Get Ready

If you thought that the last couple of years were a roller coaster ride then get ready for what is coming this year. Things are so bad that now the public sector people are beginning to scream. Imagine that after millions of private sector jobs have been lost that the Federal Government grew by 200,000 public sector jobs. Obama's mission to make the country a socialist state is now starting to cause some noticeable pain amongst his staunchest supporters. So put your ducks in order now and son't be surprise when the sh*t hits the fan.

From:

Politico
Santelli compares budget crisis to Sept. 11

CNBC's Rick Santelli on Sunday compared the budget crises affecting state and federal balance sheets to a Sept. 11-type attack on the nation.

"If the country is ever attacked as it was on 9/11, we all respond with a sense of urgency," Santelli said in a roundtable discussion on NBC's "Meet the Press" about the Wisconsin labor protests. "What’s going on on balance sheets throughout the country is the same type of attack.”

There have been questions about the appropriateness of collective-bargaining agreements for public employees since the days of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Santelli added, and states are realizing that pension and benefit costs need to be controlled.

"This is an issue that needs to be put out into the air," Santelli said. "Many other states ultimately — they might not have the same balance sheet as Wisconsin — but collective bargaining from the federal level ... these are big issues, and these costs need to be put under control."

http://www.politico.com/blogs/politicolive/0211/Santelli_compares_budget_crisis_to_Sept_11.html

Apocalypse Meow

SSG Sal Giunta

The Sal Giunta Story from SebastianJunger/TimHetherington on Vimeo.

We are Americans

Enjoy this Superbowl weekend America. This is an old video but one that always comes to mind every Super Bowl. We are once again closer to the 'Founding Fathers' then we have been in awhile. We are Americans. God Bless.

Progressive Lies

*Lying and speaking is something that Progressives do without missing a beat. The following article illustrates how the MSM, the propaganda tool of the Progressives, feels threatened as it continues to loosen it's grip on the American populace. How can an article that is pure garbage be printed about how Republicans and Conservatives manipulating and controlling the MSM? That on itself is laughable and continued proof of the misdirection tactics that the Left enjoys to employ.

The Progressives feel threatened because Fox Cable News, Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin and a few other Conservative Talk Radio host, along with a handful of newspapers and magazines are out pacing sales compared to the rest of the Main Stream Media that they control. That has to be the boldest lie written yet. Joseph Goebbels the propaganda minister of Germany's National Socialist Party once said, "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it".

The Progressives not only have the rest of the media; CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, CBS almost all other printed propaganda magazines and fish wraps, but they also have us paying for it with our taxes for NPR!

NYDaily News

Republicans wrote the political dictionary: It's proof Democrats don't control the media

Joshua Greenman

Friday, February 4th 2011, 4:00 AM

t's hard to know where to begin in dismantling the Republican canard that Democrats control the media. Fox News is the most popular 24-hour news network by a whoosh and a cachung. Rush Limbaugh is the most powerful radio host, and lots of little Limbaughs line up behind him. Sarah Palin is the biggest media-political crossover star. And in an increasingly fragmented Internet, the Drudge Report continues to drives more political traffic than any other website. In italics and bold, to boot.

I don't begrudge conservatives this success. It speaks to message discipline and to feeding tasty food to a hungry audience. An audience that is right of center, which left-wingers far too often fail to acknowledge.

But on top of all this real-world evidence of right-wing media primacy is even more compelling evidence that there's no such thing as a Dominant Liberal Media Elite: You can't control the conversation if you don't control the language.

The New York Times doesn't decide what words we use, nor does CNN or NPR. Our political vocabulary comes from the mouths of crafty conservatives, and that's the ultimate proof that they steer the conversation.

Obamacare. Pity the poor congressional and White House staffers who spent hours coming up with the bromidic name "Affordable Care Act" only to see the 2,300 page bill (which Republicans complained Obama played far too passive a role in shaping) get labeled, for all eternity, "Obamacare." This of course, is an update of the equally elegant Hillarycare. It's interesting to note that both were used, from the get go, as slurs, unlike, say, "Reaganomics." (Compare this to, say, "No Child Left Behind," which has never for a second been called Bushducation - though that would have been pretty catchy.)

Using the supposedly massive megaphone of the Liberal Media, Democrats, who were sensitive - hypersensitive, in my mind - to the Obamacare implication, tried to replace it with a blander formulation emphasizing insurance regulation.

Resistance was futile; Obamacare is punchy. It's descriptive. It works.

