May 12, 2005. Grand Island, Nebraska.
Friday, May 13, 2005
Rapid Fire Guessing also known as My Baghdad Home
It is of increasing concern with police investigations everywhere; what has happened to the sanity of the police force in the USA. If these incidences were occasional it would be less of a concern but this is happening with regularity across the country and beware the motorist who would unwittingly not notice the ‘chase car’ in the rear view mirror when inching over the speed limit.
Last week there was a barrage of bullets aimed at a human being in a van in a contained situation which serves as a prime example of Police Behavior gone bad.
As if to admit police don’t practice their craft well enough it was a free for all. There was no marksmanship but only chronic unloading of ammunition in ‘a direction’ but evidently not THE direction, resulting in downed officers caught in CROSSFIRE from other officers on the scene. What is even more alarming is that the motorist involved never showed any aggression in the way of deadly force nor did the suspect have any firearms. Never once did this motorist fire a shot at any police officer.
Instead what occurred as a new police tactic that gives permission to use of ammunition at the envy of the NRA and gun manufacturers. Damned the safety of the public, let’s make a lot of noise, do all the damage we want and turn over lots of money to ammunition suppliers.
At first so, rare I considered this situation that I completely dismissed it as irrelevant until the two incidents that repeated the same behavior within 24 hours.
Buffaloes slain on west side
Colorado Springs police officers examine four dead buffaloes Monday in the 1500 block of West Colorado Avenue. Five buffaloes escaped the G&C Packing Co. about 11:30 and made their way into a west-side neighborhood. The animals, whose meat now can’t be used for human consumption, cost the company an estimated $2,000 to $3,000.
By R. SCOTT RAPPOLD THE GAZETTE
Five buffaloes escaped from a meatpacking plant Monday morning but discovered soon after that busy West Colorado Avenue was no place for them to roam.
The buffaloes were shot and killed by police firing semiautomatic rifles after the animals charged at the officers.
“They were large enough that . . . they could have done a considerable amount of damage, including possibly killing somebody,” said Colorado Springs police Lt. Larry Laxson.
http://www.gazette.com/display.php?id=1307547
Investigation ordered into police gunfire that killed escaped buffalo in neighborhood
COLORADO SPRINGS (AP) - The city manager has ordered an investigation after police fired up to 120 rounds in a residential neighborhood to kill five buffalo that had escaped from a slaughterhouse.
http://www.9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=cd79036b-0abe-421a-00f9-c2ecb7f7413f&TEMPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf
Police Shoot Buffalo Escaping From Packing Plant
Monday Incident Mirrors Similar Shooting In 2003
POSTED: 11:29 am MDT May 10, 2005
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Police Monday shot and killed five buffaloes that escaped from a meatpacking plant.
Instead of fleeing, the buffalo began grazing in a yard and police fired at the buffalo with semiautomatic rifles as each charged officers one-by-one.
"If five of them would have charged at once, I'm not sure we would have had enough manpower to kill all of them," Colorado Springs police Lt. Larry Laxson said.
The buffalo managed to get out when a truck driver didn't properly park his truck in the delivery chute at the G & C Meatpacking Plant, said plant owner Frank Grindinger.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/4472052/detail.html
PICTURES ACCOMPANY WTH DISCUSSION
Shooting Spurs TV News Debate
Live broadcast captures fatal wounding of suspect by police after car chase.
By Eric Malnic and Jia-Rui Chong
Times Staff Writers
May 12, 2005
At least two television stations provided live coverage Wednesday as Long Beach police officers fatally shot a man after a car chase, reigniting a debate about how TV news outlets should cover chases and other live events that could end in violence.
The shooting came at the end of a 50-minute pursuit across Long Beach and the South Bay that channels 2 and 7 followed with TV helicopters — the kind of story that has become a staple of local newscasts.
When the suspect suddenly jumped out of his vehicle at a Long Beach strip mall and allegedly reached for a pistol, the cameras captured a group of police officers opening fire and the suspect falling to the ground.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-shoot12may12,0,6840071,print.story?coll=la-home-headlines
THIS IS a change in behavior for police officers and while there is safety in numbers; the streets of the USA are not the streets of Baghdad. This NEW forgiving tactic of police without skills; allows for ‘hit and miss’ of a suspect with police who believe in Gang Warfare from the enforcement side of the law. Quite literally we are now dealing with “The Gangs Who Couldn’t Shoot Straight.”
