'Bullets Don’t Feed the CHILDREN' the 9th edition of CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG!

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CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!                                        May 17, 2013

By author Bryce A Baker

Bullets Don’t Feed the CHILDREN

Through the years in my previous career I, like most in law enforcement, have seen the worst of society and rarely seen the best. But there have been bright lights of encouragement. To those of good character I salute you, for every person that voluntarily contributes to those around them add to the army against the evils that encompass the globe. The people that TRULY aide those at home and around the world, sacrifice everything to help the ravaged. What I am about to vent excludes these great people.

Worldwide people are suffering and dying over territory, religion, money and or the need for supremacy. Sociopathic personalities command places of power and they have no qualms of taking life whether it be man, women or child. This leads to my vent. In my spiritual understanding ‘family’ come first, then neighbors, then countrymen. After this we try to help those of other countries.

For as long as I can remember there has been advertising on TV about the starving children orphaned overseas or those in war battled countries. Please understand that my unbridled compassion for children has been paramount personally and professionally. But when organizations put us under the guilt of morality to help these defenceless young children and donate, or sponsor them… it infuriates me that for the fifty years plus of these campaigns, nothing has improved. Education, food and medicine IS desperately needed for these children but when funds are manipulated away from the needs to really make positive change, it is only the children that suffer. Not far from these needy children are battles going on amongst their own countrymen who have the funds for billions of dollars of weapons and WAR is more important than a progressive country.  

I am a Christian, and as a proper Christian, people are mirrored by those who claim to be and use their self-delegation as a tool to profit by those that truly want to help. What does this mean to me? Well to destroy a belief or a character, one impersonates that ideal in the negative and that is what some in society will believe to be true. Whether we are Christian or any other spiritual belief is irrelevant if evil prevails as the truth.

Here at home, there are children in our country that go to school hungry, in need of clothing and proper medical support, and yet the concerned groups like food banks and related organizations STRUGGLE to maintain. We have a responsibility to our children first.

When the tsunami hit India a few years back, the support in food, medical aid and shelters was incredible but the aide materials were eventually taken by the two rebelling factions there and was being sold to the desperate people. That is just sickening. This goes on in other ravaged locations as well.

Do I have an answer? No I don`t, but let`s tend to our children and maybe the example we show them, will change the future for the better. Let’s quit pretending that our government isn`t bleeding essential services and our ability to feed our children properly in lieu of their ludicrous retirement packages and corrupt public manipulation. People say that we have it pretty well in our country, and we may do better than most, but open our eyes.

My challenge is to help others in other countries after ours, or if personal funds allow, do both. Let’s not throw pearls to a sow but be responsible and frugal      with our resources.

Just a footnote: There is an advertisement on TV by a company trying to get healthy food in the schools for the kids in Canada. So far only eight to nine hundred are being fed properly because of this great program. Now this program is an awesome idea, but what about the other MILLIONS of our school kids.

I have no sarcasm or humor this time because there is no place for humor here. Why is peace so difficult?

“Satan can cast in righteous vision with acts of Heavenly assumption, but be of concern if in short term. Angels with Heavenly intent will be of permanent light.” Bryce A. Baker 2013

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'An Awesome Cure for Absolutely NOTHING!' the 8th edition of CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG!

CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!                                         May 3, 2013

By author Bryce A Baker

 

An Awesome Cure for Absolutely NOTHING!

I was a teenager in the sixties amongst the Hippie generation. Even though I wasn’t a follower of their ideals of the flower power, drugs and free love, I was still young and impressionable. I LIKED the free love part but learned that after three divorces they mislead me on the FREE. 

