+10Charles L. Cotton wrote:He needs to be fired and stripped of his TCLOSE credentials! Anyone sworn to defend the constitution who would even suggest such a thing has proven himself unfit for the job. What scares me is some people will probably support this in the name of safety.
I want the first audio/video bugs placed in his office, home, car and shirt pocket so we can keep an eye on him. People like this are far more dangerous to the freedoms we enjoy than most of the people behind bars. To make matters worse, Mayor White tries to downplay the matter by saying it was just brainstorming. Would racial cleansing have been more palatable if it were merely mentioned during a brainstorming session with the mayor? A port commissioner privately describes her dislike of a certain genre of music using an ill-advised racial slur and the entire City of Houston government wants her head on a platter. But the Chief of the Houston Police Dept. suggests an absurd and constitutionally repugnant policy of mass video surveillance and no one in City Government bats an eye!! I cannot adequately convey how much I detest what the City of Houston has become. Now I have a suggestion: a State law making it illegal for anyone not born in Texas to hold an elected or appointed office in Texas or to be head of any law enforcement agency. If we’re going to ignore the constitution, let’s go all the way.
I'll be back; I have to run around the block in the cold rain to cool off at bit!
Chas.
My sentiments exactly. I don't live in Houston, but have relatives and good friends that do. Sorry... you guys have a "nitwit" for Police Chief.
Also, there is a difference between "blamestorming" and "brainstorming" in case the Mayor doesn't know.