Our ACAB issue

"Being a cop has always been a tough job. A dangerous job. Already this young year, there has been 96 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. 96 LEOs who did not make it home when their watch was over."

Yesterday, I had breakfast with a friend who serves in law enforcement. As we have been friends for some time now, we talked about many subjects, including what is happening in Brooklyn Center. We also discussed what is happening to our police forces, nationwide. How police are being besmirched and marginalized more and more by a small, yet very vocal, chattering class. How more and more, our law enforcement individuals are not getting the proper backing by the cities which hired them. It was a disturbing, yet enlightening conversation. 

While we were on the subject, my friend told me of a consequence of what is happening to many of our police forces - especially in "blue" communities. Not only are some of the law enforcement forces being underfunded or de-funded, but the recruiting of new officers has become a huge problem. Why? Very few have interest in being a cop these days.

ACAB has become prolific graffiti in many areas of the country. For those who don't know what it stands for, it means All Cops Are Bastards. When did all this start? I mean, it was not that long ago that being a police officer meant something which good and positive. An honorable profession. And it still is today, as it is considered by many of us. However, there is a small and vocal community who want cops gone. If not gone, unarmed. Make them like Bobbies in the UK.

Being a cop has always been a tough job. A dangerous job. Already this young year, there has been 96 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. 96 LEOs who did not make it home when their watch was over. Some murdered in cold blood. I don't recall seeing any protests or riots in the aftermath of their deaths. "Blue lives" matter as much as anyone else's life, and I don't care what anybody says. They are people, some with families, and they are just like the rest of us. 

We need to get this corrected, and soon. It is ripping the country apart. Where do I think this started? With our Divider-in-Chief, Barack H. Obama. With the Henry Lewis Gates incident with police. When, because Obama and Gates were buddies, before knowing all the facts, Obama said the police "acted stupidly". Then the infamous "beer summit". That in my opinion, was the start of this.

Next, throw in what Democrat Mayor de Blasio did to his police forces in New York City, and the script was becoming clear. Cops (according to many Democrats), don't matter any more. Then just this week, Rashida Tlaib tweeted out that we need to get rid of all of the cops - everywhere. And yes, she is a Democrat Congresswoman.

As far as I am concerned, my opinion of law enforcement has never changed. I respect and honor what they do for us. The Sheriff and his Deputies in the county I reside in, live up to their "Protect and Serve" commitment ever day. They are second to none in practicing valor and professionalism. They always have the backs of the citizens, and we have their backs.

ACAB? Not hardly. I like ACAH better. That would be All Cops Are Heroes. What happened in Brooklyn Center last weekend might have been just a horrible accident. The jury, if it comes to that, will decide what it was. None of us, wanted to see what happened to that young man. But it did, and now we have to deal with it.  We have to deal with it without painting all cops with the same broad brush, or resort to the burning and looting of property belonging to innocent citizens.

We are in trouble folks. Deep, deep trouble. The George Floyd riots were just the canary in the coalmine. And now we have Brooklyn Center. This is not good...

 

 

  

Minnesota's hot mess

"How will the Chauvin trial and the adjudication of the killing of Daunte Wright play out? No clue. All I can do is hope that nothing else bad happens on top of those two things. We just can't take much more national publicity." 

When I worked at a former company, our customer, our teammate, and our marketing staff were all from the East Coast. Quite often, they would make fun of us Minnesotans. I can remember this state being called "flyover land", "Mini-no-place", "Mini-hopeless", or just plain "North". No respect. Just a frozen Omaha. Nothing ever happened here - just nine months of winter, followed by three months of mosquitos and ticks.

Then came the George Floyd incident, followed by four days of total mayhem, violence, arson and theft in Minneapolis. When it was all said and done, the city looked like it had been hit by a MOAB. Could we heal from that please, and then get out of the national spotlight? Nope. Our trial of the century, was in the offing. Former officer Chauvin was charged with murder and manslaughter. He was to be tried first. Then later in the year, the other three former officers are to be tried together. 

Just when it appeared that things could not get more convoluted and confusing in our state, an incident this past weekend in Brooklyn Center, led to the death of a 20 year old black man named Daunte Wright. He was shot (maybe accidently) by a white 20 year veteran police officer. Then all hell broke loose (again). Not to the extent that happened in Minneapolis after the George Floyd incident, but still enough to be highlighted on the national news. It was bad enough and put half of the metro on curfew the next evening. 

