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Reading their board they're a group so deluded that they think they will beat Kansas in Lawrence this year. This from a team that had zero wins against a team with a winning record last season. (Of course it's hard to find a team with a winning record in the all-mighty WAC, only 3 had one last season) If they'd played and beat ULM at least they woulda beat a .500 team.

Not buying this justification in the least. It is exactly because this logic has been roundly rejected that we (police) can't set up "safety stops" on roadways where we randomly select vehicles for search...even in areas of heavy drug traffic. It's why locked glove boxes and trunks don't fall under a "terry frisk" of a vehicle, even if you've made furtive gestures that suggest you may have something to hide.

Maybe I'm just out of the loop. What's the story with Kanye?

Louisiana Tech still plays football?

I thought the exact same thing. It would have been as easy and a few questions during redirect. DA: Officer is it common practice for you to mirandize arrestees? Me: No DA: And why is that? Me: Because I don't conduct custodial interviews of them. I don't do any form of formal (or informal for that matter) questioning. DA: So unless they are being interrogated or interviewed Miranda actually doesn't even come into play? Me: Correct DA: And this would be true of any police officer, correct? Me: Yes

Thank you for reiterating what I just wrote.

And we're back. Sorry ladies and gents (those of you taking the time to read my ramblings at least) for the long hiatus but I'm back with more "episodes" for your consumption. Our first story takes us back about three weeks and will explain to you why, in all but a few select cases, I hate security guards. Rent-a-cop, golf cart police, *"but for" cops, whichever term you choose many are like the gentleman I'm about to describe. We got a call involving a signal 33, a prostitute, at a craptacular apartment complex off of Ferguson. The comments say that a local prostitute is at the location refusing to leave. Mind you the call was about an hour and half old when we got it. We pulled up looking for the "security guard" and a guy in a t-shirt and blue jeans walked up to our car identifying himself as security. He tells us that he was told by another officer (I don't remember who he name dropped) to dial 911 when this particular prostitute was out walking around and he dutifully did so on this particular evening...you know, cuz he's a crime fighter. He stopped this woman and handcuffed her for "public intoxication" so that she would be waiting when we got there. Apparently, though, her boyfriend walked up soon thereafter and the security guard ran to his car to get his big stick. While his head was turned THE PROSTITUTE RAN AWAY IN HIS HANDCUFFS. I told him, between chuckles, that we would be glad to do a theft report on his stolen handcuffs. He said not to bother because..........wait for it..............she came back 10 minutes later and handed him his handcuffs. Yes, you read that correctly...the security guard was made this prostitute's bitch. Quite the irony. This next one takes us back to last week and still has me fuming. To tell this story let me give you a little background. In August of 2006 I responded to a suspicious person call in the Cedar Springs area where I was working. The manager called to report that three unknown white males were in a vacant apartment upstairs. When we got there we found three guys sitting on a mattress in a trashed out apartment. Two of them had warrants and the other claimed to be a former resident who had moved to another apartment with his boyfriend. He said he was back to "collect the rest of his belongings." There was nothing in this apartment worth collecting. No u-haul truck, no bags, no dolly...just him and two other dudes sitting on a mattress amongst some trash. Anyway next to the guy is a backpack. I asked who it belonged to and nobody wanted to claim it. So I opened it up and found a black thermos...and inside of the thermos was 26.1 grams of crystal methamphetamine (about $25,000 street value). Also inside of this bag was a disposable camera, power cords and a usb cord (which fit a laptop found in the van they arrived in and that this guy claimed). On this disposable camera were about 15 pictures...14 of this guy with several looking like he took the picture himself, and one of his boyfriend. So let's recap the evidence: -His apartment...he's the only one with a key -Backpack right next to where he was seated -Disposable camera with pictures of him exclusively -Power cords to a laptop he claims ownership of Everyone still with me? Good. Now let me tell you what happened at trial last week. I spent 3 days in court and was put on the stand 3 different times. While on the stand I was asked by the defense attorney if I fingerprinted the thermos, the drugs, or the backpack. Yes, he asked if I tried to get fingerprints off of a nylon backpack! Well, I didn't try to get fingerprints because we don't usually do so in dope cases and because the guy was caught dead to rights. Then the defense attorney asks me if I read the guy his Miranda rights when he was placed under arrest. I explained to him that Miranda only applies in cases of a custodial interview or an interrogation and this guy wasn't questioned in any capacity. He asked me about Miranda at least once in each of the times I took the stand. I was wondering why he was an idiot and asked the same questions over and over. That is until the verdict came down. The jury retired to deliberate and, after 4 hours, was hung with 10 voting for not guilty and the other 2 for guilty. Eventually the 2 dissenting votes caved in and the guy was found not guilty. Their explanation for this verdict...........wait for it.................wait for it......................"despite the evidence they were presented, they didn't think I had done a thorough enough investigation because every time they'd seen someone arrested someone collected physical evidence and read them their rights." When the prosecutor asked when they had seen someone arrested before one of the answered all the time on Law and Order or CSI. Mean Green nation, the court system is broken. Want more? I'll give you more. Tuesday night a fellow officer and friend of mine called us over to his traffic stop location (on the same street where the 4th grade teacher I mentioned a while back was arrested) to field test some dope. He tells me that he pulled this guy over for running a stop sign and that when he approached the vehicle and shined his light inside he noticed that they guy had tried to stuff three baggies of crack into the air conditioning vent nearest the driver's door. Unfortunately, for him, bright blue plastic baggies don't blend well with black plastic. I can't make this stuff up. *The term "'but for' cops" is one that several us came up with because every time we talk to a security guard they tell us that they would be police officers too "but for" something. "But for" their felony conviction, "but for" failing the psych evaluation, "but for" failing the physical, etc.

