A funny thing happened the other day at a McDonald’s in Topeka, Kansas. It seems a Topeka cop ordered a Dr. Pepper™ at the drive-through, but when he started to drink it, he discovered that someone, presumably a McDonald’s employee, had put mustard in the soft drink! But wait!  About two weeks ago, a similar “prank” was played on a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper – at the same McDonald’s! One could say these were harmless practical jokes and that nobody was harmed.  The person who did this, and perhaps his or her fellow employees, probably thought it was oh, so clever and pretty darn funny.  But one could also say the acts were indicative of the utter lack of respect for our law enforcement community that is unfortunately so prevalent – even fashionable! – just now.  And (similar to the way psychopaths start out with abusing small creatures before becoming serial killers) when that lack of respect...(Read Full Post)