That's always how an officer should be thinking: What level of force do I need to get control of this situation and end it.

There are conditions to deployment of any weapon of force.

When everyone is against you, it means that you are absolutely wrong-- or absolutely right.

Groceries, you need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select what clothes you're gonna wear every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control. Drop everything else but that. Because if you can't learn to master your thinking, you're in deep trouble forever.

If you leave the labor force thinking you have plenty, and then realize that you don't, then you are stuck.

A temporary pipeline seems like wishful thinking, too. The work force to lay down new pipe just doesn't exist given all the work that needs to be done on current repairs and assessment.