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Monday, April 9, 2007

Why Don't Firefighters get a bad rap??

I don't remember really thinking about firemen one way or another before Sept. 11, 2001. That's odd because we've had so many house fires related to my family (yeah, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm) --- nonetheless, if I thought about them AT ALL it was with a vague respect and a whatever ... glad they're there --- like the mayor === if they're doing their job you should never hear from them. (like the POTUS and all we do is HEAR from that YAY-HOO)

One of the people I consider my dearest friends is a (pretty high up the totem) with the Tampa Fire Dept. I remember finding this out after some years and being impressed and happy for him. Cool.

Then, all this shit started.

And I looked back. And farther back. Very unhappily I began to acknowledge the truth.

We were FOOLED by Sept. 11, 2001. Up until that time we had never even HEARD the term first-responders (like american fries this is something else we can thank lil man george for) We were tricked in to believing that firemen and cops were some kind of heroes. Sorry, most of the heroes died in the towers. Of the ones remaining or the new ones -- only SOME of them are heroes. The rest are no better than jack-booted thugs who are the teeth of the police state that America has become.

As I said, I was extremely sad to acknowledge this sad fact but if you are ever around me and I should suffer a health emergency I would rather that you contact the chef at any local restaurant or any blogger almost than ANY of the 'so-called first-responders' in Tampa, FL. Including every one of the ambulance companies. These folks by and large, are NOT good for your health.

So, it is while I am doing research on the connection between vote-fixing, intimidation, masons, scientologists and firemen and other 'first-responders' that I gratefully stumbled across this wonderful piece by Grad. Student Bob Murphy which is compiled as part of Lew Rockwell's massive website of knowledge. I sometimes wonder if some of these dead journalists who left far too young were also investigating something of this nature. AND NOT because I fancy myself to be practicing journalism. Rather, I'm performing 'getting the truth out'. Which doesn't have so much to do with 'real' journalism these days ....

And, this was before Sept. 11, 2001. Before they applied a thin veneer of respectability to themselves again by virtue of thousands of dead. I'm reprinting the article here for you. Prescient.

The employees of the Post Office are the butt of popular jokes concerning their inefficiency. Those working at one’s local Department of Motor Vehicles are notorious for their rude treatment of "customers." Many citizens – especially minorities – are suspicious of the police. And the agents of the State who work for the FBI, CIA, BATF, and IRS are downright feared.

So why don’t firefighters get a bad rap, too?

I suggest this undeniable fact is due to the following reasons:

1.
Few citizens have direct experience with their fire department.

I can personally attest that my only contact with firefighters for the first twenty-one years of my life consisted of pulling over when I heard their engines’ sirens. That, and one time my neighbor’s house caught on fire. (I had nothing to do with it.)

That all changed, however, when I moved to New York City. In my first semester, the fire department was called to my apartment complex on two separate occasions. The first visit was due to a small fire in a single apartment. The firemen (yes, they were all men that I saw) prohibited me from using the stairwell to get to my room, even though the fire was nowhere near that area of the building. So I nodded my head in deep agreement that we must put "safety first," then went up a different stairwell which they had failed to seal off. The reader can imagine my surprise when I found my roommate sound asleep, completely ignorant of the fire. It was apparently hazardous for me to return to my room, but unnecessary to alert those already in the rooms of the fire.

The second visit was in relation to a gas leak, if I’m not mistaken. This time, the entire street was blocked with at least five full-size engines and several smaller vehicles. There were literally over one hundred firefighters (some of them were women this time) on the scene. Can you guess what these public servants were doing? Standing around. They did this for some time, much to the chagrin of the motorists who were forced to alter their course.

(I know, I know. They were on hand in case something happened. My only point is that if everybody had experiences such as mine, then the fire department would be considered as just another inefficient government agency.)

2.
Citizens have no benchmark against which to judge firefighters.

When a forest fire (well, one that is not deliberately set) takes several days to bring under control, or when several children die in an apartment fire, the average citizen has no idea if the firefighters acted properly, or if a private firm could have achieved better results. But every citizen is fairly confident that if he were a postal worker, he would not throw letters into the trash, or that if he were a police officer, he would go through his entire career without even once invading anyone with a broom handle.

