THE REAL BLUE BLOODS

Recently I have been reading articles in several newspapers and watching on TV articles about police. Things never change. I was a police officer for many years serving in the Towns of St. Michaels, Hurlock, And Federalsburg. Of course, this was over forty years ago. All I ever read in the paper or hear anymore are complaints about the police departments all over this country. Some of those complaints are valid and should be acted on. I will never know how a man can be on the ground and be kicked in the face by a police officer and still has a job as a police officer in another town. Police officers just don't do those things. He would have never been a police officer in my department when I was Police Chief in St. Michaels. I do not know maybe the policing has changed over the years, and I'm sure it has, but what has not changed is how a police officer must conduct himself in all types of situations.and kicking a man in the face when he is down on the ground is not one of the changes that I'm talking about. How is that being a servant of the people?

However, being a police officer is, for the most part, a thankless job and very seldom do you hear the good things that the police do. Most police officers are very good people and will always go the extra mile. for the people they serve. Take time to have that coffee with a cop or be involved with programs such as the St. Michaels Police Department have. They are on the street and in cars patrolling night and day in all kinds of weather or on holidays some must work to keep us safe while we enjoy the comforts of home. When a police officer puts on that uniform and the badge of authority he is a target for some of the people that he swears to protect. Can you imagine what it would be like with no police?

During my time as a police officer, I was so proud to know good men in the Police Departments where I worked and also The Maryland State Police, The Sheriff's Offices in the tri-county area, and the Easton Police Department. Not once during my days as a police officer did I ever hear of a person being arrested by a police officer in the tri-county using more force than necessary. In closing this Letter please remember sometimes a police officer has to make a split second decision that could result in injury to the bad guy or himself. All the training in the world cannot prepare for that.I hold in high regard anyone who puts on a uniform of law enforcement and goes in harm's way. They are the real Blue Bloods no matter what the color of their uniform.

The Proud American. (A True Story)

I have met a lot of proud Americans during my lifetime but here is a person that will always stand out in my mind. My electric company was doing a small electric job for an elderly lady in the small town of Federalsburg, Maryland. For her age, she still had a sharp mind. As we did our work we noticed a national news service was on TV and she was watching. One of the news stories was about illegals climbing over the wall at the border and coming into the United States. She began to speak out and kept saying: “This is wrong”. We asked her if she was okay and her reply was yes, but if this keeps going on we will have no America. She then got up from her chair and walked over to where two frames were located on the wall in plain view and pointed to them and said: “THIS IS THE WAY I CAME TO AMERICA” Those two frames contained certificates of two people who came to this country, through Ellis Island. One frame was hers and the other was of her husband who passed away many years ago. She said they had to be investigated and tested to see if they had any kind of disease or criminal record. Over a course of time, they had to learn and use English as their language. There were other things they had to do but these are the ones that stood out in my mind. Her husband worked for a factory in Federalsburg for many years until his death. In 1946 they built a house in the town and became just one of the town people.

America has always been a melting pot for all people who want a better life or to escape persecution. That is how America was founded and should always remain. Every person should have a chance to have part of that American dream. Not one American should deny a person of this right. The thing is they must do it the right way. The way this elderly lady and her husband did. They were proud to be called Americans. The first thing that every person should know is America is governed by the rule of law and if you want to come to this country you do not come by breaking the law. What percentage of the people who come to this country illegally come for the jobs, How many of them come to escape persecutions, how many are terrorist from countries who hate America, how many are the ones who are drug smugglers, or how many are gang members in our cities? These are the questions that every American should ask. It makes no difference if you are white, black, Spanish, Jew, oriental, or from the Far East. If you are an American you must keep America safe. When America has people coming here and will not blend in, people who want their own communities and their own laws, fly their flag from where they came from and openly burn ours. To me, that is a clear warning sign that our nation is in trouble.

The really sad part about this is there are many good people who want to come to this country legally, but because of illegals, these people may never get the chance. Most of these people would give you the shirt off their back or would do anything for you. Like me, most Americans have no problem with immigration as long as it is legal. Many people around me are legal immigrants and they are blending in well. I will do anything to help them and I am sure they would help me. I am submitting this article to our local newspaper but it is doubtful it will be published because they most likely will consider it politically incorrect.

