The Weekly Notes 2007
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Back to the Weekly Notes 2007 Archives Eleventh Hour Jerks: Just before it went into
effect, the house and senate of Muslims: Tell me how civilized
and modern the Saudis are. A woman was gang raped and she was sentenced to
receive 200 lashes by a Muslim court. The rapists got a slap on the wrist.
The Saudis are not civilized. No Muslim is civilized. There is no such thing
as a moderate Muslim. They are ignorant savages, every one. We dirty ourselves
by associating with them. It is their oil that makes our debased government
suck-up to those swine. It would be better to pay twice as much for Canadian
oil. Let them sell their oil to other savage nations, like Bad People and Good
People: We are rural folks.
Unlike city people, we must pay for a service to handle our trash. You may
think that’s a bummer, but at least our trash gets picked up. That does
not always happen for city folk. However, there is another problem associated
with this. To be sure dogs, raccoons, and other varmints don’t get the
trash first, we have a box with a lid near the road. Unfortunately, the
snowplow operator considers our trash box to be a sporting challenge.
Although the box was some two feet off of the road, he has managed to knock
it off it’s base and into our driveway twice. I don’t see how he
could have done that without going off the road. He is, in fact, a shit-head. Yesterday, a cold and
blustery day, Mrs. Gaffer and I were out with a couple of crowbars trying to
lever the box back into place. The box weighs about 100 lbs and moving it
ain’t easy, unless you happen to have a government owned snowplow. We
do not, nor are we youngsters. Mrs. Gaffer is 72 and I am 77 years old.
However, while we were struggling a couple of human angles showed up. These
were big strong young angles. They offered us help, which I gratefully
accepted, and they had the box back in place in a couple of seconds. This
time I asked them to put it 3 feet from the road, behind my address post. The appearance of these
guys was just the tonic I needed. Too often, I begin to believe there are
nothing but evil people in the world. Then it’s like magic how someone
like those guys will show up to restore my faith. The truth is most people
are decent. Given the opportunity, they will reach out to help. It sometimes
seems the other way, because the shit-heads have a large and negative impact
on our lives. For example, I am betting that this shit-head snowplow operator
will take out my address post, just to get my trash box. Happy Holidays. Comedy: Mrs. Gaffer and I enjoy
comedy, so we were watching a Detroit Lion’s, Vikings football game on
TV. Unfortunately, this went beyond decent comedy. It went beyond ridiculous.
It became obscene. It is no fun at all watching a slaughterhouse event. Both
of us came to the same conclusion. Football really should have a mercy rule
for teams like the Lions. Green on Christmas: We get some bullcrap
advice from our local ABC news show. They tell us how we can still have all
those garish outdoor decorations and still be green. They recommend using LCD
lamps and other stuff that only costs a small fortune to buy and use once a
year. I have a counter recommendation. Don’t deface your home with any
of that garish crap. Stay inside you home with your family and friends.
Celebrate this season as a quiet time of sharing with family and friends.
Forget trying to out showoff your neighbors. Duh! It’s Wrong: Again, in a case
involving the mayor of Ethanol: Great stuff, right? Mrs.
Gaffer tells me that the price of eggs has doubled over the last year. Do you
think that’s coincidence? Do you know what the primary food is for
laying hens? I’ll give you a clue, it’s cracked corn. Corn is in
very short supply now. Ask me why as though you don’t know. Our
government is using our tax dollars to subsidize the conversion of feed corn
into ethanol putting feed corn on the short list. This makes ethanol look
economically viable, which it is not. It is not, it has never been, and it
will never be viable. Meanwhile, the State of Crisis in Air Travel: We have sleeping
controllers, runway safety issues, near air collisions, and farts in a
windstorm. I have a solution. Don’t fly! Stay home with your wife and
kids. Celebrate the holidays at home. If you miss someone, I have been told
on good authority that telephones still work for getting in touch. Some vandals broke into
a Laundromat and stole a couple hundred bucks in quarters. They were clearly
seen on the surveillance tape. The next day they came back and a clerk at the
store recognized them. She called the Flint Police. An (officer?) came to the
scene. He refused to arrest the thieves because he had not seen the
surveillance tape. He said he could not be sure they had done it so the
crooks walked. This cop had a material witness, but it was not enough for
him. This is a cop from the same police force that is seeking assault weapons
to arm guys like him. Double Duh! People with sense should stay out of Phony: Gore is in Back to the Weekly Notes 2007 Archives |