Jeers Bitches

Jeers: To the Fort Worth fire station on West Rosedale Street. Before picking up our newborn, we stopped to ask them to help properly install our car seat and were turned away. We were given a list of sites in Fort Worth, all of which required an appointment. Their mission statement needs to be rewritten.


— Laura, Granbury



Oh Laura….are you and your husband really that stupid that you can’t put a car seat in your car? I don’t even have kids and know how to put a car seat safely in. So, maybe you shouldn’t bitch about the fire crew so much and read the instructions. Wait…Can you read? If not, should you be procreating?

Jeers: To the Texas Department of Transportation for not removing a dead deer on Interstate 20 near Exit 410 in Parker County. We watched one deer rot into nothing near Hudson Oaks last year and don’t want to see it again. We called TxDOT and left a message. No response. Little children should not watch this.

— Michael, Weatherford



Yet, kids are taken out to hunt deer as early as 5-6 years old. This you don’t have a problem with? You would rather complain that TxDOT didn’t remove a dead deer, something you could’ve done if it’s that important to you.



Jeers: To greedy people who buy up the newest, inexpensive toys that every kid wants only to sell them for five times the price on the Internet. Where is your Christmas spirit? Many children will not be getting the one thing they want because of you.

— Christy, Burleson

Christy…Are you effing kidding me? These people do this because people pay 5 times the price on the internet to keep their bratty little s-heads happy. Maybe you just don’t love you kids enough…Hummm? Ever think about that?



Jeers: To the Texas Department of Transportation for storing cement barriers across from Casino Beach on Jacksboro Highway. They have been there for more than two years. It’s time to clean up Jacksboro Highway.

— Donald, Fort Worth



Why is everyone down on TxDot this week? Donald…Here’s the deal. I know exactly where you’re talking about. This piece of road is in Lake Worth, going into the Azle and Boyd areas. Have you seen Lake Worth, Azle, and Boyd? The barriers are actually a step up from what’s mostly around the area. You wanna complain about some concrete barriers, yet that entire stretch of highway is littered with porn stores, s-hole bars, and meth labs. Good call Donny-Do.

Jeers: To the coaching staff at Trinity High School for running up the score 88-27 and showing no respect for Flower Mound. Very unprofessional. A sorry display of sportsmanship to our younger players. You could have held back with backup players.

— John P., Bedford



Psst, Johnny P. It’s sports. The goal is to win. The goal is to show your dominance over the other team. If you want to play in a league where everyone gets a trophy for Good Effort, go check out the Upward programs where every kid learns that there is no winning or losing, there’s only people…because we all know that’s how it is in real life.



Jeers: To all of the stores that stayed open on Thanksgiving Day. You can’t give your employees the holiday off to be with their families?

— Charles P., Double Oak



No Charlie, they can’t, because our society has made T-Day and Black Friday the most lucrative shopping days of the year. Seeing has how it is every company’s goal to make money for the ear, they will remain open on T-Day, Easter, etc… as long as we spend money on those days.



Jeers: To the energy company with telephone representatives I can’t understand. After I talked to two, the third was Japanese and hopefully he helped me. He said to check back in five days to see if I was erroneously billed. Why do companies outsource jobs that people need here in the USA?

— Enoch, Saginaw



Enoch huh? Where exactly is that name derived from? Anywho… Here’s the deal, outsourcing is cheaper and as I mentioned earlier, it is every company’s goal to make money. Therefore, cheaper wages means bigger profits. It’s funny to me that only rednecks can’t understand anything other than horrible sentence structure, made up words, and long southern draws.



Jeers: To Mayor Mike Moncrief for his uninformed comments quoted in the Nov. 26 Star-Telegram: "You can’t find anything purple in the bookstore." I guess all those people in the checkout line were buying chemistry books.

— Donny, Fort Worth



Dear Donald…Maybe you’re an idiot and are uninformed about life in general. Could the mayor’s comment actually mean that because of TCU’s success this year, that it’s hard for stores to keep purple on the shelves? Maybe he wasn’t speaking literally…maybe a hint of sarcasm thrown in…maybe…ya think. I hate you.

Jeers: To Jerry Jones for charging a group of seniors over 85 years of age $9 each to visit the new stadium. How much money does he need that he can’t let our seniors tour the stadium for no charge?

— Ann, Weatherford



Ann – are you saying that people over the age of 85 should get everything for free? Food, cars (which they really shouldn’t even be driving) entertainment, etc… Really? I love the contradictions. When a group of people get special treatment, they complain because they want to be treated like everyone else, but as soon as you treat them like everyone else, they bitch because they weren’t given special treatment. I’m going to give your gut some special treatment.

Jeers: To the Star-Telegram for printing movie times in such small print.

— Jane, Fort Worth



Jane, get better glasses.



Jeers: To the shopping center management company for closing our Big Lots store so another store can expand. With the bus stop nearby, many people used the Big Lots store for their groceries. Let your voice be heard! Keep our Big Lots!

— Kathy, Fort Worth



Really? Big Lots. Walmart isn’t cheap enough for you?

