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Even with all the financial failure that surrounds us, I still find myself loathe to accept any type of government intervention.\u00a0 We throw around comments like “too big to fail” but rarely examine the end game.\u00a0 Greg Swann recently reposted a very intelligent treatise<\/a> on something he likes to call Rotarian Socialism<\/a> and how each “fix” only begets a greater problem down the road.\u00a0 As a matter of fact, Mr. Swann and I share a healthy fear of government and the implied force of violence that backstops all regulations and laws.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week I followed a story out of Spokane, WA.\u00a0 It centers around a Mr. Kevin Coe, convicted rapist and suspected serial rapist.\u00a0 For the relevant details and background on this story click here<\/a>.\u00a0 Mr. Coe, however, is not the scary part of this story:<\/p>\n

Coe has completed his sentence of 25 years in prison, but he is not getting out of jail yet.\u00a0 Starting tomorrow, Coe faces a civil trial as the state tries to keep him locked up indefinitely as a violent sexual predator.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe think he’s mentally ill and dangerous,\u201d said Todd Bowers of the state Attorney General’s Office.<\/p>\n

In 1990, Washington became the first state to create a program to keep behind bars people determined to be at risk of committing more sex crimes even after they have completed their sentences. A special facility near Tacoma holds about 300 of them, including Coe, whose sentence was completed in 2006.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A person is convicted of a crime and sentenced.\u00a0 He never allocutes; he maintains his innocence throughout (despite the government’s repeated attempts at blackmail offered in the form of early parole) and he serves his FULL TERM.\u00a0 At which time the government continues to keep him locked up; found guilty by a jury of legislators<\/em>, of having the potential<\/strong> to commit another crime.<\/p>\n

The state reserves the power to take away your property, your liberty and your very life.\u00a0 They enforce this power at the tip of a gun.\u00a0 All laws, all regulations (and, apparently now, all judgment on potential<\/em>) is maintained by the government, ultimately, on penalty of death.\u00a0 The abrogation Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Even with all the financial failure that surrounds us, I still find myself loathe to accept any type of government intervention.\u00a0 We throw around comments like “too big to fail” but rarely examine the end game.\u00a0 Greg Swann recently reposted a very intelligent treatise on something he likes to call Rotarian Socialism and how each […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4502","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-general","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17458,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/17458\/overnight-news-when-the-accused-criminal-tells-you-its-shameful-to-dig-for-evidence-keep-digging\/","url_meta":{"origin":4502,"position":0},"title":"Overnight News: When the accused criminal tells you it\u2019s shameful to dig for evidence \u2013 keep\u00a0digging.","author":"Greg Swann","date":"November 11, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's some good news: When the grown-up wins, all of our electoral procedures will be audited and improved. 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