Who needs riot gear, tear gas, fire hoses, rubber bullets or crowd control when all any law enforcement officer need do is open fire into crowds of unarmed demonstrators. First there was the tank. Now, police have the right to fire at will at the SUGGESTION of danger rather than ACTUAL danger. Is the USA becoming a fear ridden police state? When one incorporates these high power and crude tactics with The Patriot Act and other invasions of privacy, it starts to look more fascist than Mussolini.
Last week there was a barrage of bullets aimed at a human being in a van in a contained situation which serves as a prime example of Police Behavior gone bad.
As if to admit police don’t practice their craft well enough it was a free for all. There was no marksmanship but only chronic unloading of ammunition in ‘a direction’ but evidently not THE direction, resulting in downed officers caught in CROSSFIRE from other officers on the scene. What is even more alarming is that the motorist involved never showed any aggression in the way of deadly force nor did the suspect have any firearms. Never once did this motorist fire a shot at any police officer.
Instead what occurred as a new police tactic that gives permission to use of ammunition at the envy of the NRA and gun manufacturers. Damned the safety of the public, let’s make a lot of noise, do all the damage we want and turn over lots of money to ammunition suppliers.
At first so, rare I considered this situation that I completely dismissed it as irrelevant until the two incidents that repeated the same behavior within 24 hours.
Buffaloes slain on west side
Colorado Springs police officers examine four dead buffaloes Monday in the 1500 block of West Colorado Avenue. Five buffaloes escaped the G&C Packing Co. about 11:30 and made their way into a west-side neighborhood. The animals, whose meat now can’t be used for human consumption, cost the company an estimated $2,000 to $3,000.
By R. SCOTT RAPPOLD THE GAZETTE
Five buffaloes escaped from a meatpacking plant Monday morning but discovered soon after that busy West Colorado Avenue was no place for them to roam.
The buffaloes were shot and killed by police firing semiautomatic rifles after the animals charged at the officers.
“They were large enough that . . . they could have done a considerable amount of damage, including possibly killing somebody,” said Colorado Springs police Lt. Larry Laxson.
http://www.gazette.com/display.php?id=1307547
Investigation ordered into police gunfire that killed escaped buffalo in neighborhood
COLORADO SPRINGS (AP) - The city manager has ordered an investigation after police fired up to 120 rounds in a residential neighborhood to kill five buffalo that had escaped from a slaughterhouse.
http://www.9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=cd79036b-0abe-421a-00f9-c2ecb7f7413f&TEMPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf
Police Shoot Buffalo Escaping From Packing Plant
Monday Incident Mirrors Similar Shooting In 2003
POSTED: 11:29 am MDT May 10, 2005
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Police Monday shot and killed five buffaloes that escaped from a meatpacking plant.
Instead of fleeing, the buffalo began grazing in a yard and police fired at the buffalo with semiautomatic rifles as each charged officers one-by-one.
"If five of them would have charged at once, I'm not sure we would have had enough manpower to kill all of them," Colorado Springs police Lt. Larry Laxson said.
The buffalo managed to get out when a truck driver didn't properly park his truck in the delivery chute at the G & C Meatpacking Plant, said plant owner Frank Grindinger.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/4472052/detail.html
PICTURES ACCOMPANY WTH DISCUSSION
Shooting Spurs TV News Debate
Live broadcast captures fatal wounding of suspect by police after car chase.
By Eric Malnic and Jia-Rui Chong
Times Staff Writers
May 12, 2005
At least two television stations provided live coverage Wednesday as Long Beach police officers fatally shot a man after a car chase, reigniting a debate about how TV news outlets should cover chases and other live events that could end in violence.
The shooting came at the end of a 50-minute pursuit across Long Beach and the South Bay that channels 2 and 7 followed with TV helicopters — the kind of story that has become a staple of local newscasts.
When the suspect suddenly jumped out of his vehicle at a Long Beach strip mall and allegedly reached for a pistol, the cameras captured a group of police officers opening fire and the suspect falling to the ground.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-shoot12may12,0,6840071,print.story?coll=la-home-headlines
THIS IS a change in behavior for police officers and while there is safety in numbers; the streets of the USA are not the streets of Baghdad. This NEW forgiving tactic of police without skills; allows for ‘hit and miss’ of a suspect with police who believe in Gang Warfare from the enforcement side of the law. Quite literally we are now dealing with “The Gangs Who Couldn’t Shoot Straight.”
Who needs riot gear, tear gas, fire hoses, rubber bullets or crowd control when all any law enforcement officer need do is open fire into crowds of unarmed demonstrators. First there was the tank. Now, police have the right to fire at will at the SUGGESTION of danger rather than ACTUAL danger. Is the USA becoming a fear ridden police state? When one incorporates these high power and crude tactics with The Patriot Act and other invasions of privacy, it starts to look more fascist than Mussolini.
