Stupidity and the way it irks me...

When oh when, will I be forgiven?

2009-09-19T14:21:00.000-07:00

Let's me ask a hypothetical question.

If you were of German descent, and it just so happened your great grandfather was executed during WWII as a war criminal nazi, but after this occurred your Grandmother moved to the states, where she gave birth to your mother, who gave birth to you.

Now, you meet John Smith on the street, who is of Jewish decent. If Mr. Smith announced that his Grandfather was in the nazi-death camps and brutally mis-treated, does Mr. Smith deserve an apology from you?? In my opinion, no. Not at all. You weren't born, you can't control others actions. Mr. Smith needs to accept that the past was a tragedy and that you are not responsible for that which you cannot control.

This brings me to an article I found today...(regrettably). Read it here,

If you don't want to read the whole article, I can summarize. Ms. Kelley states that she upset that the President is being attacked verbally and that those who are attacking him by calling him a Nazi, commie, etc. are doing so because he is black. Her primary concern is that, it isn't being discussed as the reason for the attacks.

It's like this. If I was going to highschool, and the bank required a $5 deposit every month as...I don't know...tax for the school... and a guy was using the high school bank irresponisably and stating he wanted to pool everyones money together to provide...I don't know...a school nurse that the district couldn't afford (go with me on this). Now let's say the many of the student body didn't want their money being allocated to this nurse. Now let's assume this subject was doing it anyway and I called him a socialist. WHY am I calling him a socialist? Is it because he's acting like a socialist? Or is because he's gay, black, muslim, indian, japanese or whatever other picture you portray as the fella running the bank? No, it's simply because of his actions. Nothing further.

This ideal that any attack made toward the President because he is black needs to stop. This is the same thought process that makes many young black men who are arrested (LEGALLY) spout off "If I was white this wouldn't be happening".

Okay people, when can I be forgiven for my ancestors who I know NOTHING about? When will someone look at me and judge me for MY actions rather than those of my forefathers? When can someone look at the color of MY skin and judge me based on MY thought processes and actions rather than some mainstream ideal that states if I so much as test higher on a promotion quiz as opposed to minorites, that the test was rigged for ME.

This line of thought, is dangerous and backwards. I pray for the day that all of America can look inside themselves and realize, that THEIR desicions make their life.

Lastly though, this unfair protection that Obama is recieving for being called a Nazi is blatantly obvious. The proof is that no one so much as hinted that THIS web page or other comments made about Bush were inappropriate.

**Afterthough**
Please understand, that I know people are out there who are blatantly racist. They have a hatred for no reason other than ignorance. This is addressing the notion that a VAST majority of the waking world is racist, which is not the case.

If FOX news has an agenda, what does MSNBC have???

2009-08-30T17:33:00.000-07:00

MSNBC ran a clip recently about people arming themselves when the president is around.

Well dang. Ain't that a big gun? White guys carrying around big guns...Maybe MSNBC has a point??

Yeah, actually no they don't.

Know why?

Here's the photo of the guy who's carrying that gun.

Sooo let me get this straight. Fox news is the news that spins their reports, and introduces bias.

So, what does MSNBC do? Out and out lie?

Before you critique a profession you know little about...Get the full report.

2009-07-23T18:06:00.001-07:00

My wife has already blogged about this on her page (I RULE YOU). But I want my two cents in here.

First of all, unless the Associated Press is giving wrong info here, a black male was seen "jimmying" a lock on a home. A concerned neighbor called thinking that said subject was breaking in (good neighbor no?). Police respond and make contact with the subject. The police (thinking that this could be a possible burglar *an offense deemed a felony*) demand that the subject show ID.

The subject refuses.

Stop there and think about your next move as a police officer.

You have a forced entry. You have a subject in the home who is refusing to give identification and NO confirmation that said subject lives there. WHAT DO YOU DO?

The police had the option of immediately arresting him, but from what I understand, they waited until a slew of verbal attacks came from the subject calling the Officers "Racist".

The Officers arrest said subject for disorderly conduct.