All of a sudden, our once sleepy little state, who never made the national news, can't stay out of the news. Minneapolis, Portland, and Seattle, are all the current epicenters for social unrest in the nation. Ironically (or not), all three cities have recently voted to underfund, or defund their city police departments. How bad is it? There is no grace left anywhere. The city of Minneapolis is like a powder keg right now, and bad actors from parts unknown are ready to come here and raise hell (again). The city of Mary Tyler Moore, is now looking more like a scene from Dante's Inferno.

Can Minnesota ever once again go back to being a Sleepy Hollow? Fly over land? The land of boredom and long winter naps? Or is this our new muse? The lawlessness in Minneapolis is like most of us have never seen. Carjackings, have become more common than uncommon. It is so bad, that people who were suppose to go downtown to the convention center to get a Covid shot - decided it was too risky. They turned down that opportunity, to wait until they could get a shot someplace other than Minneapolis. 

How will the Chauvin trial and the adjudication of the killing of Daunte Wright play out? No clue. All I can do is hope that nothing else bad happens on top of those two things. We just can't take much more national publicity. 

Unfit for duty - again

"Walz could be 100% right, or 100% wrong. Or somewhere in-between. The bottom line is this - Walz has shown one more time, he is unfit for duty."

The worst thing which could happen to the Twin Cities area, happened again last night. Three people lost their lives to violence. Two were involved in a gunfight, while driving in two different cars. What happened, nobody knows as yet. All we do know is this - two people, decided to use guns to settle a difference, and both ended up dying because of it. Is there a back story to this incident? Probably - but we don't know what it is as yet. All we know is that two families are mourning today.

In addition, we had a police involved shooting in Brooklyn Center yesterday. What do we know about it so far? Not much. We know a cop pulled a young black man over due to an outstanding warrant (allegedly), and then something happened. The young black man got into his car to drive away. Then he was shot by the police. Is there a back story here? Count on it. At this point in time, we simply don't know what is. We only know one thing - just like with the other two men who shot each other, there is a family in Brooklyn Center who is mourning today. 

I guess however, there is one person who says he knows exactly what happened yesterday in Brooklyn Center. Our hapless Governor. The one who allowed parts of the city of Minneapolis to burn to the ground during the George Floyd riots. In true "Rocks and Cows" fashion, our Governor immediately tweeted out yesterday, that we needed to pray for the young man's family, as this was another case of a "young black man being shot by police". As is said in show business, that was a "mic dropping" moment. Walz does not know what happened yesterday. He was only speculating. Playing for points. Walz could be 100% right, or 100% wrong. Or somewhere in-between. The bottom line is this - Walz has shown one more time, he is unfit for duty.

As the next few days unfold, we will find out more of the truth. Body cameras will be analyzed, witnesses will be interviewed, and more and more, the real story will be learned. Will this end up in a trial like the Chauvin incident? Maybe - but right now, we don't know. 

Truthfully, after the George Floyd incident, I thought we would not see a police shooting again involving police and a young black man. The fuse is way too short in the community.

Besides having true justice play out in the aftermath of yesterday's tragedy, the most important thing for us to have is leaders acting like leaders. Both Walz and Frey failed miserably on this during the Floyd riots. It seems like Walz did not learn his lesson from last summer. Now it is up to the public to pay the price for Walz's dereliction of duty. 

President? Royalty? Or just a marionette?

"The plan by the marionettists is simple. Have things so mucked up, and so tilted by 2022, it will be impossible for the Republicans to take back the House and/or Senate. It will keep them a minority party forever."

"I have a phone and a pen", Obama would often times tell us. And he would go hog wild with Executive actions, most of which should have been handled by Congress. How do I know? The Constitution in Article 1, Section 1, tells us "All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States...". Please note that nothing is mentioned about the President. He (or she) has zero legislative powers - unless of course, you are counting fiat Executive actions.

It seems that Slo Joe was taking good notes when he was Obama's Veep. Because now that Slo Joe is living in the White House, he is papering the town with his own Executive actions. If Obama thought he was king, Biden thinks of himself as an emperor. 

Most of us have heard this story many times. In the early days of our fledgling republic, some of the Founders wanted George Washington to be our king. Washington, being as wise as he was, declined. He did not want another King George type of government. So, Washington agreed to be our first President. A President who lived within the confines of our newly minted Constitution. Oh, how times have changed over the centuries.

Currently, we have an old man, in the early stages of dementia, serving as our President. His handlers, are acting like marionettists, pulling the stings on this hapless old man playing the part of the marionette. Congress, who is also part of this great cabal, is sitting in the wings, just waiting to take their direction not from their voters, but from the marionettists. 

