Comments on: One Drink Too Many on the New Jersey Turnpike http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2009/09/09/one-drink-too-many-on-the-new-jersey-turnpike/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-drink-too-many-on-the-new-jersey-turnpike @TAC Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:27:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Thomas O. Meehan http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2009/09/09/one-drink-too-many-on-the-new-jersey-turnpike/comment-page-1/#comment-9553 Thomas O. Meehan Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:57:49 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/blog/?p=2140#comment-9553 Once again, the government responds to external threats by clamping down on the only people they know how to.....us. Do we feel much safer now that we surrender our little Swiss Army Knives at courthouse metal detectors. In the mean time, despite millions of dollars spent on computer systems, New Jersey cops still can't tell if the motorist he pulls over has car insurance. But he can issue tickets with hefty fines for not carrying the little piece of paper proving what his computer should tell him in the first place. So our governments on all levels become more draconian even as they become more incompetent. Sounds like a banana republic to me. Once again, the government responds to external threats by clamping down on the only people they know how to…..us. Do we feel much safer now that we surrender our little Swiss Army Knives at courthouse metal detectors. In the mean time, despite millions of dollars spent on computer systems, New Jersey cops still can’t tell if the motorist he pulls over has car insurance. But he can issue tickets with hefty fines for not carrying the little piece of paper proving what his computer should tell him in the first place.

So our governments on all levels become more draconian even as they become more incompetent. Sounds like a banana republic to me.

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