Irene's Amazing Stupidity

I am often amazed at the stupidity of people during a natural disaster.  It's always great to see people keeping their sense of humor during stressful and catastrophic situations.  It shines an amusing light in to a dark atmosphere.  It takes away the dread of the unknown.
But we know that there's a line between humor and lack of sensibility.  When there is a state of emergency declared in your city, town or county, it is the responsible adult thing to heed the advice of the professionals.  For instance, a Category 1 or 2 hurricane dictates that you should seek shelter and make appropriate arrangements to sustain yourself.  Some people like to gather with friends and have hurricane parties.  While I am not opposed to alcohol in most forms, you get a bunch of 20 somethings together during a storm, the inevitable happens....TRUTH or DARE.

The Weather Channel people clearly amaze me.  I hope they get paid well to stand in the middle of a blinding snow storm freezing their asses off or, as in this case, getting blown around like a rag doll in the midst of a 40 mile an hour wind gust with a sharp rain pounding at them. I sometimes wonder if they think the world doesn't believe them so they have to document it on national TV.

In this video from Virginia Beach, VA, Eric Fisher of TWC, demonstrates his occupational hazards.  He also documents that there are incredibly stupid people driving around in rather precarious weather. Then, there are the 20 something morons running amok, half naked through the storm.  Watch carefully. You know they weren't completely sober.

I have to post this one from Fox Reporter, Tucker Barnes, filming live from Ocean City, MD.
He's discovered an unknown substance that the wind blows in from the ocean.  He even tastes it.  Not on purpose, I'm sure.
It practically buries him in it, and well, I say he deserves a bonus. It's pretty nasty looking.

As all these weather geeks like to tell us, these hurricanes can really churn up the sea, causing dangerous tides, rip currents, beach erosion, and 40 foot waves (depending on the fierceness of the storm). This is why they evacuate the coastal areas.  They flood.  DAH!
Even if there's only a tropical storm, it is not in your best interest to be anywhere near the sea. It's unpredictable and dangerous. Why are there always morons who want to walk out on to a dock and get up close and personal? The waves are often times so strong that it disintegrates docks, washing them out to sea. Imagine what it could do to you?  More than a dozen brain dead people in Florida do exactly what you're not supposed to do and pay the price.

Having been there more often than I care to note, I highly recommend going at least 30 miles inlet, load up on supplies, including alcoholic refreshments, and be prepared to live without electricity for a period of time. This is where a gas grill is very useful. Depending on your needs, a generator can be quite the lifesaver. Remember to get enough gas. You will suddenly get to know your neighbors and the barter system reinvents itself.
Lastly, I really think people should listen to these weather geeks. They may be on to something.
Ya think?

Lone off duty Cop Apprehends Escapee

Follow up to previous story of

  ESCAPEE ON THE RUN

New details have been released concerning the escape, 3 day manhunt, and then the subsequent apprehension of Perry Sullivan.

Sullivan who was already in custody in GA on a burglary charge, was being transported by a Stephens Co., GA Sheriff's Deputy to and from Colleton County, SC. While on the return trip to GA, Sullivan managed to slip out of his handcuffs then convinced the transporting officer to stop so he could be sick.  He assaulted the deputy and a struggle ensued.
Luckily, a citizen was watching the whole incident  and he grabbed a deer rifle.  He lined up his sight and yelled at Sullivan to surrender. Sullivan threw the Deputy on the ground and stole his patrol car which contained both a shotgun and .40 cal semi-auto pistol. This citizen was able to get a shot off at the escaping patrol car, believing he hit the gas tank.

The whole incident started near a convenience store, and then almost 3 days later, Sullivan had double backed to the same location from where he escaped.  Guess he got lost.  This time, he enters the convenience store and armed with the deputy's .40 cal., holds several people at gunpoint, steals some food and a car belonging to one of the customers.

Cpl. Joe Patsourakos

Cpl. Joe Patsourakos of the Williston Police Dept., was in the area teaching a class.  He had his portable radio scanner with him, and heard the BOLO  about Sullivan's robbery and theft of a blue SUV. He left his class and set up a roadblock with his own personal vehicle, essentially lying in wait for Sullivan. The escapee drove straight in to Cpl. Patsourakos' trap. Once Sullivan experienced a sight laser in his face, he stopped the car, exited, and surrendered without incident.
Cpl. Patsourakos had single-handedly captured an armed and dangerous felon who was on the run for almost 3 days.
NICE WORK!

After his escape, Sullivan was labeled a flight risk and was temporarily housed in a maximum security facility pending his arraignment. Today, Sullivan was arraigned on 29 criminal charges stemming from this incident.  They include; Felony Escape, Assault & Battery on a Police Officer, Kidnapping, Grand Larceny of a Motor Vehicle (2 x), Armed Robbery, and assorted other charges.

