1.) A billionaire Senator winning $800,000 in powerball.
He's a billionaire already, what does he need with MORE money? He'll get a cushy retirment package from his "civil service" as a senator, and yet he takes money from the poor by selfishly buying a lotto ticket.
2.) Basketball players whining about a dress code
Once again, millionaires whining because their bosses want them to dress nicely and project a professional image. Players making such inane statements as (to paraphrase) it's not what you wear, its how you present yourself. Um, moron, what you wear is how you present yourself. Or another player wanting the NBA to buy the clothes. YOU MAKE A ZILLION DOLLARS PLAYING A GAME! You want someone to buy your clothes, go join the military and make use of yourself. Oh you poor things, someone wants you to wear a sport coat. How about you go over and defuse some mines in Iraq? How about you go to hurricane ravaged towns and help poor people rebuild their lives?
3.) Congress and Senate bickering over cost cutting. Lets take BILLIONS of dollars earmarked for a bridge in Alaska that nobody will use and rebuild some bridges that were destroyed in Louisiana. No? That'll cause the total collapse of Alaska? If billionaires are asked to cut the budget, they see absolutely no problem with spending billions on stupid things. I say we vote some poor person into office, a person that can make their measly minimum wage paycheck go toward feeding and clothing a large family. That'll get us out of debt.
Sunday, October 23, 2005
Saturday, October 15, 2005
You've got to be kidding
I'm watching the Today show on friday morning, and Matt Lauer introduces a "very brave woman", who, at the age of 38 and mother of 3 children, set off on a journey to do something that she's always wanted to do: become a professional cheerleader.
Ok, I thought to myself seconds before the broadcast. All sorts of things popped into my head about this. Perhaps it was a widowed or single mother of three, whose lifelong dream was to be a cheerleader. She works hard to make a living for her and her kids, somehow finds the time to train and actually becomes a cheerleader. Hard working woman makes it to the big time. I can get into that.
The story starts with a rather nice looking blond doing some cheers with the Baltimore Ravens. Its kinda hard to figure out which one is the mom, they all look the same.
The reporter drones on about how this 38 year old mother of three worked hard to make her dream come true. They show her making cookies with her three kids in a rather spacious and well decked out kitchen, talking about how hard it is to make the time to do cheerleading and spend quality time with the kids.
They show her at charity functions, meeting and greeting some tuxedo and gown clad big wigs... and then they show her husband. The CEO of Constellation Energy.
Wait a minute! You've got to be kidding me!
This story of one woman's goal isn't about some poor woman who struggles to make ends meet by toiling at a job and raising three kids, its about some rich guy's spoiled wife, who probably has housekeepers and nannies and a personal trainer, lives in a HUGE ass mansion, becoming a freaking cheerleader?
That's the inspirational story? Like she didn't show up and someone said "hey, let her in, her husband can buy the team and fire us".
What a crock of shit!
Are the news media so damn out of touch that they actually think this is an inspirational story?
Give me a freakin break!
Ok, I thought to myself seconds before the broadcast. All sorts of things popped into my head about this. Perhaps it was a widowed or single mother of three, whose lifelong dream was to be a cheerleader. She works hard to make a living for her and her kids, somehow finds the time to train and actually becomes a cheerleader. Hard working woman makes it to the big time. I can get into that.
The story starts with a rather nice looking blond doing some cheers with the Baltimore Ravens. Its kinda hard to figure out which one is the mom, they all look the same.
The reporter drones on about how this 38 year old mother of three worked hard to make her dream come true. They show her making cookies with her three kids in a rather spacious and well decked out kitchen, talking about how hard it is to make the time to do cheerleading and spend quality time with the kids.
They show her at charity functions, meeting and greeting some tuxedo and gown clad big wigs... and then they show her husband. The CEO of Constellation Energy.
Wait a minute! You've got to be kidding me!
This story of one woman's goal isn't about some poor woman who struggles to make ends meet by toiling at a job and raising three kids, its about some rich guy's spoiled wife, who probably has housekeepers and nannies and a personal trainer, lives in a HUGE ass mansion, becoming a freaking cheerleader?
That's the inspirational story? Like she didn't show up and someone said "hey, let her in, her husband can buy the team and fire us".
