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Dealing with "The Surveillance State" is easier than you think.
Back in the early 90's there was a cliche for emails.
"Never say or send anything you are not willing to see on the front page of the New York Times."
This now applies to all electronic communications, without exception.
Moscow Rules are in effect.
Me? I have nothing to say to anyone that is the least bit interesting...to anybody! LOL
In the mall lobby I get folks that are upset that we can no longer trust the government and "THEY are watching us!!!111!!!"
Chill, stay frosty, be cool. The stuff you send, the sites you visit are only going to be used IF they decide in the future something you are doing then is unacceptable to them (yes, it could be almost anything and retroactive laws are easily passed despite the Constitution). THEN your entire electronic history will be reinterpreted to support their case against you. Tough times, man. Suck it up. FIDO.
Is it outrageous? Hell Yes. But you are soooo last century, when America was mostly free.
HAHAHA, you want me to join your militia? LMFAO, 1 in 5 members you 'trust with your life' are government informants. Go away, no, really, you're bothering me. Move along.
As to the argument "If you are not doing anything wrong, you shouldn't mind."
or my favorite "You can trust the government not to misuse personal information."
1. What is not wrong today, may be "wrong" tomorrow.
2. Everyone should MYOB. LOL...we humans don't do that well.
3. Government people are routinely proven to be looking up personal information in government "confidential" databases and using the info for personal, salacious, political or criminal reasons. The Obamacare databases will be exciting to watch as they are misused.
To those who don't think the new tech of state surveillance is a likely problem: check just this one of many articles available.
I am close to being like L. Neil Smith's friend, just not as smart.
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The Militarization of the Police
Simple: You are the enemy or close enough to the enemy not to matter. The police can only trust themselves (except for that idiot in 3rd Squad and the Brass). They work for the retirement package, not for you. Officer Friendly died long ago. RIP.
Their going home tonight and eventually retiring are the ONLY important things.
Remember too that they are young and went to modern schools that teach political correctness, not civics. So they are way more cynical than you imagine.
STFU, cooperate and pay your taxes or else! Sad times my friends.
Monday, September 2, 2013
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Miscellaneous whines
Thank God I do not have to enforce parking regulations!
Yeah, I know, you'll 'just be a minute.'
No, I can't watch your car for you....or your kids or your tools.
Parking place lines? Lines? We don't need no stinking lines!
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Parking lot stereo wars: Mexican polka derived music vs. Rap.
Never classical music for some reason....
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The racial demographics at the mall (racist of me to notice, I know, so sorry snowflake) is now about 80% Hispanic, 17% African-American and the remainder white and Asian.
[BTW: snowflake is NOT a racist term...it refers to you unique individuality, not 'whiteness'...you racist. LOL]
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A lady told me that it is right, necessary and appropriate for all Americans to learn to speak Spanish. I said "Yep, that day is soon upon us.") (BTW, Thanks for the assimilation!)
Blog Competition? Quelle horreur!
OK, so I totally ignore all the rules for a successful blog...leading to the barely googleable (unGoogleable?) obscurity of this endeavor. :)
I Googled "The Smiling Guard" and discover another "The Smiling Guard" blog, on Tumblr.
WTF is that blog about? Vf gur nhgube ntrq fvk? Ner gurl shpxvat vafnar?
OK, OK , no insults. Be mature but...really?
Now I know there is certainly no copyright on this blog's title, but really?!
Basic courtesy (admittedly rare today) is to spend a few minutes checking that your blog title is not already in use for another blog. About security guards!
I suppose they could have tried to call it Instapundit, Drudgereport or Amazon.
Luckily I never tell anyone about my blog but if I ever do so, I better be exceptionally clear on the URL. LOL
I Googled "The Smiling Guard" and discover another "The Smiling Guard" blog, on Tumblr.
WTF is that blog about?
OK, OK , no insults. Be mature but...really?
Now I know there is certainly no copyright on this blog's title, but really?!
Basic courtesy (admittedly rare today) is to spend a few minutes checking that your blog title is not already in use for another blog. About security guards!