Bath Salts: The New Drug

They may be a soothing way to relax when dropped in to a hot bath, but they're also a dangerous stimulant that is sending people in to violent psychotic episodes.  In reality, they are 2 separate products and the sale of this concoction is not illegal.  It is not illegal by the simple addition of a label that states, "not for human consumption" and also because there are no regulations in place that outlaw the combination of the ingredients.

These bath salts are available by such names as Vanilla Sky, Pure Ivory, Ivory Wave, and Loco-Motion, and they are not illegal in most states.  They can easily be purchased over the internet. Convenience stores and truck stops everywhere sell them for less than $20. and you don't need an ID to purchase them like you do for a bottle of cough syrup.  You can snort it, smoke it or mix it with water and drink it.

Medical professionals and law enforcement officials report that the symptoms of bath salt use are similar to PCP, LSD, Cocaine and Meth, all combined.  Large doses of sedatives, such as Valium, have had little to no effect in calming down a user.

Emergency room physicians warn of the dangers of bath salt abuse inducing such problems as; excessively high blood pressure, elevated heart rate and body temperature, hallucinations that ultimately disconnect them from reality, and violence so strong that it may require many people to subdue one individual.  The paranoia and delusional effects sometimes last for months and brain damage is possible, but there haven't been enough tests to determine the long term effects on humans. Doctors quite often don't know that bath salts are the actual cause of these problems unless the user admits they ingested it.

Examples of the bizarre and psychotic episodes include; one man in Indiana climbed a flag pole and jumped in to traffic.  In Pennsylvania, a man broke in to a monastery and stabbed a priest. A woman in W. Virginia scratched herself to pieces over the course of several days because she thought something was under her skin.

If you've had dealings with this drug and its effects, pressure legislators to not only ban their sale, but to follow through on testing and to initiate a full FDA investigation.  I know, the reality of a government investigation occurring in this century is probably slim, but the federal government needs to step in to label them as an illegal substance or a Schedule I drug.
It's an extremely dangerous substance and readily available to anyone of any age.

Sheriff's Capt. Fired for Sexual Assault

Greenville County, SC

Michael Thomason

A Laurens County Sheriff's Captain was fired from his job for Assault and Battery 2nd Degree and Loitering to Engage in Sexual Activity.

The Greenville County Sheriff's office was working an undercover operation in response to complaints of unlawful sexual activities on White Horse Rd.

Capt. Michael Thomason, 37, approached the undercover officer who talked him in to getting in the car with him. The undercover officer reports being grabbed by Capt. Thomason in an "inappropriate manner."  The undercover officer then identified himself and Thomason was arrested.
Thomason drove to this secluded spot in his department issued unmarked vehicle.
He had been employed with the Laurens Co. Sheriff's Office since 1999.

I really wonder what the fuck was going through his mind.  Some guys really need to think with other things besides their pecker!

Dave Letterman's Human Shield

Follow-up to Watch Your Tongue, Dave

Dave Letterman responds to the Jihadist threat to have his tongue cut out.

Escapee on the Run

Fairfax County, SC

Perry Sullivan

Two days ago, this charming specimen, already in custody on a Burglary charge in GA, managed to escape from a Stephens County, GA Sheriff's Deputy while he was being transported from Colleton County, SC.

During the ride through Allendale County, SC, Sullivan told the Deputy that he was going to be sick.  The deputy pulled off to the side of the road to let Sullivan be sick anywhere else besides inside the car. Unbeknownst to the Deputy, Sullivan had slipped his cuffs and his hands were free. They struggled, and Sullivan over-powered the Deputy, escaping in the patrol car, which contained a shotgun and a .40 cal handgun.
The chase was on!

The Deputy was not hurt and the patrol car was found a few hours later, minus the handgun, in Allendale County, SC.  Several jurisdictions converged on the area and a wide net was cast.  A tip was received from a woman who was on her way in to work Friday morning.  Evidently, Sullivan approached her while she was in her car, pointed the gun at her, and most probably was intent on carjacking her.  She stepped on the gas pedal and hauled ass out of there. A quick response by law enforcement to the area and police managed to corner him in a wooded area by a cemetery in Fairfax County, trapping him for almost a day before he was finally taken in to custody on Saturday morning.


I was scanning the news articles about the escapee in one of the local on line newspapers. Upon reading the comments section of the local Charleston, SC paper, I happened across this particular statement, and well....it's difficult to explain.  I'll let you make your own conclusions.

caringnieghbor

3:02 PM on 8/20/2011

Dear Citzens of allendale and fairfax,
I'm writting this post as someone who personally knows perry sullivan! And he is loved very much by his family and nieghbors! What the news never did during this entire ordeal was reach out to his family and even try to understand why hewas in this situation! We deeply apologize for the actions that have taken place and the fear it has caused you guys! He never had intentions of harming anyone he was simply trying to flee! You see this whole ordeal originaly started with a drug induced burgarly by mistake! He was then put in jail when he got out he wanted to stay clean that was all he spoke of but he was let out to snitch! The investagators told him if he got this many people he would go to a rehab and get help! Well in order to snitch he had to get back on drugs bc that was the only way he could bust anyone! He couldnt do it sober! Well after he did as they said they wanted him to do more and he wanted his help that he was promised! Needless to say he had been strung along and they didnt keep their end of the deal! So he just gave up and futher out there! Then he decided to flee to charleston and live a quiet life making money off tattoos! But im sure no one cares what im writing we do! Just imagine if itwas ur family or someone like ur bro! What i'm trying to say we are deeply sorry for the fear he caused anyone in his drug induced life atthe moement but he isnt the person as mean or cruel as what yall have seen! And may i add he was dianosed as achild as parynoid scitzophrinic! So we apologize for his family and dear friends! And thank godthat this all enede well! We are sorry!