Now things you need to know about this. In most states (and I'm not familiar with Massachusetts law) refusing to give an Officer identification is an arrestable offense. But besides that fact, what would have happened to the Officer had this BEEN a burglar who was, say, armed with a handgun? If the Officer didn't execute some type of action, there is a high probability he could be killed.

Well guess what...OFFICER'S THINK LIKE THAT. Skip over the fact that the arrest was legit, I guarantee that the Officer's mindset was one of "I am going home tonight".

But enough about the arrest. Let's move on to the comments of the President.

It just so happens that the subject arrested is a friend of Obama. Obama is then asked about the incident in a press conference, makes no reference to hearing the Officer's side of the story or reading the Police Report, and says the Officer's "Acted stupidly".

Mr. Obama, throw a badge and gun on. Come see what we deal with. I implore you to do so, as it might enlighten you to what we "racist" stupid cops have to put up with.

I for one, have been called racist at least 1,000 times (my career has spanned 18 months at this point) and in all the cases, my arrests were deemed righteous.

This is by far, one of the worst smeaers law enforcement has ever recieved. And it's completely unjustified. But let's throw some icing on the cake shall we?? The Officer who executed the arrest?? Yeah, he's a certified EXPERT on the subject of Racial Profiling. This is by far my favorite quote from the AP.

"Cambridge Sgt. James Crowley has taught a class about racial profiling for five years at the Lowell Police Academy after being hand-picked for the job by former police Commissioner Ronny Watson, who is black, said Academy Director Thomas Fleming."

Oh snap! It would seem, that the Officer who executed the arrest is the LAST person on the face of the planet who would racially profile!!!!

Before I finish though, I think I should explain what racial profiling is EXACTLY.

Essentially racial profiling is the detaining (or stopping) a subject because of their race and their race ALONE. An example of racial profiling would be a report of someone (no race given) breaking into a house. When Officers arrive, 5 white males and one black male is present. Before Officer's ask questions, the dismiss the 5 white males, and accuse the black male of being the burglar. SEE THE DIFFERANCE?

Lastly, I would like to note that, yes, there are Officer's that racially profile. If these Officers are located, they should be terminated on the spot, no questions asked, and should NEVER work law enforcement again. Our jobs are to enforce the law, and there is NO segregation in the law.

What to even say.

2009-05-24T23:42:00.000-07:00

I really don't have much to write about anymore these days.

Overall, I've vented about stupidity enough to be sick of it. Now I'm just happy if no one asks about the stupidity I get to deal with.

I've come to grips with the fact that, these people wear on me. There very existence makes my existence that much harder.

This in turn makes me bitter towards the general public, which bleeds over into my private and even family life. I snap faster around those I love then I do the asshats on the street. I'm willing to give a stranger the benifit of the doubt, but will bitch out my sister at the drop of a hat.

When did this happen?

It doesn't feel like the job is under my skin. It feels like it did 15 month ago when I was hired. Yet somehow, someway, an apathy, and general resentment towards mankind has set in.

I mean when I first started this blog I expected to make it satirical, with observations of how stupid people are. Now it's just observations of how much these people piss me off.

Wonder what the job will offer next.

Off topic, but it's been on my mind.

2009-05-04T05:09:00.001-07:00

I know that the none of you that follow this blog are used to hearing me bitch and moan about the level of apathy towards respecting one's fellow man that general society has. However today, I've been going over some old photos of memorable events. This has made me draw the conclusion that I am NOT the sum of my experiences. But rather the sum of my experiences plus the guidance of many.

Today I want to thank one such person who has offered me guidance (although she might not know it.)

My sister Kim.

Kim has always been a nearly perfect example of what I am not.

She's trendy, I'm not.

She's phenomenal (or so I think) with money. I still struggle but am getting better at money management with my wife.

She always has the right thing to say in a conversation. I put my foot in my mouth 90% of the time, and annoy people the other 10%.

You get the picture.

