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Scumbags Of The Day

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

Now, this happened about a year ago – but I just found out about it, so it’s blogworthy.

The Scum of The Day award goes to a pair of gentlemen named Timothy Webber and Josh Dotts, who have been charged with the murder of a homeless woman. The pair of winners allegedly came into Nashville for the sole purpose of harassing the homeless.

Tara Cole was sleeping on a dock when the two Samaritans approached her, and without waking her up rolled her into the river where she subsequently drowned.

Webber was previously arrested for urinating on a Police car, and resisting arrest.

Nobody really knows for sure why they came into Nashville to harass the homeless. That’s still up in the air. Maybe they watched my favorite film -The Fisher King- and were inspired by the two insipid rich kids who attacked Jack Lucas as he was about to off himself. Who knows. All I know is that they’re in prison – and here’s the article:

Homeless Slaying Suspect Has Violent History

 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — There are still questions as to why police said two men specifcally came to Nashville to assault homeless people.

The two men ended up charged with murder in the death of a person living on the streets.When Timothy Webber was booked in Nashville on Thursday evening, it was not the first time he’s had a mug shot taken.

The Lebanon resident was arrested twice before he was charged with the murder in the death of Tara Cole.Lebanon Police Chief Scott Bowen described Webber’s prior actions as “violent behavior.”Nothing in Webber’s criminal history indicates prior acts of violence toward the homeless.

While Josh Dotts, who police said is the accused accomplice in Cole’s death, has no criminal history in Lebanon, Webber has been charged with domestic assault and resisting arrest in a case that many on Lebanon’s police force said they remember to this day.
An officer said he awoke to find Webber and another man urinating on his patrol car.Police said that action showed just how bold Webber can be.
Investigators in Nashville said it was Webber who rolled Cole into the river from the dock where she was sleeping .They said Cole drowned as a result.Police said the death likely would never have been solved if the men and the two friends with them that night hadn’t turned on each other.
After video of the four was broadcast on local television, investigators said the two friends called police not wanting to be implicated in the crime.Even Webber turned on Dotts, his accused accomplice, according to police.

They said Webber told them it was Dotts, not he, who rolled Cole into the water.The only two who really know what happened that night are Webber and Dotts, who are both in jail.One of the other two men, Corey Cothran, said he didn’t know anything.

It is unclear what the other men know about what happened that night.They are considered witnesses, and have not been charged.

Michael Vick – Role Model For Today’s Youth

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

A lot of kids look up to sports figures as heroes. Generally, it’s a good thing. Athletes can inspire kids to go all out and succeed. They show kids that with hard work and practice, they can succeed in life no matter what background they come from.But, NFL Quarterback Michael Vick paints a different picture.
Vick Bets Big On Dog Fights

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was at a dog fight in 2000 and is “one of the heavyweights” in the sport, ESPN reported. The network Sunday cited a police informant whom a dog-fighting investigator called “extremely reliable.”

“That’s who bets a large dollar,” the informant said on the show “Outside the Lines.” “And they have the money to bet large money. As I’m talking about large money, 30 to 40 thousand, even higher. He’s one of the heavyweights.”

When asked how he knows Vick bets that amount, the informant said, “because I’ve seen it.”

The informant said his dog beat Vick’s dog in 2000, the year before Vick was chosen by the Falcons with the first overall pick in the NFL draft.

Investigator David Hunt said information from the informant has “resulted in the arrest of several individuals over the past few years, numerous search warrants, as well as convictions.”

Surry County (Va.) Commonwealth attorney Gerald Poindexter said Friday he is confident charges will be brought in the investigation of a possible dog-fighting operation at a house then owned by Vick. Dog fighting is a felony in Virginia.

Police raided the rural home April 25 as part of a drug investigation. They seized 66 dogs, 55 of them pit bulls, and equipment that could be associated with dog fighting.

Vick has said he let a cousin, Davon Boddie, live at the house, and he didn’t know a large kennel on the property could be involved in criminal activity.