If drugs did have a place in society: Can you imagine the production of a coke or meth addict at a McDonalds? The hamburgers would be served before they were ordered. As a Border Guard, the lineups would disappear and the drug smugglers would have their own express lane. As a fire fighter they would circle the fire with the trucks so fast the vortex would extinguish the flames without water. As a Politician they would take bribes, mislead the public, pad their expense accounts and get enormous retirement packages……

Can you imagine a dude sucking on a joint… walking into a bank intending to rob it. ‘Dude’ floats up to the teller and takes a slow toke. ”Hey damsel…TOKE... Like… I’m here to rob you...TOKE... Like, I’m in no rush…TOKE… Would you like to partake?...TOKE… Miss… like… could you tell me why I’m here?...Oh ya I need some green…TOKE… Do you have a lunch room?…TOKE… I have a gnarly hunger happening.”  The police arrive and take him into custody.  On the way to the jail he decides to enlighten the arresting officers. “Dudes… Did you bring my money, and I misplaced my weed?”  Maybe the world would be a mellower place.

Why don’t we legalize everything illegal and do away with the courts and police and the need to feel guilty. I am almost positively sure, I think, that this would work. The government would regulate, taxate and manipulate our new freedom to such a degree that we would go bankrupt. Then we would have to steal to survive and go on the wagon because drugs are too expensive. But that’s okay, it’s legal. The drug cartels would apply for a government bailout.  To maintain the cash flow to the Politicians they would apply a BST on anyone that does a good deed.

The evening news would be interesting. They wouldn’t have anything of controversy to report, so they would ‘Role Play’ someone feeling bad about committing a murder and pretend they went to prison to get their degree in Political Science. There is another positive; the need for lawyers and judges would be obsolete. They would have to get real jobs.

Heard it said many times that the police battle against illegal drugs hasn’t accomplished a thing. Okay. Donate the confiscated drug money to the ‘Baker Relief Fund’. Wouldn’t want it to go to waste.

So after hours of consideration and lack of forethought these ideas could function in today’s society. I kinda liked chasing bad guys though.

Now at any time, anything I said made sense to you; CHECK YOUR MEDS!

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'Legally Stoned' the 7th edition of CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG!

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CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!                                   April 19, 2013

By author Bryce A Baker

LEGALLY STONED

Through the years my eyes have witnessed much. There have been the incredible acts of kindness and sacrifice by people of humanity. We are all influenced by another, good or bad. My uncle Matt was nineteen years old in 1960. When he visited us he impressed me as a great person. He liked his cigarettes and partying but wasn’t the type to intentionally hurt anyone. When he spoke to me he shared his good heart. I was five years old and he started me on a good path. He and a friend were on the side of the road talking when a drunk driver struck my uncle’s car and pushed it to where they were standing behind the friend’s. In a split second my uncle pushed his friend out of the way and my uncle was caught between the two cars. My uncle died saving another. There wasn’t more than a half second for him to make that decision. He paid the ultimate sacrifice. He is my Hero.

 Now it may seem off subject but read on. Like many other subjects, people asked my opinion about the legalization of marijuana. First understand that it is not anyone’s business what an individual does in their own space, unless it endangers another or a child. Some people feel, that said legalization is harmless, and should be legal.

 MY opinion is based on the carnage I have witnessed. Let’s explore the past and draw from history itself. Personally I never have had the urge to partake in drugs. Battling the bottle was damage enough. During prohibition alcohol was bootlegged for enormous profit and helped organized crime put a foot hold in the States. When it was again legalized the bootlegging still continued because bootleg alcohol was still in demand, due to taxes and underage drinkers. There are still Moonshiners and is advertised on Reality TV.

Cigarettes are legal but bootleg ‘Canadian’ smokes are smuggled in from the States because export Canadian smokes are tax exempt. Again one smuggler was clearing fifteen thousand a week on this practice. Prescription drugs are legal, but it is a billion dollar business for organized crime. If there is a blood dollar to be made it is part of the sociopathic maggots that bleed us of our money and lives.

So legal or not, there will be the demand by underage and others. Organized crime will figure a way to mortify to maintain their grip on the demanding public. If one feels the government will properly regulate it… dream on.

