Saturday morning feel good stories
Cactivet and Top Kone send us our first story this morning from Sultan, Washington an 80-year-old woman found an intruder standing over her injured 75-year-old husband with a knife. The 80-year-old retreated to her bedroom closet and dug out her handgun, returned to her injured husband and ventilated the 25-year-old intruder. He was DRT (dead right there) when the police arrived. Her husband was taken to the hospital where he was in serious but stable condition.
Kevin sends us a link from Bluntzer, Texas where a friend of Kevin’s came out of his house and found two fellows monkeying with his automobile. A gunfight broke out between the three and ended when the criminals drove off, crashing into a ditch. Police found them after an extensive search. Everyone left the scene unharmed.
A homeowner in St. Joseph, Missouri plugged a fellow who was trying to break into his home. There’s no word on the condition of the perp except that police say that he was unconscious when they hauled him off to the hospital.
In Lowell, North Carolina, Jeffrey Funderburk, a former cop, saw a man breaking into his neighbor’s home, so he approached the fellow after calling the police, and tried to intercede. The crook tried to drive away from the scene, but Funderburk shot his tires out which made it easier for the on-duty cops to catch him and lock him up.
In Chicago, Illinois, a 69-year-old man tried to dissuade a thief in his home with a gun. They got into a struggle during which the homeowner accidentally shot himself in the hand, but that seemed to work because the thief left the scene. Police are still looking for the burglar, and the old guy, a licensed gun owner, is in good condition after a visit to the hospital.
Category: Feel Good Stories
I try to always have a firearm in the room that I am in, if not on my person. Living alone, I am privileged to be able to always store every firearm of mine loaded and ready to do what needs to be done. Having two dogs with a combined weight of over 200 pounds helps too.
i am in a posting way today i guess. found this a few mins ago and thought it kind of “Fit” in to this category.
nothing like a nice warm and fuzzy on a Saturday afternoon!
https://youtu.be/aM3ElTvF52I
“Clusterfuck” does not even describe this video.
Why won’t you answer my question Lars?
Probably because I did not read it. i do not remember a question you asked.
I rarely read replies to my posts anymore. Waste of time.
Then why the hell are you here, Poodle?
Beyond your obvious need for attention and your sole intent being nothing more than annoying people, why do you even bother to show up?
If you think I am here for attention than don’t give it to me.
I won’t miss you when you finally start to ignore me.
I am here for “reasons”. None I feel the need to justify to you.
I have no obligation to read every response to my posts or respond to them.
Besides, back when I used to do that you constantly whined about me derailing the thread and posting too much.
You are still avoiding the question.
It is direct, and to the point: Why are you here?
I don’t owe you an answer to that question.
Oh. My. God.
Do you even understand what you are doing when you contradict yourself like that?
No, you don’t.
Yeah, I got that. You don’t care about our opinions or what we think of yours. Anyway.
The question is have you been intentionally pissing people off here because of some f*cked up research you’ve been conducting?
You wouldn’t happen to know Sgt Maj Gainey would you. If he’s wherever it is you go to when someone asks you a question, would please tell him we’re still waiting for the answer he promised?
Are you talking about CSM (Ret) William Gainey? I do not know him personally, I do not know why you think I would run into him, or what answer you are expecting him to give you.
Odd that you would think I would go to him. We never crossed paths in my career that I can recall.
Read the Killam blog. I was being pithy.
Can you give me a link?. There is an interior designer with a “Killam Blog” and I military phony with the last name “Killam”.
But neither seem to have anything about a CSM Gainey.
It’s in the comments. Not really relevant at this point. You answered my question. Good enough for me. Gainey tried to protect Killam and asked the readers here to hold off on Killam until he had a chance to confirm that Killam was or was not a POW. He never came back.
Oh, I get it. Question asked. He left. Never answered.
Someone asks me a question and I never came back to answer.
Ok. I just didn’t read the question. So never answered it.
No. I have not used this forum as an experiment. I did learn a lot from the interactions here that are consistent with actual peer reviewed studies on the nature of conservative groups.
There appears to be a sense among some of you that my purpose here it to piss you off. As though I am doing it to you. And that nothing I post has any purpose beyond creating a negative reaction.
Consider the vitriol directed at me when I post. Often even when my posts are pretty neutral. It does not matter if it is “deserved” or not. Posts on this forum piss me off regularly. Some appear to be directed only as me (they use my name as a hint). Should, I assume the EVERY post that pisses me off was ONLY posted to piss me off?
My point is only that getting “pissed” goes both ways, I am often pissed off at the bullshit I read here as well. You also have the blame reversed. If you are pissed at things I post then it is YOUR AGENCY that made you pissed off. Your agency that read my posts and had an emotional response to their content and existence.
