Tuesday, July 24, 2007

terribly early in the morning

Idiot of the Day - John Edwards, Another Wishy-Washy Candidate

“But I personally have been on a journey on this issue. I feel enormous conflict about it. As I think a lot of people know, Elizabeth spoke—my wife Elizabeth spoke out a few weeks ago, and she actually supports gay marriage. I do not. But this is a very, very difficult issue for me. And I recognize and have enormous respect for people who have a different view of it.”—John Edwards about gay marriage

What’s so “very very difficult” about an issue that doesn’t affect you one iota?  Seriously.  Why is anyone even allowed to have “enormous conflict” over my right to marry my partner of almost ten years?  His answers feel very, I don’t know, cowardly.  He’s afraid to lose the religious vote, so instead he’s willing to sound like an idiot?  What straight person needs a “journey” to be in favor of gay marriage?  Either you believe we should be afforded the same rights as straight couples, or you don’t.  It’s that simple.  This conflicted crap is annoying.  Hey John, why don’t you just sit down and let Elizabeth run?  She has the guts to express her opinions, even if religious bigots don’t agree with her.  She takes on Ann Coulter, she takes on cancer, she seems to understand that her religious views shouldn’t have anything to do with other people’s lives.  If a man is so conflicted over marriage, how on earth will he ever be able to manage the really difficult subjects like war, poverty, health, and repairing our very Bush-damaged reputation in the world?  I have no faith that John Edwards is capable of acting like a grownup and being president.  Sure, Bush is more immature, but look around and see how much money he’s wasted, how much good will, how many lives.  I’m tired of wishy-washy Democrats who have no courage of their convictions, no ability to take a stand.  I’d even have more respect for him if he flat out said, that as a religious nut, he’ll never be in favor of gay marriage.  That he didn’t even have to think about it, that he’s just against it.  At least that doesn’t make it sound like he sits around with an unlit pipe in his mouth, contemplating the ins and outs of gay marriage, and the philosophy behind it.  So John, step aside and let the strong presidential candidate in your family run.  Elizabeth Edwards for President.  Actually, I’d like it to be a Gore/Edwards ticket.  Elizabeth Edwards.

Monday, July 02, 2007

mid-afternoon

Bush Is Such A Scumbag

President George W. Bush on Monday commuted the 30-month prison sentence handed to Lewis “Scooter” Libby, former chief of staff to vice president Dick Cheney, for lying and obstructing justice.

Well, I hope the next time I out a CIA agent, endanger her life, and the lives of every single agent (foreign & domestic) that ever worked with her, I don’t have to go jail for it either.  Because, clearly, it’s just no big deal.  If you’re buddy buddy with Bush, you can commit all sorts of crimes, and often you’ll get the Medal of Freedom.  Whoo hoo.  Damn, I don’t think there’s a bigger bunch of criminals anywhere than in the White House.

If you voted for him once, it was poor judgment.  If you voted for him twice, you need to have your head examined.  Look around you, the world is disgusted by us.  In one short presidency, we went from the leaders of the world to the clowns.

Friday, June 29, 2007

terribly early in the morning

Idiot of the Day - Isaiah Washington

Damn, the man just can’t keep his stupid mouth shut.  The dope has opened up his trap to Newsweek now.  Now, now he was fired for being a big black man.  No, I’m serious, he’s blaming his firing on being black.  Not on getting in a fight at work, not on calling a co-worker a “faggot”, not on being unpleasant to be around.  No, it’s all because he’s black.  Oddly enough, he was black when he was hired.

Sunday, May 27, 2007

the wee hours

Idiot of the Day - Tom Saitta

I don’t know if you’ve heard about the big drama over the flag at a Hummer dealership in town.  The city restricts flagpoles to a height of 40 feet, and the Hummer dealer has a 100’ flagpole, with a flag the size of a volleyball court attached to it.  The neighbors have been complaining because the noise of the flag flapping is so loud that it disturbs them when they’re inside their homes.  I can only imagine how awful it is because when we first moved into our home, the houses behind us were still up for sale, so for a couple of years, we had about half a dozen small flags flapping behind us.  It was annoying.  So, the thought of a GINORMOUS flag that’s 30’ x 60’ near our house is scary.  The neighbors say that it wakes them up, and some silly people are arguing that they’re not patriotic.  Holy crap, it’s a Hummer dealership.  If we were going to go with the patriotism angle, maybe the dealer should stop selling Hummers.  If they cared about their country, they wouldn’t sell huge gas-guzzling cars that are contributing to global warming.  However, it has nothing to do with that.  The flagpole is more than twice as tall as the city allows.  Period.  The end.  Take it down.