But Kim has always been this shining example of how I want to be. She always has this aura of confidence that makes all her choices and problems seem so easy to handle. You could say that she has an unnatural way of dealing with life, as it seems that nothing really bothers her, and I know this is quite the contrary for me.

As long as I can remember I wanted to have the same personality traits as my sister, and it was because of her I was able to throw off an apathetic attitude I had when I was younger and embrace what I needed to do to live successfully.

Now chances are I will never be as successful as my sister (what with her graduating college and all) but I know that I can always be successful for me and mine. Whether she knows it or not, she inadvertently motivated me to be a better person in my life and what do I have to show for it?

A beautiful wife.
A job I love.
A relationship with my mother and father (which used to be quite rocky).
And sometimes...just sometimes...I get to throw a good zinger in a conversation that makes everyone laugh.

Kim, you have been an absolutely wonderful sister, you are a still a shining example to me, and you will forever be my friend. I constantly look forward to thanksgivings and Christmas's, July 4th's and Memorial days.

I offer you a salute for always knowing what the right thing to do was and doing it, no matter the difficulty and I just wanted you to know, that having you as my sister has made me a much better man, and hopefully, brother.

Love you Kim.

Hardship, and failure.

2009-04-22T13:44:00.000-07:00

Yup, it's been 4 months now.

People in this town still are defiant to rational thought, and they still love to act stupid.

From the woman who left her child at 2AM to go "get some milk" while the child left the home looking for her in 5 degree weather, to the man that drove from the bar to bail his wife out for domestic battery and he was drunk.

What's sad however is that everyone has an excuse. It's never their fault. I'm (apparently) a racist asshole, and all I care about is destroying families. They only do these dumb things because "they needed a fix". Or my all time favorite, I'm somehow breaking the law when arresting these people and they're going to sue me, because they know the Chief, or the Captain and THEY wouldn't arrest them.

I just don't get it.

How can one be THAT irresponsible? I mean I had my share of F*ck ups. I got myself into some pretty hard times. But I never blamed anyone but me. Yup I complained that life wasn't fair sometimes, but I still got back on the horse and kept trying to fix whatever issues I had until I succeeded. But apparently, THESE people are entitled to have whatever they want, and I'm a MAJOR inconvenience for them. (But they'll win the Powerball soon!)

I care about my fellow man and all, but these people sometimes....God, these people actively try to make me hate them. They're just no describing it. I mean I used to think Jerry Springer was staged. Trust me. It isn't.

Oh well I guess. Another day in paradise comes soon. Welfare abusers, professional victims, and just all around assholes await me. Ain't it grand to be here?

I'll be home for christmas...in 231 different homes. (With retards on the road)

2008-12-22T15:53:00.001-08:00

So it's been a while.

A long while.

But for now I'm back from the academy for Christmas. Erin and I recently got back from her home town (3 hours away) in celebration of her sides Christmas. Then we have the 25th here. Then the weekend after the 25th at MY parents. Then the weekend of the 3rd and 4th of January at my Aunt's for the extended family Christmas, and tonight we're doing a gift exchange with friends.

And all in all, it's not too bad.

Till you hit the F*#@ing streets.

Little tip for those of you who drive on ice...SPEED WILL KILL YOU!

Here I am driving back from academy, doing my 5 over (I know....I'm bad) and here comes Mr. Small Pecker in his pimped out ride with his spoiler doing 91 (Got him on radar but was out of jurisdiction). I nearly shit myself because I didn't see him approaching my ass till the last minute and I swerved in the moment almost going off the road.

But God is not without a sense of humor...not only does Captain Dingleberry hit a patch of black ice and almost kisses a semi right next to him, but he catches the eye of another driver...who is sitting in the median...with "State Trooper" down the side of his car...who's running radar.

All of a sudden Mr. Special Ed slows down to 55 and dives for an off ramp. I call 911 who transfers me to the local jurisdiction. I tell them I locked him at 90, what exit he took, and that I would be happy to sign a complaint. I leave my number and go on my merry way.

Right before I get home in my personal car I get a call.

"Hi is this Officer Arnold??"

"Yes it is."

