http://www2.wspa.com/news/2009/sep/18/chris_cato_interviews_wellford_mayor_sallie_peake_-ar-32892/
:lulz:
I want to see the video of that interview! :lulz:
turns out, about 10 days later, she repealed her policy:
http://www2.counton2.com/cbd/news/local/article/wellford_mayor_sallie_peake_defends_do_chase_policy/67557/
Well, shit. He ran away. :(
:lulz:
:lulz:
This clip made my day.
:x I thought the headline referred to the decision, but watching her frothing insanity in the video is scaring me. I need a helmet, this century sucks balls.
Quote from: Captain Utopia on June 22, 2010, 01:28:19 AM
:x I thought the headline referred to the decision, but watching her frothing insanity in the video is scaring me. I need a helmet, this century sucks balls.
By which, of course, you mean "AMAZING!"
See my username :sad:
You win yet again, reality!
Quote from: Captain Utopia on June 22, 2010, 01:55:20 AM
See my username :sad:
You win yet again, reality!
Captains won't be doing well, in this post-pulp century.
We Doktors are having a blast, though.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 22, 2010, 01:56:31 AM
Quote from: Captain Utopia on June 22, 2010, 01:55:20 AM
See my username :sad:
You win yet again, reality!
Captains won't be doing well, in this post-pulp century.
We Doktors are having a blast, though.
:( I'm starting to consider a change of profession.
What kind of edukation do doktors need?
Quote from: CAPTAIN SLACK on June 22, 2010, 02:54:17 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 22, 2010, 01:56:31 AM
Quote from: Captain Utopia on June 22, 2010, 01:55:20 AM
See my username :sad:
You win yet again, reality!
Captains won't be doing well, in this post-pulp century.
We Doktors are having a blast, though.
:( I'm starting to consider a change of profession.
What kind of edukation do doktors need?
From what I understand, you have to get your BS, then MS, then Doktorate in Horror. Don't forget that you have to have a defense for your thesis.
Doktorates in Horror can be acquired at Tucson U.
Quote from: CAPTAIN SLACK on June 22, 2010, 02:54:17 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 22, 2010, 01:56:31 AM
Quote from: Captain Utopia on June 22, 2010, 01:55:20 AM
See my username :sad:
You win yet again, reality!
Captains won't be doing well, in this post-pulp century.
We Doktors are having a blast, though.
:( I'm starting to consider a change of profession.
What kind of edukation do doktors need?
Start with My Lai, and work your way forward.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 22, 2010, 03:55:44 AM
Quote from: CAPTAIN SLACK on June 22, 2010, 02:54:17 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 22, 2010, 01:56:31 AM
Quote from: Captain Utopia on June 22, 2010, 01:55:20 AM
See my username :sad:
You win yet again, reality!
Captains won't be doing well, in this post-pulp century.
We Doktors are having a blast, though.
:( I'm starting to consider a change of profession.
What kind of edukation do doktors need?
Start with My Lai, and work your way forward.
Just looked that up. :|
The horror of it all was somewhat ruined, though, when my stepfather came into the room while I had wikipedia open and said that there was a movie made about it starring Michael J. Fox. He then proceeded to inform me that it was based on a true story.
Quote from: CAPTAIN SLACK on June 22, 2010, 04:15:21 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 22, 2010, 03:55:44 AM
Quote from: CAPTAIN SLACK on June 22, 2010, 02:54:17 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 22, 2010, 01:56:31 AM
Quote from: Captain Utopia on June 22, 2010, 01:55:20 AM
See my username :sad:
You win yet again, reality!
Captains won't be doing well, in this post-pulp century.
We Doktors are having a blast, though.
:( I'm starting to consider a change of profession.
What kind of edukation do doktors need?
Start with My Lai, and work your way forward.
Just looked that up. :|
The horror of it all was somewhat ruined, though, when my stepfather came into the room while I had wikipedia open and said that there was a movie made about it starring Michael J. Fox. He then proceeded to inform me that it was based on a true story.
Great. Now google "Jonestown Guyana"
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 22, 2010, 04:22:12 AM
Quote from: CAPTAIN SLACK on June 22, 2010, 04:15:21 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 22, 2010, 03:55:44 AM
Quote from: CAPTAIN SLACK on June 22, 2010, 02:54:17 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 22, 2010, 01:56:31 AM
Quote from: Captain Utopia on June 22, 2010, 01:55:20 AM
See my username :sad:
You win yet again, reality!
