A man who wrongly spent 19 years in prison for rape is set to receive a $1.4 million settlement of a federal lawsuit. DNA evidence cleared him and the city which had him prosecuted has cut him a check for $300,000 and owes him $1.1 million more. This figures out to close to $58,000 per year, so now we all know what twenty-years of your life is worth in Louisiana.
Not much.
More prison news, this is a doozy. Faced with a $1.7 million budget deficit, Des Monies County, Iowa is considering charging prison inmates for toilet paper! They say that the county hopes to raise $2,300 by charging inmates $1 for toilet paper. I guess the next question might be, “What about the guy who doesn’t have the buck for the paper?” what does he use.
WANTED: PERSONNEL ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED IN THE GOVERNMENT SECTOR OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. GOOD PAY, BENEFITS, AND REASONABLE HOURS. RESPONDENTS MUST NOT BE CURRENT IN THEIR TAX STATUS AND HAVE AT LEAST ONE PENDING DEBT OF $10,000 OR MORE OWED TO THE IRS. PLEASE APPLY AT 1200 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
Here you go!
Tax Troubles Take Five opened at the White house this week with revelations that another of President Obama’s Cabinet-level nominees has problems with unpaid taxes. This used to be somewhat amusing, but it is appearing far too much here lately, and has kind of gotten old.
Ron Kirk the cabinet appointee owes more than $10,000 in taxes. The thing that really makes all this so repugnant is the attitude of the Obama administration itself. Who called Kirk’s tax troubles “minor” and expressed confidence that the Senate will confirm him. This liaise faire attitude toward these tax cheats should not be tolerated.
Oil Crisis is evidently over.
Gasoline prices are on the rise and the oil industry is sowing seeds for a sharp run-up at the pump, best be ready, because it is on the way. Americans battered by the recession have found modest consolation or comfort in low oil prices and gasoline price at the pump. This is a condition that is more than likely going to last as long as business remains dismal and the recession stays in place.
Evidently we no longer have a petroleum problem in the nation, that is good news, isn’t it.
The oil industry is quietly brewing another consumer toxic stew in gas prices once demand recovers and the economy adjusts and starts moving again. They are slashing new investment and production far more sharply than analysts projected just a couple of months ago. This of course could lead to shortages later on, and when something becomes short in supply, well you know what happens dont’cha?
It goes up in price. Get ready boys and girls, it is on the way. Where is T Boone Pickens when we really need him.
What was it the great poets used to say, Life is a tragedy, or a sad play or something like that?
Jerry Seinfeld is tackling martial woes as the behind the scenes producer of the Marriage Ref. a six-episode reality series due on NBC next season. Squabbling couples will air their differences to a panel of comedians, sports stars and celebrities (only thing this is missing seems to be OJ, but I hear he is tied up at the present time). Just what we need, a recession and unhappy married couples harping at each other in prime time.
Head games on channel twenty-five.
In order to maintain martial harmony in my home, I am often forced to watch insidious mind-numbing shows like Dancin’ With The Stars or American Idol. Now here is the deal, all these so-called contestants are NOT supposed to know they are being cut or chosen to move on, right? So last night when they called this little teenage-chickie down to tell her she is moving on in the competition how come they already had her miked?
The other contestants were not wearing mikes … I smell a rat.
Action Comics #1 the book that introduced Superman is going on the auction block. This is considered a highly collectible item, or considered the Holy Grail of comic books.
Previous to this, another marvel comic book fetched over $350,000 at an auction in 2002. I used to have a stack of comic books in my closet that was around 4 ft high, when I came home from the service I discovered that my mother had tossed all of them.
So much for my chance at being a millionaire before age twenty-five.
It may be news to foreign policy Pundits in Islamabad as well as to the majority of readers that Superman, the highly coveted American film hero, is an expression and a creation of fascist minds rooted in a political culture that epitomizes power and the use of force. Muslims do not like Superman and they are not too fond of us.
While we are at it. The big news on the news today is the local Muslim’s do not want their picture on the drivers lic. and are suing the state. Here is a novel idea. YOU DON’T LIKE IT HERE AND DO NOT WANT TO ABIDE BY THE RULES … FORFEIT YOUR CITIZENSHIP AND MOVE TO AN ISLAMIC COUNTRY OR COMMUNITY. Most of us are tired of your act by this time.
Been a somewhat interesting week, I read where a guy tried to rob a finger-licking-chicken joint in Dallas with a stick! Yes, I said a stick. Now this is a guy who is going to need Denny Crane or Allan Shore for representation for sure.
Another guy in Oregon was in the process of robbing a car wash when his gun disintegrated and fell to the floor in several pieces. The employee of the car wash grabbed the first thing handy, a 2,000 ft/lb per square inch hose and let the guy have it!
And in Washington DC this dude came home to find a van parked in his driveway, walking to the windows, he spies three people inside his house, unhooking his flat screen television. So noticing the van is idling and the keys are in it, he gets inside and drives off with their van to call the cops.
So far, this has to be the absolute winner of them all. It is short and sweet.
There you go, all you need to know about everything that matters.
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