Unless the war starts inside one of the walled communities.
So a seven year old opinion piece from a conservative reporter counts as a citation?
Allow me to write your next post for you:
B-B-B-B-Buh t Clinton!
I’ve heard the elders speak of this “Firesign Theater”.
Just to clarify, which post or posts of mine are you referring to?
Okay, then. Tell me how the program worked, if in fact you think it did, and we’ll discuss it.
My mistake. I should have said I didn’t see a citation that Clinton achieved his 100,000 officer goal, or that his policies contributed much to lowering overall crime.
You did have citations (I should have stipulated such) but they did not answer these particular questions.
Umm actually, this tactic has worked quite well in Baltimore. There was an article about it in the New York Times back in April about mapping crime hotspots and then devoting a greater amount of resources there. They did it in New York City as well and now New York is one of the safest cities in the nation.
Do you actually READ the posts you respond to?
That would be because I said:
And that, in turn, would be because I said:
Producing citations for factual claims one doesn’t make is usually considered unnecessary.
The causal connection between COMSTAT and the decrease in crime rate is not obvious and is still hotly debated. Though the crime rate in NYC declined by metrics most commonly used by law enforcement, it is not at all clear that this was driven by COMSTAT.
You mean, elders besides me? 
Those that remain, yes. They’re dropping like flies, you know. Groovy.
It just looks like they’re dropping like flies. In reality, they get returned for regrooving.
Groovy and out.
Peace walls are used extensively in Belfast to keep the different groups apart FWIW.
Don’t crush that dwarf, hand me the pliers.
In other news, the New Jersey State Police are demanding payment from local New Jersey communities which they believe have benefitted from their protection. By which I mean, someone has to pay for all of this!
My God, Northern Ireland is being torn apart by Protestant vs. Catholic zombies!
Erin go … brains!
Waiting for the Electrician, actually. 
McCain says U.S. needs “economic surge.”
You thought you were kidding, didn’t you?
Nowhere in this linked article did McCain use the word “surge”, that was an application of a term used by the writer of the article to slam McCain.
Also, utilizing “military tactics” to combat crime in no way implies that the military would actually be used to do this. Ever heard of a SWAT team? Well, THEY use “military tactics” when called upon, and rightfully so.
I don’t get the outrage, nor the comparison between the war in Iraq and crime at home. It is pure unadulterated conjecture on the part of the article-writer to make McCain look bad. Not that he needs help to do that, but this is BS.
And it isn’t as if we cannot adopt certain measures, military or otherwise to combat our crime issues within our country. It’s already been done, and will continue to be.
What’s the point again? Oh yeah, McCain favors martial law, so vote for Obama!
:rolleyes: