Theft and Liberal Government

     Sometimes you see something on face book or the comments people make on it, which gives you a different impression on the post then your first.  That happened today when someone posted the following picture on face book:

      The person who posted didn’t want to start a debate on this, but why post such a provocative picture and as part of your commentary say “I am sharing this because it seems like a(n) accurate observation about 2 kinds of opposite thought patterns.”    So my first reaction was that this is not a very accurate depiction of the conservative viewpoint so I commented by saying “This picture generated some interesting discussion however, it is the old when is the last time you beat your wife approach so typical of liberals/progressives.”  My point being that they first depict their side as more fair (and say that it’s an accurate observation) and precede from there to discuss what other things the picture might mean.  I stand  by that observation, however, looking at the further discussion I noticed something else.

     What prompted this different take was comment the orginal poster added later.  Which was this “The wall is there to keep the non-paying public out of the stadium. Taking the wall down would be unfair to the people who paid and the players.”  Which I think brings up a completely different issue, theft.  The poster went on to elaborate that “I think the boxes are government programs”.  I had not perceived the picture as those outside the fence stealing the production of the players inside.  This brought me to an interesting conclusion, she had seen something that I did not, the people outside the fence are stealing from the players, the owner(s) of the team and the owner(s) of the stadium (whomever that might be), but further they are doing it at the expense of the people who had paid for their seats through their own effort, and they are being assisted by the government in the theft.  So maybe this really does represent the current government and the way it works, even though it doesn’t represent conservatives/libertarians it certainly represents the liberals and their big government.

Whats needed is reasonable security.

     Everyone is proposing something regarding the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut,  I thought I would add my two cents worth.  The first reaction of most lawmakers was of course shock and sadness, as one would expect.  What followed next was lawmakers doing what they always do when confronted with a problem, talk about how more laws are needed.  They seem to collectively think that if they just passed that one magic law human evil would disappear and no one would be harmed by it ever again. 
     As with other tragedies of this nature, they trot out the usual causes.  The Democrats always blame the gun, as if it magically does it without human contact.  The Republicans always say you can't restrict the rights of others because of the wrong doing of some, a position with which I agree, but that is beside the point we can argue "gun control" another day.  But is there a more simple solition to the problem that is being overlooked, I think there are ways that this particular act (attacking children at school) can be thwarted outside the gun debate and without creating new laws, that may infringe on others right to defend themselves.
     My solution is simply better security at our schools.  Here is a couple things which I think can be done, and rather cheaply so the tax and spenders don't take advantage of yet another crisis to further our collapse.  First all school doors should be locked so no one from the outside can gain access after the children come in for school (even the scumbags in Colorado where late for school that day).  There should be a electronic system so someone can let those that need access into the building, and a securtiy person to perform pat down searches where necessary (ACLU if you have a problem with this you can go to hell, people who want to avoid the pat down simply need not come to the school).  Further, with the ease and cheapness of installing a computer camera monitoring system schools could simply put one on every door and the door should be alarmed so if it is opened from the inside security will be alerted.  Finally, I think the security at the school should be armed, and as many of the teachers who desire be trained, be trained and given concealed carry permits. 
     This will serve to make schools a "harder target" for would be attackers.  It is possible the wackos and the creeps will move on to other targets, we cannot predict the future but we can protect our children with just a few very simple and very cheap actions.