A Germantown, Tennessee woman is facing drunk driving charges after drinking Coke and vanilla extract.

Police arrested 48-year-old Kelly Moss Tuesday morning after they found her slumped over the steering wheel of her car. Officers say the car was parked halfway on the sidewalk and driveway in front of Arlington Middle School.

According to a police affidavit, Moss had slurred speech and a strong odor of vanilla on her breath. Inside the car, officers noticed a half finished bottle of Coke and partially empty bottles of vanilla extract. The bottles of vanilla extract were labeled as 35% alcohol by volume.

Moss is charged with driving under the influence and refusing to submit to a blood alcohol test. This is her third DUI arrest. Moss is currently in jail on a $4,000 bond.

She looks pretty happy to me.

At all military base theaters, the National Anthem is played before the movie begins.

I recently attended a showing of ‘Superman 3′ here at
LSA Anaconda. We have a large auditorium we use for movies,
as well as memorial services and other large gatherings. As
is the custom at all military bases, we stood to attention
when the National Anthem began before the main feature. All
was going well until three-quarters of the way through The
National Anthem, the music stopped.

Now, what would happen if this occurred with 1,000 18-22
year-olds back in the States? I imagine there would be
hoots, catcalls, laughter, a few rude comments, and everyone
would sit down and yell for the movie to begin. Of course,
that is, if they had stood for the National Anthem in the
first place.

Here in Iraq, 1,000 Soldiers continued to stand at attention,
eyes fixed forward. The music started again and the Soldiers
continued to quietly stand at attention. But again, at the
same point, the music stopped. What would you expect 1000
Soldiers standing at attention to do?? Frankly, I expected
some laughter, and everyone would eventually sit down and
wait for the movie to start.

But No!!… You could have heard a pin drop, while every
Soldier continued to stand at attention.

Suddenly,there was a lone voice from the front of the auditorium,
then a dozen voices, and soon the room was filled with the
voices of a thousand soldiers, finishing where the recording
left off: “And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs
bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag
was still there. Oh, say does that Star Spangled Banner yet
wave, o’er the land of the free, and the home of the brave.”

It was the most inspiring moment I have had in Iraq and I
wanted you to know what kind of Soldiers are serving you.
Remember them as they fight for us!
Pass this along as a reminder to others to be ever in prayer
for all our soldiers serving us here at home and abroad.
Many have already paid the ultimate price.

Written by Chaplain Jim Higgins LSA Anaconda is at the
Ballad Airport in Iraq , north of Baghdad.

Please share only if you are so inclined.
God Bless America and all of our troops serving through out
the world.
Hat Tip-Arlette

ARMED CITIZEN

While taking groceries to her car, a man approached an 82-year-old woman and said something horrible to her: “This is your day. You are too old to be alive anyway.” According to police, he then grabbed the woman’s cane and beat her. Despite the savage assault, the elderly woman managed to reach into her purse, draw her gun and fire a shot. The man fled and, upon hearing the shot, store employees quickly came to the woman’s aid. The self-proclaimed “stubborn, old broad” is badly bruised but will fully recover. “If I go naturally or to a sickness or something, fine,” she said. “I’m ready to go, but I’m not ready to let some idiot like that take me out.” (KVOA-TV, Tucson, AZ, 03/15/10)
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Daniel Kaplan was parked in front of his business when two men sprinted toward his vehicle. One of them reached inside, punched Kaplan three times in the face and stuck a gun to Kaplan’s head. Then Kaplan’s instincts kicked in. Police say he grabbed the suspect’s gun with his left hand and kicked open the car door into his assailant. Kaplan then reached under the seat and grabbed his .45-cal. Glock pistol. “I got five shots off as quickly as I could,” he recalls. “I was fighting for my life.” At least one of the suspects was shot. Both fled the scene and are being sought by police. “I’m happy to be here,” said a relieved Kaplan. (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Columbus, GA, 03/04/10)