I suppose they could have tried to call it Instapundit, Drudgereport or Amazon.
Luckily I never tell anyone about my blog but if I ever do so, I better be exceptionally clear on the URL. LOL
You should not have a favorite weapon.
You should not have a favorite weapon.
--- Miyamoto Musashi, A Book of Five Rings
--- Miyamoto Musashi, A Book of Five Rings
If all you have is a hammer, all problems look like nails.
If you go to a locksmith-solution space looks like locks, a contract guard company-solutions look like guards; same for intrusion detection-all solutions looks like IDS.
Cyber security solutions are applicable to physical security. Physical security concepts are applicable to cyber security.
LEARN about as many aspects of security as you can...and then cross functionally creatively apply them!
EVERYTHING has security implications and lessons that can be applied to your job. BE CREATIVE. :) But don't annoy your boss!
No one counter measure is sufficient or appropriate...even James Bond's exploding Lotus theft prevention system in For Your Eyes Only.
I had a test for guards their for education and fun.
Imagine the CEO comes to you and asks that you "secure that desk" and points his desk. How many ways can you think of complying with his order?
Most said "Put a lock on the drawers." Few went beyond that.
A few added: "Place a guard at the office door."
I had 55 solutions to his request BUT much better to ask "What exactly am I securing? What loss do you want to prevent?" This significantly narrows your choices.
Is it the Resolute Desk?, is it the bottle of Glenlivet in the desk?, is it the confidential merger information?, the picture of his mistress?, his cocaine stash?, his 357 magnum???
ASK!!!
I had 55 solutions to his request BUT much better to ask "What exactly am I securing? What loss do you want to prevent?" This significantly narrows your choices.
Is it the Resolute Desk?, is it the bottle of Glenlivet in the desk?, is it the confidential merger information?, the picture of his mistress?, his cocaine stash?, his 357 magnum???
ASK!!!
Sunday, June 23, 2013
OMG, forgot to Blog and Misc. stuff from the intertubes
In California, the security guard in the symphony parking lot makes
minimum wage and has no pension, even as he faces as much danger as his
counterpart in the state police.
http://pjmedia.com/victordavishanson/beautifully-medieval-california/?singlepage=true
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...And with money came political clout. To freeze the pension contribution of a highway patrolman is a mortal sin; but no one worries much about the private security’s guard minimum wage and zero retirement, whose nightly duties are often just as dangerous. The former is sacrosanct; the latter a mere loser. ...
http://pjmedia.com/victordavishanson/california-at-twilight/
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Remember: "It's not the odds, its the stakes."
[re: carrying a gun and the anti-gun point that it is unlikely one will get attacked, so guns are unnecessary]
http://armedcitizensnetwork.org/our-journal/271-july-2012?start=4
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Funniest End of Civilization Ever-from the Coldfury blog
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see also: Roman Empire, Fall of.
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"It's frightening, and it is very upsetting," said Alameda County Superior Court Judge Joan Cartwright as she sentenced Marcus Ward, 23, to life in prison without the possibility of parole. "You have total lack of respect for anything."
...
Ward, however, said he didn't care about being sent to prison for life as Cartwright lectured the 23-year-old.
"Can you hurry up, 'cause I don't care," Ward said as Cartwright spoke.
Ward was found guilty of a special circumstances murder for killing Michael Schenk, 31, during a robbery. Ward devised a plan to rob Schenk, a pimp, with his girlfriend, Gequesha Nolan, 22, who was also a prostitute.
The killing occurred on Oct. 5, 2011, as Schenk sat in his car on Favor Street. Nolan took a plea deal in which she admitted committing second-degree murder and was sentenced to 15 years to life Friday.
Ward, however, was not offered a deal, and a jury found him guilty in less than two hours after a weeklong trial....
http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_23216943/oaklands-growing-crime-rate-evident-at-courthouse
5-10-13
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“Never call an unarmed man ‘security’,” Grossman said.
“Call him ‘run-like-hell-when-the-man-with-the-gun-shows-up’ but never call an unarmed man security.
