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Help Me Understand This...

Posted by SaltyDog 9 years, 7 months ago to News
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In one community recently, the local authorities were all puffed up over a family having a purple jungle set in their back yard and some of the locals didn't agree with the aesthetic. (Apparently the little girls for whom the swing set was erected liked purple. Go figure.). The authorities were promising fines, etc. if the family didn't take it down.

Fast forward to today in Orlando, Florida. It seems a local there has his own reality TV show. He also has lethal reptiles in his home. Well darn the luck, one got out the other day. Sadly, he forgot to mention it to anyone like, oh say, the cops for several days. Turns out the escapee is an EIGHT FOOT KING COBRA, which can grow to 14 feet. Further, said snake owner opined the the beast probably went into a local wooded area and most likely we'll never be found. Not to worry though...he probably won't bite anyone.

Is this a great country or what??!?!


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  • Posted by $ nickursis 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Oh, yes. That is a tactic that is used across the spectrum from right to left. It is indicative of the quality of their arguments when they have to resort to the "Labeling offense(or defense)" as the case may be. I ignore any discussion where it starts that crap. Lois Lerner needs some labels around her scrawny neck like "liar" "conspirator""political hack" and of course, "criminal".
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    That was it! I remember the reference now. Your description certainly does match the tactics I see..
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I wasn't mad I was misled by the dotted lines. At least I think I was the culprit. Yoda is the nickname of the secular progressives theoretician works with and for Soros and Lewis the two billionaire leaders and funding sources who work through moveon.org and the ACLU. Their tactics iare changing the constitution not by amendment through carefully chosen court cases and carefully chosen judges and something called 'framing the debate. a form of perception management or spin. Framing The Debate is a book by Yoda. Acolytes are Obama, Clinton, Clinton, Biden, etc. etc. etc.
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  • Posted by LibertyBelle 9 years, 7 months ago
    Well, what if it does?--After all , It might just quali-
    fy as a member of an endangered species, mightn't
    it? And besides, man must learn to live in accord
    with nature, mustn't he? So what if a few human
    beings get killed?--As to the purple jungle swing
    set in the backyard on private property, anybody
    knows, doesn't he, that anything on private
    property that defends the aesthetics of one's
    neighbors is an unthinkable atrocity?!
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  • Posted by $ Suzanne43 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Very well put, nickursis.
    P.S. Add these to your list: Lois Lerner called us a seven letter word that starts with "A", McCain called us crazies, and Hillary compared us to terrorists.
    This name calling is supposed to intimidate us into shutting up.
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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I was listing all of the options, and not in any particular order. None of the above might be the best choice.
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yes. If you agree to something, there is a personal honor to uphold it. That is something that is nonexistent today. Our society has devolved into "beat the system" or "the rules do not apply to me" even when they voluntarily subject themselves to them. The flip side is the fascist application and manipulation of the rules to get to a minority groups exact controlling desires (i.e all houses will be red with white trim). But if you agree to such insane control freaks telling you that, you have purchased your own trouble, don't come back later wanting green and pink.
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Oh, boy, look at the issues with the "invasive" species. There are african rats in Florida the size of cats running around, I remember a picture a year or so ago where a pack of them gathered under a streetlight and looked like a gang of hoodlums waiting for a tasty human to come by. Not to mention the issue of pythons and boas let loose now wandering around. People are too irresponsible for most non-traditional animals, and screw up with the traditional ones enough.
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Not to mention the total dysfunctionality of the judicial system. If it was a snake liking judge, they may rule he was ok, and it wasn't his fault that a slimy slippery snake escaped, accidents do happen. Then they have to post a bond and pay to do it all over to try to find a judge with 2oz of common sense. Been there, done that, the legal system is as much a boondoggle as the political one today.
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Suzanne, I think you have the right balance. I am all for personal freedom and no govt intervention, but the govt thing grew up on idiots who took their freedom and abused it, to the detriment of others. Now it has even decayed to where they legislate that others can even put their opinions, wants frivolus desires, in my face and I have to approve of it, or I am (alternately): racist, unfair, bigoted, a right wing conspiracyist, mean spirited, or any one of the numorous labels imposed by others on those who just do not want to participate in their stupidity. Go ahead and have all the snakes you want, but when they get out, it becomes my problem: you should have to pay for any and all costs to find and kill or capture said snake, then all snakes go bye-bye, since you can't have dangerous toys. Group labels are the powerful tool that the social engineers want to have to manipulate people, we need to take them out whenever possible and render the case to the individual and both their rights and responsibilities. Too often the responsibility part is what is left out.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Got it! Same sheet of music. My sister and I ended up with one she had gone into and then got out of it before the crash. Bought a house and I had one apartment at the end of the garage area. but I don't stay in one place so we sold that not too long ago and without loss (no payments we just bought the house. She's now in an apartment. Really decent place at half the cost of a condo everything added up.)

