http://greatwolf.blogpeoria.com/2008/07/05/just-checking/ Just a quiet corner of the Net where I will come to sit and think and write. Maybe you will find that I have something worthwhile to say. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:09:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://greatwolf.blogpeoria.com/2008/07/05/just-checking/#comment-45517 michael Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:02:44 +0000 http://greatwolf.blogpeoria.com/2008/07/05/just-checking/#comment-45517 This was one of my big complaints when I lived in the your hood was how many times my wife or I would be pulled over as we tried to get home. The cops will claim they are working to slow the drug trade and then will brag about how many citations are issued. The problem is the citations go to people like me (burned out tail light) as the crack dealers stand about waiting for it all to end so they can get back to work. On my street the sweeps would happen about every couple of months and the cops would claim they were fighting crime. The truth is that they make plenty of money off of the violations and then they choose to ignore that homes that were crack houses five years ago are still crack houses today. This was one of my big complaints when I lived in the your hood was how many times my wife or I would be pulled over as we tried to get home. The cops will claim they are working to slow the drug trade and then will brag about how many citations are issued. The problem is the citations go to people like me (burned out tail light) as the crack dealers stand about waiting for it all to end so they can get back to work. On my street the sweeps would happen about every couple of months and the cops would claim they were fighting crime. The truth is that they make plenty of money off of the violations and then they choose to ignore that homes that were crack houses five years ago are still crack houses today.

]]> http://greatwolf.blogpeoria.com/2008/07/05/just-checking/#comment-45051 anotherexjser Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:17:09 +0000 http://greatwolf.blogpeoria.com/2008/07/05/just-checking/#comment-45051 Thanks for this. I wish all of our politicians could read it. Thanks for this. I wish all of our politicians could read it.

]]> http://greatwolf.blogpeoria.com/2008/07/05/just-checking/#comment-45041 Peoria Pundit » Local: Exchanging freedom for a little security? No thanks ... Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:21:32 +0000 http://greatwolf.blogpeoria.com/2008/07/05/just-checking/#comment-45041 [...] to Seth Ben-Ezra for putting my feelings into words better than I can regarding police check points: Yesterday was July 4, when we celebrate men who had the chutzpah to think that this sort of thing [...] [...] to Seth Ben-Ezra for putting my feelings into words better than I can regarding police check points: Yesterday was July 4, when we celebrate men who had the chutzpah to think that this sort of thing [...]

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