Crabby Blogging Lady

I guess the cities are no longer the money makers they once were. None of the criminals go there anymore, it’s too crowded. Rather, criminals are now entering the boundaries of sweet suburban living and small town America. Gee, it’s a regular Hollywood movie out there….

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Did you ever wonder if more crimes occurred in the summer than the winter? Or if one seemingly “nice” town or city actually has more crime than that decrepit old town with the run-down shacks? I found a very cool website that shows crime rates for the biggest cities. It’s called Trulia. I think it’s pretty neat! It’s no where NEAR as comprehensive as it should be, though. They really need to work on that. This stuff is important. I want to know where all the crimes are so I can avoid the place like the plague. The website covers all the “big cities” and I didn’t see any small towns on there.

I think there has been a dramatic rise in crime in small towns. My small town is seeing a LOT more break-ins, violent domestic incidents, and now we are faced with drug crimes and gangs. I live in a town with a population of under 900!!!!! It’s insane. My neighbors down the street were busted for drug dealing. Further down, there was a drive-by shooting a few weeks ago. And I saw in the news that, after a sting operation, cops discovered heroin, loaded guns and bullet proof vests in a home nearby.

:blink:

Crime is getting so bad in my area that the cops have stings?!

The politicians had better lower these property taxes real quick like. It’s bad enough, paying such exorbitant taxes in a nice neighborhood. It’s cruel and unusual punishment to make us pay thousands upon thousands of dollars for an area plagued by crime and drugs. Good God.

Some neighbors are so concerned that they are getting g*ns and other means to protect themselves. Others are getting testoripped so they can pound the criminals into the ground.

Me, I’m practicing The Look to make these losers melt like jello under a hairdryer.

Gee, part of me feels sorry for the guy, but most of me feels really disgusted.

Ed Schultz of MSNBC apologized for calling Laura Ingraham a “talk show radio slut” on the air.

That really is unconscionable. Really. Schultz apologized, but his apology still rings a little fake to me…

“On my radio show yesterday, I used vile and inappropriate language when talking about talk show host Laura Ingraham. I am deeply sorry, and I apologize. It was wrong, uncalled for and I recognize the severity of what I said. I apologize to you, Laura and ask for your forgiveness. It doesn’t matter what the circumstances were. It doesn’t matter that it was on radio and I was ad libbing. none of that matters. none of that matters. What matters is what I said was terribly vile…

Now why did he make that exception: “It doesn’t matter that it was on radio and I was ad libbing”? No it doesn’t matter AT ALL. Why mention it? It doesn’t even matter if you, Mr. Schultz, REALLY think Ingraham IS a slut or not. She’s NOT. And you had no right to say such a thing, even if you “messed up” because you were ad libbing. Not at a party, not while shopping for hot tub covers, never. Slander is serious stuff.

Anyway, the guy lost his job. Which is sad. I mean, it’s sad for anyone to lose their job. But Schultz took it like a man. And it is definitely a signal to others that just because someone is a liberal and/or has a high-ranking job protected by a lot of rich mucky-mucks doesn’t mean you can go around slandering people’s character because you don’t like their opposing ideas.

Ah yes, the Oscarzzzzzzz. Perfect timing. The world is going bananas with earthquakes, wars, rumors of wars, and Hollywood dances to the golden idol. Well, I need a good sleep, anyway. I’ll skip the sleeping aid and adapexin p and take a good long snooze and skip the chips, too.

I haven’t watched the Oscars in… must be close to 25 years now. Wow. Back then, I was a star-struck kid. I honestly don’t like watching movies anymore. I’ll watch some documentaries (I recently saw an old Francis Schaeffer one called How Should We Then Live that was fantastic), and I love Drive Thru History with Dave Stotts. Which reminds me, why don’t they get Oscars? Those are GREAT features. To me, the Oscars are a waste of time. They honor themselves and pass over very many worthy features. It’s a crying shame.

Mr. Crabby and I have been searching for a new family vehicle FOR MONTHS and so far our efforts have been fruitless. FRUITLESS!!! We even have the money in hand, ready to slap down on the dealer’s table, but we can find nothing appropriate for our family of 6.

Yes. SIX. We have FOUR offspring. And I would *kinda* like to have seats in the vehicle for every one of them, plus the two adults. I guess a couple of the runts can be strapped to the roof rack, but during our rugged winters, that might be considered a little mean….

But we go into a car dealership and the people look at us like we are a rerun from The Waltons. SIX. They can’t believe it. They count us, several times. One, two, three, four… OMG HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU HAVE?!