"Imagine if someone said, ‘I want a trained fire professional on site. I want a fire hat, I want a fire uniform, I want a fire badge. But! No fire extinguishers in this building. No fire hoses. The hat, the badge, the uniform — that will keep us safe — but we have no need for fire extinguishers.’ Well, that would be insane. It is equally insane, delusional, legally liable, to say, ‘I want a trained security professional on site. I want a security hat, I want a security uniform, and I want a security badge, but I don’t want a gun.’ It’s not the hat, the uniform, or the badge. It’s the tools in the hands of a trained professional that keeps us safe.
http://www.policeone.com/active-shooter/articles/2058168-Active-shooters-in-schools-The-enemy-is-denial/
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The moment he stepped inside the restaurant, everybody became self-conscious and awkward. He was used to it. All uniformed cops were. Even law-abiding citizens felt guilty of something with a cop in the room; as if they were afraid that he could read their darkest thoughts or that they might be seized by a sudden, uncontrollable urge to commit a major felony. In his experience, only children greeted the sight of a police officer with enthusiasm and pleasure. Children like order and security. Most adults do too, but those feelings are complicated by issues of ego, dominance, control, status, and sex, all of which come bubbling up from the bog of the unconscious when you are confronted with a man with the power to take your freedom or your life.
King City (Lee Goldberg)
- Highlight on Page 23 | Loc. 323-29
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...When I carry a gun, I don’t do so because I am looking for a fight, but because I’m looking to be left alone.
The gun at my side means that I cannot be forced, only persuaded.
I don’t carry it because I’m afraid, but because it enables me to be unafraid.
It doesn’t limit the actions of those who would interact with me through reason, only the actions of those who would do so by force.
It removes force from the equation... and that’s why carrying a gun is a civilized act.
By Maj. L. Caudill USMC (Ret.)
https://munchkinwrangler.wordpress.com/2007/03/23/why-the-gun-is-civilization/
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Grossman: Wolves and sheepdogs alike scare the sheep because they both bear the same fangs. The fangs are the equalizer. Implicit in this model is the understanding that any sheepdog without a gun has chosen to make him or herself, at least for that day, a sheep. Having the training and the will without the means still renders you powerless, when faced with a violent moment of truth.
http://sofrep.com/15278/sheep-wolves-sheepdogs/
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Unthinking platitudes are the first refuge of the ignorant.
source unknown; anyone?
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It’s about stories. We all have stories that we tell ourselves about what our lives are—and those stories are always wrong.”
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this isn’t a failure of the system; it IS the system.
http://coldfury.com/2013/06/12/the-price-of-pc/
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libertarianism is the idea that people should be as free as possible from state coercion so long as they don’t harm anyone. The job of the state is limited to fighting crime, providing for the common defense, and protecting the rights and contracts of citizens. The individual is sovereign, he is the captain of himself.
http://townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/2013/06/14/freedom-the-unfolding-revolution-n1619386/page/full
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Of course you will, because you are a rare, delicate, and special little flower, and gosh darn it, people like you!
https://mountainguerrilla.wordpress.com/2013/06/11/heresy-fundamentals-of-combat-riflecraft-part-three-or-two-will-do-except-when-it-wont/
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'libertarianism works best at a table of one.'
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/columns/x833398181/Goldberg-Proof-that-libertarianism-works
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No one thought that the authorities of your state would pass laws making criminals out of the previously law-abiding -- but they did. If they catch you violating their unconstitutional laws, they will -- when they please -- send armed men to work their will upon you. And people -- innocent of any crime save the one these tyrants created -- will die resisting them. -- Mike Vanderboegh, Hartford CT, 20 April 2013.
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/
===and these armed men will "just be doing their duty", go home and feel they made America safer.
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BTW, I'm STILL working the same mall lobby LOL
...is to laugh, babushska!
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Stories continue of course 'cause we just be humans
Arrogant maintenance tech from property owner comes in and dismisses staff reports of various problems saying he'll find the problems and fix them.
1. Replaces every other light bulb along the perimeter...except that those lights were on a separate circuit disconnected to save electricity.