The way things are operating right now, is sick and wrong. It is antithetical to the way the Framers wanted our republic to work. But that is part of the plan. The marionettists want our republic to be replaced by a democracy, and our economic system to be socialism rather than capitalism. And the people, the voters, who hired everyone who serves in Washington? They are either just along for the ride, or are being taken for a ride.

What Biden and the marionettists are given us right now, is a legislative example of shock and awe. Throw everything, including the kitchen sink at the wall, and let's see what sticks. The "infrastructure" bill has barely been broached, and now we are on to a commission to study "court packing". Plus, stirring in the background, the marionettists are starting to rev up the 51st (WDC) and 52nd (Puerto Rico) statehood issue. 

When Obama thought he was king, it put the country on a dangerous trajectory. With Biden, things are even more sinister. We have nameless, faceless string pullers, acting as the marionettists right now. Unelected people, running (and now ruining) the joint. If this does not alarm you, it should. 

The plan by the marionettists is simple. Have things so mucked up, so tilted by 2022, it will be impossible for the Republicans to take back the House and/or Senate. It will keep them a minority party forever.

By doing so, the road will be paved for the marionettists to initiate the Great Reset. And when that happens, it will be lights out. It will be sunset time, the end, for the greatest republic, the greatest system of government, the world has ever known.   

Woken up? Woke? Or just a joke?

"This is the way Joe Biden and the socialists "bring us together". By making us hate and distrust each other more than under Obama."

For a short period of time, Deval Patrick had thrown his hat in the ring to be the Democrat nominee for President. When asked by the press what he would bring to the party, he started out with the usual socialist Democrat dribble, but then said something interesting and revealing. "It is not so important that many of us are "woke" right now - what I want to do is ensure we continue to wake up." Translation = he was all in, for the Great Reset. And, he could not wait to drive that train. But alas and alack - Patrick's campaign fizzled out and he went back to his former life.

In case you missed it this week, the new CDC director who does not know her butt from a six pack of beer, gave a dire warning. We have another pandemic. GASP! What? Is it one of the Covid - 19 variants? Smallpox? The new Covid -21 that Gates has warned us about? No - much worse than that. Racism. We have a pandemic of racism, and need to wake up and get "woke" about it!

Also, in case you have missed it, Biden has ordered our military to get more "woke". Become aware of our racist history, and how we are strapped with white privilege. Slo Joe even had the SECDEF order a force wide stand down, to search for (gasp!) white supremists in the ranks. Never mind the force could also contain members of the BLM and Antifa. Nope. The military must search the ranks to see if any Proud Boys or QAnon slipped in through the back door. 

Why is this so critical for our military? Why do we need to give them an anal exam, to see what their politics are (or were)? The standing joke in my days in the military, was the mission of the Marines. "Break things and kill people sir", the saying would go. In other words, our fighting men and women were not trained to be reconcilers or pacifists. The fighting branch of our military was trained to be a lean, mean fighting machine. To keep the peace through strength. The others in the military, had the job of supporting these brave sailors and soldiers.

The narrative the left is spewing right now is the worse I have seen in my adult life. Convince the white people they have a racist past, and are blinded to change, due to their white privilege. At the same time, convince black folk they are still highly disadvantaged, discriminated against, hopeless, and without the cloak of big government, have no future. This is the way Joe Biden and the socialists "bring us together". By making us hate and distrust each other, more than we did under Obama.

I guess the message of Dr. King fell deaf on many ears in the new socialist party. Color blind, and content of character, are antithetical concepts to the message of being "woke". My feeling of "woke" right now is it is no joke. It is dangerous. It is ruining the country. Ruining our fine military. Ruining our healthcare. All because of the Great Reset, and the traitors who want to see it come to fruition.

Wake up citizens and patriots! The "woke folk" are really the enemies at the gate. Nothing more, nothing less. On second thought, these misfits are inside the gate. Inside Washington. Stay ready - the brainwashing brought to us by the "woke folk" has already begun.   

Play ball, or foul ball?

"People should listen to David Wells and give it serious consideration. For a guy like Wells to walk away from MLB, maybe that was the canary in the coal mine for the rest of us. Play ball? Not any longer. Now it is just a foul ball." 

This morning on the news, there was a story about David Wells. For those who are not familiar with that name, Wells is a former major league pitcher, who is one of the rare players who has pitched a perfect game. Although somewhat portly, Wells pitched for the Yankees and the Blue Jays, and was considered to be one of the best "lefties" around. Now retired from MLB, he had an interesting take on the All Star Game snafu down in Atlanta.