I'm guessing that by the family making an apology, it somehow makes up for the long list of felonies their dear loved one committed.  It's a bizarre tale of a nitwit family making excuses for the poor moron who was "dianosed as ...parynoid scitzophrinic."  

Watch Your Tongue, Dave

Late night talk show host, David Letterman has become the target of death threats that were posted on a jihadist website.

That's right....a frequent contributor to a radical muslim website urged followers to "cut the tongue" of David Letterman, all over a joke he made about the death of a Muslim leader.....back in June.

In his monologue, Letterman made the joke after a U.S. drone airstrike in Pakistan killed  al-Queda leader Ilyas Kashmiri. Letterman made the finger across the neck motion when referring to him and the death of Osama Bin Laden.
A man who uses the pseudonym, "Al-Basrawi" on this website posted this, "Is there not among you a Sayyid Nosair al-Miari to cut the tongue of this lowly Jew and shut it forever?"

Al-Basrawi was referring to a well known terrorist who was convicted of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. In his rant, Al-Basrawi asked Allah to paralyze Letterman's tongue.  Asking your God to paralyze someone's tongue is one thing, but when you put out a call to all terrorists to whack a late night talk show host and comedian, then I have to wonder if things are a little slow in the terrorist world.
Oh, and someone forgot to tell Al-Basrawi that Dave's not Jewish.

The Fibbies are looking in to this matter and have been quoted as saying they take this threat seriously.


Radical muslims just don't get that free speech thing.  It is our protected 1st Amendment right that allows us to poke fun of ALL religions equally...and their's is no exception.
Terrorists....they have no sense of humor.

The J-1 Visa Scam

It's not enough that ICE agents have now had their hands literally tied when it comes to deporting illegal aliens.  Basically Obama's (and we all know it is) little ploy has now allowed millions of illegal aliens to remain in this country unless they are either wanted for a heinous crime in another country or committed one here.  Liberals just don't seem to get the big picture, do they?
Thank you so much, Mr. President!  Don't we have enough problems with anchor babies and other little scams that allow illegals to live off our welfare and medicaid systems?

While I'm all for the land of opportunity and that all too famous saying, "Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free."  I personally, feel that the quote, "The wretched refuse of your teeming shore" is a bit of a misnomer. Why must we take the wretched refuge - legally and otherwise? Hell, if you don't want these shitheads, what makes you think we want them?

My paternal Grandparents immigrated to the U.S. through Ellis Island where they entered the country LEGALLY.  They had to acclimate themselves to our way of life and culture.  They had to learn to read, write and speak ENGLISH.  While my Grandmother came here young and able to speak English, my Grandfather, before he met his bride, knew very little.  If he could not speak English in his every day tasks, he was turned away.  No one would cater to him.  You learned English or you were shunned. Why must we, in the 21st century, be forced to learn to speak Spanish in a country where the primary language is English?

From my immigration rant, this leads in to our BIG unemployment problem.

Recent news articles suggest that foreign exchange students come to this country on what they call a J-1 Visa.
In a nutshell, this is a government funded student exchange program that allows foreign students to come to the U.S. to study and work for a specific amount of time.
These J-1 Visa students are an enticement to business owners to hire because they don't have to pay social security and other payroll taxes.  Get the picture?  Why hire from our huge pool of unemployed American labor when you can outsource and not have to pay taxes and social security?

A recent development shows that some employers were actively recruiting J-1 Visa students to hold down jobs in strip clubs, forcing some in to sexual slavery when their passports were confiscated by a large ring of criminals.  Some of the J-1 Visa jobs paid above minimum wage, but food, housing and other supplies were deducted from their paychecks, resulting in an average wage of $1.00 per hour.  Students were housed in a dorm like atmosphere that didn't have enough beds or provided for the basic hygiene needs.  Many were sharing beds or sleeping on the floor in sub standard conditions.

