STEAMPUNK! THE MAGIC BUILDS DAY BY DAY . . . CHRISTMAS CHEER . . . THANKS TO DECORATORS AT MISSOULA, MONTANA, BUS TERMINAL, POVERELLO CENTER, CITY STREETS, MALLS, SHOPS, COFFEE SHOPS--HOMES AWAY FROM HOME, PRIVATE HOMES . . . THANKS TO THOSE STILL KEEPING THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS ALIVE! CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SAN BERNADINO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS IN STOPPING THE TERRORIST . . . I KNOW I RAIL ON COPS ALL THE TIME, PERSOANALLY MERITED, GENERAL POPULATION, NOT MERITED, AS COP SPOKESMAN, MIKE MADDEN, SAID, ADMITTING THAT SOME OF THE CRITICISM IS WARRANTED, OF COPS, 99.5% OF THE TIME, COPS PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH THEIR RIGHTS, ARE CONCERNED, DAILY ABOUT THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE CITIZENS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES--SEEING IT AS AN HONOR TO SERVE AND PROTECT, AND THAT WAS SEEN IN THE WELL TRAINED AND MANAGED RESPONSE TO THE ATTACK ON THE, I THINK, SOCIAL SECURITY OR SOCIAL SERVICES BUILDING, SERVING THE DISABLED, AS ONE OF SOME 33 LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA--WHILE WE MOURN THE LOSS OF THE 14 LIVES, AND PRAY FOR THE RECOVERY OF THE OTHER 31 OR SO PEOPLE WHO WERE THE TARGETS, OR IN THE LINE OF FIRE FROM THE TERRORISTS, FROM WHAT THE FBI SAYS, THERE WAS ENOUGH AMMO, EXPLOSIVES, TO KILL HUNDREDS, AND FOR THAT, WE ARE GRATEFUL, THAT THESE MEN AND WOMEN, PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE, DAILY TO PROTECT OUR SECURITY, A HARDY THANKS AND APPRECIATE, IN A SOMETIMES THANKLESS JOB--YOU DID GOOD! I SAW A MOVIE ABOUT FIREFIGHTERS, WHO OFTEN WORK HAND IN HAND WITH COPS, AND ALSO RISK BRAVING RAGING FIRES, GOING INTO DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS, TO RESCUE SOME PEOPLE, ALLEGED THROWAWAYS, THAT OTHERS WOULD NOT EVEN CONSIDER WORTH, PUTTING OUT THE FIRE FOR, AND YOUR FAMILIES, SACRIFICE GREATLY TOO . . . THANKS TO ALL OF YOU, FOR DAILY SERVING, PROTECTING, SAVING, AND RISKING LIFE AND LIMB, FOR OUR COMPORT, SAFETY AND SECURITY! IT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED . . . HAVE A PERFECT CHRISTMAS, HOPEFULLY, LOW ON CRIME, FIRES, TERRORISTS, AND OTHER PUBLIC MENACES!