Captains won't be doing well, in this post-pulp century.
We Doktors are having a blast, though.
:( I'm starting to consider a change of profession.
What kind of edukation do doktors need?
Start with My Lai, and work your way forward.
Just looked that up. :|
The horror of it all was somewhat ruined, though, when my stepfather came into the room while I had wikipedia open and said that there was a movie made about it starring Michael J. Fox. He then proceeded to inform me that it was based on a true story.
Great. Now google "Jonestown Guyana"
I know about Jonestown. I've seen a documentary on it. I'll still check the wikipedia page on the off-chance of learning something new about it, but yeah.
Quote from: CAPTAIN SLACK on June 22, 2010, 04:53:49 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 22, 2010, 04:22:12 AM
Quote from: CAPTAIN SLACK on June 22, 2010, 04:15:21 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 22, 2010, 03:55:44 AM
Quote from: CAPTAIN SLACK on June 22, 2010, 02:54:17 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 22, 2010, 01:56:31 AM
Quote from: Captain Utopia on June 22, 2010, 01:55:20 AM
See my username :sad:
You win yet again, reality!
Captains won't be doing well, in this post-pulp century.
We Doktors are having a blast, though.
:( I'm starting to consider a change of profession.
What kind of edukation do doktors need?
Start with My Lai, and work your way forward.
Just looked that up. :|
The horror of it all was somewhat ruined, though, when my stepfather came into the room while I had wikipedia open and said that there was a movie made about it starring Michael J. Fox. He then proceeded to inform me that it was based on a true story.
Great. Now google "Jonestown Guyana"
I know about Jonestown. I've seen a documentary on it. I'll still check the wikipedia page on the off-chance of learning something new about it, but yeah.
Okay, then "Love Canal". Ho ho!
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 22, 2010, 05:07:16 AM
Quote from: CAPTAIN SLACK on June 22, 2010, 05:05:07 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 22, 2010, 04:56:32 AM
Okay, then "Love Canal". Ho ho!
:x
The idiots.
Guess what? This is gonna make you laugh!
You have horrified me twice in five minutes in two separate threads. Bravo, Doktor.
EDIT: I do have to admit that the sheer incompetence of the school board is hilarious once the initial shock wears off. It's beyond
Simpsons levels of absurdity. Am I catching on?
The Bhopal gas tragedy is another "good one".
Quote from: CAPTAIN SLACK on June 22, 2010, 05:14:19 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 22, 2010, 05:07:16 AM
Quote from: CAPTAIN SLACK on June 22, 2010, 05:05:07 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 22, 2010, 04:56:32 AM
Okay, then "Love Canal". Ho ho!
:x
The idiots.
Guess what? This is gonna make you laugh!
You have horrified me twice in five minutes in two separate threads. Bravo, Doktor.
EDIT: I do have to admit that the sheer incompetence of the school board is hilarious once the initial shock wears off. It's beyond Simpsons levels of absurdity. Am I catching on?
They're building in Love Canal again. Ho ho!
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 22, 2010, 04:20:59 PM
Quote from: CAPTAIN SLACK on June 22, 2010, 05:14:19 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 22, 2010, 05:07:16 AM
Quote from: CAPTAIN SLACK on June 22, 2010, 05:05:07 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 22, 2010, 04:56:32 AM
Okay, then "Love Canal". Ho ho!
:x
The idiots.
Guess what? This is gonna make you laugh!
You have horrified me twice in five minutes in two separate threads. Bravo, Doktor.
EDIT: I do have to admit that the sheer incompetence of the school board is hilarious once the initial shock wears off. It's beyond Simpsons levels of absurdity. Am I catching on?
They're building in Love Canal again. Ho ho!
OR HOR HOR
You want some real horror: "Bath School"
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on June 22, 2010, 11:07:40 PM
You want some real horror: "Bath School"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster
:x
:x :x :x
Can't forget The Tuskegee Experiment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_syphilis_experiment). Barrel of laughs, that one.
Nowhere near as bad, but here's a look at how some schools treat their small, impressionable charges today:
http://www.cracked.com/article_18587_8-real-grade-schools-that-went-completely-insane.html (http://www.cracked.com/article_18587_8-real-grade-schools-that-went-completely-insane.html)
QuoteTeaching proper conflict resolution to the more troubled students can be tricky. These are kids who let their fists do the talking, and the only word they know is punch. But we do know one thing: It's probably not a good idea to let them settle their differences in school-sponsored illegal bare-knuckled cage matches, like South Oak Cliff High did.
