It's all about me

[dtb]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
What, exactly--besides giving you bumper stickers that you can put on your car to avoid speeding tickets--do these organizations do for cops?

I think approximately nothing.

I usually get them off my back by asking if the donation is tax deductible, and asking where and how the money is used. Not surprisingly, the idiot on the phone usually doesn't know. I then say that I will consider donating when I can see written documentation as to how the money is used.

They suckered me once, but NOT ANY MORE!!

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Originally posted by baltassoc
They buy bullets. I shit you not. Apparently, practice rounds are a big expense for law enforcement, so many of these organizations buy practice rounds for cops to keep themselves in practice. They also buy bullet-proof vests.

The traditional unions also step in and defend police when they are charged with misconduct, plus the usual collective bargaining and lobbying. The firm the floor above me is on retainer to the local police union, and they do a lot of disciplinary hearings, civil rights violations defense, and criminal defense for cops, as well as a surprisingly large spin-off business of cop divorces.

Do unions actually solicit funds from the public? Interesting.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I don't give money to anyone who asks for it over the phone so I would have said no to his question. He has your home number, so what? He has no influence.

Actually, at home I don't answer the phone unless I know who is calling, and then frequently I still don't answer it unless I really feel like talking to that person, which is rare, so I doubt I would ever encounter those circumstances.

Oh, I don't give money either, but I'm still not going to tell a cop representative to fuck off.

This one was an "unlisted number" and one of my sisters is staying in a place where caller ID sometimes won't come up, so I answered the phone when I usually wouldn't have.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by dtb
I think approximately nothing.

I usually get them off my back by asking if the donation is tax deductible, and asking where and how the money is used. Not surprisingly, the idiot on the phone usually doesn't know. I then say that I will consider donating when I can see written documentation as to how the money is used.

They suckered me once, but NOT ANY MORE!!

Yeah, my sense is a lot of these are scams. The FOP is a legitimate organization, but that doesn't mean teh fundraiser is actually connected to them. THe times someone from the "FOP" has called, they've been unwilling to provide anything by mail to confirm who in fact they are.

FWIW, shouldn't solicitations by law enforcement orgs. be illegal? I'm sure the police unions wouldn't allow it, but we have rules against officials receiving gifts and it seems particularly important that the police not be perceived as hitting people up for money.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by sunnybunny
This sounds kind of sad, Str8. Did you marry the wrong woman? Did you let your love go? I have kept lots of letters from old flames until very recently, when I was on a cleaning binge and tossed all sorts of stuff that used to make me sentimental, which now seemed lost in time somewhere. I think that was a defining moment in affirming that I really care for the Bunnyman, that I no longer felt the need to lug around all the old crap. But then I heard that the most serious of past Bunnymen (who I was dating when I first started posting) is getting married to "some Peruvian floozy" he met a year ago in Rio. (he called her this, I didn't and my heart kind of sunk a bit and I thought about all those letters I had trashed. But I was still glad I trashed them, and still glad I trashed the ones from like 4 others I had been keeping.

I can't believe I am responding to this, but here goes.

Shut the fuck up. I have all of the love letters I have ever received from each of the significant men in my past. I also have some photographs that I find particularly important. I admit that I haven't read any letters or looked at any photgraphs in a long time, but I'm not getting rid of them either. Not so long as I keep my high school yearbook, or my sorority pin, or that Elvis candle I bought at Graceland.

I like souvenirs, I guess.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I can't believe I am responding to this, but here goes.

Shut the fuck up. I have all of the love letters I have ever received from each of the significant men in my past. I also have some photographs that I find particularly important. I admit that I haven't read any letters or looked at any photgraphs in a long time, but I'm not getting rid of them either. Not so long as I keep my high school yearbook, or my sorority pin, or that Elvis candle I bought at Graceland.

I like souvenirs, I guess.

Move a little to the left. Baseball Tonight is on.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I keep old love letters, etc.