What a crock of shit!
Are the news media so damn out of touch that they actually think this is an inspirational story?
Give me a freakin break!
Monday, September 12, 2005
Do we really need more drama?
What happens when a horrible thing happens to one part of the country? People get jealous of the attention and start causing their own little dramas, that's what.
Take for example 9/11. New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington DC were the targets.
This left a lot of people out of the drama loop, so they had to create their own with e-mail hoaxes, gas rationing (my sister in podunk Goshen, Indiana, a REAL terrorist target because of all the Amish food) reported that people were paying 10 bucks a gallon for gas. Why? Who knows. The local paper found someone from the area that now lived in Florida, who worked at a beauty salon where two of the terrorists got their hair cut. She never actually cut their hair, she was the receptionist. A week after the terrorist attack, she realized who they were and called her mom who asked "are you ok?" Um, why wouldn't she be ok? My late father use to call this phenomena "the Michiana connection".
Local newscasters would find someone that had seen a picture of the world trade center at the library, and report the ominous connection they had to the terrorist attack.
Hurricane Katrina is not immune. Sure, there are already TONS of humane and animal suffering going on, but now I'm getting deluged with OH MY GAWD I JUST HEARD THAT ALL PETS ARE BEING SHOT (or euthanized, or drowned, or name gruesome death here) BY (insert reputable organization here).
Yep, that really makes the donation roll in. Reputable organization kills all animals... I can hear the phones ringing with people throwing money their way. Don't think so.
Food lobbyists have also gotten into the act, slandering the good work of rescue organizations. I have no idea what this has to do with food, other than the food lobbyists don't seem to be trucking semis full of food to help anyone, just sitting in front of a computer and bitching about a rescue organization getting money to help out. An organization that is actually down there... doing something... not finishing off a donut in their cushy window office.
I don't know what is worse, the morons that make this crap up, or the morons that believe it and spread it around as truth. A friend of a friend of a friend of an old acquaintance that I knew through my great uncle said...
Throw a known name into the mix and it makes the lie doubly true, but you can still smell the crap and know what it is... apparently not everyone can do that.
Hey, I have the Neiman Marcus $1,250 cookie recipe... want it? I'll give it to you for 50 bucks and donate all proceeds to Hurricane relief, but not to that reputable organization that is killing animals faster than they can get ahold of them.
Come on people, why bother going down there in the first place? If you were going to euth them, just sit in your office, no need to waste precious donations actually GOING there to put them to sleep, just let them suffer and drown, same thing isn't it, but a lot cheaper.
good lord, society is scary.
Take for example 9/11. New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington DC were the targets.
This left a lot of people out of the drama loop, so they had to create their own with e-mail hoaxes, gas rationing (my sister in podunk Goshen, Indiana, a REAL terrorist target because of all the Amish food) reported that people were paying 10 bucks a gallon for gas. Why? Who knows. The local paper found someone from the area that now lived in Florida, who worked at a beauty salon where two of the terrorists got their hair cut. She never actually cut their hair, she was the receptionist. A week after the terrorist attack, she realized who they were and called her mom who asked "are you ok?" Um, why wouldn't she be ok? My late father use to call this phenomena "the Michiana connection".
Local newscasters would find someone that had seen a picture of the world trade center at the library, and report the ominous connection they had to the terrorist attack.
Hurricane Katrina is not immune. Sure, there are already TONS of humane and animal suffering going on, but now I'm getting deluged with OH MY GAWD I JUST HEARD THAT ALL PETS ARE BEING SHOT (or euthanized, or drowned, or name gruesome death here) BY (insert reputable organization here).
Yep, that really makes the donation roll in. Reputable organization kills all animals... I can hear the phones ringing with people throwing money their way. Don't think so.
Food lobbyists have also gotten into the act, slandering the good work of rescue organizations. I have no idea what this has to do with food, other than the food lobbyists don't seem to be trucking semis full of food to help anyone, just sitting in front of a computer and bitching about a rescue organization getting money to help out. An organization that is actually down there... doing something... not finishing off a donut in their cushy window office.
I don't know what is worse, the morons that make this crap up, or the morons that believe it and spread it around as truth. A friend of a friend of a friend of an old acquaintance that I knew through my great uncle said...