Rapid Fire Guessing. Colorado Springs police officers examine four dead buffaloes Monday in the 1500 block of West Colorado Avenue. Five buffaloes escaped the G&C Packing Co. about 11:30 and made their way into a west-side neighborhood. The animals, whose meat now can’t be used for human consumption, cost the company an estimated $2,000 to $3,000.
From 'The Alarmest Network" as the Resolve becomes the Problem
As someone who enjoys keeping up with events and tracks trends due to habit and not profession, following the chronic evolution of CNN and in particular NewsNight over the past year has been an eye opener unlike any other. I am confident, the Executive Producer would consider this an obsession with her religious preference but it doesn’t come close. To say the very least she is a political pundit for the Neocons and while CNN may have more equity than FOX in presenting issues this particular Executive seeks not to be different, but, in fact possibly more corrupt leading to perhaps crime and not detracting from it.
Over the last couple of months CNN has tried to make a place for itself as a crime fighting network bringing on board Nancy Grace and frequently featuring John Walsh of America’s Most Wanted. The ‘focus’ has become rather noble and for even attempting same I congratulate the new CEO. The problem is this as the focus has shifted and the camera lenses have become more intense so has the exposure of ‘Girls’ as a subject. That is not so much a surprise as a side effect. Ms. Von Zwieten has always USED children and primarily girls as an object of fear stimulating women into frenzy that serves a political environment since September 11th. She has USED the NewsNight hour on a regular basis to promote subjects of fear featuring Soledad O’Brien so it is not surprising she is again indulging a subject of female pedophilia to achieve a similar end.
Since the change in focus to ‘Crime Fighter’ there has been nearly nightly on NewsNight; since the death of a Pope; a segment, if not many and if not the entire program exposing an issue featuring girls. During that same period of time the USA has come to realize nearly and minimally the death of a girl or girls at the hand of a predator and more than not a pedophile. The trend is troubling.
Last night, the introduction to the subject of pedophilia came to a climax with an hour long interview of John Walsh on Larry King. What followed was still another hour long subject that was again embellished with the topic of Teen Sex and a great deal of the content was regarding ‘girls.’ The program sought to titillate viewership and questionably it received a great deal of attention more from those under eighteen than over. But, I am quite confident also in the audience were pedophiles in the pursuit of understanding the ‘mind think’ of teens and pre-teens to find ‘their way into’ the willingness to be exploited.
The hour long program touted an insight of ‘newness’ regarding its information and somehow the 21st century carried with it a unique focus of concern to society regarding the sexual ‘imagination’ and pursuits of teen sex. According to NewsNight there is a ‘Code’ to coin a featured author of “Breaking the Code” to understand and alas this news team have the understanding to “The Code.”
Sorry, at this point there isn’t much new about sex while women and men have been having pre-marital sex since the beginning of time so the focus didn’t intrigue me as ‘special’ so much as desperate. In my opinion, if there is a ‘code’ about teen sex then pedophiles have already won and this society has learned nothing about communicating within a family to benefit them all.
As noted in the beginning of the program; “Those of you a generation or two older may find a thing or two has changed since that revolution you experienced or helped lead;” there has been an entire four decades since the confrontation of the understanding of Modern Day Sex lead by women and The Pill. To that end is a sad scenario if families have retreated into ‘proper communication’ which sets up barriers rather than effective communication that facilitates relationships. Unarguably the most important relationship a ‘girl’ and/or ‘teen’ could have is with loving parents who seek to understand their curiosity with willing direction into the ‘safety zone’ rather than out of it.
Alarmingly, there was content that needed address rather than exploitation. Instead of confronting issues of ‘oral sex’ and it’s equal danger of HIV and STD exposure, there was a ‘permission’ of same in passivity to the subject. That is a programming error as CNN is leaning toward taped presentation rather than live relying on it’s capable anchor in Aaron Brown to bring a much needed focus and discussion to a subject. If not lead in discussion, then certainly interjected a minute of pause with a word to include a tone of caution to the subject of Teen Sex in a program of permission. It is my experience the American Public is smart and savvy picking up quickly subtle cues that would bring a more sane approach rather than a permissive one.