Pro-life. The history here is too complex to recount, but suffice to say that in a debate pitting the rights of women to have abortion, on the one hand, against the rights of unborn children to be carried to term, on the other, two madeup terms have defined the opposing sides: pro-choice and pro-life. The one the Republicans coined, and which now stands on terminologically equal footing with the Democrats' chosen term, is far superior; as sure as rock beats scissors, life beats choice.

Democrat Party. Liberals may moan and complain and repeatedly correct those who drop the "ic," but that makes them sound petty. Nobody understands why "Democrat Party" is a slur, but everyone knows that it is. That's the beauty of the Republicans continuing to use their devious little dig.

Apology tour. In 2009, President Obama visited lots of countries. On this trip, he said lots of things, the vast majority of which were explicitly intended to robustly advance American interests. P.S.: He also admitted that the United States has made some mistakes throughout its history, most recently during the two terms of George W. Bush's presidency. What was it? It was an apology tour.

Mainstream media. Try to follow the logic here: It's a bad thing to be considered outside of the political mainstream. There's certainly nothing wrong with mainstream religion, mainstream values or mainstream business. But somehow, the "mainstream media" is a slur, said with a sneer, because it's perceived to be controlled by the left. Oh, and it's not just "mainstream," which suggests playing to the broad swath of the American public; it's simultaneously "elite."

And to heap irony on top of illogic, right-wing voices malign the mainstream media from their powerful perches in the mainstream media.

Once the negative connotation stuck, it then became the "MSM" - which sounds more like an STD or an enemy Borg. To Limbaugh, it became the "drive-by media" - which is reckless and, I guess, shoots to kill. To Palin, it became "lamestream."

How'd they do it? It's brazen and amazing. Call it brazamazing, though I doubt that will stick.

Democrats have had their share of diction victories; "trickle-down economics" became part of the lexicon. So did "birthers." So did "teabaggers," a totally unfair distortion of a movement that deserves at least a modicum of respect.

But these are minor and mostly meaningless. It's a Republican language. The rest of us, we're just speaking it.

jgreenman@nydailynews.com

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2011/02/04/2011-02-04_republicans_wrote_the_political_dictionary_its_proof_democrats_dont_control_the_.html

*Oh and by the way. I'm continuing to enjoy how the Liberals are using every opportunity to attack the Conservative Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin. I haven't seen this type of fear for a Conservative politician since President Ronald R. Reagan.

Progressive Hate

Imagine if these Progressives were Tea Party Patriots. The MSM would have a field day. These vile people like to use the term 'Hope and Change' but for them it's really ,'Hate and Envy'. The MSM keeps this quiet, why?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3ctO7fdrcc&feature=player_embedded

UFO over Jerusalem

'UFO' Hovers Over Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock Shrine

Published February 03, 2011 The Sun

A glowing orb filmed hovering over the skyline of Jerusalem has left UFO experts dumbfounded.

The circular object was seen descending slowly over the holy city's iconic Dome of the Rock before flickering and shooting skyward like a rocket. Similar clips have been seen before and debunked as hoaxes. But this latest sighting has proved more difficult to dismiss -- as it was recorded from four different perspectives.

Some UFO enthusiasts believe the videos -- which have taken the Internet by storm -- are final proof that aliens exist, while others say the unidentified object was the Hebrew god Elohim.

Adding to the mystery is the fact that flying over the Dome of the Rock landmark -- an ancient Islamic shrine -- is forbidden.

Two witnesses at the Armon Hanatziv panoramic lookout near Mount Zion filmed the object at 1am on Saturday. A little after one minute into the clip, the object descends slowly, almost to ground level.

The craft hovers there for a short while and then flickers before shooting upwards at an incredible speed.

Former Ministry of Defense UFO investigator Nick Pope said: "If these are real, they are some of the most incredible videos ever shot.

"If they are not, then this is a very well-planned and coordinated hoax designed to eliminate elements of doubt.

"The way it shoots up into the sky suggests it is unmanned, because no living thing could survive those kinds of G-forces.

"We know the Israeli army has some very high-tech drones at its disposal. If this is one, it is one of the most advanced pieces of technology created by man."

Another set of observers also uploaded their mobile phone footage to YouTube on Saturday.

They wrote: "Have fun debunking this one." In their video, the American tourists can be heard saying: "We've seen them in Mississippi like this."

