Me, I found about it during a visit to New Zealand many years ago. One way, Peace and Victory, the other—FU. My host was quick to inform us as to it. Better to know, then get it whipped into you. But even then, here in America, either it or the single finger, are a protected expression of one’s freedom of speech.…

Thank you, you mirror my comment. As I get older, I find that these issues are visited often, and with the same results. To stop someone, going about their lawful and Constitutionally protected business, in such a manner as this officer did, merits punishment. Hope the young man can now afford a much nicer bike to…

Besides the minor fact that the SCOTUS has determined the flipping off of a public servant—a police officer being such—is not a crime, but an expression of ones free speech. This happened during the turbulent sixties or early seventies, during the Vietnam War Protests. Least we forget, these issues have been visited…

Me, I do not yell at them, just turn the sprinklers on. LOL. Polite, in my own home, is not required. Come to sell me something, without invite, and find out for yourself. Friends, get respect, officers, a wary respect, until I know exactly why they may be there. And that goes for my personal space as well. Unless I…

I respect the badge, not always the person wearing it. Just as I used to respect the officers in the military, even if they could not find their behinds with both hands and a map. As a soldier, I am required to honor the office, even if the office holder is a dope. But more often, sooner than later, they were gone.…

The officer chose to stop this person, so once it was determined that he was legal, not wanted, not armed, and thus presenting no danger to the officer or society, the level of B/S should have been backed down. No matter the person was offensive, and non-cooperative. How many criminals do you think are cooperative…

You do not say what area this happened in, other than a nice “white” neighborhood. So saying that, since you are unable to proceed with the department, in registering a complaint, my next stop would be a shyster lawyer, one willing to take on the system, on spec., and file a complaint. Even if you only get an awarded…

So if I am driving down the road, and out of the blue, for no valid reason, an officer decides to stop and harass me, I should remain polite, and not get upset, and state my views? REALLY? I should just shut-up, and show them my papers? Not wired that way, and not likely to happen that way. If I am speeding, I admit…

Agree with your comment, except that to a career officer, a thirty day suspension, without pay, is indeed a major deal. It goes into his “jacket”, and becomes part of any actions in the future, such as promotions boards, or additional actions. His actions merited much more, and in many departments, would have resulted…

While contempt of cop, as you state it, can easily become a chargeable offense under a different name, this incident did not procede that way. The officer used the color of his office, to make an illegal stop, and it went downhill from there. Often with Dallas area officers, I have to bite a hole in my tongue, and…

While I agree that being “polite” does indeed go a long way towards keeping a civil interaction civil, it is not mandated in law. The loss of one’s freedom, while in public, for no reason beyond riding a motorcycle, however does fall under that Constitutional exercise of one’s rights. The right to freely assemble and…

Just love your article. I have said most of what you put into writing. While other nations have a military that works together, we have one, that battles for their “share” of the budget money. And by not providing a great CAS aircraft, basing it with the soldiers it supports, just makes no sense. But the Key West…

In the early 70, the very first C-130 I worked on as a jet engine mechanic, was a very old A model, stationed at Edwards. So old, it had three bladed props, and no radome. Looked very different than the D models I also worked on during the same time. Last I found of it, it had been retired to being a ground…

That was indeed a one-minded dog. LOL. I bet my Sheba would have eaten all the food, and still made pretty good time. But she has never been a dainty eater. We still laugh about her puppy days, when instead of walking around the bowl, she would lean in, until her behind was high in the air. But NOTHING would stop her…

Read about this variant of the Eagle, and thought it a much cheaper yet useable alternative to the single engined F-35. And with its forerunners already having been proven in combat, one that will offer great service. And since Israel using them, gives America a snapshot of how well they prove out, perhaps we can look…

As a motorcycle rider myself, I hope the police throw the book at the driver. As a vehicle driver, with my CDL as well, I do understand the feelings against those that risk my safety, by passing in double yellow line zones. But instead of getting rage, I just back it down, so that the idiots and myself also, are not…

The lake I do most of my fishing on, is part of the Navy’s low level training area, and one day on the lake, I looked out across the lake, and was almost level with me, watched a F/A 18 fly down the lake, pop up over the dam, and continue his flight. Quite awesome that day. And also quite a surprise as well.

I would just like to add, that the dollars spent on the Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds, is a very effective recruitment tool. And come in much cheaper than any media program with much better results. So in my eyes money well spent. I tire of hearing the comments of people that have never been in the service, that…

Yes, the author that wrote this article got it right. I did not see the smoking Rhino mentioned, the F-4 for all it’s service life was known as that, from the smokey trail left in the skies behind it. Made it too easy to spot in flight, and was battled the entire history of the aircraft. It did not use water…

While I agree with most of the aircraft being part of the cold war, the KC-10 not so much, it was the KC-135 that had the most impact during the cold war. It was the flying gas station, for any planned strike deep inside Russia, and without it, the bombers could not have made it, even in a suicide mission profile. But…