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Thursday, July 3, 2008. Issue 0031, Twice in one week? I'm an animal.
| In today's issue: |
- *permanent headline* More die in Iraq
- Obama douches it up this past week
by supporting Bush policies more
than McCain - Obama for Bush faith-based initiative
- Obama on Wesley Clark, "get under
that bus!" - Sonics are leaving Seattle for
Oklahoma City, why? OKC
suuuuucks - Bush knew about illegal Kurdish-
Texas oil deal
- Girl fired from job for being a redhead
- Green supercars, 100MPG and could
kick the crap out of a Ferrari - $700+ fine for not watering lawn
during drought - New airline-friendly "paper" shampoo
- Texas legislature to vote on 2 year
waiting period to get a divorce - Utah Supreme Court rules that giving
a wedgie is punishable by death--no
word on Melvins
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Today's issue begins with my frustration with all of those people who I tried to convince that Obama was
not the messiah. Now all those same Obamatons are pissed that he has already begun selling us out.
Amazing that, a man running for president will lie and go back on promises to get to where he is. Who'd a
thunk it?
With Hillary we knew she was going to compromise because she is a pragmatic politician. In other words,
we knew what we were getting. Obama was, er... is the unknown. The toughest battle he ever waged was
running for the Senate against Alan Keyes. Republicans won't even vote for Alan Keyes! Now that it is too
late to "go with the other guy," the vetting of Obama will finally begin and everyone has started to get a
bad taste in their mouth. Thanks a lot "energized young voters," you inexperienced retards.
Actually, I guess you could say that the main theme of todays issue of HoustonWade.com was inspired by
the fact that Obama is a tool and has pissed me off royally this week.
Today's issue begins with my frustration with all of those people who I tried to convince that Obama was
not the messiah. Now all those same Obamatons are pissed that he has already begun selling us out.
Amazing that, a man running for president will lie and go back on promises to get to where he is. Who'd a
thunk it?
With Hillary we knew she was going to compromise because she is a pragmatic politician. In other words,
we knew what we were getting. Obama was, er... is the unknown. The toughest battle he ever waged was
running for the Senate against Alan Keyes. Republicans won't even vote for Alan Keyes! Now that it is too
late to "go with the other guy," the vetting of Obama will finally begin and everyone has started to get a
bad taste in their mouth. Thanks a lot "energized young voters," you inexperienced retards.
Actually, I guess you could say that the main theme of todays issue of HoustonWade.com was inspired by
the fact that Obama is a tool and has pissed me off royally this week.
Obama tries to placate Evangelicals, who aren't going to vote for
him anyway, by expanding the stupid "faith-based" funding
program (giving tax dollars to church groups) that Bush started,
and that doesn't work, except to funnel money into the pockets
of... Evangelicals
him anyway, by expanding the stupid "faith-based" funding
program (giving tax dollars to church groups) that Bush started,
and that doesn't work, except to funnel money into the pockets
of... Evangelicals
Here.
ZANESVILLE, Ohio, July 1 -- Sen. Barack Obama, seeking to reach out to religious voters,
proposed strengthening the White House program assisting faith-based social service
organization Tuesday, while insisting that those groups not discriminate against aid recipients
or aid workers.
Obama's proposal for a $500 million-a-year Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood
Partnerships would also create 1 million slots for summer jobs and education programs.
Sweet. Who wants to earn a whopping $500 over an entire Summer? I told everyone that Obama would
sell us out. That he is a wimp. That if he does win (if!), he is going to have a bumbling and incompetent
first term. It didn't even take his first term. He has been the democratic nominee for less than a month and
he has already voted to allow the government to spy on Americans regardless of warrants, despite his
pledge last September to filibuster such a bill; this, following the week where he reneges on his promise to
take public financing to remove any possibility that lobbyists could influence his decisions (gee, I wonder if
the insurance lobby had anything to do with his inept healthcare plan?); on top of this, Obama takes the
true statement that general Wesley Clark, a former candidate for president himself, made about the fact
that McCain flew and crashed navy planes does not make him qualified to be president of the United
States.