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Some days you just wake up and the reality of never being what you always wanted to be smashes you directly in the face.  What if this is it?  What if what you are is all you'll ever be and you have in your head such higher expectations, dreams, goals, plans?  You realize that what you are now is all you'll ever be and then you think back...you think back to the times where you thought you weren't doing so great and said to yourself "I won't be like this for ever.  I won't live like this.  I'll do something.  I'll make a name for myself.  People will know me.  Whether it be my inner circle or beyond that, I will be known for something.  I will live like I want to.  I will do the things that will make me happy."  Ten years later you find yourself worse off than you were when you were supposed to be making plan for the present.  Then all of a sudden the 'someday' is here.  You look around and nothing is as planned.  You have nothing you thought you would have.  You haven't touched the lives you thought you would have touched.  You haven't made the masses laugh.  You haven't made the masses think.  You haven't made the masses look forward to anything.  You've done nothing, but waste time.  Do you blame yourself?  The cliche says you do.  The cliche says you get down on yourself and look for everything in your history that caused you never to reach the goals you had set for youself.  You're not blaming yourself at that point.  You're looking for everything else you can possibly lay the blame on.  Failed relationships, deaths, money...fear.  The fear of failing.  The fear of letting everyone down.  The fear of no laughter.  The fear that the only person you've ever impressed is yourself.  You wake up and realize that you're no even close to resembling the person you had in your head a decade ago.  You've done nothing.  You feel you are nothing.  You have to conjure up the courage to let it go.  You have to figure out how to see the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel and hope...how you hope...that it's bright enough for you to see  your way through.  You take your meds.  You think good things.  You fake it.  You try and make it.  You do everything within your power to drop the reality of things back down to mere perception, but you know...you still have that dark, that blinding black spot in the back of your brain that keeps the truth hidden for and unknown amount of time...each time...you manage to fight it back...it only waits, lingers, recharges, regroups...Like an army waiting to ambush it's enemy.  It sits there and spies on your thoughts, your ideas, knowing you're getting close to pulling the trigger on something big, then...it pounces.  Swift and exact, it leaps forward once again, crushing the spirit that fuels your plans, but it does not kill them.  It taunts you.  Bats you around like a cat would a dying mouse.  You think there's still hope, but is long since gone.  A wolf in sheeps clothing, failure dresses up and struts around your head, 'I'm still here.  I'm still here.  Come get me.'  You've fallen for this a hundred times before, but you can resist.  You can't say no.  You want it so badly.  You want your life to somehow wind up like your planned...So you go for it once again.  You reach out.  You sprint to it.  With a smile from ear to ear, heart beating with excitement, lungs grasping for air to form the words "Ha!  I finally got you!"  The only thing that can keep you from it is a thin black piece of fabric.  You reach up, both hands, heart pounding, the world around you is taken down from 45rpm to 33rpm...thump thump...thump thump...thump thump...  You rip the fabric and turn to the crowd standing in the streets waiting for you to finally make it...FINALLY!!!!  You turn before you can see what was behind the cover which is not hanging from your raised fists, fists of accomplishment.  Eyes closed you wait for the explosion of gratification from the people below, but you hear nothing.  Silence.  You open your eyes, there is no crowd, there is no accomplishment.  Behind you sits something very familiar to you...You know exactly what it is, no need to turn, but you do.  You have to...You have to see the thing that has once again robbed you of your life....Failure. 

Then it hits you.  You're a cliche.  You're everything that makes up a bad movie, but your ending won't be so good.  When the screen fades to black there won't be any blurb updating your viewers on the rest of your life because the rest of your life was no different than what was shown.  There was no the rest of your life.  There was just life.  A life with no spikes, only dips.  No hills, only vallies.  ------------______________----------------_________________-----------------_________

You are a cliche.  People hate cliches. 

And in other news...

Poll finds sexting common among young people


WASHINGTON (AP) - Think your kid is not "sexting"? Think again.

Sexting - sharing sexually explicit photos, videos and chat by cell phone or online - is fairly commonplace among young people, despite sometimes grim consequences for those who do it. More than a quarter of young people have been involved in sexting in some form, an Associated Press-MTV poll found.

That includes Sammy, a 16-year-old from the Bay Area who asked that his last name not be used.

Sammy said he had shared naked pictures of himself with girlfriends. He also shared naked pictures of someone else that a friend had sent him.

What he didn't realize at the time was that young people across the country - in Florida, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania - have faced charges, in some cases felony charges, for sending nude pictures.

"That's why I probably wouldn't do it again," Sammy said.

Yet, "I just don't see it as that big of a problem, personally."

That was the view of nearly half of those surveyed who have been involved in sexting. The other half said it's a serious problem - and did it anyway. Knowing there might be consequences hasn't stopped them.

"There's definitely the invincibility factor that young people feel," said Kathleen Bogle, a sociology professor at La Salle University in Philadelphia and author of the book "Hooking Up: Sex, Dating and Relationships on Campus."

"That's part of the reason why they have a high rate of car accidents and things like that, is they think, `Oh, well, that will never happen to me,'" Bogle said.

Research shows teenage brains are not quite mature enough to make good decisions consistently. By the mid-teens, the brain's reward centers, the parts involved in emotional arousal, are well-developed, making teens more vulnerable to peer pressure.

But it is not until the early 20s that the brain's frontal cortex, where reasoning connects with emotion, enabling people to weigh consequences, has finished forming.

Beyond feeling invincible, young people also have a much different view of sexual photos that might be posted online, Bogle said. They don't think about the idea that those photos might wind up in the hands of potential employers or college admissions officers, she said.

"Sometimes they think of it as a joke; they have a laugh about it," Bogle said. "In some cases, it's seen as flirtation. They're thinking of it as something far less serious and aren't thinking of it as consequences down the road or who can get hold of this information. They're also not thinking about worst-case scenarios that parents might worry about."

Sexting doesn't stop with teenagers. Young adults are even more likely to have sexted; one-third of them said they had been involved in sexting, compared with about one-quarter of teenagers.

Thelma, a 25-year-old from Natchitoches, La., who didn't want her last name used, said she's been asked more than once to send naked pictures of herself to a man.

"It's just when you're talking to a guy who's interested in you, and you might have a sexual relationship, so they just want to see you naked," she said, adding that she never complied with those requests.

"But with my current boyfriend, I did it on my own; he didn't ask me," she said, adding that she was confident he would keep the image to himself.

Those who sent nude pictures of themselves mostly said they went to a boyfriend, girlfriend or romantic interest.

But 14 percent said they suspect the pictures were shared without permission, and they may be right: Seventeen percent of those who received naked pictures said they passed them along to someone else, often to more than just one person.

Boys were a little more likely than girls to say they received naked pictures or video of someone that had been passed around without the person's consent. Common reasons were that they thought other people would want to see, that they were showing off and that they were bored.

Girls were a little more likely to send pictures of themselves. Yet boys were more likely to say that sexting is "hot," while most girls called it "slutty."

Altogether, 10 percent said they had sent naked pictures of themselves on their cell phone or online.

Criminal charges aren't the worst consequences. In at least two cases, sexting has been linked to suicide. Last year in Cincinnati, 18-year-old Jessica Logan hanged herself after weeks of ridicule at school; she had sent a nude cell phone picture to her boyfriend, and after they broke up, he forwarded the picture to other girls.

And three months ago, 13-year-old Hope Witsell hanged herself, after relentless taunting at her school near Tampa, Fla. She had sent a nude photo of herself to a boy she liked, and another girl used his phone to send the picture to other students who forwarded it along. The St. Petersburg Times first reported on Hope's death this week.

