Dudeness
I refuse to do the Dude thing about the iTunes Store’s pomposity, and contempt for Dudeness and Dude people.
In spite of over 150 bad reviews, they continue with their bliss. What the fuck am I talking about, Walter?
The iTunes Store has been selling an “album” purported to be the soundtrack from the film, The Big Lebowski. The “album” contains exactly one (1) tune… The rest of the fine music has been ignored….
I am drawing a line in the sand here. No more Apple products. All done.
Performance Tape-Artist Angus’ stunning self portrait has all the international art critics aghast and buzzing!
“While my big sister is a self-limiting-two-dimensional-artist, I by contrast am a full-meal-deal, mutidimensional performance tape-artist, capturing the essence of teen faux pusillanimity with *B.B.B. aplomb”, says Angus.
His sister was unavailable for comment…
*Bullshit Baffles Brains
A sturdy, handsome Northwestern lad poses with his beloved motoneta outside the Sage Bookstore on Railroad Avenue in Shelton, Washington, January, 2007.
At last an illustrated guide to tying a 4-Square Buckaroo Knot in your red cowperson-bandana…
Aficianados de La Motoneta,
Scroll waaaay down, Please…
Gracias otra vez y vaya con Dios
Perro de Vaca y Jinete de Mala calidad
Abanicos de Deportes de buenos días,
Here is a collection of sharply connected and disconnected ideas…
In the 1400’s a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have ‘the rule of thumb’
John Wayne Bobbitt and Lorena Leonor Bobbitt were a couple made famous for a 1993 incident in which Lorena cut off John’s penis with a kitchen knife.
After her arrest, she commented to police that “He always have orgasm and he doesn’t wait for me to have orgasm. He’s selfish.” Lorena stated that John sexually, physically, and emotionally abused her.
The police search for John’s penis sparked some good Police Dog Humor. The term “Bobbittised Punishment” soon gained social acceptance.
Mierda santa!
Gracias otra vez y vaya con Dios
Perro de Vaca y Jinete de Mala calidad
Muchachos y Muchachas,
FYI
Messages from the Sheriff
| 07-19-2008 |
Greetings from Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the elected Sheriff of the 6th largest county in America. Bigger than the state of New Jersey, Maricopa County covers nearly 9,200 square miles and is home to the state capital, Phoenix, and to 3.8 million citizens. We are called “The Valley of the Sun” and we are a vibrant southwestern U.S. metropolis which is currently experiencing a population growth rate second to none in the nation.
The tremendous growth in our county has caused my organization to increase in size nearly 100 percent in the 15 years since I was first elected into the Office of the Sheriff. Today, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has nearly 4,000 employees, 3,000 volunteer posse members and 10,000 inmates.
I have been in law enforcement for over 47 years now. It is the life I chose and the life I love. Hard work and good fortune have led me to positions across the globe. I served as a regional director with the United States Federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in the Middle East, Turkey, Mexico and Central and South America. I retired with the DEA as its Director in Arizona.
It was a career filled with many positive and challenging experiences for me, my wife of nearly 50 years now and my two children. However, looking back, I can honestly say that nothing can compare with being an elected Sheriff of a large county like this.
Per our state constitution, the elected Sheriff is the chief law enforcement official of the county. As such, I report directly and only to the citizens who I serve. Because I am elected, I have the freedom to represent the will of the people without the burdensome constraints of bureaucracy and politics. Since my election into office in 1992, I have been dedicated to the oath I took to protect and serve the citizens.
Once elected, approval by his constituents gives a Sheriff the ability to apply his or her own distinct philosophy about right and wrong.
My approval numbers here in Arizona have constantly hovered around the 75 – 85% range which allows me to establish with confidence, innovative programs to benefit the community, inmates, and their families.
My enforcement and jail program philosophies are all geared to be tough on crime and those who commit crime. Overall, it is my belief that a person who commits a crime should be held accountable and face the consequences of their actions. In direct terms, they should receive just punishment for their lack of responsibility and discipline. Specifically in the county jail system which I manage, it is my belief that inmates should never live better behind bars than the outside in free society. Therefore I maintain an austere system with no frills and have implemented programs to curtail recidivism.
My programs include lessons specifically designed to develop, educate, train, and increase the self-esteem of the men and women who have entered the criminal justice system as a result of abuse including physical, emotional and chemical (drugs). Some of the programs that focus on women inmates include the female chain gang, Animal Safe Hospice (a no kill shelter for abused pets run and maintained by female inmates), Girls Scouts Beyond Bars (a unique partnership between the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and the Arizona Cactus-Pine Girl Scout Council bringing incarcerated mothers and their young daughters, together in a Girl Scout Troop setting in jail). Activities in this particular program focus on character and self-esteem building through various social activities to educate and develop leadership skills. The program was originally developed by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), and ours is the first jail in the country to implement this model.
We also have a “Read to Me Mommy” literacy aide program, Better Parenting Skills classes, Women Healing Ever New or “WHEN” – (designed to break the cycle of criminal behavior), and Developing Individual Growth and New Independence Through Yourself or “DIGNITY” – a specific program designed to help prostitutes overcome their destructive lifestyles choices.
