lol i thought it was in theaters

Linus wrote: Clark Kent wrote: What? Over There.. tv show on FX premeiring tomorrow about the ar in Iraq. Think Blackhawk Down, but as a show.. and every week.

Oh yeah, I did read something about that...   could be interesting (or just a really boring episode of COPS).

(And speaking of COPS, did I brag sufficiently about my particularly exciting ride-along this weekend?)

Clark Kent wrote: Linus wrote: Clark Kent wrote: What? Over There.. tv show on FX premeiring tomorrow about the ar in Iraq. Think Blackhawk Down, but as a show.. and every week. Oh yeah, I did read something about that...   could be interesting (or just a really boring episode of COPS). (And speaking of COPS, did I brag sufficiently about my particularly exciting ride-along this weekend?)

How did that go Clark, it can be quite exciting.

I don't know about Over There yet, since it airs on FX, I'd venture to guess it has a right wing leniency. If that's the case count me out, we already have the history channel.

agentwhale007. wrote: It looks very lame.

Especially if it's modeled after Black Hawk Down.

Hades wrote: Actually Dune. FX rocks and isnt conservative at all. They are Fox's bastard step child that they try to hide in the closet.

Is that so? That teaches me to trust a local newspaper. Well I've already decided to give it a shot and watch one episode; however, we'll see how they roll with it.

DBibeau855 wrote: FX has LOTS of good shows. I love 30 days.

I definitely forgot about 30 days. Makes more sense now.

Dune wrote: I don't mind Rescue Me, and I do like 30 days. However, I'm stuck on The Shield.

I tried to get into The Sheild, but it came on at a bad time for me or somthing. I never got a chance to watch it.

Hey, nice marmot!

Linus wrote: Hades wrote:    Despite the fact that the enemy is completely different, as the weapons, locations, motives, everything... Despite the fact that it was just a comparison... And FYI.. guns are the same... AK's and M16's.. ya, those changed a whole lot since 93.

AK's not a whole lot, but some modifications. However, the M16's have a bit. As more infantry use tricked out M4's because of their compact size. Not a total switch over, but more than then. The M16's have also changed a bit with the carrying handle, stock, etc.

agentwhale007. wrote: Dune wrote: I don't mind Rescue Me, and I do like 30 days. However, I'm stuck on The Shield. I tried to get into The Sheild, but it came on at a bad time for me or somthing. I never got a chance to watch it.

It is definitely something to watch. You'd almost have to rent the first couple of seasons and watch them straight through, but after a while you just get hooked.

Dune wrote: How did that go Clark, it can be quite exciting.

[Commencing thread hijack]

Ok, so I'm doing a ride-along in a small town with a good friend of mine.  I get my flashlight, I get my vest (mine was smaller than my friend's, despite my complaints).

We cruise about, going about normal small-town cop-work (and by "we" I mean my friend, with me watching):  Telling kids not to shoot fireworks in the city, serving TROs, the occasional traffic stop - that kind of thing.  I am generally trailing around behind my buddy - the citizens probably thought I was some kind of inspector or something, since I was all lookee and no talkee.

Then the call comes on the radio that a car had been spotted that may had been involved in two armed robberies and assaults (last seen with four gang-banger suspects), including one only hours earlier.  So we and the other (singular) cop on duty surround the place, with additional backup from the county Sheriff's office.  It's decided that I don't have to go back to the station, but I do stay in the car (after my friend shows me how to operate the radio "just in case something bad happens" - he wouldn't give me the key to get the AR15 out, though...).

In any event, I sit on the curb while the police/deputies make contact with the potential suspects.  Talking ensues - then my friend comes charging down the driveway, jumps in the car, and does a screeching U-turn without saying a word.  We squeal around the block, and pull up on a walking person meeting the suspect description, who is looking very innocent (practically whisteling with a halo over his head).  Apparently witnesses reported one of the suspects leaving the house only minutes before we got there.

Classic COPS moment - my friend pulls the squad car over right in front of the suspect and jumps out of the car.  He asks the guy to put his hands on his head.  The guy does the "who, me?" and shows no signs of complying (BTW, all four suspects were reported to have guns - of course, in this part of the country, everybody is presumed to have a gun).  So my friend draws down on him to encourage compliance, which is still slow to come.  In any event, a second officer arrives, and they search the guy (he had a nifty home-made ghetto-knife) and take him back to the suspects' house.  This is all about ten feet from me in the passenger seat...

Then follows half an hour of more classic COPS moments - witnesses interviewed, suspects wearing wife-beaters sitting on the curb...   great stuff.  Very exciting, particularly since nothing bad happened.

Very unusual for this little town.  After that we went back to busting hippies for taking naps on the side of the road.

:)