PAX Centurion - Winter 2016 - 2017

Page 50 • PAX CENTURION • Winter 2016-2017 617-989-BPPA (2772) Contains 100% of the recommended daily allowance By P.O. Jay Moccia A n amusement park in Japan bowed to pressure after controversy arose surrounding a skating rink on the premises. It seems the park placed about 5,000 dead fish under the ice, using them to spell out “Hello” and arranging them into directional arrows. Even though the fish were purchased (already dead) from a local fish market, visitors complained to management who closed the rink and removed the fish. Management further states the fish will be disposed of after a brief memorial service. Anyone interested in attending this service is being advised to bring their own tartar sauce. H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H As a dad, I am entrusted with the most sensitive and complicated household chores. I am one of the few who has mastered the art of changing the toilet paper roll, and the only one who knows the secret recipe for ice. Or at least it seems that way to me… H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H Two close aides to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie were found guilty of intentionally shutting down roads leading to the George Washington Bridge in order to “punish” the mayor of Fort Lee for not endorsing Christie’s bid for re-election. ”time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee” was included in an internal email, and the two were found guilty. Sentencing is set for Feb. 21, 2017, and the pair could face up to twenty years in jail. Hmmm, if they were smart they would have opted to move the trial to MA, where the Occupy protesters who shut down I-93 had their charges dropped or were punished by fines, community service. Same crime really, isn’t it? Oh silly me the Christie aides are Republicans… H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H I’m currently out injured, and my rehab has included plenty of gym time. Some things I’ve noted, passing between a “gym bro” and his reflection is akin to stepping between a mama bear and her cubs, and in order to avoid embarrassment, I will move the pins to higher weights when I’m done on a machine so the meatheads have to ponder how I did it. File Under: I pick things up and put them down. H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H While this column is too late to get into the juicy details of the Presidential Election, let’s just say, I’m having a hard time wiping the smile off my face. On November 8 th , Donald J. Trump was elected as the 45 th President of the United States. The debates weren’t Lincoln/Douglas by any means, and once again, Americans were forced to vote fo r (depending on what side you’re on) a misogynist, bigoted billionaire or a lying, corrupt, condescending millionaire. Funny, much was made of Trump not immediately agreeing to abide by the outcome, yet it was the Hillary supporters who took to the streets rioting and protesting after their loss on election night. These pampered snowflakes and pajama boys who always got a trophy couldn’t handle the fact that manyAmericans didn’t agree with them. There were the usual calls to abolish the Electoral College and demands for a recount because of voter fraud, or the Russian’s hacking, but all for naught, Trump won. The election night coverage was pure theatre, and I spent it channel surfing for laughs. CNN’s Van Jones spewed an epic rant citing racism as the deciding factor (and here I thought Lie-zy Warren was the Democrat of color, not Hillary) calling the vote a “whitelash” against a black President? HmmVan I checked the Constitution and Obama can’t run for a third term... but this election wasn’t black and white it was green-and not the Jill Stein green, the money kind. All these horror stories about scared children and immigrants, celebrities leaving the country, California seceding from the Union, are just cry-baby BS. Jones eventually walked back his statement, saying later he did believe not everyone who voted for Trump was a racist. Thanks Van, tell me something I don’t know! H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H OK, now for the meat and potatoes…I’m truly fed up with these protesters, the same crew from Move On, Occupy, #BLM. They were part of the reason Trump won. Yes, you read that right. Many of their fellow citizens are fed up with the false accusations of racism and hate these groups and others have fueled. I know I am. As a cop for over thirty years I’m sick of being portrayed as the enemy, an “occupying force” as the former AG and the POTUS referred to me and you. Trump came out early on in favor of Law Enforcement, as opposed to Hillary calling for retraining and restrictions against us, furthering that narrative fostered by #BLM and the MSM. We are not the bunch of racist thugs many in the Democratic Party leadership believe us to be. We are men and women who go out and do a difficult job not many others want to do, a thankless job at best, understaffed to dangerous levels nation-wide, under attack from all sides, set upon, ambushed and killed at an alarming rate, yet every day we show up for work, to serve and protect the good people in our communities. We are warriors, or sheepdogs, or whatever; who sometimes have to resort to violence in order to do our job. It’s a fact. Are there racists or bigots among us, sure, same as in any group or profession, what, no one believes there aren’t racist dentists, bigoted construction workers, misogynistic celebrities, corrupt lying politicians (ok, sorry EVERYONE knows that one) , but there are too many good decent hard working men and women in Law Enforcement to let any of these clowns in our midst get away with stuff that may have been ignored in years past. I’m sick of the PC crap, cameras, profiling forms, and all the rest of the stuff foisted upon under the assumption that we are racist thugs, I’m sick of it, all of it. To be told after thirty years that my city no longer trusts me is disgraceful, and to the Politicians who push this agenda, I say, good luck. This election proves the silent majority still believes in America, still believes in Law and Order, and you ignore them at your own peril. H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H Speaking of which, the Boston City Council wants to join Cambridge and Brookline in a ban on plastic grocery bags. Boys and Girls, I’ve mentioned this before, when I was a kid we switched to plastic to “save the trees,” so now that the trees are safe, you want to go back to paper? You may want to re-think this, the liberal crap you peddle will fall right out the bottom of a paper sack, and plastic is the only thing that has a chance to hold it. H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H “ El Commandante” Fidel Castro the de-facto dictator of Cuba has finally died at the ripe old age of 90. They say you should say nothing but good about the dead, he’s dead…GOOD. Now I know I this may upset those with liberal sensibilities and ideologies, but Castro was nothing more than a rotten Communist thug who imprisoned, murdered or exiled anyone who stood against him. Now you libs will counter with his literacy programs and universal health care that provided all Cubans with the skills to read and access to a