Cops Suck !

I don't usually do 2 posts in one day.  But I wanted to get this one down and in before I calm down and talk myself out of it because some cops , or inlaws of cops, might read my blog and be offended.

And it is because of the fact, that in my profile, towards the end I state that I love and respect my fellow man and woman, as long as that fellow human intends no harm.  So you could be gay, Indian, janitor, old, lawyer, judge, prostitute , and I would accept you and not pass a predetermined opinion on you.

So, feel free to comment, because I am not going easy on this one.....

Cops suck!

And I am tired of calling them heroes.  Any time that I was in any kind of dire situation in life, I had to get out of it myself.  Not once in my 55 years on this earth has a cop ever come to my aid.  I was attacked by some Latin King gang members, at an ATM, and wound up fighting my way out of it, but suffered a busted jaw and a fractured orbit.  So, I could have used a cop there, but the gang members did not give me a chance to make a call.  And when did the cops show up?  After I dragged my bloody and busted body to the nearest home to call for an ambulance.

But this post is not about the cops protecting me from gang members, but that my only interaction with the police in 55 years has always been a negative experience.  Granted, the majority of the interactions were when they were busy meeting their ticket quota, ultimately transferring my funds into the state coffers.

Let me quantify this rant by explaining that about one hour ago, I was pulled over be a cop for speeding, and it simply was not true.  I have been pulled over for speeding before (not in the past 10 years) and took the ticket unwillingly, without any resistance,  because I knew they were valid. 

In this particular incident an hour ago, I calmly explained to the officer (cop) that he pulled over the wrong speeding vehicle....mine.  The explanation I gave to the cop to substantiate his mistake, was quite valid and sensible, and a little too lengthy to bore you with here, but should have kept the young boy trooper at bay.

Yet, the only thing that boy in a uniform and hat could see, was his ego being questioned.  And you know it is true, that most cops would rather write that ticket and be wrong, than admit to a possible error in his egotistical judgement.

You will see time and time again, when a cop is caught using his badge to dole out his own brand of justice.  And some police sympathizers might claim that those are isolated instances, and not true of all cops.  I say what they those cops say to me about speeding......"If we caught you this time, its only because you do it all the time and just got caught".

I told the young boy, in a uniform and hat with a badge, that we would be seeing each other again in court, as I intend to plead not guilty.

It Is Bad And Wrong To Fly Your Plane Into An IRS Building

When I retired at 55 years of age, I had it fairly well figured out that I would have enough monthly money from my Pension to pay the bills.

I was a  Union carpenter for 33 years and at the age of 53, I acquired a disease called Ankylosing Spondylitis.  It is basically a fusion of the spine, for which there is no cure, and only pain management.  So heavy lifting (which my job required) could no longer be accomplished and I was forced into retirement with a disability.

After a rigorous investigation by the Social Security Administration, along with documents from my doctors and their doctors, I was also awarded Social Security Disability.  After 33 years of being a carpenter, I was now disabled and could not work in my profession.

One would think that my Pension check and my Social Security Disability check that I receive every month would be enough for a disabled person to live on , with some dignity.  Not so.  Our government, specifically the IRS, has decided to put their greedy hands into my only income, and levy my checks for over 65% of their net. 

Now granted, it is because of the poor choices I made when filling out W-4 forms and the late filing of my taxes, back in my younger and stupid days that put me in such a financial debacle with the IRS, but to levy a disabled person whose only source of income are the checks I was awarded because of my disability, IS JUST NOT RIGHT.  Those bastards (IRS) are taking $24,000 per year from my $37,000 per year income. 

The person who flew his plane into an IRS building , was wrong in taking innocent lives, while he took his own.  Yet, I can only imagine the kind of havoc they were wreaking on his financial life, to drive him to do such a horrible act.

I, now disabled, have been reduced to less than poverty level income, while I sit and watch our government hand out billions of dollars to people who make millions and will never suffer.

The IRS is not some robotic machine that is only operating by electricity and some computer commands.  It is run by humans, and I am sure that the many letters I write to the IRS machine that they are inflicting an immense financial hardship on a disabled person, are read by a human being.  All it takes is one human being in the IRS to approve some type of relief for my levies.  And it certainly is not the IRS building that is non-responsive to my requests.