Throw a known name into the mix and it makes the lie doubly true, but you can still smell the crap and know what it is... apparently not everyone can do that.
Hey, I have the Neiman Marcus $1,250 cookie recipe... want it? I'll give it to you for 50 bucks and donate all proceeds to Hurricane relief, but not to that reputable organization that is killing animals faster than they can get ahold of them.
Come on people, why bother going down there in the first place? If you were going to euth them, just sit in your office, no need to waste precious donations actually GOING there to put them to sleep, just let them suffer and drown, same thing isn't it, but a lot cheaper.
good lord, society is scary.
Saturday, September 03, 2005
Donate now to save the lives of pets!
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On 3 September 2005, they have rescued 89 dogs.
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Sunday, August 28, 2005
Beggers, what about them?
I just read two different opinions about a new law being passed in Atlanta to control beggers.
I too think its silly to fine and imprison these people, um hello? They're begging for money, so apparently they don't have any to pay a fine. But I don't like being yelled at for not "donating", I don't like them to invade my space and suggest that it was worth my while to have them wipe my windshield with a dirty newspaper because if I don't... um scary!
There was a news story a while back that followed a "begger" on the street. He looked homeless and down on his luck, but actually he made so much money on the kindness of people that he'd go back to his nice house, have a good meal with his family and fly to Vegas and do some gambling on occassion. Nice!
Once on the streets of DC I saw a young kid sitting in front of a fast food place wearing a really nice, expensive running suit, expensive brand new looking sneakers, holding a sign asking for money, right in front of a help wanted sign. Um, get off your ass and get a job? I have no pity for those, especially when I'm working a second job to make ends meet and was detained during my measly half hour lunch break by him asking ME for money, then cursing me when all I had was enough for a stupid burger.
I remember bums when I was a kid. They weren't on the street corners, oh no. Bums in my town went from door to door asking to do odd jobs around the yard. Mowing, weeding, doing anything and all they wanted was some food and perhaps a dollar for the flea bite motel in town. They actually did things to earn the money and food given to them. Nowadays, all they do is stand at the busy intersection of malls with signs crafted from "open house" posters that litter the highways.
With all of the "services" and "programs" out there, I have to wonder why they don't seek those out to get help. Why aren't they using these things to help find a job, a place to stay, help for their problems. Is it because its easier to "be your own boss" and stand on the corner and get money for doing little if not nothing? Is it because these programs and services don't work?
How about we help out the bums by not giving them anything. If they aren't getting the money to feed their habits or get them through the day, then perhaps they will seek these places out and find that they can provide for themselves not just for today, but for the next week, or even the next year, instead of begging.
I too think its silly to fine and imprison these people, um hello? They're begging for money, so apparently they don't have any to pay a fine. But I don't like being yelled at for not "donating", I don't like them to invade my space and suggest that it was worth my while to have them wipe my windshield with a dirty newspaper because if I don't... um scary!
There was a news story a while back that followed a "begger" on the street. He looked homeless and down on his luck, but actually he made so much money on the kindness of people that he'd go back to his nice house, have a good meal with his family and fly to Vegas and do some gambling on occassion. Nice!
Once on the streets of DC I saw a young kid sitting in front of a fast food place wearing a really nice, expensive running suit, expensive brand new looking sneakers, holding a sign asking for money, right in front of a help wanted sign. Um, get off your ass and get a job? I have no pity for those, especially when I'm working a second job to make ends meet and was detained during my measly half hour lunch break by him asking ME for money, then cursing me when all I had was enough for a stupid burger.
I remember bums when I was a kid. They weren't on the street corners, oh no. Bums in my town went from door to door asking to do odd jobs around the yard. Mowing, weeding, doing anything and all they wanted was some food and perhaps a dollar for the flea bite motel in town. They actually did things to earn the money and food given to them. Nowadays, all they do is stand at the busy intersection of malls with signs crafted from "open house" posters that litter the highways.
With all of the "services" and "programs" out there, I have to wonder why they don't seek those out to get help. Why aren't they using these things to help find a job, a place to stay, help for their problems. Is it because its easier to "be your own boss" and stand on the corner and get money for doing little if not nothing? Is it because these programs and services don't work?