Other teenage suicides have been linked to online bullying, also a subject of the AP-MTV poll. Half of all young people said they have been targets of digital bullying.

That can mean someone wrote something about them on the Internet that was mean or a lie, or someone shared an e-mail or instant message that was supposed to be private. Less often, it can be more serious, such as taking pictures or video of someone in a sexual situation and sharing it with others.

The AP-MTV poll was conducted Sept. 11-22, and involved online interviews with 1,247 teenagers and adults ages 14-24. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2.8 percentage points.

The poll is part of an MTV campaign, "A Thin Line," aiming to stop the spread of digital abuse.

The survey was conducted by Knowledge Networks, which initially contacted people using traditional telephone and mail polling methods and followed with online interviews. People chosen for the study who had no Internet access were given it for free.


And in other news - Sun hot. Clay Aikin gay. Michael Jackson still alive. Wait...That last one isn't true. He died.


More from the 'Going Straight to Hell' news:

NYC man gets 75 years for mugging 101-year-old


NEW YORK (AP) - A New York City man who mugged a 101-year-old woman on her way to church has been sentenced to 75 years in prison.

Queens resident Jack Rhodes was sentenced Wednesday after being convicted of victimizing three women, including Rose Morat, who's now 103.

Authorities argued the 47-year-old Rhodes targeted two of the women because of their age, a violation of the state Hate Crimes Act. The law provides for harsher sentences.

A surveillance camera recorded the 2007 assault on Morat. It showed her using a walker to leave her apartment building when she was set upon.

Morat suffered a fractured cheekbone and bruises. Her attacker got away with $33.

Defense attorney Paul Montgomery questioned eyewitness accounts at trial and suggested Rhodes was being framed.


Nuff' said.


Jesus Christ dumped from jury pool for disruption

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Court officials say a Birmingham woman who changed her name to Jesus Christ didn't live up to it when she reported for jury duty this week. The woman, previously named Dorothy Lola Killingworth, was sent to Judge Clyde Jones's courtroom for a criminal case Monday.

Court officials told The Birmingham News Tuesday that the 59-year-old was excused because she was disruptive and kept asking questions instead of answering them.

Efforts to reach Christ for comment were unsuccessful.

Court administrator Sandra Turner said people there were shocked when the woman insisted her name was Jesus Christ and some potential jurors laughed out loud when her name was called.

But Turner said unlike some Jefferson County residents, Christ didn't try to get out of jury duty and was "perfectly happy to serve."

Actually, she would have been picked, but the trial was slated to start on the Friday before Easter, and she had somewhere to be, but in her defense, she did tell the judge she would be back in 3 days if the court wanted to wait. (I'm going to hell.)

Mass. woman sees image of Jesus on her iron

METHUEN, Mass. — A Massachusetts woman who recently separated from her husband and had her hours cut at work says an image of Jesus Christ she sees on her iron has reassured her that "life is going to be good."

Mary Jo Coady first noticed the image Sunday when she walked into her daughter's room.

The brownish residue on the bottom of the iron looks like the face of a man with long hair.

The 44-year-old Coady was raised Catholic. She and her two college-age daughters agree that the image looks like Jesus and is proof that "he's listening."

Coady tells The Eagle-Tribune she hopes her story will inspire others during the holidays. She says she plans to keep the iron in a closet and buy a new one.

Wait...What? I thought Jesus had jury duty. What is going on here? Something is amiss...Can't put my finger on it just yet...Well, I can if I lick it first and then get that 'Tssst' sound...

Giggle...Seriously...You should be extra careful when you carry live updates on your bill boards....Maybe have someone screen before broadcasting...

Jeers Jeers Jeers

Jeers: To the person who hit a cat on Nov. 16 at Precinct Line Road and West Redbud Drive in Hurst and left. I called 911 and blocked traffic with my van. My young daughter and I watched it bleed to death while waiting for help. Jeers to the owners for not keeping the cat inside.

— Donna, Hurst

Jeers to you for blocking the road and not just moving the cat out of the way. If it were bleeding to death and you love animals so much, why didn't you pick it up and take to a vet? You douche. You created a back up for nothing. The police should have written you a ticket. Remember how the cat looked as it bled out? Project that image to your gut.

Jeers: To a southwest Fort Worth bakery that overcharges for gluten-free products. An 8-inch pumpkin cake, iced but not decorated and not a special order was $60. Taking advantage of those with dietary restrictions?

— Annetta, Fort Worth

So the fact that the company has to use special ingriedients that cost more shouldn't be taken into account when pricing the product? You're an effing dill hole. Special products have special prices ya moron. You're about to be gluten and 'gutten' free.

Jeers: To the northbound drivers on Hulen Street at Geddes Avenue who drive into oncoming traffic to make their left turn in the shopping center. Just go to the light (half a block) at Donnelly and you’ll get a green arrow to make your left turn. Otherwise, you just might find yourself on Fox News.

— Carol, Fort Worth

Being on Fox news is punishment enough...actually, getting into a head collision would be better than being on Fox news.

No more bowing

When I saw the picture of the president of the United States bowing to the emperor of Japan, I was filled with dismay and disappointment. No president of the U.S. bows to the leader of any nation. I know he did the same thing to the king of Saudi Arabia. The more I reflected on the embarrassment to our present generation of Americans, I recalled the sacrifices made by our military of World War II.

I was honored and privileged to serve in a Marine rifle company that was in the first wave to hit Red Beach No. 2 on Iwo Jima in February 1945. When the battle ended in March 1945, only 13 men of the 265 Marines in my company had not been killed or wounded.

I fully understand that we are at peace with the Japanese and count them among our closest allies. There is mutual respect for each nation’s military, as they serve together in the Pacific. But our president should bow to no one. I apologize to the Marines of Company A who gave their lives in defense of this nation. God bless America and our armed forces.

— George, Fort Worth

Respecting the culture of another nation isn't disrespectful to ours. President Obama bowed in Japan because that is the custom and as a guest in Japan it is respectful to the people of Japan to follow their customs. The same would be expected when the Emp. of Japan comes here.

