Imnotfeelingit.com

Archive for September, 2009

Over the weekend, two of sports greatest athletes were taken to task for their behavior. One, Serena Williams, was penalized twice at the end of a match for yelling at a lines woman for calling a foot fault. The other, Michael Jordan, used his forum at the Hall of Fame ceremony to “get back” at everyone who ever slighted him. While both of them may have acted badly, depending on how you look at it, it only Serena Williams that sports columnist Mike Whitlock chose to chastise. And usually I agree with things that “Whit” has to say. But on this one, you got it wrong Whit!
 
I’m going to start by saying this. I’m really not a Jordan fan, PERIOD! And while I give him much props for his accomplishments, how can you not, I never “pulled his jock.” I was a Magic Johnson fan. So his first three championships I didn’t really care about. I was pulling for the Lakers and the Suns for two of those rings. I didn’t even watch the final against the Blazers. The second three championships, I DID pull for the Bulls. But that wasn’t because of Mike. It was because of my man, DENNIS RODMAN!!! Yeah, me and “D-Rod” are riding for life. All except when he married Carmen Electra. What The Hell was that about D??? But I digress. The persona that he allowed to be scripted about himself wasn’t real. And I could tell it wasn’t real. He just seemed like a fake and a phony to me. And when the chips began to come out, sexual relations with groupies, gambling issues, and allegedly getting coaches fired – Doug Collins, and teammates cut, Craig Hodges, it just confirmed what I had always felt. That the whole “Air Jordan thing” was a farce. I only came to “like Mike” when he played with the Bullets. Yeah I called them the Bullets and not the Wizards because they are. The Bullets!!! And here’s why I began to “like Mike.”
 
The BULLETS were playing against the Chicago Bulls in D.C. and the “young guns” were talking mad trash to Mike including Ron Mercer. They went at him the WHOLE GAME. And it was back and forth. And the one play that I think epitomizes Jordan was this. As Mercer took the ball to the hoop, Mike pinned it against the glass, caught it, and turned around to Ron and told him “don’t talk trash.” That was the competitive fire that made Mike the COMPETITOR that he is! But his Hall of Fame speech, let the “REAL JORDAN” come back out!
Continue reading “You got it wrong Whit!” »

For any parent who has had a child abducted and have never found out what happened to them, where they are, or if they are still alive, the return of Jaycee Dugard might have given them some hope. Hope that someday their loved one will come back home safe and sound. And the story has made those people who know or knew the Dugard family happy for her return and those who know or knew her abductors, Phillip Garrido and his wife, Nancy, shocked thinking about what has happened. But for one IDIOT, this tragedy is fodder for him to joke about in his SPORTS COLUMN!
 

 
The IDIOT, sports columnist mark whicker, lower caps on purpose to show my CONTEMPT, of the Orange County Register, decided to write an article recounting all of the “sports moments” that Jaycee missed while being held captive, repeatedly raped, giving birth to two children, and being abused. And what were some of those things whicker decided Jaycee just “had to know?” Let’s start with “Beach Towel Night!” Or how about not having “high fived” anyone for a long time! Or “spiked a volleyball!” He even joked that “at least penitentiary prisoners get an hour of TV a day!” The column, the writer, and the paper were IMMEDIATELY taken to task for what they had allowed to be printed in their paper. At the bottom of this post the “sports moments” whicker felt Jaycee missed and CERTAINLY NEEDED TO KNOW! And to top all of this off, he ended the column by saying “Congratulations, Jaycee. You ‘left the yard.’ ”
 
Initially, whicker, dismissed the complaints and added that “bloggers were making a bigger deal out of this than was needed.” It was those words that sent this story into the mainstream where it was published and republishes, and aired and re-aired on the news ad nauseum. It was at that point, the the writer and the newspaper apologized for their poor decision to allow the article to go to print. And that apology was piss poor to say the least. He seemed more concerned about having “offended readers and advertisers.” Very little was said about why it was done, and WITHOUT a DIRECT APOLOGY to Jaycee and her family. But is whicker the only one at fault?
 