Now, in protest, 400 students walk off their job in a Pennsylvania chocolate factory  that makes Hershey's chocolates. The "Great American Chocolate Bar" people use a contractor, who is turns uses a staffing company to fill seasonal jobs. I know, it's a cluster.
That's 400 seasonal jobs that could go to unemployed Americans. All in the name of saving on paying taxes. Tax monies desperately needed to stimulate our economy by putting American labor back to work.
Let's just take a guess that Hershey is paying an estimated $10. per hour (it's no doubt more) to this less than ethical staffing company to supply them with their labor needs. Hershey doesn't have to pay taxes on that $10. per hour because they contract out the labor. The staffing company is now responsible for taxes and social security.  Because of the fact that they're using J-1 Visa labor, they don't have to pay social security or federal income taxes.  Ain't that grand? This supposed staffing company then deducts all the expenses they allegedly doled out to house and feed these students, thus leaving the students with little to nothing in take home pay. Imagine the profit on that for the 400 students alone?

When will the average American voter wake up and see the big picture? We can't even afford to take care of our own millions of unemployed, LEGAL residents.  Why should we import more problems?
Obamacare tried to shove an illegal medical insurance requirement down our throats. This country is desperate for jobs and doesn't need more debt. Obama's ratings are in the toilet.  I wonder why.

The RidicuList

Dear Mr. Depardieu,
Your little incident on the plane caused Anderson Cooper to lose it.

Hilarious pun-filled video

http://www.cnn.com/video/standard.html#/video/showbiz/2011/08/17/ac.ridiculist.depardieu.cnn?&hpt=hp_c2

Please Don't Wear our Clothes

Ah, the French - arrogant, socialist, little mothers who are nothing and know nothing.  They like to tell the Americans that we are easily offended prudes and that our bourgeois lifestyle is our weakness.  They once referred to us as the world's bullies.
We bailed the weeny, ungrateful bastards out of a few skirmishes and this is how they repay us?

The French also thought that the Americans were over-reacting to an Ambercrombie & Fitch campaign ad that depicted a "sexy" 7 year old girl all made up like an adult and wearing "children's lingerie." As we pointed out, children that age do not need to wear a bra with matching panties,sexy lingerie, or even thong underwear.
Not to mention all the adult make up they plastered on that innocent little girl made her look like a cheap prostitute.
Objectionable advertising is one thing, but to portray the innocence of a little girl as "sexy" is just sick and twisted.
It conjures up horrible images of sexual predators. A & F thought there was nothing wrong with it, but they did eventually pull it from the American market.

Then today, along comes this.....
Ambercrombie & Fitch wants to pay one of the stars of the reality show Jersey Shore NOT to wear their clothing.  PAY ME!  PAY ME!
I hate their overpriced preppy shit anyway.
It kind of surprises me that the self-proclaimed macho guys of Jersey Shore would even be caught dead wearing that label.  After all, a good Guido wears Italian.  Ambercrombie & Fitch believes that one of the stars of Jersey Shore, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, could cause "significant damage to their image" if he continues wearing their clothes.

It's ok to make a 7 year old little girl look like a 'ho but it's not ok to have a goofy Guido wearing their clothes?  Let's not get our priorities screwed up or anything.
Did you know that millions of people watch that stupid freakin' show? I don't see how it could harm A & F in the least. Makes ya wonder if a Frenchman thought that shit up.

Speaking of the freaky French turds, Gerard Depardieu had an embarrassing oui-oui moment and peed on the floor of a plane. Didn't your mother ever tell you to go before you leave home?

Ah, the French....pompous little pricks.

This Game Sucks!

The rapper, "The Game," aka: Jayceon Taylor, aka: Charles Louboutin, on his Twitter account,

came up with his own version of a "flash mob" incident which he thought everyone might enjoy, including the cops.

The Game chose to use his Twitter account to solicit someone for an internship position he had available.  He posted phone numbers on his account for people to call and apply.  The phone number he posted was for the LA County Sheriff's Dept., Compton Division. Right there, the rules of The Game just changed.

Why anyone would want to associate themselves with this sorry ass piece of shit, I'll never know, but being a rapper or drug dealer seems to hold some kind of fascination for blacks....some whites even, who idolize people like this.

As what will happen when you have over 500,000 Twitter fans enamored with this guy, they will call the number and apply for the job.  This so over-whelmed the Sheriff's office with unnecessary calls, they had to call in additional support help to answer the phone lines.  Not only that, but you've interfered with emergency services personnel who need to be dispatched to real life and death situations.

First rule when you call the police is that 911 is NOT the number to call for EVERYTHING.  How many times do we have to tell people that?  There is a direct non-emergency line for a reason.  911 is life or death. Chances are pretty good that the same people who answer the 911 line are also the same people who answer the non-emergency number.  Some well meaning citizens just as soon dial the non-emergency number instead of 911 because they are just used to it or don't feel it justifies the 911 emergency explanation. Erring on the side of caution is better than abusing it.

Shortly after learning of the problems he caused, he posts this on his Twitter account, "Yall can track a tweet down but you cant solve murders ! Dat was an accident but maybe now yall can actually do yall job!!!!"
Second rule of The Game, don't piss off the police and insult them.