2. The windows blind pull chains were broken. He "fixed" them. Ah, except that he mis-installed them so the blinds no longer work at all.
"I come, I destroy BWAHAHAHA, I'm your maintenance technician!!!"
Customer wants to impress his little friend and so steps into me (10" between our faces) and proceeds to ask me grooming questions while he assumes the text book "Jack Benny" pre-attack/defensive posture. (http://www.themartialist.com/pecom/attackproof.htm)
The confusion in his eyes is priceless when I exactly mirror the stance and answer his pickup line with my fear that hippos have seized control of the government.
Customers who tell the clerks: "I have no ID but I was in here last month, you must remember me!!!!11!!
Yeah, 5,000 customers since then but YOU we will never forget...I still dream of you, not.
Local online government salary database has the new fascist moron cop on our beat as making over $55,000.00/year and $35,000 in OT. He explained to me once that he was the only one on the beat with the training (6 months!) and experience (2 years!) to protect us. Thanks, big guy!
Hep Me, Hep Me:
I am trying to find the single right word for a character trait that combines arrogance, narcissism, temerity, presumption, impertinence, rudeness, condescension, manipulation, impudence, sociopathy and stupidity. I ask because this word I seek defines a most common trait I see in the government and corporate "rulers" and many of my fellow citizen/serfs. I use "arrogant stupidity" but that seems inadequate...and its two words. A$$h0le is not sufficiently specific. Ideas? ... Hello, anyone there??
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Format my blog better? Add pictures, add Rule 5? Naw, no one reads this anyway. LOL
http://pjmedia.com/victordavishanson/beautifully-medieval-california/?singlepage=true
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...And with money came political clout. To freeze the pension contribution of a highway patrolman is a mortal sin; but no one worries much about the private security’s guard minimum wage and zero retirement, whose nightly duties are often just as dangerous. The former is sacrosanct; the latter a mere loser. ...
http://pjmedia.com/victordavishanson/california-at-twilight/
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Remember: "It's not the odds, its the stakes."
[re: carrying a gun and the anti-gun point that it is unlikely one will get attacked, so guns are unnecessary]
http://armedcitizensnetwork.org/our-journal/271-july-2012?start=4
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see also: Roman Empire, Fall of.
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...
Ward, however, said he didn't care about being sent to prison for life as Cartwright lectured the 23-year-old.
"Can you hurry up, 'cause I don't care," Ward said as Cartwright spoke.
Ward was found guilty of a special circumstances murder for killing Michael Schenk, 31, during a robbery. Ward devised a plan to rob Schenk, a pimp, with his girlfriend, Gequesha Nolan, 22, who was also a prostitute.
The killing occurred on Oct. 5, 2011, as Schenk sat in his car on Favor Street. Nolan took a plea deal in which she admitted committing second-degree murder and was sentenced to 15 years to life Friday.
Ward, however, was not offered a deal, and a jury found him guilty in less than two hours after a weeklong trial....
http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_23216943/oaklands-growing-crime-rate-evident-at-courthouse
“Never call an unarmed man ‘security’,” Grossman said.
“Call him ‘run-like-hell-when-the-man-with-the-gun-shows-up’ but never call an unarmed man security.
"Imagine if someone said, ‘I want a trained fire professional on site. I want a fire hat, I want a fire uniform, I want a fire badge. But! No fire extinguishers in this building. No fire hoses. The hat, the badge, the uniform — that will keep us safe — but we have no need for fire extinguishers.’ Well, that would be insane. It is equally insane, delusional, legally liable, to say, ‘I want a trained security professional on site. I want a security hat, I want a security uniform, and I want a security badge, but I don’t want a gun.’ It’s not the hat, the uniform, or the badge. It’s the tools in the hands of a trained professional that keeps us safe.
http://www.policeone.com/active-shooter/articles/2058168-Active-shooters-in-schools-The-enemy-is-denial/
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King City (Lee Goldberg)
- Highlight on Page 23 | Loc. 323-29
==========================================
...When I carry a gun, I don’t do so because I am looking for a fight, but because I’m looking to be left alone.