Now people say that Marijuana is a harmless drug and won’t hurt anyone. Eighty percent of the users want to move to a stronger effect when the impact lessens. WE lose thousands every year to drunk drivers and people on meds. Do we need to add another threat on the road? I haven’t even touched on the carnage to family or the public because of the side crimes or distribution deaths, and Medicare costs. There are so many fun things to do instead and they are legal, and have no side effects. Would you as a parent leave your child in the care and custody of someone that tokes up a joint while you are gone?

When I finish doing the things I like, I wake the next day and no one was hurt or killed and my conscience is clear. Mind you my wallet can take a beating.  So in closing, my uncle died because someone was under the influence and MURDERED a hero. If one must alter reality and pretend that they ‘aren’t hurting anyone’, try thinking of the people around you and your lack of future. Marijuana is far from an innocent drug. Unfortunately a majority of the public is suffering from the Ostrich Syndrome.

Footnote: I was under the influence of a coffee while I wrote this!

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'The Flip Side of Mental Illness' the 6th edition of CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG!

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The Flip Side of Mental Illness                                                 April 5, 2013

As an author, I receive feedback from people around the world about my articles and other writings. These feedbacks assist me to grow as a writer and further understand the public opinion.

My last article about mental illness sparked positive responses from many, and even from people with issues they struggled with. Sometimes, just having someone say that their illness isn’t a contagious disease from outer space gives them some peace of mind. These people are not dangerous and deserve the consideration and compassion like anyone else.

On the other hand the criminally ill are on another nasty page, but this ‘CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!’ will capture the good page. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not a bleeding heart Human Rights leaguer, just a person of compassion. Like I said before, if I have an opinion about something, I have walked the path.

Many years ago I worked a case where an ex was trying to kill the mother, and even though ‘his’ three young children were in her care, he attempted his acts of insanity in their presence. Not to worry, he didn’t succeed and was dealt with. My point of bringing this up is that the oldest child was an eight year old girl with Down Syndrome. In the beginning she played me to find her borders and, after she understood that she couldn’t play me like a fiddle, we got along great. My partner and I escorted the mom and kids for outings and people’s reaction to the little girl were mixed but some were disgusting. This young girl had an illness that she was born with and had no choice in the matter. To me she was a beautiful child of God and deserved love and understanding like anyone else. She did test my patience sometimes but she was my buddy. She called me ‘Smokey’ because I gave Smokey Bear hugs.

Everyone on this earth has a medical skeleton in their closet so no one has the right to isolate another because of illness or physical difference. That said… the exceptions are the creatures with violent intent or tendencies. If one chooses to be cold toward the ill, then they need to swallow their prejudice and thank God they don’t have to contend with someone labeling them.

Rena and I are comedy driven and are preparing to do stand-up comedy together. From a previous write of mine… ‘Rena has ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) and I with ADH ...HHHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder). It is a plus for us because our arguments last three or four seconds. We either forget what we are arguing about or lose interest. Going for coffee with us creates a public disturbance at the coffee shop! There is a speed dial to 911 for the public where they’re asked,  ‘police , fire, ambulance or Baker Disturbance?’

Rena showed me a video of a program for people with mental illness that teaches them how to do stand-up comedy by poking fun at the humor of it. This program was started by a counselor who himself suffers from depression. The comedians are hilarious and like I used to tell my partners, ‘Always turn a negative into a positive”. These people have confronted their condition and walked onto a stage of healing. Please support them; www.standupformentalhealth.com .

Let us not dwell on the problem of difference, but on the road of understanding.

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'Murder with Excuse' 5th edition of ‘CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG’ is coming to you out of schedule due to the current subject.

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This fifth edition of ‘CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG’  is coming to you out of schedule due to the current subject.
  

Murder with Excuse                                                        March 30, 2013

A few days ago, news was it that the man that killed a Toronto cop was not criminally responsible for his actions. Now it took a few days for me to calm down enough to write this article. What I found the worst is the comments made by the uneducated, heartless, unaware idiots that felt sorry for the ‘poor mentally ill man’ that killed the cop.

First, I want to give my deepest heartfelt sympathy to the family of the Toronto Officer that gave his life to protect the public.