Two other clips filmed from different viewpoints were posted online. Skeptics have noted the views come from perspectives that could make nearby objects seem farther away and faster-moving. Others say the whole thing was faked and have prepared several alternative versions of the videos which they say prove they are not real.

These include stabilized versions in which the brightness and contrast have been increased, which they claim highlights a major flaw of perspective.

Another is motion-tracked, and apparently shows the UFO "bouncing around like crazy" -- which, say the sceptics, shows the makers had trouble inserting it into the scene.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZBjU6cT3x8

$300 Million Waste

This is what $300 million of your tax dollars are being spent on. If you pay taxes, this is the garbage that the Progressives have you paying for. The murder of countless future citizens. God forgive our nation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzCLIXBICwk

Update Feb 4, 2011: The troll in the above video has been fired by Planned Parenthood. Why, because of what she did or because she got caught?

Read more:

http://www.startribune.com/nation/115150679.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUvDEhiaE3miUss

Churches bloom in Cuba

Power

The following article explains what the Tea Party is now doing in Washington. The Tea Party members were not sent there to destroy the government but to put our elected servants and their staff back in their place. They were not elected to rule us but to govern for us and what we want for this country. We want to get rid of all of the Progressive's agenda and to dust off the Constitution and put this country back on the proper path. This is just the beginning and 2012 will place more Conservatives in position to correct past mistakes.

Sen. Paul says tea party holds power on Hill

by Seth McLaughlin Washington Times

To those who predicted that the tea party movement would get swallowed up by Washington, Sen. Rand Paul says the cynics have got it completely backward — it's the tea party that has co-opted Capitol Hill.

The Kentucky Republican said in an interview that President Obama and most lawmakers have lined up behind the tea party's drive to end earmarks, while House and Senate Republicans are pushing bills to cut spending and repeal the president's health care overhaul — two more of the movement's top priorities.

Mr. Paul is a leading member of one of the most closely watched new class of lawmakers to hit Capitol Hill in a long time — tea party activists and political newcomers whose energy helped usher in a GOP majority in the House and an expanded Republican minority in the Senate.

"People asked whether we would be co-opted by Washington, I think we are co-opting Washington," Mr. Paul told The Washington Times, just hours after he and two colleagues held the first meeting of the Senate's Tea Party Caucus, which they said would serve as the liaison between the grass-roots movement and the people it helped propel to power.

"The president of the United States has been co-opted by the tea party,"Mr. Paul told the more than 200 people in attendance. He noted that in his State of the Union address Mr. Obama vowed to veto bills that include earmarks and to undo part of the health care law that imposes burdensome tax filing requirements on businesses.

Mr. Paul, whose crushing defeat of an establishment Republican in the primary and his victory in the general election epitomized the tea party's rising influence last year, said he supports the new House practice of requiring lawmakers to cite constitutional authority for each bill they offer. He has also introduced a 12-page bill that he said will cut $500 billion in federal spending immediately.

Dwarfing the other cost-cutting proposals on the table, Mr. Paul's plan would gut the Education and Energy departments and impose across-the-board spending cuts, including in the Pentagon's budget. He dismissed criticism that his plan is too radical.

"Most of official Washington thinks that is way too dramatic, but, guess what — it's not enough," Mr. Paul said. He argued that Mr. Obama's plan to freeze some domestic spending over the next five years "falls completely flat" because it affects only about 12 percent of the budget and does not begin to roll back the dramatic spending increases of the last two years.

Speaking at the Tea Party Caucus kickoff, fellow founding member Sen. Jim DeMint, South Carolina Republican, applauded Mr. Paul's proposal, telling the crowd that when the Kentuckian rolled out the plan many people wanted to brush it aside because it came from a "far right-winger."

"But if I walk through this crowd, I'm hearing, 'Why aren't you cutting $1.5 trillion? That's what our deficit is," Mr. DeMint said, garnering applause and laughter from the audience.

But passing Mr. Paul's spending cuts will be an uphill battle as both parties have played a hand in increasing the size of the federal budget, while failing to find ways to pay for the additional spending.

However, tea party activists hope that will change now that the recent election has breathed new life into the anti-government, anti-spending philosophy that they say fell out of fashion under President George W. Bush and during the first two years of the Obama administration.

Thursday's town-hall-style caucus meeting was organized by Mr. Paul,Mr. DeMint and Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, and featured guest appearances from Sens. Patrick J. Toomey, the Pennsylvania Republican who has not joined the group, and Jerry Moran, the Kansas Republican who announced his intent to become part of the caucus.

