Make a Promise to Yourself

Just.One.Person.

This idea was started here, by joe at the Crabby Shack. You should go there and read it for yourself before reading on here.

Just.One.Person.

As a cop, I can tell you that I work every single shift with the mindset that I am going home at the end of it. Every car stop, every domestic, and every fight.

Granted, I am in a line of work where I am put in those situations more than others. But that does not matter. We all have the potential of having to face a goblin.

What are you going to do when it is your turn? Have you thought about it? You should. The goblins do. A lot. Every day of their lives, they do, you can bet on it. So what are you going to do?

Again, as a cop, I can tell you that the police will not be there to protect you. I wish that weren't so, but it is. It is just logistically impossible. I work an area where the vast majority of the time we have two officers covering 200 miles of road. The State Police in this area are spread even thinner. We react to crime. We can not protect everyone all of the time.

People need to be able and willing to defend themselves. That means YOU.

Promise yourself that no matter what you come across, or which goblin you are facing, YOU ARE GOING HOME AT THE END!!!! The more of you that have that mindset, the safer the country will be, whether it is your local crack head looking for his next fix, or a Bin Ladin wannabe picking your mall for his path to his 72 virgins.

Just imagine if there had been one person in one of the classrooms at VT that had made that promise to himself or herself. Think about it.

Portrait of a Hero

The above picture, for those who don't know, is of Prof Liviu Librescu, of Virginia Tech. He is a hero by any sense of the word. A Holocaust Survivor, he spent his last few moments on this earth holding the door to his classroom shut so that his students could escape out the window before that worthless piece of scum executed him. This man's picture should be plastered all over as a shining example of greatness.

It seems, however, that the MSM is more interested in putting up the pictures of the pond scum that wrecked so much havoc on that campus a few days ago. That is pitiful. Predictable, but pitiful. It is what that piece of crap wanted. "No Looking Backwards" has a post that you can sign up to pledge not to put the scumbag's picture on your web site, and I encourage all to do so.

I have waited awhile to comment on the events at Virginia Tech. Partially because there is so much to say that I don't know where to begin, and partially because there are others that say it so much better then I can. LCBrendan at the Anti Idiotarian Rottweiller points out what gun control laws have done to Australia here. There are those that believe that we should repeal the Second Amendment, and Emperor Misha that idiocy here.

As a cop, I can tell you that an armed public that can defend itself is a safer place to live. I don't care if there are more decent, law abiding people with guns. I don't have to worry about them. I assume everyone is armed anyway, until proven otherwise. You have an individual right to carry a firearm. Read the Second Amendment. But I will tell you this. You do NOT have an individual right to protecting from the police. There are times when we have to prioritise which call we are going to first, and you need to be able to defend yourself.

God bless the victims of the Virginian Tech Massacre, and their families.

Funny Stuff!

The Conservative UAW Guy has probably the funniest thing that I have ever read on the web. Warning, if you have done an ab workout lately, this will hurt.....

I've been blog surfing

The John Doe Manifesto...
I couldn't have said it better myself. GOP and College at "The Right Place" printed this...
Everyone should take this to heart, despite the Dems not wanting "John Doe" to be immune from lawsuits for reporting suspicious activity.

Over at Radioactive Liberty, we find this gem....
Just imagine a group of people wanting to deny that slavery ever existed. Hmmmm.

My Trip to Bangor

Bangor Maine. Home of Bangor International Airport. This airport has the distinction of having the longest runway in the east, possibly the country. Because of this, it is a favorite refueling stop for airline chartered to bring our troops back and forth across the pond, and into battle.

I just returned from a trip to Bangor, which for me is about a 3 1/2 hour ride. I went because my brother has returned from four months in Iraq. His plane arrived at 0320 hrs this morning, and I was there to spend the layover with him.

Let me try to convey the experience. First off, I was not alone in meeting his plane. I had the distinct privilege of meeting and spending some time with the Maine Troop Greeters. If you have not heard of these folks, they are an organization that dedicates themselves to meeting every single plane that lays-over there that has troops on it, whether they are coming or going, or whether there is one soldier or 300. They are fantastic people.

I arrived there a little early to find the terminal filled with a couple of hundred Marines headed for seven months in Iraq. It was a moving experience to see these men and women milling about with their laptops and Ipods. I didn't see one look of anxiety. Sure, some were talking on phones, some were laying by themselves. But not one looked afraid. I was amazed. And it didn't look like false bravado to me. These were men and women who were headed to do their jobs, and they all appeared to me to be totally dedicated to it.

After visiting with my brother, I waited around for awhile and met a plane load (305 soldiers) from the Army in from California, headed to Iraq. I stood in line and shook as many hands as I could. What amazed me the most was the number of men that I saw who appeared to be at least my age (35), who had one or two stripes. In other words, they had not been in all that long.

The whole experience was moving. If you ever get the chance, I would recommend doing this once at least. Spend some time at a terminal where soldiers are moving through. And check out the Maine Troop Greeters, and give them some support. They are amazing people.