Johnny Crash and Stalking Capitol Police Chiefs

As I said, Johnny Crash’s brakes gave up the ghost on Sunday on my way home from Walgreens, and thank God Almighty, nobody got hurt.  No crash, no hitting anything, just…  slamming on my brakes with very little payout for the effort.  I’m grateful I found that out now and not on my way to see John, four hours out from home and maybe running the risk of hurting someone else or myself on the road.  Brakes are kinda necessary for driving anywhere, even on long stretches of road I travel from my place to his.  There are times you just gotta stop, y’know? 

I’m in the office at the moment, things are going well.  Not horrendously busy, but enough to keep my mind occupied. 

JetTheCallahan, you’ll love this, I was in the grocery store yesterday afternoon with my mom, and this very tall, built African American man and I kept crossing paths.  He joked, “I’m not stalking you, honest,” I said, “I know, because I’m the one stalking you.”  We laughed.  “What would you do with me if you caught me?”  Told him I didn’t know, I was like a dog chasing cars --  I just chase,  I don’t know what I’d do with one if I caught it.  (//end Dark Knight reference).  Laughed more.  Saw him in the checkout line and we exchanged our so long’s, nice stalking you’s, and before we parted ways, he said, “you look so familiar…”  I introduced myself as Mandi Pope, you may recognize me from the frozen foods section and/or produce, and also, if you know of Sondy Pope, the Representative of the 80^th District, that’s my mother. 

“I KNOW YOUR MOTHER!,” his face lit up with recognition.  He introduced himself as Charles Tubbs; YES, Capitol Police Chief Charles Tubbs, the man who single handedly prevented the Walker Protests at the capitol from becoming violent.  THAT former Chief Tubbs, the same one Walker fired later because he refused to be or allow his police to be used as Scott Walker’s personal muscle.  Naturally, Walker got rid of him, but the Democrats, most notably Joe Parisi, put him in an esteemed position in Department of Homeland Security here, because we take care of people who take care of us, and if those guys wronged you, we’ll make it right.  That man was a fantastic Law Enforcement Officer, of all the LEOs I know, outside of my Uncle Earl who raised me in the back of his cruiser, (he was with the State Troops), Chief Tubbs is the one I respect and love the most.  He is a true PEACE Officer; he even has this peaceful, kind demeanor about him that you don’t feel obligated to obey him and make him happy, you WANT to!  He makes you want to obey the law and do the right thing, and that’s so rare and so beautiful. 

We hunted down Mom and Chief Tubbs, (he will ALWAYS be Chief Tubbs to me, no matter if he holds the office or not), put his hat down over his eyes, stalked up to her, (just like I stalked him in the produce aisle, LOL), and said, “do you support Scott Walker?”  She whirled around and the look of irritation fled from her face; she squealed, (my mom doesn’t squeal), and hugged him.  He told her, “I should have known that this was your daughter, being as nice as can be.  She even looks like you.”  We get that a lot, and it honors me, and you’d see why if you could see how stunningly beautiful my mother is.  (Both of my mothers are, Sondy, my biological mom, and Luana/LuanaRayART, my spiritual adopted mom.   They’re the most beautiful women ever.) 

It was when Chief Tubbs told me he had been in law enforcement, though not telling me how high up he had been, I piped in that I had aspired to go into Madison PD, and our immediate response was, “that’s why we liked each other so much, we could sense each other.”   If you’re not in police or aspire to be, that’ll make no sense, but Jet will get it, right, Sister?   

That was my cool story yesterday.  I met Chief Tubbs and stalked him throughout Woodman’s Grocery Store, having no clue I was stalking Family.

God bless you and God love all of you like I do.

Mandi Pope