Law Enforcement is No Longer About Serving and Protecting

Chicago, IL—Once upon a time the local cops were there for you and your family.  If you heard something go bump in the night they came and you were glad to see them.  Those days are over.  You need learn how to lock your doors and to use self-help. 

The politicians have changed our cop’s jobs and duties and not for the better.  Today a visit with the police is nothing more than about government by extortion.  Sometimes it is as bad is it can get.

Today we have photo traffic enforcement cameras designed strictly to generate revenue.  The ultimate collection agency is always the local cops that arrest you and tow your vehicles.  Of course the cops are always armed and ready for combat.  This is not about traffic safety but local government funding all the crap we don’t want or need.  The happy contractors involved always fund those expensive political campaigns. 

An insult to injury on the government traffic extortion cams is that our courts are too often allowing hearsay evidence and we have millions of wrongful fines being levied.

The other monster is the out-of-control federal law enforcement agencies.  More and more Congress has given federal agents powers over ordinary street crime.  The problem is the training the feds just don’t receive.  They are never trained in local laws or residential law enforcement.   

Federal police only know how to make felony street stops.  They have no training about or authority over local traffic laws.  They are not even taught how to deal with a routine family disturbance call or handle a tavern brawl.   Understandably these can be very complicated events. 

The federal agents began decades ago to impersonate state and local police by wearing insignias that say POLICE.  Federal cops have jurisdiction over federal crimes and only have the power of Citizen’s Arrest over local crimes.  Of course the ignorant public does not really have a clue. 

The FBI has a perennial complaint.  When they announce their office to make arrests and enter property with search warrants people never believe them.  Unless that have combat SWAT gear or Raid jackets people blow them off as impostors.  Today initially they yell out, “police!” not FBI. The same is true with the other alphabet federal law enforcement agencies.

They have gone around their problems by forming joint operations.  That localizes the feds and federalizes the locals.  The not so fun part is when you get charged with the same violation in both the federal and state courts! 

Today anything more than a lost dog call, seems to be a SWAT operation.  This is not about public safety but law enforcement people and their bosses living out Walter Mitty dreams of being the fictional Hollywood movie SWAT commandos.  The amount of deaths and life changing injuries has never been higher during these senseless operations.

SWAT operations and hostage negotiations have their place just not on every home visit!

Law enforcement people have forgotten that they can do so much more with a telephone and kind words than with their bucket helmets, jackboots and automatic weapons.  Today there are tons of leftover combat crap like tanks, Humvees, and firepower from Hell being handed over to local cops. 

Serving felony arrest warrants seems dangerous right?  It will be for sure if you turn every warrant into a man hunting operation.   I was taught to contact the wanted subject’s mothers by phone.  I’d tell them their son was wanted on a warrant and the bail amount for release that was set.  Additionally I’d tell them if their boy shows up at my station at 9:00 AM with the bail cash he’d simply get booked for court and sent on his way. 

If the bond was too much I’d tell the mom that I’d get him in front of a judge quickly and the fact that he self-surrendered would go a long way to help the judge reduce the bail amount.   In the long run cooperation will help with sentencing issues.  If your boy has to serve some time he could be in minimum-security comfort or wind up on, “The Rock” based on how he responds to the warrant.

Needless to say every Monday morning I have a full house.  The rest I’d have to chase down or simply wait until they got caught on a street stop. 

I know there is still some cops someplace serving warrants with class by telephone.  However today any excuse to kick down doors and toss the cool and very destructive flash bang grenades seems to be the way of the “New Breed” of cops.   I guess the Old-Breed won’t make for an exciting reality TV show. 

I have to say there can be no question that many more lives are saved by telephone then by SWAT operations.

Frankly citizens need avoid contact with law enforcement whenever they can.   Don’t call 911 for anything more than fire or medical emergencies.  When the cops come they have to guess just who are the good and bad guys.  Trust me they don’t always get it right.   That goes double if the “victim” is emotionally upset for any reason.

Avoiding conflict and choosing your friends and lovers wisely is still the best way to keep the cops away.  When the cops visit you today it will cost for those old fines, bail bonds, lawyers and perhaps your job if you can’t show up for work. 

The feds have so many laws that I’d venture to say we break plenty without even being aware we are in violation.  Our Congress has armed the IRS, EPA, and every obscure federal agency with war weapons.  The federal building security guards they now call Homeland Security are out making petty traffic stops on federal property.  

United States of America is a full blown police state.   It will only get much worse.

