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How stupid can some
people be? Part 2
Continuing along the same line as the guy that swallowed the toe in the
Yukon… is another few stories that make me shake my head over and over again.
First comes the story of the man in Nebraska that is suing Walmart, and
a maker of the plastic bags that Walmart used at their checkout counters to
place the customer’s purchases in.
This man’s wife shopped at Walmart and the poorly trained bagger(so the
man claims) placed too many goods in a plastic bag. It is assumed here that the plastic bag was
either faulty or something went wrong on the way out of the store or in the parking
lot… and the bag broke The contents of the bag spilled downwards and hit his wife’s
big toe – causing a gash in or on her toe.
That was in April 2010. In March
2011 the poor woman died. The toe was infected and the infection apparently
killed her 11 months later.
Really – it is true! The man in
now suing Walmart and the plastic bag maker for her death – in 2013!!!
I can see the man is in distress and likely still grieving the loss of
his poor wife – but for a law suit to come that long after the fact – come on! Walmart will defend itself for sure.
Guess who is smiling in this story?
Yep – you guessed right – Lawyers. Lawyers, the right one of course,
found poor Mr. Freis and found a money making role for themselves. Bingo!
What a great day for lawsuit!!!
Good luck Mr. Freis…
Locally our community has been entertained by the antics of our City
Council. The antics of any city Council
can be most entertaining at the best of times. Look at Toronto and Mayor Rob
Ford, his cohorts and all those that oppose everything the poor Mayor tries to do. If it wasn’t for a potential war in Syria and
the whole of the Middle East, that bog ole Mayor Robbie would be gobbling up
more press time, more TV time and more YouTube time than anyone in the world. Talk about stupid! Stupid rules!
And behind stupid is likely a lawyer given advice and collecting
dollars.
Arggh! You knew that I was going
here… our local City Council and all of the players… including one scary
Mayor. Not all but a large percentage of
the City Council think “Mayor Bennett thoughts”. They have to in that he is
bigger, smarter and more powerful than they are… so when they think, they think
what he thinks. That is just the way it
is in politics… and it is likely the reason that most really capable people
keep out of politics.
Whew – that was a load of unverified slobber wasn’t it!?
In Peterborough about a year and a half ago now, the Mayor made
headlines by speaking against the local police chief at a number of local
community events. The Mayor of Peterborough
doesn’t think that our police force is worth the money our city has to fork out
to get the job done – basically. He
feels that they, the police, are gouging the city for more and more money. And
then he makes a point of telling everyone he can how bad those guys all are.
Okay it is political and political people try hard to make political
points wherever they can.
When it boiled down to the final stages of confrontation about a year
ago, Mayor Bennett was made to step down from his seat(not actively participate)
at the Police Services Board.
Wooieee – did it ever get hot around our good old city! When the Mayor
gets upset, everybody isn’t happy either. Kind of like, “When mama aint happy,
aint nobody happy!” And you don’t want to get mama unhappy – believe me.
Well you don’t want to get the mayor unhappy either – cause stuff
happens.
Mayor Bennett feels that his own rights were trampled on when “he was suspended from actively participating
as a member of the board”. He is out
to change it so he can sit on the board and say whatever he likes to whoever he
likes to say it to – no matter how confidential it may or may not be! ‘Cotton
pickin’ stupid people – you should know that it is your right to say whatever
you want to say about the confidential things said and done in any board
meeting! Stupid people!!!!
How could I point out something so ridiculous on the part of people that
are criticizing important people like a Mayor!?!
I served as a minister for well over 35 years. I was on Boards of many
kinds and was the Chair of many Boards during that time. More specifically on
the Board of Leaders, Board of Elders, Official Church Board…whatever you call
them – I was the Chair… and an active member of every Board.
In that vital to role of leadership locally many things were discussed
by each Board that was considered confidential. When each member took up the
role they had agreed to they also knew instinctively that they were not to share
with anyone what was being discussed at our Board meetings. We kind of knew
that taking this important role was a huge responsibility and we should not,
could not speak about what happened in our meetings.
Now suppose someone on the Board that I served on decided they just had
to tell the press what our last meeting was all about? Suppose that someone decided to get up at a
Lion’s Club meeting and tell how the teenager in our church just did to his
family and how Sister Soandso had a bad case of the runs, had an accident at
church and had to go home earlier – now not wanting to attend any longer!! Poor
Sister Soandso!!!
Would you trust a Church Board member that did that to you?
Well my dear Mr. Mayor we have lost a whole lot of trust on this one.
BUT GUESS WHAT!? At the “committee
of the whole” this week, the Mayor’s Lawyer announced for the Councillors and the
city that the Mayor would be challenging the whole system of Government interference
into local people’s rights to speak their minds openly!! Imagine a lawyer speaking before the fact… do
you think maybe that cost something? You
betcha!
Now another cost factor that we all will pay for – how can the Mayor or
anyone so entrenched in getting their own way, do a proper job of what they should
be doing?
I had mentioned to my friends that I had attended a local retirement
function for Police Officers of our area.
It was a wonderful affair and quite amazing. It was also an honour to be
invited. BUT I didn’t see the city
leaders there and it miffed me.
The mayor of our fine city was nowhere to be seen! Another mayor was there but not ours!!
I asked the retiree why the Mayor wouldn’t come to this special day. His
answer stopped me short. “The Mayor wasn’t invited. Last year when he came he
stood up and tore the Police Chief apart.
He won’t be invited again!”
Whoa! Decorum be dammed! Speak your mind wherever and whenever you
like. At a retirement party you can dam
well say what you want! Why? Well
because you are the Mayor and that is all that matters. Tear the Police Chief apart in front of the Police
Officers that he is the leader of is plain stupid. Yes it happened!
I am living in a stupid world. I used to have to sit and let stupid rule…
but I don’t anymore.
I can say with the little boy at the side of the road, “Look Ma… the Emperor
has no clothes!”
Ya. Ya. I know they all have lawyers… Oh Crap!
~ Murray Lincoln ~
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