The Eye Of The Tiger
Aug 18, 2015 General
It pains me to write this because by doing so it once again forces me to look into the eyes of evil, into the dark void that makes up some of the vilest people in the world, those who would hurt children.
The Edgewood (MD) Tigers (formerly the Steelers) is a youth football program that has about 300 youngsters who play in the various age groups. It also consists of youngsters who are part the cheer squads. These youngsters participate in a program that teaches them responsibility, teamwork, community service (they do some of the work on their fields and equipment) and it helps them to remain focused and stay out of trouble.
As we all know, trouble is around every corner tempting our youth.
My oldest grandson plays for one of the teams and I have been to practice and game alike (though not as many as I would like) and I have seen a group of boys work together to form a team. I have seen them experience victory and defeat alike and handle both with class. I have seen boys who give 150% regardless of the score or their season record and a cheer squad that is as enthusiastic when they are losing as it is when they are winning.
I have seen a program that consists of parent volunteers who give of themselves to give their children something they can participate in and be proud of.
It looks like this groups of parents and children will have to overcome adversity off the field as they have all been the victims of cruelty that is hard to comprehend.
Last weekend (sometime Friday I believe) some person or persons **broke into the containers where the teams store their equipment and stole brand new pads and footballs as well as other items. What was not taken was set on fire and destroyed. Then to add insult to injury they used the paint that is for the field and painted all over the bleachers and containers.
What possesses someone to do this and what possesses them to do this to children?
[note]**IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT WHO DID THIS PLEASE CALL THE HARFORD COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT AT 410-612-1717[/note]
To be sure, none of the children were physically harmed but they were harmed nonetheless. How do you answer the question; “what did we ever do to anyone to make them do this?”
You all did nothing to anyone kids.
The unfortunate reality is that you are learning another life lesson and that is there are some bad people in this world. I’m sure you knew that but now you see it firsthand.
They have no regard for you or anyone else. They are morally bankrupt and lack decency and there is no excuse for what they did.
There is however, another important life lesson for all of you in this program. You will have choices in your lives and what you decide to do will define you. As you go through life remember what happened here and strive to make good choices. Remember that the things you do can affect others so do things that have a positive effect.
Also remember the outpouring of support from those who are contributing and working to get your program back on track. When you get older remember the help you got and pay that forward by helping others when they are in need.
Folks, the football season starts for these kids on 29 August. There is insurance but it is unlikely that will all be settled quickly. The team has established a Go Fund Me account and is looking for donations to help them over the hump.
If you are able to help I know the team would appreciate it. If you can’t help financially the team could sure use your prayers. I know they would appreciate that just as much.
Cave canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
Tags: edgewood tigers, fundraiser, help, vandalism
Maryland Aggressive Driving Campaign
Aug 10, 2015 General
There is a commercial on local radio discussing aggressive driving in which things like speeding and tailgating are discussed. The commercial talks about this ailment and indicates the cure is tickets and fines.
About a month ago I was traveling on MD Route 40 in Harford County about 0600 during the work week. I was on my way to work and traffic was moderately heavy. A Maryland State Trooper in a marked vehicle entered my area at a high rate of speed, followed close to me and then abruptly changed lanes in order to get ahead of me. He continued to speed in and out of traffic tailgating and zipping in and out just to get ahead of other people.
It is obvious he was not on an emergency call as his emergency lights were not on. If he were on a call then it was not an emergency. If the call does not warrant emergency lights it does not warrant driving like that (and even using lights requires prudence when driving).
[note]At least if he had his lights on people would know to get out of his way. In this instance people did not know what was going on. Several tried to move but his actions made him unpredictable.[/note]
If you are charged with upholding the law then you are obligated to follow it. The description in the commercial fit this police officer to a T and he, according to the radio spot, should have been ticketed.
As a public service I will disclose that the car had an aviation tag and the number was F-20.
Would one of the law abiding officers be so kind as to go write him an aggressive driving ticket so he can be cured?
Cave canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
Tags: aggressive driving, emergency, F-20, maryland state police
Happy Independence Day 2015
Jul 4, 2015 General
It has been about a week or so since I have posted. I was enjoying some down time with my spousal unit playing golf and relaxing (playing golf and relaxing are not necessarily the same thing).
Today we celebrate our independence from an oppressive government. Given what our government is now doing to us from all three branches the idea of independence is more important today than it was hundreds of years ago. We are being attacked from all sides and the tyranny grows daily. I wonder if it is only a matter of time before the same situation occurs in this time as it did back then.
