except it isn’t very funny

Probably a grain of truth there somewhere.

Finally left the island.

and another reason why we don’t trust police anymore:

Officer cleared in Dorner mistaken ID shooting

Now if I find a random car and ram it with mine and then discharge my firearm…am I gonna get cleared by the court? Even though my excuse is that I was skeered or something?

Remember, this truck was not very similar to the one they THOUGHT Dorner MIGHT have been driving.

You or me would have been charged with attempted murder, at the least.

But cops, apparently have the option of shooting at people when they are scared shitless.

“Officer Safety” and all that. 

If Chris Christie’s use of a publicly owned asset (i.e. bridge) to cause difficulties for another mayor is so bad (and IMO it is a crime and he should be punished for it, if he can be proven to have given the order)…..

Then WHY IN TH HELL ISN’T the fact that Barry closed parks and other public spaces during the budget talks not an equally bad thing…..Why isn’t the Media screaming about that? Calling for investigations? CLAIMING A CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED? Barry used the Parks and publicly owned buildings as a lever to pressure other lawmakers to cave on the Budget talks…..What is the difference?

OH, wait, my bad….the MSM. Right….. like they are gonna say anything bad about their poster boy and all….

So last week, as I posted, I was planning on going into my business as the weather was forecast to be very bad.

When the wind did pick up (about 1:00 pm) I left the house for what is normally a 15 minute drive. Full tank of fuel, food and water for three days, warm clothing (and gear so that if I actually HAD to, I could walk to safety) and a phone. I expected te drive to take not more than an hour and that I would arrive with plenty of daylight….

When I was about a mile from my destination, I encountered a Semi-truck that was sideways in the road…a line of cars was stopped, with nowhere to go. While the roads were bad, they weren’t THAT bad, so I figured I would turn around and go another route….

Not so much.

As everyone had stopped, about a mile or so BEHIND me, there was another accident involving a Semi blocking the road.

Can’t go east, can’t go west. No other way out that was possible to traverse in anything but a Snow-Cat or a snowmobile…While I had a tow strap, I wasn’t going to move either of the semi trucks with my 3/4 ton 4WD truck.

So I sat….and waited….and waited.

Now this isn’t going to be a slam on either the Indiana State Police or the Lake County Sheriff, although neither did their job that night (to be fair, they likely had a LOT to do, but still….).

The point here is that all the plans you or I might make for getting out of Dodge if/when we might need to can be ruined by the mistakes or bad judgement that another person might make. Escaping a flood?? What about the idiot who waits until it is too late, then drives into water too deep for his car, blocking the road? Yer stuck, and nothing will help. Maybe you are running away from a hurricane……but everyone else is too, and the roads are jammed and someone runs out of gas in the middle lane?

Your best plans can be destroyed in an instant by others. Plan for that too.

I’d quit.

My boss is an asshole.

Y’know, I don’t mind the occasional 18 hour or 16 hour day…..I really don’t mind 2 or even three in a row.

But 6 in a row is starting to drag on me a bit. If I’m lucky I’ll only have 12 or so today, and maybe 8 tomorrow.

Fatigue is cumulative. I ain’t 18 anymore.

Some weeks you earn your money. I guess this one is my turn.

Too busy to blog, can’t even read the other blogs.

no time.

gotta keep things running. They at least pay the bills.

go read the folks on the left side.