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A Guide to American Political Ironies
Dr. D figured his last missive was a bit heavy handed. So he went for something lighter this time. A penance, a doctor’s guide: “It’s hard enough to find a candidate that will even promise to do something right so it doesn’t help that they do the opposite 90% of the time.”
Dr. D:
Who wrote “We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal”? Jefferson, a slave owner.
Who was one of the most ardent Abolitionists? Alexander Hamilton.
Was he a slave owner? Yes.
Who won the election of 1824? No one, it was decided by the House of Representatives.
So which party lost? None: all four candidates were Democratic-Republicans.
In response, Andrew Jackson, a slave owner, created the Democratic Party.
Jackson created the Democratic Party as an anti-bank, anti-oligarch, states-rights platform the Tea Party would recognize.
Martin Van Buren, a Democrat, created the first concentration camp for Cherokee Indians in 1838.
Those 17,000 Cherokees owned 2,000 slaves.
Did Lincoln create the Republican Party? No, it was an amalgamation of failed parties: Lincoln was their 1st candidate.
What was the Lincoln campaign of 1860? Non-interference in state slavery.
Why? The decision of Dred Scott in 1857, a slave owned by abolitionists in a state he did not reside. Overturning 250 years of history, the case determined that no slave could ever become a citizen, i.e. freed.
Who was the best known Confederate General? Stonewall Jackson.
What did he do when he sided with the Southern cause? Freed his slaves.
Who else was a top Confederate General? William Mahone.
What did he do? He was the creator of the most successful interracial alliance in the post-war South. His name was purged first by Southern Democrats (for integration), then by modern Democrats (for being a Confederate).
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More Police Does Not Mean Less Crime
More Police Does Not Mean Less Crime
According to a interactive crime map, crime in the city of Hamilton was on the rise with 380 incidents in the month of December.
The map clearly shows that most of the criminal activity was in the downtown core. Which is interesting considering that this area of the city has the largest police presence and most of the cities CCTV camera’s.
The Hamilton police Action team, made up of officers on foot, bikes, horseback, and in cars patrol the area heavily. There are many times that even taking a ten minute walk through downtown you will see upwards of eight to ten officers in that short amount of time.
The Hamilton police service Action strategy has been recognized internationally for “lowering crime and restoring civility to downtown streets”.
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Hamilton Police Under Investigation For Writing Fake Tickets | Canadian Awareness Network
Hamilton Police Under Investigation For Writing Fake Tickets | Canadian Awareness Network.
The Hamilton police ACTION (Addressing Crime Trends In Our Neighborhoods) team is described on the Hamilton police website as:
“The ACTION Team is made possible through funding obtained from the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services under the Provincial Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy (PAVIS). PAVIS aims to reduce illegal gang, drug and weapons activities in communities by focusing on intervention, prevention, enforcement and community mobilization.”
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Police cheif Glenn DeCaire has repeatedly applauded the team for “cleaning up” the downtown core. Even though not much has changed. You can take a walk down King St. and watch drug deals out in the open on a daily basis, and the alcohol problems are just as prevelent.
Anyone who has spent any amount of time in downtown Hamilton has at least seen the ACTION team. There are days where there is as many as 8 action team officers are patroling the intersection of King St. and James St. On several of those days I had been in the area filming, had them approach me asking what I was doing and even had one officer state “I smell weed smoke, do you smoke weed?”. This kind of behavior is not out of the ordinary, I have been told by countless people that Action team officers have unjustly harrassed them.
Now the ACTION team is under investigation for writing fake tickets, to improve their numbers.
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