FRIEND?!

I read this article with a pretty funny take on it.

MARIETTA, Georgia (AP) -- A drunken driver hit a telephone pole support wire that decapitated his passenger, police said.
He then drove 12 miles home and slept in his bloody clothes, police said, leaving the headless body in his truck.

I would not call anyone a "friend" anymore if they knocked my head off. No matter how much free beer they gave me.

On the other head,(hand?!) Why was the friend sticking his head out the window?

Much adieu About Nothing?

This article reports that protestors are going hi tech and a bunch of other filler that is just pretty much so dull it almost isn't news.

But there is one good quote.

Free speech advocates say New York's police have videotaped past protests, so organizations like United for Peace and Justice are encouraging protesters to bring their own video cameras to videotape the police.

I remember a case where the cops threw a fit when videotaped. Our instructor told us to act like you are always on videotape so if you are filmed, which will definitely happen in police work, you won't have to worry about your actions. So if the cops do right there should be nothing wrong with this. And if they do wrong there is still nothing wrong with this, just the cop.

And as for the protestors whining about cops filming them, they are in public presenting a public argument, they should expect it.

Another Kerry Lie Revealed!

I found this to be....rather expected.

Police Patrols

One degree requirement for my Criminal Justice Degree is that we ride=along with police officers eight hours once a week. I did my first Ride-Along yesterday for four hours and I must tell you, it is an experience that no one should miss out on. By confidentiality agreement I can't really state what we did. Actually it is not fully defined, I don't know if I can't mention anything, or just no names, dates, or locations. But I'll play it safe and go with the more restrictive. But there are a lot of agencies out there that allow ride-alongs if you ask for prior permission, and sign waiver and confidentiality agreements. I suggest anyone who has even the remotest desire to go ahead and do so. It is a very cool experience and gives you a better understanding of law enforcement, criminals, John Q Public, and the law officers themselves.

Quote Time!

Posted on my videogame messageboard:

I was all about Nader in 2000, but if I didn't live in a non-battleground state I be voting for Kerry this time around. Is it regret about what happened last time? No, not at all. But I feel that Kerry is a much better candidate than Al Gore (which is kind of like saying that Saddam wasn't as bad as Hitler)

Comparing Gore and Kerry to Hitler and Hussein, and he's a democrat!

Feral Hogs and Government.....

I saw this article in my local paper and thought it was a pretty good read. A crazy couple buy nearly useless land bugged by large pests at an insane price and make a business out of it. For the lazy non-clickers they bought some un-farmable land and are using it to sell hunting expeditions to other people and are making a good living at it.

The funny thing is feral hogs are non-regulated. Just domesticated pigs that are now undomesticated. So no licenses, fees, seasons, nor bag limits exist. It is a unregulated industry that has gained a mind of its own. I applaud this couple for finding a new venture; nay, a new frontier in a society that is creatively bankrupt.

So that takes us to another issue. How can such a thing exist without government interference? I bet dollars to donuts that when the government finds that more than a few people can make money off of this, that it will be regulated. Government in any form now thinks that its new missions is to assimilate funds and dollars and increase in size any way possible. So it is only a natural evolution that these people will be screwed with in the future. You heard it here first.

Blogging Pitfalls...

One of the biggest pitfalls I've found out on blogging is inspiration and opportunity. Inspiration comes when the opportune time for posting is gone and vice versa. I found carrying along a note pad is most useful but my 18 credit hour course, 30 hour job, 12 hour commutes and the volunteer 32 hour a month police ride-along degree requirement takes a lot of the cake in time to blogging. So if I disappear over a two or three day period, you know why. It is bad manners to run a blog in such a irregular fashion but I do update several times a week and since my viewership is probably nill I don't think I have to worry about hurting my audience.

Hi Point Woes.....

