Each day Bill records a MICKnugget, a one-minute take on some issue that got his attention that morning. Below are the scripts for last week’s NUGGETS.
CLICK HERE if you’d like to hear them. Here are the scripts:
10.30.21- PROFILING
I’m a believer in profiling. Even had a class on it as a drug cop. It is a valuable tool. But a tool is all it is…
Profiling is nothing more than observing and considering what you are seeing. It makes sense and we all do it every day.
In this case, police in New York State saw a vehicle with anti-Israeli slogans and imagery driving in Westchester County. In today’s environment, it merited another look.
Some of the slogans were written on the windshield. Ah-ha! A safety violation was probable cause to stop the car and inquire further.
They did. They found the license plate was fake and impounded the car. In the subsequent search they discovered a loaded gun under the driver’s seat.
Did they stop anything from happening? We can’t be sure, but their observation and diligent application of the law just could have prevented a tragedy.
Profiling, my friends, ain’t a bad thing.
10.31.23- Your Next Car Just Got More Expensive
The strike of the three major automakers appears to be coming to a close. That’s probably a good thing, but there will be a price to pay.
One industry insider tells me the new compact will add somewhere around $900 to the cost of each new car.
Once Ford reached a deal with UAW the handwriting was on the wall. Stellantis soon joined Ford and in less than a weekend GM was on board.
If the union ratifies each of the deals, and it’s likely they will, production will resume quickly, but that is not the end of the manufacturer’s problems.
EV production has pushed traditional vehicles to the background with heavy taxpayer subsidies in play.
The problem is consumers don’t want EVs. They are sitting on dealer lots for far too long.
Let’s hope the automakers learn this lesson quickly as well.
11.01.23- Defeatable D-33
Recent polling would indicate the D-33 Representative is not the lock he’d like to believe he is in the Florida D-19 Senate race.
I’d like to be excited by the news, but I am more pragmatic than that.
First, it is a poll paid for by an unidentified entity. Secondly, it’s a push poll with questions that are clearly biased against D-33. On top of those, the margin of error is over 5%.
That said, when likely Republican voters are informed about D-33’s actions in office, the numbers against him are enormous.
He loses 51-14, 50-14 and 47-15% against three potential opponents. Those numbers are insurmountable if the voters are informed.
That’s where voter activism comes into play. Far too many regular voters hit the polls uninformed.
We must be engaged if we are to control our government. It’s time for work.
1.03.23- Meaningless Endorsements
A week or so ago the D-33 representative pulled his endorsement of Governor Ron DeSantis for the presidency and threw his support at President Trump. He, as usual, cited weak response by DeSantis on anti-Semitism.
This week Senator Voldermort, aka Rick Scott, endorsed Trump’s run for the nomination.This week Senator Voldemort, aka Rick Scott, endorsed Trump’s run for the nomination.
In reality these endorsements, or any others by elected officials, are meaningless. Why? These people rely on us, the voters, to keep their jobs. If we had the wisdom to choose them, what makes them suddenly the ones to suggest to us how to vote? Did we not get it right when we chose previously?
No, these endorsements tell us much more about the endorser than the endorsee. It’s about tying their names to a candidate they believe will help them in the long run.
I hope Sheriff Ivey realizes this about the SOE race, because he sure picked poorly in that one.