Black Friday

On the day after Thanksgiving, my true love gave to me 12 advertisements, 11 cups of coffee, 10 extra dollars, nine super coupons, eight hours of shopping, seven months to pay off, six weeks of griping, five credit cards, four Eco bags, three new pens, two pads of checks and a trip to the bankruptcy court.

— Kate Titsworth, Arlington

First of all. Giggle on your name. Secondly. WTF? You're complaining just to complain here. If you don't like it, don't go shopping on Black Friday. Shut your hole, sit at home and get fatter.

Presidential proclamation

Thanks for printing Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Thanksgiving proclamation in the Thursday editorial. Wouldn’t it be great today if our president had whatever it takes to issue a similar proclamation acknowledging our thanks to God and our dependence upon him as a nation?

— Joe, Richland Hills

Wouldn't it be nice if people actually understood the meaning of Separation of Church and State. WE DON'T LIVE in 1863 anymore ya moron!

Who’s in charge?


Isn’t it time to change the name of Arlington to Jerryland and for His Honor Mayor Robert Cluck to admit who runs the city?

If I were warned not to oversell an event and then did by 100 percent, I would have been fined significantly. For his honor, it’s a learning experience.
If I had proposed a business that caused other businesses to close, I don’t think it would have been approved.

And now we have the Interlochen event cut back because of budget problems. How much of that budget is going to directing traffic for the stadium? Interlochen is an event that makes Arlington unique and brings people to the city in a positive way.

Do you think it would have been cut back if Jerry lived in the area? But Jerry lives in Dallas. I wonder how many Cowboys moved to Arlington.

— Marvin, Bedford

Oh Marvin, if that is your real name. Do the research before you start bitching. That stadium has created 1000's of jobs and will be bring in millions of dollars yearly just for being there. I'm pretty sure a bunch of houses decorated for a month isn't going to bring in the same figures.

More Oh My!

Calif. police seek man who snatched nun's purse


SAN FERNANDO, Calif. (AP) - Police in Southern California say a man has been caught on surveillance videotape stealing a nun's purse at a Los Angeles-area supermarket.

San Fernando police say two nuns in full habit were putting groceries in their car on Nov. 10 outside a Food 4 Less store when a man approached and asked where his sister could get food for her children.

As they talked, the man grabbed the purse from the shopping cart. He fled in a minivan driven by another man.

Sister Mary De Leon ran after the vehicle but couldn't catch it.

Police employees later chipped in to buy her a new purse, a scarf and a food gift card. She wrote them a thank-you note and said she'd pray for them to St. Michael, the patron saint of police officers.

Honor among thieves? Is there a faster way of punching your ticket to hell?

Cops: 5 SoCal kids victims of 'ginger' attacks


CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say there were at least five attacks on red-haired students at a Southern California middle school after a Facebook group announced "Kick a Ginger Day." However, nobody was seriously hurt and no arrests were made.

A 12-year-old boy reported being kicked and hit by classmates on Friday at A.E. Wright Middle School in Calabasas. A sixth-grade girl told KABC-TV that some fellow students kicked her in the legs from behind. Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Fray Lupian says there were at least five victims.

Investigators say the Facebook message may have been inspired by a "South Park" TV episode that satirized racial prejudice by portraying a campaign against red-haired, fair-skinned "ginger" people.

Giggle. Seriously though...Giggle.

Chef Paula Deen accidentally hit by charity ham


ATLANTA (AP) - Celebrity chef Paula Deen got an unexpected serving of ham - across her face. The Food Network star was helping unload 25,000 pounds of donated meat for an Atlanta food bank on Monday when someone threw one of the hams like a football and accidentally smacked her.

Deen tells WGCL-TV: "I thought it busted my lip, but it didn't."

Though smiles and laughter, Deen added: "I'm OK. It just knocked me for a little bit."

She says she was unloading hams when she tossed one to a man, who then said "Back at 'ya." Thinking he meant it only as a sentiment, she turned around to get another ham when the errant swine came at her.

"He really meant, 'Back at 'ya.'"

Later, she tweeted: "I haven't met the ham that could stop me yet!"




Police: Dad leaves boy and goes into strip club

INDIANAPOLIS — A man was arrested after police said he left his 5-year-old son in a tractor-trailer while he ducked into an Indianapolis strip club to drink. The 39-year-old was arrested at 1:15 a.m. Tuesday on child neglect and public intoxication charges after calling police to report his truck stolen and his child missing. Police said the man was too drunk to remember where he had parked.

They found the boy inside watching cartoons on a television inside the cab. The keys were in the ignition, and the doors were unlocked.

Police said the suspect put his son in jeopardy by leaving him exposed in a high crime area.

The man was taken to the Marion County jail, where his wife picked up him and the child.

I don't see the issue here.

Mass. woman seeks funds for turkey's eye surgery

REHOBOTH, Mass. — A Massachusetts woman is seeking donations from fellow pet lovers to help pay for eye surgery for her turkey named Jerry. Lyndsey Medeiros and her husband adopted three-year-old Jerry and another turkey from a Rhode Island farm last week. But Jerry has cataracts, and the eye problems mean he can't eat independently or join his female companion, Penelope, in flying.

Medeiros has posted an ad on Craigslist seeking donations for the surgery. She said the procedure could cost up to $2,600. Her farm in Rehoboth, Mass., cares for other animals with health problems.

Yeah! F cancer research!

Eye doc may lose license after calling patient fat

RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina doctor could lose his medical license after a patient complained he made cutting criticisms, including telling her she was fat. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported the North Carolina Medical Board will decide if Dr. Earl Sunderhaus of Asheville overstepped the bounds of professional decency.

The eye doctor's patient complained Sunderhaus poked her thigh and told her she is fat, and also scolded her as irresponsible for being unemployed and relying on taxpayers to pay for another pregnancy.

Sunderhaus admitted he told the patient that her thick thighs and diabetes could cause her to go blind.

He made his points again by writing the patient, Gov. Beverly Perdue and blasting the medical board.

Do I need to even get into what is wrong with this story?

CA man allegedly paid teens to spit in his face

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — A 39-year-old Southern California man has been arrested for misdemeanor child annoyance after allegedly paying a teenager $31 to spit in his face. The Ventura County Sheriff's Department says Charles Hersel was arrested Wednesday in a sting operation at a mall in Thousand Oaks. He's free from jail pending a court hearing.