Well right before I put the whole 200 round box through my Hi Point the gun jammed. The gun wouldn't eject a live round manually when I cocked it several times over. I'm sure if I would have fired the round it would have flew right out. Not such a big deal really since I'm not fully relying on it for self defense and that wouldn't matter anyway. I'd like to point out that it wasn't a life threatening malfunction, the round would have flew out if I shot it. Further test to replicate the problem has not been able to duplicate it. I'm mostly using it as a plinker and if any other problems are encountered it will be sent back to the factory under their promising no-questions asked warranty.

With Great Power.....

My CJ instructor made an interesting point the other day. He notes that with the women's lib movement which got on its heels back in World War 2 via women getting jobs has created a new situation with society. Women stayed at home, reared the kids, had no desire to get jobs, and basically cleaned house. Well now that women have got more outwardly involved in society a lot of things have changed with the criminal justice program. The situation causes a new twist to how crime hits society. Now women are the top white colar criminals, much more prostitution and sexual promiscuity than there was 60 years ago; more murders, assaults, and sex crimes involving women. I'm not against the cause to allow women the right to vote or hold a job, but it has also had a negative inpact on society everyone overlooks. On purpose or accident is the decision of the reader.

Nooooo!

Looks like our boy in Iraq has been noticed by higher-higher or someone and is possibly shut down. If anything I hope he does what most everyone wants him to do and take notes down and write a book.

B.S. Part 2....

KAKE Channel 10 of Wichita and other news stations are jumping on the bandwagon of complaining about U.S. Armed Forces personnel given free no-cost cosmetic surgery. Stuff like liposuction, breast enlargement/reduction, etc. They claim it is a waste of taxpayers dollars and should not be done.

I don't know why a 21 year-old civilian podunk Kansan has to hit the regular media and others with a clue bat. But I gotta start whacking.

The Men and women of the armed forces are doing jobs that take the best years of their life away. They lose a bit of freedom, they are earning anywhere from 1/2 to 1/20th of what their talents require. This is just one of the few rare perks that come from the military occupation and I state that anyone who wants to begrudge them of this bonus needs shot.

Bunch of B.S.!

Just got done watching cops and a interesting thing happened. They arrested a sustect who was a total a-hole and deserves corporal punishment.

But the kicker is is that some of the charges that should have stuck, couldn't Like a temp. restraining order expired and a long-term one was filed but never served. So they get him on obstruction, resisting, and.......

Non-Registered Felon.

The charge itself doesn't seem so bad, but the circumstances are. Turns out he no longer had a house to live in and in Nevada you are required to register a change of address within 48 hours. Since he was homeless and didn't register a street corner he has a new charge.

Makes you wonder about todays politicians and police officers. I know the rule book sides with the criminals but you don't come up with worse cow dung to combat it.

Rape!

Went in today to buy all my books and software for college. Brought $350 for 5 classes. I know 2 classes didn't need books and although I was told one was expensive. I figure my whole paycheck plus 40 should cover it.

Not so, for the APCO (a 911 class) computer certification class I was charged a whooping $349.43 for the frigging software. Hell, I couldn't even buy my other two books since that was all I had and the bank was 20 miles away. I need to talk to my instructor about this. (She's a very very nice gal... But dang! That is almost over the top.)

Bush and Troops.

President Bush said today he'll be pulling troops from Europe.

I do like the idea, but I think he is doing it for the wrong reasons. Europe in general, except for the honorable UK has not been very supportive of us. So in the tit for tat of politics we should pull out of places like Germany and France which will cause them economic hurt. And the next time a WW breaks out we should tell them to go screw themselves. Bush seems to be pulling troops because he is being attacked by how many numbers he has deployed and is getting backlash on the stoploss orders. (What did you think would happen?) And it seems he is acting so just to limit political backlashing to his presidency. That in my opinion is not good reasoning. For the troop movements.

Slow day....

Well I want to write but nothing is really coming to me and not much has hit the news tha is very finger-inspiring.

My surgery is all over with and it was one of the best visits I have had. I had taken two valium, went to the chair, they put a IV in, went to sleep and woke up done. No pain, no nothing. I was actually in more pain today than on onperation day because I went back to work voluntarily and did a bit too much talking and not taking my meds right on time. Very awesome dentist.

