Posted: August 21, 2010 | Author: Clady | Filed under: Annoying things, Dumb people, harm, Identity crisis, Ignorance |
Also known as the klan, those happy-go-lucky folks are in our area. They’ve been here for some time but lately one of them decided to fly a flag that proves his brain is on hold. I have no idea what, if anything, they will do. Likely they’ll just do what they always do, fight amongst themselves, fight amongst their neighbors, get a ride to jail, etc.
I have a special hatred for their rhetoric. I grew up with a parent that tried to impose the beliefs of the ‘kl-n’ onto his children. He was abusive towards them. And also violent to a point where he wanted to inflict harm on innocent people he didn’t even know. Convinced the government was out to get him and his property and felt it was necessary to “defend” it. Without going into too much detail, he was a very hateful, suspicious person that I always considered crazy. In a way, believing that everything he said was a lie, turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Whatever he tried to teach us, I believed the opposite.
As a parent, I made sure my children were grounded in the belief that no one group of people is better than another. There are good and bad people wherever you look. I find though, that there are people who are smarter than me, better looking, have better morals, have greater wisdom, better spiritual knowledge. They work harder, are blessed with more talents and abilities than me. Yet, we have the same importance and deserve the same love that was given to us by our Creator.
Having said that, there are people I don’t like. But the reason I don’t care for them is that they truly are rotten people. It’s their lack of character that I can’t stand, not what they look like.
How people could want to join the cone-heads and think they are a good bunch of people to be around is beyond me. Have they ever seen anyone in these groups with a look of joy on their face? All I’ve ever seen is a bunch of angry, bald-headed, knuckle-draggers or the cone-head-costume-wearing nitwits. They need some happiness in their life. Maybe someone should send them some flowers, or teddy-bears to hug. Tapes of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood might do the trick too. Or how about a Tickle-me-Elmo?
I don’t know what I will do if I ever have any type of encounter with them. I do hope they find a cure for whatever ails them though.
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Posted: August 9, 2010 | Author: Clady | Filed under: Annoying things, Drama queens, Dumb people, Ignorance |
I wish I could distance myself from some people. And their drama. And the troubles they bring on themselves just because they’re that brainless.
I don’t know how people can stand to live like they do. What is it about this lifestyle that is so compelling? They are a real headache to deal with and I usually have to walk away from it before I lose my temper.
Maybe I should start taking notes in front of these drama queens and tell them I’m submitting it for some reality TV show or soap opera.
The cast of characters include a dude who thinks he’s a Daniel Boone-type and traps animals, legally and illegally. He even wears a coon skin hat. We try to stay clear of him as much as possible. One time we were on a four-lane divided highway just driving along when Daniel Boone pulls alongside us and starts staring at us. We are trying to make a lane change into the other lane because there is a semi stopped in our lane up ahead. Daniel Boone also slows down. We slow down some more almost coming to a stop wondering when dumb-dumb is going to get a clue about our situation and let us get into his lane before we hit the stopped semi (not that we would). Finally dumb-dumb lets us in his lane and off they go, leaving us fuming.
He’s had some trouble with the law to say the least. My favorite story is when he was pepper-sprayed by the police, twice. As the story is told by the in-laws, he was just minding his own business and doing nothing illegal (that just means he didn’t get caught, so it wasn’t illegal). The police come along and start harassing him about nothing but he ends up getting pepper-sprayed anyway, for nothing. And as another in-law likes to tell it, “They knew he was allergic to pepper-spray, so they sprayed him again.” Apparently he got angry and put up a fight. The allergic reaction to the pepper-spray was that he messed his pants something awful. Aww. I just feel sorry for the officers that had to put him in the squad car and take him to jail. As a result of his doing nothing illegal he had to take anger management classes after that.
Another character is the Rock Star in-law. He thinks the police harassed him because he looked like a rock star. He had long blond hair and wore tight pants. He likes to drink. He likes to drink and drive. He lives in complete filth. The neighbors have threatened to turn him in to the health department. Of course his mother thinks the neighbors are out to get her boy and are all conspiring against him. So she cleaned up his place for him and moved in. When the Rock Star along gets tired of trashing the other place he moves back into the cleaned-up house and then went that gets filthy again, the cleaning-moving cycle starts all over again. Wonderful maid service to have, especially when it’s free.
Miss Drama Queen (the family’s head drama queen) feels that since she’s young and knows it all, everyone should focus their attention on her whenever she’s around. I refuse to give her any attention but after her repeated insults to my children, there may come a time when she is going to need a good talking to. I’ll have to bring a sign, “Drama-Free Zone,” and a can of drama-repellent with me.
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Posted: July 29, 2010 | Author: Clady | Filed under: fight, Ignorance, Support |
Because they deserve the right to be heard.
We believe the same things they do. We believe they have a right to use their gun to defend themselves to the point that it may cost a criminal his life. We believe it’s right to be suspicious of a person’s behavior and act on their instincts to check out what someone is up to, after all we have some of the same suspicions as they do, it’s why we call the police in the first place.
If there is something we don’t quite understand, we listen and consider what they have to say. If we still disagree after considering what they say, we move on and accept that they know what they’re doing and are the experts on those matters. We support them in their efforts to keep us safe and help us live in peace.
To counter the “we’ve got rights!” nonsense which is usually written by drug users , their sympathizers or people who feel the need to “take on the police” to show they’re not afraid of authority.
It’s unbelievable to me that there are groups, whose sole mission is to keep an eye on the police (and it’s not for anything positive). It’s hard to imagine having that much paranoia about a person whose job it is to just keep order and answer calls for help.