General Clark is my number two choice for VP after Hillary. Now, because Obama can't shut his yap, he
has totally lost hawkish Democrats (more on this below). I can't make any sense of his decisions this past
week. All the hardcore lefties that got him the nomination are all pissed (MoveOn.org, Daily Kos, etc...)
and will probably begin to throw their support behind fringe lefties out of being slighted (this is a
slighty-bunch, ya know).
What are Obama's advisers thinking? "Hey, guys, I have an idea. How about we take the unpopular ideas
and the unpopular programs of an unpopular president and promise to expand them!!!! How's that for
'hope' and 'change'?" Kiss my ass Obamatons. You are getting what you deserve.
ZANESVILLE, Ohio, July 1 -- Sen. Barack Obama, seeking to reach out to religious voters,
proposed strengthening the White House program assisting faith-based social service
organization Tuesday, while insisting that those groups not discriminate against aid recipients
or aid workers.
Obama's proposal for a $500 million-a-year Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood
Partnerships would also create 1 million slots for summer jobs and education programs.
Sweet. Who wants to earn a whopping $500 over an entire Summer? I told everyone that Obama would
sell us out. That he is a wimp. That if he does win (if!), he is going to have a bumbling and incompetent
first term. It didn't even take his first term. He has been the democratic nominee for less than a month and
he has already voted to allow the government to spy on Americans regardless of warrants, despite his
pledge last September to filibuster such a bill; this, following the week where he reneges on his promise to
take public financing to remove any possibility that lobbyists could influence his decisions (gee, I wonder if
the insurance lobby had anything to do with his inept healthcare plan?); on top of this, Obama takes the
true statement that general Wesley Clark, a former candidate for president himself, made about the fact
that McCain flew and crashed navy planes does not make him qualified to be president of the United
States.
General Clark is my number two choice for VP after Hillary. Now, because Obama can't shut his yap, he
has totally lost hawkish Democrats (more on this below). I can't make any sense of his decisions this past
week. All the hardcore lefties that got him the nomination are all pissed (MoveOn.org, Daily Kos, etc...)
and will probably begin to throw their support behind fringe lefties out of being slighted (this is a
slighty-bunch, ya know).
What are Obama's advisers thinking? "Hey, guys, I have an idea. How about we take the unpopular ideas
and the unpopular programs of an unpopular president and promise to expand them!!!! How's that for
'hope' and 'change'?" Kiss my ass Obamatons. You are getting what you deserve.
Add "only four star general that is also a Democrat" to the list of
things Obama has alienated from his life in the last six months
things Obama has alienated from his life in the last six months
Here.
When host Bob Schieffer countered that Barack Obama, unlike McCain, had never been shot
down in a fighter plane, Clark replied: "Well, I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting
shot down is a qualification to be president."
The two campaigns batted that around the next day. And on Tuesday, it was clear that the issue
was still with us.
At a news conference in Ohio, Obama was asked why he hadn't spoken to Clark about the
matter.
A bit wearily, Obama replied that there was not enough time in the day.
"My question is why, given all the vast numbers of things we have to work on, that would be a
top priority of mine," Obama said. He termed Clark's comment "inartful," which sounded
something like an apology.
This is the first three sentences of the Wikipedia bio on General Wesley Clark: "Wesley Kanne Clark
(born December 23, 1944) is a retired General of the United States Army. Clark was valedictorian
of his class at West Point, was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford where
he obtained a degree in PPE (Philosophy, Politics & Economics), and later graduated from the
Command and General Staff College with a master's degree in military science. He spent 34
years in the Army and the Department of Defense, receiving many military decorations, several
honorary knighthoods, and a Presidential Medal of Freedom."
During the Vietnam War, "only one month into his command, he was shot four times by a Viet
Cong soldier with an AK-47. The wounded Clark shouted orders to his men, who
counterattacked and defeated the Viet Cong force. Clark had injuries to his right shoulder, right
hand, right hip, and right leg, and was sent to Valley Forge Army Hospital in Phoenixville,
Pennsylvania to recuperate. He was awarded the Silver Star for his actions during the
encounter."
McCain finished 894th out of 899 in his class at Annapolis and crashed 5 planes during Vietnam! The only
reason McCain got into Annapolis is for the same reason Bush got into Yale; both his Daddy and
GrandDaddy went there.
