Which is why I’ve been stocking up on ammunition. This is a trend that will increase more and more as our insane economic policies destroy the wealth building capability of the American people which means less of those filthy rich bastards everyone hates so much, which in turn means less tax revenue.

From USA Today:

The recession is altering local law enforcement in the U.S. by forcing some agencies to close precincts, merge with other departments or even shut down.

Once largely spared from the deepest budget cuts, some police departments are struggling to provide basic services, police officials say.

“For the first time, because of the economy, police departments … may have to change how they do business,” says Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum, a law enforcement think tank. “People will see a change in the basic delivery of services,” from longer police response times to a dramatically reduced police presence in some communities.

Harlan Johnson, executive director of the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association, said political leaders are “choosing whether they keep the streetsopenor the police on patrol,” though it’s too early to tell whether the changes will increase crime.

The Obama administration’s $787 billion stimulus plan gives about $4 billion to local law enforcement, including $1 billion to hire and retain officers. But the hiring money has not been distributed, and applicants have requested more than is available.

One of the worst examples comes from Pennsylvania where 19 police stations have been closed in the past 15 months. Over 50, 000 people now rely on the State Police for the entirety of their law enforcement needs, but state police are facing cuts themselves and were never envisioned, or equipped, to handle community law enforcement.

A rise in crime is pretty much imminent in communities affected. Maybe it’s time to invest in some firearms liberals? Then maybe think about how we can increase the number of people paying taxes instead of instituting anti-business policies that will decrease the tax base.

h/t Drudge

Thankfully no one was hurt but the fact that this person would pull a stunt like this at all goes a long way to explaining why he or she got their house foreclosed on in the first place.

From NBC Los Angles:

A bank representative checking on a Riverside foreclosed home got a nasty surprise Tuesday afternoon when he spotted what appeared to be pipe bombs laying all over the property.

Arriving cops agreed with the bank rep and called in the bomb squad.  Eight homes surrounding the vacant house at 1420 Orange Street were ordered evacuated and a small manned armored tractor was sent in to clear the yard of what appeared to be pipe bombs.

Bomb squad experts said it would take hours to make sure the property surrounding the home is clear.  Police said after the yard is given an “all clear” they would tackle the issue of whether the home is booby trapped.   Sgt. Jaybee Brennan of the Riverside Police Department said police think there are more pipe bombs inside the house.

It may be until Wednesday when police will be able to say if the pipe bombs were real or not.

At 10:06 p.m. bomb experts blew up the first of several pipe bombs found in the yard.   People in the surrounding neighborhoods heard the explosion.

There have been no reported injuries.

Residents who were asked to leave the neighborhood during the investigation were allowed to return home Wednesday morning.

Outrageous. No matter what the circumstances killing random innocents should be unacceptable, but I’ll bet you some lefty somewhere is already calling the bomber a hero.

h/t N.T.A.

I missed this story but it happened about five days ago. Fertilizer like this is a key ingredient in homemade bomb making.

From WHTN:

Approximately 1,000 pounds of high-grade nitrate fertilizer was taken from Greens Keepers on Gann Boulevard in Tuscumbia. The company handles fertilization and weed control for residential and commercial lawns. The owner, John Wagner, says he’s been in business for twelve years and nothing like this has ever happened.

“It’s very unusual,” says Wagner. “It was a very big shock to walk in at 7:00 a.m. and see all this gone.”

Sometime early Thursday morning, burglars broke in the business. First, they tried to bust through this glass window in the front of the building. When that didn’t work, police say the crooks pried open the side door.

“It appears that 25 to 30 bags of high-grade nitrate fertilizer was taken off the premises,” explains Wagner.

The thieves stacked the bags of fertilizer onto one of the company trucks, attached a trailer to the back, and loaded a lawn mower on it. The crooks also rummaged through the office – grabbing two computers, an iPod, and a cordless phone.

The stolen property is valued at several thousand dollars. For Wagner, that’s not the most unsettling part.

“The cost of the fertilizer is not the issue, it’s the quantity and the potential for bad guys,” explains Wagner. ”

Wagner worries that having the large amount of fertilizer in the wrong hands could lead to something very dangerous.

“It could potentially be made into a bomb,” says Wagner.

Tuscumbia police say as the burglars were driving off, the trailer, lawn mower, and some fertilizer fell off somewhere on King Street. Shortly after that, investigators say the burglars abandoned the truck on Sterling Boulevard.

The truck and trailer were returned to Greens Keepers. Police are still on the hunt for the fertilizer and the people responsible for taking it.

Right now, the Tuscumbia Police Department does not have any suspects and is asking for the public’s help to develop some leads. If you have any information about the crime or know where the fertilizer may be, call the Shoals Area CrimeStoppers at (256) 386 – 8685.

h/t N.T.A.

The Janet Napolitano led D.H.S. has struck again, releasing a handy glossary of terror related groups which omits Islam yet singles out … Neo-Paganism. Something tells me that generally left leaning Wiccans won’t be too upset since they single out Asatru and Odinism as “Conservative” and thus evil,  yet it is extremely dishonest to claim either have been a factor in any terror attack.

Odinism is too often associated with racist groups even by other neo-Pagans, but there are people who worship Woden (myself included) who not only aren’t racist but could never be a part of a White Supremacist movement. The D.H.S report defines “Racial Nordic Mysticism” this way:

An ideology adopted by many white supremacist prison gangs who embrace a Norse mythological religion, such as Odinism or Asatru.

The problem is that A) There has never been a widespread movement among White prison gangs to move to paganism (and White prison gangs are allied with Mexican prison gangs anyway, making their racism suspect to say the least) and B) Asatru and Odinism are two different religions. Odinism can mean different things to different people (though most people now avoid the term because of the Wiccan-run smear campaign) but the one thing it doesn’t mean is a person who is involved with Asatru which almost always has a strong anti-racism message:

There is a very strong anti-racist, anti-Nazi stance among national Asatru groups in the Scandinavian countries. This is also found in almost all Asatru groups in English speaking countries. They typically have a clear rejection of racism written into their constitutions. Unfortunately, some anti-racism groups like the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (in its Megiddo report) have mistakenly accused the entire religion of racism.

I would theorize that this mistake is one part lazy research and two parts going to Wiccans (who are the polar opposites of asatruar, as followers of Asatru are sometimes known) for religious definitions. While there may be racist groups who refer to themselves as Odinists, most Asatru groups and people dedicated specifically to the Way of Woden are not involved in White power movements, as a little research would show. I defy anyone to find a terror attack on American soil, or anywhere in the world, committed by a Heathen.

There have been over 13,000 terrorist attacks by Muslims since 9/11. 13,000!

Yet no version of the Islamic Imperialism of Jihadism is mentioned in the memo, as Hot Air points out. Modern Paganism, which has never been linked to an atrocity is on the D.H.S. list of extremist groups, while modern Islam which is responsible for some of the worst atrocities of the last few decades, is absent.

Animal rights groups, “Jewish extremists” and Black Separatists all make appearances on the report. And while animal rights groups have been escalating, I fail to see how they get the inclusion while Jihadists don’t. America has little to fear from “Jewish extremists” and Black Separatists are hardly a national security threat.

This latest hack-job from Napolitano’s D.H.S. shows just how politicized, and incompetent, the new administration is. America is not safe with people like this guarding our country, who believe groups that have never attacked the homeland are more worth mentioning than Islamic terrorism. If we aren’t the victims of another 9/11 style attack in the next few years it will truly be a miracle.