How about we help out the bums by not giving them anything. If they aren't getting the money to feed their habits or get them through the day, then perhaps they will seek these places out and find that they can provide for themselves not just for today, but for the next week, or even the next year, instead of begging.
Thursday, August 25, 2005
She's back
It was a sweet week, too good to last, of course. It was sweet and serene because the newshounds weren't following Ms. Sheehan all over the place as they did her "ceremonial" chores at her Crawford, TX campsite. One reporter (probably the only honest one so far) mentioned the "made for TV movie" moment where she placed her son's boots near the cross with his name.
PUHLEEZE!
She's also now stated that even if she did get a meeting with President Bush, she won't let the issue die... so much for what she claimed before. She's getting more flip floppy than Mr. Kerry did during the election.
Now she plans to take her dog and pony show to Washington, DC. GOOD! Don't know where she plans to camp out around there, what with all the security restrictions, but good luck to her there. I'm sure the newspeople are relieved, because they can just point their cameras out of air conditioned offices to snap a pic of her, instead of shlepping to a field in Texas. Easier to whore her out for their own social agenda.
Why is this such a big deal? Because the newspeople want it to be. We only hear or see whatever they decide we need to hear or see, and this is what they deem appropriate for us to see and hear. Very little press on the protestors who support the troops, except to infer that they also support the war. NOBODY supports a war you dumb asses! Nobody wants people to go to war and die! But you don't sit over here in your cushy offices and "want" things your way just because that's how you think it should be. Life is unfair, deal with it. Death is even more unfair, so stop manipulating and making women with apparent "issues" into your cause celebre.
Tell the story newspeople. Not the parts that you want people to read and believe, but tell the whole story. Apparently "who, what, when, where, why, and how" became "this is what I want it to be"
So, Miss Sheehan, come on up to Washington, DC. I'll wave to you from the "You don't speak for us, Cindy" crowd with my sign that says that I proudly support our troops.
You go be remembered for the woman that caused our troops to get pulled out and MILLIONS of innocent Iraqi civilians to be slaughtered, much like what happened in Viet Nam after our troops pulled out... oh, sorry, not suppose to do that comparison, am I, only suppose to point out the shameful "loss" of a war?
PUHLEEZE!
She's also now stated that even if she did get a meeting with President Bush, she won't let the issue die... so much for what she claimed before. She's getting more flip floppy than Mr. Kerry did during the election.
Now she plans to take her dog and pony show to Washington, DC. GOOD! Don't know where she plans to camp out around there, what with all the security restrictions, but good luck to her there. I'm sure the newspeople are relieved, because they can just point their cameras out of air conditioned offices to snap a pic of her, instead of shlepping to a field in Texas. Easier to whore her out for their own social agenda.
Why is this such a big deal? Because the newspeople want it to be. We only hear or see whatever they decide we need to hear or see, and this is what they deem appropriate for us to see and hear. Very little press on the protestors who support the troops, except to infer that they also support the war. NOBODY supports a war you dumb asses! Nobody wants people to go to war and die! But you don't sit over here in your cushy offices and "want" things your way just because that's how you think it should be. Life is unfair, deal with it. Death is even more unfair, so stop manipulating and making women with apparent "issues" into your cause celebre.
Tell the story newspeople. Not the parts that you want people to read and believe, but tell the whole story. Apparently "who, what, when, where, why, and how" became "this is what I want it to be"
So, Miss Sheehan, come on up to Washington, DC. I'll wave to you from the "You don't speak for us, Cindy" crowd with my sign that says that I proudly support our troops.
You go be remembered for the woman that caused our troops to get pulled out and MILLIONS of innocent Iraqi civilians to be slaughtered, much like what happened in Viet Nam after our troops pulled out... oh, sorry, not suppose to do that comparison, am I, only suppose to point out the shameful "loss" of a war?
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
When Protests Get Wacky
I feel sorry for Cindy Sheehan, really I do. I can't imagine the pain of losing a child, to war, to murder, to accidents, for any reason.
She's angry. I probably would be too, but I think she's angry at the wrong people.
I haven't read too much about her, mainly because she's now the most popular "celebrity" out there thanks to the Liberal Media. One woman taking on the President and trying to stop the war single-handedly. Nice. Good story... but.