The gun at my side means that I cannot be forced, only persuaded.
I don’t carry it because I’m afraid, but because it enables me to be unafraid.
It doesn’t limit the actions of those who would interact with me through reason, only the actions of those who would do so by force.
It removes force from the equation... and that’s why carrying a gun is a civilized act.
By Maj. L. Caudill USMC (Ret.)
https://munchkinwrangler.wordpress.com/2007/03/23/why-the-gun-is-civilization/
===================================================
Grossman: Wolves and sheepdogs alike scare the sheep because they both bear the same fangs. The fangs are the equalizer. Implicit in this model is the understanding that any sheepdog without a gun has chosen to make him or herself, at least for that day, a sheep. Having the training and the will without the means still renders you powerless, when faced with a violent moment of truth.
http://sofrep.com/15278/sheep-wolves-sheepdogs/
==========================================================
Unthinking platitudes are the first refuge of the ignorant.
source unknown; anyone?
=========================================================
It’s about stories. We all have stories that we tell ourselves about what our lives are—and those stories are always wrong.”
====================================================
this isn’t a failure of the system; it IS the system.
http://coldfury.com/2013/06/12/the-price-of-pc/
=======================================================
libertarianism is the idea that people should be as free as possible from state coercion so long as they don’t harm anyone. The job of the state is limited to fighting crime, providing for the common defense, and protecting the rights and contracts of citizens. The individual is sovereign, he is the captain of himself.
http://townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/2013/06/14/freedom-the-unfolding-revolution-n1619386/page/full
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Of course you will, because you are a rare, delicate, and special little flower, and gosh darn it, people like you!
https://mountainguerrilla.wordpress.com/2013/06/11/heresy-fundamentals-of-combat-riflecraft-part-three-or-two-will-do-except-when-it-wont/
====================================================
'libertarianism works best at a table of one.'
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/columns/x833398181/Goldberg-Proof-that-libertarianism-works
===================================================
No one thought that the authorities of your state would pass laws making criminals out of the previously law-abiding -- but they did. If they catch you violating their unconstitutional laws, they will -- when they please -- send armed men to work their will upon you. And people -- innocent of any crime save the one these tyrants created -- will die resisting them. -- Mike Vanderboegh, Hartford CT, 20 April 2013.
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/
===and these armed men will "just be doing their duty", go home and feel they made America safer.
======================================================
BTW, I'm STILL working the same mall lobby LOL
...is to laugh, babushska!
===========================
Stories continue of course 'cause we just be humans
Arrogant maintenance tech from property owner comes in and dismisses staff reports of various problems saying he'll find the problems and fix them.
1. Replaces every other light bulb along the perimeter...except that those lights were on a separate circuit disconnected to save electricity.
2. The windows blind pull chains were broken. He "fixed" them. Ah, except that he mis-installed them so the blinds no longer work at all.
"I come, I destroy BWAHAHAHA, I'm your maintenance technician!!!"
Customer wants to impress his little friend and so steps into me (10" between our faces) and proceeds to ask me grooming questions while he assumes the text book "Jack Benny" pre-attack/defensive posture. (http://www.themartialist.com/pecom/attackproof.htm)
The confusion in his eyes is priceless when I exactly mirror the stance and answer his pickup line with my fear that hippos have seized control of the government.
Customers who tell the clerks: "I have no ID but I was in here last month, you must remember me!!!!11!!
Yeah, 5,000 customers since then but YOU we will never forget...I still dream of you, not.
Local online government salary database has the new fascist moron cop on our beat as making over $55,000.00/year and $35,000 in OT. He explained to me once that he was the only one on the beat with the training (6 months!) and experience (2 years!) to protect us. Thanks, big guy!
Hep Me, Hep Me:
I am trying to find the single right word for a character trait that combines arrogance, narcissism, temerity, presumption, impertinence, rudeness, condescension, manipulation, impudence, sociopathy and stupidity. I ask because this word I seek defines a most common trait I see in the government and corporate "rulers" and many of my fellow citizen/serfs. I use "arrogant stupidity" but that seems inadequate...and its two words. A$$h0le is not sufficiently specific. Ideas? ... Hello, anyone there??