Are you ready for the idiocy?  This letter to the editor was from Tom Saitta, who owns a few car dealerships around town.  Not Towbin Hummer, the one with the oversized flag.  To the editor:  Isn’t it funny how different people interpret sounds so differently? I am referring to U.S. flag at Dan Towbin’s Hummer dealership and the people who live nearby (Wednesday Review-Journal).  Those neighbors hear noise when the flag flaps. Personally, when I hear a flag flapping, it sounds like the voice of American freedom telling me how lucky I am to live in a country where flag flying is our American right.  To the neighbors complaining, think about that for a while.  Tom Saitta PAHRUMP You know what’s really funny about that?  Tom Saitta lives in Pahrump, some 60+ miles from that flapping flag, so it’s laughable that he’s telling the neighbors of the dealership that when HE hears a flag flapping, he thinks it sounds like American freedom.  LOL, easy for him to say when it isn’t disturbing HIS sleep.  He lives in the middle of nowhere.  It’s often really windy here in Vegas, which means the flag is noisily flapping all the time.  I want someone to put a volleyball court sized flag next to Tom Saitta’s house, and then let him tell us that when he hears the stupid flapping sound, he feels ever so lucky to live next to the big ol’ flag.  I’ll bet he’s not hearing the flag singing “God Bless America” after a night of listening to the wind blowing the flag around.  Man, what a jackass.

I just checked the county assessor’s website, and it doesn’t look like Tom Saitta lives in Pahrump, although he owns a dealership there.  He appears to live near The Lakes.  Gee, Tom, I hope you aren’t one of the people complaining about the new flight path, because I think the sound of jets overhead is like the joyous boom of freedom we hear every 4th of July.  It’s like Independence Day, but you get to enjoy it every day.  (Mom & Dad, just kidding - I know the planes are noisy, and I’m glad they’re not flying over us.  The fighter planes we get overhead about once a week, that’s plenty for us)

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

the wee hours

Idiot of the Day - Roy L. Pearson Jr.

I’ve been terrible about blogging and have wanted to write about this jerk for days.  I’m sure you’ve already seen the story, but in case you haven’t, I’m here to bring you one of the world’s biggest jerks.  An even bigger jerk than most of my “Idiot(s) of the Day”, which is shocking, but true.  According to court documents, the problem began in May 2005 when Pearson became a judge and brought several suits for alterations to Custom Cleaners in Washington. A pair of pants from one suit was missing when he requested it two days later.  Pearson asked the cleaners for the full price of the suit: more than $1,000.  But a week later, the Chungs said the pants had been found and refused to pay. Pearson said those were not his pants, and he decided to take the Chungs to the cleaners and sue.
Manning said the cleaners have made three settlement offers to Pearson: $3,000, then $4,600, then $12,000. So, the jerk sued this poor family...for SIXTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS two years ago.  He used a variety of stupendously insane reasons (go to the IndyStar link above for the full story), but this takes the cake, “But Pearson was not satisfied and expanded his calculations beyond one pair of pants. Because Pearson no longer wanted to use his neighborhood dry cleaner, he asked in his lawsuit for $15,000—the cost of renting a car every weekend for 10 years to go to another business.  Manning said Pearson somehow thinks he has the right to a dry cleaner within four blocks of his apartment.

While it’s clear the guy is insane, he’s not your average insane, he’s a JUDGE.  Yeah, not just a jerky lawyer, but a JUDGE.  Of course, he probably won’t be a judge much longer with most of the English (and Korean) speaking world asking for him to be fired and disbarred.  His profile has already been removed from the Office of Administrative Hearings website, so it looks like his job is in jeopardy, if he still has it.  Interesting that the case was filed in 2005 (why did it take this long to get written about???), but he also was apparently a jerk to his wife in their divorce hearings that same year.

Roy L. Pearson, Jr. (husband) appeals from a final decree of divorce awarded to Rhonda S. VanLowe (wife) on the ground that the parties lived separate and apart without cohabitation for oneyear pursuant to Code § 20-91(A)(9)(a). Husband contends that the trial court erroneously: 1) granted the divorce based on a separation date of October 15, 1999, or October 21, 2001; 2) denied his request for sanctions pursuant to Code § 8.01-271.1; 3) denied his request for spousal support; 4) failed to grant him a reservation of future spousal support; and 5) awarded wife attorney’s fees. He also requests recusal of the trial judge on remand. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the trial court on all issues except husband’s request for a reservation of future support. Boy, I’ll bet she’s counting HER lucky stars.  I’ll bet she’s also thrilled that she’s no longer Mrs. World’s Biggest Jerk because that would take a whole lot o’ explaining to the neighbors. Of course, you have to wonder who in the legal system let it get this far.  Why did a judge not throw this case out?  Not the divorce, that was a good thing.  Why would anyone allow this kind of lawsuit to stay in the system?  Why isn’t there a panel of reasonable people who review cases for stupidity?

By now, the cleaners have probably gotten tons of great publicity, offers of goodwill & cash, but I donated $10 a few days ago to their paypal fund administered by some unnamed (interesting, unnamed, huh?) DC accountants.  Even if everyone who is disgusted by the story donates a dollar and they become millionaires, they deserve it a whole lot more than many millionaires, so I felt good about the donation.  If you’d like to donate to their defense fund, go here.  Consider it something more concrete than another rant about the jerky (soon to be ex?) judge.  It felt good; and who knows, maybe a lot more people read about and only think about donating, than donate.  Their attorneys deserve to be paid for having the frustration of representing them against that gigantic ass, Roy L. Pearson, Jr..  Besides, look how cute this couple is - they’re like my parents, only Korean.    They deserve all the extra money they’ll get.