I get pissed at a lot of the bullshit posted on this forum. Is it YOUR fault I am pissed? Or is it my fault?
Since you have zero control over what pisses me off and I have direct control over what pisses me off the only logical thing to conclude is it is my fault when I am pissed off.
Just as it is you fault when you are pissed off.
I can think you are an asshat for the things you post but I cannot blame you for my being pissed about them.
I do think many of you are asshats (not necessarily you). I also think I am an idiot for being pissed off so often by things people post here and for letting myself spend so much time being pissed off by this forum.
‘I also think I am an idiot for being pissed off so often by things people post here and for letting myself spend so much time being pissed off by this forum.’ L. Taylor
Yes, it is YOUR fault because you return to the scene like some addict who can’t get enough of whatever drug it is you’re addicted to. In this case, it’s to get attention and nothing else and you intentionally post comments that piss people off at you.
That appears to be your sole purpose in posting comments here, so I ask again, if you get pissed of by cruising the scene, why do you even bother showing up? I’m sure there are plenty of other things you can find to do with your time, yet you consistently return to this blog. Cut line and leave if we piss you off. No one is forcing you to be here or to stay.
I think that thing he is addicted to is adrenaline and the antagonistic nature of his interaction here gives him an adrenaline dump. I suspect Lars that alot of the relationships in your life are controversial and it isn’t exclusive to TAH.
I am here far less than I used to be. And I respond far less so I get into far fewer engagements here.
In fact this is really more responses to your antagonistic posts than they deserve at this point.
YAWN.
There is nobody forcing you to read my posts. You respond to my posts more frequently than anyone else on this blog.
It is as though you seek them out. Then you whine about the fact that they exist.
Let me illustrate the issue you create for yourself in your own words:
“Yes, it is YOUR fault because you return to the scene like some addict who can’t get enough of whatever drug it is you’re addicted to.”
So stop paying attention to, reading, and responding to my posts.
Problem solved.
You idiot. You’re easier to play than a hungry trout.
I don’t whine. You do. No one forces you to show up here, yet you do show up repeatedly like an addict looking for a fix, but you take no responsibility for anything you do and blame it on other people? Yes, it’s our fault that you’re an addict.
I did not blame you for my coming here.
I blamed you for your decisions to constantly seek out my posts. Time and time again. Thread after thread.
You keep coming back.
Why?
Don’t answer that. I don’t care. Just highlighting the hypocrisy of your outrage for my being here.
And yet you still take no responsibility for what YOU do.
You are too predictable. When you were ignored two days ago, you disappeared, but when anyone pays attention to you, you revel in it.
You want to be ignored. Fine.
If you’re genuinely are interested in honest and intellectual dialogue why are you so abrasive and condescending. Personally I think you make some interesting points at times, but the delivers precludes the message in a way that the message just isn’t heard. Having been an officer and therefore expected to have been a gentleman in your behavior I would expect you to have experience in situations where you needed to communicate your message to a hostile audience. I KNOW your experience in CA required you to deal with some of the biggest arseholes on the planet. I guess my question now is why the anger? Why not take the high road in your interactions here in order to maybe make a difference for what you believe?
Yes, I dealt with a few people in Iraq that were some of the most vile dirtbag pieces of shit that anyone could possibly imagine. But that was 7-8 years ago. By the time I was in Afghanistan 4 years ago I got pissed off much more often with a much lower threshold.
The candid answer as to why?
It is a personality flaw or disorder. I have had 7 years of chronic unrelenting insomnia including auditory hallucinations when I try to sleep, and migraines. I am increasingly pissed off all the time. Damn near psychotically at this point.
Yes, I have turned myself in to the proper organizations to deal with it and even surrendered my firearm.
Some people function pretty well despite their chronic “issues”.
Apparently I don’t. My bullshit tolerance threshold is tapped out.
It makes me an asshole far more than is reasonable or healthy. Or fair to the people who know me. Many people I direct my anger at do not deserve it. Very few deserve the magnitude of it.
Some people on here probably do a little but I cannot tell most of the time anymore.
That is why I posted last fall that I was taking a year off from school for “health reasons.”
The VA is moving very very slowly on it. Partly my fault because I did not file a claim for the first few years because I assumed the issue was temporary and I would get better over time without help.
Then coming here is not in your best interest. Not the fighting anyway. I’m right about the adrenaline dump you know? You’re addicted to it. This gives you a fix. Anger causes adrenaline and adrenaline is your addiction just like heroine or meth. At least you recognize it. I’m going to ask Jonn to give you my email. You’re not the only one fighting this. You’re a fellow veteran and you’re on a road that’s not going to end well. I’ll set aside the negative if you will.
Spot on, Animal. Adrenaline is an amazing thing, and when it stops surging through your bloodstream, the let-down is dreadful.