But today we celebrate the bravery of a small portion of the population that claimed enough is enough and took matters into their own hands.
Let us celebrate those who gave us this freedom and nation and let us continually oppose those in our present government who would enslave us once again.
Before you head out to what you are going to do please take the time to view this Washington Post article to see what those who fight for us are doing while we are here at home.
God bless and may we preserve this fragile nation…
Take the time today to read the Declaration of Independence and think about what they were going through and then think about how their grievances fit today.
Cave canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
Tags: 4th of july, founders, independence, tyranny
The Pope Is Not A Christian
Jun 22, 2015 General, Second Amendment
Pope Francis is off his rocker in many ways and how the Catholics ended up with him is a mystery. His papacy is another thing that makes me happy that I left the Catholic religion many years ago. Perhaps I should rephrase that. I did not leave the church, it left me.
The Pope had another stupid thing to say this past week when he stated that people involved in the arms trade of making weapons can’t really call themselves Christians.
He then went on to say that those who profit from the arms trade (by investing in it) are really no better and, as I read it, can’t be Christians either.
The Vatican has armed guards. They have swords and halberds and they also have modern firearms like Glock and SIG Sauer pistols and Steyr machine pistols as well as submachine guns such as the H&K MP5A3.
So the Vatican has invested in firearms (by purchasing them) which means the Pope can’t be a Christian.
It should come as no surprise that the Catholic leader is a hypocrite. That religion is the one that preaches against abortion and then endorses politicians who support abortion and allow it to be paid for with taxpayer money. This is the religion that refuses to excommunicate Catholic politicians who support items contrary to the rules of the church (like abortion).
This is the same church that covered up the numerous child molestation cases where priests had sex with children.
Yes, the Catholic Church even supported Obamacare and then had to fight in court to keep from following certain parts of the law.
The Pope thinks that arms dealers are merchants of death. This is not true. The firearm is an inanimate object that has many uses. People and countries that use them to murder are the true merchants of death.
Dear Pope, the commandment is Thou shall not murder, not thou shall not kill. Killing is a legal taking of life. David killed with a stone and it was justified. Cain murdered with a rock, it was not.
I know you and the rest of those who follow your every word and think it means something important all believe if we got rid of all these firearms people from around the world would hold hands and sing Kumbaya.
The reality is there will always be evil and all it needs to do harm are people like you who are unwilling to confront it with superior force.
Don’t worry Pope, you have guards to protect you and the sheep in society have us guard dogs to protect them from the wolves.
If that makes us or the people who manufacture arms non-Christian in your eyes, well I imagine we can live with that because you don’t get to define us; it is really not your place to judge. I would recommend you reread Matthew 7:1.
Maybe you should stick to the Catholics and leave the rest of us the hell alone.
Cave canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
Tags: christians, firearms, hypocrite, judgement, pope francis, socialist
Global Warming Really Is Man Made
Mar 16, 2015 General
I can see it now. Yes my friends I have seen the light and I am now ready to concede that global warming is a man made thing.
For those of you who thought I had strong convictions that warming comes and goes and that it is the result of our sun’s activity you have nothing to worry about because I still feel that way and the most recent data show this to be correct.
However, I am now a convert in believing that global warming is man made because I recently discovered what it is all about.
You see, when scientists look at the temperatures over a long time they can see a trend and this is how they decide if we are getting cooler, warmer, or staying the same.
Over the past 100 years or so the temperature data has shown that we are not warming or the warming is so small it matters not. BUT, scientists have been going back and “correcting” (read changing) the temperature data to decrease the previous temperatures so that it LOOKS like we have gotten much warmer over all that time.
Mind you, we have not really gotten warmer, they just changed the data so it LOOKS like it.
A man made the changes so in effect, we really do have man made global warming.
Though I would call it man FABRICATED global warming.
This is how Al Gore and the rest of the climate nazis work. They are not getting what they like so they manipulate the data to show the results they want. How else can they scam us out of billions of dollars while they get rich?
If they can’t show results then government won’t fund them and the government can’t fleece us of our hard earned money while it works to enslave us to more and more unnecessary regulation in order to CONTROL our lives.
Al Gore states that the science is settled and that 97% of scientists agree that man made global warming exists. He is lying, of course, because they surveyed all kinds of scientists and only took the ones that agreed with them.
In any event, 100% of them can all agree, as I now do, man made global warming is real because some men are making it all up.
What next? Will they manipulate the job numbers to make us think the economy is in great shape?
Oops, too late….
Cave canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
Tags: al gore, data, fabrication, global warming, lies, man made, scam