failure to help its people cope. Help raise relief funds for distribution by Burma's monks:

In the wake of a massive cyclone, tens of thousands of Burmese are dead. More than 40,000 are missing. A million are homeless.

But what's happening in Burma is not just a natural disaster—it's also a catastrophe of bad leadership.

Burma's brutal and corrupt military junta failed to warn the people, failed to evacuate any areas, and suppressed freedom of communication so that Burmese people didn't know the storm was coming when the rest of the world did. Now the government is failing to respond to the disaster and obstructing international aid organizations.

Humanitarian relief is urgently needed, but Burma's government could easily delay, divert or misuse any aid. Today the International Burmese Monks Organization, including many leaders of the democracy protests last fall, launched a new effort to provide relief through Burma's powerful grass roots network of monasteries—the most trusted institutions in the country and currently the only source of housing and support in many devastated communities. Click below to help the Burmese people with a donation and see a video appeal to Avaaz from a leader of the monks:

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/burma_cyclone/77.php

Giving to the monks is a smart, fast way to get aid directly to Burma's people. Governments and international aid organizations are important, but face challenges—they may not be allowed into Burma, or they may be forced to provide aid according to the junta's rules. And most will have to spend large amounts of money just setting up operations in the country. The monks are already on the front lines of the aid effort—housing, feeding, and supporting the victims of the cyclone since the day it struck. The International Burmese Monks Organization will send money directly to each monastery through their own networks, bypassing regime controls.

Last year, more than 800,000 of us around the world stood with the Burmese people as they rose up against the military dictatorship. The government lost no time then in dispatching its armies to ruthlessly crush the nonviolent democracy movement—but now, as tens of thousands die, the junta's response is slow and threatens to divert precious aid into the corrupt regime's pockets.

The monks are unlikely to receive aid from governments or large humanitarian organizations, but they have a stronger presence and trust among the Burmese people than both. If we all chip in a little bit, we can help them to make a big difference.

first off, to crash, there are no more republicans. a real republican is a conservative, anti-war, and believes in limited government, spending, and personal liberty. todays republicans are religious freaks.

but you won't see them protesting or laying in the streets or getting arrested for criminal mischief or disorderly conduct like you would extremist anti-war freakish liberals.

So by that logic, the inner cities should provide more in taxes for their over utilization of the Police force?

In the VERY beginning MoveOn was issue oriented.......it rapidly became a partisan tool @ which point I removed myself from their listings. Even tho I share their stance on some issues, I dislike ANY fear-based appeals for political gain. Reactionary BS is unappealing on either side of the political fence.

It's now basically the 'conservative talk radio' for the Dem internet crowd.

something you don't hear repubs doing...just look at these boards... you see the left contradict and question each other but one does not hear the "right" doing that....

The problem is that most of left side sees when it goes too far and protest/argue/fight about it.

9 trill. probably the deficit.