Ah the old switcheroo! Rape? Fraud?

So the Massachusets supreme Court ruled that it isn't rape to trick a woman into having sex with you. In this case, a girl was sleeping, her boyfriends brother came into a dark room, woke her, and had sex with her. It wasn't until he left and turned the light on that she realized it was the brother, not her boyfriend.

So on the surface I thought... hmm... thats an interesting legal opinion...

Then I thought about it...

See article:
http://www.kansascity.com/136/story/105899.html

So on the surface it seems like a no-brainer... This guy tricked her into having sex with him right?

I mean yes, she was a willing participant, but ONLY because she was misled into thinking it was her boyfriend. If she had known the TRUTH she wouldn't have slept with him...

Well... Then I got thinking... If 'tricking' a girl into having sex with you is going to now be a crime... What about the following scenario's:

-If you tell a girl you are rich, she sleeps with you, and later finds out you are poor... Is that rape cause you misrepresented yourself, and upon finding out the truth, she really wouldn't have had sex with you?

-What about if you tell a girl you love her, she has sex with you, and later finds out you lied and you really don't love her, and if she had known the truth, she wouldn't have had sex with you. Is that rape? Cause you lied in order to get her to consent? You fooled her?

In watching a news story about this on TV it was suggested by the anchorwoman that "surely" massachussets needs to pass a law that labels sex by fraud as 'rape' (as it is currently written legal "rape" requires non-consent and force)

So after thinking it thru... While surely underhanded (what this guy did) all I have to say to the girl is "turn the light on next time"

Because if tricking a girl into having sex with you by lying or misrepresenting yourself is a crime... Man we'd have 90% of the male population accused of rape by their ex-girlfriends.

Seriously though, law in this country is based on precedent... and if we change legislation to make it rape when a guy lies or misrepresents who he is in order to have sex with a girl... where is the distinction between telling a girl you are rich and wealthy and you want to marry her, which makes her agree to have sex with you, and other lies and misrepresentations...

The Staggering Shift of the Role of Government

As a libertarian, I'm for less government almost across the board.

But as far as government services go, things like police and fire... I would consider those to be the core role of government.

And I think its shocking that we see the withdrawl of these core services while entitlement programs EXPAND.

There are hundreds of examples, but here is one of the expansion of entitlement programs... Wisconsins "family care" program is being expanded so more people can get handouts from the government. (aka my taxes) while I have to pay for my own health insurance... While my insurance stops paying for my nexium to cut costs... Other people who suck off the government Tit get more.

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=602070

While at the same time, on the same day, we have a report of how the Milwaukee County Sherrif is no longer providing patrol to park-and-ride lots.

http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/7470122.html

I quoted the whole article below just in case the link doesn't work.

Comments in the article indicate that there are not enough police resources... and that the sherrif won't respond to property crimes in those lots.

So while we see MORE money getting allocated to entitlement programs (as seen in the first article) we have these core services which we "can't afford"

When will this country and specifically wisconsin come to its senses and get government back to what its suppoe to be? Protecting rights? Not taking money from some to distribute to others while then taking core services of government and failing to supply them.

Park-and-Ride Debate
Heather Shannon
MILWAUKEE - Are the park-and-ride lots safe? The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department patrols 10 county owned lots. But the sheriff is now refusing to patrol seven other lots that are owned by the state of Wisconsin.

The sheriff says state troopers should patrol those lots.

"We are talking about state owned lots. These are not county lots. It's not county property," Kim Brooks, Public Information Officer for the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department said. "Our hands are full dealing with the problems we have on county owned lots."

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke wants the Wisconsin State Patrol to police the state owned lots. But they said Sheriff Clarke cannot tell them to start patrolling, because Wisconsin law says they are "not legally allowed to investigate criminal activity."

In addition, the Wisconsin State Patrol doesn't have any resources allotted to Milwaukee County. Their closest station is in Waukesha County, so some people who use state owned park-and-rides are afraid if something happened, it would take too long until a state trooper arrived.

"Whatever could happen or does happen is going be gone 40 to 45 minutes later," Wayne Dhein said. Dhein is a bus driver for All State Lines. He uses park-and-rides daily, and says he's noticed a spike in suspicious activity since word got out that sheriff's deputies wouldn't respond. "There does have to be somebody at least going through once in a while, to keep things in order."

Sheriff Clarke has been asking the state to take over the patrolling of the lots, and has also been asking for surveillance cameras to be installed to curb crime in the lots. When the state did not respond to either request, Clarke stopped his patrols on May 1.

"We can't be everywhere. We need help. And we need the state to help police state park-and-ride lots," Brooks said. When reporter Heather Shannon asked Brooks, "What if the state says, we're not going to do that?" Brooks said, "Then I guess we're in the situation that we're in."

The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department will still respond to emergency calls involving threats to people. But they will not respond to "property related crimes." Meaning if your car is stolen or gets broken into, you could have a hard time getting someone to respond.

My Directorial Debut. Deserves and Oscar

Or is this more of a music video?

Shot during the "day without latino's" protest on May 1st

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc1lujJEIOU