At any newspaper, whether high school, college, local, or national, there are editors who make the final decision as to whether an article should be printed. And it seems like at the Register, EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM must have fallen asleep at the wheel because NO ONE saw anything wrong with this article. What the hell could they have been thinking?
Continue reading “Girl, you missed it!” »

One of the consequences of Global Warming has been the inconsistent weather in different parts of the country. Some places are getting enough rain to cause major floods and other parts of the country aren’t getting little if any rain at all. This has caused local and state to begin asking residents to conserve water. With the economy and the threat of huge fines, people are cutting back on their water use. And if you can believe this, not only are water company officials complaining about their “diminishing profits” but they also want to raise the rates AGAIN!
 
The county of San Diego initiated MANDATORY water rationing back in June. This water rationing included only being able to water your lawn on certain days of the week, for no more than 10 minutes, and being asked to keep showers at 5 minutes. They also raised the water rates by 40%. That means that some families water bills went from $150.00 a month to to over $210.00 a month. And remember, you are using LESS water and PAYING MORE for it! Those factors, along with the shrinking budgets of many families, led to people cut their water usage. In some water districts, the water usage went down more than 20%. Which is exactly what is supposed to happen right? Apparently not!
 
As a recent water meeting, water officials lamented the lost revenue that has come with the water rationing. They are saying that their costs are still the same but their profits have dropped. That they may need to “dip into their reserves“, or shrink operating expenses to carry out mandatory state and federal laws. And they are also talking about “relaxing” water restriction rules.”Or, and this is what is pissing me off, they want to raise water rates again. They are supposed to include a letter in this month’s bill “asking residents” if they want their water rates raised. And we are supposed to send the “vote” back to disagree with it. Oh, and to show you just how ass backwards this whole thing is, they will spend $140,000.00 to send out the notices. And that is not a small amount of money is it?
 
I hope the residents of San Diego County don’t just sit back and allow their water rates to be raised with saying or doing anything about it. This whole think is making me believe that there really isn’t a water shortage. This is just another excuse the pockets of the citizens of San Diego, California!

A breaking news story has just broken. Actor, and that is debatable, Charlie Sheen, is DEMANDING to meet with President Obama about the “cover up concerning 9/11.” Why I am writing on this, I DON’T KNOW! Maybe I’m getting tired of all of the attacks that are coming fast and furious in the 8 months that Barack has been in office. Or maybe it’s because a drug using, wife abusing, prostitute visiting BITCH like Sheen has a lot of nerve to DEMAND ANYTHING!
 
I don’t recall hearing “Good time Charlie” DEMANDING to meet with Bush during the 7 years immediately after 9/11 occurred. And that included the information that come out, DURING BUSH’S TERM, that there were no weapons of Mass Destruction which was the excuse to attack Iraq in the first place. Nor do I recall hearing him say anything about the BILLIONS of dollars that have been spent on the war. Again, done under BUSH’S TERM. Nor do I recall him saying anything about the millions of people who have lost their lives or limbs on both sides of this of this war. But he now has the AUDACITY to DEMAND to meet with Obama? What kind of SHIT is that?
 
Take a word of advice Chuck. Why don’t you go and pick up some alcohol, some drugs, and a hooker and have a good time. Because NO ONE CARES ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DEMANDING!!!!

I went through a period where I had the “neighbor council” sat in their “Community Cowards” meetings and decided to pick and choose who to call the police on. Not because we were bad neighbors. Not because we threw loud parties. Not because we were selling drugs. We had the police called to our house because a REGISTERED CAR hadn’t been moved within 72 hours. And to prove that I was being harassed, I moved my car EVERYDAY and took pictures. I then sent those pictures to myself through email. That provided a DATE and TIME STAMP. And when I contested the ticket, and sent in my evidence, low and behold, the city refunded my money. I guess they saw one HELL OF A LAWSUIT and decided that it wasn’t worth $41.00. Why am I bring this up? Because I recently read that a town in the wealthy section of Bridgeport, Connecticut is in the throes of a major legal battle. Over a stone fence!!!!
 
