Truck 1, Pedestrian 0

I feel terrible about it, and it has effected me pretty harshly. I ran over a pedestrian Friday night. He was a young Latino gentleman who had just come out of a convenience store for more beer. He got to the sidewalk and darted into the roadway like a deer on a country back road. The only thing I could do was put my brakes to the floor and hold on. He hit the right front of my truck and landed across the right hand lane and on to the sidewalk.

At that point I was in shock and did not no what to do. Luckily a witness had the good sense to call 911, and tend to the dude I just hit. I saw him on the sidewalk bleeding and not moving. I started to hyperventilate and my heart was racing. I was no help. After about a minute the young man started to move. I heard the sirens of the fire trucks, ambulances and police cars in the distance.

I still could not believe what had just happened. And I thought I was going to pass out. The guy was getting more and more responsive. He wanted to get up but the guy who was helping him would not let him. The first responders got there, then EMS, then the police. It was like a bad dream.

I was not charged with anything. The officer told me he could tell he had been drinking, and that I did nothing wrong. I still felt horrible about the situation.

Contrary to what was said by my neighbor this morning on 93.3 The Planet’s Rise Guys Morning Show. I was not upset that I wouldn’t be able to file a claim on the guy to fix my truck. I think “Nine” just needed to hype it up for the show. Which is fine I understand. But I just want to make clear that is not the case. I’m just glad that guy was not killed or hurt very bad, the last report the police officer got from the hospital was that he would have to have a few stitches in his head but other than that he would be fine.

Well that was how my Friday the 13th ended, how was everyone else’s?

Chris Martin; Douche Bag # 1

Commercial jingle writer Chris Martin shows his true douchebaggery in an interview he did for Rolling Stone. (Excerpt below). He seems to think that the rest of the world should decide the future of our country. I’ll tell you what Chris, you just make sure on Apples eighteenth birthday she is at the marine recruiters office to sign up, and will see about giving you a vote. You little asshat, don’t you realize that a lot of our ancestors had to slaughter a lot of your ancestors just to make sure we as Americans had the right to vote?

I know a lot of Americans don’t take voting seriously but some of us realize just what had to happen during the history of this country to get that right to vote. I’ll tell you what Chris, we wont tell you how to write jingles for I-Tunes commercials and we will take care of running our on country. Deal?

From Rolling Stone:

"Chris mentions that he sees reason for hope: “As soon as Barack Obama becomes president, people will be a bit more optimistic. If Obama was to be president, it would immediately change the whole outside world’s opinion of America overnight. America’s public image at the moment is really bad. And it’s a bummer, because over half of Americans are the coolest people on the planet. But they’ve been so misrepresented… But I think that, really, the fair thing would be, in electing the American president, to let everyone in the world vote, because it affects all of us. If there was a world vote, there’s no question who would win. No question. Of course, Barack Obama is human like the rest of us. He’s going to f— up. But I’m just trying to look on the bright side. What’s the point of being negative? Where does that get us? It gets you your own radio chat show, but it doesn’t really do anything for the world.”"

RIP Bo

http://www.pollstar.com/news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=10414

Bo, we hardly knew ya.

KILL THEM ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We should erect Platforms to burn politicians at the stake in the shadow of the Jefferson Memorial on the capital mall. When a senator, member of the house, lobbyist, president, bureaucrat, or any government employee passes a law, writes an order or takes any action which could do any harm financially or physically, is caught in a lie, or commits any other crime, he or she, as well as their family would be dragged to the capital mall beheaded or burned at the stake on live TV (C-SPAN 4?). All assets of the offender would be sold off and deposited into the treasury.

We have had too low of standards and expectations of the people we send to Washington DC. Some would say these measures that I call for go to far. But I believe that they are needed to make these people take a step back and stop and think before they sign there name to another needless bill, or executive order. The threat of having to be covered in pitch and set aflame might just do this. I believe we would have a better caliber of candidates as well. Some lawyer or midlevel executive thinks he wants to throw his hat in the political ring so he can increase his or her power base, they might just give it a second thought. And in a few generations we will either have a less corrupt government, or the skies above northern Virginia would bellow with the smoke of the wicked. Either way it would make for good TV.

A Message From The Editor

After a quick Google search yesterday, I discovered that a few other blogs are citing Punish The Innocent As Well, as a source. And it got me thinking; maybe I have more than the 3 or 4 people that I know of, who read this little web gem. Maybe I need to tone down the rhetoric. Just become a Kinder Gentler blogger. After all it is an election year, and I might just have a small semblance of influence. So in an effort to hopefully do some good in this world, my self and the staff of Punish The Innocent As Well present our new tone.

Thank you.

We Should Put Them Down Like Lame Dogs

I don't know if you have ever watched CSPAN-2 for more than say 5 hours, but if you have than you may have been like me last night and felt the urge to throw a brick through your TV. I was interested in the debate over the Warrner/Liberman tax increase bill currently trying to be railroaded through congress. What I got were the clerks of the Senate reading into the record the Boxer Amendment to the bill. All 500 or so pages. The republicans did this to emphasize the dragging of the judiciary committee’s feet on judicial nominations. I thought this was great. After the reading, (all 9 hours) Happy Harry and Mitch McConnell went back and forth like two little bitches, until the queen bitch came down and tried to scold and shame the republicans to no avail.

For those who are unaware this bill will increase the average persons tax liability by some $6000, and will not do a thing to help end the global warming. This bill was only designed to remove money from the private sector (meaning us) and place it in the firm hands of the government (meaning them).

More On The Enviorment

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/29/AR2008052903266.html




Here is something to think about while the Senate debates a bill that will basically turn our once great nation into a model of a European slum.

Here is what the Wall Street Journal had to say about the "Cap and Trade" bill

"As the Senate opens debate on its mammoth carbon regulation program this week, the phrase of the hour is "cap and trade." This sounds innocuous enough. But anyone who looks at the legislative details will quickly see that a better description is cap and spend. This is easily the largest income redistribution scheme since the income tax."



"Sponsored by Joe Lieberman and John Warner, the bill would put a cap on carbon emissions that gets lowered every year. But to ease the pain and allow for economic adjustment, the bill would dole out "allowances" under the cap that would stand for the right to emit greenhouse gases. Senator Barbara Boxer has introduced a package of manager's amendments that mandates total carbon reductions of 66% by 2050, while earmarking the allowances."



"When cap and trade has been used in the past, such as to reduce acid rain, the allowances were usually distributed for free. A major difference this time is that the allowances will be auctioned off to covered businesses, which means imposing an upfront tax before the trade half of cap and trade even begins. It also means a gigantic revenue windfall for Congress."


Here is the good news, It wont pass...this time around. But next year will possibly bring in a new socialist era whose actions; from the way the candidates talk, would cripple the US economy and bring about such a slow down in US production that we would be totally dependent on India and China.




Have a nice day!