He then dismissed it as a practical joke gone wrong. It was a pretty long winded explanation that any rookie cop would see through and say, "Uh-huh." The Game blamed it on his unidentified friend who allegedly made up the number at random.  (Yea, I rolled my eyes too.)
From all accounts, that Twitter account entry remained posted for almost 12 hours before it was eventually taken down.

It took The Game a bit to realize he done f'd up! I'm sure a publicist or assistant whispered in his ear that there is a distinct possibility he could have his picture taken in an orange jumpsuit. Now, he's issued a public apology, showing no remorse or contrition...more of a take it or leave it kind of attitude.

The state of California has 3 different misdemeanors that they are considering charging The Game with.
I don't think they should hesitate with that. His actions were thoughtless and selfish.  Both he and his unidentified friend should be charged with at the very minimum, one of those laws.
Accident or not, ignorance of the law is no excuse.  Hell, ignorance in general is no excuse.

Here's an idea, they should just haul in their thug asses for being ugly in a pretty zone.

USA - USA - USA....TRUCK NUTZ - TRUCK NUTZ - TRUCK NUTZ

Conan says the USA loves their Truck Nutz!  Check it out.

All because the USA lost their Triple A.

Thank you Mr. President.  You suck.

Mayor Bloomberg is an Asshole

New York City-

With the 10 year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks quickly upon us, Mayor Bloomberg's office made a bitter announcement yesterday. The Mayor's office announced that due to limited space, all first responders who ran to the scene of one of America's most horrifying events, are not invited to the memorial ceremony.

Bloomberg spokesperson Andrew Brent stated that the memorial ceremony is for the victim's families only, while also accommodating numerous dignitaries that includes 2 U.S. Presidents and former Mayor Guiliani. However, Brent said that they are working hard to schedule other memorial services for other groups at different places and times.
Different places?  Different times?  This is the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers in NYC. Why the hell would they want to go to a different place on a different date?  Are you freakin' insane?
These people are heroes to the Nth degree.  How dare you deny them their honorable place.

Most all of the emergency services personnel are understandably outraged or heartbroken that their own city has forsaken them when they themselves gave everything they had at one of our nation's most crucial times.

Many of the volunteers who suffer to this day from medical issues arising from long term exposure to Ground Zero, feel that Bloomberg is deflecting the subject and dismissing their concerns.

I say police, firefighters and EMS unions and personnel everywhere make their voices heard straight to Bloomberg's office.  They DESERVE their rightful place at this ceremony as they are the HEROES, they are the DIGNITARIES who deserve to be treated with a hell of a lot more respect than what Bloomberg is giving them. Yes, the victim's families belong there too, but to deny all the emergency workers their noble place is the epitome of being a total ASSHOLE!

That day was the saddest day in our country's history and Bloomberg has managed to make it even sadder.
Hey, to the thousands of you who gave all you had, we all thank you and I personally think you should just show up anyway! Wouldn't that just piss off the mayor?!

Recipe for Disaster

Fountain Inn, SC (Laurens County)

Imagine you're serving a warrant in the residence of a known drug dealer. You know there's a meth lab in there.
It's in a double wide mobile home.  (yea, it's ok to snicker)
Scared yet?  Of course you are.  These here are what ya call redneck meth dealers or hillbilly crackabillies.  (ok, I just made that up, but it sure fits this one.)

As with all drug dealers, they keep cash and guns around.

Erica Kinney

Robert Jefferson

Jerome Lester Jr.

You fully expect handguns and even rifles or shotguns, but this.....this is a little out of the ordinary.

rocket launcher

A meth lab, tweekers, handguns and a rocket launcher.  Just imagine.....

Fortunately, everyone came out unscathed.

More Nutz

Remember my previous posts of:

Morality Police
Morality Police Update
Ah Nutz! Not Again!

It's all about the Truck Nutz or Bull's Ballz, that are a point of controversy in a small town called Bonneau, SC. Yes, Police Chief Franco Fudo actually wrote some poor old lady a ticket for having them on her pick up truck. He found them offensive.  It must have slipped Fuda's mind that the 1st amendment gives you the right the hang your plastic balls wherever you want. In fact, there is no state in the U.S that outlaws them.

A prestigious law firm in Charleston SC is representing 65 year old Virginia Tice pro bono. The jury trial is set for Sept. 21.

I was wondering how long it would take for some late night talk show host to pick up on the story.  It is, after all, an archaic and never used law that certainly characterizes the backwoods actions of the Police Chief and his propensity to violate people's civil rights. He is, from all accounts, an arrogant, small town politico who married the Mayor's daughter and is related to every other town official in some way, shape or form. Chief Fuda really shouldn't preach morality when he was arrested himself for non payment of child support....to the tune of $15,000.00.  Local county government officials went out of their way to get someone to pay his back support and court costs before he was processed in to booking.  Which evidently shows he was given preferential treatment over every other scumbag deadbeat Dad.  Unfortunately, in SC, not paying your child support doesn't fall under the moral turpitude clause.

