tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post114599568285943421..comments2023-10-28T09:25:39.790-04:00Comments on The Atavist: Jack Bauer or Jack WelchThe Atavisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12529157597486952484noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-1146487819170769322006-05-01T08:50:00.000-04:002006-05-01T08:50:00.000-04:00Sorry, galt-in-da-box, your comments were truncate...Sorry, galt-in-da-box, your comments were truncated somehow, perhaps because I inadvertently set comments to be moderated when I was modifiying some of my settings. I re-set it to the way it should be. In any event, I agree with what you are saying. Where I grew up, there were the same beat officers you desribed, around when you needed them and a real deterrent to mischief makers. They were also polite and helpful. Where I live now, they drive around, often two to a car, and hand out tickets.The Atavisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529157597486952484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-1146334639197902712006-04-29T14:17:00.000-04:002006-04-29T14:17:00.000-04:00There was a time when the police actually did prot...There was a time when the police actually did protect and serve...I witnessed it firsthand as a young boy.<BR/>My neighborhood had a "beat cop" in 1971, one that actually walked the streets on foot instead of riding around in a luxury gunboat with the guts of Darth Vader's kitty-car like the lazy bureaucrats with badges do today. He was called to my downstairs neighbor's house because the drunk had come home after a morning at a tavern and started beating his wife - again! This time, a neighbor couldn't help overhearing and observing, and had called it in. Officer O'Shaunnesy took the bastard around back and let's say, "sobered him up real quick" without laying a hand on him. He then advised the lady to get a divorce and referred her to some agencies that could help her in the transition. It was surprising how quiet things were downstairs the rest of the day.<BR/>In the years since, the Atheist, Communist and Leftist Union or ACLU for short, have done everything possible to prevent Police from doing anything like protecting or serving, relegating them to historians, custodians, and tax ("fine") assessors.<BR/>Every once in a while you come across the aggressive sort on a power trip, but they usually getTheWayfarerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15074292938877766871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-1146153871191027252006-04-27T12:04:00.000-04:002006-04-27T12:04:00.000-04:00I attend the church with one of the families of th...I attend the church with one of the families of the 'fallen four'. And, I do not want my child in law enforcement, either. Ever.SuperP.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06830641369098524799noreply@blogger.com