Kent Island High School Assault

I was so perplexed after reading the article on April 18, 2018 edition of The Star Democrat about the incident at the Stevensville High School entitled Assault at Kent Island High under investigation. In the article Dr. Andrea Kane said that the boys who did this will receive the "appropriate consequences" However in the paper she also stated that" the mission of the juvenile justice system in Maryland is: "guidance, treatment, and rehabilitation". Where does the punishment come in? She dd not mention that. The school system did not even notify the police. Parents of some of the school kids did and that was two or three days later. One day the students are in the school bathroom doing this terrible thing and the next day they will be on the streets like good little citizens protesting second amendment rights while taking Tide-Pod breaks. If the sheriff's department did not get involved most likely the whole incident would soon be forgotten.  The bullying problem in our school system goes far beyond what is reported as we can see by this incident and how it was handled by the school system. No wonder home schooling is growing by leaps and bounds by concerned parents, when I say “concerned parents, I’m talking about parents who are really concerned about their kids, and their kid’s education. The students who really want to learn are being hampered.  "School for a lot of kids is a social meeting place not a place of learning." That is not my statement but a statement made by a substitute teacher at a public meeting where people were addressing the problem which happened in a high school in Cambridge, Maryland a few weeks ago. There was a small riot in the cafeteria and the police were called. These two schools are not 40 miles apart. These kinds of things did not happen years ago in our schools so what has happened? Let me answer that question with another question. Did these things happen when God was allowed in schools? When there was discipline allowed in the schools? No I do not think so. When God was forced out and the Federal Government took over we can see what happen. If you have kids or grandkids going to public schools you need to be in much prayer for them That God will protect them because the school systems will not.


 

When is it UnAmerican

Our country was founded on principles that all men are created equal. Our founding fathers were visionaries and sought to assure all citizens the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. However, today we have groups that will deny others the right to life, deny others their liberty, and only think they themselves should be able to pursue happiness. Friends, so much of what I see in our country today crushes these values America was built upon.
When a senator can shed tears on the senate floor because there is a policy to vet refugees from terror sponsored countries but remains dry eyed when millions of innocent babies are murdered in the womb—that is un-American.
When our homeless go hungry while illegal aliens can come into this country and receive food stamps, welfare and shelter—that is Un-American
When our elderly must choose between eating or buying their medications while abortions and transgender surgeries are paid for with tax payer money—that is Un-American.
When our troops go without proper equipment while celebrities and athletes protest our country and national anthem—that is un-American.
When our veterans go without benefits that were promised but billions of dollars are given to countries that hate us—that is Un-American.
When Christian companies are forced to compromise their faith and values by serving same sex weddings while other businesses can say, “if you support traditional marriage, don’t shop here.”—that is Un-American.
When radical groups like BLM and anti fa can riot, burn cities and kill or injure people but citizens are prosecuted and persecuted for speaking out against them—that is Un-American.
When a black criminal disobeys law enforcement and is shot by police and there is a public outcry while police officers are shot everyday for doing their jobs and media is silent—that is Un-American.
When the media takes it upon itself to slant the news and tell us what to think instead of reporting the news and trusting us to decide for ourselves what to think—that is Un-American.
When liberal head explodes at the use of a word in describing a third world country while cities in this country resemble these third world countries and nothing is being done to improve the lives of citizens in these cities— that is Un-American.
When a political party would rather protect 8,000 illegal aliens than protect the citizens of this country and even go as far to threaten a government shut-down and deprive the elderly and military of their money— that is Un-American.
It appears that some of our leaders are more concerned about themselves and the special interest groups that has bought them  than the citizens that elected them and that is not only Un-American but unacceptable to the the citizens of this country that are counting on the leadership.
Friends, I have been told that, as a Christian, I should not be political. I am not a political person but what I see goes beyond politics. It is now about our survival as a country and the fabric of our way of life. I once read “All it takes for evil to spread is for good men to do nothing.” I am only trying to do my small part to stop the spread of evil.
As always you are free to disagree but I am free to express my opinion. May God bless you all. . Just saying