"Hi I'm Trooper (forgot his name) and I was just confirming that you had a front lock on that car at 90 mph?"

"Actually it was 91 Mph that I had him"

"Oh...well good, because I had him at 87 but wrote him for 90 after dispatch advised me another radar was out there. He got a $175.00 ticket, thought you'd like to know."

HA HA HA HA HA!

Karma's a bitch ain't it?

The Academy cometh...

2008-10-10T09:08:00.000-07:00

October 20th will be here all too soon and I'll be in the Academy 5 of the 7 days of the week.

This means that stupid stories (while few and far between these last few days) will be no more unless I'm making fun of fellow law enforcement (not really my thing though).

Anyway I believe my apartment complex has started to catch on to my profession (only took em 3 months). I used to get stares of "oooooooo why is he here??? Is he busting someone??" but now I get stares of "Can't do shit around here cause the fuzz lives nearby."

This is both good and bad for a multitude of reasons, but yesterday I told a lady to turn her stereo down (Full Uni) because it was violating the noise ordinance. She gives me one of those lovely "F*ck you" looks and says "okay." Now I know full well that this lady will go and blow this story out of proportion with a "this asshole cop screamed at me 'hey bitch turn your music down or I'll arrest you!'"

I'm jealous of firefighters, you see a firefighter wearing his local union shirt and even a "thug-gangsta" will walk up and say "thanks yo!" Meanwhile, if we're in civilian clothes we're wondering who just recognized us and do they have a gun?" Poop.

Screw stupidity today.

2008-09-22T18:35:00.000-07:00

Sigh.

It's been a while. You all know that I hate dumb people, so why not talk about something else today?

Erin and I got Wii Fit about a week ago, and since then I have learned 2 things. First that success has it's benifits, and second that one of the detriments is not realizing you're eating too much.

Let me explain. When I was struggling to even pay rent, I would go days sometimes with only eating one meal. I mean, I didn't starve or anything, but I only ate lunch like once a day with no breakfast or dinner. So consequently I established a pattern of ignoring those pesky "GIVE ME SOME F^$KING FOOD" messages from my stomach and was always at my target weight.

Well then I land my job as a cop and I didn't realize it, but after the money started to come in and our food budget increased, I started to notice those oh so aweseome love handles. This wasn't great news to me, since while I was in high school I did recieve some positve comments about my ab muscles. So I got into the habit of going to the gym for a while, and I dropped a lot of weight, but this was when I was only working 8 hour shifts, so it was easy for me to wake up early to work out.

But then I started working the 12 hour shifts and I couldn't find a rythem for working out. So once again, I started packin on weight because I wasn't being mindful of what I was chowing down on. But horray! I found Wii Fit and it is really easy to stick with that! In the first week I've almost dropped 2-4 pounds, and I'm finding I'm being mindful of what I eat as well! Meh, I know this isn't the most entertaining of posts but, I sometimes get tired of stupidity. These last few stupid cases, and days have taken my hatred and made it into apathy. I'll explain in later posts.

Ever feel useless?

2008-08-24T17:20:00.000-07:00

For anyone who reads my blog can immediately understand that there are people in this world with no forward momentum to progress in life. They sit and do nothing and complain that they REALLY need to hit that Powerball soon. While I hate these people, there are those that I hate more.

Stupidity irks me. This is obvious from the title of this blog. But what really enrages me is injustice. The following will probably not be what you expect if you read my last posts. This is somewhat disturbing, and I urge discretion before reading it.

Recently, I was dispatched to a bad part of town (trailer park) for a suspected child abuse case. When I arrived I was greeted by the maintenance man for the area. He calmly greeted me and invited me in a trailer that was recently being renovated. He tells me heard from a friend of a friend of a friend (This is now 4th party) told a girl was being sexually molested in one of the trailers. I attempted contact with the 3rd party to confirm this, but they weren't home. So I moved up the scale and attempted to reach the 2nd party.

I made contact with a young girl (no more than 15) who told me her neighbor across the street (another young girl around 12-13) confided in her she was being molested.