Her son knew when he joined the military that there COULD be a chance that he would be asked to sacrifice his life for a cause. No matter what the cause.
So there weren't weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. There WAS a horrible dictator who was killing, torturing, maiming and terrorizing his citizens, along with his nutcase sons. He took out a whole village of Kurds just to see if his chemical weapons would work, he supported and harbored the very terrorists who came over and killed our loved ones on our very own soil. Should we have let him continue his murderous ways? Should we just have sat back and watched as innocent people died under his tyranny, while he amassed more terrorists who would come onto our soil again and murdered us? Would she feel better had her son died because of that? Sitting in his home one day and have a plane crash down on him? Perhaps open his mail and die a slow horrible death from anthrax? Would she also be camped out bitching to Bush that he DIDN'T do something to stop that?
He died in combat. A lot of soldiers have, and probably a lot of them didn't understand or agree with the cause they were fighting for, but they enlisted, they were serving their countries, and every idiot knows what the military does, they fight, they die.
So, if we're only over there to help the Iraqis be free, is this a good cause? I seem to recall a little skirmish back in the 1700's where a whole lot of people died simply because they didn't like to be taxed without representation. Should we have started that little battle? Is it because this is a foreign country? Would it not be better for everyone to have freedom, and to not hate others with such a vengence that they go out and slaughter innocent people? Is that a good cause?
So, she's camped out along with other war protesters and whoever else has nothing better to do but camp out and "be one" with the war mom.
Meanwhile, back at the homefront, her husband has filed for divorce (way to keep the family together), and her other son (who may very well be dead to her for all she cares it seems) e-mailing her to come home and keep the family together.
I'm sorry Cindy, but your son is dead, and in your own words, nothing will bring him back. Stop paying your taxes, and yes, they will come after you. Lots of people lose loved ones every day, they go on. They embrace what they have left, and that is their families. They hold tight to each other and cherish each and every moment they have together, because they've learned that it may end at any moment. But you're in Texas in a tent. Do you even care where your "other" son is?
Who are you really angry at? Could it be yourself for not convincing your son not to join the military? Could it be that you encouraged him and now you have to live with that? Or could you be mad at your son for joining?
I see in a report that not only are you protesting your son's death, but now insist that Isreal get out of Palestine. Huh? The media is using you now as their spokes martyr, and you have lost sight of your protest. I don't like nuts in fudge, can you perhaps make a statement about that next, thanks
*** I just happened to look at Cindy's Web site and saw a link to donate money to her cause, and to help other families. Ok, that's a nice touch, helping other families who have lost loved ones in battle. OH BUT NO! It's to help other servicemember families to JOIN her protest in Crawford! Um, Cindy dear, a lot of these families lost their main breadwinner, they're too busy trying to figure out how to pay their bills, where they'll live (because if they lived on base, they have so many days to get out) and figuring out how to pay for funeral expenses (yes, the military does take up a lot of the costs, especially for those killed in battle, but there are other expenses to deal with). I'm sure they could give a rat's ass about joining you in a tent in Crawford, as they're probably living in a homeless shelter somewhere. You are out of touch and delusional.
She's angry. I probably would be too, but I think she's angry at the wrong people.
I haven't read too much about her, mainly because she's now the most popular "celebrity" out there thanks to the Liberal Media. One woman taking on the President and trying to stop the war single-handedly. Nice. Good story... but.
Her son knew when he joined the military that there COULD be a chance that he would be asked to sacrifice his life for a cause. No matter what the cause.
So there weren't weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. There WAS a horrible dictator who was killing, torturing, maiming and terrorizing his citizens, along with his nutcase sons. He took out a whole village of Kurds just to see if his chemical weapons would work, he supported and harbored the very terrorists who came over and killed our loved ones on our very own soil. Should we have let him continue his murderous ways? Should we just have sat back and watched as innocent people died under his tyranny, while he amassed more terrorists who would come onto our soil again and murdered us? Would she feel better had her son died because of that? Sitting in his home one day and have a plane crash down on him? Perhaps open his mail and die a slow horrible death from anthrax? Would she also be camped out bitching to Bush that he DIDN'T do something to stop that?