The lawmakers said they hope the caucus will help the tea party as it transitions from a protest movement into a serious legislative machine that can defend the Constitution, battle government overreach and take aim at the deficits and the $14 trillion national debt.

A crucial early test for the caucus will center on whether to raise the federal government's debt ceiling. Mr. Toomey dismissed as "factually untrue" claims that a failure to immediately raise the debt ceiling would result in the federal government defaulting on its loans.

"We should take off the table the false argument that failure to immediately raise the debt ceiling results in the default on our loans," Mr. Toomey said. He has proposed a 13-line bill that says in the "event that we don't raise the debt ceiling, the Treasury is hereby instructed to make debt service the first priority."

Mr. Toomey, echoing the sentiment of caucus members, said that lawmakers should raise the nation's borrowing limit only after enacting significant spending cuts and budget reforms, including a balanced-budget amendment that many tea party supporters see as a crucial tool needed to pull the country out of the red ink.

"The opportunity in my view is to use this moment to insist we are going to change the fiscal course of this country," he said.

© Copyright 2011 The Washington Times, LLC. Click here for reprint permission.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jan/27/sen-paul-says-tea-party-holds-power-on-hill/

N. O. E.

N.O.E. Military helicopters low level flying called 'nap of the earth'. I enjoyed riding Blackhawk helicopters whenever they did this type of flying. This was the best amusement ride I have ever been on...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWPwaXRv1Mo&feature=player_embedded

Helicopter Page

http://www.helicopterpage.com/html/unique.html

Destroying the Middle-Class

Robert Kiyosaki is proposing that currently the ultra-rich are trying to destroy the American Middle-Class and leave this country as a two class system, the haves and have nots.

We're sitting on a ticking time bomb. Be prepared.

Inspiration of our Freedom

Pixelated Evil

This has to be some of the funniest stuff that I have ever seen. It is set in the 011 District of the Chicago Police Department. I could not stop laughing at this. Things never change in good ole Filmore. Stay safe. Enjoy!

Tragedy on Democracy

The Tuscon shootings that occurred on January 8, 2011 was a tragedy on our Democracy. It was a horrible action by a very troubled and deranged individual, Jared Lee Loughner. The MSM's treatment of this incident is abhorring. They have gone into their Leftist rhetoric that it was the Republicans and the Tea Party's faulty.

Senator Dick Durbin misstated on CNN that this event occurred because of free speech from Conservatives on talk radio in which he suggested that the offender was influenced for his actions. WHAT? The Progressives spin miesters are hard at work as they take this incident in their desperation to maintain control of their quickly downward spinning of their Marxist agenda. He also started down the failed road of gun control.

It also is an event which shows that law enforcement should stay out of politics when people like Democrat Sheriff Clarence D. Lupkin of Tuscon Arizona supporting laws that only further promote their Leftist agenda. The Progressives have been ignoring the laws that they feel run contrary to their beliefs, such as Arizona's immigration laws. He was also seen on tv, irresponsibly giving blame for this horrible incident that occurred as the fault of talk radio.

The Left is desperate. This individual is not a Tea Party supporter nor a Conservative. He was more of a Progressive then anything else. Jared L. Loughnor was an evil and deranged man. Take a good look at this individuals reading list. I didn't see the Constitution on it but I did see the writings of the Left. This individual was more a Leftwing nutjob just by two of his favorite books being Mien Kampf and the Communist Manifesto.

Jared L. Loughnor's view. You should view it and see what type of person that he was. The Progressives will always have a hard time with evidence.
http://www.youtube.com/profile?feature=iv&user=Classitup10&annotation_id=annotation_564778

Here is CNN blaming this event on Gov. Sarah Palin. This is something that I found interesting. They fear her and they have not stopped attacking her. This is once again more proof of the Marxist leanings of the MSM. CNN did everthing they could to tie this event to Gov. Sarah Palin.. This is very irresponsible reporting by the Leftist MSM but not unusual.

Rumors of War

Matthew 24:6

"And ye will hear of wars, and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet."

This link is an article about current and possible wars this year.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/12/28/next_years_wars?page=full

Happy New Years 2011

I'm still continue to wait for the flying cars but all I see is an ever growing government planning for me to drive an electric golf cart. We are already over a decade into the new century and all I see is America in decline. We must continue to do our part to continue to restore the Founding Father's Constitution and rid the heavy burden of the Progressive's Supreme Court Constitution. We must continue to be vigilant because our freedoms are in danger of being lost forever.