Credit to @Doretta Mills For the post

What Ever Happen To Mayberry R.F.D

 
Yesterday as I listened to the man who lost his daughter in the Parkland Shootings and how he vow to work with President Trump to first and foremost secure our schools verses the focus on gun control legislation and I agree with him: He, like myself , believe that since we don't live in Kansas anymore or in the world of Mayberry R.F.D., and Beaver has grown up, we now have to protect our schools like we do other public spaces whether it's Washington,DC and the Capitol or the airports around this country.
I have taken note that even though security is slack at schools and other places of importance, it is not slack with the politicians who make the laws. Most all have armed guards and security guarding them but yet they want everyone else to give up their firearms. What is wrong with that picture? All Americans know, as I do, security has to be the number one priority in our country because as most of us know gun bans have been proven to give a false sense of security as they are ineffective in curbing gun related homicides. They just do not work. History proves that. Just read the entire Virginia University comprehensive research study on the Brady Bill under President Reagan. Then read up and realize that the conclusions per this study also applied to the Clinton Administration gun controls: In both cases there was zero impact on gun related homicides. Our politician's paper laws do not work. New York City, Chicago, Detroit, and New Orleans has some of the toughest gun laws on the books but they also have the highest gun related crime rates in the country. Let us get the security out there like our politicians have to make things safe and then sit down and really do something besides making more paper laws. There is an answer.

The Gun is Not The Problem

( This article is a response by Bill Patchett to an article in the Star Democrat news paper dated February 18 , 2018. His response below was published on February 19,2018. Your comments are welcome.)

 

In response to Louise Mccue’s comment in Sunday’s paper, the gun used to kill the children in Florida was not an automatic weapon as she claims. It is against the law in the United States to own an automatic weapon unless you have a license. The gun used here was a semi-automatic, which fires one bullet every time the trigger is pulled. The liberals would have you to believe it was an automatic.
Let us face some facts here. If a madman wants to kill, he does not need a gun to kill innocent people. He will always find a way. Killers do not need guns to kill people. Tim McVeigh used fertilizer, the 9-11 terrorists used box cutters and airplanes, the Nazis used cyanide gas, Taking guns away from innocent people will not protect innocent people.
The problem is not guns at all. The problem is we are living in a Godless society. Instead of trying to ban guns, try taking your kids to church, tell them who Jesus Christ is, become a family unit again, spend more time with your kids, tell them the difference between right and wrong, and become who you should be, a parent.
This problem is directly related to a combination of mental health, poor parenting or no parenting at all, and the dumbing down of this nation. When our children don’t know what bathroom to use, do not know if they are a boy or a girl, are offended by everything, and see that they are exonerated from their actions because they can blame it on others, that in itself is the problem.
Murder is illegal. Drugs are illegal. Yet they still happen. Calling for stronger gun laws isn’t the answer. It isn’t the gun. Start holding the person responsible, and the system that failed them.
BILL PATCHETT

Give Me Liberty, Religious Freedom, Or Give Me Death

I wonder if most people in America truly understand what is going on in our country and in the world that we live in today, All Americans should be truly worried about our loss of personal freedoms! They are leaving us fast! Since Obama has come into office we are losing more and more everyday and most people do not care that this is happening as long as this big plantation that we are now living on, does not stop giving out the freebies. People all over this world in a lot of different countries are fighting to keep their freedoms while most people in America could care less with a “What you going to give me “attitude. They would rather live on the plantation. Some people see Obama a the messiah and what a shame that is.

Americans, who care, should strongly challenge the many schemes, and exploitations, of our progressive (a polite word for communist) president against our own Constitution and Bill of Rights. If you remember he is the man said he would change America and he is piece by piece! The is just about the only true thing that he has done since he has been elected. Some Americans are losing their freedoms and they, for the most part, are doing nothing except looking for the next hand out.

If people want to see where our country is headed they need to look no further than Korea. The contrast between a people’s freedom and slavery can be clearly seen, by comparing the North and South Korea nations. One was founded and exists on absolute political control; the other thrives and blossoms through a democratically operating free people!

History has shown that our freedoms are taken for granted and that is one thing that should never happen. Because once our freedoms are lost, they go the way of North Korea, and like in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany years earlier!

If the American people do not soon take notice and realize it is Obama and his “political class” that “We the People” must control and get a grip on and not the other way around So take heed America, your future is in your hands, but only if you fight constantly for your Constitutional rights, as our Founders fought for us and our futures! If we do not wake up soon the next two years can spell doom for America under Obama and we are already on that slippery slope.