I do too. Why wouldn't you? They are a part of what makes you you. There is no shame in having had a life before your current S.O. Keeping these things does not mean you still carry a torch for the one sending the letters -- it just means you look back on the time fondly. Or even that you recognize that the letters played a role in making you you.

[sunnybunny]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I can't believe I am responding to this, but here goes.

Shut the fuck up. I have all of the love letters I have ever received from each of the significant men in my past. I also have some photographs that I find particularly important. I admit that I haven't read any letters or looked at any photgraphs in a long time, but I'm not getting rid of them either. Not so long as I keep my high school yearbook, or my sorority pin, or that Elvis candle I bought at Graceland.

I like souvenirs, I guess.

NO, you shut the f*ck up. I was responding to the part of str8's post that said ". . .my reaction this time was one of wondering about the choices I've made that have led me to where I now find myself, and wondering where various people were now and what they were doing with their lives, but this was mostly unaccompanied by disappointment or regret (as opposed to the last few times I've looked over this stuff)."

Wondering about choices made and past feelings of disappointment or regret are not the same as your little collection of trophies from your victims.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I can't believe I am responding to this, but here goes.

Shut the fuck up. I have all of the love letters I have ever received from each of the significant men in my past. I also have some photographs that I find particularly important. I admit that I haven't read any letters or looked at any photgraphs in a long time, but I'm not getting rid of them either. Not so long as I keep my high school yearbook, or my sorority pin, or that Elvis candle I bought at Graceland.

I like souvenirs, I guess.

I have a box with all my signficant letters and cards and stuff and I love going back and reading them. I got all teary the last time I did it. Most of the people I still keep in touch with, and it's funny to compare how you talked to each other back then and how you do now.

Also, some of the stuff in there could be good for blackmail purposes.

Speaking of which, where is Ann Elk? If she's around, how is the revenge thing going?

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Originally posted by sunnybunny
NO, you shut the f*ck up. I was responding to the part of str8's post that said ". . .my reaction this time was one of wondering about the choices I've made that have led me to where I now find myself, and wondering where various people were now and what they were doing with their lives, but this was mostly unaccompanied by disappointment or regret (as opposed to the last few times I've looked over this stuff)."

Wondering about choices made and past feelings of disappointment or regret are not the same as your little collection of trophies from your victims.

str8 seemed to be saying that in the past, when he looked at the stuff, he felt regretful/disappointed but that now he just is curious what is going on with people who used to be in his life. To me this implied that he is now relatively happy, even keeping his stuff.

In contrast, you said that your getting rid of the stuff signaled letting go. It sounds like str8 did not feel he needed to get rid of the stuff as part of the process.

Now I want to look at my stuff.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by sunnybunny
NO, you shut the f*ck up. I was responding to the part of str8's post that said ". . .my reaction this time was one of wondering about the choices I've made that have led me to where I now find myself, and wondering where various people were now and what they were doing with their lives, but this was mostly unaccompanied by disappointment or regret (as opposed to the last few times I've looked over this stuff)."

Wondering about choices made and past feelings of disappointment or regret are not the same as your little collection of trophies from your victims.

God, you are a retard.

See, this time, he looked at the stuff "mostly unaccompanied by disappointment or regret". Because he sees how all the previous relationships brought him to the point he is today. Where he's happy.

And everyone wonders about where other people are now, and what they are doing. It's human nature to be curious about people who were once important to you.

And just say "fuck", for chrissakes.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

I love her, but I don't think this dress is flattering at all. E disagrees. Thoughts?

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I love her, but I don't think this dress is flattering at all. E disagrees. Thoughts?

For Halle, I think she looks like crap. I don't like her hair long like that, and that dress is awful.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I love her, but I don't think this dress is flattering at all. E disagrees. Thoughts?

She's pregnant? For shame, TM.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I love her, but I don't think this dress is flattering at all. E disagrees. Thoughts?

I'm with you. Ugly dress. And she should go back to the short hair.