The New Importance of Handgun Grips and the Aftermarket

Carol Stream, IL—In the Western suburb of The Windy City stands a business called Eagle Grips.  I have had a personal association with this firm since it began in 1971.  Back then I was a young cop just out of the Army.  I always liked guns so when I could get off on weekends I’d hit local gun shows. 

Back then there were fewer gun bans and the gun shows were larger however the selection of available guns and accessories were limited by today’s standards.   Aftermarket gun grips were the made by a few companies and the pickings were slim.  That changed for me when I saw a Sikh Indian man at a table exhibiting grips at the then popular Waukegan Gun Show.

At the time gun grip materials were usually either made from walnut wood or rubber.  The choices were limited.  There are problems with rubber grabbing your clothes and printing out through your clothing with telltale signs that you’re packing heat.   Walnut wood is too soft and for grips and the material must be sealed with some type of varnish.  Walnut is such a bland looking wood that it hurts my eyes. 

The Sikh fellow was exhibiting really gorgeous rosewood and ebony wood grips.  The colors were much richer than what Colt, Smith & Wesson or Ruger was putting on their stock products.   I was so impressed I bought two sets from him.   That was the beginning of a terrific love affair with a company’s products and a lasting friendship with that Sikh man, Harbans Singh.

Singh learned I was a cop and asked my lots of questions in relation to law enforcement needs and product design.   Ever since I’ve been heavily involved on a part time basis with product development and design.  Additionally I handle public relations for the firm and attend several of the largest gun shows in the world each year.  That firm is, Eagle Grips.

Harbans retired and his son Raj Singh is now the President and CEO.    The younger Singh had grown up with guns, gun enthusiasts, firearms trainers, cops, collectors and firearms journalists.  Raj Singh has followed in his father's footsteps. 

Why do you need after market grips for your handguns?

Essentially every handgun other than the polymer frame guns like Glock come with grips from the factory.  They are generally well designed and attractive but why settle for the routine if you don’t have to? Additionally factory grips almost fit nobody's hands!  This is Where Eagle Grips has take the lead. 

Your handgun is an important part of you if you are like me and carry one.  It’s the first thing you see when you wake up and the last thing you see before going to sleep.   Your gun is a highly prized personal item and should be personalized to your needs, taste and style.  We are all different and now we can demand that our guns reflect our persona.  Once you’ve seen Eagle’s products you will want to banish walnut and rubber from your life.  

Eagle offers real ivory, Mother of Pearl, Sambar Stagg, Rosewood and Ebony Wood.  In addition there are some polymer and synthetic offerings that mimic the natural materials. 

Suddenly the game was changed when Raj Singh sought to bring color into the otherwise drab world of gun grips.  A new process was discovered to make the most durable and terrific grip material ever!  It is called Kirinite.  The colors are incredibly vivid and the selection is limitless.  The material must be cut, shaped and polished like gems.  The more you polish the material the more it adheres to your hands!  The material is not in anyway slippery.  Additionally it is impervious to scratching, dulling or breakage.

Knife makers just love working with Kirinite have take it to new heights.  Now you can have your gun grips match your favorite knife!  This truly the age  for the personalization of your security hardware.  You can order all of Eagle Grip’s material from their website at www.eaglegrips.com.

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New York’s Stop and Frisk Mess, the Case and its Cause, Cost and Cure

New York, NY—This is all about balancing freedom and liberty with the needs of public safety and using propaganda to frighten Americans.  Today millions of Americans really believe that the rights to keep and carry firearms and to be free from unreasonable searches will kill us all. 

Let me challenge anyone to show us where, Congress or the President has the power to exchange our freedoms within the Bill of Rights for public safety.   Every despot,  fascist and  despotic ruler that ever existed promised the population safety through freedom restrictions. 

Those that advocate trading hard won freedoms for the illusion of safety are woefully ignorant of history.  Our prisons are a perfect example that demonstrates that the trade does not work.  Prisoners have zero freedom and are constantly searched and observed yet inmates have drugs, weapons and routinely beat, rape and murder each other. If taking freedom in prison does not work how then can this   possibly help in a feee society? 

This Stop & Frisk related class action lawsuit is called Floyd vs. City of New York.   The court has found that the City violated plaintiff’s rights by violations of equal protection rights and by making thousands of unlawful searches.

Police have been ordered to aggressively pat down people at every opportunity.  Needless to say the cops have concentrated on those troublesome types, usually African-American males between the ages of seventeen and 35.

