Just Bored Youths? Daily Sound 10/18/2007

Two columns ago, we talked a little about cause and effect relating to the problem of gangs and youth violence. We noted that most problems do not have a single cause, but that many contributing causes can usually be identified. We listed some that had been acknowledged by local government and many that haven’t. The problem will not be solved or minimized unless ALL of the causes are acknowledged and addressed.

We noted that our City Politicians chose to take a very narrow view of possible causes and only acknowledged and addressed the “politically safe” ones, then threw up their hands and declared that they have done all that they can do.

It is politically safe to say that the youths just don’t have enough opportunities available for things to do and then throw City Revenue at the problem. It is safe and obvious to step up law enforcement. It is safe to place the blame elsewhere (schools, parents and the local citizenry) and then declare that there is nothing more that the City can do. Meanwhile, Marty Blum goes on with her garden party style of running the city by attending events and ribbon cuttings and ceremonies, mayor get-togethers and the like, obviously enjoying the attention. The Council goes on with its priority agenda of pet environmental projects while the streets are no safer, stabbings occur regularly, graffiti is on the increase, expedient graffiti abatement is on the decline, and the gangs still roam. The first and highest duty of local government – TO PROTECT ITS CITIZENS, is being swept under the rug.

Turtles have other ideas and don’t believe the cause of the problem is as simple as the Politicians would like it to sound. It is dangerous to public safety to ignore other possible contributing factors because they may be “politically risky”.

We don’t believe for a minute that, in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, a city that has always offered so much in the form of parks, beaches, bicycle trails, hiking trails, water sports, recreation, youth clubs, youth groups, church groups, school activities, sports activities, education - in one of the world’s most ideal year around climates with some of the most beautiful beaches parks and mountains - that these poor unfortunate youths are suffering from a lack of choices of positive activities! This is not the inner city!

The key word is choice. No matter how many positive activities are presented, they do nothing to solve this problem when a gang culture exists that dictates the choice of negative opportunities instead. We believe the problem is the result of an imported culture of drugs and violence and a matter of individual choice to reject positive constructive activities and choose instead to participate in this imported culture for whatever reason.

The City can take all of the Revenue it wants and create as many “Programs” as it likes, but they can’t force gang members to join up! Those involved in the gang culture, whether by choice or intimidation and peer pressure, are probably the least likely to join these types of programs because it conflicts with the culture of their peers and possibly heritage. There is a good chance and danger that the City has missed its target at the expense of the revenue providers, and that nothing will change, it will only get worse.

So the question becomes, where does this culture of violence come from? The overcrowded prisons? The streets of L.A.? The streets of Oxnard and Ventura? Unrestrained and uncorrected illegal immigration from Mexico and other countries? All of the above?

Last week we took a brief glimpse at the prison overcrowding problem. Overcrowded prisons mean early release, and/or lack of space to incarcerate the convicted. Let’s now have a quick look at what won’t fit or may be spilling out of those prisons, in the form of prison gangs and culture, along with the networks and association with those on the outside.

Those of you who have the perverted idea that only whites can be racist, should have a look at the Mexican Mafia or La Eme and what surely is headed our way if we continue in our blind naïve “tolerance” and head-in-the-sand method of local governance.

The following is from:

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/january2007/220107mexicangangs.htm

Racist Mexican gangs are indiscriminately targeting blacks who aren't even involved in gang culture, as part of an orchestrated ethnic cleansing program that is forcing black people to flee Los Angeles. The culprit of the carnage is the radical Neo-Nazi liberation theology known as La Raza, which calls for the extermination of all races in America besides Latinos, and is being bankrolled by some of the biggest Globalists in the U.S.

"The LAPD estimates there are now 22,000 Latino gang members in the city of Los Angeles alone. That's not only more than all the Crips and the Bloods; it's more than all black, Asian, and white gang members combined. Almost all of those Latino gang members in L.A. -- let alone those in other California cities -- are loyal to the Mexican Mafia. Most have been thoroughly indoctrinated with the Mexican Mafia's violent racism during stints in prison, where most gangs are racially based," writes journalist Brentin Mock.

Mock blames the "Mexican Mafia" for ordering the campaign of ethnic cleansing from prison, as part of a turf war with the Black Guerilla family, another prison gang, but fails to pinpoint the racist creed from which the Mexican kingpins draw their inspiration - the long standing Aztlan invasion agenda.

Aztlan's goal, known as La Reconquista, is to cede and take over the entirety of the southern and western states by any means necessary and impose a Communist militant dictatorship. President Bush's blanket amnesty program goes a long way to helping the extremists achieve their aim.

Those politicians who prefer to cater to special interests or to adhere to misguided notions of social morality need to be removed from office. They don’t get it. To adapt a line from one of their handlers, “It’s about the numbers, stupid.”

Turtles have questions … slowly and steadily we will find answers.

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