St. PatROCKs Day and more

St. PatROCKS Day and more

Another year, another March 17th, another WTUE St. PatROCKs Day party. White people gather en masse and adopt an assumed heritage of Irish origins by consuming mass quantities of "green beer" (bud light with green tint) and traditional Irish Fare of overdone hamburgers and overdone chicken breast sammiches. (Corned beef and cabbage is a little too authentic) Kilts are worn (because Scottish and Irish are almost the same, right?) Whores come out in the daylight and act like whores with no fear of recourse. (who doesn't like whores, really?) Background noise and entertainment is provided by bands, strippers, dancers, and contests on the stage.

With a small percentage of Irish heritage myself, I'm left to question my cultural roots. Is drinking to the point of stupidity in my blood? Did the Irish provide anything positive to the world? While pondering these and other fruitless thoughts I still had a show to attend to.



On a completely different subject...

Proudly, I am also a direct descendant of John Adams: Founding Father and 2nd President of the United States. There is an HBO miniseries running currently about the life of John from 1770 through his Presidency. If the historical accuracy in this dramatization is correct I am a very proud descendant of one of the three men physically involved in the writing of the Declaration of Independence. We all know that Thomas Jefferson wrote it, but it seems as if John Adams, my family, was the delegate to the Continental Congress to commission the document from Mr. Jefferson and he was the delegate to present it to the Continental Congress for a vote. Mr. Adams and Benjamin Franklin were both privy to the original Declaration and proofread and edited it with Mr. Jefferson.

There is so much more information to know about this man and I want some real facts, not the dramatized version from HBO. Although I will continue to watch the miniseries I am all over the internet and public library trying to find out more about the role my family played in forming this nation. I suppose hating the existing government, lusting for freedom and a disdain for sociopolitical complacency runs in my blood.

...and yet another change of subject

If you haven't checked out the latest pictures of Helen you should. Click Here For Helen Pics. My little girl is growing fast and beautiful.

F'n Cops Part Deux

Yesterday I posted a website www.ratemycop.com  that I discovered from a story on the Morning Express with Robin Meade  (which is a great news show. The stories are too short to have any spin or politicizing and Robin is hot.)  I immediately checked out the site, created a login, rated the latest government enforcer that I have had the displeasure of encountering and watched the rest of the story that I conveniently recorded with my DVR.  The story was informative about the site and led viewers to make their own conclusions; however the police officers interviewed did not have a favorable opinion of the website.  The idea that a government agent is somehow not above reproach and the availability of a public forum such as the internet creating a forum to inform the public about the actions (positive or negative) of the law enforcement community was too much for them to handle.

The interviewed officer (who's name, rank, and jurisdiction escape me because all cops look, act, and smell of the same bullshit) was making his case that the website creates a danger to the lives and families of the members of the law enforcement community.  He was alleging that through the internet that the addresses and other personal information of the officers listed on the website could be discovered and potential harm may come to them.

This website was just a list of police officers with a simple rating system and up to 300 words to describe your encounter.  No personal info other than the officer's name was available, and to rate the officer you had to already know their name. (This is on the ticket/report/badge) Personal information is easy to come by on the internet for anyone with the patience and desire to track it down.  All that is needed is a name and some computer ninja can find out what you had for breakfast on 8/19/02.  None of that information was available on the site. 

The police have gotten their way.  I tried to check the website tonight and it is "unavailable".  Just like that, the website is mysteriously gone.  I don't know what happened to the site.  They could have not paid their hosting bill, the server could have been hit by lighting, an employee could have spilled coffee on the server, there are countless reasons why the site isn't operational, but I have a good idea of what happened.

There is no way of proving anything and nothing come of it if it there were.  One little website is of no real significance in the grand scheme of things, but imagine the Imperial Government of the United States on all levels, from local to federal, doing what they can to control the masses of the people they purport to protect.  Is it hard to conceive?

Didn't think so...  Fuck tha Police.

F'n Cops

This is great. Everybody has been harassed by the cops at one time or another, now there's a website to expose these mindless cretins. Go to www.ratemycop.com

Blizzard (and not the yummy DQ kind)

Ohio based roadie, I'm used to the long months of January and February, but this is a tragic mis-allocation of knowledge and talent.

I can't wait for spring.