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Tuesday, April 12, 2005

From whine to crime

Posted by: Hammer / 1:46 PM

John Kerry says "too many people were denied their right to vote". Power Line calls Kerry a whiner and reminds us that Republicans were the real victims of intimidation: "In Colorado, there was an epidemic of vandalism by Democrats, including the smashing of a door in the home of a county Bush-Cheney chairman."

Power Line relies on Vail Trail for the epidemic of vandalism. A Hitlerian level of vandalism and intimidation, apparently:

The cars of Eagle-Vail resident Gunther Schmidt and his daughter had their Bush-Cheney bumper stickers scratched off, but he just stuck new ones right back on. Originally from Germany, Schmidt knows well the history of Hitler’s fascist movement and says the analogy fits.

"It starts kind of slow and easy with little things but can escalate into something more," he comments. "I can see people being threatened by it, and becoming afraid that someone will do something to them. I thought we lived in a free country where you could express your opinion in a nonviolent way, without being punished for it."

Allow me to recap: lawn signs were stolen or vandalized; a car window was broken; and a home was burgled. None of these acts are necessarily political. Stealing lawn signs seems political, and likely is. On the other hand, my high school's cross country team stole dozens of lawn signs one year and placed them all in the coach's yard. It wasn't a political act. It was a practical (if felonious) joke. Back in the spring of 1986 I broke a car window with a foul ball. I didn't think to check the car's bumper stickers before swinging. In 1990, my apartment was burgled. In 1999, my home was burgled. I don't think either burglary was intended to send me a message.

Power Line makes a broad assumption here that warrants another pass. The home of the county chair of the Bush-Cheney campaign was burgled. The chair was away from home for 24 hours and returned to find the front door broken, but nothing taken. She, and Power Line, assume that it was political intimidation. It's possible, but it's not fact. It's far more likely that it was an attempted burglary that went bad. A dog barked. A car drove by.

A vile threat festers among these rotten assumptions:

ONE MORE THING: It occurs to me that as this low-level violence becomes more and more prevalent, the Second Amendment will take on increasing importance.

For safety's sake, I hope there are no mischievous distance runners in Hindrocket's neighborhood next fall.

8 Comments:

How is taking lawn signs and placing them on another lawn a felony? While were talking about it, how about replacing copies of MLS data sheets w/ Swank? Is that a felony?

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4:07 PM  

I don't know that it's a felony, but it is a crime to take someone's lawn signs.

By Blogger Hammer, at 6:59 PM  

the wife told me to ask you about the time where she broke into your house and tped it. was there a canoe involved too.

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:45 PM  

That was one of at least 3 criminal acts your wife engaged in. One, the placing of oreos in the high school before graduation. Two, the treeing of Tekla's yard. Three, burgling my house -- entering it with the intent to pour packing peanuts into a canoe. In my living room.
Yeah, seriously, some of the stuff we did in high school would be considered criminal now. Not the canoeing, but the oreo-in of the high school for sure.

By Blogger Hammer, at 7:54 AM  

didnt she throw a pie in anne coulter's face too???

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:03 AM  

Oh, yeah, she used to do that all the time. She was a hellion, your wife.

By Blogger Hammer, at 8:11 AM  

08:25] The Wife: for the record, I didn't actually do any of the oreo placing, I was just the driver they would not allow me to go into the school, and I am pretty sure I was just the driver for the treeing adventure also
[08:26] The Wife: I was however fully involved in the burgling of hammer's house, once Pat Riely got in and we could stop hiding in the trees

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:38 AM  

She's an aider and abettor. The getaway driver. The toughest job, really, because you have to get the keys to the Gnarly Black 4 x 4 from your dad.

By Blogger Hammer, at 9:02 AM  

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