I also have inmates who volunteer for chain gang duty. Men and women serve on chain gangs performing community service by cleaning roadways and parks. It is my belief that keeping our communities clean is a worthwhile task for inmate chain gangs and inmate work details to perform. Where there is opportunity to pitch-in and clean up, they do. Massive cleanup operations using this free heavy labor are the norm for this Sheriff’s Office.
In my enforcement authority, I have dedicated a unit of deputies and resources to round up and hunt down “Dead Beat Parents” – those with outstanding warrants for not complying with their court ordered child support payments. I mobilize my volunteer posse to patrol the major shopping areas during the holiday season to keep shoppers safe from thugs. I have a specialized unit of deputies to fight the surge of illegal immigrants coming into this county and have put hundreds of illegals in jail for breaking the law of illegally entering the United States. I also routinely conduct operations aimed at underage tobacco and alcohol sales. And I have specialized deputies who investigate animal neglect and cruelty cases and take the offenders to jail. I am always seeking ways to use my elected position as Maricopa County Sheriff to further benefit all members of this community – young and old, rich and poor, two legged and four.
I am referred to as “The Toughest Sheriff in America.” That’s fine but I like to think of myself and my employees as some of the most forward thinking law enforcement professionals in the industry. We do a lot of good things here in Maricopa County and many of them are cutting edge. And while I do enjoy a high approval rating by the citizens who reside here, being free to think and act “outside of the box” which being elected allows me to do, can sometimes draw criticism. That’s ok. After 15 years as Sheriff and with several more years ahead of me (I hope), I would rather be criticized for doing what I think is right for this community than playing politics simply by playing it safe.”
I hope Sheriff Joe has pleased and informed you.
Gracias otra vez y vaya con Dios
Perro de Vaca y Jinete de Mala calidad
Buenos Días Muchachos y Muchachas,
This just arrived in my inbox:
“You all remember Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona , who painted the jail cells pink and made the inmates wear pink prison garb. Well………
SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN!
Oh, there’s MUCH more to know about Sheriff Joe!
Maricopa County was spending approx. $18 million dollars a year on stray animals, like cats and dogs. Sheriff Joe offered to take the department over, and the County Supervisors said okay.
The animal shelters are now all staffed and operated by prisoners. They feed and care for the strays. Every animal in his care is taken out and walked twice daily. He now has prisoners who are experts in animal nutrition and behavior. They give great classes for anyone who’d like to adopt an animal. He has literally taken stray dogs off the street, given them to the care of prisoners, and had them place in dog shows.
The best part? His budget for the entire department is now under $3 million. Teresa and I adopted a Weimaraner from a Maricopa County shelter two years ago. He was neutered, and current on all shots, in great health, and even had a microchip inserted the day we got him. Cost us $78.
The prisoners get the benefit of about $0.28 an hour for working, but most would work for free, just to be out of their cells for the day. Most of his budget is for utilities, building maintenance, etc. He pays the prisoners out of the fees collected for adopted animals.
I have long wondered when the rest of the country would take a look at the way he runs the jail system, and copy some of his ideas. He has a huge farm, donated to the county years ago, where inmates can work, and they grow most of their own fresh vegetables and food, doing all the work and harvesting by hand.
He has a pretty good sized hog farm, which provides meat, and fertilizer. It fertilizes the Christmas tree nursery, where prisoners work, and you can buy a living Christmas tree for $6 – $8 for the Holidays, and plant it later. We have six trees in our yard from the Prison.
Yup, he was reelected last year with 83% of the vote.
Now he’s in trouble with the ACLU again. He painted all his buses and vehicles with a mural, that has a special hotline phone number painted on it, where you can call and report suspected illegal aliens. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement wasn’t doing enough in his eyes, so he had 40 deputies trained specifically for enforcing immigration laws, started up his hotline, and bought 4 new buses just for hauling folks back to the border. He’s kind of a ‘Git-R Dun’ kind of Sheriff.
TO THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH JOE ARPAIO
HE IS THE MARICOPA ARIZONA COUNTY SHERIFF
AND HE KEEPS GETTING ELECTED OVER AND OVER THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY:
Sheriff Joe Arpaio (In Arizona ) who created the ‘ Tent City Jail’:
He has jail meals down to 40 cents a serving and charges the inmates for them.
He stopped smoking and porno magazines in the jails. Took away their weights Cut off all but ‘G’ movies.
He started chain gangs so the inmates could do free work on county and city projects..
Then He Started Chain Gangs For Women So He Wouldn’t Get Sued For Discrimination.
He took away cable TV Until he found out there was A Federal Court Order that Required Cable TV For Jails So He Hooked Up The Cable TV Again Only Let In The Disney Channel And The Weather Channel.
When asked why the weather channel He Replied, So They Will Know How Hot It’s Gonna Be While They Are Working ON My Chain Gangs.
He Cut Off Coffee Since It Has Zero Nutritional Value.
