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Yes. Much of it I can not comment on. Some things I am willing to talk about in face to face conversations, but am uncomfortable in discussing on a forum. Suffice it to say, our people are doing good work. I am comfortable sharing the following. Al Qaeda and other radical jihadists hate us and want to harm us. They actively seek ways to do so. Anyone who believes our southern border is not vulnerable and also thinks radical jihadists are not aware of this are beyond foolish. Louie Gohmert says al Qaeda has camps with drug cartels in Mexico | PolitiFact Texas FBI admits Al Queda terrorists are crossing mexican border I can't find the articles I wanted, but these paint the picture I am talking about. The other thing I will say is that American police officers are unlike any other LEO's in the world. We think different, we train different, we act different. We are a much different animal than our contemporaries in other countries and our enemies know this and we are a wild card in any plans they make. The Beslan school takeover is something that I personally believe was a trial run for the US. In case you are unfamiliar with Beslan follow these links: Beslan school hostage crisis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Terror at Beslan by John Giduck You want a close examination of the horror of radical jihad, read this book: Amazon.com: Terror at Beslan: A Russian Tragedy with Lessons for America's Schools eBook: John Giduck: Kindle Store The Terror at Beslan « School Shootings This last one is to photos. Some of them are disturbing, so you have been forewarned: beslan school massacre - Bing Images If a school takeover happened like this in the US, it would not play out as it did in Russia. We will enter that school in 1's, 2's and 3's (or more), flooding the school with officers as we arrive on scene in order to neutralize the terrorists. Columbine taught us some hard lessons, but we learned and have adapted. We won't wait like Russia did, we won't even wait for SWAT to be called out. We will flood that school as fast as we can get officers on scene. It will end much quicker. It took Russia three days to attack. We won't take 3 hours. Our tactic of rapid response is well known. We may have a school takeover someday in the US, but it would end much faster, and hopefully with fewer casualties to the good guys. I am not downing the Russian Spetsnaz who responded. They were incredibly brave and 21 of them gave their lives to try and save hundreds of hostages. They did not have Columbine to learn from. This was their Columbine and I am sure they have learned from Beslan as we did Columbine.

Vader

Omd

I wonder...

Yes it is a reasonable fear, but Russia is still our main threat. There are a great many threats to our nation that are not commonly known or discussed.

Genesis

The Who

I will be eligible for retirement in 5 years. There is a good likelihood my beard will return shortly after that time. That will mostly be determined by my next profession and their standards/rules on facial hair.

Tarot

Night Ranger

Kraken

Y&T

Rush

My wife has sleep apnea AND RLS. If it gets bad I just go sleep on the couch. I work graveyards so half the week we don't sleep together anyway. Weight is not always the factor to sleep apnea. My wife is nowhere near overweight, she is barely proper weight, and has it really bad. The RLS is the maddening factor for me. Makes me crazy, so I relocate and sleep.

Otep

You've got more then Second Coming obsession issues to deal with. Get some counseling.

Because Cthulhu eats most people who find out.

Hanoi Rocks

Entombed

Nightwish

If I were giving a TR interview, and knew for whatever reason that your records showed 0 for tithing, I knew you were employed, and you said yes, I would ask a clarifying question about how you were paying. Once you told me you were paying direct, unless prompted by the spirit, that would be good enough for me. I see no problem with a clarifying question following a response, if there is information in the hands of the bishop, to cause concern about the answer.

King Kobra

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