A Relevant Video

I was making the rounds through my favorite cop blogs and saw this posted on Det. Shavedlongcock's blog.  A Brit speaks out about their country's rioting.  His is an all too familiar viewpoint.

A MUST SEE VIDEO.

The Economy and Firearms

When the 2008 election forced the Obaminator upon us unsuspecting, freedom loving Americans, he unwittingly became the greatest firearms salesmen in American history.  In the 3 months following the election, most notably the day after, the sales of handguns and other firearms jumped over 45%.

Prices for ammunition and other accessories catapulted through the roof. For the majority of '09 and well in to '10, supply just couldn't keep up with the demand. Law enforcement agencies, with already slimmed down budgets, were forced to cut back on firearms qualifications because ammunition was not only difficult to get, but the prices far exceeded their budget restraints.  Prices for ammo have finally leveled off, but it's still costly and nowhere near the price they were 3 years ago.

So here we are, in a full blown recession and people are still buying guns.  In fact, if you ask your local gun dealer, (the legal ones) they'll tell you that business has been thriving. The stock market has crashed again, the unemployment rate doesn't seem like it will ever go down, illegal aliens are committing dangerous felonies and sucking the life out of our government benefits, and civil disorder is an all too chilling reality.

The mob violence in Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Chicago, and even in the UK, are proof positive that our society's ills have turned out a generation of deplorable, ungrateful thugs who have no regard for the lives and property of others. Depending on which media outlet you get your information from, these incidents were not racially motivated nor were they hate crimes.  Nooooo.....it's our society's downtrodden who deserve so much but have had such a difficult time....blah, blah, blah....bullshit! If they wanted to change their pathetic lives, they could.  No one is holding them down.  It was ALL racially motivated in the U.S.  Blacks specifically targeted whites, violently and without remorse. I can't speak to the UK's incident, but I can say that they have the same kind of diseased minds in the UK ghettos that we have here in the US.

With all this anarchy and chaos running rampant in these large, urban cities, people are steadily purchasing guns.  People will make room in their family budgets, even if they have to put it on layaway and use time payments. The majority of gun buyers will tell you it's for self defense and some admit openly that they are preparing for the inevitable apocalypse. I used to think that those doomsday-sayers who believed in such ideals were just a little off their rockers.  Now, not so much. They may have a point.

Once the law abiding public starts shooting back, only then will the armed thugs think twice.  Well, they should, but worst case scenario is another piece of shit is off the streets and the taxpayer's burden has been lowered by one.  While gun sales increase, crime rates in those states decrease. It's an undisputed fact supported by FBI documentation.  It is estimated that 15 million guns will be purchased by the end of 2011.

Well, I didn't vote for the moron who promised all this hope and change shit. There is almost no hope now and the changes have been disastrous.

Verizon's Curse

Several days ago, over 45,000 unionized Verizon employees in Delaware, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Virginia walked off the job to protest cuts and concessions Verizon management wanted their employees to absorb.

Ironically, it is only in these states that the Communications Workers of America has unionized strongholds. Verizon employees in other areas of the U.S. are not unionized and should they walk off their job, they would no longer have it.  There are approximately 135,000 non union Verizon employees.

The majority of the workers that have gone on strike are what are known as 'land line workers.' With the ever increasing use of mobile phones, the land line is slowly becoming obsolete. However, Verizon does admit that it is not totally independent of its land line workers, but Verizon wants to change the benefits they provide that date back to a time when there was little to no competition in the industry.

Verizon workers on strike have harassed, threatened, obstructed and in one location a BB gun was fired, at management and non-union workers who are crossing the picket line. In New York City, they surrounded a U.S. mail truck just trying to make its normal delivery. In Albany, NY, a worker who crossed the picket line was pushed in to some scaffolding resulting in an arm injury. Verizon states that there have been over 70 incidents of sabotage. Even 911 service to selected areas was interrupted. Striking workers deny the accusations.

With the picketing leaning towards unnecessary violence and interference, Verizon has sought court ordered injunctions that will limit the amount of picketing at each location and how they do it. Unions for the striking Pennsylvania and Delaware workers have already been served with the injunctions, with others pending.

So you ask, "what's their beef?"  Here are some of the points that have stalled negotiations at the bargaining table;

Verizon wants employees to start paying a partial premium amount for their family's health insurance policies. Almost 99% of employees in the nation who are lucky enough to have health insurance, pay a monthly premium. What are unionized employees paying now, you ask?  NOTHING.  Non-union Verizon workers already pay a monthly premium. Union spokesmen claim that in these tough economic times, this is an undue burden on their workers. Verizon claims that health care costs have sky rocketed and they can no longer absorb it.  It's time that workers came in line with the rest of its employees.

Verizon wants to temporarily freeze pensions for its present workers, but the company is willing to enhance 401-K plans. Verizon wants to eliminate future pensions.
Verizon wants to change the 1963 Work Rule - which is an antiquated rule requiring 2 people on a service call in NY, most notably in a neighborhood known for its violence.  Now that particular neighborhood is one of the safest in the city. Sending 2 people on a service call is not cost productive.
Verizon wants to limit paid sick days to 5 per year instead of the unlimited amount they are receiving now.