Reportedly, a number of teachers from the Dallas South Oak Cliff High let their more violent pupils into a makeshift Thunderdome in the boys' locker room and left them there until only one was able to walk back out again.
(http://cdn-www.cracked.com/phpimages/article/3/7/9/25379.jpg?v=1)
Testimonies claim that the entire staff was in on it and that these practices went down for more than two years, between 2003 and 2005.
The entire faculty completely denies the allegations, especially the principal, who claims "ain't nothing to comment on," though considering his bizarre past (including staging his own kidnapping and fatally shooting an old guy) we're not sure why Texas put him in charge of kids instead of making him principal of the exercise yard at the county prison.
It was probably due to some kind of communication breakdown.
Since then, more reports from whistleblowers have surfaced, claiming that the staged matches were "gladiator-style entertainment for the staff,"
QuoteLook, kids can be suicidal little lemming bastards. We get it. Turn your back on them for 10 seconds and they're diving toward the power socket with a knife outstretched.
But as much as we'd sometimes like to let them top themselves for the good of the (much diminished) future generations, most of us are instilled with a biological drive known as ethics.
Not so for the British Melksham Manor School whose policy is to do precisely jack shit when one of their students weasels himself into mortal danger. A five-year-old kid found this out the hard way a few months ago when he climbed a 20-foot tall tree and found himself stuck there. Some teachers noticed him, and proceeded to completely ignore his plight as per their health and safety policy.
When pressed for answer concerning what the hell they were thinking, the school's administration explained that the teachers were forbidden to act because they feared any rescue operation might distract the boy and cause him to fall. The policy apparently rests upon the assumption that he will simply learn to fly eventually.
Luckily, this hour-long acorn impression later ended without a depressing splat after the boy was helped down by a passing stranger, sparing the school awkward conversations with the kid's parents or the hassle of having to clean a vaguely child-shaped stain off the pavement. Naturally, the woman who saved the boy was later sued by the school for trespassing on private property.
Quote from: Remington on June 23, 2010, 04:43:03 PM
Nowhere near as bad, but here's a look at how some schools treat their small, impressionable charges today:
http://www.cracked.com/article_18587_8-real-grade-schools-that-went-completely-insane.html (http://www.cracked.com/article_18587_8-real-grade-schools-that-went-completely-insane.html)
QuoteTeaching proper conflict resolution to the more troubled students can be tricky. These are kids who let their fists do the talking, and the only word they know is punch. But we do know one thing: It's probably not a good idea to let them settle their differences in school-sponsored illegal bare-knuckled cage matches, like South Oak Cliff High did.
Reportedly, a number of teachers from the Dallas South Oak Cliff High let their more violent pupils into a makeshift Thunderdome in the boys' locker room and left them there until only one was able to walk back out again.
(http://cdn-www.cracked.com/phpimages/article/3/7/9/25379.jpg?v=1)
Testimonies claim that the entire staff was in on it and that these practices went down for more than two years, between 2003 and 2005.
The entire faculty completely denies the allegations, especially the principal, who claims "ain't nothing to comment on," though considering his bizarre past (including staging his own kidnapping and fatally shooting an old guy) we're not sure why Texas put him in charge of kids instead of making him principal of the exercise yard at the county prison.
It was probably due to some kind of communication breakdown.
Since then, more reports from whistleblowers have surfaced, claiming that the staged matches were "gladiator-style entertainment for the staff,"
QuoteLook, kids can be suicidal little lemming bastards. We get it. Turn your back on them for 10 seconds and they're diving toward the power socket with a knife outstretched.
But as much as we'd sometimes like to let them top themselves for the good of the (much diminished) future generations, most of us are instilled with a biological drive known as ethics.
Not so for the British Melksham Manor School whose policy is to do precisely jack shit when one of their students weasels himself into mortal danger. A five-year-old kid found this out the hard way a few months ago when he climbed a 20-foot tall tree and found himself stuck there. Some teachers noticed him, and proceeded to completely ignore his plight as per their health and safety policy.
