" Because the Democratic Party is The Only Effective Institution to Implement Policy"

I think the guy at the end (Mark Malouf) is more important than 90% of this video so if you want, just skip until the last 30 seconds.

Sanders supporters walk out

This is what's wrong.  I hate this.  This is how we keep get a Trump and a Clinton.  We keep lying and saying

"F it. Whoever is playing on the winning team is who I want to back.  Yeah I like rooting for those guys that don't win but I really want to pick a Winner that I like the most.  And as long as those two teams are red or blue (in this case) I can live with the results.  Besides it's worked for the past 150 plus years right?

We have to begin as a public expect more of our leaders and more importantly more of ourselves.

We let this happen.

Civilization may have been briefly lost with the advent of technology such as the Internet but now I believe it's time we begin to move and trust our own beliefs a little more and not cower in fear that we may lose.

On Robots and Policing.

This article has to do with robots and domestic policing policy.  It doesn't touch on any of the racial tension surrounding the events that triggered the scenario in Dallas.

While I don't have a problem with the robot killing the suspect in this particular case, I believe we must establish a very clear policy for deadly force using robots and it needs to happen sooner rather than later.

This is what I think we know so far.

The suspect was confined, the area was secure of known civilians, and they could potentially communicate to the suspect. 

 

In this particular occasion it appears the suspect was emotionally disturbed.  There was also alleged taunting and singing which I would deem irrelevant to a professional force, but I know they're human too.  The suspect also allegedly said he had plans for more, if setting off any remote bombs seemed a possibility I again SUPPORT the officers decision.

However to use the same technique again should again require extreme circumstances that should be later REQUIRED to be proven true.  (The State has an obligation to provide all evidence after the fact in most cases anyway.)

I have fear that we will begin to use the robots to bomb suspects without doing the correct police work.

For example we believed on what we thought was good intelligence and been wrong before.  Specifically in our ward with terrorists where we mistakenly have bombed schools and other innocent civilians.

I also believe on occasion that police officers can be corrupt.  That on some level there is always the potential for a good officer to become or be a bad one.  

To remotely bomb a space should be an ABSOLUTE last resort for those two reasons alone.

This will kind of set a precedent. 

 If some one is on a drug bust some kind of raid and they say they fear for their lives for a breach, it is conceivable that the state could freely bomb almost any building at any time.

 What if we suspect a domestic terrorist is at a home making bombs right now, and we say he is heavily armed, and we bomb that area.  Then we later find out that the state was wrong and they kill a civilian?

This is why it's a complex issue and a bit of a big deal.

I believe it's also important in this day and age for all police to film their interactions.  While on duty nearly all of their actions should be recorded, and would think especially using explosives to kill.

Optimism In A Pessimistic Age.

I know there are problems in the world.

I know that thing like terrorism, economic inequalities, civil rights injustices, and more seem to be omnipresent in the news.

Sometimes I watch the political discourse used on message boards, facebook, twitter, and even from the politicians themselves and it feels like the world wants to tear itself apart.

Yet I still have hope.  I still love everything about this world and for all the faults that exist in myself and in the world around me I seem now to be hopelessly happy.

At the end of the month I will marry the woman I love.  I have met so many great people and feel as though through it all I'm mostly made a positive impression on the world.  I have a job where I work with good, talented and unique people.  I have the ability to travel to see my fiends and family on occasion and on occasions they can come and visit me.

I find myself constantly reminiscing over my past, reflecting on how I got here and sometimes I just find it incredible.  Life isn't easy, constantly missing potential pitfalls and battling our own battles.  Yet through it all, I feel as though I've made it.  A sense of happiness seems to have settled in that somehow feels permanent.  Or at least that I understand the path to create my own happiness.

Optimists seems rarer and rarer these day.  But I'm one of them.  I believe that even today in world rife with cynicism, fear, and rage that we can still come together and overcome our differences in the name of peace, community and love.  

I don't believe in any one religion.  I am an Agnostic.  But I believe in people.  I have faith in the unreal emotion of love. I have faith that most people do not want to cause others harm, that instead the inverse is true, and if given a simple opportunity to help, one would do so.

That while we are hopelessly flawed, we shall forever attempt to improve upon ourselves and create a better future for all to live peacefully.