All Wesley Clark was doing was telling it like it is and Obama crucified him. Obama, Clark was not
questioning McCain's patriotism and you know it. McCain is a dimwit and not fit to be president.
Unfortunately, I also think that you are also a bit of a dimwit and not fit to be president.
Why am I forced to hold my nose to vote for such a shitty Democrat in November?
When host Bob Schieffer countered that Barack Obama, unlike McCain, had never been shot
down in a fighter plane, Clark replied: "Well, I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting
shot down is a qualification to be president."
The two campaigns batted that around the next day. And on Tuesday, it was clear that the issue
was still with us.
At a news conference in Ohio, Obama was asked why he hadn't spoken to Clark about the
matter.
A bit wearily, Obama replied that there was not enough time in the day.
"My question is why, given all the vast numbers of things we have to work on, that would be a
top priority of mine," Obama said. He termed Clark's comment "inartful," which sounded
something like an apology.
This is the first three sentences of the Wikipedia bio on General Wesley Clark: "Wesley Kanne Clark
(born December 23, 1944) is a retired General of the United States Army. Clark was valedictorian
of his class at West Point, was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford where
he obtained a degree in PPE (Philosophy, Politics & Economics), and later graduated from the
Command and General Staff College with a master's degree in military science. He spent 34
years in the Army and the Department of Defense, receiving many military decorations, several
honorary knighthoods, and a Presidential Medal of Freedom."
During the Vietnam War, "only one month into his command, he was shot four times by a Viet
Cong soldier with an AK-47. The wounded Clark shouted orders to his men, who
counterattacked and defeated the Viet Cong force. Clark had injuries to his right shoulder, right
hand, right hip, and right leg, and was sent to Valley Forge Army Hospital in Phoenixville,
Pennsylvania to recuperate. He was awarded the Silver Star for his actions during the
encounter."
McCain finished 894th out of 899 in his class at Annapolis and crashed 5 planes during Vietnam! The only
reason McCain got into Annapolis is for the same reason Bush got into Yale; both his Daddy and
GrandDaddy went there.
All Wesley Clark was doing was telling it like it is and Obama crucified him. Obama, Clark was not
questioning McCain's patriotism and you know it. McCain is a dimwit and not fit to be president.
Unfortunately, I also think that you are also a bit of a dimwit and not fit to be president.
Why am I forced to hold my nose to vote for such a shitty Democrat in November?
Ted Rall gets it, no one else in the media seems to like he does
A couple of months ago Rall wrote an amazing piece outlining his frustrations and reservations over
Obama's candidacy and I wrote him ad email telling him "thank you" for so eloquently voicing what I have
been trying to explain to everyone around me. Rall is so awesome he even wrote me back! That email
has been bronzed and is up there with the kudos I once got from Kurt Vonnegut on an article I wrote about
how Bush botched the nuclear deal that Madeleine Albright and Bill Richards hammered out (I'm a
shameless name-dropper, so sue me).
Obama's candidacy and I wrote him ad email telling him "thank you" for so eloquently voicing what I have
been trying to explain to everyone around me. Rall is so awesome he even wrote me back! That email
has been bronzed and is up there with the kudos I once got from Kurt Vonnegut on an article I wrote about
how Bush botched the nuclear deal that Madeleine Albright and Bill Richards hammered out (I'm a
shameless name-dropper, so sue me).
"I've got the military hardware to back me up. What do you got, Obama?"
Seattle loses Supersonics as team bolts to Oklahoma City, logic
still escapes me
still escapes me
Here.
Real estate and investment manager Bennett said in November that his ownership group
planned to move the Sonics because of a lack of support from the public, government and
business for a new home to replace KeyArena, where the Sonics have played since their
inception in 1967.
First of all, There are over 3,000,000 people in the Seattle Metropolitan Area with a mean household
income of $70k, and Bennett is taking the team to Oklahoma City where there are 2,000,000 less people
than in Seattle and the mean household income is $30k less than Seattle's. Where is the logic in this? I
thought he was in this to make money?
If a new stadium with more seats and more luxury boxes was what the ownership group wanted then why
did they propose a smaller arena with fewer seats and fewer luxury boxes than are currently in the 40
year old Key arena?
