First Blood::Who Started It...Well I seen police go down in small towns and the town councils and board members..but in a different way..just dug the dirt up and exhortion of goverment and state funded money...I geuss you could call that first blood in a since..
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 7:56 AM, ornamentalmind <[email protected]>wrote: > Enjoy Don! I don't doubt that Neil would like it too... > > On Dec 7, 5:47 am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wow. I've never seen this movie. Don't know how I missed it. Has > > Lando Calrissian, Roy Batty, the Bionic Woman and Rambo. Awesome. > > > > -Don > > > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 3:43 PM, ornamentalmind < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > DJ, see:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082817/ > > > > > On Dec 6, 9:01 am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I don't know who DeDilva is but I loved this movie too. > > > > >>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjptQSfuTy8 > > > > >> -Don > > > > >> On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 6:12 AM, ornamentalmind < > [email protected]> wrote: > > >> > When presented with the likes of a ‘Wulfgar’, if forced into the > role > > >> > of DeSilva, I’m not sure of what my actions might be. However, since > I > > >> > greatly appreciate (and watch over and over) “DeDilva’s” film, > “First > > >> > Blood”, my guess is that I would do the same. > > > > >> > On Dec 6, 3:00 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> >> Serpico is long forgotten. The good cops don't realise what damage > > >> >> the bad ones are doing. The issues are much wider than the police > - > > >> >> this is to do with a lack of respect for those not seen to have > > >> >> 'power'. > > > > >> >> On 6 Dec, 02:38, dj Briscoe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> >> > I geuss your right...uhmm > > > > >> >> > On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 4:43 PM, ornamentalmind < > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > >> >> > > Quite true fran. The term serendipity doesn't even touch it. > > > > >> >> > > On Dec 5, 6:25 am, fran the man <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> >> > > > Interesting to see you quoting Bob, Orn. One of his oldest > friends, > > >> >> > > > Liam Clancy, died yesterday: > > > > >> >> > > > > http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/obituaries/2009/1205/122426014598... > > > > >> >> > > > It was probably Clancy whom Dylan heard singing Dominic > Beehan's > > >> >> > > > ballad, "The Patriot Game." Another song he ripped off - he > called his > > >> >> > > > version, "With God on our Side" (most recently used to good > effect by > > >> >> > > > Oliver Stone as the conclusion to his film "W"). Wow, isn't > the whole > > >> >> > > > world just full of amazing connections ... :-) > > > > >> >> > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygRao09EgPs&ytsession=P0oPMPOxf1oUx1u_... > > > > >> >> > > > Francis > > > > >> >> > > > On 5 Dez., 12:46, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > >> >> > > > > In the immortal words of Mr. Zimmerman: “There ain’t too > much I can > > >> >> > > > > say about this song except that the answer is blowing in > the wind. It > > >> >> > > > > ain’t in no book or movie or TV show or discussion group. > Man, it’s in > > >> >> > > > > the wind—and it’s blowing in the wind. Too many of these > hip people > > >> >> > > > > are telling me where the answer is but oh I won’t believe > that. I > > >> >> > > > > still say it’s in the wind and just like a restless piece > of paper > > >> >> > > > > it’s got to come down some ...But the only trouble is that > no one > > >> >> > > > > picks up the answer when it comes down so not too many > people get to > > >> >> > > > > see and know ...and then it flies away I still say that > some of the > > >> >> > > > > biggest criminals are those that turn their heads away when > they see > > >> >> > > > > wrong and know it’s wrong. I’m only 21 years old and I know > that > > >> >> > > > > there’s been too many ...You people over 21, you’re older > and > > >> >> > > > > smarter.” - > > > > >> >> > > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowin'_in_the_Wind > > > > >> >> > > > > Of course, even here, years later he freely admits to > having ripped > > >> >> > > > > off the song from the preceding, by over a century, > spiritual “No More > > >> >> > > > > Auction Block”. – ibid > > > > >> >> > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pIZ5t1Tu24 > > > > >> >> > > > > On Dec 5, 2:02 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> >> > > > > > Cops don't generally get mown down over here of course, > but they have > > >> >> > > > > > lost a lot of respect since I left the job (no doubt > because the > > >> >> > > > > > impact of my heroic efforts is no longer felt)! The > problem here is > > >> >> > > > > > that the forces are no good at what they should be doing > and a pain > > >> >> > > in > > >> >> > > > > > everyone's butt on stuff they shouldn't be doing (much as > Slip > > >> >> > > > > > suggests). We need our police to have more powers to > deal with > > >> >> > > > > > scrotes and other crooks and at the same time for them to > be open to > > >> >> > > > > > proper oversight and be much better at human rights. I'm > afraid the > > >> >> > > > > > decisions on this are in the hands of incompetents and > > >> >> > > self-interested > > >> >> > > > > > creeps - politicians and do-gooders. "Crime" has become > a political > > >> >> > > > > > issue because our politicians are so devoid of ideas they > manipulate > > >> >> > > > > > us with promises to crack down. 