What I like best about this signing (besides the addition of a quality athlete with some speed of course) is that Todge is only going after one receiver in this class. I also like, per the Vito blog, that Todge was direct with this player telling him that he was his #2 receiver target and that he would be the only one signed. That had to have made him feel pretty cool.

You said muff. That's all. I have nothing more.

Have em.

So, tell me again, with people like this in the general public, that police "brutality" exists?

Bad legislation. 9-11 has received all the mileage that it should...loooooong long ago. Not to say that terrorism is dead, far from it, just that the Bush administraton has long since disproven the theory that we can catch and detain anyone with REAL connections to what is threatening our nation. Not to be overly dramatic but one of our fore fathers once said "Those who would trade liberty for a little security deserver neither" and I am inclined to agree.

Shhhhh...the Talons read this board. You know, between doing other....stuff.

Have it.

This is a relief. I really thought we might not win many games for lack of WR's.

Are you being funny? I don't see anywhere that we signed someone.

I'm just glad that no matter how much havoc black people cause (and I see my fair share nightly) you can't complain about our illegal immigration...we didn't exactly ask to come here. And don't think we won't use this fact to justify any/every thing we do wrong as the result of the past 300 years or so. Lest anyone get confused, I take Paco and Whitey to jail a whole bunch too.

Are you talking about the same SMU that many predict to beat Rice, give Tulsa a run for their money and to improve by 3 games in their win/loss tally? Not saying that we are guaranteed 5-6 wins by any means but even the strongest pessimist has to admit we are a year further along in the offense and got rid of the largest problem our defense had.

Damn straight! The southern states didnt want to give up those slaves. Where's my skynard cd? :-P :-P

Exactly. Anyone who has read Dave Campbell's magazine this year would see that Dodge makes it perfectly clear that, barring something unforeseen, Vizza is the man.

Bear with me here. I know that the associative property doesn't apply in athletics but I'm still a bit optimistic. Every pundit or half-assed publication I have read gives us little shot against Rice or Tulsa. But then these same writers turn around and talk about how close SMU was to Tulsa last season and how they expect them to beat Rice. Well, if that crappy defense that we lit up last season can play with these two teams then I'll lay my even money on Deloach getting us to at least that level of play. Throw in the fact that Tulsa is in our house for the home opener and I feel even better. Call me crazy but I'm starting to drink the kool-aid (along with the screwdriver I just finished). Our offense should be able to shoot it out with anyone outside of LSU and probably Kstate so maybe, just maybe, the defense gives us just enough...or at least enough to be considered on par with SMU...cuz that defense was atrocious (and wasn't even coached by Mendoza).

Just to pass the time between stadium posts with "inside information" and other junk here's a fun site. My friends came up with it and I just added a few submissions. It's sports related (all sports) so have at guys and enjoy! http://www.imakeascorepoint.com

If you look at the section where sports writers pick the conference winners almost all pick Troy, a few FAU, one MUTS...and one picks NT! Amazingly nobody picks SMU to win CUSA.

They were also more convincing in making others believe that the fee was for a stadium (a blatant lie) and not for Title Nine compliance.

So you're saying Bruce is full of commies or just that the hall is painted a reddish color?