PAUL RANTS

Posted by Paul at February 29th, 2008

Meet James M., aging foul-mouthed alcoholic verbal abuser. He’s already used the “c” word in the library against two women (that I know of), plus an assortment of other drunken tirades. He managed to sober up long enough to convince the library director to let him continue visiting, as long as he doesn’t “cause any more trouble”. This is the third time he’s been given this ultimatum.

Luckily for James M., he’s not homeless, schizophrenic, or black. A man fitting that description was nearly tasered and removed in handcuffs for yelling obscenities and throwing a feckless punch. He’s been banned indefinitely.

A janitor was convicted of stealing DVDs three years ago. He was fired and served his jail term. Since that happened, and to this day, every library employee must walk through the theft detector at closing time (no more leaving through the side exits) and sign a sheet to verify they’ve left the building with no stolen items. Except for the janitors, of course, who continue to come and go through the side exits, and are subject to no verification when they leave.

Posted by Paul at February 29th, 2008

Cartoonist Daryl Cagle sums up the Democratic race: 

Posted by Paul at February 18th, 2008

From Celebrity Rehab:

It seems pro wrestler Chyna Doll has no family to confront her about her alcoholism so they brought in Greg Brady from The Brady Bunch (Barry Williams) to complain about the time Chyna got up on stage drunk with him in Las Vegas and ruined a song he was trying to sing.

“It was inappropriate,” fifty year-old Greg Brady told Chyna with a hurt expression.

Yeah, Chyna! The last thing you should do when a washed up former child star is “singing” is try and upstage him. Come on, everyone knows that!

Another thing: under what circumstances, other than being drunk off your ass, would you go see GREG FUCKING BRADY SING while you’re in Vegas?

Posted by Paul at February 7th, 2008

Mitt Romney leaves the race and takes a swipe at the Democrats:

If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Senator Clinton or Obama would win. And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign, be a part of aiding a surrender to terror. — Mitt Romney

So staying in the race would help the terrorists. Well thanks for, um, saving us, Mitt… by quitting. And surrender to terror? What about the billions we’ve surrendered, the thousands of lives we’ve taken or put in harms way? And for what gain? Does he really think finally changing this disastrous policy is a surrender to terror? To common sense, maybe. Just how are we stopping future terrorism by inciting it abroad? It’s so painfully obvious we need a smarter approach to national security and terrorism. This is why twice the number of Democrats as Republicans are voting in the primaries. The thing is, Romney, a moderate Governor, probaby doesn’t really believe this shit, he just thinks it’s what he has to say. What a slimeball. At least McCain has convictions, however misguided.

Posted by Paul at February 1st, 2008

PAUL RANTS endorses Barack Obama for president. Mostly because his Democratic rival Senator Hillary Clinton voted to authorize the Iraq boondoggle. Her more recent vote to declare the Iranian Republican Guard a terrorist group — another troubling link to Bush/Cheney and their Big Oil and war contracting enablers — shows that she learned nothing from her Iraq vote (or learned how much her donors could profit, which is worse). Fellow Democratic Senators Dodd, Biden, and Kennedy, with over 100 years experience between them, roundly rejected this bill, as did Obama; Clinton stood with John McCain and the rest of the Republican minority.

The Clintons had their time, and these times call for a clear departure from the divisive politics of Bush and Clinton. I’m willing to roll the dice (as Bill Clinton put it) on a one term senator who is only four months older than I am. He can certainly attract top notch economic and foreign policy advisers. He’s managed to inspire more individual donors than Senator Clinton or Senator McCain and is by far the more skilled communicator. Not only can he get more done in Washington than either of them, he will instantly raise our standing in the world the moment he takes the oath of office.

UPDATE: Los Angeles Times endorses Obama

UPDATE II: Obama pulls ahead in national poll