I used to actually like Michael Vick. I used to love watching him play. Now, I’ll be damned if I watch another NFL game if he’s in it.

If there’s one thing I can’t stand (and there’s quite a bit more than one thing) it’s animal abuse. Dog fighting is one of the nasty secrets of American society. It dates back as far as the 1600’s. But, that doesn’t make it right. It’s a vile and cruel practice and anyone who participates in it should be locked away for good.

Plus, he’s so full of shit. How could he not know what that property was being used for? He claims innocence, even when eyewitnesses place him there.

This is a guy who kids are supposed to look up to. He’s supposed to be a role model.

And then there’s the super-genius Clinton Portis, running back for the Washington Redskins who condones Vick’s crime.

Clinton Portis Proves He’s A Douchenozzle

Just weeks after Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick’s Virginia property was raided and evidence of a massive, illegal dogfighting operation was found, another National Football League star jumped into the fray. Defending Vick’s alleged involvement in dogfighting, Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis declared, “I think people should mind their business…I don’t know if he was fighting dogs or not, but it’s his property, his dog; if that’s what he wants to do, do it.“

After making those statements, Portis was advised that dog-fighting is a felony, to which he gave his opinion that it wasn’t too bad of a crime.

Portis should be locked up with Vick for being an idiot.

This Motherfucker Has Gone Too Far.

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

So it seems like some fuckwit or fuckwits in Orcas Island, Washington decided it would be a good idea to burn the flags that were placed on the graves of veterans for Memorial Day and replace them with flags of their own design.
Flags bearing swastikas.
Members of the American Legion replaced the flags but the fuckstick(s) returned to repeat the stunt on Memorial Day.

Seriously, what the fuck is this shit?
You want to burn a flag in protest, go for it. As far as I’m concerned it is well within your right to do so. Taking the flags off of the grave of a veteran is something completely different. Sure you might not like this war, or any wars for that matter, but how in the hell is this helping your cause? Unless your cause is just to be an asshole. Shit like this just puts you in the same group as Fred Phelps and his gaggle of douchenozzles.

I spent a (very) short time in the army and I never saw any action so when I’m gone don’t put a flag on my grave for Memorial Day because I don’t deserve it. I have friends that, if they go before me, I will be there to put a flag on their graves. Some of these friends disagree with the current war but that is not what the flag is for. It is to remember the person and what they did, not to glorify the war they fought in.

This is Easier Then We Were Led to Believe.

Sunday, May 27th, 2007

I was just flipping through the stations on my TV as I tend to do when I am bored when I came across a story on CNN news. The story was about a group of “experts from law enforcement, counter terrorism and diplomacy” meeting in Florance, Italy to figure out how to fight terrorism. The camera panned across a beautiful outdoor garden where these well dressed “experts” were chatting and drinking champagne.
I had no idea that a high class garden party was the key to fighting terrorism. Does it have to be a garden party? Can it be a backyard BBQ? How about a kegger?
Because I want to fight terrorism too and I’m not much one for fancy parties.
I have already started planning my first annual anti-terrorism BBQ. We’ll see if that has any effect on terrorism.

I would have posted this sooner but I was having a stupidity induced aneurysm.

Things That Piss Me Off

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

1.)  Beauty Pageants for Children – VH1 has some crap on today about these little girls competing in beauty pageants.  I would never do this to my child. It disgusts me how these young girls are objectified like this.  Especially in the bathing suit portion of the competition.  There is absolutely no reason a 6 year old girl should be wearing a bikini.  It’s sickening.

2.) Various Food Eating Competitions – There’s almost nothing worse than watching a grown man or woman shove as many hot dogs down their throats as they can in just a few minutes.  Or any other food product, for that matter.  I see these African kids on TV with flies all over them and their bones pretty much exposed because they have no food, and then on the same channel they show some fat slob from Detroit with his face in a pie.  It makes me ashamed to be an American sometimes.

That’s all I have to say.

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