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<p><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>I just figured that I'd take this little
beautiful moment to toast those officers, all of whom work in one of the
most dangerous jobs around -- could you imagine having to put on a bulletproof
vest before *you* went to work everyday? These fine men and women
face down drug dealers, wife beaters (and the occasional husband beater
-- it happens!), thieves, kidnappers...and more often than not, they have
a gun, and they will use it.</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1></font></font>
<p><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>-----------</font></font>
<br><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>This is Amanda. I will second this
toast, in a rare serious moment. San Antonio has lost two officers in recent
months in the line of duty, the most recent just this month. He was a 25-year
veteran, who had answered a domestic disturbance call, and was shot. He
was a friend of my friend Jodi's husband, himself a 22-year veteran, former
member of a SWAT team.</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1></font></font>
<p><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>They also serve who only stand and
wait, true, but those on the front lines should get some credit occasionally.</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1></font></font>
<p><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>--Amanda</font></font>
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