Anonymity + The Internet = TexAgs Idiots
Guess what? Its time for me to complain again. Now isn't that just off the norm?
Remember me griping about cops on 290?
Ok I realize the people on TexAgs are idiots, I think we all know that, but this is really pushing the envelope of finding who is the missing link. Apparently these people think it's good that the cop "got what was coming to him" trying to enforce the law. I don't care if he WAS sitting on the side of the road on a blind corner. The absolute bottom line is A) Don't speed, B) Don't drink and drive, and C) STAY ON THE ROAD AND IN YOUR LANE. If you leave your lane of travel, it is your fault, unless you hit something in the road. This reminds me of the case that I was a jury member of. The lady was suing the construction company for not constructing the side of the road correctly, causing her to crash off Hwy 6 (or so she says). Don't mind you that she was speeding through a construction zone and nothing caused her to leave the roadway besides her not paying attention to the road and her vehicle. I think we "deliberated" for 10 minutes and unanimously returned a "we're not going to give you a dime, lady" verdict. This is the same thing.
What should cops do? Put out flares in the roadway so people know "Oh crap there's a cop up here, I better not act drunk or speed, I don't want to get a ticket..." Heaven forbid they make it past the cop and kill someone down the road. How would the cop feel if he had the opportunity to stop that person by pulling them over and arresting them, rather than let some innocent bystandard get killed by an idiot drunk or reckless driver?
Its also known that the cops routinely sit out there on that stretch of road.
I even know this, and I've only gone that way maybe 15 times over the last 6 years. I think there comes a point where cops DO need to hide to be able to catch people breaking the laws. Now I don't think that Cops should be in people's garages waiting for someone to speed by, but they do need to enforce the law and keep the public safe.
This reminds me of the people in College Station complaining about CSPD giving out a lot of MIPs and DWIs.
DON'T BREAK THE LAW AND NOTHING WILL HAPPEN Jeez people. If you want to
take the risk of drinking underage or driving home drunk, then I'm glad the cops are there to keep the rest of us safe from the suicidal kids. I mean seriously, damn the man for making the legal drinking age 21 in Texas. Damn him! Wait a few years and then you can buy all the alcohol you want. I am willing to be that you don't buy that much.
I hope the people on that thread don't ever have offspring. We don't need more idiots around College Station.
Change
In the spirit of My Aggie Network, I now have a paper-ish Blog. Enjoy for the time being before I change it again.
Gouranga!!!
Not too much is going on here. I did get the oddest piece of SPAM in the world a few days ago. If you don't know what it is, it can really take you by surprise. It was in plain-text and the
ENTIRE body of the email is:
Call out Gouranga be happy!!!
Gouranga Gouranga Gouranga ....
That which brings the highest happiness!!
Strange? Yes. Funny? For a short time.
Anyways, as I said, not too much is going on. I am trying to get our builder to fix the draining (or lack thereof) on the side of our house. It was really bad on Wednesday when the wrath of God came down in the form of rain...The water level made it all the way to the foundation, causing some concern considering our house is only 7 months old. Hopefully Charles (the builder) will honor his warranty and fix the problem, but he doesn't really like to change things once they are done, so we'll just see how that one goes.
On another note, yay, our football team doesn't completely suck this year. Granted, we have only played teams that were -supposed- to be good this year, and have turned out not being quite so good, but still.... At least we are off to a better start than last year. Let's just hope that this continues.
Off we go to see the wizard...the wonderful wizard of Oz... (I've lost my mind)
Stupid People and Dish Network Part Deux
It seems that this is becoming a recurring theme on this. So, I guess I'll start with stupid people. This will take us to Kyle Field during A&M's romp of Kansas State. Well not really a romp, but it was a good game.
Man jailed in theft of motorized chair
Now, I don't think that the headline does this story justice. It should read
Students Jailed in theft of disabled woman's wheelchair. Now, I love having things to talk about and make fun of stupid people, but these people take the cake. They stole the chair because their friend was too drunk? What?!?! When is it ever a good idea to steal the elderly's wheelchair because of youthful idiocy? Yeah, that should be never. I'm glad these kids got a good, fun trip to jail.
Dish Network...again
Ok, most of you probably stopped reading now, but I'll go on anyways. So, remember my recent post about Dish Network needing some help? So, this receiver lasted exactly 12 days. Now the 2nd tuners' Coax output which delivers picture to our 2nd TV, but absolutely no sound. Just gibberish. So, after a brief talk with Dish, we have our 5th receiver coming over. The guy tried to charge me the $15 for shipping, however after a little discussion I convinced him that I shouldn't have to pay for it since its been literally 12 days.
So now I get to lose my TV shows that I recorded again. That's so fun. Oh well.
-Eric "Wheelchair bandit" Webb