I'm gonna be pretty busy for a bit. I gotta have my rotors done on my car, gotta get the oil changed and have tires put on. Gotta buy school supplies for my college classes and also talk to my army recruiter. (Been thinking about joining up off and on.)

So many decisions so little time.

Alcohol Does a Body Good....

While I myself am not a big drinker. (Never ever been drunk before.) I do support the right of everyone to drink. I find this news report rather funny though.

It states that one to two drinks a day is medically sound. It does good things for the body and has benefits. But in today's world booze is so demonized that we can not under any circumstances promote it. That is why the article advises those who now drink to basically cut back and that they [i]"are not encouraging anybody to start drinking."[/i]

They should just come out and say it. Anyone can drink and should drink a little if they want to. It is good for you. Just be careful on where you drink, when you drink, how much you drink, and a take into considerations of how you act when you are under the influence. It is not the governments job, the state's job, the city's job, nor MAD, SAD, or DAD's decision to decide who can and can't drink.

But we can't do that in today's PC society. No siree!

Seperation of State and Church

WND Reports that political KGB groups are going into churches and turning them into the IRS if they don't like their message.

While it is a filthy trick that they are doing. I was listening to the prophecy club a good while back and the show was dedicated to the subject. In an interview with a former IRS agent the agent advised churches not to get the 501 C3 non-profit status. That the particular one mentioned is for charities, not churches and there is one churches can use andstill stay politically active. (I don't recall what it was a church can file under, nor care since I don't run a church.)

If churches would file under the proper tax-exempt status they wouldn't have this problem. Then they could tell the liberals to shove it.

Jersey Gov. Resigns

Democratic NJ Gov. McGreevey resigned today. He doesn't quit say why he is resigning. But he's coming clean over a personal scandal and has had several previous ones in the past.

It is sad to say, but he is probably one of the more honorable democrats. Faced with mounting problems that link to him, he is calling it quits ad is hoping someone else can fix it. Rather than blame a predecessor or successor.

Higher than a kite.....

Tomorrow I go in to get my four wisdom teeth pulled and four cavities fixed. With a dose of Valium tonight and a IV sedation tomorrow, it can be assumed that I'll be MIA for a while.

It is a bit odd, really. If I would have had this done a year ago like I was supposed to I would be freaking out right now. I still may later on tonight. But I've recently realised that being a cop you gotta have more confidince. I am a pile of self-doubt. Not always sure I'm making the right decision, worried that I'll screw up, or fret over one minor screw up I did all day. It really isn't healthy nor safe for someone to be that way in a law enforcement field. It causes the mind to focus on one thing that causes tunnelvision and can get you killed. I have lately been motivating myself better and have changed things on me I would think could never change. This is one of those things. Facing a fear with little or no concern.

I hope this will continue to pass on through me and that it will make me a better officer.

Behind Enemy Lines

I purchased and watched Behind Enemy Lines yesterday. It is a good movie I rented when it first came out and wanted to own it.

The thing I find striking about BEL is that it, in my personal opinion, points out the direct flaws and screw ups in peacekeeping missions and how the rest of the world views Americans. Everything from keeping our guys from doing actual military duty. In the case of the movie, making our guys go along a preconceived recon route that they can't deviate from and do. To the part where the French NATO commander tells them the life of one U.S. pilot is worth losing compared to a shaky peace treaty. It is Hollywood-ized but it also hits several nails on the head to the point that you think it is something that could happen on your run-of-the-mil Peacekeeping operation. (In fact it is loosely based on Scott O'Grady's experience)

So if you are bored and want a interesting movie to mull over, Behind Enemy Lines is worth a look.

DNA Warrants.....

It is surprising me that these are making the news again. Actually it is good to see it since a lot of the general public doesn't know that a warrant can be sworn out based on DNA.

Do I support it? To a good extent I do. I have some reservations on DNA but this seems to help fix a problem with the statute of limitations and rapist.

GREAT SLEEPING CAESAR!