Before my more sensitive visitors go berserk we have to examine the realities.  Violent crime and those out robbing, raping and killing in every major city in the United States are African-American.  The vast majority of victims are also African-American.  If you check the race statistics every large city morgue you will find the murder victims brought in are incredibly disproportionately African-American as is the population of the local jails and prisons.

This is not about skin color but a bankrupt and violent culture.  For some reason politicians, scholars and policy makers are too frightened to even discuss this social disaster.  This same degenerate social malady does affect other impoverished minorities in similar ways but not nearly to the extent it does African-Americans.

The reason the African-American crime culture exists is because of misguided tolerance by society and the demands by African-Americans themselves.   We can start by Liberal run city entitlement Czars that encourage or at least not discourage absentee fathers.  How can millions of teen unwed mothers raise children alone without having the social mess that exists today?  The Nanny concept of government has created a condition of genocide in the African-American communities of every major city.

Whether searches by police are with probable cause and or with warrants they will impact African-Americans much more than the less violent white people in their communities.

When the founding fathers promulgated our Bill of Rights, they knew about the future tyranny America would face from elected officials.  They took every step they could to insure the people could control the government and not the other way around.  Political propaganda facilitated by media and academia has brainwashed America that our benevolent politicians can somehow be trusted.  They have taught us to ignore tyranny.

We have become desensitized to invasive government searching at government buildings, airports, transportation hubs, concerts and sporting events.  SAG-AFTRA members cannot even attend a film screening put on by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood without being frisked by security goons.  These searches are simply contrary to what America is all about.

These unconstitutional searches devalue and decimate our sacred citizenship.   More importantly we have gone trough to world wars, a civil war and numerous challenges without searching each other like criminals until this phenomena began about 40 years ago. 

The law of the land on searches is still Terry vs. Ohio.  It’s a profiling case if there ever was one.  A cop with over 30 years experience, Mark McFadden saw three suspicious men that appeared to be casing a Cleveland business and made contact with them.  The cop became concerned that the men were about to commit an armed robbery. 

One of the three fled as McFadden approached.  The other two, Terry and Chilton  remained but seemed very nervous and soon a frisk took place that uncovered each had man a loaded handgun.  McFadden made the weapons search because he feared for his own safety.  McFadden recovered handguns from both Chilton and Terry.   They were arrested, charged and later convicted with carrying concealed weapons.  

This became a 1967 landmark case decided by the Liberal Warren Court.  It was what launched  the term, Stop & Frisk became part of American language.   McFadden was justified to conduct a protective search after he saw suspicious activity.

The Terry case was very controversial in its day and what was going on in recently New York far more intrusive, unlawful and outrageous.  It should have been stopped long ago.  Taxpayers may be paying millions to victims of bogus searches because of the clear violations of Civil Rights.  It is something we really can’t afford. 

The rights of all Americans are under attack.   If we do not protect the rights of out troubled minorities who will protect ours?  The Floyd decision is a good one.  We must learn to depend on our own self-help to reduce crime and survive attack.  We don’t need any jackbooted thugs with quasi military uniforms to search us for our own protection.

Crimefile News Needs Reporters!

To my visitors:  From time to time I get requests to post the writings of others.  Unfortunately some of these people are really promoting their personal businesses rather than providing information suitable for Crime, Guns and Videotape.  I want more news in Crimefile News but I can’t be everywhere to do it myself.

This is where some of my skilled visitors come in. I want your stories.  They must be up to journalistic standards.  I don’t want rewrites of published news stories.  They should contain video or at least pictures taken by the contributors.

That means getting interviews of your newsmakers, vetting the information properly and avoiding libel.  Diligent use of public records is a must. 

There are few limits on subject matter if the material is compelling and interesting.  Submitting stories about government policies, crimes, courts, corruption or your latest gun are acceptable.  Perhaps the actions a local hero, or some inspiring person may be great material.  I’m not looking for commentary or opinion material from the contributors however I expect to see opinions pop up in provided interviews of newsmakers.

I want acceptable and properly edited video.  An iPhone can be used with iMovie can accomplish great things with minimal training.  May I suggest an E-book called iPhone Millionaire by Michael Rosenblum.  You can get this through Kindle, iBooks or Amazon.com. It will give you a great deal of information you will need. 

The bad news is I can’t pay for your material.  The good news is your work will be seen and properly credited.  Additionally of this idea flies there could be money down the road. 

I don’t want discourage your quest to report news but there are roadblocks and speed bumps.  CNN has had iReport out there for years.  It’s been a colossal disappointment. I would hope someone would be able to dazzle CNN enough to hire them.  I call that missed opportunities. 

