Merry Non-offensive, Non-denominational Miscellaneous Holiday to you! I have to admit I've been feeling more Grinch than Whoville citizen due to some unfortunate circumstances in this past week.
We Fuck You For Your Patronage
First of all, the 2008 Grinch of the Year Award goes to the multiple time recipient, the owner of the parking lot across the street from Blockbuster on the 700 block of Elmwood Avenue. On Sunday evening there was literally nowhere to park, with whatever spaces available in the neighborhood either taken by cars that nobody cared to dig out, SUVs, or unreasonably high snow that we all saw trapping vehicles, sometimes for hours.
You would think that given the holiday season, and the unbelievable circumstances, a guy could park overnight so he can actually make it to work the next day. Oh no, they didn't ticket me, they had my car (and probably a few others) towed. It took around $200 total to get to South Buffalo to get my car back and released, not to mention the lost hours and productivity. There is no mercy with the fucking asshole who owns the lot, so I'm not feeling too merciful when describing the character of someone who would treat neighbors this way.
You, owner of the Globe lot, are the most hideous, shameless, embarrassment of a person imaginable. You treat neighbors as pests to be removed, and you kick people when they're already down. What's even more shocking is that you don't know enough to be ashamed by what you did to people in what everyone knows are very difficult circumstances. It's a good thing I have a decent job and can absorb the $200. God forbid I was a single working mother who would then have to sacrifice someone's Christmas. You deserve nothing but sickness, hate and misery this Holiday season, you wretched, black hearted, small minded, loser of a pseudo-human being. I recommend some form of chemical castration for you because these values should never be passed on.
I would recommend to my neighbors to never patronize Globe Market, Blockbuster, Spot Coffee, and New World Record (which by the way is dead, you fucking idiot) as the sign says but we all know that just won't happen. A simple FUCK YOU will have to suffice, as well as a public statement of disgust, which is oh so richly deserved.
Revoke All Buffalo Driver Licenses NOW
Anyone go to the Airport yesterday? If you did, you would have seen people lining up parked just before the arrivals, blocking off a lane meant for arrivals through traffic. A free cell phone waiting lot, part of the airport complex, was created specifically for people to sit and wait for people to arrive so they don't emulate the behavior of these knuckleheads.
Given that it is an established fact (ask Josh) that Buffalo drivers are among the worst in the country even in great conditions, what do you do when they insist on shithead behavior like this, screaming by at 65 MPH on an icy/slushy road, or blowing by everyone waiting in a lane so they can merge, skipping everyone? Anyone who has merged onto the 33 from the 198 knows this ignorance. Enough is enough, the citizens of Erie County simply cannot be trusted behind the wheel. Driving is a privilege, not a right, and it's time for everyone to prove that they deserve to be a driver.
Passing everyone on the right, just so they can merge ahead, skipping everyone else - that should cost you money and points. Driving recklessly fast in bad conditions should cost you money and points. Double parking, points and money. Riding someone's ass, money and points. Basically, any act of driving that is abnormally obnoxious and either inconveniences someone unnecessarily or could potentially endanger someone should cost someone dearly. I'm afraid only severe punishment in this case will bring about positive change and correct everyone's behavior.
For God's sake people, shake yourselves! This is a first world nation for now, start behaving like it.
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12/24/2008 11:22 #47169
Happy ChristmahannukwaanzakahCategory: potpourri
12/15/2008 13:24 #47068
Paterson Announces Various GarbageCategory: rant
Well, allegedly taxes could go up on clothing, gasoline, and in a number of other areas because our state government leadership cannot set real priorities or even understand first grade mathematics. Only in government can a budget be called a values document. We have some real numbskulls in local government.
Tax hikes on clothing, gasoline (indexed to the price of gas), cigarettes sold on reservations, local cash drives...er....property reassessments, SUNY tuition hikes. State and local government do a bang up job giving the working man a break, let alone people on fixed incomes. The talk is about people "paying their fair share" who already get roto-raped by the State. Oh, and how about rules put in place to require new license plates, thus triggering more revenue? They can't fuck you enough.
Any chance we'll get a break if and when we ever pull out of this stinking mess? I'll go ahead and safely guess that they'll do what they've always done - fail to adapt, fail to prioritize, shift blame for an upstate exodus and a shrinking tax base onto someone else. Our deficit is projected to get worse, not better, yet they treat necessary belt tightening as if it is torture. If I didn't know any better, I'd think they are purposefully trying to push people out of the state.
PS - PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE NYS don't repeat the same lie about a cigarette tax hike being about my health. NYS doesn't want anyone to quit smoking - it is too profitable.
Tax hikes on clothing, gasoline (indexed to the price of gas), cigarettes sold on reservations, local cash drives...er....property reassessments, SUNY tuition hikes. State and local government do a bang up job giving the working man a break, let alone people on fixed incomes. The talk is about people "paying their fair share" who already get roto-raped by the State. Oh, and how about rules put in place to require new license plates, thus triggering more revenue? They can't fuck you enough.