A sheriff's statement says Westlake High School students claimed Hersel paid them to yell profanities, spit and slap him in the face. Several also claimed he offered them cash to urinate and defecate on him.

A motive wasn't clear.

Authorities say Hersel contacted some teens through the MySpace social networking site.

Hersel couldn't be reached for comment Friday. He had no listed phone number in Thousand Oaks.


Why does it always cost more for the fun stuff?

Our Bad...

Judge: Katrina Flooding Due to Corps Negligence

A federal judge in New Orleans has ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding from Katrina. (Nov. 19)

Wait. I thought it was the gays fault. So does that mean everyone in the Army Corp. Of Eng. is gay? I'm so confused.

Woman Blames Casino for Gambling Addiction


The Indiana Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday on whether a casino should have allowed a compulsive gambler to play and lose $125,000 in a single night. (Nov. 12)

This falls under the heading of "Are you effing kidding me?" This is much like the case of the fat kids taking McDonalds to court. It's insanity. You can't blame a company for doing what it does. You can blame a casino for wooing their patrons to stay and spend more. That's how casinos make money...by people betting it. If this skank knew she had a problem and really wanted to be BAN from the casino, she should've taken her ass to casino officers and volunteered herself to be banned from the casino. I really hope the casino counters with a lawsuit of their own. Trying to fight the casino will most cetainly top her previous wager of 125K. Nailed it.

Oh dear...

Va. student mistaken for deer, shot to death


FERRUM, Va. (AP) - Officials in Virginia say a college student was shot to death while collecting frogs for biology class by a hunter who mistook her and her classmates for deer.

A Ferrum College spokeswoman says three students were collecting frogs Tuesday afternoon along a trail a mile west of campus.

The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries says 23-year-old Jessica Goode was shot and killed and 20-year-old Regis J. Boudinot was shot in the hand. The third student wasn't hurt.

Department Sgt. Karl Martin says 31-year-old Jason David Cloutier of Ferrum was charged with manslaughter, reckless handling of a firearm and trespassing.

Cloutier's bond was set at $20,000 and court officials say he doesn't yet have a lawyer.

No one answered the phone at the home of the only Cloutier listed in Ferrum.

To the hunter's credit, the girl was wearing a deerskin coat and antler hat.


10-year-old is tasered by police in Arkansas


OZARK, Ark. (AP) - Ozark Police Chief Jim Noggle says one of his officers used a Taser on a 10-year-old girl who was combative when the officer tried to get the girl into a patrol car to be taken to a youth shelter.

Noggle said Tuesday that officer Dustin Bradshaw went to the girl's home after her mother called police woman called police. (Such a confusing sentence.)

According to a report filed by Bradshaw on Thursday, the officer found the girl on the floor of the house screaming and crying. She refused to follow her mother's instructions and the mother told Bradshaw to use his Taser.

Bradshaw carried the girl to the living room and told her she was going to jail, according to the report. The girl was violently kicking, the report said, and struck Bradshaw in the groin with her legs and feet. The report said Bradshaw administered a "very, very brief" stun with the Taser, put the girl in handcuffs and carried her to his patrol car. She was taken to the Western Arkansas Youth Shelter in Cecil.

What a sweet mother. "Hell, I've tried spanking, I've tried beatings...hey, why don't you try out that taser thing on 'er? If she doesn't make it I'll split the life insurance money with ya.' Odd...why would you take out life insurance on a 10 year old? That's not even in the story. I'm just saying...

Nicolas Cage visits Kenyan jail to talk to pirates


MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) - Film star Nicolas Cage has visited a Kenyan prison holding suspected Somali pirates awaiting trial to highlight the problem of piracy in the Indian Ocean.

Inmates danced for the movie star and shook his hand as he toured the Shimo La Tewa prison in the Kenyan coastal town of Mombasa. The prison has become a model for other jails in the country because of the reform work of its chief warden, Wanini Kireri.

Cage, a U.N. Goodwill Ambassador on Drugs and Crime, told The Associated Press Television News on Tuesday that he wanted to meet with some of the suspected Somali pirates, hear their stories and understand what is fueling piracy off the Somali coast.

"Then I'm in a position where I can actually make some sense and talk about it when I go back to the States where I go talk to different U.N. councils and discuss the matter," Cage said.

Cage also gave out awards during his Tuesday visit to wardens in recognition of their outstanding work. He left Kenya Wednesday.

Somali pirates are currently holding around a dozen ships and more than 200 crew, and attacks have increased in recent weeks as seasonal rains subsided.

On Wednesday, pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama for the second time in seven months, though private guards on board the U.S.-flagged ship repelled the attack with gunfire and a high-decibel noise device.

An international flotilla of warships now patrols the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden, but pirates continue to carry out attacks because of the millions of dollars that can be made from a successful hijacking.

WTF!!! Nick Cage is on a UN Council? Cue REM.

Jeers on ur face

Jeers: To those of you who only read the jeers. You know who you are!

— Marie, Euless

Ummm…Guilty. I do know who I am.

Jeers: To DirecTV and ESPN for not showing the USC/Oregon game on Oct. 31. I’m not a Pac 10 fan, but it seems like they missed the game of the day. Thanks for not letting me choose what I want to watch.

— Don, North Richland Hills

Of course Don, ESPN and DirectTV know the outcome of every game before it happens. You are correct. They did know this would be the game of the day well before the first kick off, and they should have put it on just for you. Nevermind the fact the more than likely, this game would have only been cared about in the West and Northwest while the rest of the country probably wanted to see games with more meaning. I’m sure after reading this both companies will check with you on which game they should televise. Oh, by the way, DirectTV has a college game day package of which you can purchase and pretty much watch whatever game you choose to. Look into you cheap bastard.

Jeers: To local media for not doing a story on an older man standing at the edge of Denton Highway in Haltom City, holding a sign saying, "I need a job, Please." If the plight of the jobless isn’t newsworthy these days, then that is a shame.

— Deborah, Haltom City

Really? Sweet Deborah… Where exactly have you been for the last year as the unemployment rate all over the country has risen? Are you just now catching wind of this? Do you honestly think that the papers, television, and radio media should do stories on every individual that stands on a highway with a sign? Do you realize that the media outlets themselves are cutting back and cutting jobs? Seriously!!! Do you really think one guy deserves a feature story over all of the other unemployed people in the metroplex? You do know that there is this thing called freelance, right? You’re more than welcome to go and report on anything you like and then send it into the papers. So go ahead…You do that and we’ll see how many of your plight of the homeless and jobless stories make it in.

