Good Use of Your Community Association Funds

Generally I'm a fan of vigilantism, and this is no exception. I have to hand it to the wealthy blokes, they got their point across. Although I wouldn't have sent bullets. I'd have sent some video tapes of him in prison playing catcher with a reminder that you don't need to be behind bars to be someones bitch.

It's interesting that the public views sex offenders in a different light than other violent criminals when it comes to residency. Do people really think, "Hey, this murdered moved in next door, but I don't know the details of the case so maybe he's okay." Or is it a group think, that while other violent offenders can be reformed sexual offenders are lifers and they will do it again. Interesting topic for discussion around the next campfire. I say ship 'em all off to a desert island.

And what's with paying out a state sponsored lottery to a convicted felon? Holy crap, nothing like giving a guy, who would normally have to bust his ass to make ends meat, all the time in the world to think up and execute new and inventive ways to violate others.

I can only hope there were enough funds in the Darras Hall Homeowners
Association fund to "do" this guy the right way.

Those crazy customers...

There's the old adage, "The custom is always right." I couldn't agree more, unless the customer has opened their mouth, then all bets are off. Look, there are a lot, and I mean a lot, of stupid people in the world. Guess what, most of them are someone's customer. You do the math.

Here's a great example of someone telling the "customer" the truth...and apparently, it hurt.

My new adage, "Customers are stupid lemmings....with money." It always helps to keep me focused.

Bush's Biggest Mistake

While I'll freely admit that I voted for the guy (and still believe that he was the lesser of two evils), there is no doubt in my mind that the man is not cut out for the job. But also realize that neither he, nor probably any other mentally-challenged individual could possibly succeed in the office of the President. For that matter, I don't think there a single individual, handicapible or not, that can respond properly and without error given the responsibilities of the position.

If I were to summarize his blunders in one simple statement, it would be this: He obviously is not a student of history. If he were he would have been more prepared for what Churchill forewarned:

"Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events."

Good luck to the next guy.

Great Britain Kicks Ass

This story of white-trash gone bad can only sound this compelling and proper in the U.K. My favorite quote "Magistrates said they did not have the power to punish Miss Ellis severely enough". Punishing magistrates kick ass.

Why is that "proper" English and the culture of England still hold such a power over us, the uncultured Americans? You could read me dog food ingredients, and if it was done with the proper British accent it would kick ass so much I'd want to eat it.

Of course this is all balanced by our complete lack of understanding when it comes to British royalty. I guess maybe we just transfer our need for celebrity onto those in show business, while the Brits stick to their inbred monarchs. So take you're pick; tall, big-eared prince with questionable taste in women, or short, purple-clad prince with questionable-straight tendencies. Prince and Prince do NOT kick ass.