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August 15, 2007 at
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got this funny email today and just had to laugh at the effect that a simple hat and tshirt combination has on a situation that seems to confound the idiots in Wash. DC.
Subject: Texas Ingenuity
I have a friend who is president of his homeowners association in the
Dallas, Texas suburbs. They were having a terrible problem with litter
near some of his association's homes. The reason according to Wallace
(my friend) is that six very large, luxurious new houses are being built
right next to their community.
The trash was coming from the Mexican laborers working at the construction
sites and included bags from McDonalds, Burger King and 7-11, plus coffee
cups, napkins, cigarette butts, coke cans, empty bottles, etc. He went
to see the site supervisor and even the general contractor, politely
urging them to get their workers not to litter the neighborhood, to no
avail. He called the city, county, and police and got no help there either.
So here's what his community did. They organized about twenty folks,
named themselves The "Inner Neighborhood Services" group, and arranged
to go out at lunch time and "police" the trash themselves. It is what they
did while picking up the trash that is so hilarious. They bought navy
blue baseball caps and had the initials "INS" embroidered in gold on the
caps. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand what they hoped
people might mistakenly think the letters really stand for.
After the Inner Neighborhood Services group's first lunch time pickup
detail, with all of them wearing their caps and some carrying
cameras; 46 out of the total of 68 construction workers did not show up for work the next morning--and haven't come back yet.
It has been ten days now. The General Contractor, I'm told, is madder
than hell, but can't say anything publicly because he could be busted
for hiring illegal aliens.
Wallace and his bunch can't be accused of impersonating federal
personnel, because they have the official name of the group recorded
in their homeowner association minutes along with a notation about the
vote to approve formation of the new subcommittee--and besides, they
informed the INS in advance of their plans and according to Wallace the INS
said basically, "Have at it"!
SO FOLKS, I THINK YOU COULD SAY THAT TEXAS INGENUITY TRIUMPHS AGAIN!
"Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not."
...Thomas Jefferson
Lincoln 1845 ft/.35 mile T1=118MPH
Eldora 2287 ft/.43mile T3=135MPH
Port 2716 ft/.51 mile T3=TBD
Grove 2792 ft/.53 mile T3=135MPH
Selinsgrove 2847 ft/.54 mile T1=136MPH
"I didn't move to PA from El Paso in search of better
weather." Van May
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August 15, 2007 at
11:13:15 AM
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Which park did you say you lived in BrokenRecordRetard???
Associated Press
ELM MOTT, Texas - A Navy man who got mad when someone mocked him as a "nerd" over the Internet climbed into his car and drove 1,300 miles from Virginia to Texas to teach the other guy a lesson.
As he made his way toward Texas, Fire Controlman 2nd Class Petty Officer Russell Tavares posted photos online showing the welcome signs at several states' borders, as if to prove to his Internet friends that he meant business.
When he finally arrived, Tavares burned the guy's trailer down.
This week, Tavares, 27, was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading no contest to arson and admitting he set the blaze.
"I didn't think anybody was stupid enough to try to kill anybody over an Internet fight," said John G. Anderson, 59, who suffered smoke inhalation while trying to put out the 2005 blaze that caused $50,000 in damage to his trailer and computer equipment.
The feud started when Anderson, who runs a haunted house near Waco, joined a picture-sharing Web site and posted his artwork and political views. After he blocked some people from his page because of insults and foul language, they retaliated by making obscene digitally altered pictures of him, he said.
Anderson, who went by the screen name "Johnny Darkness," traded barbs with Tavares, aka "PyroDice."
Investigators say Tavares boiled over when Anderson called him a nerd and posted a digitally altered photo making Tavares look like a skinny boy in high-water pants, holding a gun and a laptop under a "Revenge of the Nerds" sign.
Tavares obtained Anderson's real name and hometown from Anderson's Web page about his Museum of Horrors Haunted House.
Tavares took leave from his post as a weapons systems operator at the AEGIS Training and Readiness Center in Dahlgren, Va., and started driving. Investigators say he told them he planned to point a shotgun at Anderson and shoot his computer.
Instead, when he got to Elm Mott -- after posting one last photo of a "Welcome to Texas" sign -- Tavares threw a piece of gasoline-soaked plastic foam into the back of Anderson's mobile home and lit a flare, authorities say.
Tavares' attorney, Susan Kelly Johnston, said his trip to the Waco area was a last-minute decision during a cross-country trip to visit his parents in Arizona. She said he never intended to hurt Anderson and did not think he was in the trailer when he set the fire.
James Pack, an investigator with the McLennan County Sheriff's Office, caught up with Tavares after talking to people in several states and Spain who had been involved in the online feud. Tavares' cell phone records showed he was in the Waco area at the time of the fire, Pack said.
Tavares told investigators that Anderson had spread computer viruses and insulted his online friends for too long, Pack said.
"He lost everything -- all over an Internet squabble," the investigator said.
Tavares was discharged last year from the Navy, where he earned several medals -- including the pistol expert and rifle expert medals -- in his nine-year career, said Navy spokesman Mike McLellan.
Tavares would not let the feud go even at his sentencing. According to Pack, Tavares took cell-phone photos of Anderson in the courtroom while the judge was hearing another case. Authorities ordered the photos erased.
Anderson, an ex-Marine who served in Vietnam, said he continues to be harassed online, has been startled by people knocking on his window late at night and found bullet holes in a door to his business.
He said he is convinced the harassment is related to the Internet feud and plans to spend $30,000 on more fencing topped with barbed wire.
"Before this happened, the rule was: Nobody messes with the haunted house guy," Anderson said.
"As long as I can have a fast boat, a margarita
machine and can light my hair on fire, I'll be just
fine."
Jason Giambi
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August 15, 2007 at
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Yo, Yo & Yo! Was on Route(s) 74, 94 & 30 yesterday. Oh Lord, no speak English. Rumor of Lincoln Speedway changing its name to El Linkongo de Durto Speedway now has credibillty! My question is will the announcer be calling the races in Spanish? Taco specials at the refreshment stands? Will the payout be dollars or pesos? If you drive a Chevy, do you get in at half price? Hope so. E-Mods.
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August 15, 2007 at
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that first post is pretty funny. ingenuity at its finest for sure.
what town do you live in that has such population?
Here in and around OKC it is also quite high.
How much would could a wouldchuck chuck if a
wouldchuck could chuck would
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August 16, 2007 at
10:18:07 AM
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FANTASTIC!!!
Not only are we to be underwhelmed, but now we're treated to racism as well!
WTF...do you still drink from the "Whites Only" drinking fountains?
Stereotypicalred-neckracefan
...try that for a new alias!
Race the car three races. If you don't like it , for
any reason, return it, without damage, and we'll
refund all your money, build you a new car, or better
yet, bring me someone else's design and I'll use that
to build your next ride!
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August 16, 2007 at
11:25:47 AM
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Where's the snappy repartee now???
"As long as I can have a fast boat, a margarita
machine and can light my hair on fire, I'll be just
fine."
Jason Giambi
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