Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone! To friends, readers, and even to trolls! Have a productive and meaningful 2013!

 

Favorite Troll Of 2012

My favorite troll on 2012....lets see....I have a few from which to choose! Okay, it's narrowed down to two, a runner-up and a winner! The runner-up is Marceline Perrot, of Canada. In addition to harassing me here, she comments frequently on the Oregonian, slamming any and all who wish the parents of missing children from the Northwestern United States well. Her moniker there is "Mazama", and she thinks that the plate numbers of cars are private, and that it should be against the law to post a picture of a car that includes the licence plate. Before complaining about me, she overlooked the number of people who had, undoubtedly, seen the car in question, plates and all, long before a picture of it appeared on this blog. To Marceline Perrot, I have this to say:

 

 

My favorite, however; is Sandra Lessman, of Lowell, Oregon. This woman also has an affinity for trolling others on the Oregonian, using multiple online monikers, but goes everywhere she can on the internet, not only trolling, but scamming. Her latest scam endeavor is a Facebook page called Kyron's Kubs, which has taken advantage of the names of others affected by a tragedy without their permission or approval. By all appearances, it seems that Sandra Lessman's true purpose is to hinder Oregon law enforcement in any way she can. Kinda makes me wonder what else goes on at 501 N. Moss St., but I'm sure her probation officer keeps tabs. Happy New Year, Sandi Lessman!

 

Favorite Quote Of 2012

 Here's the quote of 2012 that I think is most worthy of note: "Corporations are people too, my friend!" If Mitt Romney really thought this was true when he said it, he would never have stood a chance if he had to make it in this world on his own, without any financial or other assistance from his family and church. People vote, corporations do not, (thank the Gods he lost the election....would the "votes" of his corporations have been more important to him that the votes of the people?) and corporations can be bought and sold, while people cannot be bought and sold.

In Case You Weren't In Church On Sunday

 

All the great religious truths you will ever need are right here!

Favorite Commercial Of 2012

What totally weird and crazy stuff we have seen on TV in 2012! When I was young, people were usually too repressed and concerned with maintenance of their facades to say the things on national television that come across the airwaves now! From all of 2012's entertaining and amusing offerings, I'm gonna have to say that Obama's campaign advertisement after the first presidential debate with Romney, calling out Romney on his silly comments about cutting the funding for public television and Big Bird is my favorite commercial of 2012!

 

Kansas Prisoner Escapes While Taking Out The Trash

No joke; a prisoner in Leavenworth, Kansas escaped from custody today while taking out the trash! Raheem Armstead gave corrections officers the slip and is now at large. Of course, we all understand that because of budget cuts, there sometimes isn't anyone on payroll in the building, particularly on weekends, to take out the trash in the local lockup, (where's the eye-rolley when I need it?) but is common sense really in such terribly short supply? Why the hell was a prisoner taking out the trash?

 

Raheem Armstead, the man who outsmarted Kansas corrections officers.

 

Update: Raheem Armstead is back in custody now. Authorities will not, however; reveal where Mr. Armstead was found, which makes me wonder if he was ever really missing in the first place! Happy New Year, Kansas!

 

Petition Concerning Westboro Baptist Church

Lately, it seems that there has been a morbid and rabid fascination for Westboro Baptist Church, that bunch of obnoxious Christians from Topeka, Kansas, who think that God hates minorities, and think that they should drive to funerals of soldiers and famous people and let us all know how the Christian god of antiquity feels about all of us. There is even a petition asking that they be "identitifed", somehow, as an hate group, to which I will link you here. I did not link to the church's official website above, but rather the Wikipedia description of them, as the church already garners enough attention.

It's well and good to sign a petition concerning this matter, as a "feel good" measure, but all of us who have been within earshot of any active member of Westboro Baptist Church are already quite aware that they are hateful. Law enforcement, everywhere the church goes, has them pegged as hateful and unkind as well. England has even taken the unusual step of banning a couple of the church's members from visiting their country. The FBI is also aware of them, and regards them as problematic, not only because of what they do, but because of the potential for adverse reactions of others. Speaking of adverse reactions of others, this is one of the two things that the members of Westboro Baptist Church want the most. They not only desire adverse reactions on the parts of bystanders and nearby property owners; they want to be arrested, assaulted, and harrassed. Their whole game revolves around gaining negative attention and reactions from others, escalating the same into unlawful or combative reactions, then litigating against those who became offended and reacted. They generally do not bother to file suit unless they know, beyond the shadow of any doubt, that they can win in court. This is how they pay the bills at their church, everyone.

The other thing this merry band of attention whoring Christians want is publicity. That's why the funerals of soldiers are used as the church's platform, and also the funerals of others who are well known or famous, or the funerals of people who died in events that have been heavily publicized, such as the school shooting in Connecticut on December 14. The petition counts as publicity, too. The more Westboro Baptist Church interviews, press coverage items, facebook pages, and petitions for or against their silly-assed rhetoric find their way into our reading material, the more infamous Westboro Baptist Church becomes. It's a fact. That's why I did not bother to sign the petition concerning their behaviors. Had the press never picked up on the church's story  and run with it in 1998, most of us probably never would have heard of Westboro Baptist Church. While all of the media coverage cannot be undone, fewer pixels and less ink for this bunch is certainly worth considering.

 

Shirley Phelps, daughter of the paster of Westboro Baptist Church, and other female family members. Notice how they all look like carbon copies of each other. Inbreeding is a terrible thing.