Friday Follies - The "13th" Edition...

Welcome to the start of another weekend, people.
And rumor has it that we MIGHT (that's perhaps, perchance, and possibly) get some RAIN this afternoon and evening.
Amounts are expected to not even come close to quenching the thirst the state of Indiana finds itself in, however.
We're pretty much looking at 0.1 inch...better than NOTHING, I guess.
Got the CORN farmers worrying to no end...and that means a real domino effect with pricing, feed, consumption, AND...(drum roll, please)...
ETHANOL!
(all this is exclusive of what we export, mind you).
Gonna be an interesting ride with THAT clusterf$ck.
Meanwhile, let's take a peek into the wonderful world of the lovely ghettoesque part of Fort Wayne, where our Fortress is located, otherwise know as...(...all together, gang...)...the SOUTHEAST SIDE of town.
*** Uh, oh...ANOTHER shooting on the SE side?

Say it ain't SO, Bob!
(wish I could, but you know THESE moolies)
Here's the latest from the J-G on a shooting that took place last evening around 2130 hrs:
http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20120713/LOCAL07/307139904
This site has a map as well.
Now, the lovely Mrs. Bobby G. had just gone out onto the "veranda" (okay, it's STILL a patio), and wanted to know if I was going to join her. That's when she heard the gunfire (the *20* is only a mere 5 blocks EAST of our Fortress...on a SIMILAR corner)...imagine that.
After I went outside, all we heard were sirens for the better part of a half hour.

I listened to the FWPD radio, and heard some "John" cars (another sector north of us...we're NORA sector) clearing intersections so the EMS could run clear to Lutheran hospital with a *58* victim (shooting), so WE knew something was definitely UP.
What we did NOT see in the aftermath were FWPD cars criss-crossing the neighborhood, as they usually seem to do whenever we hear of a *58* or even a *62* (party armed)...and I thought that was DAMN odd. I thought it was SOP.
The shooter(s) came to the house ON FOOT, and no mention of a getaway car, so I can only surmise that they also FLED on foot...and we're a spit and a slide away, so no police patrolling, looking at VACANT properties where these perps duck into?
I know I heard rustling at the (vacant) house next door and went with my gun and spotlight and I would have shot anyone hiding back there...it was probably the OTHER type of "wildlife" scurrying about...I didn't see anything.
The 10 PM news didn't have any coverage and even the 11 PM news was devoid of any mention...another ODD thing.
I mean if Wifey and I knew someone had been just shot nearby, you'd THINK some media source would be all over it, especially since it happened down here in the crotch of the damn city, right?

Naturally, this MORNING every source was all over it.
It appears that a 3-year old girl was taken to hospital in CRITICAL condition and a man at the house was also shot, but no information on the extent of HIS injuries. And, according to the pictures, there were AT LEAST 8 rounds expended.
Wifey heard two separate groups of rounds totalling around NINE shots.

This morning I smiled at Mrs. Bobby G. and stated that: "Guess they were fixing to off ME...and got the WRONG house. Maybe they should STAY in school and learn how to effin READ?"
Somehow, she wasn't all that amused as I was about saying that...
Actually, that wouldn't help them...I already LEARNED HOW TO SHOOT (and a lot better than they ever could).
That's ALSO why I say it's a wise choice to carry a firearm EVEN if you go out to mow your lawn around here.

You take NO chances...not with these assholes...and if things get sporty, YOU shoot first.
"Better to be JUDGED BY 12, than CARRIED BY 6", is what I like to say.
But, we wouldn't even be HAVING this conversation, IF:
a) City LEADERS gave a f$cking damn.
b) BLACK leaders gave a f$cking damn.
c) The FWPD would PATROL more and do the "stop and frisk" gig...screw the race-baiters.
d) Section 8 rental cribs were CLOSED and drug houses RAZED.
e) ALL of the above being REPEATED as often as necessary.
Sooner later, SOMEONE has got to take notice of this sh*t down here...and DO something about it, and not spreading about the rest of the city in the name of "diversity"...were already seeing evidence of decision.

Totally FUBAR...!!!
But, it's not like I haven't bemoaned this for AGES...with NO effect at all.
Maybe ONE house gets shut down...only to have another groups of mooks, worse than he last bunch of primates move in, and we start the "game" all over again with no REAL solution.
Then, there's that SORRY ASS SALOON...how appropriate a name...that says it ALL down here.
I suppose if I were to voice my thoughts, it would go like THIS:
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Hey, Mayor Henry...I mean YOUR MAJESTY...you gonna get offa that THRONE of yours, take a tour of MY part of town, and actively set about DOING something to keep three-year olds from getting shot on THEIR OWN PROPERTY by some pedestrian THUGS???
(The girl might not have even lived there, according to sources, but it's the PRINCIPLE that's important here.)

That goes double for YOU, "Princess"...I mean Allen County prosecutor Karen Richards...stop bleaching that mop of yours,. and get your prosecutorial ass in gear to get these gangstas OFF of MY streets, and the streets of ALL the other decent, law-abiding citizens of this side of Ft. Wayne.
You...owe...us...big time!
WE pay YOUR salaries, NOT the thugs...NOT the gang-bangers...and certainly NOT all the welfare queens that are seeking to suck the life out of a large portion of this city, as they HAVE been.
WE are the ones with the vested interest in seeing OUR neighborhoods rise from ghettohood status into areas we can FEEL SAFE living in ALL the time, and not just when we bolt our doors, load our shotguns and wait for all hell to break loose.

I would chastise ALL of those in city or civic positions that CAN (but won't) do something to keep us from our descent into Dante's 7th layer of Hades.
You people wield the power to make it happen...so WHY not?
WTF is stopping you?
And where the hell is the outcry from the BLACK community, councilman HINES?
You should be even more PO'ed than I am, because its YOUR people either committing the crimes, or become the VICTIMS of the crimes.
How the hell do YOU people manage to sleep at night with THAT kind of sh*t hanging over YOUR heads.
I'm astounded by your ignorance and your apathy, and believe me, it takes a helluva LOT to get me there at my age.
Many of you don't deserve the money you take from OUR pockets.
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Well...that's just how *I* feel about this, anyway...and I'm SURE there are a few others like feel likewise.
We just don't have the clout needed to get through the obviously THICK skulls of those "in charge".

Maybe we just need BIGGER 2x4s...LOL
Yeah, it's a sad picture that one paints down here...when you give a damn.
And you SO want to believe that something...anything can be done to stop the rising tide of crime.
Then you begin to believe more in YOUR ability to keep it from YOUR door...by any means possible.
You would like to see the potential for prosperity that your area can be capable of...IF ONLY the city would do it's job, and civic leaders cared like they're supposed to.
Until things like that happen (and much more) I feel we're just going to see more of the same down here.
I suppose it could ALWAYS be worse...it could be Philly...or NYC...or (God forbid) even Chicago.
In that small vestige of hope, one can take solace...and salvage a bad start for a better day...eventually.

Have yourselves a great weekend.

Be well, make a difference to someone today, and as always...

Stay SAFE out there, America.