No one every sung, “Fuck the firemen!”

Shower thought inspired by this Short.

And while we’re at it, my ex-FIL fought two tours in Iraq, won a Bronze Medal for successfully delivering a monster generator for civilian use. No issues.

Came home and ordered his men to cut houses in half with chainsaws, push them off the road, to clear a path through the Mississippi back roads, in order to relieve civilians after Katrina. They scooped corpses out of trees. Gave out Walmart bikes to little blacks girls so they could feel some semblance of “It’s OK”. I saw the fucking pictures.

Lived Hurricane Ivan. It ain’t what you see on the news. Ever seen transformers exploding across the city, like blue lightning, one after another? Ever seen the Milky Way because there is no power? Ever heard that train sound for 10-hours, non-stop, terrified there’s a tornado across the street you cannot see? Ever went to bed in the summer and woke up with no leaves on the trees? Ever wept in the street for your new city? Katrina was worse.

PTSD saw him leave his wife of 32-years, abandon his only child, my ex-wife.

Sorry if my prose is a mess, I’m crying, again.

Fuck these masked animals rolling all over our country. The 2nd Amendment is your right, whether you like it or not. Take that as you fucking like.

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    I’ve met some really good cops. I’ve also seen a bunch of corruption and bad policing.

    I don’t think it is fair to call all cops bad. They are the ones who respond first when you need help.

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      I’ve met some really good cops. I’ve also seen a bunch of corruption and bad policing.

      So, genuine question here… Were the good cops tolerating the corruption and bad policing? If the non-cops can see it, the good cops definitely can. Tacit support allows the system of corruption to continue functioning. So if they were tolerating it, were they actually good cops?

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        What would you have them do? The fault falls squarely on the leadership of these problematic departments

        It also doesn’t help that funding and people are in short supply. It is very hard to replace a police officer