It turns out that Bush's pandering towards the left to the point of going off the deep end.

What's this doomsday scenario I'm talking about? Well 13 demographic lefties have asked the UN to monitor our elections. And Bush agreed.

This is all the more obscene considering the fact that the UN had originally backed down when the democrats first requested it saying it would interfere with our sovereingty

The U.N. immediately responded that such a request could not be accepted unless it came from the U.S. government. Otherwise, a spokesman said, it could be considered"intervention in a country's sovereignty."

Afterwards, Dept. of State announced the UN would be invited to monitor our elections.

Some interesting things to point out.

The UN, no lover to the republicans point out that the elected government of the U.S. is not democrats, but republicans.

The Bush Administration is pandering to the left to help deny the fictitious claims of election fixing. This in itself is stupid because what little logic and "proof" he would get about not fixing this election will still not sway the leftist moonbat thinking one iota.

And if Bush loses, its all the more whining we'll have to hear from the Dems about prior election flaws and how outside governments should always monitor U.S. election.

5,000 Pounds for a single toy.

Here is an interesting read where authorities spent 5,000 pounds to save a 20 pound toy plane.

The most saddest thing is the justification:

After the pair posed triumphantly with the toy, officials defended the costly operation - which was launched despite the toy's owner not even reporting it lost.
They said a child might have risked climbing the perilous cliffs to get it, reports The Sun.

Good going Search and Rescue, just stay away from the accounting department.

AWB Expiration? Not so fast!

Everybody out in our nation from the internet to real life are getting butterflies in their stomach because of the probable expiration of the AWB. There are those out there making list of guns they'll be buying the next day and how every home will be filled with 30 round magazines and Feinstein and company will die of horrible heart attacks.

As lovely of a scenario this is it won't be quite so. All the guns listed in the ban can still and will be found in gunshops, albeit higher priced. Thirty round mags can still be obtained, if you don't mind paying the mint price for them. The day of the ban's demise will be a celebrated day but its death is only mostly symbolic of bad legislation passing on in the annuals of failed flawed projects.

Another thing to take note on is even when it is dead, it will still take some time to note any effects. It will be weeks to months before production of high-cap mags will start and even longer for them to hit the market. After all the slow wheels of corporate America are turned it will still even be a while before the prices will drop. (Since supply will definitely not hold off demand.) The same can be said for guns.

So don't get your hopes up on walking into a gun shop the day after the ban expires to get 30 rd AK clips for $5, 50 rd 22 clips for $10, and 20 round glock mags for $14. The wait will be a bit longer.

Bullying

Some problems have been developing in the UK school system. It appears that bullies who attack other children are not being punished in any way. This coming from the UK and noting their system of punishing the defender not the criminal in previous shooting cases seems to be a very good reflection of their society.

I have been home educated for almost all of my life except for a small stint in first grade. Although I was an excellent student I made few friends and was constantly bullied. About the time I hit puberty I was very aggressive and ready for a fight but that never came since I was in a much better environment. (Going by my previous emotional state and attitude, I probably would have done a columbine-like scenario.) So for those who can become emotionally insecure or seem to be just natural targets to bullies, I strongly suggest home schooling when possible. Hell, I give high praises to it over the public or private school system. It gives better results without the risk of the kid turning into a junky, loser, bully, psycho; or the worst fiend of all, an evil liberal.

Responsibility

I went to my place of work today on the quest to find food for my new toys. See below posting. And on my way through the store I ran into my manager and found out he is about half as gun nutty as I am. (Which rates pretty high up there.)

It is pretty cool to find out when common people like yourself and those you hold in high regard have a interest and joy in shooting. Either by hunting, wood plinking, self defense, or just range shooting it is always good when someone else is out there in one way or another promoting the golden right.

There are a few people at work. One guy I know pretty well, his wife, and his brother. And they all want to learn to shoot. At first I told them I would try to find a NRA shooter who should be more than capable of teaching them how to shoot. Sadly though my area is a little too rural and there doesn't seem to be anyone around here for that. So my next problem is biting the bullet and teaching them myself.