When pressed for answer concerning what the hell they were thinking, the school's administration explained that the teachers were forbidden to act because they feared any rescue operation might distract the boy and cause him to fall. The policy apparently rests upon the assumption that he will simply learn to fly eventually.
Luckily, this hour-long acorn impression later ended without a depressing splat after the boy was helped down by a passing stranger, sparing the school awkward conversations with the kid's parents or the hassle of having to clean a vaguely child-shaped stain off the pavement. Naturally, the woman who saved the boy was later sued by the school for trespassing on private property.
No, that's pretty bad. Especially the second part.
Quote from: Remington on June 23, 2010, 04:43:03 PM
Nowhere near as bad, but here's a look at how some schools treat their small, impressionable charges today:
http://www.cracked.com/article_18587_8-real-grade-schools-that-went-completely-insane.html (http://www.cracked.com/article_18587_8-real-grade-schools-that-went-completely-insane.html)
QuoteTeaching proper conflict resolution to the more troubled students can be tricky. These are kids who let their fists do the talking, and the only word they know is punch. But we do know one thing: It's probably not a good idea to let them settle their differences in school-sponsored illegal bare-knuckled cage matches, like South Oak Cliff High did.
Reportedly, a number of teachers from the Dallas South Oak Cliff High let their more violent pupils into a makeshift Thunderdome in the boys' locker room and left them there until only one was able to walk back out again.
(http://cdn-www.cracked.com/phpimages/article/3/7/9/25379.jpg?v=1)
Testimonies claim that the entire staff was in on it and that these practices went down for more than two years, between 2003 and 2005.
The entire faculty completely denies the allegations, especially the principal, who claims "ain't nothing to comment on," though considering his bizarre past (including staging his own kidnapping and fatally shooting an old guy) we're not sure why Texas put him in charge of kids instead of making him principal of the exercise yard at the county prison.
It was probably due to some kind of communication breakdown.
Since then, more reports from whistleblowers have surfaced, claiming that the staged matches were "gladiator-style entertainment for the staff,"
QuoteLook, kids can be suicidal little lemming bastards. We get it. Turn your back on them for 10 seconds and they're diving toward the power socket with a knife outstretched.
But as much as we'd sometimes like to let them top themselves for the good of the (much diminished) future generations, most of us are instilled with a biological drive known as ethics.
Not so for the British Melksham Manor School whose policy is to do precisely jack shit when one of their students weasels himself into mortal danger. A five-year-old kid found this out the hard way a few months ago when he climbed a 20-foot tall tree and found himself stuck there. Some teachers noticed him, and proceeded to completely ignore his plight as per their health and safety policy.
When pressed for answer concerning what the hell they were thinking, the school's administration explained that the teachers were forbidden to act because they feared any rescue operation might distract the boy and cause him to fall. The policy apparently rests upon the assumption that he will simply learn to fly eventually.
Luckily, this hour-long acorn impression later ended without a depressing splat after the boy was helped down by a passing stranger, sparing the school awkward conversations with the kid's parents or the hassle of having to clean a vaguely child-shaped stain off the pavement. Naturally, the woman who saved the boy was later sued by the school for trespassing on private property.
This broke my head.
That lady reminds me of a conversation we were having about how many politicians are just plain batshit crazy. I think that a surprising amount of being elected to office is just simply being willing to run, and being persistent.
This is why my dream is to build a self-sufficient underground mountain fortress-bunker and seal myself inside. That way I wouldn't have to come up for the suck and fail every so often as we two-legs must do. It's only a dream, though.
Quote from: Zyzyx on June 23, 2010, 07:21:28 PM
This is why my dream is to build a self-sufficient underground mountain fortress-bunker and seal myself inside. That way I wouldn't have to come up for the suck and fail every so often as we two-legs must do. It's only a dream, though.
Would you have a sun roof?
Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on June 23, 2010, 07:22:51 PM
Quote from: Zyzyx on June 23, 2010, 07:21:28 PM
This is why my dream is to build a self-sufficient underground mountain fortress-bunker and seal myself inside. That way I wouldn't have to come up for the suck and fail every so often as we two-legs must do. It's only a dream, though.
Would you have a sun roof?
See, I thought about this. I want to build a Rainbow Room. I will install shafts of quartz leading up to a sunny hillside that will, through the Magic of Science, produce dazzling arrays of refracted light that will spectacularly illuminate the special room, as well as some very thick and well-concealed crystal windows. I will sip mead and take exercise there.