Presidential showman

I would have found it admirable if President Barack Obama had gone to Dover, Del., to view the arrival of those valiant soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice, but he had to take a photographer along to turn the whole thing into a photo op.

What a publicity-monger this man is!

To the families who refused his photo op, thank you. For the family that allowed Obama to manipulate their grief, my heart and condolences go out to you. You should never have been put in that position.

The master showman showed how little he really cares about those who serve. He prostituted the honor of a fallen soldier for the sake of his ego. The saddest part is that the media allowed him to do it. President George W. Bush went to Dover, too, bit it wasn’t a photo op.

— Charles, Fort Worth

Wow! Are you effing kidding me? First of all, do you think President Obama is the first politician to take advantage of situations in order to get good publicity? Really? 100% of the politicians in Washington do the exact same thing. Secondly, it has been well documented that President Obama, and pretty much every president since the invention of photography has had a presidential photographer on staff. This goes back to President Lincoln. As for your statement about the family who accept the photo op, you state ‘You should never have been put in this situation.’ You are correct sir. A situation President Bush put them in. Charles, you’re an idiot.

Jeers and Letters

Jeers: To the Fort Worth police officer who ticketed a vehicle on Oct. 8 for stopping the wrong way on a residential street in the Lakes of River Trails subdivision. The vehicle had a handicapped sticker in the window and belonged to a sweet little woman age 80.
— Keith, Fort Worth

Oh Keith. You’re precious. As, I’m sure, was the little old lady… WHO PARKED ILLEGALLY ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE STREET!!! Age and ignorance are not excuses to break the law. Age and ignorance are not a defense for breaking the law. Any law. A handicap sticker in the window is not a get out of jail free card. Furthermore, was the little old lady in the car at the time? If not, how was the officer supposed to know who was driving the car? I hate you.



Jeers: To area high school stadium announcers who ask the home team fans to give a big hand to the "hometown defense" over the loudspeaker. Jeers to announcers who only call names and numbers of hometown players when they make a play.
— Anne, Bedford

Anne…sweet Anne. The majority of high school sport announcers are volunteers, amateurs with a hard on for calling the big game. They have other jobs and most likely spend, maybe 1-2 hours actually prepping for the game. They are not pros that get a week in advance to go over rosters, study film, and interview players from either team. Most importantly, they are all HOMERS. They don’t care about the other team. However, if you think you can do so much better, then by all means, get your ass up in the booth and have it. Just watch your gut while you’re there.

Jeers: To the two teenagers seen in a south Arlington neighborhood who stole some pumpkins off my front porch. I hope you know you left a 3-year-old boy in tears. He picked them out and decorated them himself. You are pathetic!
— Judith, Arlington

Umm…Judith, tell your 3 year old to man up. Sheesh. What a baby. Wait. Yeah, he is a baby. He doesn’t have to know that his gourds were stolen. Crimeny lady…ease up on what you tell your kid. And really? You observed two teenagers in your area so they are the ones who took your kid’s jacked up pumpkins? Any real evidence of that? I’m gonna go with no. You’re gut is now my most wanted.



Jeers: To Cowboys Stadium for charging $5 for bottled water. I took my own water in my purse for the second event I attended there and employees went through my purse — not to find things like a weapon, but to confiscate bottled water!
— Gay, Hurst

First of all, nice name. You must hate your parents. Next, it is against the law in the state of Texas to carry in outside beverages of any kind into an establishment which has a TABC lic. Therefore, your bottle of water inside your purse was violating a state statute. And do you really think the employees are looking for anything other than weapons? C’mon. You’re insane. You should hope they find my weapon before it gets to your gut.


We were informed after playing only two games that the seventh-grade B team season was over. Our coaches were told that we might get to play more, but that never happened. The Fort Worth school district athletic department could not manage to find any other teams to play against.
I think that the school district could have reached out to other districts or could have arranged for us to play those two teams again, as in previous years.
At the last A team game, I felt sad and disappointed that our B team did not have as many chances to play. It is hard for 12- and 13-year-old boys to understand why we cannot play football games that we have practiced so hard for.
I feel this issue should be discussed so that future B teams can play more and enjoy the game that we love.
— Richard, Fort Worth

Hey Richard…Maybe if your kid was a better player he would be on the A team and he could play more games. Not the district’s fault your kid sucks.

I read the Thursday article about the new and safer buses being built for Arlington. Seat belts are not part of the design.
What good are evacuation windows for children crushed into the back of seats?
It is time for our state officials to make seat belts mandatory on school buses to save the precious cargo.
— Nikki, Lakeside

Hi Nikki, I’m the simple laws of physics. Seat belts will do nothing to prevent kids in school busses from being launched forward in a crash. See, the kids aren’t flying forward on their own, no…The seats are also moving forward and taking the kids with them. Seat belts would only hinder rescue efforts and probably cause more harm than good. You idiot. Do you really think that study after study hasn’t been done on seat belts in busses and that if said studies proved that seat belts could actually help, that they wouldn’t have already put them in? I wish you didn’t breathe.

May, our home was burglarized. Our rear door was kicked in and our entire house turned upside down. Officer Charles Gonzales, our Westcliff West neighborhood patrol officer, estimated it took three minutes for the perpetrators to go through our house and out the front door. This has been very unsettling. I still have to reassure my kids that the bad guys are not coming back. Our neighbors were as upset as we were because it happened during the day when most of them were home.
I had wished to remain quiet in an effort to put it behind me. However, earlier this week, our neighbors two doors up were burglarized the same way. This situation is out of hand, and we are mad as hell. This incident is part of a pattern indicating an increase in home burglaries this year. The times are creating desperate people, and those of us living quiet, productive lives are beginning to think about fighting back. This situation will lead to someone getting hurt.
Westcliff West is a cross-section of professionals and small-business owners who contribute to the life of our economy and pay a heavy share of local taxes. I urge our elected officials to alleviate this wave of crime coming through our neighborhood. I want to urge the citizens of Fort Worth to vote yes for the continuation of the Crime Control and Prevention District.
— Lee, Fort Worth

You’re right Lee. We should vote yes just so the small wave of crime hitting your so much more awesome than everyone else’s neighborhood can be stopped. Gracious me… We must end this string of robberies. NOW! Forget the murders, forget the rapes, forget the child abuse. Let’s get Westcliff West cleaned up before someone loses another plasma.

