RebelRay

As an ex-cop myself I agree with that statement. As for arguing with the ultra-left wing liberal from the country of New York City,I think I'll pass.I've found trying to have a decent conversation with one impossible as they have it all figured out and "know what's best" for all us poor ignorant masses.

First,last,all the ones in between..............they have all bothered me up to a certain extent.The worse ones are the children and the ones I thought we saved only to find out later we didn't.Talking it out is usually the best way I've found to get over it,but sometimes,on the really bad ones,I have a tendency to get self-destruction and attempt to drink it away.Not good,believe me,I know but every once in a while it's the only way I can deal with it. All we can do is try our best and when we do try our best and lose one know that it was just their time to go.

Weird..........I don't see how a patient going from unresponsive to alert could have caused such a reaction in you.Almost sounds like you started having a diabetic emergency!

And the term "dirty south" offends me,as does a lot of other things,but guess what?No where in the constitution does it say we have a right not to be offended. As far as "the only people who feel a deep seated pride in that flag are those who agree with its ideologies" you presume much and know very little.

Get the rope........ :twisted:

Never had the pleasure of a tazering but I did have the honor of being hosed with freeze P pepper spray back when I was policing.Wonderful stuff,really clears the sinuses!

My ancestors fought and died flying it,not to preserve slavery but to preserve the individual states rights and because once the south seceded from the union we were invaded,then it was in defense of their homes.It has been used (and wrongly so) by various hate groups as their symbol when it is actually a symbol of honorable men fighting for a lost cause that they believed was right and in defense of their homeland.

My neck of the woods has a little bit of everything.I belong to 2 fire depts.,1 is 100% volunteer and ONLY fights fires(no rescue/ems),the other has full-time,part-time,and volunteer people and is fire/rescue.We also have a 100% volunteer parish (county) wide ems/rescue unit that I belong too.The parish wide rescue unit came about because the vast majority of the fire depts. in this area only fight fires and have no ems/rescue training or equipment (yes I do live out in the sticks!). Ray