The problem with teaching anyone new to shooting, especially if you are new at teaching in general, is getting everything across to the point they can remember. This being the topic of firearms there is the double problem that you are legally responsible for whatever happens when you teach them, and by the code of morals ethics, anything afterwards. Under this state of responsibility I am reluctant to do so. But to keep all of our rights a right, and to keep a large enough populace out there on our side this sort of scenario has to be fulfilled. I'm not saying anyone and everyone should teach anyone they can how to shoot guns. Some people are lousy teachers and there are those out there who should never touch a gun. But if you are competent enough for such things and if the student is smart enough it should be a given that the wheels of knowledge should turn and a new heritage should be passed down.

I'm not totally sure where this ranting is going, but I'll just pass off the same ideals Kim and Kevin. They both have commented on similar scenarios and outwardly promote teaching firearms to strangers. Their sound reasoning behind this is also mentioned above. It keeps our heritage alive, and our rights from becoming a distant memory.

New Toys!

Yesterday before work I picked up two new firearms with some friends. I got a Mossberg 500 Persuader shotgun in 12 gauge. It was marked used and had the eyelit at the bottom stock for a sling broke off. But other than that the thing looked brand new and the gun seller told me his son in law had it and only shot 2 boxes through it before he upgraded.

Also decided I needed a new pistol to plink with and picked up a Hi Point 380 Compact with compensator.

I had a 20 gauge a while ago and have shot 12 gauges with little problem but I must have totally forgot how they kick. That puppy knocked me around a little bit today. Oh well, it shall be reserved mostly for annual plinking and occasionally used for anti varmint and anti home-invader duty.

The 380 may go to my younger sister's room. Atleast until I can afford to get her a truly decent on-brand gun. I already have a colt 45 and bought the HP mostly out of a craving for a new cheap plinker. Its one big flaw is the compensator shoots burnt powder upwards and shooting downwind,(as I have found out today,) will cause a bit of it to get into your eyes. Not much of a self defense gun but I bet all of my family members can shoot it and handle it well and hopefully my arthritis-possessed mother can start training for the worst case scenario. Besides, you can't knock a lifetime guarantee.

I got both for $340 after tax, not too shabby.

Back Stabbing co-workers....

Well the service manager at the retailer I work at tried getting me in trouble with upper management.

I was working my department when I was called to do a stockman job. Something that happens on occasion and is all well in good, except I am the only person in my department and the guy at the neighboring department is only at his half the time. (His department requirements are different.)

So I am slightly peeved about getting called away from my area of responsibility, which is one of those right by a side exit that is easy to steal from, to do a job another person should be doing. But the way they have it scheduled a stockman doesn't come in until five, leaving us two hours without a stockman. Even worse is that on any day I don't close there's two people and on days I close only myself. (Let this be a lesson to those of you who are competent.) It would be nice if they could close this gap on the days two people work instead of one. Also, such a call is one that can be seen in advance, they could have had the leaving stockman prep extra carts so this situation wouldn't happen.

So on my way in from gathering large amounts of carts in 100 degree heat and pinching my fingers, I slam the offending cart into the inside rack and blurt out "This had better not be a weekly occurrence." All of this is just one small manifestation of anger popping out in a time of pain. Well miss powertrip standing nearby hears this and sees this as an attack on her authority. Whereby miss control freak has to march me to the back offices and hustle a manager out of managerial duties to try and get me in trouble with her. We go back there and with a look of seriousness tells the manager we have a problem and need to discuss it in private in the office right away.

So when the trio of us get in there miss power trip in all seriousness tells me to tell the manager what I said. So I repeated in full with all disrespect and related mannerisms. The smart manager being who she is asked what this relates to. I then go into the story of stockman, low manpower, bad scheduling, etc., when the manager seeing this as aggravation over this explains to me that the system currently in place is screwed up and how any concerns I have must go to the main store manager and yadda yadda yadda. Now this manager knows how to take care of employees, she doesn't go onto huge powertrips or is looking at hanging someone out to dry. All the while miss ego won't even make eye contact with me over this whole thing because it wasn't working the way it was supposed to. She then tries getting me in trouble about something that happened the day before which quickly got deflected away.