He died in combat. A lot of soldiers have, and probably a lot of them didn't understand or agree with the cause they were fighting for, but they enlisted, they were serving their countries, and every idiot knows what the military does, they fight, they die.
So, if we're only over there to help the Iraqis be free, is this a good cause? I seem to recall a little skirmish back in the 1700's where a whole lot of people died simply because they didn't like to be taxed without representation. Should we have started that little battle? Is it because this is a foreign country? Would it not be better for everyone to have freedom, and to not hate others with such a vengence that they go out and slaughter innocent people? Is that a good cause?
So, she's camped out along with other war protesters and whoever else has nothing better to do but camp out and "be one" with the war mom.
Meanwhile, back at the homefront, her husband has filed for divorce (way to keep the family together), and her other son (who may very well be dead to her for all she cares it seems) e-mailing her to come home and keep the family together.
I'm sorry Cindy, but your son is dead, and in your own words, nothing will bring him back. Stop paying your taxes, and yes, they will come after you. Lots of people lose loved ones every day, they go on. They embrace what they have left, and that is their families. They hold tight to each other and cherish each and every moment they have together, because they've learned that it may end at any moment. But you're in Texas in a tent. Do you even care where your "other" son is?
Who are you really angry at? Could it be yourself for not convincing your son not to join the military? Could it be that you encouraged him and now you have to live with that? Or could you be mad at your son for joining?
I see in a report that not only are you protesting your son's death, but now insist that Isreal get out of Palestine. Huh? The media is using you now as their spokes martyr, and you have lost sight of your protest. I don't like nuts in fudge, can you perhaps make a statement about that next, thanks
*** I just happened to look at Cindy's Web site and saw a link to donate money to her cause, and to help other families. Ok, that's a nice touch, helping other families who have lost loved ones in battle. OH BUT NO! It's to help other servicemember families to JOIN her protest in Crawford! Um, Cindy dear, a lot of these families lost their main breadwinner, they're too busy trying to figure out how to pay their bills, where they'll live (because if they lived on base, they have so many days to get out) and figuring out how to pay for funeral expenses (yes, the military does take up a lot of the costs, especially for those killed in battle, but there are other expenses to deal with). I'm sure they could give a rat's ass about joining you in a tent in Crawford, as they're probably living in a homeless shelter somewhere. You are out of touch and delusional.
Wednesday, July 06, 2005
We Want Big Brother?
Apparently everyone is up in arms because this sick twitch Joseph Edward Duncan (formerly Joseph Duncan, but now they've added his middle name, which gives him serial killerability) had been blogging his demons, and NOBODY CAUGHT ON!
Nobody read his blog and went "wait a minute, this guy is a time bomb waiting to happen", and stopped him before he commited a crime. HELLO! Innocent until proven guilty, and you have to commit a crime before you get arrested... at least that was my understanding up til now.
First of all, there are a zillion blogs on the internet. I doubt if anyone has read any of mine, except for a few friends.
Secondly, have you read some of these blogs? Either the world is filled with loons, or there are a lot of people out there just venting their spleens, hard to say which is which, so should we go arrest anyone that says "gee, had a rough day, my boss is a dick and I want to kill him" ?? HUH? Is that random thought worthy enough to have police knock down your door and drag you away? Role playing? Don't threaten to slice the head off your foe, or else here comes the SWAT team.
The Internet was evolved to allow people true freedom of speech. Should we take that "right" away from convicted criminals? Maybe just pedophiles? Who chooses what people get the right to post their thoughts?
Mr. Duncan served his time and was released. According to the prison system, that meant he was rehabilitated and ready to go off into the world and be a productive member of society. Right, that works out so well. Not going to drag all the statistics in about how many repeat and (they actually have a word for it) habitual offenders get out, go back in because they just didn't learn their lesson.
We're so confident in the prison system, that we now have to track pedophiles, make them register whenever they move somewhere, post their pictures on the Internet, and don't allow them to get jobs with kids within a 100 mile radius. There's a good system, what confidence! Why don't we just throw away the key and keep them locked up forever? Hey, I don't want to pay for that, do you?
