So France, in an attempt to shut the stable door after the equine had bolted, apparently raided something like 75 assorted houses and compounds, seeking suspects in the terrorist attacks of Friday. Seems they found a “significant amount” of weapons and explosives.

Gotta  Do Something…, I get that…..More importantly, the police and other authorities gotta be SEEN Doing Something.

But here is the question: If they knew where to look, and had reasonable suspicion to execute a search (and were, apparently correct in their suspicions) then WHY DIDN’T THEY DEAL WITH THE ISSUE of the terrorist safe houses BEFORE the attack?  Why did they wait until AFTER some of their countrymen had been killed and injured? If they were raid worthy on Saturday or Monday, WHY WERENT THEY RAID WORTHY ON THE THURSDAY BEFORE THE ATTACKS?

Did their inaction result in increased casualties and deaths?

And I think it shall prove true today.

THE WRATH OF THE AWAKENED SAXON
by Rudyard Kipling

It was not part of their blood,
It came to them very late,
With long arrears to make good,
When the Saxon began to hate.

They were not easily moved,
They were icy — willing to wait
Till every count should be proved,
Ere the Saxon began to hate.

Their voices were even and low.
Their eyes were level and straight.
There was neither sign nor show
When the Saxon began to hate.

It was not preached to the crowd.
It was not taught by the state.
No man spoke it aloud
When the Saxon began to hate.

It was not suddently bred.
It will not swiftly abate.
Through the chilled years ahead,
When Time shall count from the date
That the Saxon began to hate.

The French were a big part of the Crusades…..will they be again?

And someone decides to slaughter the sheep...(somewhat graphic, deal with it or don’t click the link)

Remember, this is from the “religion of peace”.

Not saying that one “good guy with a gun” could have stopped this slaughter….but then again, he (or she) could have possibly cut down on the number of victims…4 men did this atrocity. 1 man with a spare magazine could have suppressed their fire.

Most concert venues here in the US are “Gun free Zones” too.

is “Radicalized”.

Seems that we can blame whomever “Radicalized” these Frenchmen French Muslims who were part of the terror attack.

Why is it that it is only the Muslims that get “Radicalized”? It isn’t the German Lutherans who go all Radical….isn’t the Catholics, nor the Protestants nor the Buddists nor the Wicccans nor the Druids …

What is it about the Muslim faith that lends itself to “Radicalization”?

Yes, I know it is a small percentage of Muslims that “radicalize”. What percentage of a population is it acceptable wherein that percentage may go nuts and kill you? If 1% of dogs went nuts every year and attacked and killed people, we would have no dogs in this country….1/2% ? Is that acceptable? Maybe .001% of muslims  Can be Radicalized?? I dunno..

How many is too much of a danger?

Yeah, so some folks might consider me racist for the below. I don’t care. I don’t want to see my fellow citizens slaughtered. And let us all face the truth. When we heard that there were coordinated attacks happening in Paris, we all thought “Followers of Muhammad”. We all knew, with near 100% certainty that these were not Buddhists. We knew who it had to be, even if we wouldn’t talk about it….

So there are approximately 100,000 “Refugees” coming to the US. HERE are the cities to which they will be distributed. 

Not all, I am sure, are terrorists. But Paris though for sure NONE of their refugees would be terrorists either, and yet, some were, and they have at least 150 people dead because of that assumption.

How man of your friends and neighbors are you willing to sacrifice?

Why would we want to bring snakes into our midst?

Wonder how many of these “refugees” are horrified at the deaths of so many infidels? How many of these “refugees” decry the actions of the murderers in Paris?

I feel sorry for the folks in Paris. My prayers are with the families.  But they were a terribly easy target to attack (again).

Much of the talk last night in the venue where I was socializing was that it could be tried here, but looking at the crowd of 200+, there were (that I know of) at least 30 firearms, and we would be, at least, a much harder target. Hard to do much about Suicide Bombers, but bullets would seem to work well against gunmen.

This is true of nearly every state in the west and midwest (west coast states excluded, of course) and much of the south, but the East coast would be as soft a target as the unarmed French were.

One wonders if these attackers arrived in the recent wave of immigrants. For those who are truly seeking a better life, I hope not……I fear that the borders of the EU are going to close with a bang.

Liberals against Gun Control

Not all of us have forgotten your service.

Thank you, one and all.

You have my gratitude.

“The wind in the wires made a tattletale sound”

Today, 40 years ago, The “witch of November” came early and claimed the ship and crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Interestingly enough, it was a P-3 Orion aircraft that found the wreck 4 days later….

Raise a glass to those that lost their lives 40 years ago.

These town Marshalls are held under $1,000,000 bail in the shooting death of that 6 year old boy in Louisiana….Charged with second degree Murder.

The father is still in the hospital.

Bodycam video purportedly shows the father, Chris Few, had his hands up when the Marshalls opened fire, killing his son, 6 year old Jeremy Mardis, in his car seat. 

If true, then they should be jailed for life. As Murphy points out, cops have a bit more latitude because of their job. The other side of that is that they should be held to a higher standard of behavior and even harsher punishment for wrongdoing….

It will be interesting to see what the investigation brings….But I find it interesting that the State Police arrested them, and the local District Attorney wants no part of this case….