The Mariners have the worst record in baseball and we still have the 5th highest home attendance in the
Majors.
There is a reason why Oklahoma has no major league sports teams; the market is too small and the
people are too poor.
I'm an elitist. I know of what I speak.
Real estate and investment manager Bennett said in November that his ownership group
planned to move the Sonics because of a lack of support from the public, government and
business for a new home to replace KeyArena, where the Sonics have played since their
inception in 1967.
First of all, There are over 3,000,000 people in the Seattle Metropolitan Area with a mean household
income of $70k, and Bennett is taking the team to Oklahoma City where there are 2,000,000 less people
than in Seattle and the mean household income is $30k less than Seattle's. Where is the logic in this? I
thought he was in this to make money?
If a new stadium with more seats and more luxury boxes was what the ownership group wanted then why
did they propose a smaller arena with fewer seats and fewer luxury boxes than are currently in the 40
year old Key arena?
The Mariners have the worst record in baseball and we still have the 5th highest home attendance in the
Majors.
There is a reason why Oklahoma has no major league sports teams; the market is too small and the
people are too poor.
I'm an elitist. I know of what I speak.
Doesn't this guy just look like an asshole?
Bush knew of possibly illegal, at least unethical, oil deal
between Texas oil company and Kurdish officials, surprise,
surprise
between Texas oil company and Kurdish officials, surprise,
surprise
Here.
Today the House oversight committee released a report asserting that the White House knew
about an oil deal between the Kurdistan regional government and Texas-based Hunt Oil,
though President George W. Bush had claimed he knew nothing about the contract before it
was announced. According to the report, Ray Hunt, President of the company, talked to Bush
administration advisers months before the deal was made. Also, officials at the Commerce and
State departments encouraged the deal and even congratulated Hunt after obtaining the
contract.
The deal embarrassed the Bush administration and outraged the Iraqi government when it was
announced in September. Bush criticized both parties for making a deal that bypassed the Iraqi
national government, especially impolitic as a national oil law was still not established.
Wow, yet another Energy policy that benefits Bush's Texas supporters that he amazingly knew nothing
about. It just takes me back to those precious days of our youth when it was just energy behemoths like
Enron and Halliburton who were going hog wild "favors". Sigh.
The sad thing is that McCain has lost his mind and it is being controlled by Bush's boys and Obama is a
sandy vagina and refuses to put his foot down on anything.
This made me think of something. All the hippies, in their support for Obama, cite his 2002 speech against
the War in Iraq as his taking a stand. Then, just this week, it was revealed that Obama can't take a stand
against FISA and Public Campaign Financing after giving speeches against both. Do you think Obama is
just another lying politician? Do you think that if Obama was in the Senate in 2002 that he would have
voted to go to war like Clinton did? You know he would have and that is why everyone is starting to have
that bad taste in their mouth.
Today the House oversight committee released a report asserting that the White House knew
about an oil deal between the Kurdistan regional government and Texas-based Hunt Oil,
though President George W. Bush had claimed he knew nothing about the contract before it
was announced. According to the report, Ray Hunt, President of the company, talked to Bush
administration advisers months before the deal was made. Also, officials at the Commerce and
State departments encouraged the deal and even congratulated Hunt after obtaining the
contract.
The deal embarrassed the Bush administration and outraged the Iraqi government when it was
announced in September. Bush criticized both parties for making a deal that bypassed the Iraqi
national government, especially impolitic as a national oil law was still not established.
Wow, yet another Energy policy that benefits Bush's Texas supporters that he amazingly knew nothing
about. It just takes me back to those precious days of our youth when it was just energy behemoths like
Enron and Halliburton who were going hog wild "favors". Sigh.
The sad thing is that McCain has lost his mind and it is being controlled by Bush's boys and Obama is a
sandy vagina and refuses to put his foot down on anything.
This made me think of something. All the hippies, in their support for Obama, cite his 2002 speech against
the War in Iraq as his taking a stand. Then, just this week, it was revealed that Obama can't take a stand
against FISA and Public Campaign Financing after giving speeches against both. Do you think Obama is
just another lying politician? Do you think that if Obama was in the Senate in 2002 that he would have
voted to go to war like Clinton did? You know he would have and that is why everyone is starting to have
that bad taste in their mouth.