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Format my blog better? Add pictures, add Rule 5? Naw, no one reads this anyway. LOL
Sunday, September 9, 2012
The Man I Did Not Kill
The Man I Did Not Kill
8pm, weekday night, off duty, walking the dog, slightly different route, takes me by a small "pocket park" I had passed many times before.
A white male 6ft, 190#, 30y/o, "clean" looking, strides out from behind an emaciated tree with a melon sized rock raised in his right hand. "Give me your money!"
My leashed dog lunges at him (Good Boy!). I say "STOP! The dog bites!" He stops about 15 ft away. He repeats the demand for money. I say emphatically and clearly "NO". He launches into a stream of invective and rough derogatory language, taking one more step toward me. I clearly remember thinking: If he runs toward me or takes two more steps, he Will be shot.
He says: "You want to fight me?!" I say softly and calmly "No, but I Will kill you."
Silence.
Dog and I walk off, he then continues, unmoving, to shout slurs and bad language.
I 'check 6' periodically as I walk home, and he stayed there in his little park, keeping the birds awake.
I never had to display or touch the holstered gun...he saw no gun.
I thought that he might well assault the next passer by. However I am not going to preemptively kill a man, despite his being a demonstrably violent criminal, because of a future crime I am sure he will commit.
It is too presumptuous and uncivilized and egotistical.
I did not call the police. Why? (and here I project based on past experience) Most of them cannot be trusted to address the situation in a professional or even intelligent manner. They would feel I was bothering them, would feel it necessary to search me, perhaps shoot my dog, would assume I was somehow responsible for the threat (drug deal gone bad or some such), how no crime was really committed or most likely; either not respond or respond in 30-90 minutes. Lastly I would not want to listen to their standard lectures about going out alone after dark and how like totally seriously they were going to take this incident.
I do not regret Not shooting him. Glad I didn't have to! Ain 't no heroes.
8pm, weekday night, off duty, walking the dog, slightly different route, takes me by a small "pocket park" I had passed many times before.
A white male 6ft, 190#, 30y/o, "clean" looking, strides out from behind an emaciated tree with a melon sized rock raised in his right hand. "Give me your money!"
My leashed dog lunges at him (Good Boy!). I say "STOP! The dog bites!" He stops about 15 ft away. He repeats the demand for money. I say emphatically and clearly "NO". He launches into a stream of invective and rough derogatory language, taking one more step toward me. I clearly remember thinking: If he runs toward me or takes two more steps, he Will be shot.
He says: "You want to fight me?!" I say softly and calmly "No, but I Will kill you."
Silence.
Dog and I walk off, he then continues, unmoving, to shout slurs and bad language.
I 'check 6' periodically as I walk home, and he stayed there in his little park, keeping the birds awake.
I never had to display or touch the holstered gun...he saw no gun.
I thought that he might well assault the next passer by. However I am not going to preemptively kill a man, despite his being a demonstrably violent criminal, because of a future crime I am sure he will commit.
It is too presumptuous and uncivilized and egotistical.
I did not call the police. Why? (and here I project based on past experience) Most of them cannot be trusted to address the situation in a professional or even intelligent manner. They would feel I was bothering them, would feel it necessary to search me, perhaps shoot my dog, would assume I was somehow responsible for the threat (drug deal gone bad or some such), how no crime was really committed or most likely; either not respond or respond in 30-90 minutes. Lastly I would not want to listen to their standard lectures about going out alone after dark and how like totally seriously they were going to take this incident.
I do not regret Not shooting him. Glad I didn't have to! Ain 't no heroes.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Same whining, different day. Badly formatted too!
Self confidence and self esteem comes from making personal progress and you get to be the judge!
If you are really a "bad-ass" you can be really nice almost all the time. You very rarely need act tough and then only for idiots.
"Military or high profile security experience is a plus, vetrans[sic] are encouraged to apply."
