Underdog Militia Report

I saw this article online. I wasn’t going to write an article about it until I started reading the comments.

First of all I didn’t read all the comments. However, I did read enough to get the general Idea about what people were saying.

Also, as a student of history I must point out that throughout most of recorded history teenagers had both the rights and responsibility of adults.
The idea that teenagers are children is a relatively recent phenomenon that started around the late 1890’s and really exploded in the 1950’s.

However the average idiot out there has no problem imposing the responsibility of an adult to someone as young as 12. Hence they are put on trial as adults for victimless crimes, in addition to crimes where there are a victim.

If one 14 year old is charged with a crime as an adult, then all 14 year olds should have the rights of an adult. Including the right to vote. And if you have a problem with that stop charging teenagers as adults. If someone is too young to be allow to do things that adults are allow to do because you think they are unaware of the consequences of their decisions then they should not be required to be held to the consequences of their actions in criminal court. This can included a criminal record that closes plenty of doors and ends many future career options.

Joe Musso announced that he is going to run for mayor of the city of York.

I actually agree with one of his goals: “— Promote a police chief from within the police ranks.”
I’ve always supported promotion from within. Promotion from within encourages people to do their best in expectation that they may someday earn a promotion. I’m not just writing about police departments. Too many companies are run by people with the “give the new administration, management, supervisor position to my old (college, other company) friend”.

Now it may seen ok to the HR manager who doesn’t give a shit. The message it sends to the rank and file who worked hard for years is “fuck you, I don’t give a shit about you or the company. I’m just here to line my own pockets.” It also says to the rank and file people who worked hard— “don’t bother giving 110 percent because your hard work is not going to be rewarded.”

Back to Joe Musso. Here’s the problem. Years ago when he first got on the York city council, he bought city owned property for pennies on the dollar from the city, and then he turned around and sold the property at full market value. I believe he pocketed a nice profit too. There was an article in the local newspaper about it when it happened.