keep a u.s. citizen out of a mexican jail
(it's about more than the dog, I promise
the above petition is about more than keeping a former drug-addicted-turned-aging-bounty-hunter dude from being tried on ridiculous charges and sentenced to years in a Mexican jail. it's about insisting upon a little sanity. on a little control at our borders. y'know... those kinda things.
[EDITAGE::: after reading this over again, i see that i should have indicated in some way that personally, i'm okay with the dog. i've watched him on several occasions. he's an... erm... eccentric fella. *heh* but what he does is good. he takes people off the streets and not only that, he tries to counsel them. he (and his "posse") tries to make them see what they're throwing away by following the criminal path. he cares for them. so even though duane is a rather rough, even scary looking guy with his thin feather-laden braids interspersed through that blonde poof he usually sports up top and the terminator sunglasses and the leather arm bands, vest-on-skin with matching pants... well, i think underneath it all probably lies a heart of gold.
there you go, dog. i'm with ya, bra. ;) :::END OF EDITAGE]
the gif links to a prezidential canditate's website (a dude i'd never heard of, but i liked what he had to say)... his was the most professional, sensible petition (i've found many sites w/letters or petitions on dog's behalf) and was addressed to the proper authorities. your geographical info is sent to your state capital, then your senator/representative signs the petition (and i assume a number is attached to the signature according to how many signatures are actually submitted)
okay... next topic? the whole ru+ger's thing?? and i have to grit my teeth to just call it "a thing", but to keep my site off the search engine radar, that's what i'll call it... wait. no. it was an outrage. i dunno about any other women out there... women who, like me, are not black, but i was completely livid about this thing. most of you probably know, but in case there's anyone who doesn't... there are two white ladies on the team. one of them spoke quite a bit at the initial news conference (at least i think it was the first one) and she seemed to be just as furious as any other woman on that team. i know i felt totally insulted by it.
now, i'm no women's libber. (lol!) but i am all about respect and the complete injustice of referring to a group of people in such a derrogatory way without any thought to the consequences. i'm not into the "fire him/don't fire him" debate and i'm surely not waving any banners behind one of the main "civil rights" fellas who has been making the rounds on all the news programs and confronting the ignorant dolt who made the comments... no way.
i just believe that as HUMAN BEINGS? we oughta be a little incensed about this. juuuust a tad. *duh* am i for dumping free speech? nope. but i am for public insistance upon cordial treatment of others. i do think that public speakers, especially PAID broadcasters, should be held accountable for what they say.
i know the law and lady justice are blind. that's obvious with just a quick read through the constitution and bill of rights, but that's what humans are for. (i started to say 'judges', but here lately? i'm not sure 'judges' and 'humans' are always one and the same what with many of them repeatedly turning loose rapists and drunk drivers. *gah*)
see? that wasn't so nice, was it? but it wasn't directed at a particular judge or even a certain "team" of judges. it was a general statement with the qualifier "some" thrown in to show i'm open to the possibility that there could perhaps be a judge who is also a human out there somewhere. besides that? it wasn't even a nasty thing to say!
all i'm saying is that we as a society need to grow a brain, a conscience and pick up a moral compass before we check out with the miracle-gro.
the formerally guilty-as-sin but now innocent-as-doves duke lahcrossey players? more horrible injustice here.
i think the good-for-nothing da should be run out on a rail... okay, he should be sued AND charged with all the screwups he made in this whole thing. and this woman? this exotic dancer s t r i p p e r ... let's just be truthful here, uhkay? so the rumor on her is that she has some mental problem and so she didn't know what she was doing or some such drivel. *gag*
gee, `dep-a-dy` barney... then that oughta be all the more reason to go pick 'er up, doncha think?
she needs a thorough mental evaluation, and heck, there should probably be all the other physical afflictions the three students were subjected to while we're at it. fair's fair, after all. let's see how mentally stable she is. if she's got a li'l problem (hmm, maybe the kind that comes in a bottle or syringe? we wonders...) then by all means, lock her up in some "treatment facility" where she can be safe (AND OTHERS CAN BE SAFE FROM HER in case she cries wolf again & pairs up with another despicable da, kwim vern?)
but really, an equally big outrage? where are the so-called 'civil rights leaders' who have been squawling like banshees over the whole eyemush (perfect name for him, don't you think? *heh*) comments??? are they screaming about the year that was stolen and turned into a nightmare and a financial drain for these young men and their families??? um.,, nope.
these boys had CRIMINAL CHARGES leveled against them, had their names, addresses and photos plastered ALL OVER television, the internet and most every newspaper around the world! as disgusted as i am over the ru+gers deal, i am even more nauseated by this injustice. is it really like that? are we really willing to ignore such a horrible thing just because we're all ashamed of what some ignorant, arrogant, offensive old white man said??
does the press feel too guilty to expose the inconsistencies?? do we feel to embarressed by our attitudes and words that might sound too much like eyemush's?? dear Lord, i hope that's not it. surely we're more mature, more informed and educated or more well behaved than that?
*sigh*
wanna discuss it? EMAIL ME!!!! if i have the time annnnd the brain cells, we'll chaw the fat about this stuff. if not, i'll still respond. i just like getting your emails! :)
on the same subject as this whole post, but sorta kinda totally different.....
CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW TIGHT MY NECK AND SHOULDER MUSCLES ARE???
nope. i guarantee you can't. (& neither can this cat! LOL!)
ttfn----
ps::: i'm getting closer on the wordpress stuff. well, at least i THINK i am.... only time will tell, i s'pose. *heh*
