Martha Stewart is being used to distract us, the victims, from the lack of prosecution of those responsible for the dot-com stock scandals. “Look, we’re doing something!” crows the SEC. And yes, she probably did trade on inside information. That happens every day. If we prosecuted everyone who did so, we’d have more white-collars in…
Category: Stupidity
Pot for Medical Use: Debate in California
Medical marijuana grower gets a day in jail. The two ironies of this case are that the dude was doing his job for the city of Oakland and that when charged, the judge’s withholding of this and other facts from jurors spawned a rebellion among the jurors after they convicted him. The problem with all…
Teens Should be Leashed
Glenbrook North High will suspend the girls behind the melee in the park and it looks like they will be expelled as well. That should be the least of it. Gads, what a bunch of losers. The worst thing about it all is that when I’m old and in a nursing home, that generation will…
Suburban Bitches From Hell
By now I’m sure everyone’s heard about the high-school girls from hell. One of the major networks was showing the home video footage of those crazy bitches fighting like gutter animals, I don’t remember which one, and it was pretty vile shit, no pun intended. Here’s a forum that opened to discuss the matter. Here’s…
Airline Exec Idiocy
A bonus plan for Continental Airlines executives could let some executives earn double their salaries; meanwhile, layoffs of hundreds of Continental pilots went into effect Friday. Is it American all over again? Judging from the tone of the article, unions at Continental aren’t as strong. What’s fascinating about this article is the starting salary number…
More News from the Land of the Inane
Researchers find that fish feel pain when hooked. And if they do are we supposed to stop eating fish, too? I love this quote from Dawn Carr, director of PETA (Europe): ” ‘It is unfortunate that these animals were made to suffer for this study …’ “. Now that’s real genius at work.
FTC: Spam is Bad
FTC: Two-thirds of junk e-mails have bogus claims Gee, do you really think so? Don’t you just feel like slapping yourself silly having blown all that scratch on Viagra?
More news of the inane…
Two Southwest Airlines pilots were fired after taking off their uniforms in the cockpit and flying a plane virtually naked. Now that’s humor! But should they be fired for it??? Uh, maybe we should all lighten up a bit.
Hillbillies
For some reason, Appalachians don’t like the upcoming TV show “Real Hillbillies”. OK, they have a point, but if you can’t laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at? Citizens of America must unite and demand our “Real Hillbillies”. Maybe if we stand up to these bumpkins, football fans can do the tomahawk chop and…
Teen-agers are a Plague on Society
Saturday I observed one of our neighborhood brats, approximately 15 years of age, white, upper-middle class, etc., shooting signs, fences, garbage cans, and who-knows-what-else when I wasn’t watching with a wrist rocket slingshot. To those of you who don’t know, these are very powerful, if difficult to aim, weapons. I had a friend over and…