Occasionally excellent raw and unedited video has come in as news was breaking at violent events and disasters.  But for the most part all that came in was unwatchable crap.   If you’re at a news-breaking event get some interviews.  Most people will talk if you bother to ask them. 

For your video editing you need to put in well-written voiceovers.  iMovie has the tools for this.  Added voiceovers are much better than trying to narrate on the fly.  That’s how the people you watch on TV news do this.  You can also do a stand up where you face the camera to tell a small part of the story.

For my cop, paramedic and fireman friends may I suggest that you use a pseudo name to avoid difficulties with your departments?   This is a great way of exposing the truth that too many government administrators can’t handle.

Below is a simple video news package I did on the death of Conservative Blogger Andrew Breitbart’s death in the Brentwood neighborhood of L.A.   It contains a voiceover, graphics, an interview and a standup: 

Obama’s Terrorism Hoax is Simply a Tool to justify his Continued Tyranny

Washington, DC—I have access to intelligence material that’s been passed around to local and state cops as part of the recent terrorism warnings.  Frankly it’s all baloney designed to scare the public into thinking Barack Obama's suspension of our privacy, liberty and freedom is somehow necessary.

They have cited several prison breaks have occurred over the last five months in the Middle East and Indonesia.   A few of the 1,500 prisoners that escaped are supposed big boys in the terrorism business.  That’s really, business as usual since none of them ever did anything on our soil.

It is now the Muslim Holy month of Ramadan.   Ramadan began on July 9 and ends on August 8, 2013.  Islamic extremist groups have allegedly have “chatted” their desire to conduct attacks during the last days of Ramadan.  They make that same chatter each and every year at this time. 

There is absolutely nothing different except the shrill cries by our politicians seeking ways to relentlessly grow the TSA and their very real threat to our freedom.   At the same time the massive political corruption has permeated the private contractors involved in the mercenary, spook and spy business is gobbling up our hard earned money.  The criminals in our Whitehouse, government and their financial supporters are bankrupting America. 

When we turned over national security functions to private contractors we opened the door to the massive corruption we have today.  We allowed for an additional

shadow government monster like or federal reserve system that controls our currency.

Frankly we need to exit the Middle East and let those nations sort out their own problems while we use our own oil resources instead of paying extortion to the Arabs we’ve empowered and made obscenely wealthy.

As for the current terrorism political fear mongering, don’t fall for this scam.

The Best Solution to California’s Prison Overcrowding Crisis

Los Angeles, CA—The State of California’s prisons are overcrowded, the state is broke and they have no choice but to release thousands of violent offenders on the street.  Crime will skyrocket as a result. 

The most dangerous are the convicts between the ages of 18 and 35.  There is almost no hope with early releases they will not be victimizing others again.  The damage will cost taxpayers far more than building new prisons. 

There are those prisoners that are elderly and disabled.  Some are blind, crippled and even suffer from dementia.  Others have advanced cancers and serious heart disease.  I really don’t care what these people have done.  If they are harmless we should not be wasting money keeping them behind bars.  Most of these people won’t be doing much of anything but filling assisted living and nursing homes.  If they are too frail to inflict violence there’s really not much risk. 

What kind of violence can some inflict on others if they are attached to wheelchairs, oxygen bottles and walkers? 

We need all the prison space for young offenders we can get.  California already does not sentence their felons to nearly as long sentences as other states anyway.  The young inmates are the real threat to public safety.  If they are not in cages they will rob, rape and kill.

It’s clear that thousands of able-bodied criminal predators will be prowling the streets.  California’s law-abiding citizens need to rethink leaving their handguns at home.  Despite California’s unconstitutional gun laws the right to survival supersedes the fanciful and misguided whims of the ivory tower types elected to the state assembly.

 

Obama’s Embassy Closures and Travel Warning’s are a Publicity Stunt to Frighten Americans

Washington, DC—Barack Obama is under fire both here and in Europe for his massive and illegal spying scandal. Obama is rapidly losing support of the governed.  He’s desperate because all of his destructive programs and schemes have torpedoed jobs, the economy and health care.  His reign as President is a massive and expensive failure. Things under Obama are only getting worse. 

The current Terror Warnings stunt was designed just to frighten Americans and this will quickly end without any significant terror attacks.  Obama will proudly take credit claiming that his tyranny and surveillance crimes against America have save us all from certain death.