Black teenager fired from crappy movie theater job after she dies
her hair auburn, "it's outrageous," says an either racist or
retardedly incompetent theater management
her hair auburn, "it's outrageous," says an either racist or
retardedly incompetent theater management
Here.
WINSTON-SALEM - She calls it burgundy, but her employer calls it outrageous. Meyosha Love,
17, an employee at The Grande movie theatre in Winston-Salem, said she was suspended last
weekend after the company said her colored hair didn't meet company dress code guidelines.
"It's not blue. It's not purple. It's not out of the normal," Love, who has worked at the theater for
almost 2 years, said.
Her new hairstyle is described as two-inch red tips ? a clear violation of the company's policy
that states hair color must be naturally occurring.
All she has to do is find another employee, who is a natural brunet, who got her hair lightened and didn't
lose her job and this girl will win a huuuuge settlement check. I am willing to bet that there are a few blonds
at that theater where the carpet doesn't match the curtains.
Of all the stupid reasons to get fired. I bet this theater manager just hates redheads and has a fear of
gingers. Black people can't have red hair too!
WINSTON-SALEM - She calls it burgundy, but her employer calls it outrageous. Meyosha Love,
17, an employee at The Grande movie theatre in Winston-Salem, said she was suspended last
weekend after the company said her colored hair didn't meet company dress code guidelines.
"It's not blue. It's not purple. It's not out of the normal," Love, who has worked at the theater for
almost 2 years, said.
Her new hairstyle is described as two-inch red tips ? a clear violation of the company's policy
that states hair color must be naturally occurring.
All she has to do is find another employee, who is a natural brunet, who got her hair lightened and didn't
lose her job and this girl will win a huuuuge settlement check. I am willing to bet that there are a few blonds
at that theater where the carpet doesn't match the curtains.
Of all the stupid reasons to get fired. I bet this theater manager just hates redheads and has a fear of
gingers. Black people can't have red hair too!
OMG, that hair is OUT OF CONTROL! Get your
ass out of my theater this minute, young lady!
ass out of my theater this minute, young lady!
"Engineer" who doesn't know much about facts creates 110 MPG
Mustang
Mustang
Here.
Doug Pelmear said he isn't toying with the engine of 1987 Ford Mustang for the money.
The engineer's tinkering, however, could earn him $10 million and save him plenty more in gas
money.
Pelmear, who lives in Napoleon, Ohio, has tweaked his Mustang to get 110 mpg, making the
engine nearly five times as efficient as a traditional gas engine, he told the Toledo Blade
newspaper.
"We redesigned a lot of different things on the [engine] block," Pelmear told the paper. "It's
still a rod-and-piston engine; it just has a lot more electronics on it."
Traditional gas engines operate at 8 to 10 percent, efficiency, while the engine on the Mustang,
he said, is at 38 percent efficiency.
Well, actually a modern combustion engine starts out at about 35% thermodynamic efficiency...
Other than that egregious fact, good for him. Even though he is not going to win. If any one is going to
win it is going to be...
This guy.
Doug Pelmear said he isn't toying with the engine of 1987 Ford Mustang for the money.
The engineer's tinkering, however, could earn him $10 million and save him plenty more in gas
money.
Pelmear, who lives in Napoleon, Ohio, has tweaked his Mustang to get 110 mpg, making the
engine nearly five times as efficient as a traditional gas engine, he told the Toledo Blade
newspaper.
"We redesigned a lot of different things on the [engine] block," Pelmear told the paper. "It's
still a rod-and-piston engine; it just has a lot more electronics on it."
Traditional gas engines operate at 8 to 10 percent, efficiency, while the engine on the Mustang,
he said, is at 38 percent efficiency.
Well, actually a modern combustion engine starts out at about 35% thermodynamic efficiency...
Other than that egregious fact, good for him. Even though he is not going to win. If any one is going to
win it is going to be...
This guy.
Goodwin leads me over to a red 2005 H3 Hummer that's up on jacks, its mechanicals removed.