Spare and Extra

spare

–verb (used with object)
1.
to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy.
2.
to deal gently or leniently with; show consideration for: His harsh criticism spared no one.
3.
to save from strain, discomfort, embarrassment, or the like, or from a particular cause of it: to spare him the bother; to spare her needless embarrassment.
4.
to refrain from, forbear, omit, or withhold, as action or speech: Spare us the gory details.
5.
to refrain from employing, as some instrument or recourse: to spare the rod.
6.
to set aside for a particular purpose: to spare land for a garden.
7.
to give or lend, as from a supply, esp. without inconvenience or loss: Can you spare a cup of sugar? Can you spare me a dollar till payday?
8.
to dispense with or do without: We can't spare a single worker during the rush hour.
9.
to use economically or frugally; refrain from using up or wasting: A walnut sundae, and don't spare the whipped cream!
10.
to have remaining as excess or surplus: We can make the curtains and have a yard to spare.

extra

–adjective
1.
beyond or more than what is usual, expected, or necessary; additional: an extra copy of a newspaper; an extra charge.

I hear these two words a lot while walking around downtown Dallas. Be it going for coffee, going to lunch, or just relaxing in the plaza outside my building. 100% of the time when one of these two words are spoken to me, it is used in a question.

"Do you have an extra dollar I could get?"
"Hey man, got a spare piece of gum I could get from ya?"

I've learned to say no or make up some sort of excuse as to why I don't have a spare or extra of whatever the person may be asking for. See, I and many of the people around me on the streets, aren't the providers of products and income for those 'less fortunate' than us. I use quotation marks because I truly believe that most of those that ask for for these things are just as fortunate as we are.

As I was going for coffee today I was walking down the sidewalk when I pulled out a pack of gum and proceeded to take a piece and chew it. A man and woman were sitting on a bench at the bus stop and observed me partaking of my delicious piece of gum.

"Hey man, let me get a spare piece of gum from ya?" The man said.
'Sorry. I'm running low. Gotta make it through the rest of the day with what I have.' I replied.

Of course I wasn't telling the truth, I had plenty of gum and could have given the man a piece, however; when you begin to add up all the pieces I give out over the course of a day, a week, it begins to add up. Therefore, I've discontinued my practice of giving strangers pieces of my gum.

Usually, giving someone the above excuse is enough. Sometimes I'll get a some sort of acknowledgement from the person, sometimes, and the most preferred response, I get nothing. This morning I was questioned.

"Man, I know you got plenty of gum in there, I just saw you pull a piece out of a full pack. You ain't running low for shit..."

True. I have plenty of gum, and I could have given the man a piece. But, EFF YOU!!!! YOU EFFING CRUST OF A DILL!!! Spare means I have a surplus, more than I need, more than I'm going to use. You asked if I had a spare piece of gum. NO!!! I DON'T HAVE A SPARE!!! EVERY PIECE IN THIS PACK, I THOROUGHLY PLAN ON CHEWING. It may take me all day or even 2-3 days to chew every piece, but I can assure you, every piece will be consumed by me or whomever I see fit to share with. WTF YOU IGNORANT PIECE OF TRASH? Don't question me over what I do and don't have to give you. I am not your provider. You need some gum, the maybe you should turn your skank out a little more to get them dolla's so you can buy your own effing gum. Am I the bad guy for not giving something away for nothing? I think not! You inconsiderate eff hole. Wait. I do have a spare something I can give to you. Here's a dull piece of rusted metal I found outside a construction zone. Take this and insert it into your gut until you can see straight. And you're welcome. Enjoy.

Really?

Nevada man to jail for killing neighbor's puppy

RENO, Nev. (AP) - A Nevada man has been sentenced to up to 2 1/2 years in jail for killing his neighbor's puppy.
Daniel Thomas Wells earlier pleaded guilty to a charge of "killing an animal of another" in the beating death of the 6-month-old chihuahua in May.
Washoe County Deputy District Attorney Derek Dreiling says the case was elevated to felony status because there was evidence of malice. He says Wells had been drinking, had a bad day at work and ended up acting inappropriately when the neighbor's dog got on his nerves.
Wells was sentenced to 12 months to 30 months in jail, but Dreiling said if he's a model inmate, he may end up serving less than a year.

Update: Mr. Wells has already been offered a 3 year 12.5m contrack with the Phil. Eagles upon release from jail. Rumor has it Nike is interested in signing him as a 2010-2011 spokes person for their new line of shoes, "The Vick K9 Killa's". Good luck Mr. Wells. Get your hands on some homemade wine. You can trade it for not getting butt raped by the bigger guys.

Man, 81, finishes race after borrowing a catheter

MINNEAPOLIS — Organizers of the Twin Cities Marathon said they won't disqualify an 81-year-old runner who won his age group after using a borrowed catheter. Jerry Johncock of Shelbyville, Mich., was sidelined at an aid station about 21 miles into Sunday's race because a blood clot prevented him from urinating. The aid station had no catheter, but a spectator stepped forward to offer Johncock a catheter he had in his car.
Aides helped insert the catheter and Johncock went on to finish in a little over 5 hours 22 minutes.
Race officials considered disqualifying Johncock because of a rule against improper assistance. But executive director Virginia Brophy Achman said they decided Johncock didn't break the rule.
She called Johncock "a great role model and example of what you can do as a runner."
Johncock's wife, Dorlene, said her husband was cheered by the ruling. She said he found the whole situation a little humorous.

Pardon? A spare cath in the car? WTF? Who the hell is going through so many caths that they have to keep spares in the car? What is happening?

Dead deer in clown suit left on Iowa porch

SIOUX CITY, Iowa — You'll never see this clown in the circus. Animal control officers in Sioux City, Iowa, say someone dressed a dead deer in a clown suit and wig and put it on a family's porch. Officers suspect it was a prank, considering Halloween is approaching, but they say it's not funny, safe or acceptable.
The deer was discovered Wednesday morning.
Animal Control Officer Jake Appel says leaving a dead animal is immature and illegal. He says officers will dispose of the deer properly.
Sioux City police have not opened an investigation.