Quote from: Zyzyx on June 23, 2010, 07:30:54 PM
Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on June 23, 2010, 07:22:51 PM
Quote from: Zyzyx on June 23, 2010, 07:21:28 PM
This is why my dream is to build a self-sufficient underground mountain fortress-bunker and seal myself inside. That way I wouldn't have to come up for the suck and fail every so often as we two-legs must do. It's only a dream, though.
Would you have a sun roof?
See, I thought about this. I want to build a Rainbow Room. I will install shafts of quartz leading up to a sunny hillside that will, through the Magic of Science, produce dazzling arrays of refracted light that will spectacularly illuminate the special room, as well as some very thick and well-concealed crystal windows. I will sip mead and take exercise there.
Sounds fun. I might drop in.
Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on June 23, 2010, 07:32:07 PM
Quote from: Zyzyx on June 23, 2010, 07:30:54 PM
Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on June 23, 2010, 07:22:51 PM
Quote from: Zyzyx on June 23, 2010, 07:21:28 PM
This is why my dream is to build a self-sufficient underground mountain fortress-bunker and seal myself inside. That way I wouldn't have to come up for the suck and fail every so often as we two-legs must do. It's only a dream, though.
Would you have a sun roof?
See, I thought about this. I want to build a Rainbow Room. I will install shafts of quartz leading up to a sunny hillside that will, through the Magic of Science, produce dazzling arrays of refracted light that will spectacularly illuminate the special room, as well as some very thick and well-concealed crystal windows. I will sip mead and take exercise there.
Sounds fun. I might drop in.
It'd be like NORAD with a hydroponic garden and awesomesauce dispensing machines.
Would you have to push a button every 108 minutes?
All of this is why my dream is that we all run for office.
Seriously. If all of us ran for office on a regular basis, odds are very good that at least half of us would end up in some sort of politically influential position. We could all make this happen, and the best part is that we could do it as a jake and yet it would still be a REALLY REAL CONSPIRACY! How funny is that?
In fact, the more I think about it, the better of an idea it sounds like. Come on... who wants to run for office? Let's do it!
You me and Brainwash should brainstorm about this.
Quote from: Telarus on June 23, 2010, 10:38:52 PM
You me and Brainwash should brainstorm about this.
Hell yeah!
I'll get my B.A. in Philosophy and run for city councilman. It's Baton Rouge, LA, so I'll be up to my neck in hookers and blow within three months! =D
Being a Masshole, I'd probably have to take on a state-level incumbent Democrat running unopposed and fight very very dirty and agressively. Either that or temporarily change my party.
Quote from: Zyzyx on June 23, 2010, 07:30:54 PM
Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on June 23, 2010, 07:22:51 PM
Quote from: Zyzyx on June 23, 2010, 07:21:28 PM
This is why my dream is to build a self-sufficient underground mountain fortress-bunker and seal myself inside. That way I wouldn't have to come up for the suck and fail every so often as we two-legs must do. It's only a dream, though.
Would you have a sun roof?
See, I thought about this. I want to build a Rainbow Room. I will install shafts of quartz leading up to a sunny hillside that will, through the Magic of Science, produce dazzling arrays of refracted light that will spectacularly illuminate the special room, as well as some very thick and well-concealed crystal windows. I will sip mead and take exercise there.
These exist, actually.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_tube (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_tube)
Also, Cave House Info (http://www.escapeartist.com/OREQ11/Cave_Houses.html)
I have a similar plan, only it involves around 2,000+ 55 gallon PVC barrels and a location on the West Coast of British Columbia.
Quote from: Nigel on June 23, 2010, 09:47:06 PM
In fact, the more I think about it, the better of an idea it sounds like. Come on... who wants to run for office? Let's do it!
I can just SEE my first press conference as a candidate, with the local paper.
:lulz:
Reporter: "You are known for hanging out with perverts and criminals."
Me: "Yes, just like Jesus did."
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 05, 2011, 06:44:40 PM
Quote from: Nigel on June 23, 2010, 09:47:06 PM
In fact, the more I think about it, the better of an idea it sounds like. Come on... who wants to run for office? Let's do it!
I can just SEE my first press conference as a candidate, with the local paper.
:lulz:
Reporter: "You are known for hanging out with perverts and criminals."
Me: "Yes, just like Jesus did."
The new "El Presidente"