Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Shoot-out in DC – Bullets Bounce of White House – National Drive-By Nightmare – Solutions: Education, Chain Gangs, and Pest Control in the Keys


Dillinger, one of the most notorious criminals to come out of the Depression - did not shoot at White House - image: wikipedia

Satire: Possibly

From the Boston Globe: The Secret Service reported that a bullet hit a window of the White House and a round of ammunition was found on the White House grounds, there were two speeding cars involved and an AK 47 “recovered” . The Agency that protects the President noted that these events were not necessarily connected – yet there is an arrest warrant out for one Oscar Ortega-Hernandez.

Welcome to the land of gratuitous violence – and the increasing law enforcement problem with criminals who shoot with abandon, with or without “cause”, using weaponry that is “off the grid”, stolen, or bought illegally. The victims are often unintended – someone sitting in a living room, on a porch, and the apparent abandon with which these wanna bee mobsters conduct their “business” is well chronicled in Massachusetts cities: take Springfield for example.

The City, nestled in the Pioneer Valley in Western Massachusetts has recently racked up its20th murder of the year, which also was the 5th “gun” casualty in 5 weeks. In the last instance, the victim was the target, however, in many instances; it happens to be someone just caught in the line of fire. In fact, if one visits www.masslive.com and searches for the key words “shooting victim”, 15,300 articles are returned. The City with a population of roughly 150,000, has recently been ranked using the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report Data from 2010, as the 12th most dangerous city in the U.S.. That places Springfield, MA above DC and Philly on the places one is most likely to get shot, assaulted and or raped.

Crime and the inner city has always gone hand in hand, and as populations shift, the nature of the crimes and the victims change – from the Wild West, to the Unionization of the Gangs of New York (which led to riots which would only embarrasses those who “occupy” Wall Street”), to Chicago’s Red Scare, to the legendary figures: Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde. The rise and fall of the “mafia”, is well chronicled (See Crime Bosses of New England - with all of the aforementioned, one might not find one instance in which a capital building, either state or national, was the unintentional target, in fact there were few unintentional targets.


Map outlining gang activity in U.S. - photo examiner.com

Today, that is simply not the case, going over the list of articles in the Springfield MA Republican (masslive.com), one notices more unintended victims than not – and moving to D.C. and the White House – one can almost bet the house that these “criminals” had no clue – they were driving, trying to kill each other, at the same time, there happened to be a large White House, and they most likely did not even know which house it was, let alone the fact that the House holds the President of the United States, his wife and his two daughters. The man for whom the warrant was issued is one Oscar Ortega, a 21 year old, whose family owns a Mexican Restaurant in Idaho Falls – he apparently was in the vicinity of D.C., and has a history of convictions mostly misdemeanors. So what connects this 21 year old, and in some reports, mentally challenged, Iowan to two speeding cars and an AK 47? (Which resulted in shots at the House that Holds the President?) Perhaps he owns a gun, perhaps he was in D.C., and perhaps he was a passenger in one of the two cars that were involved in the incident.

That said, perhaps if Civics were taught along with the archaic study of U.S. History, those driving by the White House, might have known whom it contained. On the other hand, maybe they did.

However, if this is a prevalent practice in D.C. as it is in Springfield MA, and these gangs or say the basic hot head, are bent on shooting someone who as “wronged them”, lacking experience and skill (a basic NRA course, say), chances are – they’ll miss and hit, say the President, or a Senator or a Congressional Representative. All without fully understanding the implications of such an action - because they are educationally challenged when it comes to civics. If one shoots the President, one is then left with the Vice President in Charge – If they understood the implications, they would know that Biden would be at the helm. Not for nothing, and no offense to the Vice President, but if one believes Obama does not instill confidence…..Biden at the helm opens a whole new can of worms. (Writing from a pragmatic, not partisan point of view) This later day “Gang that couldn’t shoot straight”, would have to drive by Congress, and the Senate, before the nation would see the Iron Lady feared so greatly by those in the Middle East, one Hillary Clinton who is fifth in line to the “throne”.)

It is doubtful, however, that there is nothing more to this than typical gratuitous violence run amok. Which brings up the question of how to control this type of behavior – it is obvious that most of the members of these gangs are undereducated (not unlike most students in the U.S.), lack any morals, (given the fact that death and shooting someone apparently are the norm – see any given TV drama), and when caught are sent to a prison, perhaps, perhaps not (depending upon the judge), and once they arrive at prison, are given room, board, televisions, lawyers and the like.

What is needed is reform on multiple levels, from border control (to keep out the gangs of Mexico and Latin America), education reform, and prison reform (from cushy to Devil’s Island) – there’s a growing problem in the South with certain species of reptiles that are not indigenous to the area, and some which are - With budget cuts, and a growing wild life population, one finds that the situation is out of hand. Just watch any number of shows on Animal Planet or National Geographic on those who capture snakes and gators, on a daily basis. They need help. Would not chain gangs, imported form prisons across the land, made up specifically of gang criminals who have shot at a passerby, or the President, not go a long way towards solving two problems?

One - keeping Floridian’s safe from these vermin while two, ridding the nation of a few bad apples? In addition, word would surely spread, and the glamorous life of a gang member who goes to cushy prison, might look a lot less appealing. Of course, this would have to fly with both the ACLU, (who would rush to the defense of said non-straight shooters), and PETA (who would rush to the defense of the reptiles eating both joggers, and the family dog.)

On a serious note; in the past when such “gangs” have formed, or individual criminals that rose to an almost “star” quality (Dillinger for Instance), it was during times when the economy was less than stellar, and those lacking the necessary skills to find gainful employment turned to crime (and yes, there were psychopaths). However, with the economy in tatters, and inflation on the rise, even those of modest means (on welfare, with an EBT card) are finding that they can afford less, and therefore, may resort to less legal, more violent crimes in order to put food on the table. These individuals are also glorified in today’s music, literature and film, which, somehow translates into an excuse.

To Recap: Shut down the borders, teach Civics, mandatory NRA safety classes, fix the economy, or institute workfare (See FDR), and if that fails, those caught in a life of crime, institute environmental pest control chain gangs in the Everglades. Above all: Protect the President – the odds are entirely against these criminals shooting the right 4 individuals before Hillary Clinton could take charge.

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