The sad part is the media campaign will convince the ignorant public that government must discard liberty in order to live.

This is nothing less that a despicable and disgusting scam and publicity stunt.  The fact is every radical Muslim dreams of committing violence against Americans and talks about it constantly.  The threat is no less or more than usual.  We still stand more likelihood of being killed by lightening or winning the Powerball lottery than face death or injury from a terrorist.

Americans should simply remain vigilant, trained and armed to deal with any crime threat or act of terrorism.  Allowing the destruction of our Freedom and Bill of Rights is the most dangerous thing we can do.  Obama is more dangerous to America as any terrorist. 

The Death Penalty for Dummies

Phoenix, AZ—I don’t think the people that know me or visit my blog will ever question my Conservative/Libertarian credentials.  As a young man growing up I naturally hated criminal violence and wanted to see cruel killers exterminated.  Believe me when I say my thinking on this has not changed a bit.  Not all, but certainly most murderers do not deserve to live. 

I’m also staunch believer in Castle Doctrine and Stand Your Ground laws as well as the absolute right of law-abiding Americans to carry guns wherever they wish.  The statistics overwhelmingly show that armed citizens save millions of lives every year.  In the vast majority of these incidents a gum may have been displayed but no shots were fired. 

I never morn the justifiable killing of thugs like Travon Martin, home invaders, armed robbers, rapists or murderers.  I also believe that each justifiable homicide prevents as many as a dozen future violent crimes that otherwise would have been committed by the decedent.

The Death Penalty is an entirely different matter.  This is a pre-meditated murder of an accused suspect.  It is the product of our local, state and federal governments along with their appointed bureaucrats.  We all know how unreasonable government can be.  We have a criminal justice system that is awash in wrongful convictions, corruption and incompetence.

Our jury system fails when our government’s judges keep evidence from being seen by juries.   It fails yet again when jurors are not allowed to consider or even know what punishment the accused defendants faces.

No matter what your political persuasion may be you will see politicians elected or otherwise put in office that you distrust, dislike and even hate.  Do you want a government run by what you consider an evil politician to have the ability to have you arrested, tried, convicted and executed?  You may like who is in office right now but that can and does change in a heartbeat.

Keeping someone in a cage for life, with crappy food, harsh prison temperatures and abject loneliness is punishment that far exceeds a merciful lethal injection.   Just imagine what that would be like.

For taxpayers the Death Penalty is a total disaster.  The pst-cnviction litigation must run its course usually through a state court system of appeals and once that happens the Habeas Corpus efforts begin with a federal judge and winds its way to the U.S. Supreme Court.  That process can take 30 years to complete and usually costs many millions of dollars.  Needless to say you pick up both the prosecution and defense’s legal tab.  It’s much cheaper to imprison someone for life. 

The Death Penalty has never been a crime deterrent beyond making sure the executed cannot reoffend.

With respect to every government on earth sooner or later history redundantly shows that they go bad and begin to slaughter their own citizens.  The Death Penalty is a control tool for Communists, Socialists and every Muslim Nation.   It’s a tool for America’s Far Left Wing.  You don’t see Obama or his political minions calling for ending this vile practice.  Ask yourselves, why not?  What’s past is prologue.   

Please pass this around to your conservative friends.

Another story of Guns saving Lives Through Self Defense

Court Sentencing and Victim Impact Statements are about Showmanship, Not Justice

Cleveland, OH—Prosecutors lobbied lawmakers everywhere to create sentencing extravaganzas.  This is where so-called Victim Impact Statements are made.  Prosecutors have really succeeded in the efforts to change court rules under the popular guise of giving victims a voice.  It sounds like such a admirable effort until you closely examine what its really about. 

Sentencing has changed into nothing more than a variation of the old time-honored Perpwalk for the defendants.  For the victims it’s little more than a perverted form of a Pity Party.

Today admitted kidnapper, rapist and fetus killer Ariel Castro got his turn for the spectacle.  Victim Michelle Knight dramatically told Castro, “You will Face Hell.”

They always begin by parading in the defendant into court in jail garb and chains.  Everyone is already aware of what sentence is coming to be handed out and nothing here ever changes the actual punishment.  In Castro's case it's 1,000 years.  

Normally the defendant is asked to make a statement.  They usually maintain their innocence, mitigate their conduct or transfer blame to others.  Sometimes they are remorseful.  Their words always fall on deaf ears.  I guess there is voyeuristic fun to watch chained up miscreants squirm, stutter or remain arrogant.  It’s all really so pointless.