It seems like a family built a stone fence in the same position of a former fence on their property. Another neighbor complained about the fence saying that it was on “private lane” and that all of the neighbors would be liable if something happened. The city is saying that the fence is environmentally wrong because it encroaches on the wetlands. The family has already spent $150,000.00 on legal fees. And they could conceivable spend another $150,000.00 until the case is completed. Then another $50,000.00 on modifications to try and appease everyone. The fence was built at a cost of $170,000.00. So already they have spent $370,000.00 and the case hasn’t even gone to court. Should the Lilliens lose the case, they will have to spend another $120,000.00 to tear the fence down! And don’t forget, the officials of Bridgeport Connecticut have had to spend money to bring and defend their case too. Taking money and resources from the citizens. Did I forget to mention that the city got the complaint about the fence as it was being built, and didn’t stop it???
 
That this has gotten this far is ridiculous. There are people who have lost their houses for half of the money that is being spent do defend a fence. And it seems like these types of “lawsuits” are common among rich people. They get into pissing contests with each other and use real money like it was “monopoly money” and see who can spend the most money. All in the name of “principle.” The money that is being spent to amuse rich people could fund some non-profits for a year.
 
For this to be a problem, it just means that these people have too much fucking money and even more time on their hands!

When the economy gets bad, and people get desperate, they do things they wouldn’t normally do. Like selling family heirlooms or other possessions. And when you see commercials like the one for “Cash4Gold” that seems to be a dream come true for struggling people, who doesn’t hesitate to do business with them? But should you? From the mouths of a couple of former employees, the answer is a resounding “NO!”
 
Let me say this upfront. Every time I saw the Cash4Gold commercials, something didn’t seem right to me. My suspicious mind always went to the other side of this transaction. Because I always wondered about what would happen if my jewelry never got there? Or THEY said it never got there? Or what happens if they say you sent in a bracelet and you know that you sent in a thick gold necklace? What happens then? What recourse does the consumer have? Well it looks like my suspicious mind was right on the mark!
 
A former employee blew the whistle and listed ten things that the consumer doesn’t know about doing business with Cash4Gold. And a couple of theses things were the issues that concerned me. For doing so, she was hit with a lawsuit, and a summary judgment was placed against her. More on that later. But she states that consumers are low balled on the quality of their jewelry, they are stonewalled about their checks, and if they complain, they are offered more money “just to go away.” Employees are given bonuses if keep as much money as possible.
 
An investigation by the ComplaintsBoard.com showed that Cash4Gold pays the consumer a third of the value of their gold. Meaning a pawn shop would offer you $198.00 and cash for gold offers $60.00. That means you lose $138.00 dollars on the deal. That doesn’t sound like Cahs4Gold cares about it’s customers does it? For their investigation, the Complaintsboard.com has been sued also! Cash4Gold is sounded better and better all of the time! NOT!!!!
Continue reading “Cash4Gold – What a RIPOFF!” »

It has come to light that the state of Texas will now pay exonerated prisoners millions of dollars as payment for having been in jail for, in many cases, decades. These payments will come with lifetime annuities ranging from $40,000.00 to $50,000.00, lump sum payments, free medical and dental, job training, and college tuition for 120 hours at a public college. Some of the men will get upwards of 2 million dollars. The only stipulation is that these innocent people stay out of trouble. Fair enough. But what about the families of the victims who thought the person who did harm to their loved one was firmly behind bars only to find out that wasn’t the case? That the guilty person has been allowed to walk free for ten, fifteen, twenty, or even twenty-five years? And what about the tax payers in the state of Texas? That money has to come from someplace. What services will be taken away from the citizens to pay for these settlements? But what about the people who put them behind bars? What is their punishment for possibly bribing witnesses, withholding evidence, twisting the truth, or just “testi-lying” as the police like to call it? What happens to them?
 