So now I bet the manager will approach me tomorrow to see why I got bent out of shape over gathering carts and I'll have to explain the whole thing away. (Most likely ratting out miss asshole.) After going through this I thought about going up to her and cussing her out. It would be a firing offense and I'd either be fired or demoted but I know she'd get chewed out to since two other people quit under those circumstances. But she would probably get too much enjoyment out of me getting in trouble.

Moral of the story:

1. Don't go out gunning for people, trying to cause deliberate power plays and showing of authority for no apparent reason. It will bite you in the ass.

2. Trying to screw over a criminal justice student who will likely become a cop and will be working the town you live in is dumb on the grandest of scales. Not that I'd be in full harassment mode or anything but the Supreme Court has said that when anyone is on a public road any police officer can follow them until a fraction is committed. There is no harassment clause about this. So even if you gave me two minutes of verbal grief in the office I could in the timespan of my one year goal of getting a police job increase your insurance premiums and cause a loss of time and money via tickets. Not that I'm as much of a jerk as she is, yet. (We'll have to see what develops at work.)

Personally, when all was said and done it was all much grief over nothing. I was mad at her at first, then I felt like a million bucks, then I felt sorry for someone who is so selfish and anal she'd do this to a person. It is no wonder she has few friends and no one likes working with her.

Improvement.....

I've been thinking of changing the style sheet so the words aren't so bunched up in the middle. Some of the about me info is a bit of a pain, seeing the whole thing up there at the top and just being a waste of space. I'll play around with the options and if I can't get it on another page I think I'll just remove it.

Any comments about this? You hear me? I'm talking to you, both my readers!

A good Law Enforcement Organization

As some of my fellow right-wingers know, almost all police organizations out there seem hell bent on passing pro gun control measures. As a matter of public opinion and general media storytelling it seems like all police organizations are anti gun.

But I have accidently stumbled upon one that should give us right-oriented citizens great hope on the matter. The National Law Enforcement Alliance of America is just one such organization. So much so in fact, that they are very critical to organizations that do pander to the gun control crowd. Let us take a look and venture into their realm.

Under their spotlight column they have several articles of interest in the law enforcement and political field. The ones I will point out are on the topic of gun control.

The very bottom one discusses how law-abiding citizens have to become criminals to protect themselves. and if they do follow the law and moral principle, they die. To quote NLEAA in closing on this article:

Gun control increases the probability of violent crime and decreases the victim's chances of survival for citizens who obey the law.

One point for the NLEAA.

Under their article on Cops vs. Gun Control they take a shot at the belief that a majority of law enforcement is pro gun control. In fact their opening statement is:

One of the driving forces behind LEAA’s founding was to dispel the false impression that America’s police favor more gun control.

And:

Next time you see cops willingly participate in pro-gun control debate, notice how few of them are front-line street level officers.

And:

Recently, a Florida sheriff created headlines when he called for renewal of the 1994 Clinton Gun ban. He even demonstrated on nationwide TV the “devastating effects” that so-called banned weapons would have in the hands of criminals. It turns out the fully-automatic military weapon he demonstrated was not even covered by the 1994 ban.

A police organization that is logical!

The big money quote though is this one.

... But that is not what gun control means to the Brady’s, the Clintons, Charles Schumer and, Dianne Feinstein. Their definition of gun control means restricting the rights of, and disarming, peaceable citizens. And the answer to that idea is a loud and clear, unambiguous "NO", at least from real cops.

Then this article goes into how the Clinton-Brady bunch used government money in the form of statistical research to pay off and eventually corrupt good police organzations.


They even have an article against the Assault Weapons Ban of 1994. No more quotes, this and all the other articles need read in full. If you are of the same mind that I am you should go out as soon as possible and support such a fine organization. I know I'll try to do that next paycheck.