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Beating the Ban: Park & Recreation Style
Since when do families get to make public policy into law? *scratches head* MY GF said it best when this story first broke a week ago"Families? Not everyone WANTS a family!!!!!! Don't these peole get it?" I couldn't agree with her more. The other day in Target,I had to walk outside to have a cigarette to keep from punting this little boy who was screaming as his his clueless mother shopped. I'm in no way advocating the abuse of toddlers but there has to be some sort of compromise. My parents didn't take jacks--t from my sister or I. We screamed and we got spanked HARD. My father once took off his belt and beat the ever livin' s--t out of me for running around bumping into old people. Granted I was about 5 or 6 but that piece of leather taught me in 10 seconds what my parents tried to explain to me in 10 minutes. I never forgot and didn't do it once afterward.— August 18, 2009 1:55 p.m.
Famous Faces in the News -- Dylan, Pitino, Phelps, George Michael
That was the argument the nazis used here in Kaliforniastan,Josh. They said"Oh those poor waiters,waitresses,bartenders,busboys and dishwashers. What about them?" And because of someone's stupidity,I must smoke outside at the bar. I grew up with smokers. I grew up with drinkers. I grew up in bars. I grew up as a dishwasher in VERY smokey bars and restarants. So did my sister. We both smoke. We're both still alive. We both have choices to make regarding where we would like to be employed. I'd much rather work in a smokey Wisconsin bar than a non-smokey California bar. Why? The people. They're a hell of a lot more real and down-to-Earth. Out here it's one shmoe after another trying to look like L.A.. Yes,I know how you Sandy Eggans feel about your better brother to the north. Save your bulls--t comments. I've heard them before and it's all bulls--t. You guys are so jealous it's not funny. Oh. You LIKE to look like you're all small town but in reality,the majority of you wish you lived in L.A.. You might get laid more if you did.— August 18, 2009 10:23 a.m.
Our Idiotic Country -- Criminals Getting Paid
And yes,I do know the difference between their,they're and there. It's early. I've only had one cigarette,workin' on 4 hours of sleep and I smell like an Iranian cab driver.— August 18, 2009 10:13 a.m.
Our Idiotic Country -- Criminals Getting Paid
According to news reports,an off duty Sandy Eggo police officer was in a Carlsbad bar getting plastered. She went into her purse for something and pulled out her unloaded service revolver. THe bar manager freaked and as she was calling 911,the bouncers took her gun away from her and police found her with the bouncers when they pulled up outside. The Sandy Eggo police had to retrieve the gun the next day. Here's where it gets interesting though...Their not charging her with brandishing a firearm. Only drunk & disorderly because they say that because the weapon was not loaded & she didn't wave it around,there was no threat percieved. BULLS--T!!!!!!!! If the bar manager had to call 911 and the bouncers confiscated it,there must have been some kind of threat. I seriously doubt she nonchalantly just pulled it out to grab her Chap-Stick. I won't say drunken bit-- fight just yet as not all facts are being reported, but I'll go out on a limb here and cattiness to some level escalated. I'd like to see anyone in public with a CWP to just pull out their Glock 9 at a Burger King and not get charged with brandishing a weapon.....America's Finest City my f--kin' a$$hole! I'd say America's Most Corrupt City but we ALL know that's Chicago....lol.— August 18, 2009 10:11 a.m.
After Midnight
I'd rather be considered crazy and not take bulls--t then be considered normal and take a whole lot of bulls--t.— August 18, 2009 10 a.m.
Our Idiotic Country -- Criminals Getting Paid
You should do a blog on that dumba$$ rookie cop in Carlsbad. Talk about a cover-up. She'll get a slap on the wrist....— August 18, 2009 3:04 a.m.
My Thoughts on Michael Douglas and Michael Vick
Most of the hunter's in my family eat 90% of what they kill and some family members go back to our roots and use 90% of the whole animal. Shooting animals to feed your family doesn't make them murderers. It makes them men(and a few women)who will do what they have to do to save a buck and provide for their families,a more nutritious meal. I'm not going to get into the whole wacko PETA/vegan thing. Thinning the herd is better than letting them starve themselves to death or running over them with my Hummer ;-D— August 18, 2009 3:02 a.m.
Famous Faces in the News -- Dylan, Pitino, Phelps, George Michael
You've got it exactly right about the smoking bans,Josh. Here's the problem with smoking bans in bars. Smoking & drinking go together-FACT Tobacco is a LEGAL product-FACT Bar owners are legitimate taxpayers and employers-FACT They are the ones to decide what should and shouldn't be allowed in THEIR establishments-FACT that is slowly going to the s--tter Non-smokers have a CHOICE to go into certain establishments like smokey bars-FACT Right after I heard about the smoking ban in Wisconsin,I looked online to see if it was true and found banthebanwisconsin.com (similar to PB's ban the ban for the beach booze ban). I can't find the quote because the forum was shut down but I remember someone said something that made total sense-He basically said in a nutshell,non-smokers have screwed themselves from any bar that used to be a smoker's bar. What he meant was this:The non-smokers won't get served alcohol and will be ignored by the bartender who is too busy smoking his/her cigarette outside.— August 18, 2009 2:49 a.m.
The Other McCann
Awesome video,Fred. I'll have to add that to my favorites tomorrow.— August 18, 2009 2:29 a.m.
After Midnight
You've never lived in Chicago then,rickeysays.....— August 18, 2009 2:25 a.m.