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you know it’s going to be a good day…

When you get stopped at a roadblock in your town, and you get into an argument with the cop about the purpose and legality of said roadblock…

Hello? Civil liberties? I guess I’m lucky I didn’t get to go to jail this morning instead of coming here to teach, but I have to say I worry more and more about the direction the courts are going in terms of protecting our rights. More on this later, I promise.

6 Responses to “you know it’s going to be a good day…”

  1. 1
    Leslie Bailey:

    And double that if you’re African American. However, I must say, I thank God for favor, when after being pulled over by the police recently, I was let go because of my address. The police officer told me I was speeding, but he would let me go with a “warning” because “I don’t like giving tickets to residence.”

    Our civil liberties are slowly but surely being stripped away under the guise of Homeland Security.

  2. 2
    Leslie Bailey:

    Sorry for mistake in my comment. I wrote r-e-s-i-d-e-n-c-e.
    I should have written,: r-e-s-i-d-e-n-t-s.
    Hate making mistakes like that. Always feel that because
    I AM a teacher, I should not make grammatical errors.
    I know that’s a fallacy. But still, I don’t like it!

  3. 3
    Leslie Bailey:

    Dr. D. The following pops up everytime I write you a comment. Is this suppose to happen? You get my comments, but am I doing something wrong? Thanx

    Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/techteam/public_html/flaneuse/wp-content/themes/default/functions.php:795) in /home/techteam/public_html/flaneuse/wp-comments-post.php on line 55
    ml/flaneuse/wp-comments-post.php on line 57

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    Rhoshonda:

    Mornings like that seem to set the tone for a “crazy” day… I hope yours turned out great!!!!! Good thing you weren’t arrested… They always look to make their quotas… Darn those cops!!!

  5. 5
    Dr. Dana:

    It’s just a bug in the system, Leslie. Nothing to worry about — your comments show up just fine.

  6. 6
    Leslie Bailey:

    Hey Dr. D,
    One thing I like about this class, is the camaraderie with fellow classmates. Randi showed me what I was doing wrong on Blackboard and now things are copacetic.

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