"They think work is a four-letter word." – Senator Hillary Clinton, speaking about kids today.
         Hmmm, I suppose my math could be off, but...

 “What do you think you’re looking at, sugar t***amp;rdquo; Mel Gibson to female Sergeant in Malibu, California following his arrest for drunk driving.
         Right--insult a cop who has pulled you over when you're drunk.

 "It's in our country's interests to find those who would do harm to us
and get them out of harm's way."  (George Bush) I'm hard pressed to comment on this one.

"Dialogue is an important thing. It's very hard to move the ball if you don't know firsthand what people's needs are, what their own perceptions are,"  John Kerry in the Mid East) WTF--what freaking ball is this man talking about?

Oklahoma City - Dennis Newton was on trial for the armed robbery of a convenience store in a district court this week when he fired his lawyer. Assistant district attorney Larry Jones said Newton, 47, was doing a fair job of defending himself until the store manager testified that Newton was the robber. Newton jumped up, accused the woman of lying and then said, "I should of blown you [expletive] head off." The defendant paused, then quickly added, "-- if I'd been the one that was there." The jury took 20 minutes to convict Hewton and recommend a 30-year sentence.

Drug-possession defendant Christopher Johns, on trial in March in Pontiac, Michigan, said he had been searched without a warrant. The prosecutor said the officer didn't need a warrant because a "bulge" in Christopher's jacket could have been a gun. Nonsense, said Christopher, who happened to be wearing the same jacket that day in court. He handed it over so the judge could see it. The judge discovered a packet of cocaine in the pocket and laughed so hard he required a five-minute recess to compose himself.

 The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan at 7:50am, flashed a gun and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn't open the cash register without a food order. When the man ordered onion rings, the clerk said they weren't available for breakfast. The man, frustrated, walked away.

 Columbia University is investigating what may be a rather remarkable--and remarkably stupid--scandal.It appears that at least one student at what is arguably the premier school of journalism cheated on the Ethics Class final exam. Now let's look at something here. The exam is an on-line test--you log into the site within a 48 hour period and take the exam. Now how hard can that test be? But additionally, how hard would it be to evade detection of cheating on an on-line exam?

So just to get this straight--the supposed best school of journalism in the entire country can't be bothered to give actual in class exams. OK, now get this: to address this, the school is requiring an additional essay question. But how do they give it? Let's guess, if they are stupid enough to repeat WHAT DIDN'T WORK BEFORE??!!

Yep...the extra question to "fix" the cheating is presented in exactly the same manner.

These are the people we trust to give us our news.

Most of us (in recent polls) decry the breakdown in simple manners. We all remark on the pervasive rudeness in our world; particulalry in driving.

But of all the people bemoaning the ill-mannered behavior, how many behave in a manner they would wish to see in others?

Since the numbers are high in the "everyone else is really rude" poll, I would suspect that many of the people complaining are gulity of the ugliness.

OK, yesterday I was driving in the right-most thru lane that went through an intersection. To my right, in the right-turn-only lane was a silver Hummer. Of course he sped up to get SLIGHTLY ahead of me and pulled a hard left (no signal) to be in front of me and go straight.

Now to understand this fully, he whipped to the right, sped by and whipped back to the left--just to get one car length ahead. So Mr. Hummer, "I'm the only person who counts, " JerkHead endangered me and others to get one car length ahead. About 3 pico-seconds faster than simply behaving decently.

I've seen many remarkable driving stunts here in Cville, but the ever increasing whip-around-to-turn-right morons seem to be increasing.

The wattr's are the idioits who, when you are traveling in the far right-lane, will come up behind you, change to the left-lane to pass you, then immediately come back into the right-lane and make a right turn off the road. These morons risk their lives and yours to gain no time whatsoever.