St. Louis - A Lesson

I suppose that the vast majority of the people who engaged in these behaviors live in the Ferguson area. I have also heard that there were "visitors" from around the country who came to stir up trouble. I suspect that they were smart enough to get the crowd worked up then stand back and avoid arrests themselves. This last group are the race baiters and they are perhaps the single worst domestic problem our country has. Racial tensions are high in the States and mis-perceptions about the causes of black unemployment, welfare, arrests, suspensions in school, and teen pregnancy rates, are being driven by these mis-perceptions. Read any article online about any of the topics above and you will find some statement like: " blacks make up only x% of the population but account for Y% of the topic at hand." The conclusions the authors want you to come away with is that there is vast discrimination in this country. I have done some research on these topics and I fail to find enough evidence that discrimination is the primary cause.

I live in an area that is usually listed as a high fire danger every year.  We have plants around the house that don't burn easily, trees away from the roof, etc.  Make sure you have hoses in good working order connected at all times that are long enough to reach the house.  If you can, make sure at least two of the hoses are connected AWAY from the house since you might not have access to the ones attached to the house itself.  There is roof fire retardant that can be applied to help minimize the danger of the house next door (if they are close enough) causing a fire for you.

In the case of a scenario of like what is happening in Ferguson, if you see a crowd in your neighborhood coming towards your property with Molotov cocktails,  you need to be prepared to keep them away.  Standing out front with a shotgun is a good deterrent.  Just look at the news reports of the people standing out front of the tattoo parlor in one of the harder hit areas.  You can tell they mean business.  Surprise, surprise, no one messed with THAT store.

Thief's choose easy targets first.
If your house looks burnt and disserted it will be first
on the hit list.

Some yellow boots on sticks.

SAME HERE!!

Maybe I'll just use one of those grocery store apple pies. You know, the ones with the half cooked, dehydrated, reconstituted limp leathery crunchy apples. With a sign on it says "You can have this one. Really."

My house is 100% stone, brick and cement tile roof. It'll burn but not easily. And only after you make it past my neighbors...

The only thing accomplished with the Ferguson, " protest" is more gun sales and prepping.  The government allowed the , "protesters" , to burn and scare the public.  I can not belive everybody in Ferguson wanted their corner or the world destroyed.  This kind of behavior tells the world we are a doormat, come on in and kick us in the arse.

  That doesn't surprise me, like I said their is a bunch of people who didn't want the town destroyed.  I'm glad that the decent people are stepping up, too bad we don't hear more about the good deeds.  Thanks for the info.

Lol. My wife just told me after reading a post on Facebook (ugh) that in other news, not a single pair of work boots were looted...

I finally agree with you!

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