An inmate in Denver is suing the county because it's too easy to break out of the county jail. He's done it twice in 2 years but the second time he fell 40 feet and got hurt. He says authorities caused his injuries by making it too easy to fly the coop. Wings might have helped him in his fall...
Then there was a Wisonsin dad who got so upset that his 7 yr old son wouldn't wear a Green Bay Packer jersey that he restrained him and taped the jersey onto him. "Columbia County Lt. Wayne Smith said Kowald restrained the boy with tape for about an hour and taped the shirt to him.
"He wanted the juvenile to be a Packers fan, and I would suggest he went about it the wrong way," Smith said."
He should spend some time with that kid who's worn his Packer jersey every day for the past 4 years....
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Fans Carrying Things Too Far
From the San Diego Union newspaper
January 9, 2008
Funny is this: West Virginia U. students torching couches on their front porches after a big football win.
Funny isn't this: Relatives of Rich Rodriguez have been harassed and threatened in the three weeks since his resignation as Mountaineers football coach, according to the new Michigan coach's relatives.
His mother, Arleen Rodriguez, told the Charleston Daily Mail her teenage grandson received a death threat and found other harassing notes taped to his locker at East Fairmont High. She said her 12-year-old granddaughter had to be escorted to classes.
Mountaineers fans furious about Rodriguez's Dec. 16 decision to bolt for Ann Arbor also vandalized his home near Morgantown, hanging signs on a fence and tossing a mailbox in the yard.
“He put seven years into WVU and now everybody thinks he's garbage,” his mother said. “Think like a parent. That's all I can say. Think about it. Think about what you're doing.”
The backlash has been cyber-nasty, too. On the Facebook social networking site, dozens of groups with profanity-laced names have formed, devoted to wishing ill for Rodriguez and his family.
You may recall that last month, WVU kicker Pat McAfee received angry text messages and had his car vandalized after missing two field goals in the team's 13-9 loss to arch-rival Pitt. The loss knocked WVU out of national championship contention.
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Come on people, get real. Harrasing a 12 year old and a teenager because their dad decides to take a job in another state. Vandalizing someone's car because he misses a couple of field goals. Get a life. There are so many more important things to get emotional about than sports. I talked about it in one of my earlier posts. What is it about sports that brings out the idiot in people? It's a game, it's not life. Relax.
January 9, 2008
Funny is this: West Virginia U. students torching couches on their front porches after a big football win.
Funny isn't this: Relatives of Rich Rodriguez have been harassed and threatened in the three weeks since his resignation as Mountaineers football coach, according to the new Michigan coach's relatives.
His mother, Arleen Rodriguez, told the Charleston Daily Mail her teenage grandson received a death threat and found other harassing notes taped to his locker at East Fairmont High. She said her 12-year-old granddaughter had to be escorted to classes.
Mountaineers fans furious about Rodriguez's Dec. 16 decision to bolt for Ann Arbor also vandalized his home near Morgantown, hanging signs on a fence and tossing a mailbox in the yard.
“He put seven years into WVU and now everybody thinks he's garbage,” his mother said. “Think like a parent. That's all I can say. Think about it. Think about what you're doing.”
The backlash has been cyber-nasty, too. On the Facebook social networking site, dozens of groups with profanity-laced names have formed, devoted to wishing ill for Rodriguez and his family.
You may recall that last month, WVU kicker Pat McAfee received angry text messages and had his car vandalized after missing two field goals in the team's 13-9 loss to arch-rival Pitt. The loss knocked WVU out of national championship contention.
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Come on people, get real. Harrasing a 12 year old and a teenager because their dad decides to take a job in another state. Vandalizing someone's car because he misses a couple of field goals. Get a life. There are so many more important things to get emotional about than sports. I talked about it in one of my earlier posts. What is it about sports that brings out the idiot in people? It's a game, it's not life. Relax.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
What Do We Believe
Ok, Politics and Roger Clemens...Do they really think we buy into everything they're telling us? How do you know for certain? What do we believe? Roger's saying he wasn't aware that he was going to be named in the report but according to the report, they contacted everyone in the report to try to get the player's side of it. He says he was getting shots for B12 and lidocaine. Well, from other things I've read, you get those shots in the arm, not the butt. Frankly, I'm just really tired of hearing his spiel. The other thing, how offensive is it to record a conversation and use it to his advantage in an interview. Who's to say he didn't edit the tape to make it sound the way he wants? I don't trust him at all.
As for politics, gosh, can't believe a single thing that comes out of their mouths. Thank goodness for factcheck.org. I'm so sick of politics and the mud slinging and name calling. It shows the type of individuals these people are. Unfortunately, I know that without doing so, they wouldn't be able to compete. However, to tell people they can do things that they can't, that they'll solve all the worlds troubles withing their first couple of years in office, is a bold faced lie. And people buy into it all. Here's a fun site to learn which candidate of the two major political parties best matches your views at: http://www.vajoe.com/candidate_calculator.html.
Ultimately, you need to stay true to yourself, educate yourself and question everything. Then you'll know what you can believe in.
As for politics, gosh, can't believe a single thing that comes out of their mouths. Thank goodness for factcheck.org. I'm so sick of politics and the mud slinging and name calling. It shows the type of individuals these people are. Unfortunately, I know that without doing so, they wouldn't be able to compete. However, to tell people they can do things that they can't, that they'll solve all the worlds troubles withing their first couple of years in office, is a bold faced lie. And people buy into it all. Here's a fun site to learn which candidate of the two major political parties best matches your views at: http://www.vajoe.com/candidate_calculator.html.
Ultimately, you need to stay true to yourself, educate yourself and question everything. Then you'll know what you can believe in.
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