{"id":1813,"date":"2020-06-10T10:42:10","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T14:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1813"},"modified":"2020-06-10T10:47:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T14:47:33","slug":"bad-badges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1813","title":{"rendered":"Bad Badges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now we see why they’re called ‘pigs’ by some.<\/span><\/p>\n

They get overheated in a scrum.<\/div>\n
Swinging clubs to break protesting bones,<\/div>\n
military\u00a0gear gives them cajones.<\/div>\n
Wading into crowds can make them vicious.<\/div>\n
When did law enforcement turn pernicious?<\/div>\n
The friendly policemen you see on t.v.<\/div>\n
may not be fun in reality.<\/div>\n
The country’s a cold case and surely not a place<\/div>\n
you want to be unless you’ve got a gun.<\/div>\n
But many folks who don’t quite feel that way<\/div>\n
still seem to be shot dead as if for fun.<\/div>\n
Oh, sure, there’s good and bad on both sides.<\/div>\n
Sometimes that is true.<\/div>\n
But bad gets worse. That is the curse.<\/div>\n
And then the good die, too.<\/div>\n
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Now we see why they’re called ‘pigs’ by some. They get overheated in a scrum. Swinging clubs to break protesting bones, military\u00a0gear gives them cajones. Wading into crowds can make them vicious. When did law … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-story"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":956,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=956","url_meta":{"origin":1813,"position":0},"title":"Dream Solid","author":"Rick Young","date":"October 4, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"My alter ego is in prison. He acts out more than I. In his early days of crime, he'd wink as I stood by. 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