Animal is spot on. If you have issues you don’t need to seek out things that aggravate them. Take care of yourself; far more important than getting into arguments.
What the fuck are you rambling on about?
Lars, I’m breaking my promise to ignore you or not comment to you anymore, so here goes. Remember the thread on the issue with the Army Boots a couple of days ago? I asked you a question as well and never heard from you. Glad to see you acknowleged Animal’s question (finally). Appreciate your honesty on what you are struggling with. Majority of folks have personality flaws depending on who is assessing the flaw. None of us are perfect. There are those, however, that do display extreme personality disorders and those are the types that are usually are in denial of their disorder and refuse treatment because they feel they don’t need treatment. You acknowledge you have issues and are seeking treatment. It seems you are knowlegable about Joe Gainey. I highly encourage you to read all 614 comments about Michael Killam and Joe Gainey. It is an eye opener on who the Army chose to be a Senior NCO and put into a Leadership Position. Joe Gainey lied about being a Vietnam Era Vietnam and is stealing Valor by wearing/claiming a NDSM for the Vietnam Era timeframe. He also is a supporter of a Phony Vietnam POW and “Door Gunner”, Michael Duane Killam, Tarrant County, Texas. Killam’s job is to provide MENTAL SUPPORT COUNSELING to Veterans who are emotionally struggling with their demons. Do you want to be counseled by someone who lied about being a POW, lied about his MOS, lied about “being a Killer” in Vietnam? If you want to do a study, perhaps you can do one as to why people lie or embellish a Military Service and include in your studies about people that enable those not telling the truth or embellishing. You have a wonderful wealth of information you could take from TAH. Google Michael Killam, TAH as well as Frank Visconi, Daniel Bernath, Dallas Wittenfeld, Phil Monkress, John Gudick, Dennis Chevalier, CSM (Ret) Richard Cayton, so many of them. In fact, too many of them. Who know…researching and reading about them as well as doing a dissertation on them may help your healing.… Read more »
Lars, I hope you get the help you need from the VA or they get you referred to a facility that can.
Oh. Asshole is here. AMF.
My post was innocuous. After that I responded to a series of question by Animal that seems genuine and a few antagonistic posts by EX-PH2.
None of those are bannable offenses.
Asking you why you consistently return to TAH to post comments is not an antagonistic question, Taylor.
I said that no one is forcing you to return, so why are you here? That is not antagonistic.
You’re an addict. You’re seeking a fix for your addiction. If that weren’t the case you wouldn’t returning so consistently. Do not blame other people for your problem.
I do not blame you for why I am here.
I do blame you for paying so much attention to my threads. Seemingly seeking them out so you can reply to them. Then whining about my being here.
You seek me out and then whine about my presence on the board.
I tried to make it clear that whatever addiction you accuse me of can also be said of you for constantly seeking out my posts. You respond to me more than any other member of the board.
I spend less time here than in the past and increasingly I do not bother to read or reply to the responses to my posts.
You should just ignore me. I see no purpose for either of us to engage in the future. I do not think either of us have gained any benefit from previous interactions.
For the sake of the precious electrons that are wasted in asshole’s postings, PLEASE BAN HIM.
Lars, please read my post above where I made a comment on your honesty.
Thank You.
I read it, AnotherPat. I will read the Gainey thread.
I have mixed feeling about the stolen valor controversy. While I never think it is OK to do I also noticed how abysmal the lives of some of these stolen valor culprits are. On one end of the spectrum you have sociopath and con artists that use stolen valor to exploit people. On the other end you have people who are delusional/insane or social rejects and stolen valor is a way of either gaining social acceptance.
It is not binary. People are all over that spectrum. I just think some do not deserve ridicule. Some need help.
I looked into the Gainey controversy. I only say one thread so far. It is clear not the one with the 600 comments. The one I read had about 50.
It did ridicule Gainey for not returning and for enabling Killam.
I need more information to make a judgement but I suspect Gainey’s silence may because there is a criminal and or civil proceeding that has both sides advised not to make public statements.
I am unsure though. Like I said I have only seen one thread thus far.
If you have a link for a specific thread you think I should read then please post it.
As for writing a paper the topic you are discussing is a sociology or social psychology topic. My focus it political economy and public policy analysis.
I broader topic on fraud in public service and those that condone or enable it would be related to my focus.
Think I can help out here. Pretty sure this is the thread that AnotherPat was referencing:
http://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=63422
The basic article’s subject is Killam vice Gainey, so it might be difficult to find when searching for Gainey.
LIFE LESSON
Doctor: “What seems to be the problem?”
Patient: “Doc, every time I go like this this, it hurts.”
Doctor: “Then don’t go like that.”
Classic!