Now, before I go any further, I want to clarify I did not rush on a rampaging crusade to save the girl immediately. I had to press the issue to see if she was lying out of spite or if this was a legitimate complaint. I asked a flurry of questions, each of which received a satisfactory response. I then requested she write a statement for me. A girl at the age of 15 wrote the following:

"...she stayed the night one night at my house. At 1:00 in the morning she was sad and cried. She told me her mommies boyfriend does bad things to her sometimes. She said he tells her get undressed and "do it like he showed her". She said she got undressed and on top of him. She said he tries to "stick it in her" and when she says "Ow" he says "We'll try again next year."

I could not believe the level of detail in this statement. A 15 year old should have no knowledge of this! I immediately forwarded the report to the child crime investigator who tells me that there may not be enough probable cause to remove the child from the home, and if we ask her to come down to the station without probable cause and the mother refuses, we may NEVER get to talk to her.

I was disheartened and left the case in her hands. A few days ago, the Detective called me to her desk and told me that they got her out of the house to try to talk to her. Unfortunately this 12 year old girl would not say anything negative about her mothers boyfriend. Apparently the Detective said she gave signs she wanted to talk by asking questions like, "If he did do something wrong how long would he go away?" By the end of the interview, the girl was in tears saying "I don't want him to go away, he's nice!"

I started to hold hope, that maybe this man wasn't doing this, and I was mistaken, when the Detective dropped a bombshell.

This gentleman's previous history showed him having sexual relations with his younger sister (age 6-9 at that time) and giving her gonorrhea. It shows additional underage sexual charges, with no convictions. Lastly it showed his relationship to some immediate family members. Suffice to say, the man is living with and sleeping with his cousin.

I asked the Detective what was next. She said the only thing we can do, is watch the home from time to time, and wait until the girl wants to talk.

Ever feel useless??

WHAT THE HELL????

2008-08-14T18:13:00.000-07:00

Rage does not even BEGIN to describe how I felt when I read this. My sister hosts a blog, and suffice to say, when she posted this I wanted to FIND this bitch and give her a taste of my mind.

http://antisdelabstract.blogspot.com/2008/08/there-goes-neighborhood.html

I had to post this here, because this is stupidity at it's strongest.

I know I was surprised.

2008-08-14T17:51:00.000-07:00

Really. I was. I swear.

Okay, yes I'm lying. I wasn't surprised but rather in awe of the stupidity this took.

I was taking a report on a vehicle burglary today. Someone broke into a guy's car and stole a bunch of electronics, and everything seemed pretty on par in the terms of how a crime goes. Then he drops the list of items lost. They include:

2 laptops (less than 8 months old)
2 Ipod touch MP3 players
1 Sony Entertainment System
and mannnny many other items, suffice to say the total loss was at $5,500.00. I WISH I was making that up.

So I ask him, "When was the last time you saw this equipment?"

He replies, "Well I loaded it into a black duffel bag on Tuesday...so....yeah....Tuesday at like...10:30 in the morning."

"Okay," I say, "and when did you notice it missing."

"Uhhh today round 12:00."

So I think to myself "Self...If you threw $5,500.00 worth of electronics into your car, you'd secure it, so there must be signs of forced entry."

So I ask, "Are there any signs of forced entry?"

"Ah, well...nahh...nahh man. See, I only have the ignition key to this car, sooo like, I have to leave the doors unlocked in order to drive it. Plus the back windows don't roll up."

At this point I nearly took my own Taser, placed it at the base of mine spine and fired in order to calm the screaming monkey in my head that wanted me to just kick this guy in the kneecap. Instead I just confirm his story...

"So you loaded $5,500.00 of electronics into a bag, and left it in an unsecure car, with the windows down for almost 48 hours."

"Yeah." And of course he says this like I'M the tool who doesn't know what he's doing.

I told him there was almost no shot of getting this stuff back unless someone tries to sell it. He kinda seems sad, and gives me a thank you as he leaves.

At least some stupid people are smart enough to be sad they lost their belongings.