I'm sorry, but there are just people being born and raised today with a switch loose in their head. They don't play by the rules, they don't follow the laws, they shoot people for iPods or sneakers, and yet we're expected to pay for their room and board for the rest of their lives just because we don't want them on the street? They'll never get "better", they'll always have a screw loose, either we keep them locked up, or we kill them, plain and simple.
Someone in the article (link above) suggested he be shot like the dog he is. I'm sorry, but dogs have more common sense and decency than most of the scum that walks around on parole. Don't compare the noble dog to these psychos.
Ok, just for argument sake, how many people remember streaking and flashing? Wasn't that fun, and relatively harmless. Zipping by in a car driven by your buddies, mooning the world. Don't do that nowadays though, it's a sex crime! Stuffing your bare butt out a car window will cost you jail time, the label of sex offender, the pleasure of having to register as a sex offender in the city where you decide to live, and a lovely stigma for the rest of your life. Should those people be banned from the Internet, banned from working with children, shunned by society? Hey, a sex offender is a sex offender, aren't they? Mooning one day must turn into diddling small children the next, it's only a matter of time.
Stop labeling everyone, everything is a situation. Stop demanding that we lose more rights by having our blogs monitored and people arrested by the thought police because they have not so nice things to say about someone.
Hindsight is 20/20 but we've set up the rule that says "until you do it, it's not against the law".... unless George Orwell was right, just off by a few years.
Nobody read his blog and went "wait a minute, this guy is a time bomb waiting to happen", and stopped him before he commited a crime. HELLO! Innocent until proven guilty, and you have to commit a crime before you get arrested... at least that was my understanding up til now.
First of all, there are a zillion blogs on the internet. I doubt if anyone has read any of mine, except for a few friends.
Secondly, have you read some of these blogs? Either the world is filled with loons, or there are a lot of people out there just venting their spleens, hard to say which is which, so should we go arrest anyone that says "gee, had a rough day, my boss is a dick and I want to kill him" ?? HUH? Is that random thought worthy enough to have police knock down your door and drag you away? Role playing? Don't threaten to slice the head off your foe, or else here comes the SWAT team.
The Internet was evolved to allow people true freedom of speech. Should we take that "right" away from convicted criminals? Maybe just pedophiles? Who chooses what people get the right to post their thoughts?
Mr. Duncan served his time and was released. According to the prison system, that meant he was rehabilitated and ready to go off into the world and be a productive member of society. Right, that works out so well. Not going to drag all the statistics in about how many repeat and (they actually have a word for it) habitual offenders get out, go back in because they just didn't learn their lesson.
We're so confident in the prison system, that we now have to track pedophiles, make them register whenever they move somewhere, post their pictures on the Internet, and don't allow them to get jobs with kids within a 100 mile radius. There's a good system, what confidence! Why don't we just throw away the key and keep them locked up forever? Hey, I don't want to pay for that, do you?
I'm sorry, but there are just people being born and raised today with a switch loose in their head. They don't play by the rules, they don't follow the laws, they shoot people for iPods or sneakers, and yet we're expected to pay for their room and board for the rest of their lives just because we don't want them on the street? They'll never get "better", they'll always have a screw loose, either we keep them locked up, or we kill them, plain and simple.
Someone in the article (link above) suggested he be shot like the dog he is. I'm sorry, but dogs have more common sense and decency than most of the scum that walks around on parole. Don't compare the noble dog to these psychos.
Ok, just for argument sake, how many people remember streaking and flashing? Wasn't that fun, and relatively harmless. Zipping by in a car driven by your buddies, mooning the world. Don't do that nowadays though, it's a sex crime! Stuffing your bare butt out a car window will cost you jail time, the label of sex offender, the pleasure of having to register as a sex offender in the city where you decide to live, and a lovely stigma for the rest of your life. Should those people be banned from the Internet, banned from working with children, shunned by society? Hey, a sex offender is a sex offender, aren't they? Mooning one day must turn into diddling small children the next, it's only a matter of time.
Stop labeling everyone, everything is a situation. Stop demanding that we lose more rights by having our blogs monitored and people arrested by the thought police because they have not so nice things to say about someone.
Hindsight is 20/20 but we've set up the rule that says "until you do it, it's not against the law".... unless George Orwell was right, just off by a few years.
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