tony2 wrote:POV, when i was a cop we didn't use automatics so we had 6 shots. We were taught, rightly so, that if you have to use it you do so to kill only, therefore empty the gun.
Al Capone in chicago used the same philosophy, except his men used tommyguns (grin). (Southern Humor here for yankee types out there).
tony2 wrote:Americans began learning that under King George.
xtc wrote:tony2 wrote:Americans began learning that under King George.
. . . and don't seem to have learned anything since!
xtc wrote:tony2 wrote:Americans began learning that under King George.
. . . and don't seem to have learned anything since!
Does fighting Germans etc. and twice bailing out England with men and war material count as not learning anything ?
Does fighting Germans etc. and twice bailing out England with men and war material count as not learning anything ?
tony2 wrote:As i recall, that was not the way Winston Churchill said it. The 50 plus destroyers, planes and cannon, all sent over before Us involvement, on the Lend Lease program where all that was "loaned" to England on condition that they return it after the war. Gee, they used it all too. My family has two parcels of French real estate. Both 6 ft long. If they had only known Europe didn't need us, gee!
My family has two parcels of French real estate. Both 6 ft long. If they had only known Europe didn't need us, gee!
drawscore wrote:Being a southerner, I appreciate southern humor. I also appreciate public officials that do not kowtow to political correctness - an ideology proposed by left wing ideologues, and perpetuated by the lap dog media, that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.
In short, I thought it was amusing.
Drawscore
drawscore wrote:Being a southerner, I appreciate southern humor. I also appreciate public officials that do not kowtow to political correctness - an ideology proposed by left wing ideologues, and perpetuated by the lap dog media, that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.
drawscore wrote:In short, I thought it was amusing.
mikeybound wrote:At the very least, you'd expect a medical examiner to act more professionally.