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A crazed, knife-wielding man attempted to stab people at random in a convenience store parking lot. Police said he’d already chased a delivery driver and others when he ran down a car leaving the lot. He lunged at the car’s driver with the knife, wounding him. That’s when the driver, whose two young stepdaughters were in the vehicle, produced a handgun and fired about six shots, killing the attacker. The driver will recover from his injuries. “You’ve got to protect yourself,” said witness Byron Cook. “He had his two kids in the car and they were terrified.” (WREG-TV, Memphis, TN, 03/05/10)
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Maureen Cassidy awoke to a loud noise and got up to investigate. To her horror, a man with a knife had forced his way into her home. She hurried back to the bedroom and woke her husband, who got his Smith & Wesson 9 mm handgun. The husband stood in the doorway and yelled to the intruder that he had a gun. Inexplicably undeterred, the intruder advanced toward the husband, who fired a shot. The wounded intruder fled the home. Police found him hiding in the bushes next door. A second person was also arrested in connection with the invasion. (The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, FL, 03/13/10)
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Police said that early one morning an armed suspect burst into a home office in an area described by one resident as “a quiet neighborhood.” Hearing the burglar, the resident quickly armed himself with a firearm. When the burglar approached, the resident feared for his life and shot the suspect, killing him. “I’m not for someone being shot,” said Nora Dietz, a concerned neighbor, “but you have to protect yourself.” (The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, 03/29/10)

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Raymond Michel and his wife, Dawn, returned home with their grandson when the 9-year-old noticed a suspicious light in a downstairs bedroom. Dawn investigated and found a few items in disarray. Then she found a garbage bag outside with money and jewelry in it, and a window screen was damaged. She ran to tell her husband that someone had been—or still was—in the house. Michel got his handgun and walked upstairs. Items were strewn about the floor and a bathroom door was shut that the Michels always keep open. Michel kicked the door open and it struck the intruder. The suspect began to aim a rifle at the homeowner, who quickly fired his handgun, shattering the door and narrowly missing the intruder. The suspect laid on the ground as every-one waited for police. (The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, CA, 03/04/10)

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A man wasn’t home when an alarm indicated a possible break-in. He quickly called his neighbor, Gaylon Crawford, and asked him to check on the house. The neighbor noticed a door was forced open and the lights were on. Once inside he found two men wearing dark clothing. Police said the men claimed they were retrieving their tools, but Crawford didn’t buy it. He drew his handgun and told the men to put their hands up and wait for police. Instead, one of the men charged Crawford, who shot him. The suspects fled. The wounded man was arrested when he sought treatment for a gunshot wound at the hospital. His accomplice is still at large. (White Mountain Independent, Show Low, AZ, 03/09/10)

Reprinted with permission og the NRA.

Tenaha, Texas Dirty Cops Update

As I reported at this LINK in May of 2009….

Roderick Daniels was traveling through East Texas in October 2007 when, he says, he was the victim of a highway robbery.

Police in the small East Texas town of Tenaha are accused of unjustly taking valuables from motorists.

The Tennessee man says he was ordered to pull his car over and surrender his jewelry and $8,500 in cash that he had with him to buy a new car.

But Daniels couldn’t go to the police to report the incident. The men who stopped him were the police.
“I actually thought this was a joke,” Daniels told CNN.

“To be honest, I was five, six hundred miles from home,” he said. “I was petrified.”
He signed.

After hearing Mr. Daniels story dozens of others came forward with the same story, prompting an investigation and charges against the officers, their supervisor and even town officials.

To add insult to injury, they asked the judge in their criminal case to let them use the stolen funds…. to pay for their defence.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott issued an opinion denying Shelby County District Attorney Lynda K. Russell of Tenaha, Texas from using the piles of cash.

“She’ll have to pay for her defense out of her own resources, which are limited,” said Tom Henson, Russell’s attorney. “This whole thing has kind of fallen into a never-never land.

“She feels very strongly that she has done nothing wrong and she’s not liable, and neither are the other defendants. They had good cause for whatever they did,” Henson added.

WHAAA.

Two men with guns pull you over and say give me all of your money or we will throw you in jail and take your kids to Child Protective Services. Then they take the cash back to the office to divy it up with their co-workers. And they did this to possibly hundreds of people for years.

Serve and Protect?