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TERRY’S TIDBITS – Dead Wringers, Auto Reverse Windows, Smoking Bans, Tasers and Sprint PCS

By Terry Gray

DEAD WRINGERS

The videos showed some young men stomping on chickens.  I don’t like it at all.  I’m the first one on my feet when I know that there is animal abuse going on.  However…

PETA has said they had an insider plant the camera which caught the atrocities.  If PETA can get an insider to plant a camera, they can no doubt get a couple of people to stomp some chickens.

But our Liberal media immediately and without question jump on the bleeding heart bandwagon.  “This is captured on tape.”  Yeah, well so is “Shreck” and “Star Trek.”

Then there of those folks that believe every little thing that is on the news because it’s on the news.  “Marge, they’re stomping chickens.  No stomping the chickens!”

When I first saw the “Ban KFC” billboards with a picture of one my all time favorite comedians Richard Pryor, I thought it was a joke.  I would almost bet all I have that old Rich wasn’t beyond stomping a few chickens in his day.

AUTO REVERSE WINDOWS

I say just crank it the other way.  But seriously, automakers may have to install power windows that will automatically reverse when an object such as a child’s head, hand, or ice cream cone is placed in the way of a closing window.  Okay, but what if someone is trying to get in and you are trying to close the window?  All they have to do is stick their hand or their knife or their gun in the window and viola, the window stops and reverses. 

Once again we are creating a problem that could be remedied by parents actually paying attention to what is going on around them.  “Honey, don’t roll up the window, little Johnny’s head is hanging out again.”

Watch for lawsuits as Suzy is dragged from her car and raped because she couldn’t roll up her window while Mr. rapist had his hand in it.

SMOKING ARGUMENTS

One argument that Nazis use to promote oppressive smoking bans under the guise of protecting hospitality workers is smell.  Yep, workers have to go home smelling like tobacco smoke.

I’ve was around the hospitality industry for a long time and worked in it for awhile.  Have you ever been in a busy restaurant kitchen?  It is hot, sweaty, greasy, and smoky.  Tobacco smoke smells good after the combination of all the above.  But even servers don’t have it peachy.  They have to prepare set-ups, prepare sides, sometimes go to the kitchen for orders, and many times they have to almost run when the place is busy.  They can acquire a healthy case of stink themselves.

But when one puts smell up against freedom, give me the stinkiest stuff you’ve got as long as I’m free..

Most any time there is media coverage of smoking it is tainted.  A recent article in USA Today says, “At least 38 of 50 state correctional departments report that they are either smoke-free or have partial smoking bans…”  Can you see through this statement?  Why didn’t they say 38 out of 38 and make it sound really good?  They chose 50 because that is the number of states.  It makes it look like 38 of our states have banned smoking in some form.  In reality, most states have several correctional institutes.  And why say, “At least?”  Don’t they know?  “Hey warden, can inmates smoke in your prison?”  “Gee, I don’t know.”

Also be aware of the bandwagon approach to smoking bans.  You’ll see headlines like “Like so many other states, Minnesota has gone smoke free.”  I think there are 10 states that are smoke free.  This isn’t “many others.”  But more importantly, the line doesn’t give the reader the whole story.  Here, I’ll complete it for them.  “Like so many other states, Minnesota has gone smoke free and citizens are outraged.  If it follows suit with the other states, Minnesota stands to lose millions in convention and tourism business, restaurants and bars will be driven out of business, workers will lose their jobs, and civil disobedience will be rampant.”

Watch the media and other propaganda folks; it’s everywhere and on every issue.

SHOCKING

Look out folks, the dreaded tazers are coming.  The Louisville Metro Police department may soon employ this controversial weapon.  That is the way that Wave 3 describes it.  I emailed Connie Leonard and told her that the only controversy that I saw concerning the weapon was the controversy that the media were creating. 

The story that she did included a “famous” case of a man who was tazered after fighting with police and his subsequent death.  But the lead-in for this death centered on the chance that tazers could fall into the wrong hands.  Hold the phone Connie, the featured death in your story was at the hands of the cops.  Were those the wrong hands to which you were referring?  Her logic was so flawed that she couldn’t even see it; or maybe not.

I believe that Connie missed the boat when she began talking controversy.  This subject hasn’t reached the point of excruciating scrutiny but it was mentioned to me by a couple of folks that tazers could indeed be misused.  Since tazers leave no marks or permanent damage, they are the perfect tool for a rambunctious cop with a vengeance to use on a perp.

There is your controversy Connie.

SPRINT

Do not use Sprint PCS.  I probably don’t need to tell you this if you have Sprint PCS.  You already know that getting a signal is almost impossible and getting cut off in the middle of a conversation is the norm.

In 1969 we could talk to the Astronauts on the moon.  I couldn’t even call Sprint customer service on my phone to complain.  And forget going to the service center on Preston unless you take your lunch and your expectations are very low.

I finally cancelled my service and went with another company.  I did some research and found that PCS is a relatively new form of cell service.  It certainly isn’t better.  Sitting in my living room I never got a signal bar better than 2 and that was only if I did strange and unnatural things with my body.  Anything shy of complete contortion resulted in no signal at all.

Sprint is mad at me.  They wouldn’t release my wife’s phone number so it could be re-ported to another company.  They want $150 for early termination of contract.  They also program their phones so that should you want to move your phone to another company, you can’t.  This last item bothered me the most.  I bought the phone; it is my phone.

Stay away from this company.  I’m surprised they are still in business.

PROSTITUTION

How can we possibly still have problems accepting that prostitution exists?  I keep hearing about Escort Services and Adult Clubs and how they promote prostitution.  This propaganda is just the government’s way of seizing a little more control.

Escort Services and Adult Clubs don’t promote prostitution.  If anything, they are just tools used in the profession.  Prostitution does its own promotion and has done so forever.

Aside from the religious concerns of prostitution, can anyone tell me what is wrong with it?  You’ve been told a bunch of things about prostitution to convince you that it is wrong.  “It promotes disease.”  No it doesn’t.  Where prostitution is legal the incidence of disease is very low.  “It attracts crime.”  No it doesn’t.  It is associated with crime because it is illegal.  If it were legal and above board, the crime rate associated with prostitution wouldn’t be any higher than it is for school teachers.  “It’s sleazy.”  Again, because it must be conducted “under the covers” it takes on a little sleaziness sometimes but being sleazy isn’t against the law.  If prostution is illegal on religious grounds then our constitution is again, in trouble.

I heard an upstanding middle aged woman ask, “How come they can give it away but they can’t sell it?”  Good question.  After all, not charging for your services just ain’t American.

TRUCKS AND DUCKS

Ford is irritating me greatly.  It is again having its, “Ford, the ONE Sale.  Never before and never again.”  They use television advertising because so many people watch television and then they advertise the same one time sale over and over again.  I don’t get the logic.

I’m also beginning to really hate little baby ducks.

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