He aims to use the turbine to turn the Hummer into a tricked-out electric hybrid. Like most
hybrids, it'll have two engines, including an electric motor. But in this case, the second will be
the turbine, Goodwin's secret ingredient. Whenever the truck's juice runs low, the turbine will
roar into action for a few seconds, powering a generator with such gusto that it'll recharge a
set of "supercapacitor" batteries in seconds. This means the H3's electric motor will be able to
perform awesome feats of acceleration and power over and over again, like a Prius on steroids.
What's more, the turbine will burn biodiesel, a renewable fuel with much lower emissions than
normal diesel; a hydrogen-injection system will then cut those low emissions in half. And when
it's time to fill the tank, he'll be able to just pull up to the back of a diner and dump in its excess
french-fry grease--as he does with his many other Hummers. Oh, yeah, he adds, the
horsepower will double--from 300 to 600.
"Conservatively," Goodwin muses, scratching his chin, "it'll get 60 miles to the gallon. With
2,000 foot-pounds of torque. You'll be able to smoke the tires. And it's going to be
superefficient."
He laughs. "Think about it: a 5,000-pound vehicle that gets 60 miles to the gallon and does zero
to 60 in five seconds!"
He has built Hummers that get 100MPG. What do you think he can do with a puny little Mustang? This
man is an American hero. Cars with balls and are kind to Mother Earth. Booya.
He aims to use the turbine to turn the Hummer into a tricked-out electric hybrid. Like most
hybrids, it'll have two engines, including an electric motor. But in this case, the second will be
the turbine, Goodwin's secret ingredient. Whenever the truck's juice runs low, the turbine will
roar into action for a few seconds, powering a generator with such gusto that it'll recharge a
set of "supercapacitor" batteries in seconds. This means the H3's electric motor will be able to
perform awesome feats of acceleration and power over and over again, like a Prius on steroids.
What's more, the turbine will burn biodiesel, a renewable fuel with much lower emissions than
normal diesel; a hydrogen-injection system will then cut those low emissions in half. And when
it's time to fill the tank, he'll be able to just pull up to the back of a diner and dump in its excess
french-fry grease--as he does with his many other Hummers. Oh, yeah, he adds, the
horsepower will double--from 300 to 600.
"Conservatively," Goodwin muses, scratching his chin, "it'll get 60 miles to the gallon. With
2,000 foot-pounds of torque. You'll be able to smoke the tires. And it's going to be
superefficient."
He laughs. "Think about it: a 5,000-pound vehicle that gets 60 miles to the gallon and does zero
to 60 in five seconds!"
He has built Hummers that get 100MPG. What do you think he can do with a puny little Mustang? This
man is an American hero. Cars with balls and are kind to Mother Earth. Booya.
Green-thinking family slapped with $746 fine for letting lawn die
during California drought
during California drought
Here.
If Sacramento wanted a poster couple for its "green city" aspirations, it would be hard to do
better than Anne Hartridge and Matt George.
The husband and wife bought a home in east Sacramento for easy biking to work and shopping.
They installed solar panels and efficient appliances. Their laundry dries on a clothesline.
They didn't own a car until four years ago, when their eldest son, then 18 months old, was being
treated frequently for food allergies. They bought a Prius.
So when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a statewide drought June 4, Hartridge decided
it was only right to let her front lawn die to save water.
"The whole water conservation ethic is very important to me," said Hartridge, a state employee
who bikes or rides the bus to work.
But that ethic didn't agree with her neighbors, or with the city.
Before Hartridge could plan new landscaping, a neighbor complained to the city about her
brown lawn, and the Code Enforcement Department slapped the family with a citation.
Their small brick home was declared a "public nuisance" in violation of city code section
17.68.010, which states that front yards "shall be irrigated, landscaped and maintained."
A $746 fine will be next unless they correct the violation.
Ah, Kafka is alive and well in our state bureaucracies. The Governator better pardon this couple. Heck,
Arnold is paying the kickass mechanic from the article above to green-out his old family Jeep Grand
Wagoneer.
It's just like when all the people who distribute reconstituted fryer grease as bio-diesel were going to be
slapped with millions in fines by the California government for some backwards law designed to hurt green
practices. Some laws are just dumb. If Sacramento were a lush climate and not a hot hell hole I could
totally understand the enforcement of this law. After all, it is about keeping property values high, is it not?