The argument union workers are making is that Verizon is a very solvent company that pays its higher echelon officers exorbitant salaries and the company can afford to continue providing reasonable wages to its workers.

Verizon touts itself as "America's largest and most reliable wireless service."  While I can say that I feel some sympathy for the employees of Verizon who will have to make some kind of sacrifice if they want to go back to work, I can't help wondering why they would even strike in such a negative financial climate.  No doubt, they're getting paid some of that unlimited sick time.
Many of the non-union workers have been cross trained, specifically for situations such as this, so the jobs are being covered, albeit with over-time. With so many people out of work, how much sympathy and solidarity will these striking workers get when Verizon starts hiring from the pool of people that are practically begging for a job? I know I would not hesitate to cross that picket line if I were desperate to feed my family and pay my bills.

I can't help wondering how this will effect the Obama administration.  Democrats are notoriously pro-union, with unions donating millions to their campaigns.  What percentage of that huge donation comes from workers union dues? Unions need that money and have been known to bulldoze their way in to businesses where they're not wanted.  In fact, in this particular case, the unionizing was rejected several times, even after the rules were changed. That's right, if you don't like the outcome, change the rules and try again.

In another lifetime, I once had a positive opinion of unions, but now....they just muddy the waters between politics and worker's rights. Who are they really looking out for?

Miss Penitentiary

There's a beauty pageant for everything nowadays.  Just look at Toddlers and Tiaras . A bunch of pampered, bratty little future beauty queens who's mothers live vicariously through them. If you click through some of the pictures of the little pageant contestants, you may, like me, find some of it disturbing.
I really wonder what parents are thinking.

Now, if a grown woman wants to go around flaunting what she's got, all for financial gain and notoriety, then so be it. Some people find them offensive and demeaning towards women.  Most men would disagree with that school of thought.

In Brazil, beauty pageants are quite popular. There's definitely something about Brazilian beauties that seem to make men drool on themselves. I showed this picture to a friend tonight and from the look on his face, I followed it with a napkin to wipe his chin. Then I told him who she was.....

Raira Paixao

Did I forget to mention that she's an inmate?
An inmate in the Brazilian prison system serving a life sentence for murder.
(Not surprisingly, she's awaiting an appeal to prove her innocence.)

That's right, she was crowned Miss Penitentiary 2011 at the 3rd annual beauty pageant.  A local modelling agency selected 12 finalists out of 100 women who entered the contest.  Then the modelling agency assists with the choreography, make up, and wardrobe for the 12 inmate contestants. The inmate that garners the most votes is crowned the winner and receives $1000.00 which is deposited in her prison bank account.

I can't say I'm familiar with how the Brazilian prison system works, but it's probably safe to say that they too have a lengthy list of contraband that can't be brought in to the prison.  No doubt razors are pretty high up on that list.

So, if you like hairy women with tats, and no doubt lengthy criminal records, you missed all the fun.
Ah well, there's always next year.

A Sweet Predica-mint

The University of Tennessee book store has pulled from its shelves small cans of breath mints called "Disappoint-mint" that is a satirical expression of our present President's state of affairs.

Rep. Joe Armstrong (D) - aka: Strong-arm, was contacted by a student of the university who complained to him that he thought the mints were patently offensive. Armstrong elects himself Czar of Censorship and makes an appearance at the university, meeting with the Director of the Bookstore, David Kent.

Armstrong's Assess-mint of the 'offending' mints were that he considered them not only of no educational value, but they were also not 'viewpoint neutral' because they were insulting the President.  Whoop-dee-freakin' do!
Rep. Armstrong surely strong-armed the Director in to removing them from the shelves by pointing out that a college or university that received state and federal funding should be more politically sensitive. A veiled threat if ever I heard one.

Armstrong's own personal interpretation of the 1st Amendment is that since it was not educational material, it doesn't breech the right to free speech.  Been to a college bookstore lately?  There's an abundance of things in a college bookstore that could be categorized as not being educational material.  Like.....Candy!
The 1st Amendment doesn't have a candy exclusive clause.

Funny, it's perfectly acceptable to satirize the last President as an Embarrass-mint but not this one?  During the Bush Administration this same bookstore carried a mint satirizing Bush as an Embarrass-mint. How is it any more offensive, if at all?  No one complained then.  The President is a public official who will always be the recipient of insults, jokes and political cartoons. We can't satirize Pres. Obama because...?  Wait for it....gasp! ....he's black?


We are guaranteed that right under the 1st Amendment.

How much censorship do we have to endure that's all in the name of political correctness? I think we need to do a serious reassess-mint of our political leadership and get these liberal, socialist clowns out of Washington.

