Stan Bernard
Pieces of my mind...because a mind is a terrible thing to taste
Friday, April 30, 2004
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Wednesday, April 28, 2004
USATODAY.com - Florida town to use blanket of surveillance cameras: "Florida town to use blanket of surveillance cameras
MANALAPAN, Fla. (AP) � One of the nation's wealthiest towns will soon have cameras and computers running background checks on every car and driver that passes through.
Police Chief Clay Walker said cameras will take infrared photos recording a car's tag number, then software will automatically run the numbers through law enforcement databases. A 911 dispatcher is alerted if the car is stolen or is the subject of a 'be on the lookout' warning.
Next to the tag number, police will have a picture of the driver, taken with another set of cameras � upgraded versions of the standard surveillance cameras already in place.
If there is a robbery, police will be able to comb records to determine who drove through town on a given afternoon or evening.
'Courts have ruled that in a public area, you have no expectation of privacy,' said Walker, one of 11 sworn officers who protects Manalapan's 321 residents. Still, Walker says Manalapan's data will be destroyed every three months.
Manalapan's town council authorized $60,000 in security upgrades last week after three burglaries this winter robbed residents of $400,000 in jewelry. The town averages two or three burglaries per year and residents demanded swift response, Town Manager Gregory Dunham said.
The 2000 Census listed Manalapan, about 15 miles south of West Palm Beach, among the nation's richest cities, with two out of every three homes worth more than $500,000.
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Tuesday, April 27, 2004
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Sunday, April 18, 2004
Israel continues to take military action against civilian leaders of an avowed terrorist organization HAMAS. Surely it can't be lost to those in power..Violence begets violence. Israel is wielding a hammer and sword and expecting flowers in return. The "bullshit" roadmap to peace and the tacit approval of the CRIMINAL actions of the Israeli military by the US and its allies is the seed from which all of our troubles with the Arabic and Islamic worlds will spring. We can not stand by and let the slaughter continue. I despise extremism and religious fanaticism of all stripes. Palestine has a right to exist. Israel has a right to exist. How long is the US going to be led around by the nose by the State of Israel? What have they done for the US? Now or ever? Buy our weapons and act as a stalking horse for us in the middle east? Israel looks out for its own interest regardless of rule of law or international opinion. Why is the US so slavishly permissive to this tiny little nation? I am so exhausted of the "middle east" peace process-peace initiative-roadmap to peace..you choose the propaganda cliché I am so tired of Israel and all of the absolute misery that this one tiny nation perpetuates that last night I had a curious thought.. What would a world without Israel be like? To my absolute surprise the answer was quite simple....A much more peaceful place. Unpopular thoughts... What has Israel done for us lately? What have they ever done for us? What are they likely to do in the future? Do we need them? For What? Rachel Corrie will not be forgotten
- Stan Bernard, none (April 18, 2004; Edmonton, Canada)
Even the smallest act of kindness reverberates across great distances and spans of time,affecting lives unknown to the one whose generous spirit was the source of this good echo,because kindness is passed on and grows each time it's passed,until a simple courtesy becomes an act of selfless courage years later and far away. Likewise, each small meaness,each ,_expression of hatred, each act of evil . (HR White "This Momentous Day")
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