The freedoms that American soldiers, both men and women, have fought for, been maimed for, and died for are leaving us fast. As for me “Give me liberty, let me serve the Lord as I want or give me death!”

Is It Boredom Or Is It Evil

According to the police reports three teenage boys from Oklahoma were, “bored.” So they chose to do something to get over being bored, so they decided to murder the man who was jogging past them. They got in their car, they followed him, and did just that. They murdered him with no remorse and with a “Who cares attitude”.

The district attorney described the youngest, the 15-year-old, as having treated the murder as a “joke.” It was reported that he danced as he was booked. The 16-year-old, the one who pulled the trigger, showed no emotion, no feelings, or reaction when he was charged with first-degree murder. Only the 17-year-old had something to say. When the state prosecutor told him of the long prison sentence he is facing the young man responded by saying: “So what, I didn’t pull the trigger”. No remorse, no feelings, just a I do not care attitude.

I’m trying to choose my words carefully as I pen this article because. If the facts of what happen are given to the court are found to be true, these boys are pure evil and should rot in Hades forever for what they did. But will they rot in Hades or even go to jail? And if they go to a jail how long will they stay because they are juveniles.

Now, to get to the point of my thoughts and to get even nastier and more unpleasant . The (apparent) killers are African-American, so you will not hear that much from the press about the brutal crime, unless it is Fox News doing the reporting. The victim was a young Australian baseball player (A white male) who attended college in Oklahoma. The three violent beasts (again, assuming these facts to be true) I’m sure we will be told, are empty and hopeless. There will be all kinds of excuses made for them when in fact there is no excuse for the murder they committed.

Can this be called a hate crime. Was the victim selected by these punks because of his race? Does it really matter? Murder is murder. It doesn’t get much plainer than that. Nothing can be worse or uglier than the unprovoked, cold-blooded murder of an innocent victim that is chosen at random. And that is exactly what happened!

Anyone who was the least bit outraged by the killing of Trayvon Martin should be screaming like they did at the killing of Martin. The sad thing is they are not and it makes me wonder whether they ever will. Where is Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson? Why have they not said anything? The sure spoke out about Trayvon Martin. The truth is it because the person who was shot was white and the ones who did it are black?

It would be nice if Obama would tell the public what he thinks of this brutal murder. He sure had plenty to say about Trayvon Martin. Can he identify with the parents of the kid who went for a jog and ended up dead? Could he have a son like him? No, he doesn’t look anything like Obama would have at 15 years old, at least by the color of his skin, but that isn’t what really matters, is it? Obama has said nothing about this horrible crime. The whole point about this is that these teenagers, no matter, what their age is, they have no relationship to Obama when he was their age. Evil comes in all shapes and sizes and colors. When we see it, we need to call it for what it is, “EVIL”

The news said that two of the boys had difficult and hard lives. I got news for them, so have a lot of us but we never murdered anyone. The mother of the 15-year-old is in jail. Last year, the 16-year-old lost both his stepfather and his brother. So how did he lose them? Was it a sickness or was it murder? The fact is (and there is no mean intent here), the loss did not make these kids any better people and they are no different from anybody else. We all have choices.

Could it be possible that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree? Is that statement a cruel one to make? Maybe so. But we are talking here about the pure evil of three young people murdering a person for no reason at all except they were bored, in this case bored to death and according to the police they were on their way to another home to commit, yet, another murder when they were caught. So what is more cruel, my statement or their cruel act of murder and their wanting to murder yet another person. A whole lot of people will have plenty to say about my statement but they will never open their mouth about these kids who brutally murdered the jogger.

Plenty of disadvantaged kids grow up besieged by all forms of needs that they are deprived of but they would never kill a person because they are having a boring day. They know, deep down in their heart what the difference is between good and evil. Many kids grow up with bad parents and bad families and bad problems, but they don’t murder a person who is out for a jog just because they are bored. It is not a black or white issue. Evil doesn’t have a color. Evil is evil. It is a wickedness that grows more out of control in this country every day.

