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I meet interesting people through this blog. Today I had the chance to talk with Steven Nicely of K9 Consultants of America. Mr. Nicely was kind enough to answer a few questions about drug dogs. Mr. Nicely is a consultant out of Austin and an expert witness on drug dogs. Here is our Q&A.

1. What is your background/experience?

I started in law enforcement and then K9 while in the Marine Corps during the 1970’s. You can find my CV at http://k9consultantsofamerica.com/CVupdage3.htm

This is getting farcical. I can not tell if I am being stonewalled deliberately or through bureaucratic incompetence. To recap, I emailed ONDCP requesting a copy of their emplyoee drug testing procedures. I sent this original request and was met with this response.

To continue, here is my reply to the ONDCP response-

ONDCP promotes work and random student drug testing. I want to see

Robert Guest for State Rep District 10

I filed with the Texas Libertarian Party to run for State Representative District 10. I can not decide how much to blog about this experience. I am sure it will provide endless inspiration but I do not want this to turn IWTS into a full time campaign blog. I am excited and I hope to spread some ideas about freedom, criminal justice, and the future of Texas.

If you are a libertarian let me encourage you to run for office. Voters need a choice between statism and freedom and the LP can always use good canidates. It is really not that hard to do. I’d be glad to help point you in the right direction. Shoot me an email if interested.

December 5th 1933 was the day America ended alcohol Prohibition. To mark the 75th anniversary, Dana Rohrabacher a Republican Congressman from California, gave this speech last week on the House floor.

Why did America reject the prohibition of alcoholic beverages? Well, when government attempts to control the peaceful behavior of its citizens, it often sets in motion forces that are more dangerous than the social evil that they are trying to control. Today’s war on drugs is perhaps an example.

The war on drugs has resulted in a multimillion dollar network of violent organized crime. The war on drugs has created the deaths by drive-by shootings and turf wars among gangs in our cities. The war on drugs has overcrowded our prisons. More

An officer in NY is facing perjury charges. Here’s a breakdown of the situation-

Cop on Stand- I never questioned the defendant regarding a shooting.

Defense Lawyer- My client secretly recorded the conversation in his MP3 player. You took my client to the interrogation room where you tried to coerce him to confess. Here is a transcript.

George W. Bush has proclaimed December as Drunk Driving Prevention Month. I despise few things more than official hypocrisy. George Bush was convicted of DWI in 1976. He received a $150 fine.

It is unfortunate that Mr. Bush did not experience the humiliation, loss of Constitutional Protections, and financial ruin that we subject DWI defendats to today. Our President is an ex drunk who went to great lengths to hide his DWI conviction. He was afraid it hurt his electability. Unfortunately, pandering to the Neo Prohibitionists is a political no brainer.

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I’m in Amarillo for a family reunion. It is my first trip to the Panhandle since I left Lubbock in 02′. I can report that it is still very brown here. The faint smell of feed lots still lingers in the air. I loved Lubbock, the weather was great and the people were wonderful.

What I’m Reading

The Victory Of Reason by Rodney Stark. VTR is a history/theology/economics book and I love it. I’m halfway through and I’ll post a review when I finish. Stark proposes that Christianity laid the foundation, intellectually and institutionally, for capitalism and liberty.

Plano PD has lawyered up on the Tray B’s DWI case. I filed an open records request seeking emails, communications, documents on any internal investigation, inter alia, to confirm or deny the story. The City of Plano is asking the Attorney General for permission to keep these documents secret. Allegedly, three officers conspired with Mr. B’s wife to set him up for DWI.

The government always chooses the path of least disclosure. The City of Plano is no different.

When the story broke Plano City Attorney Dianne Wetherbee said the officers conducted themselves in an appropriate manner involving the incident. Now the City Attorney is pleading with the Attorney General for permission to keep these records secret. If, as Mr. Wetherbee stated, these officers conducted themselves appropriately then why not release the records?

I’m listening to an audiobook on Saint Thomas Aquinas, narrated by Chartlon Heston. I have never read Aquinas’ greatest work, Summa Theologica. However, I did read the wikipedia entry.

Here is a summary of Aquinas’ view of the law.

According to Question 90, Article Four of the Second Part of the Summa, law “is nothing else than an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community, and promulgated.”

INQUIRY FROM PROBATIONER

I received an inquiry from an Ellis County probationer recently. The probationer had been sent notice to appear at an “Adiministrative Violation Hearing.” Allegedly this probationer had done or not done various thing in violation of the rules of probation.

Probationer told me that he was not allowed to have an attorney at this hearing. Probationer said if an attorney did appear then Probationer would be arrested. That didn’t sound right to me.