As I was reading the post on Yahoo it was followed by feedback from the public. Most were disgusted with the judicial system that let a killer off because he has a mental illness. If one commits murder, ill or not, they are a time bomb to do it again. AS HISTORY PROVES! ‘Claudette’ felt sorry for the mentally ill man that killed the cop. Another stated the cop should have got out of the way. Another stated the government has let the people with mental illness down. If these people feel so bad about this mentally ill man that brutally murdered someone, then they should volunteer their home and see how quickly they will be calling 911. How would they feel if a family member of theirs was  murdered by this man.

Like I said in my first edition of ‘Correct Me If I’m Wrong!, dealing with the criminals was the easy part. It was the judicial system and the bleeding heart sickos of the Human Rights League that adamantly protects the criminal rights, over the victims.  

Over the years I have personally dealt with people with mental illness in my job and at home. Let me share some of them.

On a bright sunny afternoon I was driving on a main thoroughfare near downtown Victoria. Without warning a small car pulled out from behind an oncoming bus and forced the bus to the sidewalk, and I to the sidewalk as well. I made a turn around and initiated pursuit. As I was catching up to her she was swerving onto the sidewalk and chasing people with her car. Her arm was flailing out of her window. At this point no one was injured. I will shorten the extremely dangerous forty minute pursuit to the end. The only way she was stopped was with a road that was barricaded with police cars. During the pursuit she was randomly ramming police cars at high speed. There was by today’s standards fifty thousand dollars’ worth of damage. She was taken into custody and later sent to an institution for sixty days of evaluation. She was later released without charges and even had her driver’s license returned, because she had a temporary lapse of sanity.

There was a drug induced bludgeoning of an old man because he wouldn’t give any money. A kidnapping and sadistic murder. And rape after she was dead. I could go on with my cop experiences but, I can’t.

Then there are the recent murders of elementary school kids, the beheading of a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus, and after seeing the lowest disgusting violations of humanity, two minor’s have stooped even lower with the shooting of the eighteen month old baby in the States.

Why do I bring these sick incidences up? Heinous crimes are committed by mentally unstable persons. Twenty percent of the Canadian population suffers from a mental illness and there ARE support systems in place to help these people with the issues they suffer from. But ironically the Human Rights League has made an error. These people HAVE THE RIGHT NOT TO SEEK HELP!

There are people that won’t seek help because of the stigmata that society labels them with and this is extremely unfortunate because most mental illness is treatable and are not with violent intent. Personally I have battled alcoholism,  the mental stress of my former career and had a lengthy relationship with someone with mental illness. So I am with understanding and compassion, but being ill is not a license to brutally assassinate another human being. Now some people will think my opinion is because I was a cop, but they are wrong. IT’S BECAUSE I’M A HUMAN BEING tired of hearing EXCUSES for murder.

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'DARK be the Days' 4th edition of CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!

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CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG!                                March 22, 2013

By author Bryce A Baker

DARK be the Days 

                                  

          DARK BE the days that we see race, religion, gender, size, intelligence or any physical disability as a target for prejudice. Most people see prejudice as race motivated, but blankets more than I personally can tolerate. We have all been the subject of some form or another. In high school my short stature was of no concern but after moving out into the work force it was. Apparently as per studies funded, tall men have more structure as a leader or businessman. Guess the taller one means more brain cells. I’m going to focus on the most common human dysfunction; racial leveling. As a kid I went to a back woods school in northern Ontario. We played and went to school with many different nationalities, but I personally learnt a lot from the native kids. We played in nature and even though my spiritual understanding at the time was different I respected them and they respected me. Racial difference was great to share different ideas. Now that said, things have changed as an adult.

          To me, any culture difference is not for me to judge or change in any way except when that person misuses their race or religion as a tool of condemnation or manipulation. I will return to that note shortly.