'Tough on crime, tough > on the causes > > >> >> > > > > > of crime' was the Blair slogan - out of the mouth of a > war criminal. > > > > >> >> > > > > > Our local cops did a burglary sweep last month and nicked > about 300 > > >> >> > > > > > such cretins across Bolton, a town of about 250,000. > Good on them, > > >> >> > > > > > yet one has to wonder, with the gaols full, more young > kids locked up > > >> >> > > > > > than ever before and crime falling to 'new lows' just how > the **** > > >> >> > > > > > there can be so many crooks just lying around waiting to > be > > >> >> > > > > > processed. I would guess, Slip, that the UK forces > (50-odd) are > > >> >> > > > > > basically unarmed and passive - we don't see armed cops > much except > > >> >> > > at > > >> >> > > > > > airports. Ask anyone having to live near scrotes and > they'll tell > > >> >> > > you > > >> >> > > > > > the cops are passive! Incompetence and bungling is still > the rule > > >> >> > > > > > here, with odd exceptions. I wish for radical reform, > but also > > >> >> > > wonder > > >> >> > > > > > if we just shouldn't let sleeping dogs lie! > > > > >> >> > > > > > Years ago, a mate of mine I met in LA whilst over there > to escort a > > >> >> > > > > > prisoner back here, got into a load of disciplinary > problems as a > > >> >> > > > > > cop. He fell over an armed robbery whilst off duty, > having nipped > > >> >> > > out > > >> >> > > > > > for some fags in the early morning on a day off. He'd > forgotten his > > >> >> > > > > > gun, but smacked the mugger on the head with a milk > bottle (needed > > >> >> > > > > > coffee with his ciggies) and arrested him. Over here, > I'd have got a > > >> >> > > > > > commendation. He got a discipline charge for being > unarmed off-duty. > > >> >> > > > > > At around this time, our government disarmed the RUC > (then N. > > >> >> > > > > > Ireland's police force) and got a load of them killed as > a result in > > >> >> > > > > > 'the troubles'. At least the poor sods in this case > hadn't been set > > >> >> > > > > > up by their own government! One case I dealt with in NI > involved a > > >> >> > > > > > shoot out in which the illegal guns were mostly held by > the cops > > >> >> > > (they > > >> >> > > > > > kept shotguns at the time, expecting the dread call of > IRA-linked > > >> >> > > > > > turds). At the height of this very serious terrorism, > our mainland > > >> >> > > > > > cops were largely unarmed. Now they sometimes bristle > with weaponry, > > >> >> > > > > > with a much reduced threat, kill Brazilians for no reason > and shoot > > >> >> > > up > > >> >> > > > > > honest Islamic families. Never easy answers in these > areas. > > > > >> >> > > > > > I'd start, should I be awarded the mission by whoever > runs the > > >> >> > > country > > >> >> > > > > > (CIA?), by disestablishing the hold of the legal > profession over law > > >> >> > > > > > and running 'scrote courts' as concurrently as possible > with the > > >> >> > > > > > crimes committed, put the guilty in cheap huts surrounded > by barbed > > >> >> > > > > > wire ... and establish decent public transport based on > Internet > > >> >> > > > > > ordered cars in order to make traffic wardens unnecessary > (due to > > >> >> > > lack > > >> >> > > > > > of traffic). If most of our senior cops died > accidentally overnight, > > >> >> > > > > > I suspect we'd have the resources for some decent > policing. Judges > > >> >> > > > > > and lawyers should be subject to a cull (100%) and > replaced by people > > >> >> > > > > > who have done real jobs. Crooks undergoing > rehabilitation should > > >> >> > > have > > >> >> > > > > > to live near the people who let them out or gave them > short > > >> >> > > > > > sentences. Wages in the legal system should be linked to > average > > >> >> > > > > > wages ... zzzz ... but seriously we either go radical or > just shut > > >> >> > > up. > > > > >> >> > > > > > On 4 Dec, 15:21, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> >> > > > > > > I have to say it has always been a bad deal for police, > the > > >> >> > > alienation > > >> >> > > > > > > by a large segment of society and the injuries > sustained by > > >> >> > > irritable > > >> >> > > > > > > suspects. Thousands of police are assaulted by > suspects every > > >> >> > > year, > > >> >> > > > > > > bitten, spit at, kicked and punched for no reason other > than doing > > >> >> > > > > > > their job, performing a service for society. > > >> >> > > > > > > It is true that some of the worst people in society and > many who > > >> >> > > hate > > >> >> > > > > > > police are the first to yell "Call the Police" when > they have a > > >> >> > > > > > > problem. > > >> >> > > > > > > I do see an underlying problem that should be changed, > ie: Stop > > >> >> > > using > > >> >> > > > > > > police as back door tax collectors who basically spend > much of > > >> >> > > their > > >> >> > > > > > > time issuing citations for petty violations, which is > one of the > > >> >> > > > > > > reasons people hate them, that stupid ticket for a > vehicle sticker > > >> >> > > or > > >> >> > > > > > > that ridiculous seat belt law. I'm driving 15 mph, why > do I need a > > >> >> > > > > > > seat belt? > > >> >> > > > > > > Police should be a task force to address crime and not > waste time > > >> >> > > > > > > filling out forms. They should be out catching > criminals instead of > > >> >> > > > > > > taking an accident > > > > ... > > > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > ""Minds Eye"" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<minds-eye%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. 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