When the inmates complained, he told them, ‘This Isn’t The Ritz/Carlton…..If You Don’t Like It, Don’t Come Back.’
More On The Arizona Sheriff:
With Temperatures Being Even Hotter Than Usual In Phoenix (116 Degrees Just Set A New Record), the Associated Press Reports:
About 2,000 Inmates Living In A Barbed-Wire-Surrounded Tent Encampment At The Maricopa County Jail Have Been Given Permission To Strip Down To Their Government-Issued Pink Boxer Shorts.
On Wednesday, hundreds of men wearing boxers were either curled up on their bunk beds or chatted in the tents, which reached
138 Degrees Inside The Week Before.
Many Were Also Swathed In Wet, Pink Towels As Sweat Collected On Their Chests And Dripped Down To Their PINK SOCKS.
‘It Feels Like We Are In A Furnace,’ Said James Zanzot, An Inmate Who Has Lived In The TENTS for 1 year. ‘It’s Inhumane.’
Joe Arpaio, the tough-guy sheriff who created the tent city and long ago started making his prisoners wear pink, and eat bologna sandwiches, is not one bit sympathetic. He said Wednesday that he told all of the inmates: ‘It’s 120 Degrees In Iraq And Our Soldiers Are Living In Tents Too, And They Have To Wear Full Battle Gear, But They Didn’t Commit Any Crimes,So Shut Your Mouths!’
Way To Go, Sheriff!
Maybe if all prisons were like this one there would be a lot less crime and/or repeat offenders. Criminals should be punished for their crimes – not live in luxury until it’s time for their parole, only to go out and commit another crime so they can get back in to live on taxpayers money and enjoy things taxpayers can’t afford to have for themselves.”
For the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Official Website go here:
http://www.mcso.org/
Gracias otra vez y vaya con Dios
Perro de Vaca y Jinete de Mala calidad
Nino’s Mexican Restaurant Inc
10659 Grand Ave., Ste. 14, Sun City, in the Land of AZ (might as well be in Kansas, Dotty)
Ratings On a scale of 0 to 10 Pepcids:
Ambiance: 1 1/2 Ppcds. - Authenticity of Food: 1/2 Ppcd. - Tasty: negative (-) 11* Ppcds.
Overall Rating: a well-deserved negative (-) 11* Ppcds.
* Vapidity Bonus of one extra Ppcd.
Sleazy Rider’s Comments: Only recommended to the blandest of demented good elders who dine about four, the very hottest part of the day. Those chichi trenchermen and gourmands with taste-buds who dine in the cool (apply both meanings) later part of the evening: KEEP A VAST DISTANCE!
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The Adventure
We arrived at Nino’s, fortunately located in the Albertsons’ Shopping Center (Nino takes no debit or credit cards, usually a hopeful sign; so Pam had to buy a couple of cans of chilis from Albertsons, and get cash back to pay for our meal. NEVER pay ATM fees when the stores all give cash back with a purchase, without ATM fee rip-offs!), at about about 5:00 PM, at the very tail end of Nino’s evening rush of white-haired Anglos, their entire customer base.
As I walked through the door I said to myself, “Location, location, location”. Indeed the canned chilies were the closest thing to Mexican that we saw all evening (evening as in old-fogey time). The dinner rush began at 4:00 PM. Nino’s is located in the very heart of elder-fogey-land. Only gardeners and maids here are Hispanic. Even the lovely, dark-haired waitress, dressed in a very colorful Mexican-styled dress, was an Anglo, born and bred.
Indeed, I believe that there would have been total panic among the oldsters if one truly dark-skinned person would have entered the premises…. I was taught not to comment if I could not say anything good, however, sincere, #%4*@#& (yup, it is the sanitized “F” word!) bigots are dim products of their historic, flat-earther environment…
My earlier research should also have warned me that Nino’s was on a bland par with Taco Bell, sans the late-night closing. Here are a couple of online ratings that I found.
User Rating: 5 out of 5 stars by amanda wilkins 01/13/2008 This is one of the best Mexican Restaurants I have ever eaten at. Very homey and comfortable!! Get the number one!! HUH?
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Mar 19, 2007 by vicki from sun city
Overall Rating: 4 Overall user rating
Cleanliness:[2] • Staff:[6] • Location:[5]
* The employees were nice.
* The food was quite disappointing.
“I was very disappointed with their food. It was all very bland. I have had much better Mexican food elsewhere. Even their salsa was lacking. Nice people, but I would not go back.” BINGO!
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Vickie nailed it. The “salsa” was actually horrid. Amanda must have been a dried, silver-haired Anglo with absolutely NO taste-buds at all. None. Nada. Zilch. Heroically insipid! Señor Nino serves a senescent niche market. Location, location, location.
Summary
Next time I want Mexican food I will travel to the barrio, where real Mexican people eat real Mexican food. I won’t be asking to see green cards… As with Chinese restaurants, look for the ethnicity in the patrons, usually reflected in the location of the restaurant, duh.
Sinceramente,
Jinete de Mala Calidad y Pero de Vaca
PS. Vaya con Dios
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