Suuure they are….

and they had no loyalty to OBL….and they knew nothing about him being in Pakistan….He musta snuck in.

Yep, that’s why they are rounding up everyone who even looked at the CIA folks who were surveilling the compound where OBL lived for a few years.

Yeah.

Know how to tell when a Paki is lying?

Same way as when Obama is.

Any time his lips are moving.

Were it me they’d never see a bit of foreign aid again. And I’d do my best to fuck with their economy.

Good thing I am not the prez. I might actually do some ass kicking.

I’d like to clarify something here:

After my last post, I was accused of being anti-cop.

Perhaps I am, but I don’t mean to be, and if I come across that way, then I apologize. I actually support most policemen. They have a shitty job, They deal with the bottom 10% of our society’s citizens, and they sometimes forget that their interaction with the rest of us should not be colored by that 10%.However, I am not anti most police officers. I actually respect them and the job they do.

I am anti-police state. Pro constitution. Pro citizens rights. Anti Bully…Anti “we are the police and you will cower” .

Sadly, the bad attitude of police towards civilians is becoming pervasive. Perhaps it is the training. I really don’t know. But it is wrong.

I am also anti-militarized police. Their uniform need not be the same as the guys in Iraq or Afghanistan. Few cities are war zones (yet). Dressing up like an “operator” is not making for better policing of our streets. Really, there are few opportunities for the police to use an AR-15 (or M-16) short barrelled rifle.  No more than the opportunities to get to use a tank for policing.

I am also anti-SWAT team. While I do think that there are reasons for a police department, or a sheriff’s department to have a team of specially trained folks, who have worked together, for special situations. But to use these folks for warrant service? When there are other alternatives? When the people being served with search warrants have absolutely zero records of violence? I realize that it can be seen that if the special units are not used, then they may be defunded. But these tactics have caused people to be killed by these Swat teams. Tragic accidents do happen. But they should not happen with the frequency that they do when SWAT teams are involved with situations that can and should be handled in other ways. SWAT may be “sexy” but it generally gets people killed.

So no, I am not Anti-Cop. I am anti militarized police, and I am anti overuse of SWAT. I am anti-Immunity for police who screw up. Police who fail to do their jobs properly, or who overuse force. Police who fail to remember that they are there to be police, not overlords, master or jackbooted stormtroopers. .

I actually respect the average police officer. They do, as I said, a good job with shitty people.

Hope this clarifies things

Pima County gets the seal of approval on the murder of Jose Guerena.

Good thing I am not a family member of his:

Now, knowing the names (from the above letter) of at least some of these officers, were I a vindictive sort, I’d no doubt visit them in order to “counsel” them on their behavior. Personal, private “counseling”. Serious, intense “counseling”.

But I am like that. Always wanting to help.

H/T: WRSA…Follow all his links. Especially the last one. Think.

You might think that I am overreacting, but think about it: If they can do it to us, why cannot we return the favor? We are, after all, greater in number (and skill), and if the law will allow their actions to stand, then why should we honor it? Why should we follow the letter of the law when it is twisted to allow such actions to be justified? What kind of a society have we wrought when the enforcers of the law can perpetrate such crimes with impunity? Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

What would you do were it your brother, or son, or father who had been murdered by a gang of policemen?

You should, perhaps, decide now, so you will know later. For the time is coming. And apparently sooner that we wish.

Think of THESE words. The time may be nigh.

That dueling has gone out of style in this state lately…

Else one of us would be injured or dead right now.

Instead, I just walked away. Sadly, in this state, it is unlawful to shoot someone, even if they REALLY REALLY deserve it.

ETA: If dueling were legal, I doubt people would mouth off so often, or so loudly…or so fearlessly.

Today is Flag day

Winchester .223 ammo recall:


http://www.winchester.com/library/news/Pages/News-Product-Warning-and-Recall-Notice.aspx

I actually accomplish something.

Other days, I play Whack-A-Mole.

Guess which category today was?

About damned time that they decided to stand up and be heard. Sometimes I wonder about the legislators in my state.

Now if they’ll just pass some legislation to codify things, we’d be all set. 

H/T: Unc

About the fact that, while we as legally armed individuals have always been perceived as a threat by (many, if not most) of the police officers in this country, we as citizens have, more and more, every reason to perceive police officers as a threat to our safety.

And he’s right. It ain’t gonna end well for any of us.

And I find that sad. When I was but a lad, and into my earlier years as an adult, I knew many police officers. Many were, quite frankly, complete screaming assholes. I did not like them, and they did not like me. But I respected them, as they were what I believed a police officer should be….Sheepdogs. Guardians of the herd, if you will. People as well as officers, who were respected in their community and generally didn’t need to create that respect with force. Officers who used their authority carefully. Many of those “assholes” would have been the first people I would turn to for help. Sadly, more and more, there are fewer and fewer officers of that caliber in our police forces today.

But today there are too many instances where the police force their authority (or what authority they think they should have) with violence and firearms. And they get away with it too often. And they hide behind the “blue wall”. Which makes them, in the minds of many of the citizens which they are supposed to protect, just another gang, only one with badges. And they lose, by their behavior, the respect that they need in order to do their jobs effectively. 

Many of those officers who I once knew are gone now. But I think that they would shake their heads and spit at the incidents that happen today.

More thoughts HERE

Best statements HERE…

And while I agree with the “First Amendment!” cries, I also think that a gentleman acts like one, and not an ass….

Myself, I think that ASM826 has the best idea. Write to his advertisers. Take away (or damage) his source of income. (which is likely why he did the deed, to raise his traffic numbers). First amendment rules, but let his wallet make its feelings known.

Then again, in the old days, we’d just whup his ass.

No links to the offending blog, why drive traffic to him?