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Sarge

Richard J. "Sarge" Garwood is a retired Law Enforcement Officer with 30 years service; a syndicated columnist in Louisiana. Married with 2 sons.

Most Recent Articles by Sarge:

Too much to lose

Lately it’s been observed some of the allegedly conservative; locally heavy-weight wannabe, political shakers and movers are sniping at each other. They’re also nibbling at the conservative-based organizations trying to move civic awareness toward a more financially responsible board of directors in Washington.
- Monday, August 25, 2014

Due Diligence & Unexpected Consequences

Each day I awaken to the sure and present understanding of a basic law of life. For every well intentioned effort to accomplish any goal there will be Unexpected Consequences.
- Friday, August 22, 2014

Pimping and pandering

One of my greatest challenges was to help my son understand the difference between “intelligence” and “smarts”. “Intelligence” is the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations. “Smarts” is the skilled use of reason and the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one's environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria. “Smarts” indicate the ability to use “intelligence” for the betterment of the situation and those involved in it.
- Thursday, August 21, 2014

Trial by Media

I watched CNN for as long as I could tolerate it. A totally biased and skewed assemblage of liberal whites and disaffected blacks tossed words about in a Washington D.C. or New York studio concerning the events in Ferguson, Missouri. It was no more than I expected and far less than anybody deserves considering the lack of facts possessed by outsiders hundreds of miles away from the incident.
- Wednesday, August 20, 2014

I cry for my people

Watching the debacle in Ferguson, Missouri is like watching a post-surgical patient tear his stitches loose and start pulling at his entrails. It’s personally destructive, monumentally illogical and terrifyingly incomprehensible as to why the patient does this. It appears the protestor/rioters are destroying property in their own community with the help of insurgent provocateurs from other areas.
- Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Bloodbath and Beyond

The title actually applies to an individual “tweeting” concerning Jesse Jackson’ attempt to “plea bargain” for donations while addressing a church congregation in Ferguson Missouri.
- Monday, August 18, 2014

Y’all might want to look at that…

Recently this column addressed the actions of Senator David Vitter (R) Louisiana and his having “turned coat” from his prior position on the adoption of Common Core Standards as the guiding principle for public school education in Louisiana. Vitter is running for Governor. My impression hasn’t changed and I find it difficult to understand why a man who once presented himself to me conservatives as a champion of the middle-class has become more a mouthpiece for an untested, apparently invalid program suggestive of government intrusion into the conduct of education as it concerns our children.
- Friday, August 15, 2014

Thin Blue Line

I’ve noticed a great deal of “whizzin’ and whinin’” about the apparent militarization of law enforcement entities across the nation. From the wearing of concealed body armor to the point of accepting military hardware allowing SWAT members to approach a scene closer than would be advisable without it, the police are being criticized: vociferously.
- Thursday, August 14, 2014

Sex, Lies and Videotape

Common Core has a way of bringing out the truth in politicians’ acts. This not so simple program designed and developed by elitist elements of the business world and supplemented by self-serving academicians has become one of the most divisive and polarizing issues to hit America in a long time. It’s also proven to be illuminating as it casts light into the shadowy depths of politicians’ lack of constancy and character.
- Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Quotes of Note

Whenever the world starts repeating itself with wars and deadly elements of human suicidalism as well as the onslaught of Pandoran Box escapees conducting a biological jihad against the innocents of the world, we’re overcome by the sense of futility in commenting about it all. It all seems repetitive. We argue. We condemn. We offer prayers for the end of it all and for the lost souls affected most by the trials.
- Thursday, August 7, 2014

Get Back to Basics

This world has gone slap out of its damned mind. Or at least it seems so.
- Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Turning the coat

One of our greatest heroes during the Revolutionary War was a guy named Benedict Arnold. To paraphrase John Kerry: “Arnold was a hero until he wasn’t!” Arnold was an entrepreneur and businessman in Boston and when the Revolution broke out became a prime mover in the conduct of war against England. He was at the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga and was wounded severely during the Battle of Saratoga. In effect he was judged a hero by his peers for his combat actions and valor in the face of enemy fire.
- Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Stripping the orchard

ac·a·dem·ic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a school, especially one of higher learning. 2. Relating to studies that are liberal or classical rather than technical or vocational. 3. Scholarly to the point of being unaware of the outside world: pedantic 4. Formalistic or conventional. 5. Theoretical or speculative without a practical purpose or intention: theoretical. 6. Having no practical purpose or use. n. 1. A member of an institution of higher learning. 2. One who has an academic viewpoint or a scholarly background.
- Monday, August 4, 2014

The Lowest Common Denominator

In 1966 two socialist professors and political activists espoused and started a movement designed to overload the American welfare system. It called for the government to establish a guaranteed income for the poor and disestablish the welfare system in force at the time.
- Monday, July 28, 2014

Running His Head

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. Macbeth Act 5, Scene five Chris Wallace and John Kerry squared off on Fox News on Sunday July 20. Wallace was asking about the extension being given to Iran concerning Iran’s progress in de-militarizing and turning over their stockpiles of enriched Uranium to avoid further economic sanctions. Wallace pestered Kerry and as Kerry was trying to give his answer Wallace employed a tactic Fox News interviewers are noted for using: he interrupted Kerry as he continued a long and what I’m sure he believed was an appropriate answer.
- Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Constipated Underachievers

Where do I begin? Do I start with my utter disdain for the present “liberal” (defined as a pro-Socialist ideologue and his Duma leading us to a Marxist Nirvana). Or, do I start with my overwhelming ambivalence toward the old guard “conservative” (defines as impotent to efficiently project at least an image of involvement in our government) as reflected in the likes of party “Leadership” such as McCain, Graham, Boehner, McConnell and such as wee in their drawers at the thought they might have to do more than complain about government as they helped create it?
- Monday, July 21, 2014

The Lion That Roared

Now that Russian elements have shot down a Malaysian Airliner and the Malaysians actually KNOW where the wreckage is, the obvious comparisons between Obama’s and Reagan’s reactions to the crime have come to the fore. This is a regular activity for pundits and just plain dumb-spits to allow them to gain time to develop a real argument as to how Obama should act under fire. Problem is Obama has never seen a problem couldn’t be handled on the 19th Tee.
- Friday, July 18, 2014

Sheltering the chrysaIis

I looked up the word idiot in a children’s illustrated dictionary and a picture of Harry Reid appeared.
- Thursday, July 17, 2014

Maybe on Tranquility Base

Josh Earnest (Jay Carney’s replacement) is a bigger “knob” than Carney; and it only took a couple of weeks for him to prove it. Earnest said: “I think that there have been a number of situations in which you’ve seen this administration intervene in a meaningful way, that has substantially furthered American interests and substantially improved the, uh, you know, the – the tranquility of the global community.”
- Wednesday, July 16, 2014

The season bores on

Our political season drags on. The candidates have crawled from the protective harbors of self-respect their mothers deposited them in as eggs. Like little turtles and tortoises blinking reflexively into the sunlight they wander toward the surf trying to become influential in an ocean far larger than they imagined. They’ve all of the appearances of their mothers and fathers: a shell appearing similar to mom and dad’s, an ability to retract their arms, legs and heads into the shell for protection and the natural coloration could serve them in good stead while swimming about in search of sustenance.
- Tuesday, July 15, 2014

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