PAUL RANTS

Posted by Paul at September 29th, 2009

That’s right, the Guest Pass only gives you an hour on the computer. But see all the people using computers for more than an hour? They have library cards. You too can get a library card and stay on for more than an hour. Really, you can. I know: you’re worried about your privacy and don’t want to give out your info. But in reality your home address and phone number will just sit in a computer file unnoticed. Yes, I’m afraid it’s true. No one in the library knows who you are or wants to find out. They just don’t give a crap. I understand it’s a hard concept to grasp at first, you being an unemployed social outcast with borderline personality disorder and all. But really, no one cares. You can give us your info and get a library card. You can use the computers for two-and-a-half hours a day. Nothing bad will happen. Then you can stop complaining about the one hour Guest Pass, so it’s win-win. At least think about it.

Posted by Paul at September 22nd, 2009

Posted by Paul at September 21st, 2009

The library can be a peaceful place, punctuated by occasional moments of insanity. One unstable young woman is known to hurl curse words and racial epithets. She cussed out a small boy, threw beverages at two different people on two different occasions, and once verbally harassed an elderly man, causing him to fall to the floor. Four written complaints have been filed, yet she is still allowed to visit, presumably until she shows up with a weapon of some sort, I’m not entirely sure. Those of us who work downstairs with the public have done our part by reporting her threatening behavior. Upstairs, management has done theirs by misplacing the first three complaints.

So, come on down to the library, ticking time-bombs. There’s a place for you here with plenty of unsuspecting children and seniors. And free internet access to fuel your paranoid delusions. Enjoy.

Posted by Paul at September 21st, 2009

Congratulations to former sit-com actress and huckster Suzanne Somers (eviscerated here by April Winchell), for being completely clueless, showing incredible chutzpah and a jarring insensitivity, bordering on the psychotic.

Posted by Paul at September 17th, 2009

If Republicans in congress represent fringe paranoids and racists, can’t a sane majority get any attention from Democrats?

Under Bush, congress pushed through a 700 billion dollar Medicare bill, most of which went to drug companies. Now the bloated health insurance industry gets even more special treatment, with Democrats complicit. And their proxies, the loud and the ignorant, control the debate. The rest of us are letting it happen.

UPDATE

Posted by Paul at September 16th, 2009

Whatever steaming pile of compromise we end up getting on healthcare, does anyone really believe the beauracracy will run any better?

We scheduled a doctor’s appointment for the baby recently — they happily took our insurance info and gave us a time to come in. A week later we show up and hear: “Oh, sorry, this doctor doesn’t accept your insurance.” And, oh, you expected one of us here in the doctor’s office — the same number you called to get the appointment — to take the blame for the screw-up? Sorry, no, we are simply going to stare vacantly at you and repeat that we don’t accept your insurance. AFTER ONE OF US ALREADY TOOK YOUR INSURANCE INFO AND GAVE YOU AN APPOINTMENT. NO, TO REVEAL ANY TRACE OF CULPABILITY WOULD BE TOO MUCH TO ASK. PLEASE BE GONE NOW.