Posts Tagged "police"

Poor Representation of Liberty: Catherine Bleish Case

Posted by on Apr 17, 2010 in Activist | 6 comments

The pursuit of political liberty is difficult; the pursuit of liberty is made doubly difficult when the representatives of the battle are irresponsible. The currently processing case of Catherine Bleish is an excellent example of irresponsible behavior that is a) presented as being representative of liberty and liberty activists and b) defended by foolish, unthinkingly loyal activists. Such behavior harms the cause of liberty. Miss Bleish is from my hometown, Kansas City, and is now based in my home State, Texas. She recently participated in an activism activity supporting the...

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Citizen's Arrest: Adventures in Bolivian Babysitting

Posted by on Sep 28, 2008 in Explorer, Missionary | 0 comments

Citizen's Arrest: Adventures in Bolivian Babysitting

7:40am I woke up to an extraordinarily loud “Screech! Chunk! Thud. CRASH!“ from Simon Lopez, our busy city street. I run down the stairs to hear “Lorien! Camera!” and my siblings yelling, “The van! The van?” The crash was not our van, but instead a drunk driver crashing into one of our large metal gates. Juan, the drunk driver, had swept the side of his car into a tree by the road. He was driving so fast that he had enough momentum to go forward into a little parking lot off the street and swerve hard left. He crossed the raised cement and grass divider...

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