Apparently, rims, speakers, and cloth are the 3 most precious commodities....EVER.

2008-08-10T19:12:00.000-07:00

I'm driving down the road today, and begin to think. And anyone who knows me, can tell you, when I think, I just get more and more pissed.

Anyway, I'm driving down a normal everyday road and out pops an SUV in front of me, which is just fine. Until I hear the awesome bass pumping out his car. Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy some body vibrating bass. That's not the problem. The problem pops up when I can tell the system cost at least $1000.00. Not only that, as the vehicle turns, I see those oh so SUPER FANTASTIC spinner rims. (Cheapest spinners I can find online are $750.00 without installation.) It also has a GPS system, AND a in dash DVD player, with 2 hanging screens in the back.

So just the extra crap on this $30,000 base cost vehicle is around $7,000 to $10,000 dollars. None of this really set me off. I mean, it is this guy's money and all. But I'm headed into the bad part of town, and I mean the Clark Griswold "Kids you noticing all this plight? ROLL EM UP" bad part of town. I then observe this fella turn into the WORST trailer park in the city. Intrigued (and because I was bored) I follow him. He pulls up to a shanty like trailer and out comes 3 kids, none over the age of 6 to greet him. It would appear he just got home to be with his family. If that is the case, I do believe this man should have a cattle prod rammed up his ass and then have the electric current the Hoover Dam generates run through it.

Why the hell would you blow money on something that rolls around on the ground instead of getting a decent apartment, or a down payment on a house???? People who do this drive me bat shit crazy. I mean I splurge a little now and then, but not five figures on something SHINY. And also, how in the hell can you justify splurging that amount when you have kids living in a crime ridden area??

But wait for it...it gets oh so much better. The wife (i assume) exits from the living room/kitchen door holding a HUGE purse bearing the trademark "CC" of Chanel and wearing sunglasses with a VISABLE "DG" (Dolce and Gabanna) emblem on the sides. My wife tells me a real Chanel purse is around $3,000 friggen dollars and the sunglasses around $200.00. Again WHILE LIVING IN A FRIGGEN TRAILER!

Please of the love of Christ someone explain these people's logic to me.

Perhaps a video demonstration would be in order.

2008-08-09T19:36:00.000-07:00

Okay, here is a generic example of what I deal with.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQEV_olrBBM

Now, take the old lady, and drop her IQ to 6.
Make the 13 year old a "thug gangsta".
And as I'm leaving, have the 13 year old Pimp slap the old lady.

THAT'S what it's like. And while I hate it, at the same time, I LOVE IT.

See...now I was under the impression fences were there for a purpose.

2008-08-09T18:41:00.000-07:00

Another cop story...prepare yourself.

So it downpours today. Badly. For the first 10 hours of the whole shift not a single overly stupid person. My theory is now that for every hour of non-stupidity I get, someone somewhere is collecting "stupid-vibes" and making AWESOME decisions. These awesome decisions build and build until something like what happened, happens.

I just get off of a call, and receive notification that in ANOTHER location someone may of had an accident. All of this is 40 minutes away from the end of a 12 hour shift.

"Meh." I think, "Well, I'll just get it cranked out, catch up on my paper work and go home."

As I pull around the corner, my thoughts shift from "meh" to "NO FU*#ING WAY!"

At the end of a round about there is a fence. Or what's left of a fence. Skid marks are in the road and grass leading past the fence at least 50 feet. A truck is sitting there...with one passenger. I start talking and almost get hammered from the person's breath. (FYI, I won't ever being specifying names, locations or sex, so sorry for those who want nitty gritty details. You won't be getting them.) The person proceeds to tell me they were in an argument with a significant other, after having several drinks. The person shatters my faith in man (like most people do) by saying "And I drove alone cause I had been drinking so I thought I probably shouldn't take the kids with me."

Now my first question is; if you're at a bar....what the F*#K are kids doing around you. Secondly, how the hell do you go from BAR to CRASHING THROUGH A FENCE THAT'S BEEN REINFORCED WITH 2 INCH PIPE? Well however you do progress throught that thought process, it doesn't matter. And the person didn't even care we were talking about DUI here.