3.
Fires are so devastating that it would seem quite petty to complain about the fire department after them.

4.
Firefighters are risking their lives for us.

This is also why police officers are accorded much more leniency than other government employees.

5.
Whatever the outcome, the fire department can only be faulted for not sufficiently checking the carelessness or criminality of others.

After a fire, it is always quickly reported that it was "caused" by such-and-such. Thus the destruction of property and loss of life, no matter how great, is ultimately laid at the hands of the arsonist, the company that refused to install adequate sprinkler systems, or the smoker who dozed off. This of course is the same tactic employed to exonerate police departments. E.g., "Ultimately, the Central Park attacks were the fault of the individuals themselves."

If anyone finds the above arguments defective, or has a novel suggestion, I would be very interesting in hearing his or her comments.

July 1, 2000

Bob Murphy is a graduate student in New York City.











Can You Fill These Boots? Yep --- this is what you are paying for this service (these SERVICES!)

Integrity Honesty Loyalty Trust

This is very humorous stuff.

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In Case you think I'm Joking

I had another flat today. That's six if anyone is keeping track. I'm going to have to start a separate blog around the tires, I guess. Because it's boring to talk about and probably boring to read. And other things they have done to my car. Such wienies.

I'm having a hard time choosing which picture to place here as the beginning of the series of this.

Obviously, the fear factor continues. My car was worse than ever today with ANOTHER flat tire. It all fits together. SO, this one is on them, too. All along they've made their choices. In response, I have done little besides document and lately --- issue quiet requests that they knock it off.

All this started at the same time. The firemen, the bikers, the hoods from city code enforcement, every other county/city department. Their children, their lovely wives and assorted other relatives .... etc...

Now, I've got the firemen and these bikers stalking me around. Intimidating me, threatening me, bothering people I love at their jobs ....

What would you do? Here's the first half of this ... maybe the counter-part Tampa firemen activity from that day also. Lots of pics to sort through ... want just the one.

If you could see the whole picture you'd see the people I was with smiling and laughing as they thought I was taking pictures of them. Instead, it was this stalker asshole who had done this to me the week previous and the week previous.
And then tried to play it off stupid. Which I'll admit he's rather adept at.

Luckily the week before I had been studying for a huge AP exam and when he pulled up on top of me it got a lil evil around there .... so, I took a walk and took some pictures of him ... and the week before .... this time I confronted him, as well. I had to know.

WTF do you and your asinine people think you are accomplishing???

Was this plan well thought through? (Meet the Robinsons)

Or did you guys just start murdering and stalking cause it's what has always worked?










I've watched these guys hang out. By marriage and blood I can take it to a few doorsteps.

It will stop or I'll keep posting until we get to the good stuff but by then we'll be in another venue, as well.


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So, out of 1000 pics in my camera over 800 of them involved this crap. I finally had to save them to disk so I could continue on with camera-ing. I finally got a video camera again to start documenting. I now have suspicions that they damaged my initial camera. Me? I'm just hanging out filming stuff here and there. Them? WTF? I guess they're doing SO MUCH wrong that a person innocently taping might OH MY GOD ... TAPE IT. Too fucking bad. Be like others. Hide your crimes.

This can stop at any time ..................

Your go ........

If you don't like your acts being revealed I guess you're not so proud of them. Any time you feel like you don't want your pictures posted .... get OFF of me. And muy family. In every way shape or form. I don't even want to know you are still wasting air. And make sure that what's her name is compensated for your heinous little nastiness on her job.

The price just went up 45,000. She'll need it. Little picayune assholes.

Some guy fucking a bunch of Target employees is so typical of your filth.

You just cost yourself.

And you can make the check out to her.

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Oh and his face is very clear in at least nine photos. I kept taking his picture while I questioned him about just what he was doing anywhere near me so repeatedly and icky-ily. Like the other guy he's all tatted up for his murders and his this's and that's. whatever.

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This is the one side. Say the tattered side. We've got the spit and polished side, too.
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They send these poot tattered bikers out to bother you and then ... they 'rescue' you from those bad, mean bikers. Well -- the trouble with this theory of theirs is that I grew up in Tampa and I know the bikers pretty much and everyone else here, too. I've never thought most bikers were bad sorts and we've always gotten along just fine.

I draw the line where some jackass is stalking me week after week. Just the thought of what he's doing in that truck watching me gives me the heebie jeebies.