Awww c'mon. It's a little funny.

Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize places him in the company of Jimmy Carter and Al Gore — the noted "worst president ever" and the guy who invented the Internet. Maybe now Obama can reinvent the Internet and take Jimmy’s title away from him. How naive I was to once think that Nobel prizes meant something.
— Rod, Granbury

Oh Rod, don't worry. Soon, your favorite ex-pres will hold the title of Worst President Ever. All in good time my friend. All in good time.

What are you right wingers so mad about. Obama made a valiant effort to appease you by suggesting to Nasa they should bomb the moon. We can't really bomb another country right now since Bush used up all of our Earthly bombs, so Obama did the next best thing...Sheesh guys, give him a break.

Saturday’s Star-Telegram told us that members of the State Board of Education took gifts that were not reported and that such actions conflict with state law. (See: "2 State Board of Education members did not report company’s gifts") We are not so naive to think every politician is honorable, but even at this level we learn people are not really interested in a world-class educational system for Texas children but only in lining their pockets with cash and gifts.
The political world is sleazy; we just don’t have any idea how sleazy.
— Michael, Fort Worth

Thanks Michael aka. Cap'n Effing Obvious.

To anyone out there who might think about leaving your children in your car because you can’t find a babysitter: Here is my phone number — 817-999-2155. Please call me and, if I can’t help you, I will find someone who can.
— Lucky, Bedford

Sadly, Lucky wrote this letter to the editor on his Blackberry while sitting inside his still running car in a closed garage. The voicemail on the number now directs you to funeral arrangments.

FML

This week's Jeers...Yay!!! Not so fun this week. Boo!!!

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What would you go through for some beef jerky and a lighter?

Police: Wis. woman strips to avoid arrest

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) - Police say a Wisconsin woman stripped in front of her children in an attempt to avoid arrest for shoplifting, then scuffled with officers and exposed herself through a squad car window.
Julia E. Laack, 36, of Sheboygan was charged Friday with felony battery of a peace officer, resisting an officer, shoplifting and two counts of disorderly conduct, the Sheboygan Press reported.
The criminal complaint alleges Laack stole a bag of beef jerky and a lighter at a convenience store Thursday afternoon. Police went to her home. The complaint said she refused to come to the door and began screaming and swearing at three children in her house, telling one that the incident was all his fault.
Police entered and tried to calm her down. With her children present, the complaint said, she stripped to her underwear and told the officers they couldn't arrest her because she would be naked.
Laack struggled with the officers as they tried to arrest her, the complaint alleged, kicking one in the groin and spitting in the mouth of another.
While in the squad car on the way to the police station, the complaint said, Laack exposed her buttocks against the rear window.
The complaint said Laack had a preliminary blood-alcohol level of 0.112 percent. The legal blood-alcohol limit for driving is 0.08 percent.
Laack remained in jail Friday night. A man who answered the phone at her home declined comment.

Sheriff: Bones at Garrido home buried long ago

ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) - The Contra Costa County Sheriff's office said Friday that bone fragments dug up from the backyard of kidnapping suspect Phillip Garrido's home and a neighboring property probably belonged to American Indians buried a long time ago.
Sheriff's spokesman Jimmy Lee said that while scientists at a state forensics lab were unable to pull any DNA from the bones, an anthropologist concluded the fragments were likely human, but probably old.
Investigators uncovered the bones while searching for evidence in the kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard, as well as other unsolved abductions and murders.
Garrido and his wife, Nancy, have been charged with kidnapping and rape in Dugard's 18-year disappearance.
Lee said investigators are looking into reports that Phillip Garrido was seen before his arrest with two young girls who were not the daughters he fathered with Dugard. The information came from someone who knew Garrido, but so far detectives have not found any evidence to corroborate the sighting.
Anyone who may have seen Garrido recently in the company of two girls about 6- or 7-years-old should contact the Sheriff's office, Lee said.

Well this clearly explains why people in the home kept vanishing into the television set. Probably why he kept his captures in tents out back. Smart thinking on his part. Strangly enough, Garrido was seen pushing a 17" color television set out of his cell before guards locked him in. 'They're here...' That's just dumb.

Dallas police seek naked backyard dancer

DALLAS (AP) - Dallas police are looking for a man who they say repeatedly sneaks into backyards, dances around naked and then runs away.
Police believe the man has been exposing himself in the same neighborhood since 2005. The most recent incident was on Sept. 30.
Police say he usually climbs a fence or goes through a gate and either dances naked or jumps in a swimming pool naked. Police say he also has danced naked on top of a backyard air conditioning unit.
Police say they're looking for a pudgy man who is about 6 feet tall and covers his face while dancing.
Dallas Police Senior Cpl. Janice Crowther says police want to catch him before it escalates into something worse.

Something worse? Holy hell!!! He's going to start line dancing isn't he? Awesome! Can't wait for him to do Slapp'n Leather. So hot!

Police: Karaoke singer attacked over performance

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - Police say a woman singing karaoke in a Connecticut sports bar was attacked by six other women who didn't like her performance.
Five of the women were arraigned on assault and other charges on Wednesday in Stamford Superior Court. The other woman appeared in court Monday on the same charges.
Police say the Sept. 23 attack on the 25-year-old woman from Port Chester, N.Y., happened during karaoke night at Bobby Valentine's Sports Gallery Cafe in Stamford.
Authorities say the six women, all under the legal drinking age of 21, knocked the singer to the floor, punched her and pulled her hair. The victim suffered bruises and a chipped tooth.
The victim has said she was singing "A Dios Le Pido" by Colombian superstar Juanes when the violence began.

Ky. pastor who promoted guns in church quits

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky pastor who hosted a rally celebrating God and guns a few months ago has resigned his ministry to promote gun rights and church security.
Ken Pagano held the "Open Carry Celebration" at New Bethel Church in south Louisville in June. But he is now working part time at a local gun range and helped form the International Security Coalition of Clergy. He formed the group with a New York rabbi who and they are promoting the use of armed and trained security at houses of worship.
Pagano told The Courier-Journal the church supported the rally, but he felt like a liability and he brought too much attention to the small congregation. He also said he was burned out with the ministry.

Much like Jesus told us in The Gospel of Smith-Wesson chapter 3 vrs 4-16.