George Soros finally got what he wanted! I have a feeling that his influence is going to extend well beyond the campaign stage. Everybody was touting what a great campaign Obama was running. But he wasn't running it. It was running him. With enough money you can buy anything. You can buy extreme order. George Soros is going to continue coddling Obama through his presidency to make him look good. He will likely be in contact with foreign leaders, buying their cooperation and easing their fears. The Democratic take over of congress was probably engineered long in advance. This also makes Obama's job easier and insulates him from the tough issues that presidents have to deal with in terms of senate battles between Republicans and Democrats. George Soros likely bought Obama an Army of advisors to answer any and all questions. Remember Soros is the financial genious that made his money off of the securities markets. He may have even had a hand in crashing the stock market to favor the Democrats just before the election. There is no way that the most unqualified presidential candidate in history got to where he did without such massive help. Some have speculated that after Obama won the Presidency, the media would turn on him and the honeymoon would be over but there is a broader agenda. Soros is buying up all of these newspapers that are endorsing Obama which is an attempt at a Socialist propaganda state. He will likely retain his control over the large media networks as well. What is the price Obama pays for having his ego stoked? An agenda that makes George Soros the grand puppet master of planet Earth!
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One obvious impact a president can have is in deciding whether the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other federal law-enforcement agencies receive adequate funding. The FBI, with 12,000 agents—the New York Police Department employs 36,000 officers to protect that city alone—is a tiny piece of the federal budget, charged with investigating hundreds of different crimes worldwide. According to David Burnham, a researcher at Syracuse University, the FBI has shifted huge resources into investigating terrorism at the expensive of more traditional cases such as organized crime, white-collar crime and public-corruption probes. Burnham cautions that if the FBI does not investigate these cases, it is "likely that no one else will."
The candidates may not be making a big issue of crime, but there's plenty of work to be done. Many localities are experiencing huge backlogs in arresting people wanted on warrants—arguably emboldening offenders who feel free to jump bail and thumb their noses at the system. Targeting more resources to local law enforcement and creating new synergies with federal fugitive-hunters like the U.S. Marshal Service might pay hefty dividends. This type of enforcement was a cornerstone of the now legendary turnaround of the crime rate in New York.
Many police departments are also having problems solving violent crimes, particularly homicides. In 1965, more than 90 percent of all U.S. homicides wound up being "cleared." By 1999, that figure had fallen to 69 percent; by 2007, it was 61 percent. In some regions of the country, half of those who murder escape apprehension—a chilling statistic that surely means that some people kill and kill again. With a bare-bones budget, the federal government could assemble teams of experienced, retired homicide detectives who could "fly" into a jurisdiction and help struggling investigators solve outstanding cases through a National Violent Crime Investigation Support Center.
Voters will have to wait until after Nov. 4 to get a clearer picture of how the next president will tackle the criminal-justice agenda. The issues may well take on greater urgency as the economy continues to wobble. Those of us who study the subject for a living hope the next White House will make criminal-justice matters a priority. It would be a crime not to.
O'Donnell Is A Professor Of Police Studies And Law At John Jay College Of Criminal Justice In New York City.
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