Rudolph floated forward. Big, beautiful, and buoyant, his red nose a beacon leading the way as part of the local Christmas parade. Still, he needed helping hands to anchor him and navigate a path along the city street. Sure he … Read more...
New In 2011 — Real Change Or More PR?
With the New Year only days away, you can smell the change is in the air. Or, is that just more PR?
All natural, but the process
Let the change begin with snack foods. Well maybe not. Apparently we consumers … Read more...
Merry Merry Up-Side-Down Christmas
I clearly remember going into gales of laughter as a child when seeing anyone talk while up-side-down. Chin talking is what they call it now. I don’t think we had a name for it then. And I don’t remember anyone … Read more...
Bad Luck Cadet #2: Jumping Hurdles
This is the 2nd installment in my Bad Luck Cadet Series.
The week dragged by as I waited for the next stage in my police academy entrance tests.
My husband could do nothing right. My kids were driving me nuts, … Read more...
Seeing Things In A New Light: Police Dogs
If someone said Police dog, odds are you would picture a powerful and highly trained German Sheppard. If someone said Search dog, you are likely to picture a long-eared, big nosed Bloodhound. And if someone said Rescue dog… Read more...
A Special (Cartoon) Message from the TSA’s Pat Downe
If laughter is truly the best medicine, maybe watching this cartoon video before your next flight will help.
From the very talented Les Clay at robotnut:
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Bad Luck Cadet #1 – Accidents Happen
This is the first in a series of post on my misadventures in becoming a police cadet.
I became a police officer while suffering a midlife crisis in my forties. I became a detective a few years later. Crime in … Read more...
Mr. President, Who Is Terrorizing Whom?
With all due respect Mr. President, your recent remarks in Lisbon seem woefully inadequate at defining the problems or expressing the emotions of the American traveling public regarding the TSA‘s Enhanced Pat-Down (EPD) and Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) procedures.… Read more...
~ New Jersey And Others Push Back At TSA
In case you haven’t had the “pleasure” of flying lately, here is a little taste of what you might expect at the airport …
And as shocking as this video is, the push back is only now starting to build.
… Read more... Our Human Potential — It Boggles the Mind
Seeing people perform fearsome, mind-blowing, jaw-dropping, magnificent physical feats seems standard fare these days, but when you see so many strung together in one video it is impossible not to come away impressed.
Beyond the breathtaking visual of the individual … Read more...
Some Days Are Just Special
We all have bad days on the job.
My most recent bad day started with a fender bender on a muddy road. Well, actually, it started when I said I would work patrol for another officer so he could take … Read more...
Who Was Driving That Car-Van-Truck Thing?
As a police officer/detective, I am constantly made aware of differing perceptions when a critical incident happens.
If a robbery takes place in front of five eye witnesses, all five witnesses will have a slightly different version of what happened. … Read more...
Elections Are Messy Business
Elections are never pretty. Desperation doesn’t brings out the best in people. But some elections are messier than others. The presidential election of 1800 between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson was particularly rough.
And during the Great Depression, the American … Read more...
ObamaCare’s Biggest Success Maybe Outsourcing Expenses to Taxpayers
While most Main Street Americans have yet to get a glimpse of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) in action, states and private employers are already discovering it harbors more than a few challenges for our already complicated … Read more...
The HAMP Foreclosure Rap
Process matters — if results matter.
Our government designed HAMP (Home Affordable Modification Program) with three fatal flaws (features?) for homeowners:
- Bank were not required to participate.
- Banks were paid fees for homeowners entering into the modification process, without ever
Seeing Things In A New Light: Gangs And Little Old Ladies
Words have a way of changing over time.
A generation or so ago, the word ‘gang’ referred to an informal group of friends with whom you regularly socialized. Emphasis on friends and social.
Back then, your ‘gang’ or ‘the gang’, … Read more...
~ A Talent For Living Life Splendidly
Talent is considered to be an unusual, innate ability in a field or activity.
We often tag people as ‘talented’ when the person excels at a given sport or art (think actors, painters, musicians, and the like) or when they … Read more...
BP and NOAA — Dispellers of Myths, Educators of School Children?
It is truly a perverse world we are living in when BP, with the help of our government, is allowed to present itself as a truth teller and a dispeller of myths. But it gets downright obscene, when our government … Read more...
Pondering The Possibilities: Penthouse Economics
In Penthouse Economics, as in all real estate,
it is location that matters most.
And while it is true that a superior view
gives a penthouse its enduring appeal.
It is through the laws of gravity and flow
that Penthouse … Read more...
Pondering The Possibilities: Electric Hybrid Cannabis-mobiles
Everyone wants a smoke’n car, but would a toke’n car be a good thing?
A consortium of Canadian firms under the group name Project Eve is hoping the Kestrel, which may be the world’s first electric hybrid hemp car, … Read more...
Seeing Things In A New Light: Dancing
Musical expression comes in an infinite variety of forms –
from professional musicians … to air guitar players,
from formally trained Opera singers … to Karaoke performers,
from orchestra conductors … to head bangers,
from ballet dancers to …
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… Read more...Dear Eleanor, I’m Still Learning
Dear Eleanor,
I recently reread YOU LEARN BY LIVING and was amazed by its wealth of inspirational quotes and its relevance for todays political environment.
You wrote it back in the late 1950’s near the end of your life and … Read more...
Delinquent Taxpayers and Government Employees — Never The Twain Should Meet
When government employees are also delinquent taxpayers… Oh, the irony.
At a time when bad and government have become synonymous, not just in word but in deeds. At a time when complaints about government taxes have become as Main Street … Read more...
Earth To President Obama, Adding Speed To Our Death Spiral Isn’t Helpful
Happy Labor Day, Mr. President!
Now can I give you some Main Street advice? Get yourself some new advisors. Maybe some earthbound ones. Because, after listening to your speech on the economy from the White House Rose Garden last Friday, … Read more...