Any chance we'll get a break if and when we ever pull out of this stinking mess? I'll go ahead and safely guess that they'll do what they've always done - fail to adapt, fail to prioritize, shift blame for an upstate exodus and a shrinking tax base onto someone else. Our deficit is projected to get worse, not better, yet they treat necessary belt tightening as if it is torture. If I didn't know any better, I'd think they are purposefully trying to push people out of the state.
PS - PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE NYS don't repeat the same lie about a cigarette tax hike being about my health. NYS doesn't want anyone to quit smoking - it is too profitable.
12/05/2008 17:16 #46976
Mentally Exhausted, Ready to DrinkCategory: potpourri
Am I ever ready for an effete, socialist European beverage! Today my brain has been about as efficient and effective as the NYS government. Heh, well, maybe I should give myself a little more credit than that, I have gotten some things accomplished today.
12/11/2008 13:13 #47024
Nuclear UmbrellaCategory: politics
So, President-elect Obama will reportedly offer Israel a "Nuclear Umbrella" in the event that Iran strikes it with a Nuke. Anti-semites the world over are fuming. I have to say I'm surprised by this development. I thought Obama's typical response would be to bend over and spread 'em wide. I hope not - Medvedev is practically smirking at us.
I guess this is where I think it is going to go if Obama does make this offer - The Russians will agree to protect Iran from an Israeli attack, if they have not already, or make some other aggressive move. There will come a time when Israel doesn't ask our permission to protect themselves - they have already drawn up plans, as militaries tend to do, to handle any contingency.
Now the way news works lately is that it ends up in the media before the media even checks their facts, so it wouldn't surprise me to hear later that Obama never agreed to any such thing.
I guess this is where I think it is going to go if Obama does make this offer - The Russians will agree to protect Iran from an Israeli attack, if they have not already, or make some other aggressive move. There will come a time when Israel doesn't ask our permission to protect themselves - they have already drawn up plans, as militaries tend to do, to handle any contingency.
Now the way news works lately is that it ends up in the media before the media even checks their facts, so it wouldn't surprise me to hear later that Obama never agreed to any such thing.
12/10/2008 09:46 #47015
Wednesday TidbitsCategory: t-ing the p
Well, no lie, the Festivus Pole is going up in the Washington State Capitol. I have to admit I can't completely divine the motivation. Is it there to point a finger at the Nativity, is it there to mock that sign, or is this "private citizen" making a point about the Governor's policy? Regardless I laughed out loud when I heard the news this morning. The irony is delicious.
How about that Illinois Governor? Fitzmas comes early! The miasmic little bastard currently is en route to an "unknown location" - hopefully a dark prison cell but maybe I'm being a little presumptuous. How does not one stare, mouth agape, when the allegations against him and the juicy tidbits have been heard? The Conservatives already are trying to tie the guy to Obama as it pertains to the selling of the Senate seat. Interestingly enough, David Axelrod now says he was "mistaken" when he said previously that Obama had spoken to Gov. Blablabla about the Senate vacancy. Honestly, I don't think you need to cover a non-issue, David, it's a little goofy to be afraid of the Cons on this. The article is dead on, refusing to bribe is not a crime!
Thank God we have, finally, I think, a decent Governor. What's the hubbub over Gov. Paterson saying "When you go black you never go back" at a dinner where media usually isn't allowed, where people roast each other, where things are off the cuff? I really don't care. The Governor's a cutup, who knew? I'm pretty sure you have to be dead to be a saint these days, right? I'll take being able to deliver a good joke over that haute-whore indulging behavior of Spitzer 10 times out of 10.
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How about that Illinois Governor? Fitzmas comes early! The miasmic little bastard currently is en route to an "unknown location" - hopefully a dark prison cell but maybe I'm being a little presumptuous. How does not one stare, mouth agape, when the allegations against him and the juicy tidbits have been heard? The Conservatives already are trying to tie the guy to Obama as it pertains to the selling of the Senate seat. Interestingly enough, David Axelrod now says he was "mistaken" when he said previously that Obama had spoken to Gov. Blablabla about the Senate vacancy. Honestly, I don't think you need to cover a non-issue, David, it's a little goofy to be afraid of the Cons on this. The article is dead on, refusing to bribe is not a crime!
Thank God we have, finally, I think, a decent Governor. What's the hubbub over Gov. Paterson saying "When you go black you never go back" at a dinner where media usually isn't allowed, where people roast each other, where things are off the cuff? I really don't care. The Governor's a cutup, who knew? I'm pretty sure you have to be dead to be a saint these days, right? I'll take being able to deliver a good joke over that haute-whore indulging behavior of Spitzer 10 times out of 10.
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