Gov. Larry Hogan - "This issue goes beyond gun control."

[trailman]

I am done..learn the hard way.

Still waiting for an answer, your not addressing the point of my post. Cryptic snarky comments don't count.

 

[dblas]

Anyone interested in Baltimore should watch HBO's "The Wire". It is a documentary. And that drug cheese gets pretty well spread out to both Annapolis and Washington. If you watched the Frosh videos, you will see the AG's office is intentionally working to keep violent gun offenders (most in the drug game) on the streets. Follow the money....

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Sarcasm?

 

[BeoBill]

Anyone interested in Baltimore should watch HBO's "The Wire". It is a documentary. And that drug cheese gets pretty well spread out to both Annapolis and Washington. If you watched the Frosh videos, you will see the AG's office is intentionally working to keep violent gun offenders (most in the drug game) on the streets. Follow the money....

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ALWAYS follow the money...

 

[BeoBill]

Sarcasm?

Naivete?

 

[Armati]

Sarcasm?

No. Dead serious. Try the Googles.

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[dblas]

No. Dead serious. Try the Googles.

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Ummm, It wasn't a documentary, it was an entertainment show.

 

[Armati]

Ummm, It wasn't a documentary, it was an entertainment show.

*Sigh*

No, it was based on the real stories of a BPD cop and school teacher who really understood the dynamics.

That said, while some of the specifics are fictional, the stories are generally true. Anything you see in The Wire is something that actually goes on in real life.

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[janklow]

That's why they make THIS...
: s a r c a s m : - spaces =

i guess; thought it seemed pretty clear in context...

 

[Brooklyn]

Still waiting for an answer, your not addressing the point of my post. Cryptic snarky comments don't count.

Sorry I have discussed this issue at Length elsewhere. I just dont have the time.

Nothing personal..

 

[Brooklyn]

No need to wonder. They are deep in the game. Money is laundered through certain churches and businesses in the "community" that can deliver votes so these fools can keep their foney baloney jobs. Crime is part and parcel to doing business in politics.

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In Baltimore..not everywhere.. Baltimore is a failed state.

 

[Armati]

In Baltimore..not everywhere.. Baltimore is a failed state.

Umm, 90% of the world's heroin comes out of Afghanistan. Out puppet Hamid Karzai has a brother who is among the biggest drug dealers in the world and he was allowed to operate essentially uninterrupted.

Tons (TONS!) of drugs come into this country every year. We can read a license plate from orbit and monitor every cell phone on the planet but we have no idea how TONS of drugs sneak into this country.

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[Brooklyn]

Umm, 90% of the world's heroin comes out of Afghanistan. Out puppet Hamid Karzai has a brother who is among the biggest drug dealers in the world and he was allowed to operate essentially uninterrupted.

Tons (TONS!) of drugs come into this country every year. We can read a license plate from orbit and monitor every cell phone on the planet but we have no idea how TONS of drugs sneak into this country.

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Fair point.. but lets say that at least Baltimore is a failed state

..

 

[Mr H]

Princess is now in a snit, over Hogan saying there's no outcry over murder rates.

Says he needs to be in the community for 'more than a photo op' to understand.

 

[Gryphon]

Princess is now in a snit, over Hogan saying there's no outcry over murder rates.

Says he needs to be in the community for 'more than a photo op' to understand.

She may get her wish if he has to mobilize the NG again.

 

[protegeV]

Ummm, It wasn't a documentary, it was an entertainment show.

Its practically a docudrama as many characters are based on real life people and some scenarios taken from real events. Documentary? No. But damn close.

 

[SWO Daddy]

Ummm, It wasn't a documentary, it was an entertainment show.

*facepalm*

 

[BeoBill]

Umm, 90% of the world's heroin comes out of Afghanistan. Out puppet Hamid Karzai has a brother who is among the biggest drug dealers in the world and he was allowed to operate essentially uninterrupted.

Tons (TONS!) of drugs come into this country every year. We can read a license plate from orbit and monitor every cell phone on the planet but we have no idea how TONS of drugs sneak into this country.

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Yeah, that's an interesting point. Remember Oliver North and Institutional Alzheimer's?

 

[sureshot]

Gun control will be just as successful as drug control! The war on drugs, after decades and over $1 Trillion, does not prevent those not willing to obey the law from obtaining illegal drugs. Law breakers can buy and possess illegal drugs in any town (herion, crack, cocain, meth, etc.). These drugs are banned in the USA. Some law breakers also choose to manufacture these same drugs themselves and sell them. Why do the naive liberals think gun control will can keep guns from those not willing to obey the laws? Much more so than drug control, gun control leaves all law abiding citizens at much greater personal risk of violence.

So the gun control approach will be just as effective as drug control has been. In fact, if gun control worked convicted criminals and gangs would NOT presently posses guns because these laws are already in place.

Drug control has also NOT prevented the manufacture of meth and other drugs. Gun control would not keep those willing to ignore the law from manufacturing a firearm. In fact San Bernadino shows that even though pipe bombs are totally and completely controlled and 100% illegal, this did not stop the terrorists from manufacturing 19 pipe bombs. We are just lucky they choose to use the guns instead of the bombs on this first strike, otherwise MANY more deaths and injuries would have resulted.

As our founding father Mr. Franklin said, "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." The problem is the intolerant liberals actually gain no security from gun control. in fact almost ALL mass killings in the US take place in gun free zones! (Paris as well).

 

[Bob A]

Ummm, It wasn't a documentary, it was an entertainment show.

I'd be glad to buy you the complete DVD of The Wire if you promise to spend the next month watching a few hours of it every day.

It is a systematic rundown of the reality of how Baltimore works, involving the major players: the drug gangs, the BPD at street level as well as the politicking at the top, the docks/unions, the schools and life in the 'hood, the news media, the politicians at local and state level. In five seasons' worth of more or less riveting drama, it's a graduate level course in Realpolitik, Maryland style.

It's bigger than a novel, it's true to the street, it's excellent storytelling with great characterisations, and in a sort of grim way, it is, as you say, very entertaining. Not everyone's cup of tea, of course.

Here's a link to the Wikipedia entry, the thoroughness of which might convince you that it's greater than the sum of its parts, and considerably more than an interesting way to kill a few hours:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wire

 

[protegeV]

I'd be glad to buy you the complete DVD of The Wire if you promise to spend the next month watching a few hours of it every day.

It is a systematic rundown of the reality of how Baltimore works, involving the major players: the drug gangs, the BPD at street level as well as the politicking at the top, the docks/unions, the schools and life in the 'hood, the news media, the politicians at local and state level. In five seasons' worth of more or less riveting drama, it's a graduate level course in Realpolitik, Maryland style.

It's bigger than a novel, it's true to the street, it's excellent storytelling with great characterisations, and in a sort of grim way, it is, as you say, very entertaining. Not everyone's cup of tea, of course.

Here's a link to the Wikipedia entry, the thoroughness of which might convince you that it's greater than the sum of its parts, and considerably more than an interesting way to kill a few hours:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wire

Dude, I'm pretty sure dblas knows what the show is, along with most of the rest of us. Yes, it is a true to life drama. It is not a literal documentary about events that actually happened. It is an extremely accurate representation of things that do happen in bmore.