Feels Like Another Monday...
Here in Fort Wayne, the weather isn't the ONLY thing that seems to change minute by minute, or hour by hour.
Your life, as it has been, is being redefined as we speak.
** And one can look no further than the recent population statistics for our county (Allen).
Seems we've got ourselves a burgeoning minority population.
Well, as goes Detroit, so could go Fort Wayne....perhaps.
I've maintained for some time that if one wanted to see a (very) possible future to OUR city, all you have to do is watch DETROIT.
And why the hell shouldn't Ft. Wayne be the recipient of more people, right?
I mean all the other larger, (once) better cites have been trashed and depopulated beyond belief, Let's all move to Ft. Wayne.
There's plenty of free anything (for those so inclined to pursue less than legal or rather "dubious" vocations).
I look around my area at all those (allegedly) "less fortunate", and somehow...I'm just not SEEING it, people.
By "less fortunate", do we mean that whitey won't give someone a free crib in a NICE, UPSCALE neighborhood?
Do we mean that the less fortunate can ONLY get newer USED cars?
Well, they DO have plenty of time to kill.
That's obvious by the looks of all the people of other ethnicities roaming around the neighborhoods all day and all night. That's not to say that all and every ohter ethnicity is bad...quite the contrary. It's just the "minority OF those minorities" that poses the problems.
ANd thats not to say we don't have a crapload of WHITES doing similar things.
Oh, we DO, and in ever-increasing numbers.
And that's another part of this curious puzzle.
This city is quickly becoming an IDIOT MAGNET.
Give us your dumb, your stupid, your ignorant, loud-assed masses.
That doesn't just apply to the citizenry, either. Ask a lot of people here, and they'll also say it pertains to the politicians in this city.
Not all of them, but enough to warrant scrutiny.
So put that in your pipe and smoke it (just not out in public...it's against some law).
** Verizon casts off RESIDENTIAL businesses, and that's got me wondering...a lot.
Why would Verizon, which had a huge surge in business after FiOS came to Ft. Wayne sell OFF all the residential applications to a company called FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS (which I never really heard of until the other day), aside from the obvious GLUT of income?
And YES, we still have a LAND LINE (and not a LAN line, as some people mistakenly think).
When the POWER goes out, I STILL have a phone to use.
Call me a traditionalist, but having a hard line phone smacks back to a SIMPLER time...when things were a LOT better.
Everyone is "saying" that we (the customers) should see NO difference is service after next year (when all this shuffling takes place). The good news (so far), is that Frontier has a great reputation for good CUSTOMER SERVICE.
In this case, I'm NOT from Pennsy...OR from Indiana.
I'm from MISSOURI, so SHOW ME.
Seeing will be believing.
** Today is our TRASH pickup day, and I've YET to see any of my "neighbors" waiting to hop in the damn truck!
I honestly do NOT know what they're waiting for.
I suppose it's because our trash men come early enough so that the locals haven't quite slept off last night's drunk or high.
One can ALWAYS tell the (fraudulent) welfare/party houses during trash pickups. They' re the house that when the bin is emptied into the truck, ALL you hear is clinking BEER BOTTLES. The more clinking, the closer it is to the first week of the month (and sales for the aforementioned beverage). By the END of the month, you barely hear anything AT ALL, no matter how far down the alley the truck is. Poor people..."got's no booze to drunk out wif". "Bess go rob sum howz in de area fo sum munny, nowhuahmsayin?"
Funny thing, residential robberies tend to spike in our area on the FIRST and LAST weeks for some strange reason (???).
** When our county wants MONEY, they sure know WHO to come to, don't they?
The debate rages on about a new WHEEL TAX for everyone (except those poor people that get everything for nothing already) that has a vehicle. The debate is NOT about WHEN or IF the tax will be implemented...rest assured it WILL be. Discussion is focusing on HOW MUCH it will cost you...nice, huh?
Some want a FLAT TAX (which means I would pay the SAME amount for my 26 year-old Firebird as a guy with a LOT more money that drives a brand new Mercedes SLR...yeah, that's "fair"...NOT). Others want an incremental tax.
And some want a tax levied at people driving older, more inefficient vehicles that get lousy mileage. Well, I'd love to see how that bird's gonna fly when ALL these minorities are driving POS-mobiles that get less than 20 MPG on the freaking HIGHWAY, and belch out carbon like there's no tomorrow, because they haven't a CLUE as to what exhaust system maintenance and repair is (or ever was).
Hell, just give 'em all NEW cars, charge US, the taxpayers for it, and call it DONE, OK?
(uh oh...I just gave some DEMS in D.C. something to think about...we're boned now).
** Lastly, we're still following along with National Police Week,
We recently had a 1 year old shot with a .40 caliber Glock. The child is now been upgraded to "fair" condition, but here's an example as to WHY police work is the way it is, and the PEOPLE these officers deal with are the way THEY are.
The mother was questioned about the shooting, and she "initially" told the officers that the 1 year old SHOT HIMSELF.
(I'll give you all sufficient time to roll your eyes in disbelief)
I thought the EXACT same thing...
A ONE YEAR OLD???...
With a damn GLOCK???
WTF is this "mother" thinking anyway, not to mention that I find it VERY hard to believe that (near) infant did it.
And if you thought likewise...congrats.
"Mom" later told police her (get this)...THREE YEAR OLD shot the ONE YEAR OLD.
Again..WTF is WRONG with this "adult" anyway?
And why the f$ck does she even HAVE a gun (that she said she snuck out of her boyfriend's house a while back) anyway?
It would appear that "mom" has little if ANY practical working knowledge of what it means to be a RESPONSIBLE person, hmm?
Toddlers with guns...there 'ya go, people. Our future hard at work, providing a world where anarchy would be preferred to the scenario that's being played out. Not a pretty picture, is it?
And folks want more GUN control...
(feel free to roll your eyes in disbelief again...I can wait)
It's about PEOPLE control, as in keep any and all dangerous items out of the damn hands of people with absolutely NO FREAKING COMMON SENSE, for God's sake! These people don't deserve to be allowed to butter their own bread, or clip a coupon from a damn newspaper. I wouldn't trust them as far as I could throw the Statue of Liberty.
They're having KIDS?
Owning GUNS?
And Lord know what else...
And that's just ONE of too many calls the police chase after every shift of every day in every city across this nation.
Yepper...sure feels like another Monday, and we really haven't even scratched the surface.
Scary, huh?
Well, it can always be worse...and at this rate, it probably WILL.
We might not be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but I think we CAN say that we now KNOW we're IN the tunnel.
That's some consolation.
And as we rapidly approach another weekend, always remember to:
Stay safe out there, America.