Michael Yon appeared recently on Fox and Friends and in his usual style plays no politics with his assessment of the situation in Iraq or that of Afghanistan.

He has been my most trusted source for information primarily in Iraq for several years and will remain so when he soon returns to his embed position with the boots on the ground.

Link: sevenload.com

What would cause any parent to jeopardize the lives of their children?

Thankfully, someone intervened before it was to late for these helpless babies:

If this mother is ever to regain custody of these precious gifts, I would hope she receives some much needed therapy.

Here’s a bit of food for thought on this Tuesday.

An attorney who watched a police officer park illegally in front of a restaurant, then wait around while his meal was prepared, issued the officer a series of citizen-initiated violations.
Eric Bryant said he was sitting at the restaurant March 7 when Officer Chad Stensgaard parked his patrol car next to a no-parking sign and walked inside to wait for his food, the Portland Mercury reported Thursday.
Bryant told the weekly paper that when he asked Stensgaard about his car, the officer asked Bryant, “If someone broke into your house, would you rather have the police be able to park in front of your house or have to park three blocks away and walk there?
Bryant filed a complaint as a private citizen alleging several violations, including illegal parking and illegal operation of an emergency vehicle.
Stensgaard was issued a summons to appear in traffic court in May. The fines could total $540. . . .
Cathe Kent, a spokeswoman for the Portland Police Bureau, said Stensgaard would fight the complaint in court, “as he rightfully should.”

What’s your opinion? Do you believe the attorney was correct in his actions or does the police officer have a case?

I haven’t come to any conclusion as I am still attempting to understand the correlation between responding to a robbery and illegally parking a vehicle while waiting for your lunch.

Written by Sue

2 Responses to “Tuesday Tid-Bits”

1. David M says:

   April 29, 2008 at 6:42 am

   Being caustious as usual in drawing a conclusion without all the facts, I think the citizen has a case. Where’s the correlation between a robbery at a home and waiting for lunch? We had a police chopper team stop at Krispy Kreme donuts a couple years ago here and they were disciplined. Of course, I do represent a sheriff’s department and I ntice they tend to play a bit fast and loose with parking laws–particularly double parking. I’ve never had a complaint, so I’ll assume there’s good reason for it until I hear otherwise.
2. Sue says:

   April 29, 2008 at 10:30 am

   David:

   I just found this amusing because I would bet most citizens would never consider lodging such a complaint.

   It’s sort of a catch 22. It is always better I would think for law enforcement to have their transportation close by, yet laws are written for everyone. Then again, I would imagine that various areas throughout the country might waive some of those rules and laws for emergency vehicles.