Your grandfather was a peace officer. Present day folks wearing that uniform are law enforcement officers. There is a very significant difference. Years ago I worked with an old time cop. He was a real peace officer. I used to say about him he could walk into a bar where a full scale riot was taking place and without any back up in ten …
Your grandfather was a peace officer. Present day folks wearing that uniform are law enforcement officers. There is a very significant difference. Years ago I worked with an old time cop. He was a real peace officer. I used to say about him he could walk into a bar where a full scale riot was taking place and without any back up in ten minutes everybody in the place would want to buy him a drink. He knew more street psychology than the most degree-laden pedagogue at the most prestigious university in the world. On weekends he often times had to grant a 72 hour divorce and did. There was a very practical reason for that. It saved people from getting an undeserved criminal record and kept kids out of the clutches of "Child Protective Services" a real misnomer if I ever heard one.
With regard to the Ukraine, I wonder how many folks reading this can name the countries that border Ukraine on all sides? If they have been following the news they may know that Belorus and Poland border on the northeast and northwest, how about the south and west? Anybody?
Before all the hoopla about the "invasion" how many were even aware there was a country called Ukraine? Did anybody know Poland bordered it on the northwest? I sure didn't and I wasn't bothered by the fact that I didn't know either. One more time we are getting sucked into a situation where we have no business. If the other NATO countries feel threatened, let them handle it. We should be happy to SELL them armaments. Maybe it will hep stabilize the dollar.
I wonder if we will be holding nuclear attack drills where we have to done flimsy masks that don't particularly do anything and hide out in underground parking structures? With GPS navigation we won't have to worry about blackout drills —maybe. They could still be held in order to generate fear among folks. Is anybody old enough to remember blackout drills during WWII?
Or the bomb shelters stocked with all kinds of survival gear during the Cold War. Did anybody do Duck and Cover during class?
Your grandfather was a peace officer. Present day folks wearing that uniform are law enforcement officers. There is a very significant difference. Years ago I worked with an old time cop. He was a real peace officer. I used to say about him he could walk into a bar where a full scale riot was taking place and without any back up in ten minutes everybody in the place would want to buy him a drink. He knew more street psychology than the most degree-laden pedagogue at the most prestigious university in the world. On weekends he often times had to grant a 72 hour divorce and did. There was a very practical reason for that. It saved people from getting an undeserved criminal record and kept kids out of the clutches of "Child Protective Services" a real misnomer if I ever heard one.
With regard to the Ukraine, I wonder how many folks reading this can name the countries that border Ukraine on all sides? If they have been following the news they may know that Belorus and Poland border on the northeast and northwest, how about the south and west? Anybody?
Before all the hoopla about the "invasion" how many were even aware there was a country called Ukraine? Did anybody know Poland bordered it on the northwest? I sure didn't and I wasn't bothered by the fact that I didn't know either. One more time we are getting sucked into a situation where we have no business. If the other NATO countries feel threatened, let them handle it. We should be happy to SELL them armaments. Maybe it will hep stabilize the dollar.
I wonder if we will be holding nuclear attack drills where we have to done flimsy masks that don't particularly do anything and hide out in underground parking structures? With GPS navigation we won't have to worry about blackout drills —maybe. They could still be held in order to generate fear among folks. Is anybody old enough to remember blackout drills during WWII?
Or the bomb shelters stocked with all kinds of survival gear during the Cold War. Did anybody do Duck and Cover during class?
Great point about the peace officers. I totally agree, and yes, you described my grandfather perfectly.