Los Angeles, CA —I should have written this sooner but the negative experience I had with this airline has been continually relived in my mind.  Better I do this late than never!   It was well over a year ago I had to take a short notice flight to Chicago.    I searched for the cheapest fare, which was anything but cheap. Spirit Airlines came in at the lowest fare but not by much.   This was my fist and hopefully last flight on this carrier.   What went wrong you might ask?   To begin with Spirit is following the competition in doing the things I hate like those confusing nickel and dime schemes over baggage fees.   I want to be charged a single price and be left alone. Because of the fees overhead  bins are always overstuffed and the loading and unloading of passengers is painfully slower than need be.  From the boarding counter to exiting the plane their clerks and crew were unfriendly and downright mean.   I ne...

San Francisco, CA —Today the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals followed recent rulings by The United States Supreme Court by striking down the California ban on concealed weapons. In a 127page opinion ruled that the long standing law that allowed for “may issue” permits was un-Constitutional.   The stricken aw had given police official’s absolute power to issue or deny permits to applicants.   The permits were almost exclusively issued to politicians, bureaucrats and heavy political campaign donors in the more populous jurisdictions.   Appeal is unlikely because of the SCOTUS  McDonald decision that is in fact the law of the land.   That case is what toppled Chicago’s ban.   Illinois officials   are currently issuing thousands of permits to law-abiding citizens.   What this really means is that if a gun owner is free of felony or domestic violence convictions and is not mentally ill the current law requiring a permit to c...

Westchester, CA —In this quiet  West L.A.  neighborhood three amateurish, hoodie and glove wearing African-American burglars invaded a home.   This is crime particularly dangerous because you will see in the video below that at least one of the thugs   is armed with a black semi-automatic handgun .   The burglars are using backpacks and their pockets to conceal the items that they are stealing. They got away with $20,000.00 in jewelry in this January 20th crime.  They cut the power lines to disable the home alarm and but were unable to defeat the home security and video system.    Remember for the most part the thugs were looking downward.  Well-lit rooms help with better camera resolution.    Keeping drapes open will help.    Most every residential burglary is a daytime operation. The victims are usually at work.    Your video security system should have its own power supply and the ability to send ...

Chicago, IL —Make no mistake liberty, privacy and freedom died here decades ago.   Most people just don’t have a clue freedom is dead until they experience government tyranny first hand.   Apparently hearing about some neighbor’s troubles does not raise enough red flags. Despite that our Bill of Rights and Constitution never provided politicians a simple method to make amendments they’ve taken the law and our formerly guaranteed liberty into their own hands.   Americans have been brainwashed through constant media propaganda into believing their rights somehow must be balanced against the collective safety and security needs.   There is no lawful way to trade liberty for security outside of properly amending the Constitution for restricting rights.   Even if there were a legitimate way this concept simply won’t work.    Government cannot guarantee safety even in maximum-security prisons.   How can this be accomplished in a fr...

Florence, AZ —Phoenix television stations must be starving for news today.   They sent crews out to Anthem Elementary School in this not so nearby Phoenix suburb.   It is about a one-hour drive each way for TV news crews responding to this “important” story. Apparently a troubled 8 th grader there sent a text suggesting he did not want to live and put out a list of those he was unhappy with.   Without being specific the Florence police officials told reporters that they determined that the message was ambiguous and not a valid threat. I don’t suggest for a second that the matter should not be investigated.   It was, and there was no crime.   I’m sure this event deserved some legitimate concern for the depressed lad in question. Whoever called the media to this event was more dangerous than the kid.   More than that, the decision by assignment editors to make a news story out of this garbage is more troubling. Whoever called the media in on thi...