How dare "Strong Arm" Armstrong suppress what has been the right of the people since the Constitution was drafted.....or did he forget to read it?
Political satire is and always has been a part of college campuses everywhere.
Is Armstrong going to go to every college in Tennessee and check out their bookstores too?  The makers of these mints, The Unemployed Philosopher's Guild is about to make a mint from the exposure.

Ah, Nutz! Not again!

Bonneau, SC (Berkeley County)


The Morality Police episode involving truck NUTZ has made its international debut in to the satirical publication called, The Onion. The Onion, which bills itself as "America's Finest News Source," is indeed news reporting delivered on a silver platter with all its satire and ridicule polished to a fine art.  In a format similar to a reporter on the street, 3 people give their views on the TRUCK NUTZ debacle. Were it not for The Onion, Stephen Colbert and John Stewart, who would we get our real news from?
Surprisingly, SC native Stephen Colbert hasn't carried this story on the Colbert Report...yet.  Stay tuned, though.

On a recap - 65 year old Virginia Tice, displayed this piece of plastic red artwork from the bumper of her pick up truck. When Police Chief Franco Fuda asked her to remove them because he thought them obscene, she refused, disagreeing with his assessment.  He then wrote her a $445.00 Uniform Traffic Ticket charging her with an obscure vehicle and traffic law that reads as follows;


SC Code of Laws 56-5-3885 - "A sticker, decal, emblem, or device is indecent when taken as a whole, it describes, in a patently offensive way, as determined by contemporary community standards, sexual acts, excretory functions, or parts of the human body."


As recent as 2006, a couple was charged with the same offense somewhere in the upstate of SC and the ACLU stepped in. That led to the dismissal of the case. No one can seem to find any use of the law since then. In fact, this particular piece of legislation probably should have long ago been repealed and removed from the books altogether. But who knows what some bible thumpers of the south were thinking.  I'm sure one of them wrote this law back in the early 90's because the Calvin peeing decal assaulted his high and mighty religious sensibilities.

A somewhat resourceful newspaper reporter took it upon himself to make a few phone calls to some of the larger area police departments to obtain their viewpoint on this matter. Their comments ranged from; "officer discretion," "can't recall it ever being used in our department," and to the "we can't be bothered with that."

As far as anyone can tell, Chief Fuda's attitude appears as though there is nothing remarkable about this case and he seems assured he will be the victor in his defense of decency, morality, and the fight to eradicate obscenity.  Superman he ain't.

Ms. Tice drew the attention of one of the most respected law firms in the Charleston, SC area. Savage & Savage came to her rescue and is representing her pro bono.  Word was already out that she had planned on pleading not guilty and asking for a jury trial. On the day that Ms. Tice was to appear in court, her attorney had made contact with Bonneau PD only to learn that Police Chief Franco Fuda had already asked for a jury trial. This surprised the attorney as it is virtually "unheard of."  Chief Fuda's response was that he thought that this was no matter for just a judge to decide.
So far no one has been able to locate any case law that allows for or doesn't allow for the prosecution to back door the defendant's rights.  Her trial date is set for Sept. 21.

Most local cops try to keep their mouths shut, especially during controversial issues such as this. I haven't found a cop yet who hasn't smirked and rolled their eyes when this subject is broached. Here's a recent discovery making the rounds. Sometimes a picture just says it all.....

The license plate you see on this blue pick up is a "LE plate" which is issued by the DMV to certified SC law enforcement officers who request them. It allows law enforcement personnel a specialized plate on their POV at a discounted rate.

I wonder why he didn't go with the blue ones?

Voyeurism at its Worst

Beaufort, SC

I'd have to say that I have dealt with quite a few sexual perversions in my storied law enforcement career, but this one is a little out there and....quite revolting.

Emilio Felipe Derutte-Casas

This 50 year old employee of a Kangaroo Express convenience store in Beaufort, SC, planted a little camera in a rather strategic location of the ladies restroom. A woman using the facilities accidentally dislodged the camera from the toilet paper dispenser. Yea, picture that in your mind.

The woman brought this recording device to the attention of the store manager who in turn contacted the Sheriff's Dept. 

It is not known what led police to Mr. Pervert here, but it probably didn't take a lot of rocket science stuff to narrow it all down. This degenerate planted the device and recorded only a few hours at a time during his working shifts. Police later obtained warrants and searched his home, seizing electronic devices including his computer.

Here's the kicker....the police are quoted as saying that, "he does not have proper residency documents" and the twisted one lists his place of birth as Peru. There is now a hold placed on him pending an investigation by our friendly feds known by their sweet little acronym of ICE. Odds are that this is not his first foray in to the world of bodily fluids and functions.

Considering the Kangaroo Express store hired an illegal immigrant without proper documentation, and no doubt without using other vetting protocols, sounds like a lawsuit looking for a place to happen.  South Carolina state law makes it illegal to knowingly hire an illegal immigrant.

This Peeping Tom type crime is a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum $500. fine and not more than 3 years in jail.

Another one of those pathetic excuses for a human being.