On the deck as everyone awakened Kadizzle started a physics discussion. The equator is traveling about one thousand miles an hour towards the east. That means if you launch a rocket eastward from the equator you get a thousand mile per hour push into orbit.
Another day begins. Yesterday Kadizzle went to court to plead not guilty to his trespass charge with the Republicans. While waiting for the judges an elderly woman asked Kadizzle for legal advice. Kadizzle explained he was not qualified to give legal advice, but did anyway. The woman told Kadizzle her story. She had been stopped for an expired tag on her car. She had some sort of other outstanding offense so they made her stay in jail overnight. The poor old woman walked with a cain. This is the good part. To put the woman in jail they had to take here to Globe, which is over sixty miles away. After spending a night in jail the woman was released. Now you have a woman on the street in Globe with no way to get home. This seems like a rather cruel and senseless thing to do to an old lady. It would have seemed someone along the line would have had a little compassion. This is where the magic of the law should come in. It is called discretion. To have a civilized country law enforcement needs discretion. Not so long ago people insisted on mandatory sentencing. The idea turned out to be terrible. The fear was compassionate judges. What a terrible thing compassionate judges. Do you want to live in a country where judges have no compassion? Now this idea of discretion can get out of hand. There have certainly been policemen who have used their discretion to beat the hell out of someone rather than give them a ticket. Some people may have preferred that treatment.
Now it is just about time for a bike ride down to the lakes. What a nice way to start the day. Hopefully there will be elk down there grazing.
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