Two unrelated things stuck with me this weekend while on a 24 hour duty shift. One, we ran a working code on a 40 something mom. On scene was her young son as we worked on her. I saw the boy on the porch being held by a neighbor, tears running down his face. I touched him and said that we were doing everything we could. We kept up for another 30 mins or so at the hospital, but she was gone. Turns out there was a long history of cocaine abuse, and now a boy without a mom. I'll remember his tears.
Second item: got into a discussion at the firehouse with a couple of the guys on politics. I try to be careful as I don't really want to get into it hot and heavy with Republicans... that's not the reason I go there. This one guy is a great firefighter, a skilled young 20 something who was spouting every stupid kool aid driven wingnut talking point about Hillary and Mike Moore, and the dems just want his money to give to Mexicans etc etc etc. Here is what struck me after I walked away to avoid hitting him with a axe: This young man will without hesitation risk his life to save a complete stranger in a burning building. That act takes great courage and true compassion. Yet he is adamant about not wanting to share a nickle with an illegal immigrant. I could not help but wonder about the contradiction: he could very well be killed or injured the next time the bells go off trying to save an illegal, a criminal, or God forbid,,, a democrat......but he'll be dammed if he'll let that pinko bitch Hillary give any of his hard earned pay to a bunch of beaners. ( Apparently there is some sort of secret Democratic plan to give firefighters paychecks to illegal Mexican taco factory workers or something that the liberal main stream media is not reporting on. Fucking media..it's all their fault.
Second item: got into a discussion at the firehouse with a couple of the guys on politics. I try to be careful as I don't really want to get into it hot and heavy with Republicans... that's not the reason I go there. This one guy is a great firefighter, a skilled young 20 something who was spouting every stupid kool aid driven wingnut talking point about Hillary and Mike Moore, and the dems just want his money to give to Mexicans etc etc etc. Here is what struck me after I walked away to avoid hitting him with a axe: This young man will without hesitation risk his life to save a complete stranger in a burning building. That act takes great courage and true compassion. Yet he is adamant about not wanting to share a nickle with an illegal immigrant. I could not help but wonder about the contradiction: he could very well be killed or injured the next time the bells go off trying to save an illegal, a criminal, or God forbid,,, a democrat......but he'll be dammed if he'll let that pinko bitch Hillary give any of his hard earned pay to a bunch of beaners. ( Apparently there is some sort of secret Democratic plan to give firefighters paychecks to illegal Mexican taco factory workers or something that the liberal main stream media is not reporting on. Fucking media..it's all their fault.
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Hee hee hee...still giggling here...about point 2 not 1...1 was very sad.
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