Just a chore and errand day. Did a wash, tidied up a bit, went to Shop-Rite for various, to Kohl's to return shoes, and to Acme for lettuce and stuff.
Betty called, asking for particulars on Mother's Day. Later, my friend called to give me some. Must firm up where we'll meet before we get to the site.
Otherwise, fooled around on the 'puter and...can't even remember what else, but somehow the day advanced to evening, then night.
NOTE: Recently, when I copy texts from elsewhere, it comes out smaller than my own type, as below. If anyone knows how to remedy this, I'd appreciate getting instruction in a comment.
WIDER: Hardly a bastion of the far left, The Wall Street Journal published the following in an article called "Warrior Cop." Yes, we should be afraid. Very afraid.
"Since the 1960s, in response to a range of perceived threats, law-enforcement agencies across the U.S., at every level of government, have been blurring the line between police officer and soldier. Driven by martial rhetoric and the availability of military-style equipment—from bayonets and M-16 rifles to armored personnel carriers—American police forces have often adopted a mind-set previously reserved for the battlefield."
Here's the link:
http://original.antiwar.com/Will_Porter/2015/05/06/the-empire-comes-home/
3 comments:
Many of our countrymen seem to imagine that police departments can employ people who spent time in the Middle East with their boots planted firmly on civilians' necks, and that they'll then come home, put on a set of khaki sheriff's duds, and start impersonating Andy Taylor, "policing" Mayberry. Uh-uh, no sorry, ain't happening. Unless you're licking the badge enthusiastically, you're an insurgent, to be treated as such. Stop resisting! Stop resisting!
I thought I had read, although I'm not sure, that our heroes get preference in police hirings and/or civil service exams. True? If so, that should make your blood run cold.
Yes, I'm sure I've read that, too. And it does indeed.
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