Skipping ahead, the person refuses to give a breath analyisis at the station. Now, I'm not sure if you understand how a breath analyzer works, but a FART could be registered on this thing and this person swears "I'm blowing as hard as I can!!! But since it isn't registering I guess I'll just take a refusal." NOT MORE THAN 3 MINUTES LATER I say.

"Your license will be suspended in 30 days for refusing to take a breath test"

"When did I refuse to do that?"

/FACEPALM "About 3 minutes ago."

"But...I only had 2 beers!"

Okay, not only did the person blow TWICE over the legal limit, the person also told me at the scene they had FOUR.

2 HOURS after shift get's over, I'm rid of this new Einstein and going home thinking, "12 more hours tomorrow."

"I hate speeding tickets. I have a fast car!"

2008-08-07T12:15:00.000-07:00

For those that don't know by now, I am a Police Officer. Today I went into the city building to pay my water bill and was met by the brightest of the bright... A young man with a sideways baseball cap, almost no teeth, with pants and a shirt so baggy you could smuggle Rosanne Arnold in them and still have room for a 12 gauge.**Shudder**

He looks at me and says:

"Hey, so you're with the **My City** Police?"

I responded, "Yes I am."

"Do you know an Officer **Name Omitted**? He got me for doing 61 in a 30, and I had to pay a $365 dollar ticket."

"Yes, I do. He was my field training Officer."

"Yeah, like I guess 15 guys complained to the post watchman." (Sidenote, I'm in a city close to a military base) "I guess he just camps there. Its F***ing BullShi*."

"Well I guess my advice to you would be...Don't Speed."

"But I have a fast car! A pimp daddy ride!"

/FACEPALM... (For those of you unfamiliar with "/facepalm" it's the internet way to convey that you just took your open hand, and slammed it into your face in anguish from the stupidity you just witnessed)

He continues after I pay my bill....

"So how do I go about getting the tickets off my record?"

"Ummm...I believe that would be the courts that might be able to help you with that."

"You can't?"

"No, I can't. My duty is to catch people speeding. I don't deal with the other crap, like diversions. You'll have to go through the courts."

He then enters into a drawn out speech about how the State and town suck because we fine so much for speeding and that he goes 115mph in 30mph zones, and the entire time he's doing this, the two very attractive ladies behind the counter that just got done taking our payments, are looking at him like he's the most obnoxious piece of s*** they've ever seen. He of course is oblivious to this and continues on, saying that police shouldn't just sit in a spot waiting for speeding tickets, when in all actuality, we only sit when those peak traffic times come and we know dinglefarts like him will be showing up soon.

And my faith in man grows weaker...

"I'm hot" says Paris

2008-08-06T22:36:00.000-07:00

For those who are keeping up with the political ads, John McCain launched an ad calling Obama a "celebrity". In this ad he uses a photo of Paris Hilton for (I shit you not) less than one second. Well Paris has a FIT. Says that he shouldn't have used her image, and creates a parody ad for.....(Actually I have no clue WHY she formed a parody)

In any case, I'll be the first to concede that Paris' commercial DID hold my attention. But really, this is another example of my loss of faith in man-kind. Not that an ad could do that mind you; but rather the circus that has become modern politics. I still hold a minuscule hope that people will wake up one day and address each political area by what THEY believe is right, and not what the Republicans OR democrats think is right. But of course I'm slapped with a Republican on national TV saying "Well he's a Muslim so I'm for McCain.", and a Democrat who says "He was affiliated with Bush so I'm for Obama." **sigh** I digress...

This ad that was put out has no real negative value on this election, but sweet CHRIST Paris; did you HAVE to go make a statement over an image used for less than a second? All that happened was you were called a celebrity and your image was flashed in a political ad. Isn't that a step up from (not being called one but actually) being a whore on an internet video? If everyone promises to never use your face on TV or the internet (like you could stop THAT video being downloaded) will you kindly crawl up in a cave and die?