          Over the years I have had great friends of different races and religions. My best friend in Calgary was Chinese. I trained a female Undercover Officer that was half East Indian. I have a Native Canadian Law Enforcement Officer as a good and trusted friend. To me they are people, not a segregated species. As a Caucasian and in law enforcement I have been blasted with reverse prejudice. Yes it works both ways. Handcuffing someone for breaking the law doesn’t mean it’s because they are a different color.  My Chinese friend and I used to frequent Sunday dim sum in Chinatown in Calgary. As a Caucasian they wouldn’t even look at me. My friend would do the ordering. I understand that the white people abused them and many other races over history, but I don’t condemn someone whose ancestor did something wrong. I have had many white people do a number on me, so evil intent is evil intent no matter how shaded.

          Now I could go into the ‘within’ race abuse and the endless stories and branches of prejudice but it isn’t within the limited structure of this writing. My point, simply put is since the first dawn there has been battles between tribes and religions at great human cost, and for what; to gain power or a piece of dirt. Writing this short piece won’t fix the problem but one thing I know; He who casts a stone in hate already is paying the price.

          It is a known fact that a smile and a good deed for your neighbor is a positive chemical reaction to your brain.

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'REALLYREALREALITYTV?' 3rd edition of CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!

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 REALLYREALREALITYTV?  

             In my quest to remain politically incorrect I feel this ‘Correct Me If I’m Wrong’ will wander into a different realm to lighten things up for a change. I’m going to critique our television programing as soon as I stop laughing.

            My first victim is our infamous home grown wonder ‘The Real `House Wives of Vancouver’. Their show description is… pampered; lavish lifestyle of luxurious wealth, pampered privilege, being seen and who you know is everything’. Boy am I glad I’m poor and my friends don’t worship my wallet. There were times in my life that I had lots of money but at no time did my feet or attitude leave the ground. I body guarded movie stars with lots of money and notoriety and they never looked down on anyone and played well in blue jeans. They remembered their humble start and had compassion for the less fortunate. Now it is unfair of me to criticize the House Wives of Vancouver without knowing them. BUT, as portrayed on television they leave me wondering who will cater to them in a crisis or natural disaster, and I don’t mean a broken fingernail. It’s a sad state of education for young people to be taught by materialism and attitude. 

            Next is ‘Trailer Park Boys’. Hang on. I’m trying to lower my IQ level low enough to relate to this epic episode of idiocy. Sorry can’t relate!

               ‘America’s Most Smartest Model’. Aside from the poor grammar of the ‘Most Smartest’ I had no idea that models were in a league of their own for smarts. I wish to thank the producers of the show to have pointed this out to all of us.

            ‘Ghost Hunters and Chasing Bigfoot’. I’m sure the ghosts and sasquatches’ must be arm and arm laughing their faces off.

            ‘Amish Mafia’. Wow. These non-violent folk are packin’ some nasty firepower. The show relates to the members of their group that provide protection and security for the Amish following in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Again we are being hoodwinked into fictional reality, mind altering obsorbition of a bucket load of doodoo. Funny how many people will actually believe this show and target the Amish with violence and criticism. OOPS! Went into courtroom mode.

            ‘Jersey Shore’. Sad, very sad… that these party hardy young people have nothing more to do than make fools of themselves. We were all young and foolish once upon a time (I think) but we didn’t have a TV show to advertise it.

            ‘Ancient Aliens’. Now considering I have alien blood and was exiled from my birth planet as a child, my comments are twofold. Love the show! There IS some intellectually stimulating programming on the tube. If Aliens did populate the world in ancient times, they left a lot of graffiti to clean up. Now speaking on the other ‘fold’ we aliens were too far advanced back then for our own good and were sent packing. Now that we have returned… we are just too entertained by the stupid reality programming to waste time with world domination. One last comment on this show. The professional alien chasers that express their point of reason should do SOMETHING about their hair and not look like they just stepped out of a wind tunnel.

           In closing, I watch TV for the stories and not the pictures! Just pullin’ your leg. To become enthralled in a thought provoking plot or an informative educational program is my escape from reality. IF I wanted reality I will turn the ‘Reality TV’ OFF.

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