God Bless You, Fellow Patriots.

and again...Sarah Palin

This is the name that the Progressives fear the most in this country. They are afraid of her common sense and down to earth Conservatism. So before the year ends I wanted to throw it out there again, Sarah Palin!

http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/checker.aspx?v=hd6U8zprvk

MSM view of the Constitution

http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/checker.aspx?v=hd6UkU6UaG

Progressives will always find that the Constitution is confusing because they fear what it does...take power away from government and give it to the people. The Left is much happier being drones and following the doctrines of the Communist Manifesto. The Republicans are simply going to remind these Libtards what this country is all about, Freedom. Get ready for next year, it's going to be a heck of a ride....

God Bless You.

Words from Gunny Ermey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgBVrpI-4Ww&feature=player_embedded#!

God Bless our Troops

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th72IookH4g

Please take a moment today and say a prayer for the safe return of all our Men and Women who are serving with Honor for our Nation.

God Bless Them All.

Merry Christmas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp9mX8np1LM&feature=player_embedded

Propaganda Machine

The Progressive Propaganda Machine, the MSM, has been working overtime this week, It has been promoting all the Leftist policies that the Progressives, who were fired by the American People in November 2010, during the Lame Duck session. In one month they have damaged our society severely and yet the sheople continue on their merry way without any inkling of what is happening to them.

2011 will be a difficult year for the Tea Party to begin to change the course that the Progressives have set our Nation on but it at least is a start. We have to continue to work within the Republican Party and make it a voice for Conservatism. The RINO's and the Moderates can choose to go to the big tent Party that the Marxists have for them in the Democrat Party. The Constitution will once again be the guideline for our Nation and not the tenants of the Communist Manifesto.

God Bless You.

Holiday Cheer

It's not all bad, here is some Holiday Cheer. Enjoy...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKS0GngztOo

The Madness of a Lost Society

This is where the Progressives have taken our Nation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOshw4kIGR4

Patriots, this is what we're trying to set Right!

God Bless You.

Word on Fire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_ScnCHiN1w&feature=related

For more information: http://wordonfire.org/Home.aspx

Progressive Fascism

As America's Legions continue to bring Democracy to the world, we have Progressive Fascists here who continue to try to dim the fragile light of Freedom in the United States. Patriots who truly believe in our Constitution will never let that happen. We will not deny God and the Freedoms which he has bestowed on us...ever.

God Bless you fellow Patriots.

Tea Party Christmas...

We have had a great year America. We cannot rest on our laurels and must continue to fight the Progressives and their failing policies. We have been able to stop many of their programs and were very successful in denying Senator Harry Reid D -Nevada from passing the Omnibus Bill this week.

The Omnibus Bill, which was mostly full of 'porkulous' projects that would have put us $1.1 Trillion dollars further in debt. The Tax bill did pass and will have many unwanted consequences but we should utilize it as a stepping stone to further reduce taxes. We need to get our members in Congress to push for not only it's extension but to make tax cuts permanent.

God Bless you fellow Patriots and may these little ditties put a smile on your faces...

111 years of tradition

Tomorrow, December 11, 2010, will be the 111th meeting between Army-Navy Football teams. The Army Black Knights will be playing against the Navy Midshipmens.

To look into tomorrows activities:

http://www.armynavygame.com/

http://www.phillylovesarmynavy.com/

To learn more about both of our Military Academy's Football tradition:

http://www.phillylovesarmynavy.com/RIVALRY-HISTORY

Bloody November

I haven't written anything on this blog for awhile. I have a heavy heart because we lost two more officers in different incidents. I'm afraid that we've lost control of our city and our lives seem expendable to the Progressives who run this town. We have been vilified and abandoned by those we're sworn to serve and protect. But I guess like the good sheep dogs that care over their flock we continue to do our jobs.

We lost on Monday Officer David Blake, a member of our SWAT Team. We were greiving his loss, when on Friday Officer Michael Flisk, an evidence technician, along with a retired Chicago Public Housing Police Officer Stephen Peters, were gunned down. God Bless them.

We are short 2000 Police Officers, please pray for us.

Police Officer David Blake http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2010/11/23/slain-off-duty-officer-likely-knew-his-killer/

Police Officer Michael Flisk http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/2930732,cop-death-charges-112910.article

Retired Chicago Housing Authority Police Officer Stephen Peters and his wife, DJ Peters.

chicagotribune.com
When the barbarians no longer fear the police
John Kass

12:13 AM CST, December 1, 2010

It looked like any other Chicago alley in late November. A gray sky, gray trees, asphalt, gray squirrels hopping up on black garbage cans.