"Omg?? I got pregnant?"

2008-08-06T16:51:00.000-07:00

Heard about this pregnancy pact?? If not, here is my first sample of why I have no faith in the human race any longer, and think pro-creation needs a license granted by those with an IQ over 110.

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1815845,00.html

In any case, one of the girls is now reporting she did it because "her school had a poor sex-ed program".

First of all, the report goes into how movies like Juno and Knocked Up were blamed. I personally would like to know who blamed them and give them one of those "V8 smacks" to the head for making me take the time to write this. Movies don't cause action...EVER. Influence? Maybe. But to say that movie directly caused someone to do something is one of the most irresponsible statements someone could make. CHOICE is what caused these girls to do this, nothing more.

But let's dive further into the realm of unbelievable stupidity that this sordid story entails. How the hell can you blame a school for sex-ed teaching practices? For Christ's sake, who in there right mind could defend against a girl willingly going out and getting themselves pregnant by a 24 year old bum? That's like me shooting myself in the shoulder and blaming the school for not teaching me about guns. What the F*** did you EXPECT to happen girl? Magical rainbows and sunshine?

The absolute best part this whole article is the "suspected reason" for them doing it.

"But Amanda Ireland, who graduated from Gloucester High on June 8, thinks she knows why these girls wanted to get pregnant. Ireland, 18, gave birth her freshman year and says some of her now pregnant schoolmates regularly approached her in the hall, remarking how lucky she was to have a baby. "They're so excited to finally have someone to love them unconditionally," Ireland says. "I try to explain it's hard to feel loved when an infant is screaming to be fed at 3 a.m."

Okay first of all, Ms. Ireland I salute you. In this article, you didn't blame the school, the father, society, the government, a freak unscheduled solar-flare, or anything else for your pregnancy. THANK YOU! You are a shining example of how to take responsibility for your actions. Moving on though; if these girls saw a young teen mother and were envious that's FINE. It's EXPECTED to see someone happy and to want that for yourself. However, if one acts blindly upon that, then quite frankly it's stupid. Almost "sticking-a-pencil-up-your-nose-to-tickle-your-brain" stupid and at the age of 16 if you can't make that decision for yourself, your parents need to have a 6:00 PM curfew on you.

Overall though, my message to the one person that will ever read this blog can be summarized in a response to the last paragraph of the article:

"Gloucester's elected school committee plans to vote later this summer on whether to provide contraceptives. But that won't do much to solve the issue of teens wanting to get pregnant. Says rising junior Kacia Lowe, who is a classmate of the pactmakers': "No one's offered them a better option." And better options may be a tall order in a city so uncertain of its future"

Here is the better option. When the channel 8 News or CNN comes, and you are interviewed Mr. or Mrs. Principle, say the following:

"These girls were obviously stupid, and perhaps having these children will instill a purpose or at least some responsibility in them. For any other students who want to have kids without thinking about it, I hope you have some wealthy parents."

While this may seem horrific I guarantee after no support is offered for their AWESOME choice, a 16 year old girl may actually think twice before allowing a 24 year old bum to have his way with them.

The overall feel of the blog

2008-08-06T16:32:00.001-07:00

I try. I try SO hard. I try to embrace my fellow man, and make sure that everyone receives respect from me. Time and time again, however, I find the human race must spew a resounding, "F*** YOU!" to my tolerance and understanding.

Perhaps an example is in order. For instance, a child may be in a park, while his mother or father decides to not pay attention and the child climbs a tree, falls and snaps an arm. Everyone is in agreement that the incident is unfortunate right?? Of course, but then there are those OH so WONDERFUL people who decide that the city in which the park was located is ultimately responsible because there wasn't four to six pillows underneath the tree to cushion falls of unsupervised children.

Yes I exaggerate a little but really, this is the crap that cause me to scream obscenities at an inanimate computer screen or television in rage and anger.

This blog will be my opinions, ideas, and overall rants about current society and personal experiences in my life. Enjoy!