Month: October 2003

Whack job busts through Bush’s Presidential security and then is rammed by two airport operations trucks. Wish there was video of this.]]>

Teacher and teacher’s aide arrested for taping young kids who got out of line. Guess duct tape has some educational value.]]>

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MSNBC story today. Despite helicopters and F-16’s and the occasional Stinger missile battery that pops up on my drive to work, there are still gaps in coverage. Perhaps it’s time to resurrect a new time of aircraft. A propeller-driven fighter. Maybe some P-51s rearmed. They could handle the low and slow Cessnas that are frightening Washington defense officials. Maybe some old World War II planes buzzing over these guys would really be more effective than a $35 million mach-2 powered F-16 (which has a problem in combat at <150 mph). It would at least look cool to have some old planes guarding DC. Doubt they’ll do it as it would cost too much.]]>

The New York Times is reporting that Westchester county, hip and together and cool, has decided to enlist the “”Archies”” in a new comic book to fight teenage drinking. The Archies. The cartoon that was too stupid for me even as a youth 20 years ago! The comic book that no kid would read unless forced or stuck in a really boring barber shop with no option. The Archies are going to stop teenage drinking? My god some parents don’t have a clue. What’s really frightening is that these parents are nearly my age. Does something happen when you have children such that you lose touch with what’s hip and what’s not. I was actually looking forward to having kids so they would keep me in touch with new things (thank god I have a nephew or the whole SpongeBob thing would have passed me by). Sometimes adults are too confident that they know best. Liquor stores in Westchester County rejoice. A whole new crop of teenagers will continue to present false ids and bribes to grab a six-pack.]]>

This is Angle Grinder Man. He is a London vigilante who got mad one day at the “”boots”” the police put on cars that are illegally parked. The fine was $150 dollars, but a circular saw cost only $50 to rent. Guess which one he chose? Anyway, he’s now liberated about two dozen cars and is getting his picture in the papers, along with a bunch of cops who want to arrest him. It’s actually kind of odd because I’ve often said that the way bureaucratic officials move is very likely to lead to some form of terrorism at the domestic level, even if it is petty vandalism. To date I’m still shocked that no one has blown up a DMV, and the phone company and record industry are likely prime targets should a domestic terror war ever commence. Actually, it’s amazing the restraint most Americans do show given the insanity of many government officials. And those in Europe thought we just “”shot first and asked questions later””. Guess not.]]>

The Moscow Times is reporting that utility companies in Russia are starting to threaten people who don’t pay with the lose of their pets. Apparently, pedigree animals are luxury goods in Russia and subject to seizure for bad debts. Power companies have launched a PR counter offensive to say “”no, we won’t seize your dog, but we could.”” Got to love that old KGB mentality in Russian public relations.]]>