Give him a bike and let him get the wind in his hair or something. Please.
He deserves it. I think he wet on himself a bit with excitement when I spoke to him. They all do. WOW ! We got her eye. WOW ! We bothered her.

Again I say:

W T F ????

You only prove what I know.

You're desperate.


WEREGELD.

WEREGELD.


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Via Lee Nelson (Sticks of Fire) D J Paul Edge

Thanks, Lee !


Enjoy !!!

Publix Corporate Takeover Target TARGETING employees

It's TRULY an inside job.


It's pretty obvious to me because I have friends/family at Publix and I've commented to them numerous times about pondering how in the world Publix was making it unscathed through the market when most other 'Florida' businesses were being capsized brutally and making way for other places where the people just don't seem to really want your business. (they have other income, yknow?) Envy this and that. A bunch of fake storefronts replacing the businesses that we need to keep our economy healthy.

aAnyway, now it has started with Publix. They are ridding themselves of anyone who is 'not of the correct last name, anyone who is eligible to buy stock, etc...' I've listened to this from 'my people' so many times. How they ride you and ride you until you quit. Don't GIVE anyone your job. That's no statement to them other than that you are a pushover. I've kept track of it by virtue of 'listening' and now see it is endemic to Publix. Some might not be aware that Publix has created many millionaires among their employees because only certain employees can purchase stock and the stock performs very well.
I think prison sentences would be involved if it was proven (oh yeah i'm BIG on proof) that these same store managers began harassing people either because of their last name OR due to the fact that it enriched (truly monetarily enriched) the manager to cut employees' pay and to rid the store of this employee in a 'more for ME' kind of way. Very VERY unAmerican.

At Target in Lakeland there is a certain young man and woman who are guilty of this behavior, as well. They 'targeted' someone I know and harassed this person out of their job. This could easily be proven by several methods. (flawless work record of over five years, recently promoted, steady raises, well-known as good employee) While they probably wouldn't go to prison certainly it would put a damper on their romance and their futures at Target to have their actions exposed in Federal Court. As well, they enjoined themselves to the RICO pattern that is being documented by a certain group towards my family and extended network all of which pertains to our property. (everyone around me is being hassled at their job, ain't that AMAZING????, two or more of them by EX TAMPA FIREMEN!!!)

It would be interesting TO trace all of this down. And probably kinda scurvy, ynow? In a don't sleep with your cousin kinda way ... (eeyew)

Meantime I'll satisy myself with saying if you're ever in the Lakeland target or you happen to pick up your cell phone ..... be sure to look up Claudiece and Eric Yonce (some type of party-boy executive with a penchant for f'ing and f'ing WITH the staff) and tell them what assholes they are and also tell them they might be subpoenaed. I'm sure they'll find durable employment elsewhere in the family. The family LOVES their type. Anything for anything. Vote Bush. I can see the bumper-stickers on their lil cars, now.

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Sorry but if I'll blog in support of strangers I'll SURE blog in support of someone that I love.

Anyone connected at Target?

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Okay, tell me if this sounds mercenary. I'm leaving out names and identities for now, and even some words to protect those who frankly don't deserve protection but having never been a RAT (like some) I just don't feel good about spilling people's filthy sides of their lives onto the WWW...

However -- (you knew this was coming, right??) -- I'm willing to disclose same for a fee. In fact, I'm going to disclose some of this in a book which will definitely be for sale very soon but if you'd like to know if your name or some similar aspect that identifies your smarmy and illegal acts towards me and my family have been mentioned I'd be happy to negotiate a fee with you. For the record, save your pennies if I've known you longer than thirty years. Out of respect for you and your family I'll leave your names out. Out of respect for you and your family I have remained silent. Apparently this same respect was not inbred in you. That's a pity but you and yours are safe with me. The ones who took it upon themselves to do your bidding against an innocent family are wide open just like they've left MY family wide open. Herewith I refer to my extended family and network many of whom are currently suffering at your hands. Be on notice.

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In my living room watching;
but I am not laughing ....

..... risk something, take back what's yours
say something that you know they might attack you for
cause I'm sick of being treated like I have before ....
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Meanwhile, the leader just talks away
Stuttering and mumbling for nightly news to replay
And the rest of the world watching at the end of the day

In their living room laughing like,

"what did he say?"



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