The most troubling ‘photo-op’ was of an eighteen year old woman, an author of a sexual novel, “Shut the Door,” which is troublingly mired in not only sexual exploration but also violence. The main character of the novel carves her lover’s name into her arm with a knife. The image of her sitting on her bed at home during the interview was ‘daring’ but she was also displayed in the submissive elevation of the camera looking down on her rather than a more formal setting to introduce a controversial teen author who needs protection as well as focus. The image of her sitting on her bed was then superimposed by the sexual image on her book therefore taking this barely legal adult right into a live depiction of youthful sex to the viewer and I can only question what was going on in the minds stimulated by the sexual focus of pedophilia.
The closing of this program was insulted by images of horror as espoused by Jeff Greenfield:
“If this is what the next generation is like out in the open, if this is what they dress like, act like, listen to in public, maybe it's no wonder that their elders are worried, or unsettled, or petrified about their secret lives. And it's certainly understandable that when people the law calls minors perpetrate major acts of violence, however statistically rare they may be, we asked what was going on in their secret lives that drove them to such horrible acts?”
What in God’s name was THAT all about? Somehow a teen with a sexual curiosity that acted on it has turned into the Mad Hatter at Alice’s Tea Party and a Serial Killer. Greenfield chronically goes where no imagination has gone before and calls it responsible journalism. Perhaps that is my concern regarding this change in focus at CNN and it’s obsessive-compulsive Executive Producer in that the ‘word’ Secret that pervaded the tone of this programming is more the reality of it’s creators imagination than any form of responsible journalism this viewer recognizes.
To close. There is an alarming relationship in the focus of ‘girls’ by this news team and the rise in pedophilia in this country and questionably the world that finds CNN playing on it’s television screen.
A suggestion.
If CNN wants to pursue crime fighting in a wholesome way rather than a titillating fashion, as is innate in the subject of pedophilia, then I suggest a regularly and toned ‘feature’ segment on this News Hour while returning to mostly the news rather than The Fear Factor that serves a particular fascination for an executive producer's lack of satiation otherwise and not the well being of the public.
To wishing a successful end to the devotion of it's new CEO as well as the eliminatio of pedophilia from this society if that is possible, I submit a critique to improve and not destroy.
Over the last couple of months CNN has tried to make a place for itself as a crime fighting network bringing on board Nancy Grace and frequently featuring John Walsh of America’s Most Wanted. The ‘focus’ has become rather noble and for even attempting same I congratulate the new CEO. The problem is this as the focus has shifted and the camera lenses have become more intense so has the exposure of ‘Girls’ as a subject. That is not so much a surprise as a side effect. Ms. Von Zwieten has always USED children and primarily girls as an object of fear stimulating women into frenzy that serves a political environment since September 11th. She has USED the NewsNight hour on a regular basis to promote subjects of fear featuring Soledad O’Brien so it is not surprising she is again indulging a subject of female pedophilia to achieve a similar end.
Since the change in focus to ‘Crime Fighter’ there has been nearly nightly on NewsNight; since the death of a Pope; a segment, if not many and if not the entire program exposing an issue featuring girls. During that same period of time the USA has come to realize nearly and minimally the death of a girl or girls at the hand of a predator and more than not a pedophile. The trend is troubling.
Last night, the introduction to the subject of pedophilia came to a climax with an hour long interview of John Walsh on Larry King. What followed was still another hour long subject that was again embellished with the topic of Teen Sex and a great deal of the content was regarding ‘girls.’ The program sought to titillate viewership and questionably it received a great deal of attention more from those under eighteen than over. But, I am quite confident also in the audience were pedophiles in the pursuit of understanding the ‘mind think’ of teens and pre-teens to find ‘their way into’ the willingness to be exploited.
The hour long program touted an insight of ‘newness’ regarding its information and somehow the 21st century carried with it a unique focus of concern to society regarding the sexual ‘imagination’ and pursuits of teen sex. According to NewsNight there is a ‘Code’ to coin a featured author of “Breaking the Code” to understand and alas this news team have the understanding to “The Code.”
Sorry, at this point there isn’t much new about sex while women and men have been having pre-marital sex since the beginning of time so the focus didn’t intrigue me as ‘special’ so much as desperate. In my opinion, if there is a ‘code’ about teen sex then pedophiles have already won and this society has learned nothing about communicating within a family to benefit them all.
As noted in the beginning of the program; “Those of you a generation or two older may find a thing or two has changed since that revolution you experienced or helped lead;” there has been an entire four decades since the confrontation of the understanding of Modern Day Sex lead by women and The Pill. To that end is a sad scenario if families have retreated into ‘proper communication’ which sets up barriers rather than effective communication that facilitates relationships. Unarguably the most important relationship a ‘girl’ and/or ‘teen’ could have is with loving parents who seek to understand their curiosity with willing direction into the ‘safety zone’ rather than out of it.