"I am done. And it hurts me to say this, as baseball has been such a big part of my life for so long. But I will not watch another game." Guess what? Wells is not the only person who is giving MLB the "deep six" this season. Some, maybe forever. Why? Because the putz who is the MLB commish, decided to take America's pastime, and turn it into a "Woke industry". This was a dumb, dumber, and dumbest thing he could have done. PLUS - to make matters even worse, he gave credence to the BIG LIE, that Georgia's new voter law was racist. Or as Slo Joe says, "Jim Crow".

Michael Jordan once said about politics, "Republicans buy sneakers too." Laura Ingraham wrote a book titled, "Shut up and Sing". How are these two items related? Same theme. If you are in sports or entertainment, you would do yourself a favor, by sticking to your knitting. Stay out of politics.

The blow back from this bone headed decision to move the All Star Game from Atlanta (50% black) to Denver (9.2% black), could be enormous. All because of a BIG LIE. Plus, many of the folks in Atlanta who would have benefited from the 100 - 150M dollars the game would have brought to Atlanta - are black.

I have followed the Minnesota Twins since 1961, when they went from the Senators, to an expansion team in Minnesota. I watched all three world series they played in. I knew the "65" lineup by heart. Rich Rollins was my favorite player. I still have homer hankies from the "87" series. That being said, I could give a rip about the Twins right now. Why? They are part of the MLB. And the MLB, just like the NBA, is dead to me. The NFL may not be dead to me as yet, but they are on life support.

People should listen to David Wells and give it serious consideration. For a guy like Wells to walk away from MLB, maybe that was the canary in the coal mine for the rest of us. Play ball? Not any longer. Now it is just a foul ball. 

Not funny, just STOOPID!

"It has been said by many folks much smarter than I, the only thing more STOOPID than the elected Democrats in the state or federal government (especially the President), are the minions who voted for them. That is not funny - just a fact."   

This morning on the news, Tom Holman (former acting Director of ICE), responded to what Ms. Nancy said yesterday. Pelosi said the southern border is in great shape under Biden, not a mess like it was under Trump. Holman said, "If she really believes that, she is the dumbest person ever to serve in the House." I don't know about that Tom - the Democrats have legions serving or who have served who every day, put a face on the term "STOOPID". 

And by the way, that includes Senator Joseph Biden, who somehow snuck into the White House. This guy a piece of work. I mean, how STOODID is this guy who has NEVER worked? When ask if the 28% proposed corporate tax rate would hurt consumers, his reply was the typical uninformed, uneducated, Democrat response. "Come on man! (my add). If a company pays higher taxes, they do not pass those costs on to the consumer." (his add). Hey Joe, you moron! That is 100% false!

Then the philandering, and equally clueless Governor of New York, is about to do something equally as STOOPID. To combat the massive flight of money out of New York, leaving to go down to zero tax states like Florida or Texas, Cuomo had a bright idea. He is going to raise taxes in the already very high taxed state of New York by another 2%. Anyone with an IQ higher than a potato, knows that is a DUMB and STOOPID idea. But don't tell that to Cuomo - he thinks he is the smartest person in the room.

An honest media would be skewering Biden every day right now, just based on how he has mucked up our southern border. In Biden's clueless, and increasingly foggy brain, everything on the border is hunky dory. Even though Greg Abbott (Texas Governor) has just announced, in Texas government sponsored NGO holding facilities for young illegals, there is something very wrong. It is an (alleged) nesting area for sexual abuse of youth. In other words - a government funded pedo location. In Biden's world of la-la, he just blows that information off as politics. After all, everything bad on the border is Trump's fault.

Biden's border administration has also ordered the very recent posting about border control catching two baddies from Yemen, be taken down. Taken down and hidden. Why? Bad press for Biden. By the way, earlier we have also caught four other baddies, who were also on the terror watch list. Plus yesterday, a convicted MS-13 baddie was caught sneaking over the border. And those are only the ones who have caught. Think of how many baddies are in with the "get aways".

There is nothing funny about Biden nor his merry group of socialists. Besides the White House, they are contaminating the House and Senate. These are people who are intentionally using the Great Reset, to destroy this great country.

It has been said by many much smarter than I, the only thing more STOOPID than the elected Democrats in the state or federal government (especially the President), are the minions who voted for them. That is not funny - it is just a fact.