Texas leads the nation in freeing innocent people wrongly convicted of crimes. At last count, the number stood at 38. These men were freed because of the work of the Innocent Project, a New York legal center that specializes in overturning wrongful convictions. Without the Innocent Project, these men, many who proclaimed their innocence loud, long, and hard from the beginning, would still be in prison. I’d hate to say that race played a hand in these convictions. That the victim was white and the alleged perpetrators were Black. But from looking at some of the wrongly convicted men, at least one side of this equation is already known. Black men were sent to prison for long stretches of time for crimes that DNA has proven they didn’t commit.
 
I’d like to see the people who sent these men have to pay some kind of price. Because you can bet some of them used these cases as stepping stones to bigger, higher profile jobs. I wouldn’t doubt that some of these policemen, police chiefs, prosecutors, and judges, and maybe even politicians, used these men to further their own “tough on crime persona’s.” They should be made to tell what happened and make their own amends to these men. Some of the light needs to be dimmed on people who took away something that no amount of money can buy. TIME!

I read recently that a stranger walked up to a woman and her screaming child and told both of them, “shut that kid up or I will shut her up for you.” With that pronouncement, he proceeded to slap the two year old child across the face. According to the report, he hit her four or five times in succession. When I read the headline, I cracked up laughing. Because recently I have encountered some rude, noisy, touch everything and everyone, crumb snatchers, and have been incredulous that their parents seem oblivious as to what was going on. So I understand the man’s frustration at hearing a crying kid. But to put his hands on someone else’s child? AW HELL TO THE NAW!!!!!
 
My mother and I went to a local restaurant to eat. And there must have been a million kids acting fools and parent’s acting like their children didn’t belong to them. The were putting their nasty hands on everything and the manager had to tell a couple of people to control their kids or leave. As we were leaving, a kid cut in front of my mother. Mind you my mother walks with a cane. I called him a “little dumbass” and followed him with my eyes back to his seat. I saw him say something to his mother and point to me. At that point, I stopped walking, folded my arms over my chest, and starred at his mother. She proceeded to drop her head and continue eating. I continued out the door and left. If she would have even thought to “step stupid” with me, I would have beaten HER with HIM, and kept on going. I’m VERY PROTECTIVE of my mother and fucking with her is the fastest way to get hospitalized! So I do understand this man’s actions. I don’t agree with it but I understand it.
 
My last observation is this. This mother wasn’t Black or white. Because if she would have been Black, the story would have read “Black woman stomps the last breath out of white man for slapping her child!” I’m sure this loser picked someone who wouldn’t have hit him with the heaviest thing within arm’s reach like a Black mother would. Then she would have gotten on her cell phone and called the rest of the family who would have “mobbed in” and taken turns beating his ass. And the video of that would have been put on Youtube within the hour!
 
To be honest with you, If I had saw that, I might have stepped in and whupped his ass my damn self. You don’t mess with babies and old folks. I hope during his jail stay, someone returned the favor!

A “CHRISTIAN” preacher has said that he wishes that “President Obama gets brain cancer just like Edward Kennedy and dies.” But he is hedging his words by saying that he hopes “god strikes Obama with brain cancer.” What the HELL kind of Christian is that?
 
mr. anderson (small caps on purpose) is now surprised that his hateful words have gotten hateful responses in return. People have now threatened his life and that of his family. REALLY! Gosh who couldn’t have seen this scenario? You preach hate then are surprised when hate comes back to you and your family. GO FIGURE!
 
I’m sure in his TRIFLIN, PUNK ASS MIND, the DEVIL is threatening his family. When in actuality, it is HE who is putting his family at risk. Freedom of speech is guaranteed by the constitution. But the response to that speech is unpredictable. I personally won’t lose a second of sleep if something happens to him. Here is another Christian “HIDING BEHIND RELIGION TO JUSTIFY BIGOTRY!”
 
People like him give Christians a bad name. If that is possible. Because lately, “Christians” have been spreading HATE with both hands!