Quote from real ad on Craigslist for security "professionals". Yep, I wanna work for youze guys!
(But, then again, it pays more than I am currently paid"!)
I interact with young men in restricted areas frequently. I say: Hi, I'm with Security, this is private property, can I ask what your business is here?
The answers I get range from 'Nothing, just leaving' and they leave. Good answer!
to "I don't give a fu*k, Fu*k you; you can't say anything to me!" and they raise their fists. Bad answer.
Love of theory is the root of all evil-W.B. Briggs
WOW, Nation of Islam customers who call me "white devil" and ask me "what evil have you done today, Satan?"
Well, let me think: I may have hurt my integrity by not pounding you for your insults. Is that what you mean?
It is easy to insult me on duty when any appropriate personal response will get me fired. These cult members never say such things to me when I am off duty.
I have to stop telling women when I think they are Beautiful. They think I want to sleep with them, when it is just my aesthetic appreciation. Now Sexy is a different category
There are no mitigating circumstances that would let you break any rule of the organization, unless you can convince HR/Personnel it was for the benefit of the organization AND it prevented a disaster or lawsuit. The rules are for you, not for management. They will not think or use reason.
All talk of ethics, morals and value added in the workplace apply to you, not to management. They just want to be able to say they "taught you ethics" (Yeah, amazing, I know)
They say it is impossible to live in America for one day without breaking numerous laws. This is the same in the company and to the same purpose. If you anger them they can easily find a "violation" of the rules for which to fire you.
When they ask for suggestions, the only good suggestion is one that the manager can claim as their own and that will get the manager accolades. Any other suggestions are threats to managers, implying that their organization is less than perfect. After all, if the idea was a good one, they would have already have implemented it...and why are you causing trouble! Yes, they are generally petty, vindictive, stupid, apathetic and malicious. Get over it. [Yes, BTW, they already know they are frauds. But they also know they are better than you!]
Whistle blowers will be punished or fired. The termination will be for "performance" not the whistleblowing.
As a line employee you must stay silent (except for Yes, Sir) and accept the mediocrity of the first line superiors, managers and your fellow employees. Anything else will get you fired. STFU MYOB.
If you are really a "bad-ass" you can be really nice almost all the time. You very rarely need act tough and then only for idiots.
"Military or high profile security experience is a plus, vetrans[sic] are encouraged to apply."
Quote from real ad on Craigslist for security "professionals". Yep, I wanna work for youze guys!
(But, then again, it pays more than I am currently paid"!)
I interact with young men in restricted areas frequently. I say: Hi, I'm with Security, this is private property, can I ask what your business is here?
The answers I get range from 'Nothing, just leaving' and they leave. Good answer!
to "I don't give a fu*k, Fu*k you; you can't say anything to me!" and they raise their fists. Bad answer.
Love of theory is the root of all evil-W.B. Briggs
WOW, Nation of Islam customers who call me "white devil" and ask me "what evil have you done today, Satan?"
Well, let me think: I may have hurt my integrity by not pounding you for your insults. Is that what you mean?
It is easy to insult me on duty when any appropriate personal response will get me fired. These cult members never say such things to me when I am off duty.
I have to stop telling women when I think they are Beautiful. They think I want to sleep with them, when it is just my aesthetic appreciation. Now Sexy is a different category
There are no mitigating circumstances that would let you break any rule of the organization, unless you can convince HR/Personnel it was for the benefit of the organization AND it prevented a disaster or lawsuit. The rules are for you, not for management. They will not think or use reason.
All talk of ethics, morals and value added in the workplace apply to you, not to management. They just want to be able to say they "taught you ethics" (Yeah, amazing, I know)
They say it is impossible to live in America for one day without breaking numerous laws. This is the same in the company and to the same purpose. If you anger them they can easily find a "violation" of the rules for which to fire you.