Some people will blame the crime on the gun when the real blame should rest on those teenagers and for the most part how they were raised. The bottom line is this crime is not really a black or white issue. A lot of white people would like to have it that way, just like when a white person kills a black person. When are people going to see it for what it is “EVIL”

The Gangs of Salisbury

I just read the article in the Salisbury Times about their Gang problem. It was a very interesting article. Even though it was a very good and well written article she is behind times, because so many people in the Salisbury area have been commenting on this very subject in the paper for years. That is the way it is, the voice of the common folks are mostly never heard. It is a shame when gangs (who you know are armed) roam Salisbury and honest people have no way of defending their self because of federal and state gun control laws that are really worthless. Honest people are at the mercy of the bad guy and guess what, the bad guy knows this. The problem of gun control and gangs, home invasions, murder, and robbery will soon get much worse. The lawless people will have guns and the honest people will have none. You cannot count on the police because even though they do a good job this problem will soon over whelm them. They are only so many police officers. How are we to defend ourselves? The honest citizen will soon not be allowed to own a firearm, if Obama and Holder get their way, let alone be allowed to carry one. In some towns and states in this country it is legal to carry fire arms and in those states crime is way down. I wonder why. We do not need such as in the old wild west days but we do need to be safe in our homes and walking down the street. What good is the courts? 80% of the time they slap the criminals on the wrist instead of bringing the full weight of the law down on then.

The real news is that as the things in this world get worse, so will the gangs. You may laugh but the problems of this world have steadily got worse. There are parts of certain cities, across this nation, that police will not even go unless they go in force. Who is protecting the citizen in these areas? And now we have a federal government who wants to dismantle our country piece by piece. The gang problem, in Salisbury or anywhere else in this country, will not get any better until the borders are sealed and the flow of illegal people are stopped. We do not need to stop Mexico's drug war for them. We have our own problems and Mexico is the cause of a lot of them. We can blame the gang problem on whatever we want but it will not get any better until the citizens unite and demand a change. Not Obama's kind of change, but a change of our values and how things are done to keep the honest person safe. Everything is done for the criminal in this country and the honest man is screwed most of the time. Until we change the soft laws we have on crime and do away with gun control laws, that are useless, these problems will not stop but get worse. You may say the courts are overcrowded and they are, but why? They are overcrowded because of so many repeat offenders who will break the law over and over again because they know for the most part our court systems are a joke. For the most part it is not the judges and court officials but it is the rules and guidelines that they have to go by. These guide lines are made up and passed by people that we have elected to government. These people not only tie your hands they even tie the hands of law enforcement with some of their silly laws.

I do not want to sound like a prophet of doom and gloom, but we have not seen nothing yet. As if the crimes in this country are not getting worse we have a federal government that wants to give the enemy terrorist their rights when they are captured. How stupid! Who knows what laws that are in effect that would land you in jail for shooting someone who breaks into your home. We have some twisted laws that are just plain out and out foolish. I live in the country and anytime that I have called the police their response time has always been at least fifteen minutes. By that time a person could be seriously hurt or killed by a intruder. It is not the police officers fault there is only so many of them to cover a large area. So the question is do you just stand there and let the intruder do what they want or run to another room until the police come,  as most of the government law makers will tell you to do, or do you defend and protect yourself? If someone tries to break in my house, if Bruce (my dog) does not get them my shotgun will. Let me give you a short story, that I once read over the internet, and you tell me which one you are!

 Picture yourself walking down the street with your family one night and a terrorist or a gang member came out of the shadows with intentions to rob you and do you and your family bodily harm. Which of the following three are you? (1) A LIBERAL sees the bad guy coming with his weapon drawn and he begins to question himself if there is enough lighting in the area, is there some way that I could reason with him, we need new gun laws, maybe if we run some of us could get away, do I have time to call the police? (2) A CONSERVATIVE sees the bad guy coming and he pulls out a handgun and starts to think, will I get in trouble if I shoot him, if I go to jail, for shooting this bad guy, will my family be okay? Who will take care of them with me in jail?(3) THE ONE THAT CLING TO HIS BIBLE AND GUNS sees the guy coming pulls out his Glock 45 and then you hear BANG! BANG! BANG! over and over again, then a empty clip hitting the ground. The family is safe and wait for the police to arrive. No more bad guy.

Sad to say some reading this will say that that is a dangerous and bad story but I would say this to you: In times past when most people, in this country, were like the number three guy in the above story there was a lot less crime in this country and it was basically safe to walk our streets. As this nation gets more and more violent all Americans need to know how to protect their self. Let the empty clip fall to the ground instead of you. Let the criminal know and understand that crime never pays and let him know that you will defend you and your family.