really, i will...

but it's more fun to post stuff at the fun brigade site

i do what i want!

it's been over a month since i have posted here. the reason you ask? i'm a lazy bastard and i will write what i want, when i want bitches! ask your mom, she'll tell you.

i've been enjoying the new Fun Brigade site and you should be too!

but for real, when i get some time i will put up a proper post... hopefully this weekend.

Charges against "Dog" the Bounty Hunter in Mexico, DROPPED.

This guy and his crazy family just crack me up! If someone reading this lives under a rock; "Duane "Dog" Chapman and his family, yes FAMILY, run a bounty hunting business in Hawaii. They mostly bust people for jumping bail on meth charges.
Usually in these type shows you get to watch and make fun of stupid criminals, but this show is different. You get to watch and make fun of EVERYONE on the show. From Dog and his wife, their son and whoever else in the family is helping them.

Anyway, I am straying...

So the story is Dog and his crew went down to Mexico to catch convicted rapist Andrew Luster. They hunt him down in Puerto Vallarta, catch him and take him back to the U.S. to be sentenced and thrown in prison. Now, you may be asking, "what is the big deal here, that sounds great!" Well, someone that saw them take him into "custody" called the Mexican Police and reported it (bounty hunting in Mexico is illegal). The story gets better! So now Dog and his crew have committed a crime in Mexico. They all get arrested and spend 2 weeks in Mexican jail. They then get out on bail and what do the bounty hunters do? They jump bail! Why not? Bounty hunting in Mexico is illegal anyway, right? After returning to the U.S. they faced being extradited back to Mexico to face the charges. Of course, they never got extradited and now the charges have been dropped in Mexico. So, our "Dog" is safe and sound now, and I can look forward to many more hilarious seasons of Dog the Bounty Hunter.

BP takes a shit in our pond...

Today i received an email from my friend Jay about an oil refinery in Indiana, run by British Petroleum, dumping toxic ammonia and sludge into beautiful Lake Michigan. I was not aware of this, so I looked into it and found the whole messy story. They have been allowed to do this for years (and I mean YEARS). Since this refinery has been open for 117 years, that is a lot of "shit in our pond." This new debate is about the Governor of Indiana allowing BP to dump over 50% more of the "shit" now! The U.S. House of Reps. just passed a resolution "expressing their disapproval of the plan." That is the political way of saying "do what you want, but we don't really like it." That's not good enough for me and I hope it's not good enough for you either. I wrote a fairly lengthy email and i hope you will be inspired to copy it into an email and send it to all your email contacts like I did.

Here is the email I sent out... have a good one!

All,

Here is a petition to help stop British Petroleum (BP gas stations, etc.) from dumping toxic ammonia and sludge into Lake Michigan at their refinement plant in Indiana.

This is a multi-billion dollar company; they should be using their record profits to reduce their pollution and upgrade their aging facilities (this refinery is 117 years old!), not to pad the pockets of people who are already very wealthy. They would rather spend 3 BILLION dollars to increase productivity (thus this new pollution they want permits for), than use that money to reduce the pollution they already create and dump into the lake EVERYDAY of the year. They claim that if they are allowed to commit this atrocity to our lake that they will be able to bring the gas prices down. That is how they are selling it to the U.S. Representatives and you the voter. Do you really think this will make a big difference at the pump? I for one don't think saving a few pennies is worth ruining this local treasure.

Make a statement and stand up (even if it's just a little bit like taking 2 minutes to complete this local petition) for the environment. The Great Lakes make up 25% of all the unfrozen fresh water on Earth. This is an important step in getting the voices of the little people heard and protecting a local resource we all enjoy and rely on for daily life.

Here is the wesite that will assist you in finding your local U.S. House Representative (the US House of Representatives just voted in favor of a resolution that "expresses disapproval of the plan"). If you could take the time to let as many of the above know that a resolution that states disapproval of this plan is not enough and we want this pollution reduced, not increased.

Bush refuses to do anything to stop this as well, so him know how you feel! (on second thought, that's pointless. He won't listen to reason)

I hope we can work together and get the word out that we won't stand for this type of behavior from a massive international oil company or the Governor of Indiana (he is the one that said, even after the resolution I mentioned above, he will allow this to continue).

If anyone is interested in reading some more information on this topic here are a few links to check out...
http://www.nwitimes.com/articles/2007/07/25/updates/breaking_news/doc46a779559ad7f785307106.txt http://www.nwitimes.com/articles/2007/07/25/updates/breaking_news/doc46a7914fc256a197316537.txt http://www.epa.gov/r5water/cwa.htm
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/environment/2007-07-30-mercury_N.htm
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-bp_01aug01,0,913910.story?coll=chi_home_top

Thank you all for you time.

oh no!

Since Rich Ard is doing the whole blog thing again, and a few of us might start a new humor/law blog (i know it doesn't sound like those two words go together, but after 5 years in the title insurance industry, trust me, they do!), i figured i better start getting the hang of this blogging stuff.

Today is just another typical day here at landam as you can see by this pic. My Little Pony and a plastic American flag.

Stay tuned for more gonkeylicious posts to come...