If Sacramento wanted a poster couple for its "green city" aspirations, it would be hard to do
better than Anne Hartridge and Matt George.
The husband and wife bought a home in east Sacramento for easy biking to work and shopping.
They installed solar panels and efficient appliances. Their laundry dries on a clothesline.
They didn't own a car until four years ago, when their eldest son, then 18 months old, was being
treated frequently for food allergies. They bought a Prius.
So when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a statewide drought June 4, Hartridge decided
it was only right to let her front lawn die to save water.
"The whole water conservation ethic is very important to me," said Hartridge, a state employee
who bikes or rides the bus to work.
But that ethic didn't agree with her neighbors, or with the city.
Before Hartridge could plan new landscaping, a neighbor complained to the city about her
brown lawn, and the Code Enforcement Department slapped the family with a citation.
Their small brick home was declared a "public nuisance" in violation of city code section
17.68.010, which states that front yards "shall be irrigated, landscaped and maintained."
A $746 fine will be next unless they correct the violation.
Ah, Kafka is alive and well in our state bureaucracies. The Governator better pardon this couple. Heck,
Arnold is paying the kickass mechanic from the article above to green-out his old family Jeep Grand
Wagoneer.
It's just like when all the people who distribute reconstituted fryer grease as bio-diesel were going to be
slapped with millions in fines by the California government for some backwards law designed to hurt green
practices. Some laws are just dumb. If Sacramento were a lush climate and not a hot hell hole I could
totally understand the enforcement of this law. After all, it is about keeping property values high, is it not?
Dude frustrated by the fact that he couldn't take shampoo onto an
airplane invents paper shampoo "sheets"
airplane invents paper shampoo "sheets"
Here.
Between the Homeland Security restrictions on liquids, and the airline's new game of charging
for each time you blink, going on a trip with an ample supply of grooming products has become
almost impossible. Who wants to pay $25 to check a bag, just so you'll be sure to have enough
shampoo? I've aquired the art of stretching my 2 ounce shampoo ration so it will last up to a
week, but for plenty of people with longer hair that isn't going to work.
One possible solution is Paper Shampoo. The single-use sheets are designed to dissolve into a
lather when you mix them with water, and they supposedly work even if you're using sea water.
They also have a minty fragrance, which quite honestly doesn't help much in selling them to me.
After all, who wants their hair to smell like a Thin Mint? Personally, I think I'll stick with motel
brand shampoo on those bad hair days.
Suck on that, TSA. This is great until... Some terrorist A-hole figures out a way to make a paper bomb
and then even in-flight magazines will be banned!
Between the Homeland Security restrictions on liquids, and the airline's new game of charging
for each time you blink, going on a trip with an ample supply of grooming products has become
almost impossible. Who wants to pay $25 to check a bag, just so you'll be sure to have enough
shampoo? I've aquired the art of stretching my 2 ounce shampoo ration so it will last up to a
week, but for plenty of people with longer hair that isn't going to work.
One possible solution is Paper Shampoo. The single-use sheets are designed to dissolve into a
lather when you mix them with water, and they supposedly work even if you're using sea water.
They also have a minty fragrance, which quite honestly doesn't help much in selling them to me.
After all, who wants their hair to smell like a Thin Mint? Personally, I think I'll stick with motel
brand shampoo on those bad hair days.
Suck on that, TSA. This is great until... Some terrorist A-hole figures out a way to make a paper bomb
and then even in-flight magazines will be banned!
Texas legislator introduces stupid bill that would require a two
year waiting period to finalize a divorce
year waiting period to finalize a divorce
Here.
Texans would have to wait two years to get a divorce — unless they take a class designed to
save their marriage — under a proposal a key state lawmaker says he plans to revive.
State Rep. Warren Chisum, R-Pampa, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, sought
to get a similar measure passed in 2007. He said he's planning to bring it back as one of his
priorities for the legislative session that begins in January.
"The deal is, we need to take marriage more seriously," said Chisum, who in October will
celebrate his 51st wedding anniversary.
Good for him, he forced his wife to stick with it for 51 years. Why are people so intent on regulating
marriage? What's the point? The entire concept of marriage, in the American, Judeo-Christian sense, is
to make it OK to have sex in the eyes of the Lord. Why should there be any legislation on it at all?
