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I am a Law Enforcement officer with a great interest in reading and writing both fiction and non-fiction.

I am the father of 5 and husband of 1 :)

I am also ex-military 82nd Airborne.

and Author of Passage to Dawn.

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Politics, News & Issues > Government & Policies Should smoking be allowed in public places?: 6 of 182

I think that the personal freedom of the smoker is just a valid as the freedom of the non-smoker. When we limit the freedoms of one group of people for the convenience of others it is freedom itself that is being violated. I am not saying that people shouldn't be respectful when they smoke and take other people wishes in to ...
Politics, News & Issues > Police & Prisons If the US government restores $2 billion cut from state and local law enforcement, will crime be reduced?: 2 of 15

Money will not stop this countries crime. It can slow it down but it can not stop it. We need to spend more time revamping the legal system to make it harder for criminals to get around the system. The amount of times a criminal needs to be caught before he is actually imposed for his crime can be daunting. Then we turn arou...
Politics, News & Issues > War & Terrorism Does religion have anything to do with terrorism?: 7 of 32

Yes it does. Actually religion and the lack of religion both contribute to the cause of terrorism. That is not to say that any one religion has the market cornered. Terrorism has been around for ages, this is not a new phenomena. The question though asks a very interesting point. In this era of political correctness though i...
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in the Middle & Near East Is the Egyptian revolution good for Israel?: 1 of 4

Though I like to see a free form of government in the middle east, and fully support the Egyptian people in the current endeavor, I see this as a bad thing for Israel. We have here in the west traded on the stability that the dictatorship in Egypt has created. Almost thirty years of military style civil control, and emergenc...
Politics, News & Issues > Justice System Should former North Carolina District Attorney Michael Nifong face prison time or just fines for his falsified case against the Duke lacrosse team players?: 3 of 9

One of the most trusted public positions should be the prosecutors. These are the individuals that are given the trust to bring charges on the citizens under which they serve. It is their job to uphold and support the law. To determine given the evidence by police if a crime is committed and to try the people involved. Whene...
Politics, News & Issues > International News Is the modern world filled with more fear than in time's past?: 7 of 16

Absolutely not. The fears we have today are strong, and the effects wide spread. The fear of war, crime, tyranny? They still exist. We haven't even perfected them yet. All the fears of yesterday still exist today, and we have a few more to boot. Nuclear, chemical, and Biological warfare. The fear though has lessened, not inc...
Entertainment > Musicians & Bands Band reviews: Metallica: 6 of 13

Metallica, The name. The embodiment of a whole generations music. From the moment they hit the scene in the 80's all bands that called themselves Heavy metal have been chasing them. With a great blend of social, literary, and political lyrics this band has been the spokesmen for a generation trying to push the limits of what...
Religion & Spirituality > Thoughts on God Did God create evil?: 6 of 9

Good and evil are just labels that we use to judge actions and or thoughts. For those of us who are religious then all things are created by God. In this sense though we should look at the meanings of Evil and of Good for that matter. What is good or right to one group of people is not so for another...
Politics, News & Issues > Football News & Opinion Why the Bowl Championship Series needs to be eliminated: 9 of 13

Does South Florida University prove the flaws in the College Bowl System that will ultimately prove its downfall? With the advent of schools like University of South Florida (USF) and Appalachian State that are coming out of no where upsetting the polls and beating the ranked opponents. Which will ultimately affect the BCS s...
Politics, News & Issues > International Politics (Other) Should the US government restrict trade with China over safety issues with Chinese products?: 5 of 7

NO. Absolutely not. This is a free market economy and if the goods that China sells are substandard in safety or quality the market itself will bear that out. The people who purchase these goods will either return them or at the least no purchase replacements. The businesses that sold them will loose customers and the public...