Rebecca Sedwick suicide: Police file raises questions about bullying - CNN.com

This is a very sad case, the point here is the police have dropped all
charges against the two girls accused of bullying. The two girls
admitted to past bullying but there was no evidence found about any
current bullying by them in the 7 months prior to Ms. Sedwick's death.

I
know there are cases where bullying by others have led to suicide by
individuals, however I do agree that right now the country is going
though bully mania, kind of back in the 80's with the McMartin preschool
molestation case, shortly after the arrests made in that case there was
a major influx of reports of molestation by staff members of other
schools where the majority of the reports turned out to be false.

I'm
not denying the bullying happened in this case and because there is no
record of online or text bullying the bullying and name calling she
wrote down may have been actual verbal bullying but no one has came
forward to report any bullying during the preceding months prior to her
death. However I think because of the major news outlets such as CNN and
Fox immediately jumping on the bullying bandwagon when reports of a
teen suicide are made public that today people are too quick to point
their fingers to bullying and I think that in itself is a tragedy
because all the other possible factors are ignored, factors that may be
just as important in preventing another teenagers death   







Rebecca Sedwick suicide: Police file raises questions about bullying - CNN.com

South Korean ferry: 13 more bodies found, many more still missing - CNN.com

One thing I don't understand is even though the third mate is being
charged even though she was the one in the wheel house, she was
following orders of the Captain and he is the only one that should be
charged. She took the course he plotted and was steering according to
the captain's standing orders.

South Koreans are known to be
honest people and I believe what the third mate is saying, and I think
once the investigation is complete they will find there was a mechanical
problem with the steering.







South Korean ferry: 13 more bodies found, many more still missing - CNN.com

Suspect in custody after disturbance at LA Times building - 10News.com KGTV ABC10 San Diego

 Another person with mental issues, this is not someone with a normal mental disposition would do, yes if this guy would have actually had a firearm with him then it would have truly been his plan to kill someone, but here he didn't actually have a firearm just a bag of bullets which means he just wanted people to think he planned on killing someone even though he never had the intention of killing anyone. He has probably been giving signs for a while that he needed help but many times family and friends will be in denial when they see a loved one starting to show signs of mental issues.



Suspect in custody after disturbance at LA Times building - 10News.com KGTV ABC10 San Diego

2 National City police officers credited with saving woman's life - 10News.com KGTV ABC10 San Diego

These two police officers are hero's in my book. I know many people don't like police officers and just like in any profession you have a few bad apples that give the others a bad name. These two officers point out that they are not hero's and that distinction should go to those fighting overseas, but the way I look at it, us in the military are overseas fighting for our country but while we are there its the police officers (and firefighters) are the ones here on the home front who are willing to risk there lives as these two did to save and protect the lives and property of people they don't even know. To me the police officers (and firefighters) are the hero's here at home. I always have civilians who realize I'm retired military who thank me for my service and that's cool but if you cross paths with a police officer (or firefighter) today take the time and thank them for their service as well.







2 National City police officers credited with saving woman's life - 10News.com KGTV ABC10 San Diego

Former Blue Angels commander relieved of duty - 10News.com KGTV ABC10 San Diego

USS Zumwalt DDG-1000/Courtesy Wikipedia

 I can't believe what is happening in our armed forces, this is probably another commanding officer that had inappropriate relationships with junior people in his command, most likely young women. I don't know what these people that are in charge are thinking now a days. In my 20 years in the navy we stood by our core values and our senior people in the command made sure they where careful about their relationships with us the junior people in their commands.

It is a totally new generation running our nations military and if this keeps up we are going to have some of the same command climates that existed during and after the Vietnam War until Admiral Zumwalt took over.



Right now this is all I am going to write about this situation because I am steaming mad and I will start ranting and rambling on, so for now I'm going to leave it where it is and calm down then I am going to write a complete piece about what is happening in our armed forces today. I served 20 years in the US Navy and have been retired right now for almost 10 years and the things I see happening right now is just upsetting, to see people in the highest level of the chain of command making bad personal and command decisions, I take that back, bad isn't even the word for what they are doing, I would have to say Stupid Decisions that these Commanders, Captains and Admirals are making. If this same situation had been going on when I was still active duty I don't know if I could have stayed in the navy for 20 years.



See what did I tell you In am already ranting and rambling, so I will stop for now, go throw up in the toilet, brush my teeth and maybe by then I can write something about this and other situations going on in the military with out a bucket load of bile rising up my throat. 







Former Blue Angels commander relieved of duty - 10News.com KGTV ABC10 San Diego

S. Korea ferry disaster: Fake survivor posts add to nation's anguish - CNN.com

 Human beings can be so cruel, for people to fake texts saying they are
people alive on board the ship is about as evil as it can get, even if
these messages haven't been showing up on social media and it's just
false rumors being spread it is a terrible thing to do to the families.
The South Korean government don't mess around and if they find the
people responsible for these false and very misleading texts they will
pay the price.

From the times I have been to South Korea I
personally don't think these fake messages are coming from Korean
citizens, the people I met there just aren't like that, which I hate to
say is something you would expect to happen here in the United States.

One
thought is that these messages are coming from North Korea in a cruel
form of psychological terrorism, but if they are coming from South
Koreans or people in South Korea the government will find them and
prosecute them







S. Korea ferry disaster: Fake survivor posts add to nation's anguish - CNN.com

Magnitude-7.5 earthquake shakes Mexican capital - 10News.com KGTV ABC10 San Diego

I pray that no one was hurt in this earthquake especially in Acapulco, I have been there and the resort section that all the tourist see looks like it will hold up to the major earthquake, however the section of the city that most tourist don't see are probably up to code, at least most of them didn't when I was there in the early 1980's, things could have been upgraded and I hope they where because they are very wonderful people living there.



I was there on board the aircraft carrier USS Constellation, CV-64 and we do in most port visits in the navy we don't hang around the tourist area but strike out to see what we can find in the rest of the city. I and a friend ended up in the hill's where that "shanty" homes are and met some of the most wonderful people, they where so nice and treated us like guests, which was cool since we found very few people that spoke English.







Magnitude-7.5 earthquake shakes Mexican capital - 10News.com KGTV ABC10 San Diego