The victims and or their families are also paraded through the courtrooms, but as pitiful creatures.  They are rarely good public speakers and read from writings they collected on paper.  They often sob, express anger and almost never express sympathy for the defendant.  They are often nervous and very uncomfortable while speaking.   I’ve yet to see a crime victim win fame or fortune as a result of their exposure in these Victim Impact Spectacles. The same is true for obtaining closure. 

Some so-called victims like the estranged father of Ron Goldman try to capitalize on their new fame.  Fred Goldman was a suit salesman who even got the opportunity to become a radio talk show host.  His continual whining about O.J. Simpson could only be tolerated so long and he was quickly and unceremoniously taken off the air.  Goldman never had a second act.  Goldman bitterly returned to his former occupation.  

The word closure is repeated ad nauseam.  Closure is a word picked by prosecutors to coax crime victims to participate in these Sentencing Spectacles.  It’s nothing more than a false promise.  For real victims there is never closure. Time is the only healer, certainly not some emotional post conviction courtroom confrontation.

The use of Victim Impact Statements by prosecutors is for pure political gain on the backs of victims and nothing more.  The Victim Impact statements are here to stay because of the insatiable and morbid curiosity of court watchers.

The three women kidnapped, raped and imprisoned for years have begun to explore the marketability with appearances at events and such.  I wish them well but I’m skeptical that they can break the mold of publicly displayed victimization to find rewarding careers. 

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Amsterdam, NL-KLM Airlines is running a contest for videos where people like me have to pronounce the Dutch translation of Royal Dutch Airlines.  I know that there is nearly always humor in watching people struggle through pronouncing words and phrases. It’s a cute marketing idea.  I have entered the contest and I MUST win!

More importantly the Netherlands is a terrific summer destination that offers terrific art, culture, flowers and food.  There are historical places everywhere and the World Court is at the Haag.  The Dutch worked very hard to protect victims of Nazi tyranny during the war and nothing demonstrates that better than the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam.

Please watch my video below so that it gets lots of hits.   I’d love doing some video blog stories from there.  I will also try and get a video interview of my favorite actress Carice van Houten too while I’m there.

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Where is the Motivation for the Young to Succeed in or World

Chicago, IL—As a young man I wound up drafted into the Army, trained and given orders for combat duty in Vietnam in an Air Cavalry unit.  That would have put me in the thick of the worst time of the war in 1968.

Somehow I was the only member of my Light Weapons Infantry unit at Fort Ord to get derailed to Germany instead.  I was able to win a Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) change to a medical corpsman.  I had great test scores and got the spot despite not having attended medical corpsman school at Ft. Sam Houston.  I got a crash course from doctors and nurses and loved that assignment. 

After I was discharged I wanted to return to being a cop.  What a mistake that was. Okay I was a poor kid with no parents to help me financially and I was afraid of the massive math I would be forced to learn before calculators were available.  I would have to conquer the slide rule that was viewed by me to be an instrument of the devil.   Okay, I was a coward for not risking all to perhaps win or fail. 

In Chicago I had two friends that had fast powerboats and would spend summer weekends out on Lake Michigan.  We’d take our girlfriends out and party away with complete abandon.  Sometime in the middle of the lake we’d throw bottles overboard and engage in target practice with our guns.  You will have to just guess what else went on as I celebrated my youth.

At the harbor was the Burnham Park Harbor Yacht Club.  It has a bar a restaurant for the well-heeled customers.  The bar area was always loaded with really attractive women.  Occasionally I’d walk through the bar in and out of police uniform.  To my disappointment I found myself all but invisible to these hot babes.

One day, a Henrotian Hospital emergency room physician and his girlfriend joined us on one of our boat parties.  We had returned to the harbor because he had to work his shift at the hospital.   The young doctor left our boat with his girlfriend leaving his medical bag behind.  When I discovered this I grabbed the bag and took and entered the yacht club to call the hospital and let him know we had his bag. 

I had his bag like the one above with the stethoscope wrapped around the top.  As I passed the bar area the hot babes discovered me!  They would not leave me alone!  One shamelessly gave me her phone number.  Suddenly I realized the ladies found me irresistible because of the bag I was carrying.  I was no longer invisible. I still did not get it and turned my back on the seemingly impossible dream of medical school.

Nowhere in my childhood did a single teacher ever tell me that wealth awaits those who can cut medical school.  It was the same with the other occupations that are well known to create millionaires. This was the greatest disservice to me, and the others they were supposed to me mentoring.