We certainly do have rights. Some are God-given and some are given by the laws of the land. No one wants those basic rights taken away. Why do these paranoid “rights-watchers” look at the police as the ones who would take our rights away when clearly it’s the criminals who do so. When a criminal comes into a person’s home you can be sure the homeowner’s rights are not on his mind. He doesn’t care about the right against illegal search and seizure. He wants your possessions. He doesn’t care about your right to call the police. That’s one of the first rights he will try to take away.
And how about just obeying the laws and keeping out of trouble? Then there’s nothing to worry about. Obey the laws and you will have no need to worry if the police will take you to jail.
To stand with the police.
We support their efforts. We want them to be able to use whatever weapon they feel is necessary to bring about a safe arrest. We understand they have a God-given right to use force on criminal. Sometimes that force is unpleasant but we want those criminals taken to jail.
When an officer is injured or killed, it hurts us too. We see them as innocent people who have taken on this difficult job of keeping us safe and helping us to live in peace.
It hurts us too when things don’t go well for the police. We want them to succeed every time. And when they have success, we cheer them on.
To give the haters and paranoids something to think about.
We are simply civilians who care about the police. Hard as it is to believe, there are good people who have no hatred or fear of the police. We can actually carry on a conversation with an officer and not see it as a conspiracy attempt by them to take away our rights. It’s just a conversation between two people.
When an officer comes to our door it gives us an opportunity to show hospitality. We may be a bit nervous to see a uniformed officer at our door, especially when we didn’t call the police, but we invite them in and talk with them to see what we can do to help.
We see the police as our friends as well as our defenders. It’s what we teach our children in Bible classes. We stress the importance of obeying their parents, the police and God. It saves them a lot of grief later on in life if they obey those in authority, starting with their parents.
I’m sorry if the haters and paranoids were not taught properly when they were children, but I can’t help but wonder when life teaches you those lessons later on, why don’t you learn from those mistakes. If you want to fester and stew in your hate and paranoia, give it your best shot but don’t expect good, decent people to buy into your stupidity.
To give us an outlet to voice our thoughts and beliefs. Sometimes we’re not heard by our family and friends.
Sometimes we are at odds with family and friends when it comes to the police. They will not listen to reason, much like the paranoids and haters. Putting down our thoughts helps to calm us when we become frustrated with their lack of understanding. Writing is better than hitting your head against a brick wall.
If family won’t listen maybe someone else will. And if we are missing the point on an issue, at least there are intelligent people who will attempt to have a mature discussion on a matter (and sometimes that person will be in Law Enforcement).
We are not perfect. There’s a lot we don’t know about police work and so we blog in an attempt to learn and grow as supporters.
To say to the police…we care and we’re with you.
You’re not alone out there.
Be safe.
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Posted: July 6, 2010 | Author: Clady | Filed under: bad decisions, Disturbing, Dumb people, Ignorance | Tags: anarchists, Crime |
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?
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Posted: June 5, 2010 | Author: Clady | Filed under: bad decisions, Disturbing, Dumb people, Ignorance |
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.
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Posted: April 13, 2010 | Author: Clady | Filed under: Annoying things, complaints, Disturbing, harm, Ignorance, Police, The media |
I came across this post on a blog dealing with illnesses. It’s about a bipolar man who walked out into traffic and was tased twice. He later died. Here is a news article about the incident.
The blogger suggests that the fault lies with the police due to ignorance in dealing with the mentally ill. She suggests that “anyone of us (and I’m assuming she means the mentally ill) could be killed by the police.” She also says that, “mentally ill people are NOT criminals, nor are their family members.”
First off, I take issue with the idea that “anyone of us could be killed by the police.” I have contact with the police on a regular basis and I can tell you, causing the death of any person is the last thing they would ever want to do. It hurts them greatly to have to defend themselves to the point of deadly force. They too, are traumatized by any death that results in the use of deadly force. It’s a tragedy all around. Now do you honestly think the police look forward to the death of someone?
And we will not be killed by the police simply for having a medical condition. It is the circumstances and behavior of the individual that dictates what level of force that is necessary for the police to use. The safety of the innocent bystanders are of primary concern, and yet so is the safety of the individual they are dealing with. The police have a tremendous burden of maintaining the safety of all individuals in any incident.
So the mentally ill never commit crime? Never? That’s not what the mentally ill inmates in prisons say. They can and do commit crime. And their family members don’t commit crime either? Family members don’t interfere with the police when said mentally ill criminals are arrested? I think not.
Many people claim to have mental illnesses, such as bipolar, and use this as an excuse to get away with crime. Would you say this is a misrepresentation of persons with bipolar? The media sensationalizes their acts of crime and blows them out of proportion, just as, with the isolated incidences of the use of the taser to defend innocent people, where death is later reported. Both are wrong, as it gives the impression that it occurs more than it does and most often the truth of the matter goes unreported. That’s the media for you. Don’t believe everything you read.
Just as you would not want us to fear bipolar people because of what we read in the media likewise it would be wrong to perpetuate a fear the police. We need to speak up and look for the truth behind the headlines. Having these false impressions has a direct effect on those we should care about, bipolar people and our police officers. People will act out negatively if they believe they have reason to fear bipolar people and the police. Neither groups of people deserve this.
Let’s get at the truth of the matter…
The police are not ignorant when dealing with people they are sworn to protect. Keeping people alive is what they train for, day and night. It’s why they became police officers, dispatchers, corrections officers.
The police do not kill people. They defend themselves and others against danger. The police will rather take a bullet themselves then let an innocent person die.
The police are not ignorant nor clueless. They are very highly-trained, educated individuals.
The police deserve the right to be in good-standing with the community. They deserve the right to carry out their duties without the public fearing harm from them.
It’s not the police who are ignorant.
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