If we lived in California, I’d be called a “breeder.” But here in New York State, they like big families. Because when they look at us, they see walking tax dollars and “surcharges” and “fees” and “tariffs.” They cackle and gleefully rub their hands together, tabulating the millions of dollars in taxes we’ll reap in for them and all the expensive utilities we will consume for them.

Yeah, it’s just SO. GREAT. to be wanted. :roll:

Anyway. We cant find a vehicle big enough for all of us. Except a minivan. And I DO NOT WANT another minivan!!! If I have to endure the bloated elephant on wheels for another two decades, I’ll scream. Those things drop transmissions like rabbits drop pellets. Holy cow. I have had to replace a transmission on EVERY SINGLE minivan, and some more than once! Ya can’t just run to the local convenience store and grab one, you know. They *only* cost $2000 to $3000. And then you’re without a car for a week or two. Which brings us back to the original problem of finding a car that seats SIX!

Can we just move to the Netherlands, maybe, and ride bikes together?

Someone please tell me WHY even the hugest SUV only seats 5? Oh, unless you get a gas-guzzling Suburban that will need to be refilled every 2 miles. And with gas here in Upstate NY at $4 a gallon, I might as WELL move to the Netherlands. There, everyone is so skinny you’d think they’ve got slimming tablets in the drinking water, and they whizwhizwhiz around so effortlessly on the bikes. Here in America, we’ve got cars the size of army tanks with FIVE piddly seat belts. Something just ain’t right.

Maybe the Amish are having a sale on buggys?

Know what I hate? Yeah, besides slobbery dogs, lazy public employees, stupid lawsuits, etc etc etc… besides all those, I hate pop culture. IT SUCKS.

Tonight, the Internet and TV are ablaze with the Grammys. All I can say is BIG WHOOP. What a bunch of malarky! What a waste of life! Why is our society a bunch of drooling celebrity idolators?? We are the greatest country in the WORLD! We should be filling the halls of science and seminaries with the best of the best– Why don’t we exalt REAL successful, honorable vocations, like ddc scientists making incredible progress in health?! Or authors stunning the world with their uplifting literature? Why do we have to tolerate junk like this:

OK, you CAN'T fool me. That's NO "lady."

That’s “Lady” GaGa. There’s something very wrong with a society that exalts sleaziness and despises wholesomeness like… like… well, like Justin Bieber! Why is it OK to adore “Lady” Gag-Gag but it’s OK to treat sweet little Justin with contempt? Something is very wrong here. Look at his cute face!!

Why do people hate him so much? He’s so wholesome, such a good example of goodness.

Bah. It’s an unfair world we live in. A world that exalts people like Paris Hilton.. and for what? Because she’s so beautiful or talented or has accomplished something great! No, because she make a porno vid. All very sad.

I say: GO, JUSTIN, GO!!! Keep the faith, man!!!

Now I am not going to pick on Rachel Maddow here (as much as she deserves it). Everybody falls for a hoax at some point in their lives, whether it is a cockamamie story about Sarah Palin invading Egypt or some weird theory that humans evolved from primordial ooze. But this gaffe is a bit more amusing because Maddow is touted as a serious journalist at MSNBC. I suppose that’s left to conjecture, but here’s the funny story, in case you missed it.

By John Hudson, The Atlantic Wire – 37 mins ago WASHINGTON, DC – The Internet’s finest satirists snookered a big fish in the media world last night. In an embarrassing segment on her MSNBC show, Rachel Maddow slammed conservatives for attacking President Obama’s Egypt policies. Her targets included Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, former ambassador to the UN John Bolton and Stephenson Billings at ChristWire.org. Only problem is Stephenson Billings is not a real person. He’s a fictional byproduct of website that also warns readers that the Xbox Kinect is a terrorist training tool and the Japanese have created scary robot babies which “threaten humanity.” Full story here.

*snicker*

Here’s the video of her show. I found it very amusing!

She was criticized for not bothering to look up the facts before blasting this supposed story. That’s what kind of irks me– these journalists harshly criticize others (especially bloggers) for lack of fact-checking. Um, hello?? And then, when she is called out for it, she ungracefully blames Glenn Beck for it all. OH BROTHER.

But the whole “believe a hoax” thing is funny. When I first saw a video by The Onion, I thought the story was true (it was about a new release of an Apple product, and all the Apple zombies were lining the streets to buy it). I actually found the video. Here it is for your viewing pleasure.

Now, doesn’t that look real?? LOL. I tell ya, those are bona fide Apple zombies!! They need some Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage, stat!

So if you fall for a hoax, don’t sweat it. But if you fall for a hoax and falsely accuse people without fact-checking the information, that’s pretty nasty. And if you are called out for it and blame someone else for your gaffe, that’s really bad.