Alarmingly, there was content that needed address rather than exploitation. Instead of confronting issues of ‘oral sex’ and it’s equal danger of HIV and STD exposure, there was a ‘permission’ of same in passivity to the subject. That is a programming error as CNN is leaning toward taped presentation rather than live relying on it’s capable anchor in Aaron Brown to bring a much needed focus and discussion to a subject. If not lead in discussion, then certainly interjected a minute of pause with a word to include a tone of caution to the subject of Teen Sex in a program of permission. It is my experience the American Public is smart and savvy picking up quickly subtle cues that would bring a more sane approach rather than a permissive one.
The most troubling ‘photo-op’ was of an eighteen year old woman, an author of a sexual novel, “Shut the Door,” which is troublingly mired in not only sexual exploration but also violence. The main character of the novel carves her lover’s name into her arm with a knife. The image of her sitting on her bed at home during the interview was ‘daring’ but she was also displayed in the submissive elevation of the camera looking down on her rather than a more formal setting to introduce a controversial teen author who needs protection as well as focus. The image of her sitting on her bed was then superimposed by the sexual image on her book therefore taking this barely legal adult right into a live depiction of youthful sex to the viewer and I can only question what was going on in the minds stimulated by the sexual focus of pedophilia.
The closing of this program was insulted by images of horror as espoused by Jeff Greenfield:
“If this is what the next generation is like out in the open, if this is what they dress like, act like, listen to in public, maybe it's no wonder that their elders are worried, or unsettled, or petrified about their secret lives. And it's certainly understandable that when people the law calls minors perpetrate major acts of violence, however statistically rare they may be, we asked what was going on in their secret lives that drove them to such horrible acts?”
What in God’s name was THAT all about? Somehow a teen with a sexual curiosity that acted on it has turned into the Mad Hatter at Alice’s Tea Party and a Serial Killer. Greenfield chronically goes where no imagination has gone before and calls it responsible journalism. Perhaps that is my concern regarding this change in focus at CNN and it’s obsessive-compulsive Executive Producer in that the ‘word’ Secret that pervaded the tone of this programming is more the reality of it’s creators imagination than any form of responsible journalism this viewer recognizes.
To close. There is an alarming relationship in the focus of ‘girls’ by this news team and the rise in pedophilia in this country and questionably the world that finds CNN playing on it’s television screen.
A suggestion.
If CNN wants to pursue crime fighting in a wholesome way rather than a titillating fashion, as is innate in the subject of pedophilia, then I suggest a regularly and toned ‘feature’ segment on this News Hour while returning to mostly the news rather than The Fear Factor that serves a particular fascination for an executive producer's lack of satiation otherwise and not the well being of the public.
To wishing a successful end to the devotion of it's new CEO as well as the eliminatio of pedophilia from this society if that is possible, I submit a critique to improve and not destroy.
Thursday, May 12, 2005
This is a complicated storm. The variety of clouds and their varied direction tell me all I need to know. It's surreal. The photographer stated, We had a severe thunderstorm in Amarillo tonight. More storms are to the southeast of us causing large hail, flash flood situations and could possibly generate a tornado or two. I was out on a storm spotters watch. I snapped this shot looking west just after the storm passed through Amarillo.
I am joking when I say these are very powerful and dangerous storms. May 11, 2005. Hastings, Nebraska. It was almost like a white out! The hail and rain fell so hard that I couldn't see 20 feet in front of my car and the wind was blowing about 50mph. This is a picture out my side window. The trees were ripped of all leaves and the house was only about 30 feet away. It is all too easy to look at pictures. Hail will hurt a person if they are out in it. Write all your legislators. This isn't going to get better from what I am seeing on the satellites.
Please take care of yourselves. These are very powerful ionic storms. Click on this title. Thank you, Google.
May 12, 2005. GOES West compliments of UNISYS. It does have a central radius. It's a vortex. I'll load the link. You can see the intensity as it developed. This view is 12 hours ago. It is a very intense storm. Watch the 'white' clouds that develops. It is what caused all this. Give me a few minutes.
May 12, 2005. Amarillo, Texas. A hailstorm swept through Amarillo tonight pelting the city with glofball to baseball sized hail. This storm was part of a stalled system that has dropped over seven tornadoes (Southeast of Amarillo) and continues to backbuild and spin out of control in Hale and Swisher counties.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)