There was no sign there saying that the thugs have stopped fearing the police. But you don't need a sign if you look at the numbers: five officers from the Chicago Police Department shot to death in the last six months.

Last week on Black Friday, it was Officer Michael Flisk, 46, a decorated evidence technician killed as he quietly dusted a garage for fingerprints in broad daylight.

Flisk and a burglary victim, former CHA police Officer Stephen Peters, 44, were slain in the 8100 block of South Burnham Avenue.

Peters was the proud owner of a particularly fine ride, a red Ford Mustang GT he kept in that locked garage. The speakers had been ripped out. Flisk came alone to process the scene.

"I saw Steve and he was waiting for the police and I went inside my house," a neighbor told me Tuesday morning. "And once I'm inside, I hear the shots. Pop. Pop."

He clapped his hands twice, out there in the alley in the cold.

"So I go back outside, out on the walk next to the garage, and when I get up to my fence, I look through it and see them both on the ground."

He couldn't see the shooter.

"All I see is Steve lying there. And the police officer, he's still gurgling. I run back to the house to call 911, and then, when I'm halfway back to the house, I hear two more shots. Pop! Pop!"

He clapped his hands again, and this time he left a long beat between the claps. Out there with him, I could see it:

The killer shoots each victim in the head. A short time later, he leans over them, holding that 9 mm handgun with the laser sight. He finishes each man with another shot to the head, just to make sure.

On Tuesday afternoon, at 26th and California, the 19-year-old parolee accused of murdering Flisk and Peters stood in Criminal Court before Cook County Judge Ramon Ocasio.

Timothy Herring Jr. was convicted of armed robbery as a 16-year-old, taking down a store in his own neighborhood where he was well-known. He did three years and was paroled.

Herring had a strange new haircut, short and scraggly and definitely homemade. Prosecutors said he'd lopped off his braids after the shootings in the hope of disguising his appearance.

And so he stood there before the judge, shifting from side to side. Surely he must have felt the eyes on him from behind the glass.

There in the gallery, sitting thickly in the rows, were police officers. Most were in plainclothes, in fleeces and jeans and jackets. All of them had their stars hanging on chains around their necks.

Assistant State's Atty. Jamie Santini read the charges professionally, without drama. The flat nature of Santini's voice as he detailed the crimes in a matter-of-fact manner made it worse.

"The defendant had stated to a witness months earlier that he wanted to 'hit the victim for his sounds,' meaning to rob him of his car stereo equipment," Santini said.

According to Santini, a witness said Herring walked up to Flisk and Peters and told them he knew who burglarized the prized Mustang. Peters said it didn't matter what Herring knew because Flisk had found the fingerprints.

That's when it happened.

"The defendant walked a short distance away from the victims, pulled out a gun and shot each victim once in the head," Santini said. "The witness heard the shots, and looked outside, and saw (Peters) lying in a pool of blood."

Santini said Herring walked off carting a garbage can full of stolen stereo equipment from Peters' car, then turned and noticed one of the victims was still moving.

He said Herring then returned to finish them. Later, Herring cut his hair to change his looks, stuffed the braids into a box, along with his coat and gun, and asked a friend to hide them.

Obviously, Herring isn't a criminal mastermind. Based on his past record, he's just another barbarian. But the barbarians have always been around.

What's different is that many police officers feel the barbarians are no longer afraid of the Chicago Police Department. Whether that's a fact or not, what is a fact is that the cops are the ones in the alleys.

And out in that alley on the Southeast Side, the November winds picking up, I couldn't help but think how warm it was in May when Officer Thomas Wortham IV was shot to death outside his home by thieves bent on stealing his motorcycle.

Then in July, Officer Thor Soderberg was killed in a police parking lot. Later that month, Officer Michael Bailey was gunned down on a Sunday morning, while washing his car outside his home, a month before retirement.

Last week, Officer David Blake was killed sitting in his personal car.

And on Friday, it was Michael Flisk, married and father of four. The funeral is scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel, 7740 S. Western Ave.

"And for what?" the man in the alley asked me. "A double homicide for a couple of car speakers? Are you kidding me? That's messed up."

No. When the barbarians no longer fear the police, it's worse.

jskass@tribune.com

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