Banning dog breeds
Posted: July 8, 2010 Filed under: bad decisions, Dogs, Fear Leave a comment »How about just banning the owners?
A city wants to ban pit bulls because of a recent attack on a 5 year old girl.
City plans to discuss banning pit bulls
Although some dogs have an aggressive nature and need more care and training, it isn’t the breed alone that causes problems, it’s the owners. Some people should never be allowed to own dogs (video about case further down) I don’t know for certain that any of these animals bit anyone but I do know one of the dogs is scared of humans and probably will be for the rest of it’s life.
Any dog can bite, even our German Shepherd-Rottweiler mix. As much as we shower love and affection on him, we have to be aware that he has the potential to bite. I’ve heard of small breeds inflicting severe damage from bites so it’s not the breed alone but also the owner.
Do we also ban other breeds such as Rottweilers, German Shepherds and Mastiffs, to name a few? I’ve heard of people even wanting to ban Siberian Huskies. Do we ban mixed-breed dogs as well, pit bull-lab, pit bull-springer spaniel? Let’s just use some common sense and take a look at how the owners are treating these animals. How about a ban on owners who mistreat their animals?
My heart goes out to victims of dog bites, especially the children. If the dogs were properly cared for we would hear less of these attacks.
Think good thoughts…less crime that way
Posted: July 6, 2010 Filed under: bad decisions, Disturbing, Dumb people, Ignorance | Tags: anarchists, Crime Leave a comment »A preacher friend of mine if fond of saying (with a little sarcasm since he doesn’t believe this), “If we all think good, do good…everything, everyone around us will be good.”
Well it doesn’t work that way. We can think all the good, happy thoughts we want but people are still going to be evil. I’m all for having a positive influence on those around us but sometimes that’s just not possible. That’s not reality.
I came across a comment made by someone (who claims to have anarchist leanings) regarding the role of police officers in communities. They seem to be under the impression that we need PEACE officers and not police officers. I guess they think if officers would respond to crime in a “peaceful manner” we will have less crime and we’ll all get along and everything will be wonderful.
That might work where I live. I mean, we don’t have any crime like…people selling drugs, people firing weapons, murders, rape, child molestation, wife-beating and meth labs. No one here with a police record flees the police. No one tries to run down innocent civilians. There’s no hit and run accidents. No one let’s their child drive for them because they’re too drunk. No one threatens their mother with a knife. Nope, we all get along.
I don’t know what reality this person lives in…or what he smoked too much of, but even here in Mayberry, USA, folks need a little more force applied to them in certain situations. I have to wonder if the “happy-thought guy” were to have a gun pointed at him, after he had been beaten, would want the PEACE officers to arrive with only happy thoughts and with no intent on using any of the tools on their belt to defend him?
Is it that they smoked too many drugs, got dropped when they were babies, or they were raised by hippies that makes them this out of touch with reality?
Officer asked to leave coffee shop
Posted: June 5, 2010 Filed under: bad decisions, Disturbing, Dumb people, Ignorance Leave a comment »From Officerresource.com….
Officer asked to leave Oregon coffee shop
The Red & Black Cafe is no place for a man in blue.
Police Officer James Crooker was asked to leave the vegan coffee shop in Portland, Ore., last month, a discriminatory move but not altogether uncommon at the java joint, a detective told FoxNews.com.
Here is a video and another article about the incident. Portland officer shown the door at anarchist cafe.
The manager says he doesn’t feel safe having this officer (a former Marine who served in Iraq) at his business. The police “prey” on people, according to the nut. Really? What do the criminals in the area do? Hold hands with their victims and pray with them? Unbelievable! Who will the manager call when he’s robbed?
According to the video, a woman and her daughter were trying to thank the officer when the manager came up to them and interrupted their conversation and at that point told the officer to leave. I’d say this manager has more issues than he knows.
On the cafe’s website their policy is to “strive to provide a community space that is safe and welcoming to all.” I have to wonder, now does this “policy” also include welcoming robbers, rapists, murderers? After all they wouldn’t want anyone to feel unwelcome.
“I never expected a police officer to come into the space,” he said. “If it happened again, I wouldn’t serve him.” (from oregonlive.com) So in other words, this officer showed more love to you, a complete stranger, than all your “peace-love-hippy-nonsense-bologny” could come up with. You, sir, do not know the meaning of the words love, honor, integrity, kindness and decency. And you never will.
Stupidity knows no bounds. Or is it….you can’t fix stupid.
Donating to police associations to get out of a ticket
Posted: February 1, 2010 Filed under: bad decisions, honor Leave a comment »There are good folks who donate money to the police because it’s simply a way of doing something nice for them for a change. And then there are those who donate with the idea that doing so will come in handy some day to get them out of a ticket. They actually think they deserve to get out of any ticket because they donated money to a police association. I take issue with the latter who think this way, in fact, it makes me very angry.
When I make donations to or raise money for the police, I’m also giving my time, energy and support. That in no way “entitles” me to get out of a ticket. What we are trying to do, in devoting our resources to the police, is give a little back to them since they do so much for us. How could we think then, that we now deserve something else beyond what the police already do for us?
What about donations we make to other causes? Should we expect something back from them simply because we threw some money their way? Apparently, our heart wasn’t in it in the first place. These types of people have no idea of the concept of giving and not expecting something in return. Give because it’s the right thing to do. Give because you see a need and want to share what you have. But don’t give because…”some day this might come in handy.”
Our motives in donating should be sincere, especially where the police are concerned.
End of rant…for now.