When they ask for suggestions, the only good suggestion is one that the manager can claim as their own and that will get the manager accolades. Any other suggestions are threats to managers, implying that their organization is less than perfect. After all, if the idea was a good one, they would have already have implemented it...and why are you causing trouble! Yes, they are generally petty, vindictive, stupid, apathetic and malicious. Get over it. [Yes, BTW, they already know they are frauds. But they also know they are better than you!]
Whistle blowers will be punished or fired. The termination will be for "performance" not the whistleblowing.
As a line employee you must stay silent (except for Yes, Sir) and accept the mediocrity of the first line superiors, managers and your fellow employees. Anything else will get you fired. STFU MYOB.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Bad Guys 101: Intentional Weakness
http://munchkinwrangler.wordpress.com/2012/03/13/the-ethics-of-going-armed/
...while I believe that most people are decent and good, I know–without the shadow of a doubt–that some people aren’t. And here’s the thing about those that aren’t: they are not good to a degree that most of my liberal friends who dislike guns and write off armed people as paranoid hicks can’t comprehend. We’re not talking about “swiping the cash box from girl scouts” bad. Some people have decided to abandon the social contract so entirely that you are not a real person to them. You’re just the thing they need to get rid of to get at the wallet and the car keys in your pocket, like a wrapper around a candy bar that needs to be ripped off and discarded before you can get to the nougat. (My former mother-in-law was one of those people who were aghast at the notion of someone arming themselves for self-defense. When I asked her what her plan was if she ever get mugged, she said, “Reason with them. Everyone wants to be respected.”) Well, some people don’t care about reasoning with you because you’re not a person to them. They don’t give a shit about being respected, at least not in the way you understand the word. You’re a food animal. All they care about is the thing they want from you–your wallet, your car, your body, whatever–and they want it now and with the least amount of fuss. And if they feel that the transaction is taking too long, puts them at risk in any way, they have no compunction about hurting you badly or killing you on the spot. This is not paranoid hyperbole, or some sort of effort to dehumanize muggers and rapists. It’s observed reality, and if you doubt that, all you have to do is to open the “Crime” section of any newspaper. (Better yet, talk to a beat cop.)...
RTWT
...while I believe that most people are decent and good, I know–without the shadow of a doubt–that some people aren’t. And here’s the thing about those that aren’t: they are not good to a degree that most of my liberal friends who dislike guns and write off armed people as paranoid hicks can’t comprehend. We’re not talking about “swiping the cash box from girl scouts” bad. Some people have decided to abandon the social contract so entirely that you are not a real person to them. You’re just the thing they need to get rid of to get at the wallet and the car keys in your pocket, like a wrapper around a candy bar that needs to be ripped off and discarded before you can get to the nougat. (My former mother-in-law was one of those people who were aghast at the notion of someone arming themselves for self-defense. When I asked her what her plan was if she ever get mugged, she said, “Reason with them. Everyone wants to be respected.”) Well, some people don’t care about reasoning with you because you’re not a person to them. They don’t give a shit about being respected, at least not in the way you understand the word. You’re a food animal. All they care about is the thing they want from you–your wallet, your car, your body, whatever–and they want it now and with the least amount of fuss. And if they feel that the transaction is taking too long, puts them at risk in any way, they have no compunction about hurting you badly or killing you on the spot. This is not paranoid hyperbole, or some sort of effort to dehumanize muggers and rapists. It’s observed reality, and if you doubt that, all you have to do is to open the “Crime” section of any newspaper. (Better yet, talk to a beat cop.)...
RTWT
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Jews vs. Muslims
I have always been a fan of the nation of Israel. Despite the continued anti-Israel spin of the MSM, I understand they are in a unique position vis-a-vi the Muslim countries of the Middle East and the New Holocaust planned by Iran.
IMO they have the human right to pre-emptively attack the Iranian nuclear weapons' labs, bunkers, storage areas, scientists and launch areas. The Iranians have made it clear over and over again they mean to destroy Israel.
I STAND BY ISRAEL.
IMO they have the human right to pre-emptively attack the Iranian nuclear weapons' labs, bunkers, storage areas, scientists and launch areas. The Iranians have made it clear over and over again they mean to destroy Israel.
I STAND BY ISRAEL.
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