"My husband beats me. I want a divorce."
"No can do, young lady, you have to wait two years. In the meantime, if he beats you to with in an inch of
your life he'll have hospital visitation rights and will legally get to decide if the plug gets pulled or not."
I bet this Chisum dude is against waiting periods for guns though.
Texans would have to wait two years to get a divorce — unless they take a class designed to
save their marriage — under a proposal a key state lawmaker says he plans to revive.
State Rep. Warren Chisum, R-Pampa, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, sought
to get a similar measure passed in 2007. He said he's planning to bring it back as one of his
priorities for the legislative session that begins in January.
"The deal is, we need to take marriage more seriously," said Chisum, who in October will
celebrate his 51st wedding anniversary.
Good for him, he forced his wife to stick with it for 51 years. Why are people so intent on regulating
marriage? What's the point? The entire concept of marriage, in the American, Judeo-Christian sense, is
to make it OK to have sex in the eyes of the Lord. Why should there be any legislation on it at all?
"My husband beats me. I want a divorce."
"No can do, young lady, you have to wait two years. In the meantime, if he beats you to with in an inch of
your life he'll have hospital visitation rights and will legally get to decide if the plug gets pulled or not."
I bet this Chisum dude is against waiting periods for guns though.
Utah Supreme Court says it is OK to kill someone who gives you
a wedgie
a wedgie
You're dead, Motherf****er!
Here.
The Utah Supreme Court today threw out the manslaughter conviction of Erik Kurtis Low, who
killed a Park City man after the victim gave him a "wedgie."
Low, now 40, claimed in his 2005 trial he was defending himself when he shot 38-year-old
Michael Jon Hirschey following a night of drinking, drug use and horseplay.
In reversing the conviction, the high court ruled the trial judge shouldn't have granted a
prosecution request to instruct jurors they could convict Low on the lesser offense of extreme
emotional distress manslaughter.
The justices also ruled prosecutors are barred from retrying Low for murder, extreme
emotional distress manslaughter, or imperfect self-defense manslaughter. The state could retry
Low for other forms of manslaughter or lesser offenses.
Court records say Hirschey teased, manhandled and threatened Low while they and two other
men were ingesting cocaine at his apartment. Finally, in the early morning hours of May 8, 2003,
Hirschey grabbed Low's underwear and yanked upward hard enough to pull him off his feet.
About 15 seconds later, Low shot Hirschey in the shoulder and the head, according to court
records.
Well, there you have it. Texas you can shoot unarmed people as long as one toe is on your property for
no reason (the Texas Castle Law); last week the Supreme Court Ruled that by killing a witness set to
testify against you that you cannot be charged with that particular crime and this week its death to
wedgie-givers.
If I ever kill anyone I am going to say that they gave me a wedgie and we all know that this is a capitol
offense.
The Utah Supreme Court today threw out the manslaughter conviction of Erik Kurtis Low, who
killed a Park City man after the victim gave him a "wedgie."
Low, now 40, claimed in his 2005 trial he was defending himself when he shot 38-year-old
Michael Jon Hirschey following a night of drinking, drug use and horseplay.
In reversing the conviction, the high court ruled the trial judge shouldn't have granted a
prosecution request to instruct jurors they could convict Low on the lesser offense of extreme
emotional distress manslaughter.
The justices also ruled prosecutors are barred from retrying Low for murder, extreme
emotional distress manslaughter, or imperfect self-defense manslaughter. The state could retry
Low for other forms of manslaughter or lesser offenses.
Court records say Hirschey teased, manhandled and threatened Low while they and two other
men were ingesting cocaine at his apartment. Finally, in the early morning hours of May 8, 2003,
Hirschey grabbed Low's underwear and yanked upward hard enough to pull him off his feet.
About 15 seconds later, Low shot Hirschey in the shoulder and the head, according to court
records.
Well, there you have it. Texas you can shoot unarmed people as long as one toe is on your property for
no reason (the Texas Castle Law); last week the Supreme Court Ruled that by killing a witness set to
testify against you that you cannot be charged with that particular crime and this week its death to
wedgie-givers.
If I ever kill anyone I am going to say that they gave me a wedgie and we all know that this is a capitol
offense.