    The rest went into her retirement account. We are thinking of buying one down south of the border and she's looking at an RV the same way I looked at a boat.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I became an Zappist. If you want an education go to the library. I liked university towns. Lots of free reading just for walking in and sitting down with a book.Lots of other resources. Also it fulfilled the other half of the equation. If you want to get laid go to school. I worked a full time job always and used the time off to fulfill the other two goals.

    Legal satisfaction was through the military education center testing program. Later it was the external degree programs in three states.

    One day I received a Bachelors in the mail. Another day a second Bachelors. Some years later and a bit more difficult one step up.

    Useful but not enough to produce an income equal to what I made in the blue color skilled trades. I just through that in to explain my sometimes spelling and somewhat eclectic interests.
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  • Posted by dukem 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    There are many clones. This was UC Davis, History, can't recall the name. But you know the type.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    And if that someone stronger or better armed IS the government? Worse. The one's you just voted for?

    Anarchists are the extremists of the right. By definition of zero government they are loners.Anything above that would constitute the start of a government.

    The left or the opposite extremists are the Nazis, the Communists, the skin heads, and so forth at the extremes of the left which are any group proposing, actively carrying out or supporting government control of the citizens.

    Fascist simply means complete government control of everything using any and all means available. The government you are referring to is right smack dab in the middle usually calling for citizen control through rights and responsibilities with some limited government. One part of which is usually law enforcement and the other is military defense. They may stretch from the center but always are attached to and support the center and NEVER violate the basic tenets, beliefs, and rights as set forth by the citizens.

    For us the best description of the center was the Constitution. The right or near right probably Libertarians and a few others just to use the direction. The left of course starts, for us, with a coalition of two plus parties the Republicans, the Democrats and a few odds and ends Independents. All of which believe in government control of citizens and most by virtue of their recent actions versus their rhetoric believing in complete control of the citizens. The only connection the Republicans have with the right is they are the right wing of the left. .

    So....if the individual(s) coming for your property are the government to whom do you turn? And having found the answer please share it the job is completely open.
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  • Posted by Watcher55 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Quite so. But there is more to "pre-emptive force" than "he hit me!" Planting a land mind is pre-emptive force even if you put it in an inaccessible part of a forest. So is releasing deadly animals where they don't belong. If you want to keep dangerous animals, fine, but you bear the responsibility for their actions as they are lethal weapons.
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  • Posted by $ jlc 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Let's make sure that we imagine him totally ripped! But he can wear a hat, as JCLanier suggested.

    Jan
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  • Posted by $ jlc 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Thank you for the improptu tour of the Mexican dialect! I will save you a cerveza but do not bring a bruja with you because I do not have a cauldron out for her to stir.

    Jan
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Down south of the border we have the Bichi Burger. My mind of course went first to "Son of..."

    "No Senor it means naked or nude.It's a local term.What you are thinking of is perra in the polite sense and bruja for wha tyou of thinking. That of course is the feminine gender version of perro or dog. The burger itself is one piece of very high grade ground round with nothing else on the platter ergo naked.

    So Bichi or Bici burger but beware there is also bicha a snake, biche green and bicho a wierd sort of odd ball all pronounced the same.

    Which brings us back to doing something au natural or in proper Spanish desnudo. That wasn't in the dictionary but nudo was and it means (k)not. No relation but one must be careful. Some perfectly harmless words aren't A saying is if you like the mother you will love the daughter. but the local phrase is gusta la vaca amo la becerra. cow and calf. You may say that and refer to the daughter as a calf but you may not refer to the mother as a vaca or cow. that would mean very very wide to be polite. That word is gordo or grueso but gross is grocera not meaning 144 unless it's kilos while the store for food is groceria.

    The moral of the story is have a two language dictionary in the hand that doesn't have the cold beer and mind the brizna de pasco y su dedos. Blades of grass for your fingers (also means toes) especially if you are grocera sin ropa and mowing the lawn. Ropa is clothes. Helping at the dock don't say throw me su ropa ask for a soga which can also ve used to make fun of your Spanish or warn you of being in dire straits

    Ask the why the prefer Spanish they will tell you English is too difficult.

    When you go to the next state or region it will all change. they do that to get a good laugh.

    the final caution for safe nude lawn mowing is the slang for a certain other appendage is pistol. i let you guess the rest.

    Save me a beer.
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