On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 7:41 PM, authfriend <jst...@panix.com> wrote: > Joe, here's what Sheriff Clarence Dupnik just said at a > press conference: > > "When you look at unbalanced people, how they respond to the > vitriol that comes out of certain mouths about tearing down > the government. The anger, the hatred, the bigotry that goes > on in this country is getting to be outrageous. And, > unfortunately, Arizona I think has become sort of the > capital. We have become the Mecca for prejudice and bigotry. > > "It's not unusual for all public officials to get threats > constantly, myself included. And that's the sad thing of > what's going on in America. Pretty soon, we're not going to > be able to find reasonable, decent people who are willing to > subject themselves to serve in public office." >
Reasonable, decent people and public office are oxymorons. Some, at the local level, run for the right reasons. The rest run for greed and power.
