Rick Olson

“There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.” —Aldous Huxley

Public perception of the police is constantly challenged. Being a police officer has never been a tougher profession. The Bureau of Justice Statistics is replete with data on police officer divorce, alcoholism and other social problems. Being a cop today is not like being a cop 20 years ago. There were no online news outlets, the 24-hour news cycle or bloggers. And the manner in which news, events or stories are reported impact public perception in a very big way.

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Bums: “Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.” —D. H. Lawrence

County Attorney Elect Patricia Conway is a bum. Conway has no self control. Patricia Conway is as unfit to hold her office. As much as it was believed that James Reames was unfit to hold the office. Patricia Conway’s first act as county attorney was to serve her own personal whims of retribution. Conway’s Police-Officer-husband, Eric Lamb, a card-carrying member of the Rockingham County Laurie List, was “mistakenly” cleared from the list. It was Blanchard who tipped off the Attorney Generals office such was not the case.  Lamb belonged on this list. Conway denies having access to the list. She is a bum.

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“The first filibuster of the year, and may be the last.” —Harry Mason Reid

The “Nuclear Option. One year ago this month, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pushed through his “nuclear option”…Reid changed a Senate rule that would make Obama  nominees easier for a Democratically-controlled Senate to approve. Republicans ability to filibuster would be sharply curtailed under the new rule.  The rule change reduced the current threshold of 60 votes to 51 votes for the Senate to approve executive and judicial nominees of the Obama Administration.

Republican opposition was unanimous and three Democrats joined the GOP to oppose the rule change.Senators Pryor of Arkansas, Manchin of West

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“Do I have the best credentials? Probably not. ’Cause, you know, whatever. But I do have strong ties to this state.” —Scott Brown

I have listened to Howie’s Carr’s show in excess of 20 years and I’ve even called in a couple times. Howie is an icon and has an excellent show. He has a great take on Bay State Politics. Granite State Politics? Not so much.

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“A charlatan makes obscure what is clear; a thinker makes clear what is obscure.” — Hugh Kingsmill

Watervliet, NY Police Chief Ron Boisvert asks applicants to logon to their facebook accounts, then peruses visited pages…  New York…The “Empire State.” Known to be one of the most restrictive and confusing places to own, possess firearms. A place where the second amendment is tenuous.

Robert Farago, writing for, The Truth About Guns, called Chief Boisvert. Boisvert told Farago he uses the form to gather the applicant’s Facebook deets 

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“Birds of a lawless, bigoted feather bully together.”—Michelle Malkin

“Swatting,” is the act of engaging public emergency services with information that evokes a response consistent with a critical incident, such as a burglary in progress or a gunman in a public place.  Swatting is a hoax. Its a prank…and it is also, illegal.

Moms Demand Action now advocates for Swatting. Well, let me clarify….No, they have not made a formal call to action. But their minions and followers, when seeing a person #opencarrying in public,  have openly advocated

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“Life is tough, but it’s tougher if you’re stupid.”—John Wayne

Stupid. Well, first, Boring and then Stupid. The question that challenges me most, however is where to begin? Our Esteemed Grok Chief, Skip Murphy brought you all, in a “WTF Moment,” the plight, or should I say,  “historically challenged plight” of fledgling journalist, blogger, ergo Kool-Aid Slurper Kasie Strickland who wrote, No one is coming for your guns…Yet Skip covered the particulars quite well so there is no need for me to relitigate the boredom and the stupidity.

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 “A woman who demands further gun control legislation is like a chicken who roots for Colonel Sanders.” —Larry Elder

There is never a time when gun-banning liberals cease to work to completely and totally remove firearms from our society…That is, to completely remove from law-abiding citizens the right to have and own firearms. On February 25, 1995 Senator Diane Feinstein told 60 Minutes, “If I could have banned them all – ‘Mr. and Mrs. America turn in your guns’ – I would have!”

“Who needs Machine guns anyway? There is no practical purpose for Machine Guns,” say those who fancy themselves as a moderate and

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“Carpetbagging—presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality; A politician who seeks public office in a locality where he has no real connections.” —Dictionary

Carpet Baggers. This is a term now frequently connected to discourse about Walter Havenstein and Former Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown. Havenstein, touted as a successful businessman, was scrutinized over his residency issues, while Brown was far more obvious as the former bay State Senator who took the late Ted Kennedy’s seat in a special election, then lost to Elizabeth Warren.

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“Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue” —Moliere

u·ni·ty  [ yóon?tee ] n.

1. condition of being one: the state or condition of being one
2. combination into one: the combining or joining of separate things or entities to form one
3. something whole: something whole or complete formed by combining or joining separate things or entities

pledge  [ plej ] n.

solemn undertaking: a solemn promise or undertaking

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“With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.”—Otto Von Bismarck

Remember Lorin C. Schneider Jr. of Carver, Massachusetts? Schneider plead guilty to voting illegally in New Hampshire. “Trunk Monkey” Schneider, the court found,  was not legally qualified to vote in New Hampshire, but did so three times since 2008. Schneider  received a prison sentence of one to three years, however he will spend no time behind bars as the court saw fit to  suspend the imposition of that sentence

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“People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.” —Alice Walker

Last night, I went to Concord to the Holiday Inn for the Gun Owners of New Hampshire monthly meeting to challenge Scott Brown on his Second Amendment Positions. Just to be clear, I was personally invited by GONH President Mitch Kopacz. Upon my arrival, however, I,  along with Granite Grok’s Skip Murphy, was corralled by some unknown handler and asked to leave the property. This individual would not identify himself, other than as, “Hotel Management.”  He would not answer any of the questions I asked, and was rude. So I was summarily kicked to the curb…the leader of one of New Hampshire’s largest Fish & Game Club’s…and a GONH affiliate.

I supposed I could have said, “You know who I am?” But honestly, I find people like that bellicose and obnoxious, and  I stop listening when I hear that. Those who know me, also know my silence is far more concerning because it indicates I am thinking about what I am going to do in response. Hence this post.