An off-duty Massachusetts National Guard member aggressively confronted a tour bus full of senior ci
An off-duty Massachusetts National Guard member aggressively confronted a tour bus full of senior citizens thinking they were migrantsThe incident comes on the heels of a political stunt by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis chartering two planes to send 50 migrants to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. The state's governor Charlie Baker said the migrants have since been moved to a military base shelter in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
The off-duty service member pursued the tour bus for at least 10 miles to their hotel in East Falmouth, later confronting the bus driver, Michael Vaughn, and 37 senior citizens aboard.
"He thought there were immigrants on the bus," Vaughn, the owner of Tallahassee-based transportation company Mikes Limousine, told the Cape Cod Times. "He was totally wrong."
Vaughn told the local news outlet that the service member "was literally five feet off my bumper" as he tailed the vehicle, even when he tried slowing down and changing lanes.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/off-duty-massachusetts-national-guard-002815601.html
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Despite my screen name, I'm female. I live in New Mexico, and among the many things I love about living here is the respect given to older women. Even though I'm obviously Anglo (honestly, I could have an A tattooed on my forehead) I get all the respect given to moms and grandmothers here. I long ago learned to be cautious about chatting with people ahead of me in line at the grocery store (I'm a natural chat person) because almost invariably they will insist I go ahead of them. How kind, but unnecessary.
Here's another advantage to looking like mom or grandma here. I never get a ticket when driving. Well, okay, I do try to drive right and obey the laws as I'm sure you all do. 
But like anyone, I occasionally get stopped for a minor infraction. There have been times when I honestly deserved a ticket (and I told my sons, when they were first driving, that because they were young and male they would get tickets when I wouldn't, which was absolutely accurate) but did not get one.
Here's my favorite such story: I was returning home to Santa Fe from Tucson, just after Thanksgiving. A bit outside of Deming, NM, I speeded up because I knew the speed limit increased a lot about a half mile further on. Big mistake. I looked in my rearview mirror, saw the flashing lights, and of course pulled over. Worse yet, when the cop got out of his car, he wasn't much younger than me. Damn. I knew I wouldn't look like grandma, or even mom to him. I was, of course, as polite as was appropriate, gave him my license, and he noted my home address. "You're going back to Santa Fe?" he asked? "Yes, sir. I spent Thanksgiving in Tucson with family." He returned my license, cautioned me about the speed limit, and sent me on my way.
Again, I am not remotely Hispanic, and I'm constantly in awe of how local Hispanics treat people like me. I am an interloper. I know that. I love living here. I'm happy to be here. I love living where I hear Spanish spoken every day. I love it that those who speak Spanish can take one look at me and switch immediately to English. I wish my Spanish were better, but alas, it is not. But I am fortunate and happy to live here.
and more often. Fortunately, Spanish is not required, even if it can be useful.
I am constantly amazed that when I'm standing in line somewhere, the clerk will immediately switch languages as needed.
When I was first here I worked at the local hospital, doing outpatient registration, meaning, if you needed to come here for an MRI or blood work or something like that, you'd see me or one of my co-workers, we'd fill out the appropriate paperwork and you'd be on your way. Of course, a lot, probably a third, of the outpatients spoke little or no English, and fortunately several of my co-workers were fully bi-lingual. My passive Spanish improved enormously. Of course, much of what was being said back and forth was such that I could tell what was being spoken: filling out the forms, the explanation of what would happen. I knew those things in English, so I could then understand the Spanish.
I have never been to Truth or Consequences. There is far too much of this state that I have not explored. Every state in our wonderful country is worth exploring. Some simply have more to explore than others. Anyway, if you decide to come out here again (and I'd suggest flying in to Albuquerque) you could contact me and we might perhaps meet up. But absolutely have a wonderful time with your friend.
TY for the link, dalton
on this thread.. he was "Dishonoring the US Military".
What else would we expect from anyone who "praised DeSantis"? 
Lt. Col. Christopher Hoffman, 51, administrative officer, Massachusetts Army National Guard, Joint Base Cape Cod
Reckless endangerment and trespassing at a minimum.
KY.......
